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- December 31
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- Google Glass Prescription lenses reportedly priced, due after CES 2014
- Cash machines infected with malicious USB sticks
- Nokia ends 2013 with 92% of Windows Phone market
- Sprint making big consolidation moves for 2014
- LG Lifeband Touch fitness tracker may be a go soon as render leaks
- Department for Transport invests in pothole smartphone app
- 20 tiny tech advances that would make 2014 awesome
- Gear of the year: TechRadar's top tech from 2013
- Google files lawsuit against Rockstar in move against Microsoft, Apple
- Microsoft's Midori OS may have spawned a new programming language
- December 30
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- Apple and Samsung are reportedly talking settlements again
- Samsung looking towards more RAM for smartphones with new chip
- Google targeting big-brand advertisers with new tech
- Don't have a Fitbit? There's an iPhone 5S app for that
- BlackBerry co-founder cuts stake as company changes tactics
- New BlackBerry CEO bullish on future. Where have we heard that before?
- More indications LG will give webOS another lifeline with new Smart TV at CES
- Google and Audi set to team up on Android-based in-car infotainment systems
- BBC servers taken over by Russian hacker
- In the pursuit of FPS: how AMD and Nvidia are tackling PC gaming optimization
- Ubisoft: There'll be less waiting around for game updates with PS4 and Xbox One
- Google in 2014: what to expect
- How to install Windows 8.1 from a USB stick
- December 29
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- Will we ever see the iPad Air's processor in a Mac?
- LG's intuitive display-waking Knock tech coming to all future phones
- Tech rage: the angriest internet comments of 2013
- The list of Netflix movies actually worth watching will drop again on Jan. 1
- Late year sales suggest it's finally time to take Google Chromebooks seriously
- December 28
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- Ex-Googler explains how Google Maps calculates your journey ETA
- No love for next-gen? Revisit Atari glory days with The Console Library
- Performance PC memory: is it worth upgrading?
- Apple in 2014: what to expect
- Flashback: the past, present and future of the camera phone
- Mac Pro late 2013 teardown reveals removable CPU for future upgrades
- Six HTC employees are in hot water for allegedly leaking trade secrets
- December 27
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- FCC and Indian firm out new details on Samsung's Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 tablet
- Were festive 3DS and Wii U sales that good? Ninty eShop falls over under strain
- How to build the perfect Steam PC
- Why 64-bit phones are going to be a big deal...but not yet
- Faster Wi-Fi: what's the secret?
- Samsung to play master of the household wares with Smart TV apps
- December 26
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- Google takes Rockstar Consortium patent battle across state lines
- HTC launches site showing devices' Android KitKat update status
- Apple planning to power up Siri with photo tagging and searching skills
- Send your smart appliances a 'get to work' text with LG's new HomeChat
- How to use your new digital camera
- The apps that should be pre-installed on every smartphone
- Highs and lows for tech in 2013
- The weather outside is frightful, but our tech is so delightful
- Microsoft in 2014: What to expect
- December 25
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- Johnny Law cracks down on World of Warcraft crime ring and botnet creator
- Google strikes back against Rap Genius's shady SEO spam
- BlackBerry co-founders are no longer trying to buy the company back
- Apple lands on Taiwan's naughty list for dictating iPhone pricing
- Sony and Panasonic reportedly end OLED alliance, as 4K takeover looms
- The tech behind the Queen's Christmas speech
- Best apps for your new iPad, iPhone, Android tablet and smartphone
- Amazon gifting Android, Kindle app credit to its Appstore users this week
- December 24
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- Apple's latest patents cover heart rate monitors and hover touch displays
- Galaxy Gear updated with Twitter, Facebook and Gmail messages
- Toshiba battles the photobombers with dual-camera module for mobile
- The Appleseed legend: the story behind Apple's unofficial mascot
- Highs and lows for Google in 2013
- How tech will turn you into a grinch this Christmas
- Samsung Galaxy Note Pro might come in two sizes: big and not-so-big
- Dorsey joins Disney and sparks a thousand 'next Steve Jobs' headlines
- Is HP about to do a Beyoncé by launching two new phones by 2014?
- Mythical Nokia Normandy Android phone spied again, status still unknown
- BlackBerry cancels two BB10 phones along with its 2014 conference
- Oppo officially unveils the mid-range, mid-price R1
- December 23
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- Evidence suggests Apple bought mapping and note companies in 2013
- LG to launch stylish Sonos-style multi-room audio streamer at CES
- AllCast for Android leaves beta, streams to Apple TV, Roku and Xbox
- Superfast broadband more important than airports or rails, says IET
- New Acer touchscreen monitor arrives at competitive price
- Apple sets up multi-year deal with China Mobile
- Why 2014 is poised to be a breakout year for 3D printing
- Asus teaser suggests dual-boot Android and Windows tablet for CES 2014
- RSA paid millions by National Security Agency for backdoor encryption
- Nine out of 10 councils have made no G-Cloud procurements
- Samsung will let us control its 2014 smart TVs by pointing our fingers
- Apple's 'big plans' for 2014 could mean iWatch or literally anything else
- Samsung Galaxy S5 to go flat, not flexible
- LG G2 Mini to go quad-core and KitKat flavored?
- Samsung Galaxy Band may be the Galaxy Gear's fitness follow-up
- Target confirms second-largest credit card data breach in US history
- December 22
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- Remote Play gives PS Vita new life as sales soar following PS4 release
- A festive celebration of Steam sales and excellent moustaches
- 10 bits of future tech we wish existed right now
- Google, please don't turn Glassholes into a bunch of winkers
- Will adding more RAM increase your SSD's performance?
- The power of crowdfunding: how to make the most of it
- December 21
- December 20
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- Google to debut new wearable camera tech designed for Helpouts at CES
- EU rejects Google's latest antitrust offer, warns it's running out of time
- First CyanogenMod Android phone given Google's blessing, ships December 24
- FaceTime Audio coming to Mac OS X as Apple sets its iSights on Skype
- Samsung may have four tablets, including Galaxy Note Pro, out by March
- IBM snaps up Aspera to accelerate big data
- Please, please just leave our apps alone!
- Next-gen mobile OSes: what's in store?
- Google reveals Government takedown requests up by 68%
- Leap Motion CEO says controller is 'missing piece' of 3D printing puzzle
- Glass half full of Christmas cheer
- Kinect - the next generation is here
- Calxeda, pioneer of ARM server chips, shuts down
- Who's who at Microsoft (and what they're doing next)
- BBM for Android and iPhone to get free voice calls in 2014
- December 19
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- New Tizen devices singled out for MWC 2014 debut, are we in for phones?
- Apple patent peels back the layers of a new Maps evolution
- Nokia is draping the Lumia 1020 in Black update for RAW shooting, other fixes
- Steam Machine beta teardown reveals an easy-to-repair living room PC
- Kinect co-creator said to be fast at work on Microsoft's Windows wearable
- Intel's 'Broadwell' chips may beat their chests with 18 cores
- Flex time: Motorola puts in for patent on smartwatch with bendable display
- Single charger for notebooks and laptops will substantially reduce e-waste
- New ASUS VivoTab leak hints at a cheap Windows 8.1 tablet
- Ryse: Son of Rome
- Auto Shazam arrives on iPhone so you'll never miss another track
- Facebook and Zuckerberg facing lawsuit over IPO
- Android botnet sending millions of copied texts to Korea and China
- Microsoft pulls botched Surface Pro 2 update, promises incoming fix
- LG set to display its first webOS smart TV at CES 2014
- The story of Xbox
- Netflix gets in on the 4K game with House of Cards S2 in Ultra HD
- Facebook buys sports startup SportStream
- What's driving enterprise mobility?
- Mac Pro goes on sale today, Apple announces prices
- LG's massive 105in curved 4K TV will hit CES with not an OLED in sight
- Jaycar making smartphone photo printing easier with docking stations
- Optus TD-LTE carrier aggregation test gets above 500Mbps speeds
- Even if Yahoo app is fake, it still looks smarter than Siri, Google Now
- December 18
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- Google Glass update brings apps like YouTube, Weather Alert into frame
- Google Glass competitors: What are they and how do they compare?
- Nokia's latest GPS-based Lumia game looks to kick car boredom to the curb
- Samsung may have a 10.5-inch AMOLED tablet tucked in its CES 2014 carry-on
- Xbox Video and Music apps finally arrive on Windows Phone 8
- BlackBerry Messenger will now come pre-installed on new LG phones
- Developer StackMob joins PayPal
- Apple's future processors will be shared by Samsung, TSMC
- Skype giving away free group calls for a year
- A third of IT professionals still run Windows XP
- EE offers 4G connectivity to international visitors
- Samsung stores could be incoming as Apple designer jumps onboard
- Xperia Z1 and Z Ultra now getting Android 4.3, Xperia Z close behind
- 6 Things to look for in 2014 for the enterprise cloud
- How open source changed Google - and how Google changed open source
- Is AMD's new Steamroller PC processor architecture a dud?
- Fuji tempts landscape photographers with new wide angle zoom lens
- EU tightens the regulatory net for digital companies
- How Talend is taking the pain out of big data
- LG launches Chromebase, a Chrome OS all-in-one
- Google Glass software update to bring MyGlass to iOS
- December 17
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- Apple seeks to stamp out Mac OS X Gmail woes with Mavericks update
- Microsoft won't have a new CEO until early 2014
- LG lining up UltraWide QHD, 4K monitors for CES 2014
- Holy pixels! Oppo confirms Find 7 smartphone will tout a 2K display
- Surface Mini may feature Kinect-like sensors for face, gesture recognition
- Google, HP Chromebook 11 charger recalled after melting, burning users
- Canada's competition agency takes Google to court
- PS4, Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5S score big in Google's top searches of 2013
- Android 4.3: here's everything we know so far
- Microsoft loses top software engineer to Google
- US comms giant patents technology to block file-sharing software
- Old Apple Safari browsers retain easily accessible IDs and passwords
- Samsung set to flood the tablet market in early 2014
- Can free-to-play games get the balance right? A Plants vs Zombies 2 investigation
- Twitter working on an 'Edit Tweet' button
- Google's next future tech endeavor is ... smart thermostats?
- December 16
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- Donate Now button helps Facebook give to nonprofits, get user billing info
- Galaxy S4, HTC One Google Play Editions updated to Android 4.4.2
- Three Sony Xperia Z1 variants' benchmarks come in rip-roaringly fast
- Will the Sony Xperia E find LTE, keep budget price with new flavor next year?
- Nokia Camera app snaps up support for all Lumia Windows 8 handsets
- Windows Phone 8.1 said to add notification center, Siri-like rival
- First look: Valve SteamOS
- Google should be held accountable in UK, not US, High Court hears
- IBM shareholder sues company over NSA cooperation
- LG denies word that it will team up with Huawei on smartphones
- Google could be designing its own server chips in the near future
- Qualcomm hires Microsoft-shortlisted Mollenkopf as new Chief Exec
- Pro gamer tips: the dos and don'ts of Xbox One multiplayer gaming
- Facebook PHP engine eyeing move to ARM server chips
- Google spreadsheet gets offline editing
- Microsoft courts Samsung with massive Windows Phone payout
- O2 targets businesses with cheaper 4G tariffs
- Mozilla releases Firefox 26, addresses 14 security advisories
- December 15
- December 14
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- Google going all-out Mecha, buys awesome robot maker Boston Dynamics
- Cover your tracks: beat the NSA and GCHQ at their own game
- Snoop Lion, Steam Machines, San Andreas, space aliens
- Cyber-thieves thriving on ransomware kit
- Windows Phone 8.1 to ape Android with new on-screen function buttons
- More Chromecast devices on the way as Google ramps up streaming plans
- IBM working on 'cloud-of-clouds' solution to limit vendor lock-in
- Halo spin-off and more original TV shows landing on Xbox One in early 2014
- First Great Western details free onboard Wi-Fi plan
- Apple wins legal victory against Samsung in South Korea
- Intel's next generation processor line-up leaked
- Origin of the series: how TV producers are adapting for on demand
- After 1m installs, Google's AR game plans to get others in on the action
- Valve SteamOS is available for download right now
- December 13
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- Next version of Oculus Rift will leave motion sickness at the virtual door
- With latest shuffle, Samsung bets on cameras setting its phones apart
- Netflix survey reassures binge watchers that what they're doing is totally normal
- SlingPlayer app delivers early Christmas joy to Windows 8.1 users
- Google Drive and Docs tips: 20 expert tricks and shortcuts
- Sony Xperia Z1S Mini pops up in States as release beckons
- Chrome, Spotify and Android gear up for an appy New Year
- Change isn't good: Twitter U-turns on block feature update
- Oculus Rift raises a tonne of cash to get it under Christmas trees in 2014
- Why there's never been a better time to move to a new PC
- Foxtel's iQ3 to integrate more with Foxtel's apps?
- December 12
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- US battle over lifting ban on in-flight phone calls poised to take off
- GTA: San Andreas available for iOS now, coming to Android 'soon'
- SwiftKey 4.5 beta adds 500 emoji, numbers row for Android devices
- Instagram Direct arrives late to the DM party, follows the crowd
- Alliance for Wireless Power recharges with Rezence, CES 2014 products await
- Gmail will now display images by default
- Instagram Direct beats SMS photo sharing, says Systrom
- Twitter's year in review highlights top tweets and trends of #2013
- LG launches the GX, a 5.5-inch phone with Snapdragon 600, 13MP camera
- Thirteen plead guilty to Anonymous hack on Paypal
- Cisco loses EU Court Appeal to overturn approval of Microsoft-Skype merger
- Google doubles spending on Taiwan data centre amid surge in demand
- Oracle opens cloud platform, sponsors OpenStack
- Microsoft patch reinforces the value of software upgrades
- M-commerce causing sales figures to explode
- Yahoo's webmail downtime continues to frustrate users
- Microsoft pulls 180 over Windows 7 end-of-sales date
- Instagram unveils Instagram Direct, its own private messaging service
- Here's what the HTC One 2 should look like
- 6 global catastrophes that could kill your gadgets forever
- Yahoo Mail struggles to get back on track after outage
- Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Lite to still sport supersized screen?
- The boring tech that we can't live without
- 'Desktops are not dead,' says desktop-maker HP
- Sony: 'Android 4.3 update is around the corner'
- Spotify's pricing scorched by music streaming startup
- Vodafone Australia CEO Bill Morrow to head NBN Co in 2014
- CommBank teams up with Samsung, MasterCard to launch NFC mobile payments
- Android Device Manager app finally found in Google Play Store
- An evening of Smartglass and Dead Rising 3
- Chrome Apps come to Mac users, Keep and Spreadsheet tweaks for all
- December 11
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- Dell announces its first Chromebook, puts emphasis on education
- Spotify: We're turning the corner on piracy
- Microsoft tempts Gmail users with new Outlook.com import tool
- Smarty Ring wraps smartphone control around your finger
- Valve Steam Machine shipping to testers Friday, SteamOS available to us all then
- Foxconn to fund startups in the pursuit of next Google Glass, other wearable tech?
- The Xbox One sold more than 2 million in just three weeks
- Spotify, wake up: there's not a Whole Lotta Love for music exclusives
- Why it makes sense to continuously manage your online brand - even offline
- Step aside iBeacon, Qualcomm has low-cost Gimbal Proximity Beacons
- Superfast broadband rollout ramps up across Devon and Somerset
- EU warns Nokia not to become 'Patent Troll'
- Security measures successfully reducing online spam and phishing
- Windows 7 still growing faster than 8 in computing markets
- Spotify Shuffle hits mobile, free on all devices
- Google believes voice recognition is the way forward, not screens
- HP moves on cloud storage and data with new ConvergedSystem
- Asus PadFone Mini puts 7in tablet and 4.3in phone hand in hand
- 'Normandy' is reportedly Nokia's Android phone, planned for 2014
- Apple head-mounted display patent looks like an Oculus Rift rival
- Ubuntu Touch OS finds a phone partner, bound for high-end handsets next year
- December 10
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- Photos fly to Twitter direct messages, swiping timelines slide in too
- Google lets Android users and DSLR owners create their own Street Views
- Sony Xperia Z Ultra Google Play Edition joins a growing KitKat crowd
- Chromecast sees 10 new apps including Plex, Revision 3 and Vevo
- LG unveils G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition, humming with Android 4.4
- HTC One Mini UK sales back on until December 12 hearing
- LG, Sharp, HTC and more form alliance to unify the Internet of Things
- Apple patent hints at future devices with curved displays
- The world gets into big phones in a big way as Note 3 sells 10m
- Foxtel Play finds its way to LG smart TVs
- December 9
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- 64-bit chip is no gimmick for Qualcomm as it unveils the Snapdragon 410
- Facebook hires NYU professor to head new artificial intelligence lab
- Android 4.4.2 already hitting Nexus devices, just days after 4.4.1 update
- Shocker: Start menu may make a comeback in next version of Windows
- Nokia's new BH-121 is a Bluetooth stereo headset that looks like an iPod shuffle
- Facebook's Year in Review shows we all gossiped about the Pope, Royal Baby
- Google letting brands pull a switcheroo with Google+ content, churn out ads
- NSA even infiltrated World of Warcraft in its hunt for terrorists
- Facebook's sympathise button will turn the News Feed into a Blues Feed
- Teaching kids to code brings politicians and rival companies together
- 'We want Quip to feel like two people writing on the same piece of paper'
- World's first 1TB mini SSD packs small dimensions, big capacity
- Is LG behind the iPad mini rivalling Nexus 8?
- Lightning strikes twice for Buffalo's twin-Thunderbolt SSD
- Apple, Microsoft, Google and more fight the privacy fight with NSA-bashing letter
- Christmas gift ideas: top Christmas gifts for 2014
- December 8
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- The Year of Luigi: as it happened
- Facebook pondering 'Sympathise' button to offer sad friends a little comfort
- Google revamps News for mobile, boosts in-depth article tool for search
- Google Chromecast dongle set to get AirPlay-like display mirroring
- Fedora 19 vs Korora 19: which is the best distro for you?
- Ad nauseam: tech's best and worst ad attacks
- Drone groan: Amazon's 'pie in the sky' idea delivers nothing but laughs
- December 7
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- Motorola's Project Ara modular phone prototype is 'almost ready'
- Sony PS4 and Xbox One owners can meet their Destiny on September 9
- Xbox One owners warned over console-bricking backwards compatibility scam
- Jolla talks Sailfish OS: why it can do what Nokia couldn't
- Google Play Store 4.5.10 update tipped for further Google+ integration
- MSI fires the first salvo of 3K gaming and work laptops
- Google plotting Android-powered Nexus TV set-top box for 2014?
- December 6
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- Leap Motion bounding to more HP desktops, all-in-ones with new keyboard
- LG G Flex 2 may one-up its predecessor by bending up to 90 degrees
- How the Neptune Pine plans to be the first smartwatch that does it all
- Dolby demos innovative imaging tech, more glasses-free 3D
- Huawei to out 'true' eight-core phone during December 16 event?
- Is the iPhone 5S Touch ID sensor losing accuracy over time?
- iOS 7 breaks roll out record as Android struggles to keep up
- The internet of things comes of age - and this time it means it
- Apple plans to bring Siri into our homes with always-listening smart dock
- Android torch app has been secretly telling advertisers where you are
- Microsoft turns to Sony to unlock Xbox music-match streaming
- We get our hands on the Gold HTC One you can actually buy
- Microsoft 'shares our concerns' over government snooping
- Asus is set to launch the 4.3-inch PadFone mini next week
- Google Glass prescription lenses supposedly come into focus
- December 5
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- Is Spotify planning to free mobile music from the shackles of Premium subs?
- Instagram to throw 'share a moment' event on December 12
- Google finally lets users download their own Gmail and Calendar data
- Nike may have enough stamina to release another smartwatch next year
- Nexus 5 camera gets a much needed boost with the Android 4.4.1 update
- Bing Maps Preview app offers glimpse at Windows 8.1 nav features to come
- Forza Motorsport 5
- Samsung seems to think see-through screens are a good idea again
- Acer Aspire Z3-600 is half tablet, half desktop
- Canon's EOS M2 is an even more compact compact system camera
- Google Search update bridges the gap between its Android browser, apps
- December 4
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- Bluetooth jumps to 4.1, makes an early leap for the Internet of Things
- Hundreds of millions of phone locations are tracked by the NSA
- Microsoft, Nokia deal makes sense to the EU's rubber stamp
- Beats Music US release slated for January, claim your username now
- Are these the Galaxy S5's specs, or just a specter?
- Growing curve: LG G Flex headed outside South Korea soon
- Study finds rampant use of unapproved cloud apps in the workplace
- Good signs for Steam Machines as Valve pledges its future to Linux gaming
- YotaPhone: 10 things you need to know
- Been forced to change your Facebook password lately? Here's why
- Samsung has four or five phones lined up for early 2014, including the Galaxy S5
- Toshiba bolts OCZ to self, morphs into NAND-hungry SSD zombie
- YouTube music streaming service delayed until early next year
- Flippable next-gen USB connectors won't care which way you plug them in
- Crazy dual-screen YotaPhone goes on sale
- HTC M8 release date outed by Judge
- Quickflix finds its way onto the PS4
- HP's new tablets, including Slate 7 Plus, just snuck onto shelves
- December 3
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- Misguided 'Explorers' can tap that Google Glass again
- ZTE Grand S II might be real, receives network license in China
- Apple is reportedly testing 12.9-inch iPad with 2K, 4K resolution displays
- Vuzix M100 first consumer smart glasses to ship out before Google Glass
- Microsoft might be considering adding an Xbox 360-like guide to Xbox One
- Sony has sold over 2.1m PS4 units globally since launch
- UPS also eyes aerial drone-based package delivery
- No recovery in sight for PC industry following 'most severe yearly slump'
- Spotify spills beans on how much it pays, adds ticket and merch options
- Foxtel to start selling broadband and phone plans in 2014
- Sydney says a final goodbye to analog TV
- Win! An exclusive Xbox Smartglass experience with the Toshiba Encore
- It's down with memes, up with 'high quality content' in News Feed update
- Sony site hints at arrival of original shows on PlayStation Network
- LG and Samsung tipped to unveil flexible TVs at CES 2014
- December 2
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- Nexus 5 vs Moto X: which is better?
- Apple picks up Twitter stat firm Topsy, is it eyeing another go at social?
- Yahoo reaches for SkyPhrase in a natural language processing purchase
- The next big Windows update might also have a codename inspired by Halo
- Microsoft, Nokia deal gets thumbs up from US government
- Nvidia Shield update delivers native 1080p, 60 FPS streaming for PC games
- Full Steam ahead: Valve's gaming platform sets new use record
- Too tired to type? Google might soon post your replies for you
- YouTube app comes to the 3DS but flatly ignores 3D support
- Dell outs professional 4K monitor the size of a living room TV
- Alcatel Idol X+ may arrive with smartwatch and smart bracelet in tow
- Game of drones: Amazon's PR stunt is tomorrow's terrifying reality
- Samsung Galaxy Note 4 in line for 20MP camera boost?
- Jeff Bezos introduces Amazon Prime Air, delivery by drone in 30 minutes
- December 1
