In this week's multitouch empire-expanding app round-up: images, kaleidoscope'd on the iPad; news, given the Pulse treatment on Android; iPhone cameras, Photo Booth'd; alarm clocks, beautified; Scrabble, made hexagonal; and helicopters, steered into...

My attempts to live with an iMac were met with nothing but grief. I needed a rebound relationship—a total opposite to the prudish minimalism of Apple design—a bad girl with unnervingly fast tendencies. More »...

Remember that torrent yesterday that contained the personal information off of 100 million scraped Facebook profiles? I thought it was strange that the guy didn't sell this information, since many companies would be interested. Turns out they are int...

The $69 Apple Magic Trackpad is nothing new. The Wacom Bamboo Touch has offered the same multi-touch functionality for almost a year. Its true relevance is in what it heralds: The end of Mac OS X as we know it. More »...

It may have taken longer than expected, but a replacement for the Kindle 2 has arrived. The addition of Wi-Fi and an aggressive $139 starting price make the new eReader a formidable upgrade. More »...

Last week, I asked you to help BP out with Photoshopping their publicity photos, something they clearly were having a hard time with. And wow, you delivered a deluge of images, each one more embarrassing for BP than the last. More »...

We've seen Panasonic's 3D camcorder, but the company is also releasing a standalone lens that will allow otherwise stock still cameras to shoot 3D. More »

Apple has released Safari 5.0.1, which activates extensions. They have some nice stuff lined up in their extension gallery, from Twitter, Bing, or Major League Baseball, Amazon, and eBay. It's nice to see Safari catching up with Firefox. [Updating]...

Faster iMacs, more powerful Mac Pros, larger Cinema Displays, a Magic Trackpad, and a nifty battery charger were among the Apple product announcements today. Here's a rundown of what you need to know: Mac Pros Now Have Up to 12 CoresApple's LED Cinem...

I feel like a castaway in a sea of glossy black plastic, chrome, and glowing blue buttons. Do we really need every piece of electronics to look the same, sandwiched in this shiny ebony that is the 21st Century beige? More »...

Refraction is a mind-bending idea. Light passes through a clear object, and it comes out the other side, inverted. The Shooting Challenge results that follow are must-sees, the winner is astounding and...well...we busted a cheater, too. More ...

Two sizes of iMac (21.5" and 27"), both available in different processor configurations, landed today. With the base price being $1,199 for the 21.5" 3.06GHz Core i3 model, all of the models are faster and more fine-tuned than before. More &r...

Apple desktops have touchpads now too. The new Magic Trackpad gives Mac Pro and iMac owners multitouch powers, gestures, and bluetooth connectivity. More »

Today's Library of Congress statement marks a historic moment in the battle between those who dictate how we should be able to use media and technology, and the rest of us. We explain what the new exemptions mean for you. More »...

In this week's well-protected app round-up: good jams, streamed and downloaded; Tron tanks, embattled; and French fiefdoms, established on the iPhone; social media links, elegantly arranged on the iPad; hard-hitting NFL games, pocketed on your Androi...

We said the original, desk-sized Dyson Air Multipler is an opulent but fantastic feat of engineering and excess, one that you'd feel guilty for purchasing but love afterwards. The Dyson AM03 is the same, but might be more justifiable. More &r...

While some bumper refunds had already started being processed yesterday, Apple's iPhone 4 Case Program—which gives out free cases to those who haven't purchased one yet—has just launched in earnest. And they're doing with an app. More&...

Social news app Flipboard was yesterday's hot new app, despite—or perhaps because of—technical problems that prevented some features from working. But there might be a bigger snag: Is Flipboard scraping content it doesn't have the rights...

Earlier today I reported on the unlikelihood that the next Batman movie will be in 3D. But is that a fluke or part of a trend? If box office numbers are any indication, it's definitely the latter. More »...

Oh, Nick Lee, you clever boy you. See, Nick here tricked Apple with a very simple iPhone application: Handy Light. On the surface it looked just like any other $0.99 flashlight application. But, secretly, it was a lot more useful. More »...

Panasonic's Lumix LX3 was deeply coveted by camera nerds, a groundbreaking point-and-shoot that gave up megapixels for incredible photos. The LX5 is its sequel—and it's the first camera that might knock the S90 out of my pockets. More &...