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Netflix launches in France, complete with a Franc-o-fied ‘House of Cards’

In a move to woo French viewers and placate French regulators, Netflix’s France service, which just launched Monday, will feature the eight-part TV series Marseille later next year. Think of it as a House of Cards clone that has been … Continue reading

Netflix launches in France, with a Franc-o-fied ‘House of Cards’ on the way

In a move to woo French viewers and placate French regulators, Netflix’s France service, which just launched Monday, will feature the eight-part TV series Marseille later next year. Think of it as a House of Cards clone that has been … Continue reading

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Turn your Xbox One into a laptop for $1100

Do you wish you had a portable Xbox One — a way to play your games while you’re away from your TV? Microsoft doesn’t offer any sort of Remote Play functionality, but there is a solution: the Xbox One laptop.

TAG Heuer says it’s going to make a smartwatch

Just a few days after panning the Apple Watch, an executive with TAG Heuer admitted that the company is making a smartwatch of its own. “We want to launch a smartwatch at TAG Heuer, but it must not copy the … Continue reading

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Canon 7D Mk II: A best-in-class DSLR that still misses features every smartphone has

5 years in the making. Great features. Your smartphone or point-and-shoot camera may have some this lacks.

Apple makes it super simple to get rid of its U2 gift to you

OK, OK, so you didn’t want Apple to put free music on your devices. Now you can delete it entirely.

3 ways Microsoft can ruin Minecraft, and 3 ways it can make Mojang even better

Microsoft’s $2.5 billion acquisition of Mojang could give it the money to take Minecraft to the next level, or it could shackle it with proprietary restrictions. Let’s hope for the former.

Panasonic’s CM1 camera is actually an Android smartphone

While most smartphone makers are trying to replace the dedicated digital camera, Panasonic is coming from the opposite direction with the Lumix Smart Camera CM1. As the Lumix naming scheme implies, the CM1 is a camera first and a smartphone … Continue reading

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ET deals: HP Envy 15z AMD-powered quad-core laptop for $445

The HP Envy 15z-j100 features an AMD A8-5550M quad-core processor with Radeon HD 8550G integrated graphics, a competent duo that will easily handle typical office and internet workloads as well as casual gaming. With 6GB RAM and a 750GB hard … Continue reading

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DisplayPort 1.3 unveiled: 32.4 Gbps bandwidth, support for 4K @ 60 fps, 5K, 8K

VESA is announcing DisplayPort 1.3 today with support for up to 8K monitors in the future and dual 4K displays right now.