Netflix aims to craft 'House of Cards' into 'Harry Potter' hit

Netflix aims to craft 'House of Cards' into 'Harry Potter' hit The company is playing a long game for its original series, watching progress from season to season. That means sacrifices, and a long wait, before seeing if it can be the phenomona Netflix hopes. Reed Hastings, the chief executive of the Web's top video-streaming service Netflix, has some mighty ambitions...

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Photographers, meet your camera phone

Photographers, meet your camera phone    The good: The Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone's camera captures extremely high-resolution images with fine detail, and puts creative controls at your fingertips. The bad: A niche device, the Lumia 1020 is $100 pricier than most high-end smartphones. The lens makes it a little bulky. Multiple camera apps are confusing....

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Leap Motion controller now shipping, coming to Best Buy on July 28

Leap Motion controller now shipping, coming to Best Buy on July 28 The Leap Motion 3D gesture controller is now shipping following an unexpected delay. It was initially scheduled to ship on May 13, but CEO Michael Buckwald said back in April they simply needed more time to test the device before deploying it in the wild. In a post on the company blog, Leap said...

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Download VLC for iOS, now with AirPlay and Dropbox support

Download VLC for iOS, now with AirPlay and Dropbox support Undoubtedly, one of the most popular open source media players available today is VLC, and it's been that way for quite some time now. As a project backed by many well versed contributors it's available in a wide range of platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and now once again iOS. Being an open source...

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TV station taps copyright law to erase embarrassing broadcast

TV station taps copyright law to erase embarrassing broadcast After racist gaffe following San Francisco plane crash, KTVU uses the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to have clips of the event removed from the Internet.   A San Francisco Bay Area television station that became world famous for a racist gaffe during a news broadcast about a deadly plane crash is...

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How to spot and avoid Facebook 'Like' scams

How to spot and avoid Facebook 'Like' scams When you click or press the Like button, you may be disclosing more about yourself than you imagine. You may also be contributing to the bank accounts of Internet scammers. Facebook "likes" mean money. Individuals and businesses of all types -- legitimate and otherwise -- use various techniques to persuade you to click that...

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T-Mobile slams AT&T, Verizon's 'deceptive' early upgrade plans

T-Mobile slams AT&T, Verizon's 'deceptive' early upgrade plans T-Mobile says its Jump program is materially different than early upgrade programs its larger rivals offer and it wants to educate the customer. In the latest wireless war of words, T-Mobile appears to be having the most fun. In an advertisement debuting on Tuesday, T-Mobile takes a juicy quote from...

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When notebooks squeeze Intel out

When notebooks squeeze Intel out commentary Devices based on ARM chip designs tend to be thinner, cooler (thermally, at least), and cheaper than those based on Intel designs while offering longer battery life. Thanks to many ad campaigns over the years, most people know that their notebook PCs are powered by processors from Intel (or its chief rival, AMD). Those companies...

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