Zynga’s Unredacted Response To EA: Uh, You Weren’t Suppose To Sue Us Over These Hires

Earlier today, Zynga filed a scathing legal response to EA’s copyright lawsuit — with a few sensitive areas redacted. However, it turns out that TechCrunch readers are even more awesome than I expected, because one of them figured out how to un-redact the document and sent us the full countercomplaint,

Hulu Plus, HBO Go and Max Go apps for iOS updated with support for closed captions

In a move that should please the hard of hearing and anyone trying to watch a video quietly sans-headphones, the Hulu Plus, HBO Go and Max Go apps for iOS devices have all recently been updated with support for closed captions. The portable apps for HBO and Cinemax got their refresh yesterday along some

What Triggers Universities’ Emergency Social Media Response Systems?

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Why You Don’t Need the iPhone 5, by an iPhone Owner

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Zynga Fights Back, Says EA Copied Games

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GitHub Explains This Week’s Outage And Poor Performance

A database migration gone awry caused the outage and poor availability that GitHub customers experienced this week.

In a lengthy blog post today, GitHub’s Jesse Newland, apologized for the outage and said overall it was way below the company’s standards.

Friendster Founder Launches News Service Based on Social Networks

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Apple’s Lightning Connector: What We Know, What We Don’t

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Valve taunts us with prospect of official Portal 2 sentry turret replica (video)

A Holy Grail of gamer memorabilia is the Portal turret replica — as much a tech toy as proof that you can sing "Want You Gone" from memory. It’s already been coveted when made in small batches by fans, so you can imagine the hysteria when Valve Software itself posts a teaser video (found after the break)

Samsung Galaxy Note II may hit AT&T the same day as Nokia

If you were deciding between the Samsung Galaxy Note II and the Nokia Lumia 920 (and/or Lumia 820, for that matter), but didn’t know if they’d all be working on your favorite carrier AT&T, today’s you’re lucky day! A tip has been dropped today about the Galaxy Note II on how it