Thursday, July 23, 2015

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Synology DS414slim & QNAP TS-453mini NAS Review: Convenient storage with a tiny footprint

NAS servers provide a quick, easy and secure means of backing up important data. Compared to a dedicated server, a desktop NAS is considerably more compact, especially two-bay and four-bay models like the QNAP TS-453mini and Synology DS414slim on hand today. The two aren't really direct competitors, so this isn't...


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Sony's mobile arm is launching a service-based drone subsidiary called Aerosense

Sony’s mobile arm is partnering with Tokyo autopilot startup ZMP Inc. to launch (no pun intended) a drone subsidiary called Aerosense. The joint venture will forego the competitive consumer drone market, instead taking a service-based approach to finding new business opportunities.



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T-Mobile looks to enhance basic texting forever with its new rich media standard

While most of us use messaging services like WhatsApp, Facebook and Apple’s Messages, the trusty SMS text is still a thing, and is in most cases still a viable and easy form of communication. As we all know, SMS texts come with their own set of limitations we aren’t generally...


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Microsoft launches webform to handle revenge porn removal requests

Microsoft is making it easier for victims of revenge porn to have links to offending content – and in some cases, the content itself – removed from its Bing search engine, OneDrive and Xbox Live.



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Google Maps knows everything about where you've been

Google's entire business model is based around collecting user data. Just in case you weren't sure how much data is being collected about you, Google is about to show you that they know everything.



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Neowin: 1More Piston in-ear headphones review

1More is an acoustics and design company based in China, and while they may not immediately be as familiar as a company like Sony, they still have an impressive acoustics footprint in Asia. 1More was the company that researched, designed and developed the Xiaomi Piston 3.0 IEMs that we reviewed...


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Android accepts defeat, will now show vertical YouTube videos full screen

Friends don't let friends take vertical videos. Our brains and eyes are wired for widescreen. And yet, in this age of ubiquitous smartphone screens, it happens all the time. There's good news today if you're one of those people. Android will now allow videos shot vertically to be viewed in...


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Send is Microsoft's new hybrid e-mail / chat app for quick, informal conversations

Microsoft accidentally let slip back in May that it was developing a hybrid e-mail / chat app dubbed Flow. Today, the Outlook team officially launched the app albeit under a different name.



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Nokia rumored to unveil a virtual reality device next week

Nokia may be about to unveil its own virtual reality platform next week at a VIP event in Los Angeles, according to Re/code, making it the latest in a number of companies to join the VR market.



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Take flight with the Striker Spy HD Camera drone

Drone flying is a wildly fun hobby, but can also be an expensive one. Right now, you can score a flight-ready and fully-loaded Striker Spy HD-Camera Drone for over 60% off its retail price, just $59.99 with code STRIKER10.



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FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler recommends approving AT&T's $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV

AT&T’s proposed acquisition of DirecTV is one step closer to reality as FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has given the deal his stamp of approval.



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Project CARS "simply too much" for Wii U as development on the console is cancelled

Slightly Mad Studios has announced that the upcoming version of Project CARS on the Wii U has been cancelled as the console does not have the processing power to cope with the game’s graphical demands. The company has hinted that the racing sim may get a release on Nintendo’s upcoming...


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Microsoft Surface surprises with $888 million in sales last quarter

Microsoft's Surface tablet is the success story of the Redmond company's fourth-quarter earning report. Although it faced slow sales growth for Windows and Office, Microsoft excelled in selling $888 million worth of their tablet -- up 117-percent from last year. Total revenue was $3.6 billion, meaning Surface accounted for nearly...


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Star Wars: KOTOR II gets first update in 10 years

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, the critically acclaimed role-playing game from Obsidian that launched on PC in 2005, has received a major update this week that adds in an impressive amount of new features.



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A fake town called Mcity has been made for driverless cars

Driverless cars now have their own town. The University of Michigan has opened up Mcity, a 32-acre fake town in Ann Arbor made solely for testing self-driving cars. The driverless car test range, part of the University of Michigan's Mobility Transformation Center that was founded in 2013, is the first...


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Nokia reportedly sells Here Maps to Audi, BMW and Daimler for $2.7 billion

It's no secret that Nokia has been looking to offload their Here Maps division in recent months, allegedly receiving bids from all sorts of companies including Uber, Facebook, Apple and Samsung. However it now seems that the bidding period is over, with Nokia choosing to sell Here Maps to the...


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Watch the evolution of Nintendo's most recognizable characters

A new video series from PicClick chronicles the evolution of some of Nintendo’s most beloved characters over the years. All the usual suspects are here including Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Samus, Kirby and Peach (the Princess).



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Tiny NAS Battle: Synology DS414slim vs. QNAP TS-453mini
NAS servers provide a quick, easy and secure means of backing up important data. Compared to a dedicated server, a desktop NAS is considerably more compact, especially two-bay and four-bay models like the QNAP TS-453mini and Synology DS414slim on hand today. The two aren't really direct competitors, so this isn't a straight up Synology vs. QNAP battle, but rather a look at each company's approach to developing compact NAS solutions.


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