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How to clean your TV screen the right way

You’ll find as many methods for cleaning a TV screen as there are people you ask. Here’s our perspective. (Credit: David Fulmer, Old Crosley TV, Flickr CC) You’ll find as many methods for cleaning a TV screen as there are people you ask. Then, just to add to the confusion, consult your TV’s owner manual …

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What’s up with Neil Young’s Pono high

The Gigaom Web site reported on December 20 that Pono announced it won’t be showing at the CES show in Las Vegas in January. I first heard about Neil Young’s Pono music system more than a couple of years ago, and it was supposed to roll out a few months later. Rumors continued to circulate about an imminent debut, then …

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Samsung to unveil finger

Samsung has just spilled the beans on its new telly range, set to be unveiled at CES at the start of January. Its new goggleboxes will let you change the volume and switch channels just by waving your fingers.  Not only that, Samsung has tweaked its voice controls too, meaning you have to say less to change channels. It’ll roll …

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iOS 7 jailbreak now available

Users who have been waiting for the opportunity to jailbreak their iOS 7 devices can now do so. (Credit: CNET) The untethered jailbreak was released over the weekend by the Evasi0n team and is compatible with all devices running iOS 7.0 to 7.0.4. According to the team, the jailbreak takes five minutes to install and works across Mac and PCs. …

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Peter Ledermann is one of just a handful of highly skilled people on the planet who designs and hand-builds phono cartridges. These tiny electro-mechanical devices are usually machine made, but Ledermann builds world-class cartridges with his hands and a microscope. His company, Soundsmith, also manufactures speakers and amplifiers, and services vintage Bang & Olufsen and Tandberg products. Ledermann’s resume is …

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We’d love to bring BlackBerry to iOS and Android, says CEO

It’s been a pretty dire year for BlackBerry, as shown by its £2.69bn loss in just three months. But the fat lady hasn’t sung yet for the troubled Canadian mobile maker. In fact, we could see BlackBerry’s enterprise productivity and security features come to rival platforms, according to the company’s CEO. “We’d love to do it,” CEO Jon Chen said, …

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For tablets and cellular, it’s go time

In 2010, the iPad wedged itself into the market between the smartphone and laptop using the operating system of the former but something closer to the screen of the latter. Apple’s tablet has long offered cellular connectivity as an option, but tablets have developed a reputation for being homebodies, at least compared to their pocket-sized, cellular-equipped smartphone cousins. Indeed, the …

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Gresso Radical R1 Android smartie is a steal at £920

Well someone must be buying these ridiculous luxury mobiles, otherwise why would they keep making them? Gresso — the company known for covering the iPhone in crystals — has just launched its first Android models, Engadget reports. And as you can see, they’re as ludicrous as the rest of the range. The entry-level (ha!) Radical R1 is made of grade …

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Don’t back down: Klipsch Heresy III speakers

At less than 24 inches tall, the Klipsch Heresy III is the shortest floor-standing speaker I’ve ever tested. Don’t let its diminutive stature fool you. This speaker can outrun many a tower speaker — and outlast them. In an age of disposable tech, any speaker that sticks around for five years or more is noteworthy, but Klipsch’s Heresy has been …

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