Shares of video game makers and sellers fell Thursday in the aftermath of a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, which has renewed debate about violent games and their potential influence ...

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Research in Motion (RIMM) recently updated its BlackBerry Messenger application to include free Wi-Fi calling. With the release of BlackBerry 10 just around the corner, RIM is looking to add even more features to its flagship messaging app. Slides from a purported internal BlackBerry 10 presentation that were originally posted on the CrackBerry forums suggest that the company is planning to update BBM to include video calling and screen-sharing capabilities. A second slide highlights a task manager application called BlackBerry Remember, which is believed to be the replacement for RIM’s native Tasks app. Additional slides from the presentation can be viewed below.

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BEAT100 are now introducing a new video award for our users, which will be given to the user with the most viewed video in the chart every seven days.(PRWEB) December 20, 2012 BEAT100 have now introduced a new music video award for its users, which will be given to the user with the most viewed video in the music chart every Monday at 12:00 pm GMT. The Most Viewed Video Award will be ranked in Gold, Silver and Bronze, with each video receiving bonus votes of 50, 30 or 20, along with the award. ...

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South Korean rap star Psy's music video "Gangnam Style" on Saturday became the most watched item ever posted to YouTube with more than 800 million views, edging past Canadian teen star Justin Bieber's 2-year-old video for his song "Baby."

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From the minds that brought you "Boys Will Be Girls" comes a parody just in time for the holidays. "Hipster Thanksgiving" features a group of friends honoring time-honored Thanksgiving traditions like Instagramming their meal and reciting beat poetry about turkey.

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At a recent New York event, HTC debuted the new Droid DNA: a 4G LTE quad-core powerhouse with a 1920 x 1080, 5-inch HDTV-class display, NFC communications and wireless charging support. TechnologyGuide chief editor Jamison Cush was there to get the full rundown on this pixel-dense smartphone.

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Twitter released a how-to video on Friday with tips on how to best dress up your page with header, profile and background pictures.

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LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - When it comes to the iPhone, Steve Jobs created it, but Steve Wozniak got game. The Apple co-founder will appear as a playable character in an upcoming iOS video game "Danny Trejo's Vengeance: Woz with a Coz." The game, slated to be released around November 22, puts Wozniak alongside "Machete" star Trejo in an 8-bit mobile game, fighting a city full of enemies with an assortment of weapons. The plot is simple: "Woz" is forced to save his wife, J-Woz, after she is kidnapped by street thugs. Teaming up with Vengence, Woz tears up Fusion City in his quest to rescue ...

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Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner is back on Twitter. Weiner, whose lewd photos forced his resignation, took to Twitter to post this video about the damage to Rockaway Beach, New York after Hurricane Sandy. It is his first post since June.

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Disney's new animated film draws rave reviews for appealing to old-school and new-school gamers alike

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DORTMUND, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund midfielder Sven Bender has had enough of playing against Real Madrid on his video console and cannot wait to face the genuine article in their Champions League Group D clash on Wednesday. "I have stopped playing Real Madrid (on the games console) in the past week," the 23-year-old Germany international told reporters on Tuesday. "It will be a real highlight to have them in the stadium and not on playstation. ...

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Sometimes it's good to be like everyone else -- but when it comes to choosing a password, we should all strive to be as unique as possible.

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from graphic animation equipment to model airplanes he is said to have made and kept in his office — are being sold off at the company's former Providence headquarters.

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Timeline posts, direct messages and retweets on Facebook and Twitter are directly shaping the social development of today's teens -- giving them a sense of belonging and identity.

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The security of Google's Android operating system has been under scrutiny in the last few months. Now, a study by German security researchers reveals that some apps in the Google Play market are vulnerable and leak personal data.

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James Bond might want to trade in his Aston Martin for the "Quadski" -- that is, a jet ski and all-terrain quad bike combo.

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Rovio Entertainment has teamed up with CERN, which runs the world's biggest particle-physics lab, to bestow quantum physics knowledge upon young children in an effort dubbed "Angry Birds Playground."

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The popular "Borderlands 2" video game is walking the plank.

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In the run-up to the release of Angry Birds Star Wars, creator Rovio is teasing us, now for a second time with a trailer. Like the first one, this second trailer includes footage from Star Wars, also from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. This time we hear Han Solo delivering his most famous boast about the prowess of his Millennium Falcon.

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Companies in the video games industry have begun releasing their earnings reports for the latest quarter. Here's a look at selected companies that make or sell video games or machines.

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