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Top social photo sites for browsing and sharing
With high quality digital cameras on every smartphone and apps that make your pictures even better, just about anyone can be an accomplished photographer. Sure, you may not be an accomplished professional photographer, but you can certainly upload your images to photo sharing sites and receive feedback to make your shots even better. As most people know, there are a number of popular services ...
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Stalk your love object with your gadget says new Galaxy S4 ad
(Credit: Samsung/YouTube Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) Technology and love have a long relationship. In recent times, the former has played the dominant role. We now find partners online and one-night stands on our phones. However, Samsung would like you to know that the best way to meet the woman of your dreams is to pull out your gadget and stalk her a little. Perhaps this is ...
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Now for sale on Craigslist Google Glass
Glass Terms of Sale . Violating an electronic product's sale terms is practically a rite of passage, from ripping the safety tag off of mattresses to ripping CDs and DVDs. What makes this case unusual is that the Craigslister is clearly trying to make a buck: this pair of Glass, perhaps more valuable because of its rarity on Craigslist, is going for four times the market cost of $1,500. ...
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Bernanke Signals No Irrational Exuberance On His Watch
Today was the first day in the markets for some time when the laws of gravity were in evidence as the overwhelming factor of consideration. When the notion that trees don't grow to the sky became once again the theme of Wall Street anxiety. The buzz was all about Bernanke's carefully articulated scenario about how the central bank may begin to alter the the purchase of $85 billion in ...
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Why Apple Should Have A 0 Tax Rate
Yesterday Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, testified before Congress regarding Apple's practice of avoiding paying any more taxes than they are forced to. For this, Apple has been excoriated by politicians, demonized by the press, and vilified by the general public. The statements I've heard and read can be summed up thusly; that either Apple is acting criminally and Tim Cook should be ...
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OtterBox acquires rival LifeProof
The popular LifeProof case joins the OtterBox family. If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em. OtterBox, which struggled for months to bring a waterproof iPhone case to market, has acquired rival LifeProof, which makes one of the best -- and bestselling -- tough iPhone cases. Colorado-based OtterBox has been a leading case manufacturer for a variety of smartphones ...
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No Apple watch until late 2014 says analyst
(Credit: Sarah Tew and Christopher MacManus/CNET) Consumers awaiting Apple's rumored wearable, watch-like device might need to wait until next year before the gadget sees the light of day. That's according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who says the company "may not have adequate resources" to develop a version of iOS for the device given its efforts to ...
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Ethernet celebrates 40 years
(Credit: Palo Alto Research Center) Most people probably associate Ethernet with a simple cable cinched with phone-like jacks. But, Ethernet is so much more. It is the foundation for global Internet access and undoubtedly the world's most-used connectivity technology. In the annals of "techdom," Ethernet is a very big deal. "Ethernet ranks highly among those technologies ...
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LinkedIn retools Web navigation to match mobile
Starting Wednesday, LinkedIn will be sporting a much sexier and simplified navigation bar inspired by the design of its just-improved mobile applications. "Over the last year and half we've had the chance to learn quite a bit from you about the types of changes that add the most value to your daily professional life, and we've brought some of these learnings to the new ...
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UPDATE 1-Ford to close Australia auto plants - reports
Wed May 22, 2013 8:24pm EDT * Ford to end Australia production by 2016 - reports * Strong Australia dollar, cheaper imports hurt local manufacturers * Australian economy at risk as mining boom peaks, other sectors sluggish * Govt previously committed A$5.4 bln to support car manufacturers to 2020 CANBERRA, May 23 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is set to announce it is closing its two Australian auto ...
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GM Recalling Cadillac SUVs To Tighten Wheels
General Motors Co. is recalling more than 27,000 Cadillac SUVs worldwide because the wheels can fall off.The company says the recall affects the 2013 Cadillac SRX with 18-inch wheels. Canadian safety regulators say the wheel nuts may not have been tightened enough at the factory.GM says the problem hasn't caused any crashes or injuries, and no wheels have fallen from vehicles.Dealers will ...
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Fan Fiction Is Finally Legitimized With Kindle Worlds
Reading and writing fan fiction is a pastime I've enjoyed for years, and I'm not the only one: Fanfiction.net, a clearinghouse of fan fiction from across dozens of television shows, movies, and books, has millions of stories in its ever-growing repository. Once the domain of science fiction fans now spread over non-genre television shows such ...
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Unity Pitches Itself As The De Facto Standard With Free Gaming Engine For Mobile Developers
David Helgason, CEO Unity TechnologiesImage via CrunchBase It looks like we're going to see a lot more graphically rich and 3D games on our smartphones over the next few months ...
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Shrinking HP Equals Hot Stock Heres Why Street Sees Hope
soft earnings -- yet saw its stock rocket ahead 13%, to $24.10, in after-hours trading. The quick explanation was that relieved investors had been braced for even worse results. But there's more to the story. The biggest driver of HP's stock price lately has been -- and will continue to be -- investors' gut sense of whether the giant tech company can steer its way toward a ...
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Appellate Court Decision in Hart v. Electronic Arts is a Win for Athletes and Entertainers Everywhere
s that the First Amendment does not definitively protect Electronic Arts's unlicensed use of college football players' likenesses in commercial video games -- not even where the video games include creative elements apart from the players' ...
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Gross Fed Likely to Start Tapering by Fall
Pimco's Bill Gross says an inflection point is approaching and he thinks the Federal Reserve will probably start tapering its bond buying by ...
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Microsoft caves in cripples YouTube for Windows Phone 8 with the latest update
On Wednesday, Microsoft rolls out an update for its YouTube Windows Phone 8 app which takes away the ability to download content from the popular video-sharing website. The latest iteration arrives one week after Google sent ...
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UPDATE 1-U.S. House votes to force approval of Keystone pipeline
Wed May 22, 2013 7:53pm EDT By Ros Krasny WASHINGTON May 22 (Reuters) - The House of Representatives approved a bill as expected on Wednesday declaring that a presidential permit was not needed to approve the Canada-to-Nebraska leg of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a move that would take a decision on the project away from the Obama administration. The Republican-controlled House voted 241-175 ...
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H-P draws cheers as turnaround progresses
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. scored an upbeat reaction from investors on Wednesday after the high-tech giant posted better-than-expected earnings for its second fiscal quarter and gave some encouraging signs that its multi-year turnaround is ...
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Bernanke speaks US dollar rallies stocks and bonds sell off
There was little inconvenient truth in Ben Bernanke's speech and then questions last night that has sent US 10 years yields 11 basis points higher to 2.03% , the S&P and Dow down 0.85% and 0.52% respectively and contributed to a wild old night on FX ...
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HP CEO talks Android not Windows 8
Hewlett-Packard is thinking a lot more about Android these days. CEO Meg Whitman focused on new Android products during the company's earnings conference ...
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Ethernet celebrates its 40th birthday
(Credit: Palo Alto Research Center) Most people probably associate Ethernet with a simple colored cable cinched with phone-like jacks. But, Ethernet is so much more. It is the foundation for global Internet access and undoubtedly the world's most used connectivity technology. In the annuals of techdom, Ethernet is a very big deal. "Ethernet ranks highly among those technologies ...
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On the road with Samsungs S-Voice Drive mode
(Credit: Antuan Goodwin/CNET) Aside from sounding like it received its moniker from BMW's product department, the S-Voice Drive driving mode is an extension of ...
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Forget what you know next-gen consoles change everything
For the better part of a decade the videogame landscape remained mostly unchanged, complacent in a sea of sequels, motion controls and downloadable content. It's a generation that has lasted longer than any other before it albeit for generally good reasons. And perhaps most impressive is though their PC gaming counterparts have long since passed them by, these aging consoles are still able ...
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San Onofre execs in Star Trek parody
Ross Ridenoure (center facing right), chief nuclear officer of the San Onofre nuclear power plant, and workers stood by one of the two new generators that will be installed in the complex. (Charlie Neuman / ...
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