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EA says Command and Conquer 4 features absolutely no DRM on the PC… except for the fact that it has to be connected to the Internet at all times. Read More: Kotaku Read the comments on this post

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Since the release of Sony’s Heavy Rain last month, users have been complaining about a range of bugs and glitches. Well, complaining about most of them . Good news, complainers: a patch is on the way. More »

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The PlayStation Move was just announced, but Sony is wasting no time before going on the attack. The newest—not to mention first—advertisement for the peripheral makes fun of the Nintendo Wii, attacks Microsoft’s Project Natal, and basically buries the entire message under a thick layer of smarm with a side order of smug. Yeah, this commercial is pretty much ..Read More

Someone passed this post along to us, and since our Chinese is limited here in CrunchGear-land, I’m afraid we can’t vouch for it. The video contained may, in truth, provide the recipe for a lovely London broil for all we know, so take it with several healthy grains of salt. But at least the basic premise is amusing. It ..Read More

Until recently, blogging clients for the BlackBerry have been pretty limited. But WordPress for BlackBerry was released last month, and today Tumblr released its official BlackBerry app , which lets you post photos, videos, audio, links and text directly from the BlackBerry to your microblog. Mobelux , the guys behind the stellar Tumblr iPhone app are also the masterminds ..Read More

We’ve witnessed publishers drooling over the Apple iPad ’s form factor before the darn thing was even announced, with Time Inc. showing off a concept for Sports Illustrated and Condé Nast prepping a version of Wired for a tablet as early as November of last year. First came Wired’s official iPad demo , and now there’s a new inspirational ..Read More

The 2008 ‘Beacon’ class action lawsuit against Facebook that claimed violation of consumer privacy has now been settled by a federal judge. The Beacon program, which Facebook terminated in late 2009, publish information about consumer purchases — such as movie rentals, which is contrary to law — to the Facebook Wall of the purchaser and to their friends’ feeds. ..Read More

So much for yesterday’s pricing revelation as today T-Mobile released the Motorola CLIQ XT with a price tag that is $30 higher than expected. Available on Even More plans for $129.99 and Even More Plus for $329.99, the CLIQ XT is still attractively priced considering some the rather positive early reviews it received. Of course, there are naturally going ..Read More

Yahoo today announced that they are acquiring Citizen Sports, a company that creates fantasy sports leagues for Facebook, iPhone, Android and other devices.  The acquisition is meant to enhance Yahoo’s position in social games and fantasy sports, and “strengthen Yahoo!’s social strategy of enriching, aggregating and distributing social content from across the entire Web, and offering a highly customizable ..Read More

Chances are, probably not. But the US Department of Justice released several slides from a presentation detailing how federal agents use social networking sites . Reading through the bullet-pointed list is entertaining; for example, “As social networks go, LinkedIn’s use for criminal communications appears limited.” Excellent analysis, federal government. Laughing aside, the list does provide a small amount of ..Read More