Your Feedback Matters - Update on Xbox One  —  Last week at E3, the excitement, creativity and future of our industry was on display for a global audience.  —  For us, the future comes in the form of Xbox One, a system designed to be the best place to play games this year and for many years to come.

HBO GO & WatchESPN Come to Apple TV  —  iTunes Viewers Now Purchasing Over 800,000 TV Episodes & Over 350,000 Movies Per Day  —  Apple® today announced that HBO GO and WatchESPN are now available directly on Apple TV® joining the great lineup of programming offered to customers. iTunes® users …

Microsoft-Nokia Advanced Talks Recently Broke Down  —  Microsoft Corp. was recently in advanced discussions with Nokia Corp. about a purchase of the Finnish company's device business, according to people familiar with the matter, in a marriage that could have reshaped the mobile-phone industry.

L.A. school board OKs $30 million for Apple iPads  —  L.A. schools Supt.  John Deasy stepped out of a Tuesday Board of Education meeting during a vote to spend $30 million on iPads because, he said, he owns a small amount of stock in Apple.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times / March 13, 2012)

Twitter Acquires Social Startup Spindle  —  Twitter has acquired Spindle, a social startup focused on the location and check-in space, and discovering local places of interest nearby.  —  “We've spent the past two and a half years building a product that helps you answer the question: 'What's happening nearby right now?'”

Stratasys Acquiring MakerBot In $403M Deal, Combined Company Will Likely Dominate 3D Printing Industry  —  Today Stratasys announced that it has acquired MakerBot, as we reported, in a stock deal worth $403 million based on the current share value of Stratasys.

Leaseweb Wipes All Megaupload User Data, Dotcom Outraged  —  Ever since the raids in January last year, the fate of Megaupload users' personal files has remained uncertain.  —  It's been a frustrating situation for the millions of affected users and one that has taken a turn for the worst today …

Steve Jobs Ponders His Legacy In Never-Before-Seen 1994 Video  —  EverySteveJobsVideo (via The Loop) today released a never-before-seen video of Steve Jobs in 1994, while he was at NeXT, pondering his legacy in the personal computer field and whether he thought he would be remembered for his work in the future.

Yahoo's Very Bad Idea to Release Email Addresses  —  Yahoo is releasing inactive Yahoo IDs so that users can score a better email address.  This means you can finally have albert@yahoo.com instead of albert9330399@yahoo.com, for example.  Sounds great, right?  It's actually a spectacularly bad idea.

As Fab Raises Another $150 Million at a $1 Billion Valuation, E-Commerce Industry Looks On Warily  —  Here's an interesting exercise I tried recently when talking with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists involved in e-commerce: “I say ‘Fab’; you say?”  —  “Inspiring.”  —  “Ballsy.”  —  “Ambitious.”

Researchers able to predict Apple iOS-generated hotspot passwords  —  Summary: Although iOS generates seemingly random passwords for its hotspots to eliminate the use of ‘default’ passwords, researchers at a German university have found that they are able to break these passwords in under a minute.

Fisa court oversight: a look inside a secret and empty process  —  Obama and other NSA defenders insist there are robust limitations on surveillance but the documents show otherwise  —  Since we began began publishing stories about the NSA's massive domestic spying apparatus, various NSA defenders …

Wired Editor Michael Copeland Joins Andreessen Horowitz To Lead New ‘Content Strategy’  —  Wired Senior Editor Michael Copeland is joining venture firm Andreessen Horowitz.  We've confirmed with the VC firm that Copeland will be leading Andreessen's new ‘content strategy.’

Web Companies Pay for Internet Fast Lane  —  Streaming video on the Web can be a bumpy experience: The video can slow or stop altogether.  To avoid these problems, Netflix Inc., the biggest online video outlet, has been trying to install special equipment directly connected to the networks of Internet access providers.

HTC Butterfly s revealed: 1.9GHz Snapdragon 600 processor, UltraPixel camera sensor (video)  —  HTC's just pulled back the proverbial curtains on the Butterfly s at its Taiwan launch event.  It'll arrive boasting an identical-sounding 5-inch 1080p display, front-facing BoomSound stereo speakers and Sense 5 as expected.

Facebook rolling out ability to insert images natively into comments, starting with Web  —  Is Facebook making a move to allow users to reply to their friend's status updates with images?  According to a screenshot from devianART's Product Marketing Manager Dan Leveille, it appears so.

Microsoft Said to Add Qualcomm as Surface RT Supplier  —  Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), seeking to break into the market for tablet computers, will update its Surface RT using chips from Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM), people with knowledge of the company's plans said.  —  Some new versions of Surface …

Evernote Web Clipper for Chrome Gets Gmail Clipping  —  Web Clipping is one of our favorite Evernote features.  With a simple click of our browser extension, you can save just about anything you see online into your Evernote account for permanent safekeeping.  Today, we're taking this one step further.

Bath salts and booty: watch a drug-fueled John McAfee uninstall his antivirus software  —  The strange tale of John McAfee keeps getting stranger.  In a video posted to YouTube last night, the antivirus software founder and part-time fugitive callously sends up the program he helped create.