Oct 18

Low Latency No. 79: Wearable meh

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Low Latency is a weekly comic on CNET’s Crave blog written by CNET editor and podcast host Jeff Bakalar and illustrated by Blake Stevenson. Be sure to check Crave every Friday at 8 a.m. PT for new panels! Want more? Here’s every Low Latency comic so far. [Read more]

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Oct 18

NVIDIA G-Sync module kills gaming monitor tearing

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NVIDIA has revealed G-Sync, a new module for gaming monitors that, when used with a GeForce GPU, helps avoid tearing and skipping. The new hardware, shown off by NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang at the company’s Editor’s Day in Montreal, works around the limitations of V-Sync, the system by which monitors currently deal with changing refresh […]

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Oct 18

Aereo TV streaming arrives in Detroit on October 28th

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Aereo spent much of the summer expanding its presence in southern states, but it’s swinging its attention back to northern climes today. The TV streaming provider just revealed that it will launch in the Detroit metropolitan area on October 28th. Motor City viewers can pre-register for a chance to …

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Oct 18

Massive asteroid to hit Earth in 2032? (Well, maybe)

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It's out there, somewhere.

(Credit: Matthew Reo/YouTube Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)

I know from all the financial ads on TV that you like to plan your portfolio well in advance.

Might I therefore suggest that you keep a vast stack of money for the vacation of several lifetimes in the early summer of 2032?

You see, I don’t want to alarm you excessively, but the world might end in August 2032.

Yes, the chances are small — perhaps 1 in 63,000. But, as they say in lottery ads, you never know.

My mildly alarmist tone comes from hearing that scientists at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in the Ukraine have spotted a rather large asteroid.

As Russia’s RIA Novosti observed it, this menacing object is more than 1,300 feet wide and packs within it the power of 2,500 megatons of TNT. It is, indeed, the sumo wrestler of asteroids. And it’s headed our way.

It’s already got a name: 2013 TV 135. This seems a little disappointing. Why can’t we name asteroids like hurricanes? Why can’t this be Asteroid Annie? Why not Asteroid Spumante? Or, at the very least, The Big One?

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Oct 18

Need to Send a Special Someone a Gift? Then All You Need is Your iPhone and Bond

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Technology has made it a whole lot easier to keep in touch with friends, family, and other loved ones. Unfortunately, it takes a little of the personal aspect away because this same technology lets people do stuff on their phones, instead of doing it in person. Take birthday greetings, well-wishes, or presents as examples. Instead of a phone call, an actual visit, or a creative present, what you get instead is a text, an email, or an e-gift card.

It’s not that those things are bad, but it would’ve been better if the person made more of an effort to connect with you on a personal basis. Even if they’re hundreds of miles away, it can be possible, with a little bit of effort and a whole lot of help. Eager to extend such help is Bond, which is a service that lets people send curated gifts with a few taps on their iPhone.

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Founder and CEO Sonny Caberwal explains: “I always have great intentions to send a gift or write a heartfelt letter, but they tend to get lost in the craziness of my day. Most e-commerce is focused on selling me products, but I needed a place that would help me follow through on those good intentions. So I created BOND to do just that.”

Indeed, that’s what Bond does. It’s a step up from Amazon, since instead of generic gift cards, you’ll be sending presents with handwritten notes. Actually, they’re written by a robot named “Giles,” but he has excellent penmanship. It’s the next best thing to shopping for an actual present and mailing it out yourself.

You can check out what Bond has to offer by downloading their app from the iTunes App Store.

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Oct 18

LG G Pad 8.3 announced in the US

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lg-gpad-83Well, it has been some time in coming, but the LG G Pad 8.3 is now available in the US just in case you are interested in picking up this particular tablet. Being part of the South Korean company’s premium “G” range of mobile devices, the LG G Pad 8.3 is now available for purchase online from BestBuy.com, in addition to other in-store retailers for $349.99 a pop as November 3rd rolls around. In a nutshell, if you have long been hankering after an Android-powered tablet that resides on the high end side of things, the LG G Pad 8.3 could very well be your cup of tea, as it arrives with simple connectivity capabilities, a stunning 8.3-inch Full HD IPS display and an impressive suite of powerful features.

For starters, the LG G Pad 8.3 would be able to offer easy-to-sync connectivity regardless of which Android-powered mobile device you use, including the new LG G2, thanks to QPair. QPair would work on the LG G Pad 8.3 by allowing users to enjoy a seamless extension to their Android smartphones, as it opens up simultaneous access to a variety of options such as recently opened apps, incoming calls, and text messages among others. Not only that, the LG G Pad 8.3 would also allow its users to reply to texts and use LG features such as QuickMemo in order to capture and comment on images.

Your eyes will definitely appreciate the generous 8.3” Full HD IPS display that sports 273 pixels per inch, delivering sharp detail, clarity and high-definition imagery without batting an eyelid. It will also be accompanied by a long-lasting 4,600 mAh Li-Polymer battery as well as run on a quad-core processor that ought to make sure that you will not end up wanting when it comes to performance and processing power.

2GB RAM, a microSD memroy card slot, a 5-megapixel shooter at the back and Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean in tow makes up the rest of the LG G Pad 8.3. Any takers?

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Oct 18

What It’s Like to Work the Apple Store Front Lines on iPhone Day

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What It's Like to Work the Apple Store Front Lines on iPhone Day

What, if anything, would you stand in line for all night? Front row tickets to your favorite band? A cameo on your favorite show? A spot for your child in that better school?

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Oct 18

Jaw-dropping superyacht rocks web-like exoskeleton

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An illustration of the 420-foot superyacht in a fleet designed for Blohm + Voss.

(Credit: Zaha Hadid Architects)

I’ve been dreaming of getting invited aboard a superyacht ever since drooling over a bunch back in July, but now I have a new ship to crave.

Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid has unveiled designs for a series of floating fantasies with German superyacht shipbuilder Blohm + Voss, and they’re definitely an eyeful.

They feature an elegant mesh-like superstructure and effortlessly sleek, organic lines. The look is enough to send seagoing oligarchs rushing back to their architects.

The superyachts come in a range of sizes and styles, but the tone is set by the largest, a 420-foot mothership with a luminous, cheese-grater exoskeleton that connects the various decks and the hull.

Ultra-sleek superyachts: The stuff of dreams (pictures)

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Oct 18

Google Maps Allegedly Helps Indian Boy Find His Way Home 25 Years Later

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Here we are with word that India, the second most populous country in the world, has a somewhat peculiar if not “impossible” case of a lost kid who had the help of Google Maps in getting home after being lost for a quarter of a century later.

It is said that when he was just 5 years old, Saroo Munshi Khan fell asleep on a train in India with his brother, and when he woke up, he was all alone with nobody else around. This would mean he was lost in a country that had more than a billion people living in it, but thankfully, he was adopted by a caring Australian family who also placed a map of India in his room to make sure that he always remembered his roots. It was no surprise then, that Saroo had the internal urge to find his family, but with nothing else other than faint memories to assist him, the experience was somewhat similar to finding a needle in a haystack. Good thing there is Google Maps and Google Earth which allowed him to check out his home country on his computer, resulting in him piecing together his past memories into a journey home.

In May this year, we did talk about how a kidnap victim managed to find his way back home after 23 years because he obtained some help from Google Maps, based on his memory of his hometown that depicted a pair of distinct looking bridges.

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    Oct 18

    NVIDIA Geforce streaming hits Twitch at 60fps with Shadowplay this month

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    The feature inside NVIDIA GeForce Experience known as Shadowplay has been announced as appearing for the public on the 28th of October – this announcement has been made alongside word that the GeForce Experience will allow direct streaming to Twitch. This push has been made at NVIDIA’s Montreal event this week, amid talk of new […]

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