OtterBox Acquires Rival Protective Case Maker LifeProof After Settling Patent Lawsuit

OtterBox, which makes the top-selling protective case for smartphones, has announced the acquisition of LifeProof for an undisclosed amount. News of the acquisition comes one day after a lawsuit filed by OtterBox against LifeProof for patent infringement was dismissed. OtterBox [...]

Lenovo pulls in best-ever revenue of $7.8 billion for Q4 2012/13, record $34 billion for the year

Lenovo’s just announced its Q4 and full year 2012/13 financial results, and its good news on all the indices for the Chinese computer maker. It took in $ 7.8 billion in revenue for the quarter and $ 34 billion for [...]

Simpsons, Alvin and the Chipmunks writer penning Angry Birds movie

The screenplay for Rovio’s in-house Angry Birds film is being written by Jon Vitti, the Finnish developer has announced. A writer and producer, Vitti has worked on the screenplay for The Simpsons Movie and both 3D Alvin and the Chipmunks [...]

AMD 2013 A and E-Series Kabini and Temash Mobile APUs

AMD has been pretty open about discussing certain product in the roadmap. In fact, we've disclosed a number of details regarding the main products we'll be talking about in this article, Kabini, Temash, and Richland over the last few months. [...]

Why Does Hollywood Hate The Future?

A few weeks ago, Chris Dixon tweeted something thought-provoking: What were the last Hollywood movies you saw about technology & the future that were optimistic? They seem to be systematically dystopian. I happened to be sitting in a movie theater [...]

Twitter for Mac 2.2.1 brings Notification Center support, various bug fixes

It’s certainly been a long time coming, but the latest version (2.2.1) of Twitter for Mac finally brings support for Notification Center in OS X Mountain Lion. Aside from the side-pane pings for your @replies and DMs, a number of [...]

Man at Arms builds 80-pound replica of Final Fantasy VII’s Buster Sword

Blacksmith and propmaster Tony Swatton documents the creation of a replica Final Fantasy VII Buster Sword in the latest episode of the Man at Arms web series. Cloud Strife himself would be proud of the results. This isn’t some cardboard-and-foil [...]