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It’s been over a decade since Valve first promised Half-Life 2: Episode 3
Well what do you know? We were so busy playing and talking about Overwatch this week that we failed to note an important vaporware milestone on Tuesday. Just over ten years ago, on May 24, 2006, Valve first announced it was working on Half-Life 2:...
Pharma’s drug hikes doubled average cost of prescriptions in last decade
Trips to the pharmacy are getting more and more expensive. From 2006 to 2013, the average retail cost of a year’s supply of 622 common prescriptions doubled—from about $ 5,500 to more than $ 11,000—according to a new report from AARP, a senior citizen advocacy group.
The rising costs are likely to...
A decade later, Redfin wins patents on key online home search tools
Founded in 2004, Redfin was an early pioneer in using online tools to find and buy homes. And now the company has the patents to prove it. More than a decade after submitting the initial applications, the Seattle-based company has been quietly winning patents in areas of technology that have...
Xbox 360 scratched discs: Why the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case, a decade later
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to review a lawsuit between Microsoft and Xbox 360 users who allege that a defect in the console caused their game discs to be scratched, making them unplayable. The overall dispute goes back nearly 10 years, to when the Xbox 360 was still the hot...