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• The Apple vs. FBI drama isn't close to over yet - CNET

  22-03-2016 23:57 via cnet.com
  
  The US government called off a hearing slated for Tuesday, but the battle over device security will continue.
  
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• The new iPhone lineup at a glance - CNET

  22-03-2016 23:56 via cnet.com
  
  Apple made some new additions and cuts to its phone lineup. Here's a quick glance at the available models and their pricing.
  
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• 'Batman v Superman': Not the high-flying Superman I grew up with - CNET

  22-03-2016 23:56 via cnet.com
  
  CNET editor Roger Cheng flexes his Superman geek cred and offers a (nearly) spoiler-free list of highs and lows from the latest comic book epic.
  
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• Amazon exec weighs in on proposed Staples-Office Depot merger

  22-03-2016 23:54
  By Diane Bartz and Clarece Polke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An executive with Amazon.com Inc's unit that sells office supplies to businesses gave testimony on Tuesday that appeared to bolster a U.S. regulator's wariness over a potential merger of Staples Inc and Office Depot Inc . The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit last year to block the proposed $6.3 billion acquisition of Office Depot by Staples, arguing that it would hurt competition and lead to higher prices for consumers. The dec
  
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• Yamaha RX-V381 Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  22-03-2016 23:47 via cnet.com
  
  Yamaha has announced its first 2016 receiver, the RX-V381, which offers four HDMI inputs with 4K support and Bluetooth streaming.
  
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• Alibaba achieves 3 trillion yuan transaction volume milestone

  22-03-2016 23:34 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba is one step closer to snatching the crown of world's largest retailer from Walmart Stores.
  
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• Bangladesh Bank weighs lawsuit against NY Fed over hack

  22-03-2016 23:24
  By Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's central bank has hired a U.S. lawyer for a potential lawsuit against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York after hackers stole $81 million from its account with the NY Fed, according to an internal report by the Bangladesh bank. After the report surfaced on Tuesday in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka, U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney called for a probe of last month's cyber attack on Bangladesh Bank. In one of the largest cyber heists in history,
  
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• Flying saucer stolen from Roswell UFO museum - CNET

  22-03-2016 23:17 via cnet.com
  
  A large flying saucer stored outside at the International UFO Museum didn't just get up and fly away. Police are looking for a group of brazen spacecraft thieves.
  
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• This trumpet didn't exist when it was shipped (Tomorrow Daily 335) video - CNET

  22-03-2016 23:12 via cnet.com
  
  A robot that can fly, perch on walls and climb vertical surfaces; also, a shipping company sends a 3D printer through the mail while it makes a trumpet.
  
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• 3D printer makes its own horn to toot while shipping (Tomorrow Daily 335 show notes) - CNET

  22-03-2016 23:11 via cnet.com
  
  A Dutch shipping company is tooting its own horn after sending a 3D printer through the mail as it creates a trumpet for the package recipient to play upon delivery.
  
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• World's first on-ear planar magnetic headphone sounds fantastic video - CNET

  22-03-2016 22:51 via cnet.com
  
  Designed for portable use, the swanky Sine comes in a version that plugs directly into your iPhone's Lightning port.
  
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• Google Self-Driving Car boss sees increased need for dealerships in an autonomous future - Roadshow

  22-03-2016 22:21 via cnet.com
  
  Autonomous cars of the future will be self-sufficient in many ways, but Google's John Krafcik believes they may need more frequent help than current cars in others.
  
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• PlayStation Vue vs. Sling TV: Cutting the cable cord and keeping live TV, compared - CNET

  22-03-2016 22:17 via cnet.com
  
  PlayStation Vue is a TV service from Sony that starts at $30 per month. Its competitor Sling TV starts at $20 per month. Both use the Internet to stream numerous live TV channels as well as VOD, and both are free from long-term contracts. So how do they stack up?
  
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• FBI's plan to hack iPhone raises new concerns video - CNET

  22-03-2016 22:16 via cnet.com
  
  If the US government finds a new way to break into an iPhone, will it share that knowledge with Apple? Bridget Carey explains the latest drama in the encryption battle and shares a warning for Kindle e-reader owners.
  
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• Facebook finally lets Android users upload high-resolution photos - CNET

  22-03-2016 21:56 via cnet.com
  
  Want your photos on Facebook to look their best? There's a new option you need to enable right now.
  
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• Real-life Xena chakram weapons fit for a warrior princess - CNET

  22-03-2016 21:55 via cnet.com
  
  Enemies and petulant gods don't stand a chance against forged and plasma-cut chakrams straight out of "Xena: Warrior Princess."
  
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• Mini introduces both ute and scoot in New York - Roadshow

  22-03-2016 21:48 via cnet.com
  
  Two new models will debut at the Big Apple's auto show -- the Clubman All4 and the John Cooper Works Convertible.
  
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• The Latest: FBI official says 'good shot' at unlocking phone

  22-03-2016 21:45
  
  The Latest on the FBI's efforts to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, attackers (all times local): 1:40 p.m. The chief of the FBI's Los Angeles office says it will take at ...
  
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• 600-horsepower Global Rallycross Civic is ready to get dirty (pictures) - Roadshow

  22-03-2016 21:27 via cnet.com
  
  Two very different custom Civics — one for the Red Bull Global Rallycross and one for Honda's Civic Tour concert series — debut in New York.
  
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• Hands-on review: Dell Vostro 3900

  22-03-2016 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Although Dell has, for decades, been a staunch proponent of the direct sales model – which cuts out the middlemen – it has over the years mellowed and embraced the channel in order to boost its revenue streams. You can now buy Dell systems from a number of surprising outlets like Dabs, Amazon and even Tesco. We've been told that some vendors even manage to undercut Dell's own recommended retail price by ordering in bulk for certain products.Which is the case today with the Dell Vostr
  
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• Sony closes UK's Evolution Studios

  22-03-2016 20:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sony closes the UK studio behind the video game Driveclub just three weeks after Microsoft announced plans to shut another UK developer.
  
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• Nintendo to end Wii U production this year, report says - CNET

  22-03-2016 20:09 via cnet.com
  
  Slow sales not expected to improve, so Nintendo is pulling the plug, apparently.
  
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• Kevin Durant: iPhone or Android? video - CNET

  22-03-2016 19:57 via cnet.com
  
  The Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant talks about his favorite phone, his favorite apps, covering the Super Bowl and the one thing he wishes his phone could do.
  
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• US charges 3 it ties to Syrian Electronic Army for hacking

  22-03-2016 19:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Three current or former members of the so-called Syrian Electronic Army have been charged with computer hacking-related conspiracies that targeted the U.S. government, media and private-sector companies, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
  
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• Global adoption of veganism could save 8 million lives

  22-03-2016 18:34
  
  Global adoption of a vegan diet would save more than eight million lives by 2050 and reduce greenhouse emissions by two thirds, according to new research from Oxford University.
   By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: Andy Grove: We were afraid of sinking

  22-03-2016 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Intel's former chief Andrew Grove dies aged 79 - he was one of Silicon Valley's most influential management gurus and spoke to the BBC about his work in 1982.
  
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• Malaysia's city of the future is an uncanny valley

  22-03-2016 18:10
  
  Forest City is quartet of islands born from reclaimed land in the Straits of Johor, the thin strip of water between neighbours Malaysia and Singapore -- but it may as well be the uncanny valley, so much is it like wandering into a game.By: Nicole Kobie, Continue reading...
  
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• Sony shutters studio behind Driveclub racing sim

  22-03-2016 17:56
  
  Sony has closed Evolution Studios, the Cheshire-based studio responsible for racing sim Driveclub.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Review: Maingear Shift

  22-03-2016 17:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Maingear Shift reviewWhenever discussing gaming PCs, I'll be the first to tell you that building one yourself is always better – mostly because it's infallibly cheaper. But, if you have the scratch, Maingear makes the most compelling case to buy instead of build that I've seen with its Shift gaming PC.As an original, full-tower chassis design, the Shift is Maingear's flagship gaming PC, and it more than earns that moniker. With enough room for three graphics cards, six hard drives and thre
  
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• Uber's new bug bounty could net hackers $10,000

  22-03-2016 17:41
  
  Uber has announced a "bug bounty" that will pay security researchers and white hat hackers thousands of dollars for finding bugs in its apps and systems.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Solar Impulse 2 to restart round-the-world journey in April

  22-03-2016 17:41
  
  The solar plane flying around the world we re-start its journey in April, after it was forced to land in Japan in 2015.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Apple says not making an offer for supplier Imagination

  22-03-2016 17:33
  Apple said on Tuesday it had talked about buying its supplier Imagination Technologies but did not plan to make an offer for the British graphics chip designer at the moment. Shares in Imagination, which counts Applie amongst its top shareholders and whose technology is used in Apple devices including the iPhone and iPad, jumped earlier on Tuesday after website Ars Technica UK said Apple was in talks to buy the company. "From time to time, Apple talks with companies about potential acquisitions,
  
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• Experts see little chance of charges in Clinton email case

  22-03-2016 17:25
  
  Asked earlier this month whether she'd be indicted over her use of a private email server as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton responded: "It's not going to happen." Though Republicans characterized ...
  
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• 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Limited Release Date, Price and Specs - Roadshow

  22-03-2016 17:00 via cnet.com
  
  The automaker that invented the minivan continues to refine with the tech-laden, slick-styled Pacifica.
  
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• Toyota promises auto-braking for nearly all cars by 2017 - Roadshow

  22-03-2016 16:56 via cnet.com
  
  Auto-braking is coming early to Toyota -- and most of the Lexus lineup will get it too.
  
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• The next big thing in phones may not be a phone

  22-03-2016 16:52
  By Eric Auchard FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Nearly a decade after the iPhone broke the mould for mobile phones the question is now being asked whether the evolution of the smartphone has finally come to an end as even Apple now treats older, smaller 4-inch screens as something new. Industry experts believe innovation in smartphones is giving way to phone functions popping up as software or services in all manner of new devices from cars to fridges to watches and jewellery rather than remaining with ha
  
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• U.S. grants China's ZTE temporary export license through June 30

  22-03-2016 16:44
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is granting Chinese telecom equipment and smartphone maker ZTE Corp a temporary export license through June 30, according to a U.S. Commerce Department notice made public on Tuesday. (Reporting by Washington newsroom; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
  
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• Apple TV OS 9.2 gets folders and voice dictation (pictures) - CNET

  22-03-2016 16:44 via cnet.com
  
  The latest version of Apple TV is now available to download, along with an array of welcome enhancements.
  
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• Apple turns to smaller iPhone to win over China, India - CNET

  22-03-2016 16:31 via cnet.com
  
  The company is hoping the combination of higher-end specs and lower-end price on its new 4-inch iPhone SE will help Apple find new buyers in the world's largest smartphone markets.
  
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• How Disney created the ludicrously realistic fur of Zootropolis

  22-03-2016 16:24
  
     Even the smallest animals in Disney's new film have more hair than the entire cast of FrozenBy: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Continue reading...
  
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• Vizio P series (2016) Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  22-03-2016 16:22 via cnet.com
  
  The P series starts at $1,000 for a 50-inch model with a 6-inch tablet remote and integrated Google Cast Smart TV capability, in addition to all of the LCD TV picture-quality high notes, such as full-array local dimming and Dolby Vision HDR.
  
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• Uber offers hackers 'treasure map' to find computer flaws

  22-03-2016 16:03
  By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber, the high-flying transportation firm, is releasing a technical map of its computer and communications systems and inviting hackers to find weaknesses in exchange for cash bounties. While so-called "bug bounties" are not new, Uber's move shows how mainstream companies are increasingly relying on independent computer researchers to help them bolster their systems. It also indicates growing acceptance of the idea that making computer code public can mak
  
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• 10 Tips for frying foods perfectly every time - CNET

  22-03-2016 16:00 via cnet.com
  
  These tips will give your foods the perfect, golden crunch every time you use your deep fryer.
  
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• Hands-on review: Updated: iPad Pro 9.7

  22-03-2016 15:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This is the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro. Or, if we had to guess, the future incarnation of the iPad. Now, we're getting our first look at the iPad Pro 12.9's downsized sibling. With a diagonal screen size of 9.7-inches, the new iPad Pro matches the screen size already found on the iPad Air 2 (which will remain in the lineup, by the way, but the iPad Air is sadly dead).This unit, however, gets a few niceties that were previously reserved for the Big Man on Campus, as well as one new element altogether:
  
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• Candy Crush studio King releases Defold game development engine for free

  22-03-2016 15:32
  
  The game development package behind recent mobile hits such as Blossom Blast Saga is now open to all, with no costs, fees or royalties askedBy: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• What's behind the "getting things done" behavior? video - CNET

  22-03-2016 15:19 via cnet.com
  
  Brian Cooley looks at GTD or "getting things done" behavior, and some useful apps that might help you focus on results.
  
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