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| Oculus Rift Used to Simulate Decapitation by Guillotine | | We've seen the virtual reality headset Oculus Rift take a 90-year old grandmother on a charming tour through Tuscany, but the device can also be used for other, much less pleasant experiences. In one very blatant example, users are going through the experience of being decapitated by a guillotine, a device used for executions, most famously in the 18th century during the French Revolution.
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| Hulu Plus Arrives on Windows Phone 8 | | Hulu has launched its Hulu Plus mobile app on Microsoft's Windows Phone store, offering video streaming of popular TV shows on your WP8 device. Shows on offer include hits like "Family Guy," "Glee," "Modern Family," "Community," "The Vampire Diaries" and others. Ad-free kids shows are also available, including "SpongeBob SquarePants," "iCarly," "Caillou" and others.
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| Portable Extension Cord Attaches to Any Piece of Furniture | | An extension cord designed for smart devices aims to replace your old-school power strip by conveniently attaching onto any piece of furniture. SEE ALSO: ZenDock, the MacBook Pro Accessory that Cleans Up Your Messy Wires Rather than reaching behind a nightstand to plug in your tablet or climb down from a bunk bed to plug in your smartphone, the nuplug is like a portable power strip that can clamp onto various surfaces (e.g.
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| Microsoft: Windows Blue Coming in 2013 With Small-Screen Support | | Windows Blue is real, and it's coming before the end of the year. Windows marketing chief Tami Reller confirmed to Mashable that the next major update to Windows 8 is codenamed "Blue" and that it would ship by the 2013 holiday season. "Blue" is actually an internal Microsoft codename for the update, and the final product will have a different name, although Reller didn't say what it would be.
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| Windows 8 Milestones: 100 Million Licenses Sold, 60,000 Apps | | The PC market is continuing to drive off a cliff, but at least now more passengers are running Windows 8. Microsoft says it's sold 100 million licenses for Windows 8 so far, up from 60 million in January. At the same time, the Windows Store has hit 60,000 apps. As for how many of those licenses represent PCs that are actually being used, it's hard to say. The 100 million includes upgrades as well as PC sales.
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| Budget iPhone Is Reportedly Launching This Year | | Monday, May 06, 2013 10:30 PM | Emily Price |
| A new budget version of the iPhone is set to launch this year, according to an ETrade Supply source. The cell-phone parts supplier has been correct about a number of Apple rumors before, and most recently obtained parts of the iPhone 5 prior to its release. Beyond the budget handset's existence, however, ETrade’s sources weren’t able to share any more details.
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| Adobe CEO: The Truth About Creative Cloud | | Monday, May 06, 2013 5:55 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| Adobe's decision to discontinue the boxed version of Creative Suite and move to a subscription software-based model (also known as the Creative Cloud) stunned many customers, but considering recent moves, like the acquisition and integration of Behance, the introduction of a cloud subscription option and Adobe’s desire to support transmedia activities, none of this should come as a surprise.
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| Adobe Goes All-In on Subscription Pricing Model | | Monday, May 06, 2013 1:52 PM | Christina Warren |
| Adobe's flagship product, Creative Suite, has new name and a host of new and updated features now that it's evolved into Adobe Creative Cloud. But the biggest change in the software is how Adobe will be selling it: It's going to be subscription only. That means that users won't be able to buy Photoshop CC or other apps individually from Adobe for a flat rate (known in the industry as perpetual licensing).
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| ProPublica Tool Lets Journalists Search Instagram by Location and Date | | Monday, May 06, 2013 11:47 AM | Lauren Indvik |
| Reporters covering events such as the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings or the Boston Marathon bombings turned immediately to Instagram to source photos from the scene — a difficult endeavor, given the limitations of Instagram's in-app search to hashtags and usernames. Enter Al Shaw, news application developer at ProPublica, a non-profit news organization focused on investigative journalism.
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| BlackBerry R10, Successor to the Curve, Leaks Online | | Monday, May 06, 2013 11:20 AM | Pete Pachal |
| So far, BlackBerry has debuted one touchscreen phone and one keyboard phone in its line of devices running BlackBerry 10 software, both high-end smartphones. Now it looks like BlackBerry's plans for the next wave of devices have leaked, and it's aiming a little lower. Images and specs of the so-called BlackBerry R10 were posted on a Chinese website over the weekend.
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| First Small-Screen Windows 8 Tablet Leaked on Amazon | | Monday, May 06, 2013 10:42 AM | TabTimes |
| The first of what’s expected to be a series of smaller screen Windows 8 tablets was apparently shown on Amazon.com briefly by mistake last week. The online ad for the unannounced new device was quickly taken down. The leak may have been the result of confusion over Acer's latest device, the Iconia W3. On Friday, Acer announced several new tablet models, but the Acer Iconia W3-810-1600 was not among them.
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| Samsung Galaxy Core Gives Just a Taste of the S4 | | Monday, May 06, 2013 10:28 AM | Pete Pachal |
| The core of a galaxy is typically a supermassive black hole. What does that say about the Samsung Galaxy Core, a midrange Android phone the company announced today? Possibly that it's sure to be unnoticed while everyone's attention is on Samsung's white-hot star, the Galaxy S4.
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