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• Alphabet's Wi-Fi beaming balloons prepare lift off in Indonesia

  28-10-2015 23:58 via cnet.com
  
  Google's parent company wants to connect remote regions to the Internet. Next stop: Southeast Asia.
  
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• This is the BB-8 gourd you're looking for

  28-10-2015 23:57 via cnet.com
  
  Alan Tudyk shares a photo of an amazing pumpkin that looks just like the rolling ball droid from the upcoming film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," complete with a billiard ball for an eye.
  
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• Create Spotify playlists based on one song with MagicPlaylist

  28-10-2015 23:56 via cnet.com
  
  Listening to a MagicPlaylist playlist feels like listening to a version of Pandora where you can see which songs are coming up.
  
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• 2016 Audi A3 Sportback E-tron: First drive

  28-10-2015 23:52 via cnet.com
  
  Meet Audi's first electrified vehicle for sale in the United States.
  
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• Slick interface, but so-so performance (pictures)

  28-10-2015 23:51 via cnet.com
  
  The Samsung NX58H9500WS 30-inch gas range is a stainless-steel, slide-in unit with an appealing touch-panel control and powerful gas burners.
  
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• Samsung gas range rests on pretty

  28-10-2015 23:51 via cnet.com
  
  The Samsung NX58H9500WS is a handsome slide-in range with an appealing touch-panel control and powerful gas burners, but the oven is unreliable if you want even baking.
  
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• Here's why the fall Xbox One update is a big deal

  28-10-2015 23:43 via cnet.com
  
  The upcoming Xbox One update introduces new features and backwards compatbility, and promises better performance.
  
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• GoPro posts video from its prototype drone

  28-10-2015 23:34 via cnet.com
  
  Yep, looks like some very stable video from a quadcopter.
  
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• Hands on with Samsung's giant tablet, the Galaxy View (pictures)

  28-10-2015 23:00 via cnet.com
  
  Big, bigger, biggest. The Galaxy View tablet has an extra-wide 18.4-inch screen.
  
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• A slick interface doesn't save this gas range

  28-10-2015 22:54 via cnet.com
  
  The Samsung NX58H9500WS would instantly upgrade your kitchen's visual appeal if you added it to your home. Plus, it comes with some cool extras. But when it's time to actually use this range, you may be disappointed.
  
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• Luke is in every scene of this 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' trailer

  28-10-2015 22:48 via cnet.com
  
  There he is! A Luke Skywalker fan edits everyone's favorite Jedi into a trailer from which he was conspicuously absent.
  
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• Everything you need to know about YouTube Red

  28-10-2015 22:48 via cnet.com
  
  YouTube's new subscription service, Red, is out now. Here's why you might want to sign up.
  
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• GoPro revenue misses due to weak demand for new cameras

  28-10-2015 22:25
  
  (Reuters) - GoPro Inc reported a lower-than-expected rise in quarterly revenue as its newly launched wearable cameras failed to click with customers, especially in the Americas. GoPro's helmet- and body-mounted cameras are popular with surfers, skydivers and other adventure sports enthusiasts.
  
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• How to transfer notes from Evernote to Apple Notes in bulk

  28-10-2015 22:22 via cnet.com
  
  A free app for Mac users makes switching from Evernote to the new Apple Notes a breeze.
  
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• Hide people from appearing in Google Photos search on Android

  28-10-2015 22:20 via cnet.com
  
  Seeing a lot of faces you don't know every time you perform a search in Google Photos? There's finally a fix for that.
  
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• Review: Moto 360

  28-10-2015 22:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and displayThe first Moto 360 has been one of the most popular, if not the most popular, smartwatches on the market. It's the top Android Wear watch that can go head to head with the Apple Watch, and then some. It definitely had annoyances – like its flat tire-looking display and middling battery life – but in terms of design, comfort and overall functionality, the watch has done well. About a year later, we get not just one highly anticipated sequel, but two sizes and t
  
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• Massive Donald 'Trumpkin' wants to make pumpkins great again

  28-10-2015 22:06 via cnet.com
  
  Artist Jeanette Paras paints a 374-pound pumpkin to look like presidential candidate and reality-television personality Donald Trump. She's hired!
  
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• Perfection: 'Inside Out' emotions watch the new 'Star Wars' trailer

  28-10-2015 22:05 via cnet.com
  
  A mashup of Pixar's hit animated flick and J.J. Abrams' latest teaser captures fans' complicated reactions to the hype and interminable wait for the release of Episode VII.
  
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• Bill Hader falls for Nigerian scammer in new iPhone 6S ad

  28-10-2015 22:00 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: Siri merely follows orders. So when the comedian asks her to reply to an email scammer, can she do anything but oblige?
  
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• Boobs-on: Interactive sports bra pulls you into alignment

  28-10-2015 21:49 via cnet.com
  
  Good posture isn't a choice when you squeeze yourself into Alignmed's new high-tech bra. It's an imperative. CNET's Amanda Kooser knows firsthand.
  
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• Sick of Candy Crush invites? Facebook to kill game requests

  28-10-2015 21:41 via cnet.com
  
  CEO Zuckerberg pledges to put an end to those annoying game invites, and the social network also destroys the "other" inbox folder. Meanwhile, Skype adds video filters and Google Play Music gets podcasts.
  
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• German vacuum cleaner firm set to sue Dyson over energy-test claims

  28-10-2015 20:48
  
  Bosch and Siemens manufacturer threatens legal action after James Dyson claims companies have misled consumers in move ‘akin to VW scandal’A German vacuum cleaner maker is threatening to sue Dyson over allegations that it manipulated energy-efficiency tests.BSH Hausgeräte, which makes household appliances under the Bosch and Siemens brands, said it was taking steps to sue Dyson in the UK over what it said were false allegations made by billionaire founder Sir James Dyson. It did
  
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• Slowest Rube Goldberg machine requires a turtle and molasses

  28-10-2015 20:34 via cnet.com
  
  The Rube Slowberg machine takes its sweet time accomplishing almost nothing by using the slowest connections possible.
  
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• Booking for Harry Potter play extended due to high demand

  28-10-2015 20:25
  
  Fans queued online for tickets but technical difficulties with system meant three-hour wait and transaction failureThe booking period for the play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, has been extended to January 2017 due to phenomenal demand. Fans scrambled for tickets when priority booking for performances from 7 June to 18 September 2016 opened at 11am but seats sold out quickly. Demand for tickets led to technical difficulties with the online system, including the site freezing and locking cu
  
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• Interactive sports bra pulls you into alignment (boobs-on)

  28-10-2015 20:18 via cnet.com
  
  Good posture isn't a choice when you squeeze yourself into Alignmed's new high-tech bra. It's an imperative. CNET's Amanda Kooser knows firsthand.
  
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• NASA flies into icy plume of Saturn's moon in search of life

  28-10-2015 20:10 via cnet.com
  
  Enceladus looks like a big ball of ice, but the mysterious spray near its south pole hints at something more. NASA's Cassini craft flies through a plume and takes a sip.
  
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• Porsche brings the GTS badge to the Macan for the 2017 model year

  28-10-2015 20:02 via cnet.com
  
  As with other models, the Macan GTS adds a dash of performance and an aesthetic that focuses on blacked-out trim.
  
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• Drive to create NZ computer security response team

  28-10-2015 19:58 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The first corporate sponsors are already on board to support a New Zealand Computer Security Incident Response Team or CSIRT.
  
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• Air Button adds shortcut buttons to the back of your phone

  28-10-2015 19:36 via cnet.com
  
  These small stick-ons can be programmed to perform any of over 30 tasks. And they don't require power.
  
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• Chicago finally permits ride-sharing pickups at O'Hare and Midway airports

  28-10-2015 19:29 via cnet.com
  
  Starting next year, Lyft, Uber and other ride-share companies will legally be allowed to pick up passengers at the city's major airports and tourist destinations.
  
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• Yamaha enters the sports-car arena with its Sports Ride concept

  28-10-2015 19:26 via cnet.com
  
  The Sports Ride concept attempts to distill the motorcycle experience into a four-wheeled vehicle.
  
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• Judge rules man had right to shoot down drone over his house

  28-10-2015 19:13 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: A Kentucky judge dismisses all charges against William Merideth, saying the drone was an invasion of privacy.
  
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• Why Apple's bullish on iPhone: More Android users switching over

  28-10-2015 19:01 via cnet.com
  
  Like Apple's Tim Cook, analysts are noticing more Android smartphone users switching to the iPhone, which they think has a lot to do with screen size.
  
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• Review: Roku 4

  28-10-2015 18:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Roku 4 introduction, design and remoteThe Roku 4 has big shoes to fill. It's taken over two years for this latest model to come out – the Roku 3, which we dubbed "the gold standard in streaming," came out in 2013 – but the end product has justified the wait. The new, $129 (about £85, AU$180) Roku 4 is faster, more well-rounded and more open than any product the company has released before, borrowing from its predecessor and adding more to its legacy in equal measure. It's faste
  
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• Snowden slams UK government over encryption 'backdoor' plans

  28-10-2015 18:48
  
  The UK government wants backdoor access to communications for "everything people actually use", Edward Snowden has claimed.
  The former NSA contractor took to Twitter to criticise comments from Britain’s Baroness Shields, the UK minister for Internet Safety and Security, over her position on encrypted data held by companies.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• French court fines online reviewer for slamming restaurant before it had opened

  28-10-2015 18:41
  
  Anonymous person calling themselves ‘The Clarifier’ ordered to pay several thousand euros to Dijon eaterie An amateur French restaurant reviewer has been fined several thousand euros after writing a scathing take on a local eatery which had not even opened yet.The review said the Loiseau Des Ducs restaurant in Dijon was “overrated, it was all show with very little actually on the plate, and the only thing well-stocked was the plate which carried the bill”.Continue reading
  
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• Always show file extensions in File Explorer

  28-10-2015 18:36 via cnet.com
  
  Sick of Windows hiding your file extensions? Here's how to force File Explorer to show them.
  
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• 'The Shining' hotel may get even scarier as a horror museum

  28-10-2015 18:33 via cnet.com
  
  The iconic Stanley Hotel hopes to open a horror museum. Future filmmakers will also have access to a production studio that will make them want to stay forever, and ever and ever.
  
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• Venus, Mars and Jupiter to align in spectacular formation

  28-10-2015 18:32
  
  Venus, Jupiter and Mars are set to align in a rare formation this week.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Cricket adds free data roaming and an excellent $150 phone

  28-10-2015 18:27 via cnet.com
  
  The prepaid AT&T brand gives customers free data roaming in Mexico, Canada and the US. And it's also offering the Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 smartphone.
  
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• How to disable the Windows 10 lock screen

  28-10-2015 18:26 via cnet.com
  
  Get rid of the lock screen without getting rid of the log-in screen.
  
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• TalkTalk hack: industry hits back after Daily Mail targets 'gaming addict'

  28-10-2015 18:21
  
  The gaming industry has hit back after the Daily Mail claimed a suspect arrested in connection with the TalkTalk hack was a "violent video game addict".
  The UKIE, the UK's games industry body, told WIRED that there was "no link between addiction or antisocial behaviour" and playing games in a "balanced" way.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Mercedes' Vision Tokyo is an autonomous fuel-cell future van

  28-10-2015 18:18 via cnet.com
  
  Mercedes-Benz's latest self-driving Vision concept looks like a road-going dirigible, and it's coming for Japan's youth.
  
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• Samsung goes big -- really big -- on tablets with the 18.4-inch Galaxy View (hands-on)

  28-10-2015 18:06 via cnet.com
  
  Samsung debuts the largest Android tablet ever, a giant-screened model aiming to be a luggable TV replacement.
  
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• Hands-on review: Samsung Galaxy View

  28-10-2015 18:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  What's Samsung up to here? It's a tablet that's sort of a TV that you can move except it's not a TV as you can't watch TV on it so it's a tablet but who has a tablet this big?That's pretty much my thought process on the Samsung Galaxy View, a tablet that somehow seems to try and be two things and is neither. The 18.4-inch View is designed to be carted all around the house and let you watch all manner of content if someone is monopolising the main TV.It's not the worst idea in the world - after a
  
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• Google Play Games app adds easy, on-the-fly recording

  28-10-2015 18:00 via cnet.com
  
  Google is making it easier to share your mobile gaming exploits on YouTube.
  
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• Lyft scaring up free on-demand zombies for Halloween

  28-10-2015 17:59 via cnet.com
  
  In New York City or San Francisco and need to perk up your office meeting or Halloween party on Friday? Order a free zombie to un-liven your event courtesy of Lyft.
  
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• Dancing to Gangnam Style could increase your pain threshold

  28-10-2015 17:58
  
  Psychologists may have (partly) got to the bottom of why dance crazes feel so good -- and it's all to do with social bonding.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• How to install and use editing extensions for Photos for OS X

  28-10-2015 17:56 via cnet.com
  
  Learn how to use third-party editing apps without leaving the Photos app on your Mac.
  
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• Dogs with busy social lives dress up for more than Halloween

  28-10-2015 17:37
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wally the Welsh corgi used to get dressed up to go trick-or-treating for Halloween, often as a banana, once as a dinosaur.
  
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