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10 best iPhone games for hardcore gamers – If you own an iPhone or iPod Touch, you’ve probably browsed or bought from the iTunes Store. With over 35,000 downloads currently available, finding the quality in all that quantity is growing increasingly difficult, frustrating and costly. TechRadar lends a hand to hardcore games by naming 10 of the best games available.

12 Ways Video Games Actually Benefit “Real Life” – It seems like not a week goes by without a story about a child killing someone or going on a rampage then blaming it on video games. As such video games catch a lot of bad press, but there are actually some benefits to gaming that often go overlooked. Pwn or Die does it’s best to enumerate these benefits.

A Brief History of Geeks – Before smartphones, social networks, and other must-have tech, it wasn’t a badge of honor to be called a geek. Here’s a look back at the evolution of the nerds.

Court Upholds Hacking Conviction for Uploading Porn from Work Computer – An Ohio appellate court has upheld the felony hacking conviction of a man who was found guilty of unauthorized access for misusing his computer at work.

Hotspots in the Online Video Underground – Even as copyright holders crack down on popular video sharing sites, the rise of sites like NinjaVideo and MegaVideo makes it even easier to find professional entertainment for free. PC World runs down a list of the most popular such sites.

How I restored my Save Games – An explanation of an intriguing experiment in which one user repaired his Seagate harddrive by swapping out its logic board.

Where Are They Now? 25 Computer Products That Refuse to Die – Old computer products, like old soldiers, never die. They stay on the market — even though they haven’t been updated in eons. Or their names get slapped on new products that are available only outside the U.S. Or obsessive fans refuse to accept that they’re obsolete — long after the rest of the world has moved on.

Will We Recognize the Future? – Technology is ever-changing — and changing ever faster. But what happens when the rate of technological change becomes so fast that the fundamental nature of what it means to be human changes, too?