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Thermoelectric generator turns body heat into energy for your devices

What if you never had to charge your wearable tech because it was able to harvest your body heat to run? That could soon be possible, thanks to a device...

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IRS to pay Microsoft millions to keep supporting Windows XP

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) didn't migrate from Microsoft Windows XP before the April 8 end of support deadline, and will pay millions to Microsoft for extended support. Microsoft pulled...

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Qualcomm reveals specs for its 2015 Snapdragon chips

Qualcomm has just revealed the specifications for its 2015 mobile chips—and if you thought this year's offering sounded good, you are in for a massive treat when you read about these...

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Will.i.am is releasing his own smartwatch

Could the dark horse smartwatch of the year come from technology savant will.i.am? The accessory maker this week appeared on a British TV show and showed off what he says...

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Microsoft lures in customers with the Surface Pro 2 ‘Geek’ bundle

Microsoft has devised a new clever way to convince customers to purchase a Surface tablet: the new Surface Pro 2 “Geek” bundle that packs some interesting additional extras including an Xbox controller and two downloadable...

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Samsung makes major breakthrough in new “wonder material”

Samsung has made a breakthrough in a new 'wonder material' poised to build the next generation of wearable technology. The company's biggest brains have cooked up a technique for growing graphene...

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Amazon’s newly announced Fire TV is NOT a game console

The Amazon Fire TV was announced earlier today, but despite the device's optional controller and slate of available games, the Amazon's Kindle VP Pete Larsen says, "This is absolutely not a...

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Nokia reveals its new MD-12 “acoustic bonding” speaker

It's not just the Lumia 930 and Lumia 630/635 that Nokia has for Build 2014 this week, but a cute new speaker, the MD12, which reverberates sound through any surface it's placed on. Announced...

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Google rumored to be working on a standalone camera app

If there is one gripe that many Nexus owners have with their phones, it would be with the camera. Over the years we’ve seen a variety of Nexus phones released...

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Record a dozen shows at once with Verizon’s Quantum TV DVR

Verizon's latest DVR is less set-top box and more home media server: with six tuners and a 1TB hard drive, you can add a second DVR unit to record up to...

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Philips unveils self-powering smart light control switch

The world is definitely taking on a green slant these days, and there are no two ways about it. After all, renewable energy makes plenty of sense considering the limited amount of...

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Yet another Samsung factory worker dies on the job

A worker died at a Samsung factory in Seoul after carbon dioxide was mistakenly released, according to Korean news agency Yonhap News. The factory’s fire extinguishing system accidentally released carbon dioxide after it malfunctioned...

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