Now playing: Watch this: Smart TV 101: the user interface 3:09 From voice and motion control through to pointer and touchscreen remotes, and on to completely new-look layouts, the smart TV has changed the way we interact with our TV.
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It’s certainly not news that Game of Thrones is popular with the BitTorrent community. (Credit: HBO) Back in April, when the most recent season kicked off, we saw the premiere episode set its own “swarm record” for total number of seeders and leechers. This sparked all manner of debate about why people seemed to be downloading Game of Thrones illegally …
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Samsung has expanded its Galaxy S4 family of products to appeal to niche markets, but consumers will likely find trade-offs in certain specifications and functionality in these devices. The company has been touting the expanded family of Galaxy S smartphones for a couple of months now. But earlier this week, at its event in London, Samsung specifically talked up the …
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Dish Network put the last nail in the coffin of its unsolicited bid for Sprint Nextel. Earlier this week, the satellite TV provider said that it was dropping its effort to buy Sprint in order to focus on its acquisition of upstart wireless provider Clearwire. In a regulatory filing Friday, the company confirmed that it is walking away from its …
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The sun is setting on the Samsung Galaxy S3. Samsung is winding down production of the popular Android phone, while revealing there won’t be any more spin-offs to the Galaxy S4. Samsung has just unveiled the camera-focused Galaxy S4 Zoom, stripped-down Galaxy S4 Mini, and waterproof Galaxy S4 Active. But there won’t be any more S4 smart phone sequels to …
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For a long time I’ve been a fan of N2A Cards, which sells a simple plug-and-play way to turn Barnes & Noble’s Nook tablets into full-blown Android tablets. After all, if you’ve got good hardware, why not unlock its maximum potential? Now Kindle owners can get in on the action. N2A’s new N2Aos service will install Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) …
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The HTC One is made of aluminium, but HTC is set to recruit an iron man to advertise it — yes, the folks at High Tech Computers are reported to have signed Avengers and Sherlock Holmes star Robert Downey Jr as the face of their phones. Fresh from the success of Iron Man 3, 48-year-old Downey Jr is reported to …
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These days, big-budget blockbuster movies are usually accompanied by story-driven mobile games. They usually tie in with the movie plot in many ways, and sometimes they put you in the shoes of the main character. The idea behind these types of games is great, but more often than not, they are completely disappointing. With that in mind, I found four …
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Airline passengers may be able to use their favorite electronic gadgets from takeoff to landing if new FAA guidelines come to pass. The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to ease the restrictions on the use of certain devices at lower altitudes, according to the Wall Street Journal. Citing “industry officials and draft recommendations prepared by a high-level advisory panel to …
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Now playing: Watch this: Unboxing the BlackBerry Z10 3:39 BlackBerry Z10 owners on AT&T still can’t get the latest update to the BlackBerry operating system. Earlier on Friday, the BlackBerry OS 10.1 update for the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone was rolled out via AT&T. But that update was actually posted in error, a BlackBerry spokesperson told CNET. BlackBerry now advises Z10 …
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New leaks are filling in details for the Sony Xperia Z Ultra phablet, taking on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 with a Snapdragon 800 processor and 6.4-inch high-definition screen. Screenshots posted on XDA Developers show the Z Ultra to be powered by a 2.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor with 2GB of RAM. And the screen boasts 342 pixels per inch, crammed …
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Apple’s next iPhone could be in line for a battery boost, if supposed leaked snaps are to be believed. The images, which surfaced at MacRumors, show what looks like a near-fully assembled iPhone 5S sporting a 5.92Whr battery — a step up from the 5.45Whr power brick that resides within the iPhone 5. The report notes that the model could be …
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Sony’s rumored next-generation SmartWatch is real, and it will offer some notable feature upgrades to the company’s current wearable tech offering, a source has confirmed to CNET. The news of a new SmartWatch is not surprising, given that Sony’s Xperia Twitter account has all but confirmed a wristwatch-related announcement at next week’s Mobile Asia Expo 2013 trade show that runs …
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A new leaked pic claiming to be of the Galaxy Note 3 has popped up, showing Samsung’s next stylus-centric superphone with an even bigger screen and an impressively thin bezel. The photo comes from an industry insider going by the handle ‘PunkPanda’, who was responsible for accurate leaks of the Galaxy S4 Mini, which was officially launched last night here …
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A Tokyo court has ruled that Samsung infringed on Apple’s patent covering a “bounce-back” feature used on the latter’s smartphones and tablets. Reuters reported Friday that Apple had alleged Samsung copied its “bounce-back” function, in which icons on smartphones and tablets quiver back when users scroll to the end of an electronic document. Samsung has already changed its interface on …
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