The Future of TV: You'll Be More Involved

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The Future of TV: You'll Be More Involved What's next for HDTV includes more Google TV, voice and motion control of TVs, more use of apps, and variations on streaming content to your TV--at least if what we saw on the show floor at CES 2012 is any indication.
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Pirate Bay Veers from Torrent Tactics The most popular torrents site on the Internet says it will switch to magnet links in about a month.
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Intel's New Android Processors Show Off Mind-Blowing Speed Intel is getting into the mobile processor market, creating Atom processors for Android phones.
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5 Ways To Use Google's Search Plus Your World The controversial new function that expands searches to content in your circles has some overlooked handy features.
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Google Search Plus Your World: What Users Say Twitter's getting snarky, the FTC is checking it out, and privacy advocates are up in arms -- but what do Google's inhabitants say about its newest mash-up?
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The Origin Genesis is Back; Your PC is Obsolete (Again) This year's Origin Genesis is even more powerful, and a little bit scary.
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Eggs Thrown at Beijing Apple Store After iPhone 4S Sale Canceled UPDATE: Apple abruptly canceled first-day sales of its iPhone 4S at one of its Beijing stores, prompting an irate customer to throw eggs at the building.
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Mercedes-Benz Mbrace2: Hands on On-board Facebook access can find your friends and share your status, but posting options are limited when you're driving.
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5 Useful Laptop Accessories Spotted at CES 2012 Road warriors can find a selection of handy add-ons ranging from bags with built-in chargers to docking stations and tiny mice (or anti-mice).
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Sony Not Fazed by PlayStation Vita Japanese Sales Drop Sony's director of hardware marketing spins the PS Vita's post-launch sale slump as a supply problem, says satisfaction with handheld 'is really high'.
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CES 2012 Camera and Camcorder Trends: Connected, Compact, and Complex This year's big camera announcements were all about built-in Wi-Fi, zoom lenses in pocketable frames, and powerful-but-pricey cameras.
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Dancing Cats and Vacuums Join the Sideshow at CES 2012 The weird stuff is on parade on the show floor, from a deluxe La-Z-Boy-like 'work environment' to a 'gentlemanly' robot vacuum.
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Beijing's iPhone 4S Turmoil a Lesson to Apple, Say Analysts Apple has suspended sales of iPhone 4S at company stores in China following an egg-throwing incident.
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Barnes & Noble Nook Now Free -- Sort Of Subscribe to the service, get the e-Reader essentially free; is this deal alluring enough to snag anyone? Please?
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Gadget Chargers at CES 2012: Never Look Up From Your Cellphone Again As the tech world becomes increasingly mobile, companies want to make sure that your batteries never run out of juice.
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Roccat Unveils Handy Gaming Mouse, Keyboard The PC gaming accessory maker loaded its Isku gaming keyboard and Kone[+] gaming mouse to the with surprisingly useful features for the hardcore gaming set.
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Measure Your Bicycling Performance with an iPhone The soon-to-be-released iBike Powerhouse system will measure your watts for much less than most power meters.
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PayAnywhere's Mobile Credit Card Reader Stands Out Helpful features could move this card-swiping system ahead of Square and Intuit GoPayment in mobile payments.
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Best TV at CES: Sony's 55-Inch Crystal LED HDTV Sony's 55-Inch Crystal LED HDTV has a picture that amazed us. Unlike standard LCD televisions that use LEDs as backlighting, the Crystal LED display uses tiny LED lights and was one of our favorite TVs at CES 2012. Unfortunately, it currently is a prototype.
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Sorry, You Can't Have This Star Trek Electronic Door Chime Even if you don't have automatic sliding doors in your home or workplace, this motion-sensitive door chime should make your surroundings feel a bit more high-tech.
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The Future of TV: You'll Be More Involved What's next for HDTV includes more Google TV, voice and motion control of TVs, more use of apps, and variations on streaming content to your TV--at least if what we saw on the show floor at CES 2012 is any indication.
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