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- 11 October 2013
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News: Report: Broadcasters ask high court to shut down Aereo TV streaming service
A cadre of prominent broadcasters including ABC and CBS petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to shut down Aereo, a television streaming service, alleging that Aereo infringes their copyrights and puts their businesses at risk, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
- 10 October 2013
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News: Demystifying digital camera sensors once and for all
The soul of a digital camera is its sensor--to determine image size, resolution, low light performance, depth of field, dynamic range, lenses, and even the camera's physical size, the sensor is key.
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News: Valve: AMD-based Steam Machines are also en route
Valve Software finally confirmed that the Steam Machine game consoles built by its hardware partners will include AMD graphics chips.
- 08 October 2013
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News: John Lewis offers two year guarantee on electricals
John Lewis will offer a minimum two year guarantee on all electrical products this month.
- 07 October 2013
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News: Hong Kong offers 3D Spatial Data, covers more than 300,000 ground features
After seven years of development, the Lands Department recently launched the 3D Spatial Data of Hong Kong that contains 3D model data representing the shape, appearance, and position of more than 300,000 major ground features -- including all buildings, infrastructure, and terrain surfaces.
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News: Samsung camera module focuses on improving image stabilization
Samsung Electronics is working on a new 13-megapixel camera module with optical image stabilization, an area where Samsung has fallen behind its competitors.
- 03 October 2013
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News: When 10 seconds don't do -- Snapchat now lets photos stay for a day
Snapchat is giving photos and videos captured with its app some longevity.
- 30 September 2013
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News: Behind the lens: A look at the technology inside the iPhone 5s camera
When it comes to taking pictures on the go, it's hard to beat the convenience of a smartphone: It's lighter than a bulky SLR camera, and, unlike your typical point-and-shoot, it's in your pocket even when the idea of playing photographer is furthest from your mind.
- 26 September 2013
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News: AMD unveils 'Hawaii' Radeon R7, R9 generation of GPUs
AMD announced the Radeon R7 and R9 series of "Hawaii" graphics cards and cores on Wednesday, an attempt to storm the pinnacle of performance PC graphics.
- 25 September 2013
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News: Target launches me-too online video service
Not wanting to find itself on the outside of the online video business looking in, Target launched its own service for streaming movies and television. Dubbed Target Ticket, the on-demand video service may remind you of either Apple's iTunes streaming service or Amazon's non-Instant video. Target users can purchase or rent movies and TV shows, either streaming videos through the browser or downloading them via Target's Ticket Player software for playback.
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News: AMD, Nvidia ramp up Linux driver support after Valve's SteamOS announcement
Well, that didn't take long. Less than a day after Valve announced SteamOS, a Linux-based operating system based around the incredibly popular Steam PC gaming service, both AMD and Nvidia stepped up their driver support for the open-source OS.
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News: Viacom brands rely on Brightcove platform for "flexible" video app delivery
Global mass media company Viacom has chosen the Brightcove video cloud platform to enable consumers to watch their favourite shows from any device at any location.
- 24 September 2013
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News: True colors come first for Samsung's new smartphone camera tech
Want to take a smartphone picture with high color fidelity even in poor light? Samsung Electronics has developed a new technology that it claims will deliver just that.
- 23 September 2013
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News: Hands-on with Kidoodle.TV, a Netflix just for kids
Streaming is the best thing that's happened to kids' television since parents first realized they could plop little ones in front of the boob tube and get a few minutes of peace and quiet. (Or maybe I'm just a terrible father--it's a toss-up.)
- 19 September 2013
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News: Rugged Nikon digicam can dive and freeze without protection
If you're the kind of person who thinks nothing of subjecting your precious photographic equipment to all manner of environmental peril, Nikon will soon release a brand-new advanced camera that promises to withstand the pain.
- 18 September 2013
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News: YouTube mobile apps to go offline in November (in a good way)
Sometime around Thanksgiving, YouTube fans will be able to put aside download tools such as KeepVid and YouTube-dl if they want to watch videos away from the Internet. Late Tuesday, Google announced offline viewing is headed to the company's YouTube mobile apps in November.
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News: The art of numbers: Who knew Big Data could look so cool?
A bright orange line emerges from the horizon at the left side of the screen. Getting brighter, it arcs upward--and then suddenly turns ashen gray before falling back to the horizon. More lines follow the first. Thousands upon thousands of lines. The visual is at once beautiful and daunting.
- 11 September 2013
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News: IDF 2013 keynote: Intel announces Bay Trail tablet CPU, slew of Haswell Chromebooks
Intel on Wednesday ended weeks of speculation by launching "Bay Trail," the next-generation Atom Z3000 chip that pushes tablets towards PC-esque levels of performance.
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News: Intel to demo notebook PC with integrated Kinect-like sensor at IDF
On Wednesday, Intel will show off a notebook with an integrated camera capable of interpreting gestures and understanding voice commands at its Intel Developer Forum, executives said.
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News: Gigabyte levels up Brix mini-PC with Intel Iris Pro graphics
Home theater PCs usually aren't gaming-worthy unless they're as large as proper game consoles, but not Gigabyte's latest Brix, which packs Intel's high-end Iris Pro integrated graphics.
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Microsoft Surface 2: Release date, price, specs and accessories
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How to close running apps in iOS 7: iPhone now works like Android
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How to set a song on your iPhone as a ringtone
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How to format a write-protected USB flash drive or memory card
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Create a group of contacts on your iPhone: also send group texts
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How to block a number on an iPhone in iOS 7, iOS 6
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