Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Geek.com: VLC app for Windows 8 nears beta, looks good in new screenshots

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VLC app for Windows 8 nears beta, looks good in new screenshots
Apr 3rd 2013, 21:53

VLC app for Windows 8
Things have been pretty quiet over on the VLC for Windows 8 Kickstarter page lately, but there’s a very good reason. Videolan developers have been working nonstop to get the app ready for…

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Geek.com: Mozilla and Samsung teaming up on next-gen browsing engine ‘Servo’

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Mozilla and Samsung teaming up on next-gen browsing engine 'Servo'
Apr 3rd 2013, 21:03

Mozilla and Samsung team up on Servo
Mozilla has announced this morning that it has joined forces with Samsung to build a next-gen browsing engine. It’s being called Servo, and it’s being built from scratch using Mozilla’s open source, multi-core…

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Geek.com: Amazon starts offering free AutoRip MP3s with vinyl purchases

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Amazon starts offering free AutoRip MP3s with vinyl purchases
Apr 3rd 2013, 20:01

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In January Amazon launched its AutoRip service, which saw every music CD purchase accompanied by the 256Kbps MP3 versions of each music track for free. So for anyone who still prefers to have…

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Geek.com: This pinhead-sized implant could replace hearing aids

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This pinhead-sized implant could replace hearing aids
Apr 3rd 2013, 18:00

hearing_implant_02
You can usually tell when someone is wearing a hearing aid by the device sat behind one or both of their ears. But such aids can only help so much. Depending on the…

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Geek.com: HiRISE images show Curiosity’s parachute moving in the wind

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HiRISE images show Curiosity's parachute moving in the wind
Apr 3rd 2013, 19:02

curiosity_parachute
Ever since Curiosity managed to make it through the 7 minutes of terror and land on Mars, the focus has all been on the Curiosity rover and what it discovers. It’s easy to…

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Geek.com: Disney closes down LucasArts, marking today as a sad day for video game history

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Disney closes down LucasArts, marking today as a sad day for video game history
Apr 3rd 2013, 19:21

Day of the Tentacle
During fall of last year, Disney made a huge splash in the entertainment world and acquired LucasFilm. After the new ownership subsequently announced that it would complete the last Star Wars trilogy, people wondered what…

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Geek.com: Would two iPhones in one year help or hurt Apple?

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Would two iPhones in one year help or hurt Apple?
Apr 3rd 2013, 17:01

Yotaphone
Are two iPhones in the same year really the best thing for Apple and their users? It's hard to say, but rumors are pointing to this happening in 2013, marking a major shift for the company and a big decision for smartphone buyers.

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Geek.com: Brands have finally come to Google+

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Brands have finally come to Google+
Apr 3rd 2013, 16:30

Google Plus - YOU
For individuals the value of a network comes from friends but companies must judge based on overall worth. Google+ must be doing something right, because corporate presence has finally arrived.

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Geek.com: How parallel universes (might) actually work

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How parallel universes (might) actually work
Apr 3rd 2013, 17:26

Universe
The idea of multiple parallel universes is an age old science fiction trope. Maybe it's so common in literature because we all feel like it should be possible — we want it to…

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Geek.com: Kinect used to diagnose depression with 90 percent accuracy

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Kinect used to diagnose depression with 90 percent accuracy
Apr 3rd 2013, 15:28

simsensei
Microsoft’s Kinect motion sensor started out life as an Xbox 360 peripheral. But with a bit of hacking and eventually an official SDK, it branched out to power a number of homebrew projects.…

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Geek.com: Seagate ships first 4TB hard drive with 1TB per platter

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Seagate ships first 4TB hard drive with 1TB per platter
Apr 3rd 2013, 13:30

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Two things that aren’t new today: 4TB hard drives and disk platters that hold 1TB of data. We’ve been hearing about 4TB hard drives for over a year now, with Hitachi being the…

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Geek.com: Geek deals: $549 for Dell Inspiron 15R Special Edition with Radeon HD graphics

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Geek deals: $549 for Dell Inspiron 15R Special Edition with Radeon HD graphics
Apr 3rd 2013, 12:01

Dell Inspiron 15R Special Edition
When you start looking at a laptop with features like an anodized aluminum chassis, discrete graphics, and a backlit keyboard, you’re usually talking about an $800 (or more) system with a dual-core Intel…

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Geek.com: Samsung prepping pocket-busting Galaxy Mega phones

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Samsung prepping pocket-busting Galaxy Mega phones
Apr 3rd 2013, 13:00

samsung game pad 6.3 inch smartphone
It looks like Samsung is ready to attack yet another screen size niche. There’s a small gap between the 5.5-inch Galaxy Note 2 and the 7-inch Galaxy Tab, and that’s where the new…

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Geek.com: Nexus 7 hardware refresh happening this July

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Nexus 7 hardware refresh happening this July
Apr 3rd 2013, 12:29

Nexus 7 tablet
The Nexus 7 is reportedly set for a major hardware refresh about one year after its initial reveal at Google I/O 2012. This time around, there’s more in store than some modest storage…

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Geek.com: Bitcoin isn’t illegal because the US government doesn’t consider it currency

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Bitcoin isn't illegal because the US government doesn't consider it currency
Apr 3rd 2013, 11:31

Bitcoin
Bitcoin enthusiasts were on the edge of their virtual seats a few days ago when the US government made an announcement on the state of so-called virtual currencies. The report was created by…

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