Potentially patching a big hole in Chrome OS, Adobe Systems and Google on Monday announced Project Photoshop Streaming, a version of the photo-editing software that works on either the browser-based operating system or the Windows version of Google’s browser. Chrome OS is based on Google’s Chrome browser, so it’s only able to run Web apps. …
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DxO Labs rates the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus as the new top scorers in its DxOMark Mobile tests of photo and video image quality. DxOMark Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are the new leaders on a French optical lab’s test of photo and video quality, demoting the Samsung Galaxy S5 to third place. Apple sets the “gold …
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Panasonic’s CM1 joins a large 1-inch, 20-megapixel sensor with a big lens and an Android phone. Stephen Shankland/CNET COLOGNE, Germany — Smartphones have largely replaced compact cameras, but Panasonic launched a new product called the CM1 to bring the two product categories together. Depending on how you look at it, it’s either a very slim camera or a somewhat bulky …
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Blu-ray Disc Association Much of the world is shifting to streaming video delivered over the Internet, but don’t count out optical discs just yet. The Blu-ray Disc Association is most of the way done defining a version of its optical disc technology that can handle high-resolution 4K imagery, the group said Friday at the IFA electronics trade show here. It …
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TP Vision announced the Philips 9100, a new high-end Android 4K TV, at the IFA electronics show in Berlin. Stephen Shankland/CNET BERLIN — Trying to stand out in a crowded market, TP Vision announced three models of Android-powered 4K TVs, the lower-end Philips 7900, the curved Philips 8900, and the high-end Philips 9100. The products all have screens with 3,840×2,160 …
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Microsoft VP Chris Weber shows off the Nokia Lumia 830 during the IFA trade show. As far as hardware goes, he said, “it’s on par with its flagship equivalents from Samsung and Apple.” Stephen Shankland/CNET BERLIN — Microsoft is proclaiming high-end performance with a new midrange phone push, announcing three new Nokia Lumia models and coming software improvements to its …
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Amazon Vice President Peter Larsen announces that the Fire TV streaming-media device is on sale in Germany and the UK. Stephen Shankland/CNET BERLIN — Amazon brought its Fire TV video-streaming system to the UK and Germany, expanding its global competition with Apple and Google. The Fire TV, previously available only in the US, is a compact set-top box that shows …
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Asus debuted its ZenWatch, an Android Wear device, at the IFA electronics show in Berlin. Stephen Shankland/CNET BERLIN — Asus embraced the old and the new on Wednesday, debuting its new ZenWatch smartwatch even as it tried to resuscitate the Netbook market with its new EeeBook X205 . At a press conference at the IFA consumer electronics show here, the …
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Iliad founder Xavier Niel speaks in 2014. Stephen Shankland/CNET Iliad, a French company with growing businesses as an Internet service provider and mobile operator, said Monday it’s working with partners to make a more lucrative bid for T-Mobile USA. Germany carrier Deutsche Telekom wants to sell its majority stake in the US subsidiary but rejected a July 31 offer of …
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An update to Riptide GP2 shows support for Google’s Android TV in this screenshot from Aaron Burrell. Aaron Burrell An update to the Riptide GP2 game indicates that yes, indeed, Android TV is likely to arrive at Google I/O on Wednesday. The Google Play store posted a version 1.2 update to Riptide GP2 that included “support for Android TV!” Android …
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