Google Is Buying Motorola

Crazy news just in—Google is acquiring the handset division of Motorola, Motorola Mobility, for $12.5 billion. This means Google could soon officially in the hardware business. More »

Here’s How To Remove Your Contacts’ Phone Numbers From Facebook’s Clutches

Facebook loves doing unexpected things with your data. Now it’s culling numbers from your phone and adding them to its online database to “help you” find contacts. Don’t trust Facebook with your mom’s number? Here’s how to fix it. More »

Enter the Era of the Favorite

The best feature on Twitter is one you probably don’t use. I’m talking about Favoriting, the act of adding a star to a tweet that you like. It’s going to be huge. More »

Scenes from a Riot: Electronics Stores Sacked by British Looters

While the majority of the damage caused by rioters and looters was contained to London, the madness spread to Liverpool, Birmingham and other English cities, with electronics chains being the worst hit. More »

You Could Be Eating Genetically Modified Corn—and Not Even Know It

Monsanto, the oft-vilified company known for hawking genetically modified seeds and suing farmers, is putting genetically modified sweet corn on supermarket shelves this fall. More »

Please Stop Calling Gadgets Sexy

Dear technology journalists of the world: You know how you called that gadget you just reviewed sexy? Tell me, do you intend to fuck it, or do you simply plan to shove it up your ass? More »

The Great Chinese iPad Zipline Smuggling Ring

You’ve got to admire the audacity of the Chinese hucksters who were illegally importing iPads and iPhones across the border from Hong Kong, by way of a rope-and-pulley system, triggered by a crossbow and desire to make some cash. More »

How to Take a Gorgeous Photo Like This on a Perfect Summer Night

Nothing says summer quite like a field full of fireflies on a starry night. And this beautiful long-exposure shot, which happened quite by accident, is actually pretty easy to replicate. Here’s how: More »

Who should I follow? Engadget editors on Twitter

Twitter’s a rad place to hang and scope out the latest debt ceiling debate or find out what’s up with Tiger’s ongoing caddy search, but sometimes you just need another place to totally nerd out, you know? A safe haven for rampant geekery — that’s what we strive to make our personal Twitter stream — and we’re here to help you with that.

It’s been awhile since we’ve updated this here list, so we figured… there’s no time like the present. Have a gander below at the Engadget editors toiling hard behind the scenes, and feel free to add ’em if you so desire.

Engadget @engadget
Engadget Mobile @engadgetmobile
Engadget HD @engadgethd
Engadget Spanish @es_engadget
Engadget Germany @de_engadget
Engadget Japan @engadgetjp

Editors
Tim Stevens @Tim_Stevens
Darren Murph @darrenmurph
Donald Melanson @donmelanson
Christopher Trout @Mr_Trout
Richard Lai @richardlai
Sean Cooper @sean_cooper
Kevin Wong @KevinMWong
Ben Drawbaugh @bjdraw
Brian Heater @bheater
Zach Honig @ZachHonig
Michael Gorman @Numeson
Joe Pollicino @akaTRENT
Sean Buckley @seannicus
Joseph Volpe @jrvolpe
Terrence O’Brien @terrenceobrien
Amar Toor @amartoo
Sharif Sakr @shotsheriff
Myriam Joire @tnkgrl
Zachary Lutz @zacharylutz
Brad Molen @phonewisdom
Richard Lawler @rjcc
Dana Wollman @danawollman
Jesse Hicks @jhicks23
Dante Cesa @dantecesa
Billy Steele @wmsteele
Daniel Cooper @danielwcooper
Lydia Leavitt @lydialeavitt

Jon Turi (Intern / all-around know-it-all) @jonturi
Ross Rubin (Senior columnist) @rossrubin
Trent Wolbe (producer of the Engadget podcasts)* @tront
Joshua Fruhlinger (Editorial Director) @fruhlinger

And of course, don’t forget, you can always befriend us on Facebook. We like that, too.

*Views expressed in Trent’s Twitter feed are his own. We repeat: they are his own.

Who should I follow? Engadget editors on Twitter originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Why We’ve Wanted Our MTV for 30 Years

MTV turns 30 today. How old! Also how historic; in three decades, the network revolutionized media, turned heads inside and out, and struggled to remain relevant. But one thing should be obvious now: it was never just about music. More »