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• Sleep like a Time Lord with 'Doctor Who' bedding - CNET

  28-11-2015 22:12 via cnet.com
  
  Allons-zzzz! Have sweet dreams with this stylish bedding featuring the Tardis and elegant Gallifreyan symbols. Sadly, these sheets won't bend space and time so you can snooze longer.
  
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• Yum? Now you can make chocolate poop-emoji cookies - CNET

  28-11-2015 21:20 via cnet.com
  
  The cute little emoji symbol of a smiling pile of feces is now edible. YouTube star and pastry chef Rosanna Pansino shows you how to bake your own sweet-smelling poop cookies.
  
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• 3,000 web firm customers' details leaked

  28-11-2015 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Details of more than 3,000 customers or potential customers of Bluebox Broadband have been published online.
  
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• Close to the edge: The Blue Lola headphones - CNET

  28-11-2015 19:30 via cnet.com
  
  The Blue Lola looks like no other brand's headphone, and not only that, the Audiophiliac praises its sound!
  
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• Hands-on with Apple iPhone 6s Plus Rhino Shield Crash Guard and PlayProof cases

  28-11-2015 19:06 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  There are plenty of case options for the Apple iPhone and I've spent the last couple weeks with two options from Evolutive Labs. If you purchase one before December you can even save 15 percent or more.
  
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• ​Winter is coming! Grab these geeky sweaters to get warm - CNET

  28-11-2015 19:03 via cnet.com
  
  Stay toasty in Hoth-like winters with our favorite nerdy sweaters and cardigans featuring Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Gremlins, Cthulhu, superheroes and gaming characters.
  
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• Cozy up with sci-fi and superhero sweaters (pictures) - CNET

  28-11-2015 19:03 via cnet.com
  
  Don't be left in the cold this winter when you can warm up by wearing sweaters that show off your love for superheroes, Time Lords, Darth Vader, Gremlins, Cthulhu, Game of Thrones, robots and more.
  
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• Can we ever hear what our favorite bands sound like in the studio? - CNET

  28-11-2015 17:47 via cnet.com
  
  Listening to your favorite band's recordings as if they were live in the room with you seems like a great idea, but is it attainable?
  
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• Everything to play for as employers turn to video games in recruitment drive

  28-11-2015 17:00
  
  Firms such as Deloitte hope to hire people using smartphone apps – but can they produce accurate results?Job interviews have traditionally been painful affairs, with applicants sitting, sweaty-palmed, in some anteroom wondering whether or not to accept a biscuit. But today’s job applicants may well find themselves facing not an intimidating interview panel but a computer-based “psychometric” test.And anyone after a job with accountant Deloitte had better start honing thei
  
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• Star Wars or Star Trek? Let us help you choose a side - CNET

  28-11-2015 15:00 via cnet.com
  
  Han Solo and the Jedi take on Captain Kirk and the Federation in a sci-fi clash of titans to once again try to settle the long-running debate over which franchise reigns supreme.
  
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• 22 reasons Star Wars is better than Star Trek - CNET

  28-11-2015 15:00 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: Strong arguments can be made for both sides of the long-running Star-Trek-or-Star-Wars debate. Here, we present some points Captain Kirk won't like.
  
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• 20 reasons Star Trek is better than Star Wars - CNET

  28-11-2015 15:00 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: In the long-running Star-Trek-or-Star-Wars debate, strong arguments can be made for both sides. Here, we offer some points that Luke won't appreciate.
  
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• Spotify, you make my streams come true (AKA, the making of my musical wonderland) - CNET

  28-11-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: A lifelong music lover, Spotify's streaming service is the best way to hear the songs I love most. To me, musical services like this count among the most exciting technological achievements today.
  
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• Etwater Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  28-11-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  For a monthly fee, ETwater uses local weather info to smarten up your sprinkler schedule.
  
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• Best Cyber Monday deals - CNET

  28-11-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  We round up the best deals to help you ferret out the most value on the Web's biggest shopping day.
  
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• Cyber Monday: it's the most wonderful time of year for cyber-attackers

  28-11-2015 13:09
  
  Holiday shopping triggers spike in cybercrime, experts say, so ignore dodgy-looking emails and social media posts and verify orders on retailers’ websitesThis weekend kicks off the busiest shopping season in many parts of the world – and, starting Cyber Monday, the most popular season for cyber-attacks.
  Malicious attacks on shoppers increased 40% on Cyber Monday in 2013 and 2014, according to EnigmaSoftware.com, an anti-malware and spyware company, compared to the average number of a
  
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• Step away from your phone: the new rules of conversation

  28-11-2015 10:00
  
  Why speak face to face when you can put it all in a text? Oliver Burkeman on reviving the lost art of real-time communicationYoung people today, along with their Snapchat and their selfies and their sexting, apparently engage in a practice known as “phubbing”. According to Sherry Turkle, the American sociologist of digital life, this involves maintaining eye contact with one person while text-messaging another. “My students tell me they do it all the time and that it’s no
  
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• UK shoppers set to spend more than £3bn by Cyber Monday

  28-11-2015 09:33
  
  High streets remain calm on Black Friday as retailers reap benefits of rise in online shopping for pre-Christmas bargainsBritish shoppers are expected to have spent more than £3bn by the time Cyber Monday ends, after the American phenomenon of Black Friday led to an online sales surge. Related: Black Friday bargain-hunters hit the shops – in picturesContinue reading...
  
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• Ten of the best apps for doing your Christmas shopping

  28-11-2015 08:00
  
  Keep clear of crowded high streets by shopping from your phone, with some of the best smartphone and tablet appsIt’s not that many years since the idea of shopping on your phone – or “m-commerce” as the jargon of the time put it – was laughed at by many experts. Who would actually buy stuff from that little device in their pockets? As it turns out, lots of people.Smartphones and tablets may never completely replace theutter hellvisceral thrills of barging your way r
  
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• On the road: Ssangyong Tivoli – car review

  28-11-2015 07:00
  
  ‘Passengers, especially young, stupid ones, were constantly asking me to floor it’This is the new way of things, I start to realise: cars that are cute like Minis or Beetles, but the size of something larger. Such a car – my first encounter was the Fiat 500X, now it’s Korean brand Ssangyong’s Tivoli – may discombobulate you for a while. You think you’re in a city runabout, and you’re not. If you have a very visual imagination, you might crash it a
  
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• Facebook makes paid time off for baby leave a global benefit

  28-11-2015 02:28
  
  Less than a week after Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said he would take two months of paternity leave, the social media company announced it is extending its parental leave policy to full-time employees outside the United States. Employees may take leave at any point up to a year after the birth of their child, Lori Matloff Goler, the company's head of human resources, said in a Facebook post late Wednesday. Facebook currently offers only U.S.-based workers up to four months of paid l
  
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• Your Black Friday mall brawl highlights - CNET

  28-11-2015 01:16 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: As people rushed to get electronics, little seemed to have changed from previous years. There was pandemonium, and there were fights.
  
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• Hack of toy maker VTech exposes families - CNET

  28-11-2015 00:50 via cnet.com
  
  A hacker got into a customer database for the Learning Lodge app store, where parents can download apps, games and e-books for VTech toys.
  
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