Samsung set to expand curved Ultra HD line

Samsung is making a straight pitch for curved Ultra HD TVs. In addition to showing off its mammoth 105-inch curved Ultra HD display here at the Consumer Electronics Show, the TV and electronics giant announced plans for 55-inch, 65-inch and 78-inch curved UHD sets (no prices, later this year). Samsung's curved displays deliver "even more lifelike picture quality with more depth," said HS Kim, executive vice president of the visual display...

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3 New Features Included In Cloud Storage App

Google updated its cloud storage and document synchronization app, Google Drive on Monday. The new features changed the way that users can sort documents, and offers new functionality for users of Google Docs. In an update that is rolling across mobile devices, the Google Drive app now allows for easier sorting of files -- including the options “last sorted by me” and “last edited by me.” Google Drive also now allows users the ability to “Find...

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Hour of Code hopes to teach kids a love of computer programming

An initiative backed by a star-studded ensemble that extends from POTUS to Shakira is encouraging students to try coding for an hour in honor of Computer Science Education Week. That’s the goal of this year’s Computer Science Education Week’s (CSEW) initiative "Hour of Code," CSEW has been going on since 2009, but this year nonprofit Code took over and put the focus on getting kids interested in computer science.  The nonprofit recruited the...

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Grace Hopper , Amazing Grace of computer history, gets Google Doodle

Grace Hopper, known as "the first lady of software," is celebrated for her computer genius, with a Google Doodle on what would have been her 107th birthday. The doodle would have been deeply appreciated by Grace Murray Hopper. She rose through the naval ranks to achieve the title of rear admiral. She was a pioneering Navy computer programmer who coined the term "bug" to describe computer woes. When she retired in 1986, she was the nation's...

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Is there a 'dark side' to Amazon drones, Google robots?

I've got Amazon.com drones in my future.I use Amazon's Prime delivery service for everything from rechargable batteries to art books to beef jerky, and so I was quite taken aback when CEO Jeff Bezos showcased a drone delivery system called Prime Air on 60 Minutes this past weekend. The idea is that packages below five pounds could be delivered straight from Amazon distribution centers to customers within 30 minutes using drones. For now,...

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One more reason Microsoft Office will kill Google Docs

Here's one more reason Microsoft Office is killing Google Docs (now called Google Drive) in the battle of office suites: Google simply isn't serious about joining the fight, at least according to the New York Times. Microsoft is dead serious, and so Google Drive simply won't be able to compete. The Times, in an article about Google's cloud-based service Google Compute Engine, has this to say about Google Drive: The business version...

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Amazon unviels 30-minute Prime Air quadcopley delivery service

Amazon, the company that already automates many of its warehouses and fulfillment centers with robot workers, has unveiled Amazon Prime Air — a new delivery method that will see autonomous quadcopters deliver your order within 30 minutes. A couple of years from now, perhaps on Cyber Monday in 2015, you might be able to order a PS4 game or the latest smartphone and have it delivered to your door in half an hour. At this point, you should probably...

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Cyber Monday Hard Drive Deals

If you’re one of the few people that missed the extended Black Friday sales that have been going on all weekend, there’s still hope. Black Friday’s sibling shopping holiday, Cyber Monday (part of Cyber Week), has arrived to bring more deals, discounts and sales. For the digital storage-minded consumers, IBTimes looks at the best Cyber Monday hard drive deals from retailers including Amazon, Newegg, Best Buy and more to ensure you get the...

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Maria Callas Google Doodle celebrates 90th birthday

Google has marked the 90th anniversary of the birth of the iconic Greek soprano Maria Callas with a celebratory doodle. Callas was born on 2 December 1923, in New York and made her debut in Boccaccio for the Royal Opera of Athens, and took her first major role in Tosca. Her Italian opera debut took place at the Verona Arena in 1947 and her American one in 1954. Callas died in Paris in 1977. Callas's dramatic off-stage life often...

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Cyber Monday deals lure shoppers on the job

Cash registers and crowds are giving way to keyboards and monitors. Millions are expected to fill virtual shopping carts on Monday, swapping Black Friday for Cyber Monday. “On Cyber Monday we tend to see deeper discounts. Deeper discounts are anything 40 percent or above. If you see anything 40 percent and above, take it. It's a good deal,” said Kristen Nelson, spokesperson at retailmenot.com. The website features coupon codes for retailers. On Cyber...

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Microsoft In Talks to Buy Shoutcast and Winamp From AOL

Looks like the llama may not get off so easily after all. AOL yesterday announced that it was shutting down Winamp, media playing software for Windows and Android devices that it picked up through its 1999, $80 million acquisition of Nullsoft in 1999. But today Techcrunch has learned that AOL is talks with Microsoft to sell Winamp, along with Shoutcast, a media streaming service also developed by Nullsoft. We have also learned that...

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Xbox One: A $499 PC for your living room

The Xbox One is Microsoft's first new gaming console in eight years. It's quality piece of hardware but it's also noteworthy because Microsoft is using it to make a statement. Video game consoles are no longer just gaming consoles. They're computers for you living room. So how does the Xbox One which goes on sale for $499 on Friday , fare with that in mind.  The Xbox hardware is big ... even by next-generation console standards. It's...

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Montreal teens busted on child porn charges

Chils pornography , peddled by children . That's the serious accusation levelled to 10 adolescents arrested Thursday in the Montreal area. The boys allegedly coaxed their friends and girlfriends into posting they later shared among themselves. Aged between 13 and 15 years old, they were arrested in a sweap early Thursday in Laval, a suburb just north of Montreal. They face various charges including the production , possession and distribution...

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What would I say? The App that generates Facebook statuses so you don't have to

New game takes inspiration from your old statues and was invented 'just for fun' at a US hacking summit. Ever wished you could instantly pop up on Facebook as your usual funny , inspirational and urbane self without the bother of actually coming up with the words? A team in the US has invented a new application which thankfully, takes all the work out of posting a status on the social media site. It works by accessing every previous...

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Walmart Black Friday 2013 Ad Brings iPad mini Deal You Can't Miss

Apple Black Friday deals are among the biggest prizes for Black Friday shoppers, and normally it is hard to get the best Black Friday deals on Apple products like a new iPad, but the Walmart Black Friday 2013 ad promises an iPad mini deal you can’t pass up and you won’t miss out on as long as you are at Walmart within the first hour of Black Friday sales. Walmart’s iPad mini Black Friday deal is for a full price iPad mini, with a $100 gift...

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Access Google Drive Commands with One Keyboard Shortcut

Google Drive is a pretty robust word processor by itself, but it can be a fit frustating trying to hunt down where all of the functions you need are. However , you can find everything with one shortcut: hit Alt/ and search. The Alt-/ shortcut will put up a search box that you can use to find any command hidden in any Google Drive's menus. If the command has it's own , faster shortcut , you can see it listed there as well. User's of application...

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Stocks tumble even as Twitter IPO soars

Stocks in New York took a beating last Thursday despite a bullish start for Twitter's highly anticipated first day training. Shares of the social networking company jumped 73% , rising $18.90 at close at $44.90. The micro-blogging service , trading under the TWTR symbol, priced its shares at $26 each on Wednesday. The stock's first trade , which came a little before 11 in the morning . ET Thursday , was at $45.10 and shares rose as high...

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Apple unveils lighter iPad Air

Thinner. Lighter. Faster. That's what Apple promises in its newest iPad, which also has a new name: the iPad Air. The company rolled out the fifth generation of its market-leading tablet Tuesday. Among its new features, the iPad will weigh 1 pound, down from 1.4 pounds. It's 20% thinner and 28% lighter than the current fourth-generation iPad. The iPad Air will have the same 9.7-inch screen as previous iPads and pack the same A7 processing...

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Apple's OS X Mavericks now available for free from the Mac App Store

Just as Apple promised, its OS X Mavericks update is now available as a digital download from the Mac App Store. The operating system upgrade weighs in at 5.29GB, so you'll want to set aside some time for the installation process.  Thankfully, Apple is giving plenty of its existing customers the chance to move up to Mavericks at no cost.  On stage during its event today, software chief Craig Federighi announced that Mavericks is...

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Microsoft releases Windows 8.1 update

Microsoft released its long-awaited Windows 8.1 upgrade as a free download Thursday. It addresses some of the gripes people have had with Windows 8, the dramatically different operating system that attempts to bridge the divide between tablets and PCs. Windows 8.1 still features the dual worlds that Windows 8 created when it came out last October. On one hand, it features a touch-enabled tile interface resembling what's found in tablet computers....

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