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Oculus Rift helps dying woman take one last walk outside

Game artist Priscilla Firstenberg used an Oculus Rift dev kit to help her grandmother experience the outside world before passing away, The Rift Arcade reports. Cancer patient Roberta Firstenberg had become too weak...

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Volvo S60L plug-in hybrid set to debut at 2014 Beijing Motor Show

At next week's Beijing Motor Show, Volvo is set to introduce a new member of its plug-in hybrid family. The company has had success with the world's first diesel PHEV, the V60 plug-in hybrid, but the...

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Google rumored to be working on a $100 Nexus smartphone

It would be surprising if Google didn’t unveil a new Nexus device before the end of the year. Currently, the Nexus 10 is still out of stock and Google’s Nexus 5 is beginning to...

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Comcast broke records with this year’s Xfinity Watchathon

Comcast said this year’s week-long Xfinity Watchathon broke more VOD records, producing 61 million views and 50 million hours of TV bingeing, while also doing its part to boost ratings...

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Yahoo wants to replace Google as iOS’s default search provider

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is hoping to convince Apple to change one of the fundamental aspects of iOS: Safari’s default search engine. The company has reportedly been hard at work on...

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Indiegogo and Healbe accused of crowdfunding fraud

The Indiegogo campaign for miracle calorie-counting wristband, “GoBe,” officially ended. Absent any last minute fraud prevention action by PayPal or the major credit card issuers,  Moscow-based Healbe is about to receive somewhere...

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New preview for Ubuntu mobile OS gets released

It has been a long time since Canonical announced the Ubuntu Edge smartphone campaign on Indiegogo. It raised an incredible $12 million dollars, but — equally incredible — it still fell around...

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NSA isn’t required to report all security flaws

With the Heartbleed bug causing havoc and Dropbox users jumping ship it’s been another week in which data security and privacy have been making headlines. Now the New York Times has shed light on the NSA’s...

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Air Canada to begin offering free Wi-Fi on North American flights

Air Canada is introducing Wi-Fi access to dozens of its aircraft beginning in May, with the aim of making wireless internet available on 130 of its narrow-bodied, North American aircraft by the end of 2015. Email, internet...

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Javelin Android web browser may be better than Chrome

While most Android users are probably strapped to Firefox, Chrome, or Dolphin, there is always room for innovation in browsers. While Javelin Browser could potentially be one of those, it...

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Lumigon T2 HD luxury smartphone comes with LED flash camera

Expensive luxury smartphones are not uncommon, but few go beyond simple brand association or glittering or shiny cases. The Lumigon T2 HD might just be one whose features justify the...

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Google, not Apple, is set to become the master of wearable tech

Google's aggressive stance with Android Wear, putting industrial design — rather than tech specs or bundled software — at the forefront, reveals the makings of a strategy designed to take...

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