Wednesday, December 23, 2015

IT News Head Lines (CNET) 24/12/2015





Cards Against Humanity might slice up an original Picasso - CNET
The game company uses funds from its holiday promotion to buy Pablo Picasso's "Tete de Faune" and will ask 150,000 fans if it should donate the work or cut it up and distribute little pieces of art history.











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Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas movie? Poll takes pulse on key issue of our time - CNET
A national polling group asks a sample of Americans if they think "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie. Did more vote "yippie ki-yay" or "yippie ki-nay"?











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Christoph Waltz is James Corden's dad (in very weird Clash of Clans ad) - CNET
Technically Incorrect: Clash of Clans likes to do interesting advertising. Its latest spot is no exception.











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Free movies and TV shows available in January 2016 - CNET
Monty Python's "And Now for Something Completely Different," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and the first season of "The Critic" all start streaming online for free.











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We pick our favorite technology of the year (Tomorrow Daily 291 show notes) - CNET
Jeff, Ashley, and Producer Logan choose what they felt were the best tech products of 2015.











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Star Wars urns store your ashes in a Death Star or Vader helmet - CNET
There's no reason your love of Star Wars has to end when your life does. Cremation urns by a company in the UK let you pay homage to your favorite galaxy in the afterlife.











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This confused drone thinks it's a blender, chops food in slo-mo - CNET
Tomatoes, yogurt, eggs and sausages don't stand a chance against the mighty propellers of a drone with dreams of chef stardom.











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Thundercats, ho! Amazon Prime's January lineup - CNET
"Annie," "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and the "Da Vinci Code" will also stream on Amazon but "Thundercats" are the real main event.











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Best Buy offers free HDTV with certain Samsung smartphones - CNET
The retailer will throw in a free Samsung HDTV if you buy or lease a specific Samsung smartphone through Verizon, Sprint or AT&T.











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Vatican newspaper says 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' not evil enough - CNET
Technically Incorrect: A review in L'Osservatore Romano, a paper known as the Vatican mouthpiece, finds there simply isn't enough badness in the new Star Wars movie.











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Watch a 457 mph wind blast a man's face in crazy vintage footage - CNET
The Internet dredges up a fascinating old film showing an extreme wind tunnel test of a brave volunteer getting buffeted by a gale.











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LG touts zoom, on-screen remote in upcoming Smart TVs - CNET
A new version of the WebOS software that powers the South Korean company's Smart TVs will add some "magic" to its 2016 lineup.











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Nicolas Cage and the strange case of the stolen dinosaur skull - CNET
The "National Treasure" actor finds himself having to part ways with a fossil illegally smuggled out of another country. He had beaten Leonardo DiCaprio in the bidding war to get it.











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Data on 3.3 million Hello Kitty fans sat out in open, researcher says - CNET
The information on SanrioTown.com, a website for fans of Sanrio characters like Hello Kitty, appears to include personal data on people under 18.











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President Obama becomes comedian, gets in car, drinks coffee - CNET
The 44th Commander in Chief will make an appearance on Jerry Seinfeld's Web series, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee."











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Famous Jimi Hendrix guitar gets a modern makeover (pictures) - CNET
Fender rebuilds Jimi Hendrix's iconic Stratocaster by melding its legendary rock 'n' roll past with the technical expectations of today's guitar players.











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Google slashes Play store prices for the holidays - CNET
Books, albums and movie rentals are on sale at Google Play, and you can nab a three-month subscription to Google Play Music for a dollar.











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Famous actors reenact Star Wars with Wookiee roars, lightsaber sounds - CNET
Watch Jennifer Lawrence, Tom Hiddleston, David Tennant, Natalie Dormer, Bradley Cooper and more recite Star Wars dialogue and roar like Chewbacca.











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See rare footage of a pregnant male seahorse giving birth in the wild - CNET
Two researchers happen upon a very special moment in the life of a seahorse father. Fortunately for us, and science, they had their underwater video camera with them.











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How Fender turned Jimi Hendrix's Strat into a modern player's guitar - CNET
So you want to play like rock god Jimi Hendrix? Fender combines guitar history and present-day playability in a Hendrix Stratocaster that's both a contemporary instrument and a child of the '60s.











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