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Wednesday 16 July 2014

How long until we see free Android or Chrome OS tablets?

Building a decent sub-$100 tablet is possible today, and recovering the cost of this over a couple of years – especially if it is tied to something such as Amazon Prime – is well within the realms of possibility.



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Brazil gets ICQ fever all over again

The instant messaging tool regains popularity and becomes the most downloaded app in the country



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Surprise screening of Avengers: Age Of Ultron footage reveals Iron Man’s Hulkbuster armor

A surprise screening of footage from Avengers: Age Of Ultron in London reveals Iron Man's "Hulkbuster" armor, a Scarlet Witch team-up, and Avengers Tower.


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Watch Planet Earth rise above the Moon in this high-def video from space

We are used to seeing the Moon rise into the night sky. But back in 2008, the Japanese lunar orbiter SERENE captured this amazing high-definition video of the Earth rising above the moon.


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Zen Studios’ Pinball FX2 coming to Xbox One

Announced in a blog post on their official site, Zen Studios is bringing Pinball FX2 to Xbox One July 31. With the promise of new collaborations and 1080p pinball action, this looks to be the definitive version of the title.


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Murdoch wanted to buy Time Warner for $80B

The 21st Century Fox bid for its rival goes nowhere as Time Warner indicates Fox could never muster an acceptable offer. Still, investors take a shine to Time Warner shares.





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'Hidden from Google' tracks sites removed from Internet searches

The website lists links Google has removed from search results following the European "right to be forgotten" ruling.





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Experience Tour de France Mayhem First-Hand From New On-Bike Cameras

Experience Tour de France Mayhem First-Hand From New On-Bike Cameras


If you've been watching the Tour de France you know that it's been one of the more brutal tours in recent years, with intense weather conditions and terrible crashes that have led to three top contenders abandoning the tour already. It's also the first year that riders are allowed to put cameras on their bikes—so viewers can access the firsthand perspective for the very first time.


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Amazon's Prepping a "Kindle Unlimited" Subscription Service For Books

Amazon's Prepping a "Kindle Unlimited" Subscription Service For Books


Amazon is testing an ebook rental service called "Kindle Unlimited," as GigaOm pointed out today. The e-commerce company put up test pages for the service, which will offer "unlimited access to 600,000 titles." Users would pay $10 a month for access to the extensive online lending library. Amazon yanked the pages today but they're still available on Google Cache.


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The FBI's Worried That Self-Driving Cars Could Be Turned Into Weapons

The FBI's Worried That Self-Driving Cars Could Be Turned Into Weapons


An internal FBI report obtained by The Guardian speculates about what the roads will look like when they're packed with driverless cars. And because it's the FBI, there's a gloomy analysis of how criminals could exploit our autonomous automotive future.


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Who's Really to Blame When Netflix Slows Down?

Who's Really to Blame When Netflix Slows Down?


If you're a Netflix customer on Verizon, there's a good chance you've spending a lot more time with that bright red buffering screen than you'd like. That's why, over the past few weeks, Netflix and Verizon have been displacing blame by taking pot shots at each other. But while they're busy bickering, we're the ones suffering. What the hell is really going on?


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