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An iWatch may still be a distant dream, but at least Microsoft fans have a glimmer of hope. According to "sources familiar with Micosoft’s Surface plans," a translucent, aluminum smart watch could soon be hugging wrists everywhere.

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It’s no secret that some British residents want an active-by-default internet filter to keep kids away from salacious content. However, the BBC now claims that the UK government wants to falsely imply that this filter already exists. According to a reportedly leaked letter, the Department of Education is asking internet providers to refer to their filters as “default on” without changing what’s ultimately a voluntary system. As you’d imagine, the companies are supposedly quite unhappy: ISP sources believe the phrasing would mislead customers and encourage complacency. Officials have declined to comment on the demands, but we may know the truth soon enough as the Department of Education’s letter says an announcement could come “shortly.”

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Source: BBC

Some folks like collecting antique cars (and you will have to be especially loaded if you wish to take that path), while others prefer something a whole lot more affordable such as comic books and trading cards – baseball, basketball or otherwise. Well, perhaps you might want to stand out from the rest of the crowd in the neighborhood by boasting of a wine collection – and what better way to do so than host a party in your pad so that everyone else, especially that neighbor whom you loathe but always want to go one up on him, will be able to check out your $2,599.99 36-Bottle Wine Credenza.

While it is good enough to show off, the 36-Bottle Wine Credenza would also be able to function as the ultimate addition to any wine lover’s home. This is one stylish piece of storage furniture, where as its name gives the game away, is capable of holding up to three dozen bottles of your favorite wine at temperatures of 53°-64°F, thanks to a couple of independently controlled refrigerated units. Not only that, it also has more than enough space to stash in another 18 wine glasses in addition to the rest of your essential wine accessories. Other features of the 36-Bottle Wine Credenza include a trio of pull-out service shelves, dual-paned glass doors and soft interior lighting.

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Ray Ozzie may have left Microsoft back in October 2010, having directly focused a lot of the company’s recent efforts on cloud connectivity, but he’s now got a new job. Ozzie will be joining HP CEO Meg Whitman on the company’s board. Increasing the board size to twelve, he will join James Skinner, currently the chairman of Walgreens and former CEO of McDonald’s and former CEO of Liberty Media Robert Bennett. The influential former MS software chief, who succeeded Bill Gates in the position back in 2006, will join groups looking into human resources, compensation and governance — some pretty important spheres. HP isn’t done, however, and will apparently be hunting down yet more directors in the next few months.

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Illustrator Andrew DeGraff thinks about films differently to you and I: he sees them as giant maps of physical locations, just waiting to be explored. Can you work out which films these wonderful treasure maps drawn by DeGraff are supposed to represent?

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