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Assassin's Creed III set in Colonial America

Assassin's Creed III will be set in Colonial America, according to purported promotional material for the game.

A Best Buy tipster sent Kotaku an image of what appears to be promotional material for Assassin's Creed III. The image shows an Assassin's Creed-looking hooded character wielding a tomahawk, arrows, and a gun in front of the Continental flag.

Assassin's Creed: Revelations wrapped up Ezio's story, indicating the franchise would shift its focus to a new protagonist in Assassin's Creed III.

Read more of "Assassin's Creed III set in Colonial America" at GameSpot. … Read more

Rumor Has It, Ep. 22: Is Google jealous of Siri? (podcast)

Apple's invite doesn't explicitly say "iPad 3," which leaves us surmising whether the tablet about to be unveiled mere feet from the CNET office will be--drum-roll not necessary--the iPad 2S!

Noooooooooooooooo!

But since the mere acknowledgment of an iPad announcement on March 7 makes me the loser of the game show this month (sad face), we come up with an ingenious plan to find out the true identity of the iPad as soon as it's announced!

No, not by live-blogging or finagling another invite to the event from Apple (pshaw), but rather by filming me … Read more

New Samsung Galaxy S III details leaked online

We may be a few months away from seeing the official announcement for the Samsung Galaxy S III handset, but that's certainly not going to stop the rumor mill from churning out new details.

Case in point: a list of specs for the Galaxy S III surfaced over the weekend and provided a rather complete picture for what will undoubtedly be one of the most popular Android smartphones of the year.

The information obtained by BGR tells us that Samsung plans to launch the device across more than 50 "markets or cities" simultaneously, which is good news … Read more

Rumor Has It, Ep. 21: Why would you want a PS Vita OS phone? (podcast)

We finally put the celebratory Champagne away after last week's episode, just in time to bring you a ton of new rumors, hot off the rumor mill press.

Wouldn't that make our jobs so much easier? If there were an actual rumor mill press? Since there's not, Emily divulged that she did some research on Wikipedia and IMDb this week. She really pulled out all the stops!

In honor of our 21st episode, because we always find something to celebrate, we brought on special guest Madissen De Turris! And she even brought us presents! We love that. … Read more

Android Atlas Weekly 84: Chrome finally hits Android (Podcast)

Chrome comes to Android with one gigantic caveat. Or maybe two. And we are joined by cell phone expert Jessica Dolcourt who gives us her personal opinion of Android.

NEWS:

-Three years on, Chrome at last arrives on Android

-Verizon Galaxy Nexus loses Google support

-Google Voice gets the Ice Cream Sandwich treatment

-Motorola patent license will cost Apple 2.25% of sales

-Google secretly testing pair of connected devices

-An Android tablet for the tub

-Superslim Samsung Galaxy S III could drop in May… Read more

Rumor Has It, Ep. 19: Amazon's brick-and-mortar black hole (podcast)

Today's episode blew our minds. And not just because it was Humiliation Day.

First Emily embarrassed herself by revealing her hidden talents; then she discovered her old lady cowboy voice; then Karyne did a "face mic," which is basically a face palm but using a mic; and then Amazon killed us with the possibility of opening brick-and-mortar stores to sell (drum roll, please): BOOKS! Say what?

Best Buy put out a survey starring the iTV this week, only to tell us later that the survey was "hypothetical." You know what else is hypothetical, Best Buy? … Read more

Superslim Samsung Galaxy S III could drop in May

Here comes yet another tasty tidbit for the multitudes eagerly awaiting news of the Samsung Galaxy S III: it could measure just 0.28 inch, or 7 millimeters, thick.

The latest rumor ultimately comes to us from Korean Web site Electronic Times News (Google translation).

Samsung, it seems, is taking on Motorola's ultraskinny Droid Razr, another phone that comes in at a rakish 0.28 inch deep.

This is just one leak among many pouring out over the hotly anticipated follow-up to the extremely popular Samsung Galaxy S II. The superphone is expected to run Android 4.0 Ice … Read more

Lightened Dream illuminates your dreams

Many people believe their dreams reveal deeper insights. Dream journals or dream diaries let dreamers record their dreams while they're still fresh in their minds, which means as soon as they wake up. Lightened Dream is a freeware dream journal, but it also promises to help you understand, interpret, and even control your dreams. While the software is well-executed, the psychological concepts are less convincing. But we think skepticism is a sensible way to approach any such program, let alone one with as many unique twists as Lightened Dream.

LucidCode's highly unusual EULA requires users to swear not … Read more

Alleged Samsung Galaxy III details bubbling to the surface

With Mobile World Congress bearing down on us next month, Android-related leaks continue to surface.

Such is the case with an oft-rumored Samsung Galaxy S II successor. If history is any indicator, then we should expect to see Samsung announce a followup device to last year's wildly popular Android smartphone.

And why not? It was at Mobile World Congress, after all, where Samsung unveiled the last two iterations of the handset.

So what would go into a new Galaxy device? If Eldar Murtazin is to be believed, then we are in for even more cutting-edge hardware.

Now, before I … Read more

Android Atlas Weekly: Ep. 82: All your info are belong to Google (podcast)

Download.com editor Jaymar Cabebe joins us as we discuss who's making money on Android, upcoming phones, and whether Google's new privacy policy violates its own "Don't be evil" mantra.

NEWS:

-How Google’s privacy policy changes will affect Android

-Tap that App

-Android Is No. 1, But Google Says It Still Makes Little Money

-Each Kindle Fire generating more than $100 in additional revenue for Amazon

-What to expect out of HTC at Mobile World Congress… Read more