Kinect titles announced

Oct 18, 2010
Microsoft's controllerless controller hits shelves next month and now we know some of what will be offered. Ars Technica says it will be a couple...

No disc required for Netflix on Wii

Oct 18, 2010
Instead, you can download a free Netflix app from the Wii Shop Channel and just click on that. Obviously, you'll also need to have a Netflix...

Reality TV comes to Craigslist

Oct 18, 2010
Craigslist is a go-to resource for millions of Internet users in search of that apartment, cheap bike or even that missed connection. But reality TV? Kai Ryssdal chats with producer Drew Brown about Craigslist TV.

Kinect demands a standing ovation

Oct 18, 2010
Because it simply won't work if you're sitting down. At least not right away. The motion sensing video game controller from Microsoft is getting...

Gene Simmons neutralized by 4Chan

Oct 18, 2010
Occasionally in this space we talk about the internet-crushing power of 4Chan, a group of self-described web vigilantes who gather on a message...

Justin Bieber: economic savant?

Oct 15, 2010
This final note today. Our special correspondent David Brancaccio took the high road yesterday. He declined to subject you to Justin Beiber....

Labor lessons from 'Mad Men'

Oct 15, 2010
As season four of AMC's "Mad Men" draws to a close, employees at the firm Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce face the possibility of utter ruin. The show is set in the 60s, but the firm's situation rings true for many people today. Harley Shaiken from U.C. Berkeley talks with Tess Vigeland about challenges workers faced in that era and what was different back then.

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PlayStation 3 owners: vegging out is about to get yet easier

Oct 14, 2010
That's because you'll be able to watch Netflix content without even having to put that little disc in the little disc player. You can just choose...

NEVER BET AGAINST FART APPS

Oct 14, 2010
The Windows Phone 7 isn't even in stores yet but plenty of reviewers and Microsofties already have them. And in the app store that is already live,...

Guy gets robot to punch people a whole lot in the name of science

Oct 14, 2010
This. This I love. In Slovenia(!), a scientist has somehow persuaded six male colleagues to let a robot punch them repeatedly in order to build up...