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iPhone app controls tiny Hot Wheels car

3 hours 22 min ago
Hot Wheels new iNitro Speeders remote control car lets you drive the car with an iPhone app, with some intriguing control options.
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Olympus brings OM series into the 21st century (hands-on)

3 hours 23 min ago
Olympus' new OM-D series revives the now-vintage look of its film cameras, but this digital incarnation is packed with some very modern technology.
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Google to promise fair licensing for Motorola patents

3 hours 23 min ago
The Web giant has some reassurances ready to go, Bloomberg reports. Good timing: European regulators are expected to rule on the companies' $12.5 billion merger by next week.
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LinkedIn rumored to buy browser plugin Rapportive

3 hours 31 min ago
LinkedIn has supposedly acquired the startup Rapportive, which combines social networking with e-mail.
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Burning Man tackling community fury in ticket snafu

3 hours 51 min ago
After large numbers of longtime 'Burners' failed to get tickets during the event's recent selection process, many claimed organizers had failed to adopt a sensible system. Now, those organizers are trying to calm community anger.
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Apple to iPhone developers: No more low-res screenshots

4 hours 17 min ago
Apple's now requiring that developers upload the snazzier, Retina Display caliber screenshots of their games to the App Store when submitting their creations.
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BBC confronts Facebook troll

4 hours 32 min ago
An Internet troll who posts allegedly hateful and racist remarks on Facebook's RIP sites, seems blase about his activities when he is intercepted by a BBC reporter.
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Sony files for Xperia Sola trademark

4 hours 40 min ago
Without any indication why, Sony has filed a trademark application for the name Sony Xperia Sola. We may find out more at Mobile World Congress, just three weeks away.
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Startup Soraa lights up with 'LED 2.0'

4 hours 53 min ago
The startup sees a 75 percent boost in efficiency with its LED bulb, a new material platform for bringing down the cost of LEDs for general lighting.
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Crave 75: Hot for teacher (podcast)

5 hours 23 min ago
This week in CNET's Crave podcast: desktop haptics, electroluminescent faces, our glass-filled future, and "Avengers" versus "Spider-Man."
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HTC's Mobile World Congress press invite remains clue-less

7 February, 2012 - 23:56
HTC is playing coy with clues to what the company will announce at Mobile World Congress this month, but don't worry. We have a pretty good idea anyway.
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Siri brings nearly 25 percent of Wolfram Alpha traffic

7 February, 2012 - 23:50
According to a report by the New York Times, Apple's voice-controlled personal assistant Siri accounts for nearly 25 percent of the traffic handled by search engine Wolfram Alpha.
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It's time to move on from power testing most desktop PCs

7 February, 2012 - 23:47
Testing the power efficiency of most consumer desktops no longer makes sense. Here's why.
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Leaked photos of LG Miracle Windows Phone emerge

7 February, 2012 - 23:45
The device is slated for Spring and is rumored to have an NFC chip.
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Apple chortles as the PC market melts down in U.K., France

7 February, 2012 - 23:31
While the PC market skids in the U.K. and France, Apple coasts to market share gains--possibly presaging a similar trend in the U.S.
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HTC hoping Studio can revitalize brand in 2012

7 February, 2012 - 23:25
After a few less than stellar quarters, HTC is pinning its hopes on an internal project called Studio.
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Path shares photos--oh, and uploads your contacts, too

7 February, 2012 - 23:21
The popular photo sharing app is rocked by news that it uploads contacts from iPhone users without permission.
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Video game characters get real with fake Facebook photos

7 February, 2012 - 23:07
If video game characters had Facebook profiles, they would take bathroom self-portraits and post party pictures just like the rest of us.
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As it scales, Instagram shows restraint in all the right places

7 February, 2012 - 22:47
Instagram has become the iPhone photo sharing app of choice, but cut through the hype and you'll find a compelling business lesson in managing scale through laser-like focus.
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Raspberry Pi $25 computers ready to go February 20

7 February, 2012 - 22:41
Charitable organization hopes credit card-size system can train a new generation of programmers worldwide.
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