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• Google experiments with a Star Trek-style wearable - CNET

  23-11-2015 23:56 via cnet.com
  
  No, it's not another attempt at high-tech eyewear. This one-of-a-kind prototype draws its inspiration from the communicator worn on a stylish shirt.
  
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• Lidia Bastianich: From refugee to matriarch of a food empire

  23-11-2015 23:38
  
  Lidia Bastianich is America's Italian grandmother. In a dozen books and on her public television program, Bastianich has schooled American cooks in homemade pasta, the proper use of escarole, and the need to slow down and come to the table.
  
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• How to get the best Black Friday deals - CNET

  23-11-2015 23:31 via cnet.com
  
  The biggest shopping day of the year is gearing up to be a madhouse at the stores. Use these tips to save cash.
  
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• Feel the Force with Google's Star Wars app themes - CNET

  23-11-2015 23:18 via cnet.com
  
  Too much Star Wars? Never! Google sneaks Star Wars characters into its apps and services. Meanwhile, Yahoo blocks ad blockers, and LG kills the Urbane 2 smartwatch just days after it went on sale.
  
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• Sidefari for iPad makes it possible to view two Safari tabs at once on iOS 9 - CNET

  23-11-2015 23:11 via cnet.com
  
  Apple added a lot of new features to the iPad in in iOS 9, but viewing two browser tabs at once wasn't one of them.
  
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• Alpina rolls out a 600-horsepower BMW 5 Series -- but it'll cost you - CNET

  23-11-2015 23:00 via cnet.com
  
  Built on BMW's own assembly lines, the B5 Biturbo brings M5 power -- and then some -- to both sedans and wagons.
  
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• Feel the Force with Google's Star Wars app themes video - CNET

  23-11-2015 22:42 via cnet.com
  
  Too much Star Wars? Never! Google sneaks Star Wars characters into its apps and services. Meanwhile, Yahoo blocks ad blockers, and LG kills the Urbane 2 smartwatch just days after it went on sale.
  
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• Good news, everyone! 'Futurama' coming back as a mobile game - CNET

  23-11-2015 21:54 via cnet.com
  
  The good ship Planet Express Ship and its crew of humans, aliens and drunk robots from New New York are off on another adventure in the upcoming game Futurama: Release the Drones.
  
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• TV Buying Guide: Get out tape measure before shopping

  23-11-2015 21:04
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — If you're shopping for a TV, get out a tape measure and do some quick calculations before you head to the store. And count the number of gadgets you'll want to connect to your screen.
  
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• 3 common refrigerator problems you can easily fix yourself - CNET

  23-11-2015 20:46 via cnet.com
  
  Problems, including frost and over-cycling, are likely issues you can fix without a professional.
  
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• Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals for PC gamers - CNET

  23-11-2015 20:42 via cnet.com
  
  These holiday discounts are perfect for getting the best PC experience from Fallout 4, Star Wars Battlefront and other new games.
  
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• Chill out making 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' snowflakes - CNET

  23-11-2015 20:40 via cnet.com
  
  Have a geektastic holiday with these paper snowflakes of BB-8, Finn, Kylo Ren, Poe, Rey and the First Order Stormtroopers by artist Anthony Herrera.
  
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• The uneasy relationship between invention and leftwing politics | Letters

  23-11-2015 20:35 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  I fear Zoe Williams has set Labour an impossible task with her admonition (The future’s at stake: the left must show it could create an iPad, 23 November). As we already have Apple’s iPad, what should John McDonnell’s socialist innovators set their sights on inventing? Nobody knew there was a demand for iPads before they were invented. Similarly, if we go further back into history, there was no demand for telephones or televisions or aeroplanes before each of these were in
  
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• FAA drone task force recommends registration for pilots, not individual drones - CNET

  23-11-2015 20:32 via cnet.com
  
  If the FAA accepts the task force recommendations, registration will be mandatory prior to the operation of any UAS weighing more than half a pound.
  
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• Review: Updated: Roku 4

  23-11-2015 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Roku 4 introduction, design and remoteUpdate: Roku 4 is getting two new channels this week: MTV and Nick Jr. MTV offers the latest MTV and MTV2 shows the day after they air as well as access to events like the VMAs and Movie Awards. Nick Jr. has full-length episodes and short-form videos of Nickelodeon's top-rated preschool series such as PAW Patrol, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Shimmer and Shine and Mutt & Stuff. Both require a cable subscription to access full episodes.Original review b
  
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• See a whole day on Pluto in one NASA image - CNET

  23-11-2015 20:28 via cnet.com
  
  NASA's New Horizons spacecraft witnessed and photographed Pluto's rotation during a day in the life of the dwarf planet and its largest moon, Charon.
  
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• Clean between your keyboard's keys with a piece of clear tape - CNET

  23-11-2015 20:24 via cnet.com
  
  Just wait until you see what's stuck between those keys.
  
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• Review: HP Spectre x2

  23-11-2015 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IntroductionWith the Surface Pro 4 re-establishing Microsoft as the best Windows tablet maker, you can't find a slate that's not trying to emulate its design and success. From the Lenovo Miix 700 to the Dell XPS 12 and even the iPad Pro, everyone is getting into the pro-level tablet game with their own detachable device.The Spectre x2 is HP's entry in the ever-expanding tablet-laptop hybrid category. While there's a striking resemblance between it and the Surface Pro 4, the Spectre x2 carves an
  
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• 'The Force Awakens' unfolds in Star Wars snowflakes (pictures) - CNET

  23-11-2015 20:10 via cnet.com
  
  Dreaming of a Hoth-white Christmas? These "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" paper snowflakes by Anthony Herrera should impress even the grinchiest holiday snobs. We're looking at you, Darth Vader.
  
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• Review: Creative Sound Blaster Roar 2

  23-11-2015 20:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sound Blaster Roar 2It probably didn't happen this way, but I like to think the Creative Sound Blaster Roar 2, the sequel to the Sound Blaster Roar SR20 that blew me away in 2014, was conceived from a dare. The challenge? Put everything from the Sound Blaster Roar – the five drivers, 6,000mAh battery, the SD card slot and a built-in microphone – into a chassis 80% of the size. Oh, and do that without degrading sound quality, dropping a feature or radically increasing the price. (Now'
  
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• First explosive clip drops from 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' - CNET

  23-11-2015 19:38 via cnet.com
  
  You've seen the teasers and trailers, but now we have a clip that lets the scene roll...for at least 15 seconds.
  
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• Jon Snow prominently featured in new 'Game of Thrones' poster - CNET

  23-11-2015 19:34 via cnet.com
  
  HBO releases a new teaser poster for season 6 of the network's hit fantasy show "Game of Thrones," suggesting a prominent character may still have a role in the war to come.
  
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• Instant messaging will change the way brands talk to customers

  23-11-2015 19:28
      Companies should communicate with their customers using instant messaging, an online retailer has said.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Waste less time online with Take a five's self-destructing tabs - CNET

  23-11-2015 19:20 via cnet.com
  
  Admit it: You are weak and easily distracted.
  
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• Drones will make it easier to park your car, says Orbital Insights

  23-11-2015 19:19
      Drones will be able to monitor your shopping habits and make it easier to park in the coming years.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Drones will make it easier to park your car, says Orbital Insight

  23-11-2015 19:19
      Drones will be able to monitor your shopping habits and make it easier to park in the coming years.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Amazon wants to own the checkout process

  23-11-2015 19:09
      The average Briton regularly deals with 19 online accounts that require a username and password.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• 'We need to teach people to trust the buy button again,' says Sebastian Siemiatkowski

  23-11-2015 19:06
      Sebastian Siemiatkowski isn't in the e-commerce business -- he's in the business of reducing friction.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Volkswagen: No cash for European diesel buyers, no major cuts for US operations - CNET

  23-11-2015 19:00 via cnet.com
  
  The German automaker is handling Dieselgate quite differently in Europe than in North America.
  
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• RIP Cyber Monday, long live Cyber Sunday - CNET

  23-11-2015 18:55 via cnet.com
  
  Shoppers want Cyber Monday bargains on Sunday evening, says retail giant Walmart. It's moving its online sales schedule ahead accordingly.
  
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• How to mute Siri with the lock switch - CNET

  23-11-2015 18:55 via cnet.com
  A setting lets you receive Siri's answers without any voice feedback by flipping the lock switch.
  
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• Relay wants your phone to be a wallet and Twitter a shop

  23-11-2015 18:46
      Less than five percent of all transactions take place online, and only 15 percent of those go through mobile. Stripe wants to change that.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Xbox One compatibility with original Xbox 'very challenging'

  23-11-2015 18:40
  
  Anyone hoping to play games from the original Xbox on the Xbox One could be in for a long wait -- making software intended for the 14-year old console would be "very challenging", according to Microsoft.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Ford recalls nearly half a million cars for fuel tank troubles - CNET

  23-11-2015 18:38 via cnet.com
  
  The Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan require fixes after the automaker discovered the potential for a fire.
  
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• Last year's tech, this year's bargains (pictures) - CNET

  23-11-2015 18:37 via cnet.com
  
  If you don't need the latest and greatest, you can score some amazingly good deals on amazingly good gear.
  
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• Social media helps drive historic Cuban exodus to US

  23-11-2015 18:32
  
  PENAS BLANCAS, Costa Rica (AP) — As summer began to bake the central Cuban city of Sancti Spiritus, Elio Alvarez and Lideisy Hernandez sold their tiny apartment and everything in it for $5,000 and joined the largest migration from their homeland in decades.
  
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• Apple, Facebook and Google call for encryption protections

  23-11-2015 18:30
  
  Leading technology companies, including Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter, IBM and Intel have called for politicians around the world to protect encryption standards.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• 6 tricks for savvy online shopping - CNET

  23-11-2015 18:21 via cnet.com
  
  Whether you're holiday shopping on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, you're losing money if you're not using these tricks.
  
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• The 29 best Black Friday tech deals we've found so far - CNET

  23-11-2015 18:17 via cnet.com
  
  CNET's editors have been busy rounding up the top deals in their categories. Now here are the best of the best electronics and tech deals for Black Friday 2015.
  
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• Roku TV brains now available on LG TVs at Best Buy - CNET

  23-11-2015 18:14 via cnet.com
  
  Our favorite smart TV system packs all of Roku's apps, search and simplicity into a TV, no box or stick required. The latest TV brand with Roku built-in is LG, with 55-inch and 65-inch models on sale at Best Buy now.
  
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• VIDEO: Handbag tells you not to spend money

  23-11-2015 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Students in Dundee design a handbag that tells you not to spend money when a bank card is removed from an inside pocket.
  
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• VIDEO: How VW can cheat European tests too

  23-11-2015 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Panorama shows in graphic detail how Volkswagen cheats European tests.
  
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• Netflix picks up 'Lost in Space' reboot

  23-11-2015 17:59
  
  Netflix's next original series could see it stepping into high-concept sci-fi, with the streaming video service picking up an update to the classic 1960s series Lost in Space.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Your micro-expressions reveal what you're really thinking

  23-11-2015 17:55
      Companies spend billions trying to find out what consumers think. But now, deep learning, computer vision and cognitive neuroscience could unlock the mystery for a fraction of the cost. By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Hands-on review: Updated: Sony A7S II

  23-11-2015 17:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and featuresWe're still carrying out real-world testing on the Sony A7S II, but we have now finished our lab test results and these make for some very interesting reading. We've included the lab test data for three of its key rivals, too – the Sony A7R II, Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Nikon D4S.With the launch of the A7S II, Sony has finished updating its trio of full-frame compact system cameras to Mark II versions. The old models continue alongside as cheaper, older-specced alt
  
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• Food fight! CNET agrees to disagree about sous vide - CNET

  23-11-2015 16:36 via cnet.com
  
  Some of us think cooking sealed food in carefully heated water baths is the next big thing. Others... aren't so convinced.
  
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• Virtual reality shopping will give 'tailored' experiences

  23-11-2015 16:31
      Virtual reality is going to allow us to have personal, customised, shopping experiences.
  By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Amazon Prime Music's top challenge? Getting Prime members to notice it (Q&A) - CNET

  23-11-2015 16:31 via cnet.com
  
  You already have to pay to belong to Prime. Amazon's head of digital music says the streaming service is after customers who don't necessarily want to spend a ton of money on music.
  
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• Lenovo Yoga 900 review: A powered-up convertible

  23-11-2015 16:21 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Yoga 900 retains the best elements of last year's Core M-based Yoga 3 Pro, including the unique watchband-style hinge, but boosts the CPU power with 6th-generation Core i7 and i5 processors. Battery life could still be an issue for some, though.
  
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• Wearables should be soft, stylish and sexy

  23-11-2015 15:55
      Wearables need to be soft -- and not just on the body -- but also attract an emotional responseBy: Nicole Kobie, Continue reading...
  
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