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• Espresso Supply Motif Essential Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  22-04-2017 23:28 via cnet.com
  
  Meet the Motif Essential coffee maker which might brew drip as delicious as Bonavita's best.
  
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• espresso-supply-motif-elements Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  22-04-2017 23:25 via cnet.com
  
  The programmable Motif Elements coffee maker is designed to make superb coffee on your schedule.
  
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• Pretty power: Can unicorn frap protect phone in drop test? - CNET

  22-04-2017 22:32 via cnet.com
  
  Sure, unicorns are magical, but can they save a smartphone from Starbucks' loopy new drink?
  
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• Don't be blue: Four 'Avatar' sequels now have release dates - CNET

  22-04-2017 22:31 via cnet.com
  
  But don't book a ticket for Pandora yet -- the next one isn't until close to Christmas of 2020.
  
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• Earth Day means the world to Twitter, even Groot and Iron Man - CNET

  22-04-2017 21:02 via cnet.com
  
  From NASA astronauts to famous fictional characters, Twitter's message is clear: Love your mother, because there's no Planet B.
  
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• From flop to fame: how the ridiculed Roland TR-808 came to define modern music

  22-04-2017 21:00
  
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• Pono is dead. Probably. Long live Xstream. - CNET

  22-04-2017 20:25 via cnet.com
  
  Neil Young has announced a new streaming service called Xstream after struggling to build a new digital music store for his Ponoplayer.
  
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• Sigourney Weaver goes full Ripley in 'Alien' spoof - CNET

  22-04-2017 20:01 via cnet.com
  
  In space, no one can hear you laugh, and a dot-matrix printer can be as painful as a facehugger.
  
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• ​Three-wheel Electra Meccanica Solo is a half car that's all electric - Roadshow

  22-04-2017 19:30 via cnet.com
  
  The ultra-compact Solo EV has space for just one person and that's only the first weird fact about it.
  
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• Could Harry Styles have been the next young Han Solo? - CNET

  22-04-2017 18:50 via cnet.com
  
  Did the One Direction singer audition to play a younger version of everyone's favorite Star Wars space smuggler, or is he just pretending to be a scruffy-looking nerf herder?
  
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• Can Sennheiser's iconic headphone compete with today's models? - CNET

  22-04-2017 18:47 via cnet.com
  
  Sennheiser's HD 414 debuted almost 50 years ago and still sounds great!
  
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• Earth Day 2017: what is it and why is it important?

  22-04-2017 18:10
  
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• Planet analytics: big data, sustainability, and environmental impact

  22-04-2017 17:22 via zdnet.com
  
  What is the relation between big data applications and sustainability? What is the net effect of improved efficiency versus increased resource consumption, who gets to measure this, and how?
  
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• Headphone deal: BeatsX wireless earphones are $100 at Best Buy - CNET

  22-04-2017 17:08 via cnet.com
  
  Best Buy has the black version of Beats' neckband-style Bluetooth sports headphone on sale for $50 off.
  
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• Media Temple

  22-04-2017 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  If you're looking for a web host which offers unlimited everything for the lowest price, Media Temple is going to be a disappointment. The company sells itself on quality, not price, and its shared hosting package looks very different to most of the competition.A chunky $20 (£16) gets you only 20GB of storage space, for instance. And 1TB monthly bandwidth, with up to 1,000 email addresses spread across a maximum of 100 websites. This doesn't look good initially, but – do you really n
  
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• Weekend Streaming: 'Bill Nye Saves the World' ready for binge watching - CNET

  22-04-2017 16:10 via cnet.com
  
  Everyone's favorite science guy is back with a new talk show on Netflix.
  
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• You don't have to be a 'Genius' to like Albert Einstein drama - CNET

  22-04-2017 15:00 via cnet.com
  
  Ron Howard directs Geoffrey Rush in "Genius", National Geographic's smart, entertaining drama unraveling the passions and politics that shaped Albert Einstein.
  
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• Virtual Arcade brings the Tribeca Film Festival to the next dimension - CNET

  22-04-2017 15:00 via cnet.com
  
  The 2017 Tribeca Film Festival is going beyond movies with a "Virtual Reality Arcade."
  
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• Here are the epic movie scenes CNET can't forget - CNET

  22-04-2017 15:00 via cnet.com
  
  Every week we come up with a question to ask people around the CNET offices. This week, it's all about the movie scene that sticks with us the most.
  
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• 7 epic movie scenes that give CNET chills video - CNET

  22-04-2017 15:00 via cnet.com
  
  We polled our CNET staff and came up with this list of seven movie scenes that gave us the chills.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S8 hits stores video - CNET

  22-04-2017 14:50 via cnet.com
  
  In this week's wrap-up, Samsung's latest superphone makes its way to store shelves. Over at Facebook's annual conference, the company gives the world a glimpse into its vision of augmented reality.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus case roundup: Speck, Tech21, and Caseology

  22-04-2017 14:21 via zdnet.com
  
  The Galaxy S8 Plus is a fantastic smartphone and there are already a number of case options to protect it, add some style, improve the grip, and help you hit that odd rear fingerprint target.
  
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• The Galaxy S8 takes a hit in our drop tests video - CNET

  22-04-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  We dropped Samsung's new flagship phone onto stone, concrete and asphalt from three different heights to see how much those curves can handle.
  
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• Is Comcast's new wireless service right for you? - CNET

  22-04-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon offers advice on whether Comcast's new $45 a month Xfinity Mobile service is really a good deal.
  
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• Here's how we cracked the back of the new Galaxy S8 - CNET

  22-04-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  After putting Samsung's latest Galaxy through three different torture tests, the results were better than we expected.
  
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• These images of alien worlds are not as they seem

  22-04-2017 13:00
  
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• Citroën C3 car review – ‘How many times do you intend to crash this car?’

  22-04-2017 12:00
  
  Let’s talk about the point of those signature air bumps, since they are unignorableIt was orange, the Citroën C3, zingy orange with its signature air bumps – bobbly side-panels, presumably in some part made of air – carved in black, so obviously I jumped straight in, and before I knew it I was on the M25 in the dark, rain driving towards my windscreen like pellets. It was the wrong time to find out that the wipers were a little lackadaisical, like twin teenagers who said t
  
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• What if we’re living in a computer simulation?

  22-04-2017 11:00
  
  Virtual reality technology is making great advances, but it has also helped popularise a theory long debated by philosophers and now gaining supporters in Silicon Valley – that the outside world is itself a simulationHave you ever wondered if life is not exactly what it’s cracked up to be? OK, let’s take that thought a little further. Have you ever suffered from an identity crisis? Yes? One in which you suspected that you’re not a real person, but instead an extremely sop
  
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• Toshiba Portégé X20W-D-10V

  22-04-2017 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It is difficult not to be amazed by the strides made by laptop manufacturers over the past few years when it comes to improving the general aesthetics and the size of notebooks. Indeed, this has happened to such an extent that Ultrabook-sized laptops have become the norm, making the term all but superfluous (interest in the term, according to Google searches, hasn’t been this low since it was first coined in 2011).Toshiba’s Portégé series represents the company’s
  
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• Speech therapist: poet Hussain Manawer is setting his sights on space

  22-04-2017 11:00
  
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• Will a rear Touch ID sensor stop you from upgrading to the iPhone 8? (Apple Byte Extra Crunchy Podcast, Ep. 81) - CNET

  22-04-2017 04:59 via cnet.com
  
  Apple hires Google Satellite execs to work on new hardware, pointing to satellite internet, and more leaked schematics point to a rear Touch iD iPhone.
  
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• Will a rear Touch ID sensor stop you from upgrading to the iPhone 8? (AB Extra Crunchy, Ep. 81) video - CNET

  22-04-2017 04:45 via cnet.com
  
  Apple hires Google Satellite execs to work on new hardware pointing to satellite internet and more leaked schematics point to a rear Touch iD iPhone.
  
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• Feds question their effort to unmask anti-Trump Twitter account - CNET

  22-04-2017 04:27 via cnet.com
  
  At Sen. Ron Wyden's request, Homeland Security launches an internal inquiry into whether its effort to reveal a Twitter user's identity was improper.
  
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• Netgear's new Orbi Wi-Fi systems are pretty cool video - CNET

  22-04-2017 02:09 via cnet.com
  
  You'll never know how many Netgear Orbi units CNET editor Dong Ngo has in his possession.
  
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