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• Review: Updated: Deezer

  06-11-2015 23:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Deezer ReviewUpdate: Deezer recently added around 20,000 radio shows and podcasts to the already strong song catalog. New entries include audio from talkSPORT, Bayerischer Rundfunk, France 24 and Braincast.Original review below...Deezer, the music streaming service that launched in France and has since expanded to nearly every corner of the world, has some pretty impressive stats. To start, it's available in 182 countries. To put that in perspective, there are 192 countries on Earth, which means
  
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• Nissan's Full Display Mirror lets racers see through solid objects

  06-11-2015 23:46 via cnet.com
  
  When your race car doesn't have a rear window, and your side mirrors aren't providing much help, it's up to camera technology to fill in the gaps.
  
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• Review: Updated: Nvidia Shield

  06-11-2015 23:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Update: Nvidia Shield has improved every month since launch, and a new service called GeForce Now could be the push the console needs to creep into a few thousand more living rooms. We'll update the review once we go hands on with the new software.Original review below...If the Nvidia Shield already sounds like a familiar name, that's because it is. Nvidia has used the Shield moniker a couple times before, with its Shield Portable and Shield Tablet. But the Shield console is different from its p
  
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• Virtual reality gets jolt with YouTube app, free Google Cardboard in New York Times

  06-11-2015 23:22 via cnet.com
  
  Get ready for VR to be a hot topic as more than 1 million New York Times subscribers get Google Cardboard headsets with their morning paper. Also, YouTube's Android app now supports VR video, and Samsung Gear VR prepares to land next month.
  
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• No need to take a rain check on the Fibaro Flood Sensor

  06-11-2015 23:14 via cnet.com
  
  The Fibaro Flood Sensor has a streamlined design, versatile hardware and solid detection technology.
  
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• Virtual reality gets jolt with YouTube app, free Google Cardboard

  06-11-2015 23:01 via cnet.com
  
  Get ready for VR to be a hot topic as more than 1 million New York Times subscribers get Google Cardboard. Also: YouTube's Android app now supports VR video, and Samsung Gear VR prepares to land next month.
  
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• VIDEO: How to produce hydrogen from algae

  06-11-2015 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists have developed a new method for continuously producing hydrogen from algae
  
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• The man behind 'the world's first home PC'

  06-11-2015 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The little known story of one the world's first home personal computers
  
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• Square IPO priced at 30 percent discount to last private funding

  06-11-2015 22:55
  
  By Heather Somerville SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Mobile payments company Square Inc set a price range on Friday for its highly anticipated initial public offering that values the company at up to $4.2 billion, a 30 percent discount to its valuation at its last fundraising round. San Francisco-based Square, which is headed by Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey, is one of the most prominent "unicorns," or private companies valued at more than $1 billion, to make a public debut this year. "It's
  
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• Do you have to be a gamer to 'get' the first trailer for Duncan Jones' Warcraft?

  06-11-2015 22:30
  
  The first proper look at the long-awaited big screen adaptation of popular video game World of Warcraft has hit the web, leaving our blogger wondering if he missed why we’re supposed to care about this formulaic fantasy universeThe race is on to be the first team to successfully adapt a hit video game for the big screen. Michael Fassbender and Justin Kurzel are currently in pre-production on Assassin’s Creed, which certainly has the potential to outgun its many disappointing forebear
  
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• No need to take a rain check on the Fibaro

  06-11-2015 22:27 via cnet.com
  
  This Flood Sensor has streamlined design, versatile hardware, and solid detection technology.
  
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• Fallout 4: Release date, gameplay and everything else you need to know

  06-11-2015 22:27 via cnet.com
  
  The latest entry in the Fallout series takes us to a post-apocalyptic Boston.
  
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• Virtual reality gets a jolt with YouTube app, free Google Cardboard

  06-11-2015 22:23 via cnet.com
  
  Get ready for VR to be a hot topic as more than 1 million New York Times subscribers get Google Cardboard with their morning paper. Also: YouTube's Android app now supports VR video, and Samsung Gear VR prepares to land next month.
  
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• The 404 Show 1,637: Japan's Star Wars trailer, Candy Crush maker sells for $5.9B, remembering iPod 1 (podcast)

  06-11-2015 22:14 via cnet.com
  
  Russ and Jeff check out Japan's Star Wars trailer, discuss Activision's $5.9B King Digital acquisition, remember the first iPod, uncover the mystery of the Boston Garden Monkey and so much more on this week's show.
  
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• Alien hunters who listened to weird distant star share their findings

  06-11-2015 22:14 via cnet.com
  
  There's something around the star KIC 8462852 that seems so unnatural it's driven serious scientists to search for alien signals coming from the system.
  
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• Videogame maker to launch TV studio

  06-11-2015 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The maker of Call of Duty, Activision Blizzard, announces it will release original films and TV series.
  
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• Low Latency 137: Call of Candy: Crush Ops

  06-11-2015 21:55 via cnet.com
  
  Activision just acquired King Digital, the makers of Candy Crush. Is a Call of Duty freemium mobile game in our future?
  
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• Logitech's G920 Driving Force racing wheel offers the ultimate in high octane simulation

  06-11-2015 21:47 via cnet.com
  
  Jeff Bakalar takes Logitech's G920 Driving Force steering wheel for a spin with Forza Motorsport 6 on Xbox One. It's expensive, but racing enthusiasts don't need to look any further.
  
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• Square valuation shaved by more than $2bn as IPO share price drops

  06-11-2015 21:36
  
  Conservative price of $11 and $13 a share for company that deals in mobile debit and credit payment raises eyebrows across Silicon ValleyTwitter chief executive Jack Dorsey’s other company, Square, has seen at least a third shaved off its 2014 valuation at $6bn, resulting in an IPO share price of between $11 and $13 a share. To make up the shortfall, the company may have to issue extra stock to preferred shareholders.As more and more “unicorn” companies come under scrutiny for
  
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• Once a drunk tweeter, Adele says her posts must now be approved

  06-11-2015 21:30 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: The world-famous singer says that she can't risk offending her 24 million followers, so she has her tweets cleared by others before they go live.
  
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• Glowing foam lightsabers: All the fun, none of the fear

  06-11-2015 21:11 via cnet.com
  
  Get your Jedi on in style with a light-up foam lightsaber that won't leave a mark when it makes contact.
  
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• Review: Updated: Lenovo Yoga 900

  06-11-2015 21:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designAfter launching the Yoga 3 Pro last year, Lenovo found a winning design formula, and it isn't deviating much with this year's refresh.. The Yoga 900 has a different numbering convention, but the convertible Ultrabook is an iterative successor to the Yoga 3 Pro, promising longer battery life, faster performance and improvements to a winning 360-degree swiveling hinge design.Sporting Intel's sixth generation Skylake processor, the Yoga 900 ($1,199, £797, AU$1,705) come
  
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• Album of music for cats scientifically soothes the savage beast

  06-11-2015 21:08 via cnet.com
  
  A project aimed at launching an album of music for felines gathers plenty of cat-loving backers on Kickstarter.
  
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• Activision planning 'Call of Duty' film, 'Skylanders' show

  06-11-2015 21:08
  
  Activision Blizzard Inc. is moving deeper into the film and TV business. The video game maker unveiled plans Friday at an investors meeting during the annual BlizzCon fan convention to create and release ...
  
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• Exclusive: Verizon weighing $10 billion sale of enterprise assets - sources

  06-11-2015 21:07
  
  By Liana B. Baker and Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc is exploring a sale of its enterprise assets which could be worth as much as $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, as the largest U.S. wireless carrier seeks to focus on its core business. The sale would include the business formerly known as MCI, which provides landline and Internet services for large business customers, as well as Terremark, its data center unit, the people said this wee
  
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• Behind the scenes at Web Summit 2015 - Tech Weekly podcast

  06-11-2015 20:57
  
  In this extended edition of the podcast, we talk to some of the biggest movers and shakers at the annual web summit in DublinThis week Tech Weekly packs up its bag of cables and microphones and hits the road for the annual Web Summit in Dublin. We move through the throngs of braying startups and roving investors to cut straight to some of the most interesting speakers at the event. This year it seems four initials are gaining traction: AI and VR. We talked to VR pioneer Jackie Ford Morie about h
  
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• Local Motors unveils its first 3D-printed car slated for mass production

  06-11-2015 20:56 via cnet.com
  
  The LM3D Swim has not yet passed regulatory muster, but the company believes everything is in order for deliveries starting in 2017.
  
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• Square Inc IPO to value payments startup at up to $4.2 billion

  06-11-2015 20:53
  
  (Reuters) - Mobile payments company Square Inc, headed by Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey, said it expects its initial public offering to price at between $11 and $13 per share, valuing the company at up to $4.2 billion. "I'd argue that this company is simply not ready to go public yet, even at significant discount from their last valuation", said Brian Hamilton, chairman of private company analysis firm Sageworks. Startups such as Square and Stripe have given industry leaders such as Pa
  
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• Activision to bring your favorite games to the silver screen

  06-11-2015 20:45 via cnet.com
  
  Game maker launches a new film and TV production studio to create original content based on its popular games.
  
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• Switching on intelligent energy tracking at the CNET Smart Home

  06-11-2015 20:44 via cnet.com
  
  How much electricity are we using at the CNET Smart Home? We installed a smart energy monitor to track our usage in real-time.
  
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• Apple Watch lands in India

  06-11-2015 20:44 via cnet.com
  
  But some wonder whether a premium-priced watch will attract buyers in a price-conscious market.
  
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• $100 24-inch HDTV, iPod bargains lead off Walmart's daily online pre-Black Friday sale

  06-11-2015 20:44 via cnet.com
  
  The promotion runs until the end of the holiday shopping season. These are the deals you need to check out.
  
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• Samsung gives out $350 in freebies with limited-time promotion

  06-11-2015 20:42 via cnet.com
  
  Customers who purchase certain Samsung smartphones can choose between two gift bundles.
  
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• Revealing shots from surprise new 'Force Awakens' trailer (pictures)

  06-11-2015 20:35 via cnet.com
  
  Star Wars fans get a gift as a new international trailer lands on Walt Disney Japan's YouTube channel. There's more of Rey and Finn, Kylo Ren's fancy lightsaber, the droid BB-8 and, hey, is that C-3PO?
  
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• New international 'Star Wars' trailer loaded with unseen footage

  06-11-2015 20:34 via cnet.com
  
  Walt Disney Japan unveils a "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" trailer stuffed with fresh clips that give us another glimpse behind the movie's veil of secrecy.
  
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• Duncan Jones: 'Warcraft will right the wrongs of game movies'

  06-11-2015 20:30
  
  Like every parent, David Bowie told his son to put down the console and play outside. But that young gamer has grown into the director of the first World of Warcraft movie. Duncan Jones on tackling a $100m fantasy epicWhen he was a child growing up in the 1980s, Duncan Jones would often stay up through the night, drawing maps on graph paper of places he’d only ever visited inside a computer screen. His father, David Bowie viewed his son’s arcane video game obsession with suspicion. &
  
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• How to turn off iCloud Reminders on OS X and iOS

  06-11-2015 20:25 via cnet.com
  
  Reduce redundancy by disabling iCloud Reminders on your Mac and iPad.
  
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• Videogame maker Activision launches film studio

  06-11-2015 20:06
  
  (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc has launched a film and TV studio to create original content based on its popular videogame franchises such as "Call of Duty" and "Hearthstone" in its latest push to expand beyond console-based games. Activision Blizzard Studios' first production will be "Skylanders Academy," an animated TV series based on the company's toys-to-life videogame "Skylanders", the company said in a statement. A "near-term" project for the videogame maker's film and TV studio will
  
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• Overwatch, StarCraft II, Hearthstone: Blizzcon 2015's biggest announcements

  06-11-2015 20:01
  
  Blizzard Entertainment has revealed a host of new details for its upcoming games at its annual dedicated convention in Anaheim, CaliforniaBy: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Review: Apple TV

  06-11-2015 19:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and overviewIf it existed in a bubble, the new 2015 Apple TV would be a stellar product. It offers a steady improvement over its three-year-stagnant predecessor - a device built for the then revolutionary new standard of 1080p - and comes with one of the most premium remotes on the market.If there was nothing to compare it to, it'd be hard to point out the number of flaws the system has. It's lacking native Amazon Prime Video support, for example, and Siri recognizes less than half
  
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• Convert your Fitbit steps into a charitable donation with FitForGood

  06-11-2015 19:54 via cnet.com
  
  You're already tracking your steps, here's another way to make them count.
  
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• Alibaba in Singles Day sales clash

  06-11-2015 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China's two leading e-commerce companies have clashed in the run-up to an enormous online retail event called Singles Day.
  
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• WarCraft movie trailer revealed at Blizzcon 2015

  06-11-2015 19:33
  
      The first trailer for the long-in-development WarCraft movie has been revealed, during the opening ceremony for Blizzcon 2015.
  "It was super important to us and to Legendary to be true to Warcaft and make you proud," Blizzard president Mike Morhaime told the Blizzcon crowd, who rapturously received the debut footage from the movie. The early look is promising, showing an accurate adaptation the popular fantasy strategy game.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• TRLPC: Banks’ technology exposure mounting amid heavy U.S. M&A

  06-11-2015 19:30
  
  By Jonathan Schwarzberg and Lynn Adler NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. investors’ exposure limits for the technology sector are being tested after three loans totaling U.S.$13.8bn hit the market in recent weeks, with another massive deal looming to finance computer titan Dell’s US$67bn acquisition of EMC Corp. The transactions include a US$7.5bn loan for chipmaker Avago Technologies and a US$3.6bn deal backing the buyout of data storage provider Veritas which are in the market, while a US$
  
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• Anonymous leaks identities of 350 alleged Ku Klux Klan members

  06-11-2015 19:22
  
  List of names and social media accounts mentioned alleged FBI informants and those who already publicly identify as members of white supremacist groupThe hacking collective Anonymous has begun its promised leak of the identities of members of the Ku Klux Klan with a data dump of the names of more than 350 alleged members along with links to social media accounts. Many of the identities are already in the public domain. Only one of the names listed in the file, on the anonymous sharing site Paste
  
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• Postcard app suffers data breach

  06-11-2015 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hackers have stolen customer data from Touchnote which makes an app that lets people turn a photo taken on a phone into a postcard.
  
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• Review: Acer Aspire One Cloudbook 11

  06-11-2015 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IntroductionWith the immense success of applications like Office 365 and tools like OneDrive, Microsoft has done well to stay in the cloud. That's also where ultra portable laptops like the Acer Aspire One Cloudbook 11 comes from. Available in two screen sizes, 11.6 and 14-inch, the Acer Cloudbook is a low-cost, lightweight, system that takes full advantage of Windows 10.Given how every configuration is equipped with an 1.6GHz Intel Celeron dual-core processor and 2GB of memory, the Cloudbook is
  
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• WIRED Retail: how Ocado wants to make grocery shopping 'pleasurable'

  06-11-2015 17:58
  
  Paul Clarke, director of technology at Ocado, will talk about how he helped turn the weekly shop into a painless clickBy: Catherine Lawson, Continue reading...
  
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• WIRED Retail: how Ocado want to make grocery shopping 'pleasurable'

  06-11-2015 17:58
  
  Paul Clarke, director of technology at Ocado, will talk about how he helped turn the weekly shop into a painless clickBy: Catherine Lawson, Continue reading...
  
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• TEDx Berlin and Marriott take the (un)conference back to the hotel

  06-11-2015 17:53
    Marriott hotel group and TEDx Berlin are breaking down the walls of the conference hall through an innovative partnership that enables transformative debateBy: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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