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Vuzix M100 smart glasses selling for US$1000

Is 2014 going to be the year when wearables come of age? VR-headset maker Vuzix certainly seems to think so. The Vuzix M100. (Credit: Vuzix) The Vuzix M100 is now available for pre-order in the US, costing US$1000 and with an expected delivery of two to four weeks. Vuzix is calling the M100 a “hands-free wearable computer” — it features …

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Motorola delays Moto X Cyber Monday deal after site crash

Motorola Mobility was forced to postpone its Cyber Monday Moto X deal after perspective shoppers overwhelmed the purchase page. The handset maker planned to offer a limited number of online shoppers the opportunity to purchase the new smartphone off-contract at a $150 discount. But the crush of consumers quickly rendered the MotoMaker customization site largely unusable, preventing many shoppers from …

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Nvidia Shield, Qualcomm Toq: Carrying a torch for consumers

Months before the first iPod was announced by Apple, another company — one that has much to do with the performance of today’s Macs — announced its own digital music player. Intel’s Pocket Concert won praise for its audio quality but wasn’t much to look at. The silver-and-blue MP3 player, along with Intel’s other consumer products — a digital microscope …

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How to stream YouTube audio on a locked iPhone

Screenshot by Sharon Vaknin/CNET If you lock your iPhone or switch apps while playing a video, both the audio and video cut out immediately. It’s a huge annoyance if you’re one of the many people who uses YouTube for music, listening to long interviews, or even guided workouts. According to some reports, Google might be adding the option to multitask …

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Samsung eyes 20 megapixels for 2014 smartphone, report says

Samsung is indulging in the mobile camera craze, according to a new report. The handset maker is working on a 20-megapixel camera it’ll bundle into mobile devices in the second half of 2014, Korea’s ET News is reporting, citing people who claim to have knowledge of the company’s plans. It should be noted, however, that ET News has had a …

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Xbox, Windows, Windows Phone become one with Threshold

The next big step for Microsoft is to bring Xbox One, Windows and Windows Phone closer together than ever, and that next generation of cross-platform unification is reported to be codenamed Threshold. ZDNet reports that the name Threshold was mentioned in a recent internal email by Microsoft Executive Vice President Terry Myerson. Threshold covers an update to Microsoft’s big three: …

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