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AOL Tech — the team behind Engadget, TUAW, Joystiq, Massively and more — is looking for a great front-end developer who can help us take Engadget and our other blogs to new levels.

The job is a full-time remote worker position, so the ideal candidate has good time management skills and deals well with working outside of an office. It also means that you get to work with a great team for a great company, get great benefits and a chance to exercise your skills in a high-visibility job, all without having to relocate!

The description:

Front-end developer for AOL Tech (Engadget, TUAW, Joystiq, Massively). The ideal candidate is highly proficient in JavaScript/jQuery, comfortable with PHP / mySQL and experienced in web design, optimization and related technologies for desktop and mobile. A solid understanding of mobile-first design is a must.

Requirements

• High proficiency in JavaScript/jQuery
• Familiar with spriting, lazy loading, and other general performance-optimized techniques.
• Mac access for compatibility with current tools
• HTML5/CSS3
• Git
• SSH

If you’re interested in joining us, please send us a resume and contact information!

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In each issue of Distro, editor-in-chief Tim Stevens publishes a wrap-up of the week in news.

And just like that, we’re through. It feels like just yesterday I was sitting down to write the introduction to a CES column for our first special issue of Distro from the show floor, and now, well, it’s over. The show was different this year, but not necessarily in the way we expected. While the show felt smaller in a lot of ways, in many others it was even bigger.

Some big companies like Microsoft and RIM opted to have minimal or no presence on the show floor, so we thought that would shrink the overall content at CES. Oh no, dear readers, if anything it had quite the opposite effect. Those big voids that were created were filled by dozens of smaller companies, crowd-funded and fresh-thinking, lobbing plenty of innovative products our way. Some were crap, but lots and lots were awesome and mind-blowing in their simplicity and genius.

Continue reading Editor’s Letter: Winding Down

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We’re at CES 2013, and the show is in full swing. There is no reason why you should be left out of the action, so we’re joining forces with #MonsterCES to give away three Monster DNA Headphones. The DNA headphones are designed to provide a live music experience, “just like being there”, as Monster puts it. DNA is built with ultra-light materials, and has cushions that were chosen to provide comfort over long periods of time.

Additionally and for today only (Wed Jan 9), Monster will give away tickets to see Alicia Keys at a CES Monster Event in Las Vegas.

How to enter: Tweet with the hashtag #MonsterCES. It’s simple: most tweets wins!

* The deadline to tweet is Monday Jan 15 at 23:59pm PT
* This is open to legal U.S residents (50 states), 18 and older (sorry, it’s a legal requirement)
* Three (3) winners will be selected by Monster. Each winner will receive one (1) Monster DNA (Estimated retail price – USD $199)
* By entering, you agree to all the rules in this page. Good luck!­­

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Live Blog At LG CES Press Conference, Ubergizmo Launches its Social Reader for Facebook,

Rumors that Netflix was offering ISPs access to higher quality streams in return for partnering on distribution surfaced early last year, and were followed by the announcement of its Open Connect CDN network in June. Now the full picture has been revealed with the company’s announcement of “Super HD” 1080p and (in the US only, for now) 3D streaming, which comes to its customers at no extra cost, but only on certain devices plugged in to to Open Connect partner ISPs. The hardware list includes PS3, WiiU, Windows 8, Roku, Apple TVs as well as Blu-ray players and smart TVs with 1080p support.

According to Netflix, most of its international streams are already going through compatible ISPs, however the only major participants announced in the US currently are Cablevision and Google Fiber. Watch Instantly customers can see if their ISP on the list by visiting the Super HD page and, if it isn’t, they’re encouraged to call and ask for it. Netflix’s ability to manage bandwidth will be increasingly important and the ISPs customers access its with and along with those rankings, “Super HD” is an important lure to get them to play ball.

We’ve been seeing some 3D ready titles pop up on the service in the last few weeks and now viewers can access titles like Art of Flight, Immortals and several titles from 3net. According to Dan Rayburn of Streaming Media Blog, the higher-quality encodes are targeted for 7 Mbps, while 3D streams top out at 12 Mbps. One question that lingers is how this quality bump aligns with recent changes some customers have noticed (if X-High suddenly reappears…), but until we get our eyes on the higher quality streams it’s hard to tell. Reed Hastings says he wants all Netflix customers served by Open Connect (whether via colocated appliances or peered at common internet exchanges) as soon as possible — we’ll see if Comcast, Time Warner, Verizon, AT&T and the rest have a similar dream.

Continue reading Netflix launches ‘Super HD’ and 3D streaming — but only through certain ISPs

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Source: Netflix Super HD

Yes, we’re back in magical Las Vegas. And while it was tough getting it through airport security, for the second year in a row, we’ve brought our stage with us. Starting Tuesday, we’ll be spending the week talking tech with some of CES’s biggest and most innovative companies. You can lock into an on-going livestream of the week’s events after the break and check out a full schedule of interviews just below that (Note: All of the below times are listed in ET).

Continue reading Engadget’s CES 2013 stage schedule

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