Now that Valve and Bethesda have teamed up to bring Portal 2′s Space Core to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the “arrow to the knee” meme is slowly being snuffed out by the sound of likable sentient robots and the …
And now, it’s time for a few tasteful jokes (and at least one tasteless one) about the week’s tech headlines.
Here are the stories we highlighted this week:
Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz launched a startup focused on caregivers. Microsoft
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Comedian/actor/grand wizard Jay Mohr was in Las Vegas this week to host the 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards for his seventh year. In addition to the DICE award ceremony, Mohr has also been a longtime host for the annual (usually) …
Skyrim is awesome; Pinterest users need to calm the hell down; and Facebook users need to stay away from the gun cabinet.
In this week’s episode of VB Weekly, the VentureBeat writing staff takes a front seat, with a range …
This week we talk about the IPO heard ’round the world, that of Dutch antivirus outfit AVG.
Wait, that’s the IPO y’all were talking about, right?
Of course, we get into some of the nitty gritty gossip around the Facebook …
Editor's Pick
Watch out! There’s some adults-only vocabulary in Startup Land.
For this week’s video show installment, we decided to deliver a very special VBWeekly addressing the dangers of myopia and jargon.
Also, we decided to slay what’s left of the “Sh*t …
In this week’s installment of our weekly video show, Christopher Peri and I talk about one of the most entertaining news stories so far this year: The colorful indictment of alleged pirate content site Megaupload.com. The site’s founder, Kim Dotcom, …
Synaptics showed off how touch controls will change in the next year at the recent Consumer Electronics Show. Synaptics has a big market share in touch application hardware and it showed off its latest products at the show.
In the …
Apple set its sights on education this morning when it announced a slew of new apps and services for students and teachers.
Among them was iBooks 2, an updated version of the company’s iPad e-reading app that adds support for …
For our weekly video show, we decided that not only were we going to talk about SOPA; we were going to do something about SOPA.
Also, this was our CES wrap-up show, and Chris Peri, who was there to see …
Basis Science is a Silicon Valley company that wants to inspire you to be more healthy and make it easier to track your health.
The company showed off its Basis B1 Band (pictured right) and its accompanying web application at …
There are plenty of movies and TV shows available to watch online or on your mobile device. The trouble is, they’re spread across too many sources, so it can take a lot of searching across sites like Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, …
SoftKinetic is one of many sensor companies promoting 3D cameras in the wake of Microsoft’s success with the Kinect motion sensors for the Xbox 360. But while Microsoft has already sold 18 million Kinect system, Michel Tombroff, chief executive of …
We sat down with professional gamer Carlos Rodriguez, aka Ocelote, to discuss the differences between the upcoming Dota 2, Blizzard DOTA, and League of Legends, his current MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) and profession of choice.
League of Legends, developed …
Smart TVs were plentiful at the Consumer Electronics Show this year, and Google TV appeared in a number of them, including models from LG and Sony.
With its second run at web-connected TVs, Google’s grand plan is to disrupt entertainment …
PrimeSense has its 3D motion-sensing chips in Microsoft’s Kinect hands-free controls for the Xbox 360. But that’s just the beginning of using your body motions to control your entertainment.
At the Consumer Electronics Show, the Israeli company showed off a …
PixelOptics makes what it calls the world’s first and only electronic-focusing eyeware, dubbed emPower. It essentially creates the effect of bifocals without forcing you to look through two different lenses.
The Roanoke, Va.-based company showed off the technology at the …
Sony has yet to have a major success with its Xperia line of Android smartphones, but it may have a shot with its two new models, the Xperia Ion and Xperia S, which were announced at the Consumer Electronics Show …
Monday CES attendees saw a choir singing tweets for Microsoft, and Tuesday they got Sesame Street’s Grover and the world-renowned dance group Jabbawockeez at Qualcomm’s CES keynote.
Grover joined a Qualcomm representative to show off the company’s Vuforia augmented reality …
Sometimes you wake up and you feel drained. It’s like you never slept at all. Right now, in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show, I know the feeling.
Gear4 might have a solution with its Sleep Clock, which uses …
