Google Magnifier Launched, a Blog for Google Music

Google's new Magnifier "music discovery" blog not only serves up free music, but connects Music Beta to Google+ indirectly.

Wednesday Google launched Magnifier, a "cousin" to the company's Music Beta service which went live back in May. Unlike the latter which serves as cloud storage, Magnifier is a blog edited by Tim Quirk – Rhapsody's former senior vice president and the current head of global content programming for Google Android – and focuses on music discovery, offering video of live performances, free music downloads and artist interviews.

HP TouchPads May Be Dumped in Landfill

So what will HP do with all those unsold tablets? Either sell them off at "fire sale" prices, or bury them in a device "graveyard," maybe even next to Atari's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.

Now that HP has made it publicly known that it's ditching webOS-based gadgets like tablets and smartphones, what's to become of TouchPad tablets stockpiled in retailer warehouses?One theory is that the company plans to dump them all in a landfill thanks to the American government.

Hulu, MSN Track Users With "Supercookies"

Supercookies will rebuild your profile even after a normal cookie is deleted.

New research presented by Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley claims that popular websites including Hulu and MSN are currently using new techniques to track users. These include the use of "supercookies" which are not only legal, but almost impossible to detect. They even reportedly re-create user profiles after the user deletes the original cookie from their computer.

Wake Up to a Sunrise Anytime with the LUMI Sleepmask

Sleep when it's dark and wake up to a sunrise whenever you need to!

Any college student or workaholic would be able to tell you how unfriendly their sleeping schedule is. In a perfect world, we would all be falling asleep when it's dark outside and waking up when the sun comes up, but our lives never seem to sync up with our body's natural sleeping schedule. For those of us that don't get to wake up to a nice sunrise, the LUMI Sleepmask might be the perfect alarm clock.

Farmville Maker Zynga Sued Over Patent Infringement

Claiming patent infringement, Agincourt Gaming is seeking monetary damages and asking the court to shut down twelve Zyngas games... including Farmville.

History books – if they haven't already – will probably label the 1980s as the "Music Video Era" followed with naming the '90s as the "Dawn of the Common Internet." For the 2000s? That will probably be labeled something like the "Dawn of the App" whereas our current decade, the 2010s, will surely go down in history as the "Age of Patent Infringement Lawsuits." Disagree? Just look at the headlines each week.