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Facebook unveils Home: A new approach to Android

Instead of making their own OS, Facebook has announced a platform on top of Android that allows for a new mobile social experience.

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Geek deals: $200 off Dell XPS 15 Core i5laptop, $59 Android tablet, more

If I had to pick a company to thank for their contributions to the computer industry and moving technology forward, near the top of that list would be Apple. While the slim silver…

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Asus launches a tiny graphics card for mini-ITX gamers

I am a big fan of the mini-ITX form factor. You can pack just about any combination of CPU, RAM, and storage onto a mini-ITX motherboard and into a case that’s small enough…

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Reports say Xbox 720 always-on connection can only handle 3 minute internet...

In the recent weeks, we’ve seen various reports that Microsoft will require the Xbox 720 to have an always-on internet connection to function. Not technically always-on DRM — which has been pushed to…

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This gorgeous video shows what Earth looked like throughout 2012

Though 2013 is well underway, NASA has recently released a rather gorgeous video documenting what our planet looked like throughout 2012. The video wasn’t made with just, for example, a camera mounted on…

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Facebook Home beats Google to putting ads on your phone

While Google uses their many services as data points to serve you ads, Facebook is taking the opposite approach. Facebook Home is going to be the one thing everyone has been waiting for…

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Call me Cthulhu: Octopus-like microorganism named after the Great Old One

You can only name new species after the discoverer of the species so many times before it gets boring. The University of British Columbia (UBC) must’ve realized this notion, and when they discovered…

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BlackBerry Q10 and R10: Second BB10 salvo returns to QWERTY

BlackBerry is going back to its roots for rounds two and three of the BlackBerry 10 assault. The high-end Q10 is already up for pre-order in England, while the mid-range R10 been snapped…

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HTC One pre-order offers prove HTC still doesn’t get it

As the next wave of epic superphones comes closer to their launch dates, the inevitable pre-order period has arrived. For the HTC One, it seems like just about ever carrier has their own…

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Dell’s $600 Alienware X51 is now available with Ubuntu

Dell, the on-again-off-again friend of desktop Linux, has announced its first Ubuntu-powered gaming PC. The X51, Alienware’s console-lookalike, will soon ship with Ubuntu Linux and full graphics driver...

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Geek deals: Price drop on Dell XPS 8500 desktop, Neato robotic vacuum, more

While the truly geeky among us might prefer to build their own desktop PC, there is a lot that goes into such a build behind the scenes. It starts with a wealth of…

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Get prints of your favorite video game maps and classic computers

Art does not have to be a confusing presentation all about the tragedy of modern consumerism in western culture. No, sometimes art can be cool and nerdy. Such is the case with these…

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Skype malware turns your computer into a Bitcoin mining zombie

A new piece of malware is floating around, but that seems like par for the course these days. What makes this malicious bit of code notable is the goal its creators have in…

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PETMAN robot learns our chemical weaknesses through environmental suit

As time goes on, the robots we build are becoming more advanced, and if Terminator and The Matrix have anything to say about that, we’re traveling down a path where we’ll be responsible for our own…

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Glitches reveal Google’s unified messaging is on the way

As we reported a couple of weeks ago, Google’s unified messaging service is well on its way to being a real product. Some weekend bugs spotted by users have revealed that the launch…

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Leaked Facebook Home can be installed on the Nexus 4

Only a few short days after the announcement of Facebook’s new Home on Android, leaked builds of the software have been made available to download. As long as you’ve got a Nexus 4…

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Can we expect Samsung Galaxy Glass in the future?

As one of the largest consumer electronics companies in the world, how long will it be before Samsung gets involved in Project Glass?

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The value of Bitcoin ballooned over the weekend, sitting just under $200 per...

Recently, Bitcoin has surged back into the forefront of the news cycle, due in large part to the value of a single BTC rising to never-before-reached heights. As of just one week ago,…

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Windows XP has only one year left to live (really, no kidding this time)

The venerable Windows XP has now entered its final year of official support from Microsoft. Released in 2001, Windows XP eventually reached 83% market share on desktop PCs in 2008. XP is still…

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Thunderbolt 2.0 doubles in speed, so maybe you’ll use it now

For the uninitiated, Thunderbolt is a hardware interface through which peripherals can be connected — similar to — but faster than — USB, and not nearly as prevalent. Intel and Apple teamed up…

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