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Sony's incoming CEO Kaz Hirai says that the PlayStation Vita operating system was designed to be "expandable" to other platforms. more

Best Buy, Walmart, Target are other retailers have run out of Apple TVs, suggesting that the product may be up for a refresh very soon. more

It's a good bet other tech companies will join the Fair Labor Association and follow Apple's lead in moving to allow outside audits of manufacturing sites. more

Mozilla plans to release a beta version this year for Microsoft's upcoming Windows interface. It'll be a lot of work, but Mozilla doesn't really have a choice. more

The update, which is available in Google TV's Android Market, includes new channel pages, faster response times, and related videos. more

A group calling itself Evil Shadow Team reportedly hacked into Microsoft's online store in India, stealing usernames and passwords of the site's customers. more

Want to make backup copies of your DVDs? This Windows utility, normally $29.95, gets the job done quickly and neatly. more

IBM Watson's superbrain and evidence-based decisions are coming soon to a cloud near you. more

The company says that manufacturing facilities in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, will be inspected by a group "dedicated to ending sweatshop conditions in factories worldwide." more

Responding to two hacks uncovered last week against Google Wallet, Google has temporarly suspended use of the service's prepaid card. more

Tablet will launch in the U.K. first but will be available across the globe in March, according to Samsung. more

The space agency powers down its last System Z machine, years after IBM stopped selling them for the mathematical calculation jobs for which NASA originally bought them. more

The company helps small businesses with little tech savvy build apps easily, and now its partner Constant Contact will email-blast prospective users, too. more

The rise of Apple's stores is one of the past decade's great retail stories. So, why then does the company continue to creep back into the big-box outlets and will this hurt the brand? more

Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon--all are targets for Mozilla's plan to use Web apps to free people from ecosystem lock-in. Also: new Firefox features aplenty. more

Eddy Cue picks up Special Merit Award honoring the late Apple co-founder's contribution to the music industry. more

In response to a wave of criticism, the popular social news site announced it would ban sections that focus on the sexualization of children. more

To LTE or not to LTE? Verizon mocks Verizon's ad that make no sense whatsoever to real, forlorn human beings. more

The Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 S6500 could make its debut at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month, according to a leaked promotional image. more

Web giant is spending $120 million to beef up its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters, according to filings with the city reviewed by the San Jose Mercury News. more

A pool table on a cruise ship is gyroscopically controlled so that it moves with the waves and the balls don't slide at all. more

George Lucas has just released his version of "Star Wars" in 3D, but c'mon--the guy believes Greedo shot first. Why not make your own Star Wars world? In the first installment of a Crave series, a crack team of crafters fight the power and turn paper bags into the Rebel Alliance's Admiral Ackbar. It's a sack! more