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Dolby adds a new dimension to sound

Andrew Jones with the new Pioneer SP-EFS73 tower speakers Steve Guttenberg/CNET I was taken aback by Dolby’s recent announcement that Atmos sound will be “coming soon to a home theater near you,” because as far as I can tell most consumers want fewer, not more home theater speakers. Atmos adds height speaker channels to existing 5.1- and 7.1-channel home theater …

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Google dismisses rumors of Nexus demise

The Nexus 5. Josh Miller/CNET Google is putting to rest any speculation that it would be killing off its Nexus line of smartphones and tablets and replace them with a new program called “Android Silver.” “People just get excited by concepts and forget why we do things,” Google executive Dave Burke told ReadWrite. “We are still invested in Nexus.” He …

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