In this week's Shooting Challenge, 264 photos submitted by our readers capture everything wonderful about spring. Take your time to check them all out—it's a real treat. This is the absolute best group of entries yet. More »
Video game addiction is a serious problem in Korea, where kids are prone to staying up all night long to play. So the government is disabling internet connections for six hours per night for underage gamers. More »
A NASA engineer saw our image of the space shuttle Discovery's engines and thought it wasn't good enough. She sent us these exclusive pictures looking right inside the nozzle. Surprise: It looks exactly like a shower head. Zoom in! More »
Google Docs has gotten a major overhaul, with improvements that beef up collaboration across the board. That means real-time, character-by-character changes for up to 50 collaborators. And it's not just for the document editor. More »
Much like your video game driving skills are a real-life liability, here's how your ceaseless quest for Call of Duty-like achievements might go over in an actual war. Spoiler: poorly! Unless, of course, you nail The Trifecta. More »
A cutesie magnetic turtle that collects pins and paperclips. You remember what those are, right? Like your Firefox bookmarks, but ten years' ago. More »
And here is what Microsoft Kin looks like. The interface is very Moto Blur-like—and a bit sluggish. It's definitely underpowered enough for you to think that the phone is slow, but not so much that it's totally unusable. More »
At $2 this app is a heck of a lot cheaper than buying any the materials necessary for your own dark room, and I can guarantee it's less messy too. Though not quite as fun, I know. More »
Microsoft's Project Pink—sorry, Kin—in a sentence: It's the phone I'd beg my mom for if I was 15 again. And didn't want an iPhone. More »
You're really into MMORPGs when you spend hours repeating the same tasks over and over again to acquire gold. You're way, way too into MMORPGs when you create a custom six-computer setup to do it that much faster. More »
Apple and Microsoft support old computers for many years, only dropping them from a new operating system release when it's absolutely necessary. How long will companies support your older iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows phone and tablet hardware? More »
I tapped dial. There's ringing, and the call goes through. It's the first call I've made from my house in two years. All it took was AT&T's 3G MicroCell to give me 5 solid bars where there were none. More »
You can have your plush periwinkle recliner with optional Big Gulp holder. I'm sticking with the Galatea Spa chair by designer Verenice Macedo. More »
100% of this infographic parody hits the nail right on the head. Confused? Allow us to contextualize that number with a pie chart and the color yellow. See a bigger version at: [Flickr via Daring Fireball] More »
Sharp makes a glasses-less 3D parallax screen that we're all pretty sure is the display behind the upcoming Nintendo 3DS. But Nintendo won't be the only portable product to get the tech—nor will Nintendo get the largest version. More »
If every person on our blue Earth watched this video, the world would be a much better place. At least for a few minutes. Listen closely to Carl Sagan's words till the end. It won't fail to get you teary.-JD More »
It's either stupidly long names like Microsoft Windows Phone Series 7 or monosyllables like Kin, the final moniker for Microsoft's Turtle and Pure Pink phones. The Kin One or the Kin Two, according to this Verizon database. [PhoneArena via 9to5] More »
The next release of WiMax is coming, and some industry heavy hitters have lined up to support the backwards-compatible 802.16m standard. The group, calling themselves the WiMAX 2 Collaboration Initiative (WCI), is pushing interoperability in the new protocol, basically hoping to scoot things along a little faster to aid in the 4G arms race against LTE. Noticeably absent from the group? Current WiMax superstars Sprint and Clearwire, who made it clear at this year's CTIA that they'll happily jump ship to LTE if and when it's necessary. More »
