The $1,000 Integra DTR-30.6 will receive Dolby Atmos compatiblity via a firmware update in the fall. Integra Dolby Atmos launched back in 2012 and since then the new surround sound format has been used by an impressive list of movies, including blockbusters like “Gravity”, “Frozen” and “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”. Today, Dolby announced …
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23 June
Who is responsible for ‘Game of Thrones’ piracy?
HBO Last week, the season four finale of “Game of Thrones” broke all existing torrent records to become the most pirated show ever. And, of course, all the records it broke were previously set by “Game of Thrones” episodes. To put it conservatively, it’s a popular show. Australians have been prolific when it comes to torrenting “Game of Thrones” — …
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22 June
Kobe Bryant testing Apple’s new iWatch?
One of Apple’s prime testers? TeamKobe/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I must have heard more rumors about Apple’s purported, supposed, about-to-go-into-production-maybe watch than about JLo’s latest (or last) lover. So this one ought to be treated with the usual asbestos gloves and long grilling tongs. However, word has it that Kobe Bryant, he of the gimpy body and the Los …
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22 June
HbbTV is here: SBS fuses broadcast and broadband for a hybrid TV experience
SBS’s HbbTV app overlays content options onto broadcast TV. SBS If you’ve been wondering when Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV — better known as HbbTV — was coming to Australia the answer is that it’s already here, at least in beta form. (If you’re actually wondering what HbbTV actually is, try our primer over here.) SBS has launched the HbbTV version …
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21 June
Amazon, T
At the unveiling of T-Mobile’s “Music Freedom” offering, CEO John Legere is flanked by DJ Ryan Lewis (left) and Rapper Ben “Macklemore” Haggerty of the hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Mat Hayward/Getty Images for T-Mobile In the same city on the same day, two companies made their bid to further their interest in the wireless industry. Amazon, an outsider …
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21 June
Seriously tiny but powerful monitor speakers from Finland
Genelec G One and F One Genelec I love desktop speakers — correction — I love great-sounding desktop speakers. Decent ones start around $200 a pair, and my reference Adam Audio F5s run $500 for a pair. Desktop speakers are designed to be listened to from three to six feet away, and when you’re that close, you hear more of …
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20 June
Samsung to launch Android Wear smartwatch at Google I/O
Samsung’s new Android Wear device will build on its Gear 2 Neo (left) and Galaxy Gear smartwatches. CNET Google’s wearables push is about to get a big boost. Samsung plans to introduce its first Android Wear device at Google’s developer conference next week, people familiar with the matter told CNET. The wearable will be a smartwatch, much like the Gear …
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20 June
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere at the company’s Uncarrier event. James Martin/CNET SEATTLE — A few hours after Amazon unveiled the Fire Phone, I sat down with T-Mobile CEO John Legere, just ahead of his own crosstown “Uncarrier” event. Legere had spent the previous day firing off tweets railing against what was then a rumored partnership between AT&T and Amazon. He …
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20 June
If you’re on EE or Three, you can soon make phone calls over Wi
Burlingham/Shutterstock Fed up of searching for bars on your phone? Soon you won’t need a signal to make calls and texts as EE and Three announce they’ll soon let you make calls over Wi-Fi. EE’s Wi-Fi calling, which the network says will give you “higher quality and a greater degree of reliability” than third party apps such as Skype, will …
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20 June
Friday Poll: Will you buy an Amazon Fire Phone?
Fire walk with me. James Martin/CNET Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy probably aren’t shaking in their boots after the much-anticipated announcement of Amazon’s smartphone, dubbed the Fire Phone . The new kid on the phone block sports some high-end specs and interesting features (3D images and maps), but it faces a battle to make its mark against entrenched rivals, especially …
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