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• Music, digital art intersect in 'Day for Night' festival in Houston

  19-12-2015 23:45
  By Amanda Orr HOUSTON (Reuters) - Sound, image and digital art installations collide in Houston this weekend for the Day for Night Festival, which brings together music giants including Kendrick Lamar and visual artists such as Casey Reas. "What we’re trying to do is create an immersive experience where moving throughout the festival grounds is as engaging as standing and staring at the stage,” said Omar Afra, the Day for Night festival producer. Reas, whose software, prints and inst
  
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• Ed Bott's Weekly Wrap: Unlimited OneDrive (for some), new Windows 10 preview, Surface apology

  19-12-2015 23:45 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Another week, another round of apologies from Redmond, along with more back-pedaling on that "unlimited storage" promise. Also, a new build of Windows 10 arrives for Insiders, and my favorite media software, Plex, now works with Xbox.
  
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• How to watch the ABC News Democratic debate online - CNET

  19-12-2015 23:37 via cnet.com
  
  Here's what you need to know to watch the free live stream of the clash between Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley.
  
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• Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's dog, baby have Star Wars' Force - CNET

  19-12-2015 22:50 via cnet.com
  
  Everyone is caught up in the buzz for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." This includes Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, who dresses up his newborn daughter as a Jedi. Oh, and his dog too.
  
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• New 'Twin Peaks' trailer shows welcome sign, mystery figure - CNET

  19-12-2015 21:52 via cnet.com
  
  This behind-the-scenes footage of "Twin Peaks" shows Deputy Hawk, plenty of waterfalls and a very creepy shadowy figure. Sadly, no owls or pie show up in the video.
  
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• This is what happens when the projector breaks during a Star Wars screening - CNET

  19-12-2015 19:58 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: It didn't go perfectly for some Star Wars fans on opening night. In LA, there were howls of despair.
  
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• Best high-tech ski gear (2016 edition) - CNET

  19-12-2015 19:39 via cnet.com
  
  CNET doesn't usually write up ski equipment, but with more ski gear going high-tech -- and mingling with the high-tech gear we carry day to day -- we thought we'd have some fun rounding up some of the more innovative ski gear available today.
  
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• Do you enjoy your speakers, if not, why not? - CNET

  19-12-2015 18:53 via cnet.com
  
  Do your speakers 'speak' to you?
  
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• Let's go to Mars! The future of space travel - CNET

  19-12-2015 18:00 via cnet.com
  
  SpaceX, Virgin Galactic and other private endeavours are paving the way for a future Mars landing.
  
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• Sounding good: Emotiva Big Ego USB desktop digital converter - CNET

  19-12-2015 17:53 via cnet.com
  
  The Audiophiliac takes the Emotiva converter out for a spin.
  
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• Updated: The best iPhone 6S deal for Christmas: save £150 with code XMAS150

  19-12-2015 16:21
  
  Update: this deal will run up until midnight on 31st DecemberIf you're looking for a great deal on an iPhone 6S before Christmas, this is a bit of a cracker. Mobiles.co.uk and O2 are currently offering a fantastic deal on the best-of-the-best iPhone 6S 128GB.The deal allows you to save £150 on the up front cost of the phone and then get yourself on a good value contract with O2.It looks to be by far the cheapest and best-value way of getting hold of the iPhone 6S 128GB and even beats most
  
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• Asus ZenFone 3 tipped for May with fingerprint scanner on board

  19-12-2015 15:16
  
  Amidst all of the high-end Android flagships that grab most of the headlines, let's not forget that Asus makes a very respectable mid-range handset too, and it looks like the next model might be arriving by the summer of 2016.According to DigiTimes, the Asus ZenFone 3 is going to be arriving in May or June. its predecessor first appeared in January 2015 although it took a few more months for it to be available around the world.Asian sources also say the phone is going to come with fingerprint sc
  
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• Running Man of Tech: Could you run 10k every other day in 2016?

  19-12-2015 14:51
  
  If you're a runner then I wonder if you're feeling like me at the moment. A bit listless and directionless - not sure of the point of running at all other than a vague notion that you should be doing it.If you regularly run races then you'll have a sense of what I'm talking about. It's the 'Runner's blues'on a larger scale: all the effort done, the event over and the realisation you've got no reason to run anymore. I know it's just because I'm at the end of the year, and looking back at what I'v
  
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• CNET's best photos of 2015 (pictures) - CNET

  19-12-2015 14:01 via cnet.com
  
  We look back at 2015 and some of the best photos from CNET stories throughout the year.
  
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• Traveling abroad with your smartphone: You can take it with you - CNET

  19-12-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon explains why you can breathe a sigh of relief when taking your phone abroad.
  
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• Translating the hieroglyphs on your tech - CNET

  19-12-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Those tiny, weird symbols on the back of your phone? Here's what they mean.
  
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• The NoPhone: A plastic slab for that special someone - CNET

  19-12-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  With no screen, camera, microphone or even the ability to make a call, the NoPhone could be the most useless gift since the Pet Rock.
  
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• Motorola Moto 360 Sport Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  19-12-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  CNET editor Dan Graziano took the Moto 360 Sport out for a run. Here's his initial thoughts.
  
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• Can IFTTT smarten up the CNET Smart Home? - CNET

  19-12-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The free online automation service lets you link devices that don't work together otherwise. Can it be the glue that holds the CNET Smart Home together?
  
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• Week in Gaming: Video games can give us all a perfect Christmas, so why bother going home this year?

  19-12-2015 12:38
  
  Things I am excited for this Christmas: free stuff, endless food, climbing inside boxes and pretending to be a space-lady. Things I am not looking forward to: being too old to be fawned over but still too young to be taken seriously, getting practical presents rather than Polly Pocket sets, being told to get out of the box.In many ways, I'd rather just be sitting at home, in my pants, in my unheated flat, with nothing but the ladybird infestation for company, playing video games to keep myself w
  
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• You might be able to stream The Beatles' music by Christmas Eve

  19-12-2015 11:30
  
  If you've written to Santa asking for the Beatles back catalogue to appear on a streaming music service this Christmas, then you must have been very well behaved over the last year: Billboard reports that the Fab Four's tunes will indeed be available to stream as of Christmas Eve.The band from Liverpool are well known for their reluctance to join the digital music revolution - it was many years before their music appeared on iTunes in a downloadable format - but it would seem the surviving membe
  
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• Netflix to eat up less of your data and Microsoft gives back online storage video - CNET

  19-12-2015 10:50 via cnet.com
  
  Netflix has a plan to give you higher quality video even if your connection isn't too great. Meanwhile, Microsoft decides that OneDrive users don't need all of that cloud space.
  
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• Internet of Things: Forget the big numbers, what are the best IoT gadgets?

  19-12-2015 10:25
  
  IntroductionIt's a market that likes to talk numbers – 34 billion connected devices by 2020, global investment of $7.3 trillion (around £4.8 trillion, AU$10 trillion) by 2017. Blah blah blah. It's guesswork – all of it – and peddled by vested interests and crystal ball-gazers with very little evidence. The Internet of Things depends on great ideas for products that fire the imagination. So where are they? We know about the phones, the watches and the tablets, but they acc
  
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• The Guide's review of 2015

  19-12-2015 10:00
  
  Welcome to the Guide’s end of year review, a tradition as beloved as grubby Santas and unwanted guests. We’ve got special contributions from Limmy, Steven Toast, Young Fathers, Stormzy, the Kurupt FM crew and many moreModern Toss’s review of the year Star Wars, Cereal Killer and Ronnie Pickering fall under the cartoonists’ eye Continue reading...
  
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• 2015, the year in games: Rainbow Six Siege, Fallout 4

  19-12-2015 10:00
  
  12 months in which the video game industry finally started to represent women both in-game and in developmentTo say the video game industry hasn’t always been a model of inclusion and diversity is a bit like noticing that the sea’s wet or that Jeremy Hunt needs to be lowered quietly into a septic tank; it’s so blindingly obvious it’s hardly worthy of comment. However, unlike the sea and the Conservative health secretary, gaming has begun to change, and not for the worse.
  
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• Is the iPhone 7 getting a flexible OLED screen? (Apple Byte Extra Crunchy Ep. 20) - CNET

  19-12-2015 08:37 via cnet.com
  
  Apple's "secret" lab is a secret no more. The iPad won't be getting 3D Touch any time soon and Apple tops Google and Twitter for trends in 2015.
  
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• Tech firms' 2015 reviews: what they tell us … and what they didn't say

  19-12-2015 08:00
  
  Apple, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Spotify and Instagram’s year-end recaps had plenty to teach us, but there was a lot they left outYou probably wouldn’t bang on about your galloping gout or your teenager’s arrest for grand larceny in a round-robin letter at Christmas. So why should technology firms be any different?Most end-of-year reviews from technology companies emphasise the positive, from the biggest videos on YouTube or the top apps on Apple’s App Store through to
  
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• Be a smart phone user – follow our five steps to cheaper mobile bills

  19-12-2015 07:59
  
  Nine out of 10 people are paying too much for the wrong mobile phone contract, but there are ways to save moneyMobile phone users in the UK are wasting about £160 a year by being on the wrong contract, according to a new report. Furthermore, 90% of those with a mobile are losing out this way.Overpaying subscribers tend to either be on contracts that give them more minutes and data than they use, or on contracts with limits they regularly exceed, which means they rack up extra charges each
  
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• On the road: Vauxhall Viva SE 1.0 – car review

  19-12-2015 07:00
  
  It’s amazing how often it feels like a regular car, when it’s closer to the price of a prestige bicycleDriving a Vauxhall Viva SE 1.0 is like flying Ryanair. Every time you look for a thing – satnav, parking sensor, pretzels, aircon, a smile, some acceleration in second gear – it isn’t there. Seriously? Vauxhall’s idea of a “feature” is a driver’s seat head adjuster and a removable luggage compartment cover?Then you have to talk yourself down
  
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• Everything that's wrong with so-called hoverboards - CNET

  19-12-2015 02:43 via cnet.com
  
  These scooters are the must-have ride of the moment, but their weaknesses can't be ignored.
  
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• Tim Cook calls notion of Apple avoiding US taxes 'political crap'

  19-12-2015 02:20
  
  Apple CEO says the company pays ‘every tax dollar we owe’ amid debate in the US over corporations avoiding tax by using offshore unitsApple’s chief executive Tim Cook has dismissed as “total political crap” the notion that the technology giant was avoiding taxes.Cook’s remarks, made on CBS’ 60 Minutes show, come amid a debate in the United States over corporations avoiding taxes through techniques such as so-called inversion deals, where a company re-dom
  
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• Facebook videos are the latest to dump Flash

  19-12-2015 00:56
  
  In another sign that Flash is nearly dead, Facebook announced that videos on the social media platform will now load through HTML5 by default.The company explained that switching to a HTML5 video player made "development easier" and improves "the video experience for people on Facebook," including videos playing faster and reports of fewer bugs. Facebook says it only waited to roll out HTML5 video players on a larger scale because of older browsers and operating systems where the new web standar
  
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• Sanders punished over Clinton snooping

  19-12-2015 00:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders has its access to a critical voter database suspended after accessing data belonging to Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Can you match the Star Wars moment to the right movie? Quiz yourself - CNET

  19-12-2015 00:18 via cnet.com
  
  You think you know all six Star Wars movies as well as Han knows Chewbacca, but do you? Take this quiz to find out.
  
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• This is the closest planet yet that could support life beyond our solar system - CNET

  19-12-2015 00:16 via cnet.com
  
  Most potentially habitable exoplanets are at least hundreds of light-years away, but Wolf 1061c is just next door, galactically speaking.
  
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• Change swipe gesture from archive to delete in Apple's Mail apps - CNET

  19-12-2015 00:11 via cnet.com
  
  Or vice versa.
  
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