Google has agreed to pay a hefty sum to make a class action lawsuit concerning Google Buzz disappear, social media business — $8.5 million, to be exact. The lawsuit dates back to February, when lawyers filed a class action complaint against Google on behalf of Eva Hibnick, a 24-year-old Florida resident and Harvard Law School student. The complaint alleged that Buzz violated several communication [...]

Last month, 3D Realms’ ridiculously long-in-the-making shooter Duke Nukem Forever would finally see the light of day, thanks to a saving throw from Borderlands studio Gearbox Software. Duke’s reveal was rumored to happen at this weekend’s PAX convention. At the time, Gearbox president Randy Pitchford would neither confirm nor deny that his studio was giving Duke Nukem Forever one [...]

Google’s new Priority Inbox feature not only sorts your inbox, but it also figures out what’s important based on what messages you reply to and read. Gmail has one of the best spam filters around, but your email isn’t made up of only good and bad email. After the spam is filtered out, you end up with mail you want or need to respond to, in varying degrees, as well as bacn—the [...]

If you’re a keyboard shortcut lover using Gmail’s new Priority Inbox feature or the awesome new Gmail calling feature, you’ve got three new shortcuts you’ll want to add to your Gmail repertoire. Note: In order to use keyboard shortcuts in Gmail at all, remember that you’ll need to enable them by heading to your Gmail Settings and turning keyboard shortcuts on in the [...]

Interested in a job with Starcraft and Warcraft developers Blizzard? You’re going to need to put on a gun show. Reader Chris pointed us toward this advertisement for a Junior Linux Administrator, and among the expected criteria like a driver’s license, knowledge of Linux and a bachelor’s degree is this: Ability (and willingness) to lift a minimum of 30 kg Americans, that’s [...]

CAPTAIN Cash gets top marks again because he’s come up with another great back-to-school offer – £10 OFF uniforms at Tesco PLUS free postage. Just spend £50 at Clothing at Tesco’s website and get a tenner off with our online voucher code. You can use the code for any clothes, but if you use it for schoolwear the delivery is FREE. And you’ll also get 2.5 per cent cashback. The [...]

MICHAEL Jackson’s body may have to be unearthed in a bid to get his doctor off the hook in court. Conrad Murray’s lawyers plan to challenge the star’s autopsy, which found he killed him with an overdose of sedative Propofol. They want to prove Jacko – who would have turned 52 today – could have died from OTHER drug use and may demand his body be dug up for new tests [...]

PARIS Hilton was nicked yesterday for possessing COCAINE – her third drugs arrest in two months. Her latest bust came in Las Vegas when police pulled over a car driven by a pal on the suspicion cannabis was being smoked inside. The officers then allegedly found the Class A drug on the 29-year-old billionaire hotel heiress. She was later released on bail. Police spokesman Marcus Martin said: [...]

On Xbox 360 Communications on multiplayer gaming sessions will have a lot of advanced degree as compared before. The adjacent console’s update, waiting for autumn to happen simultaneously with the coming of Kinect, will have an alteration of the codec. According to technologists there will be meliorate in the clearness of communications b/w the console still on gaming sessions. Apparently we must [...]

The release of Facebook places raised serious privacy concerns for users of the social network. Places allows users to alert their friends to where they are by checking-in to a nearby location, often via mobile phone. Users can also view the location of nearby friends and the information they’ve posted about locations. Critics of the feature point out that under Places’ default setting, a [...]