Sonos has announced support for music service Murfie, which is a site that enables users to store their physical CD collection offsite and stream or sell the CDs through the cloud. Users can stream their ripped CDs or, for a dollar, download them in a number of formats including FLAC. Until today, the only way …
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13 November
LG gets smart about gaming on TV
LG has opened Game World, a smart TV portal for its expanded range of family-oriented TV gaming apps. LG’s Game World portal. (Credit: LG) The Game World portal will be exclusive to LG’s Cinema 3D Smart TV line-up, and will offer over 80 games, including a number of 3D titles. The games will be able to be controlled by either …
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13 November
Samsung 85
Samsung is preparing the largest commercial Ultra High Definition TV for the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Not actually the Samsung TV; just the similarly sized LG UHD TV. (Credit: LG) It’s official: whether you were ready for it or not, the Ultra HD age of entertainment has arrived. Sony, LG and now Samsung all have large-screen UHD offerings in …
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12 November
Pocket Filmmaker: smart tripods for stablising your smartphone videos
Now playing: Watch this: Pocket Filmmaker: stabilisation for pocket cameras 3:08 Welcome to CNET Australia‘s new guide to pocket film-making. The Pocket Filmmaker will be showing you how to turn the smartphone in your pocket into a camera capable of shooting video projects that are worthy of sharing with family and friends, online and even with the judges of some …
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12 November
New Droid DNA accidentally confirmed by Verizon
Over the weekend Verizon briefly called out the Droid DNA as its next Droid handset. The revelation was fleeting, though; the carrier promptly scrubbed all mention of DNA from its Web site. Verizon is likely kicking itself, and likely the people responsible, for the slip-up since it came days ahead of the new phone’s expected launch tomorrow in New York. …
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12 November
Telstra giving away JBL NFC speaker with Lumia 920 pre
Tesltra is now taking pre-orders for the new Nokia Lumia 920, and to sweeten the deal, Telstra is including an AU$200 JBL speaker in the bag for every customer who signs up in advance. The Lumia 920 in white beside the JBL NFC speaker on offer to Telstra pre-order customers. (Credit: CBSi) This speaker is the JBL PlayUp Wireless Speaker …
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12 November
Vodafone stops stocking the bigger models of iPhone 4S
Vodafone has stopped stocking the iPhone 4S in 32GB and 64GB sizes, Omio reports. Though the network will still offer the 16GB iPhone 4S, a couple of HTC handsets are for the chop, too. Vodafone detailed its plans in a newsletter to affiliates. No fewer than six mobiles will no longer be available on Vodafone. These are the 32GB and 64GB iPhone 4S, the …
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12 November
Judge to review Samsung’s juror bias claim in Apple case
There could be quite an interesting postscript to the patent case in which Apple won $1 billion from Samsung. Our sister site CNET reports that Judge Lucy Koh has agreed to examine Samsung’s claims that the jury foreman concealed crucial information that stopped him being impartial. Samsung is arguing that Vel Hogan failed to disclose that in 1993 he was sued by …
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12 November
HTC and Apple settle patent issues, enter 10
This is more like it. Apple and HTC have kissed and made up, and put behind them all the lawsuits they’ve been slapping each other with. Not only that, they’ve announced a deal that will let them license patents off each other for the next 10 years, so we shouldn’t see any more court cases between them for a while. Way to go, …
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12 November
Apple: Reset your iPhone before hitting the Genius Bar
iPhone troubles? Let me guess: an update won’t install properly. Or an app keeps crashing on you. Or you can’t get your Bluetooth connection to work. Problems like these often drive frazzled users to the Apple Genius Bar, which, of course, requires a reservation via the Apple Web site. Before you can make one, however, Apple now suggests this: Screenshot …
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