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HTC One to receive KitKat upgrade in North America and UK by late January

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HTC promised that One owners would get Android 4.4 KitKat within 90 days of the OS' announcement, and it's now detailing when specific countries will get their turn. The company's North American and UK branches both say that they will… Go To Full Article

Adorable Little Girl Practices Bowing with a Korean Robot

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Robotics is a big industry in South Korea, and there is a culture of hiring "assistants" or "narrators" to do in-store product or service promotions. This is a "mannequin robot." For the past couple of years, a South Korean company… Go To Full Article

Companion Robot Can Talk to You in 19 Languages

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Designed for companionship, a new toddler-sized robot can hold a conversation in 19 different languages.Built by Paris-based robotics company Aldebaran and infused with language-learning software developed by voice-technology company Nuance, the robot has a voice that doesn't sound much older… Go To Full Article

Leap Motion releases Free Form, an app that lets human hands sculpt digital clay

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When we reviewed the Leap Motion controller earlier this year, we found the application selection to be a bit lacking. Since then, the number of apps has doubled from 75 to around 150, and the Airspace store's newest edition is… Go To Full Article

Cooler Master Cosmos SE @ techPowerUp

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Cooler Master Cosmos cases: Large and capable, these come with a hefty price tag to match. The Cosmos SE looks like a smaller version of its bigger brother, but has Cooler Master sacrificed cool features, or has the company created… Go To Full Article

Apple slightly relaxes restrictions on water damaged iPhone trade-ins

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Apple previously did not accept water damaged iPhones for trade-ins, but it has now slightly relaxed the previous restrictions. Previously, Apple used to flat out deny accepting an iPhone that had been water damaged. When the customer brought it in… Go To Full Article

Apple Store app finally debuts for iPad with clean, tablet-friendly interface

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It's hardly show-stopping news out of Cupertino today, but gadget fiends hoping to wrap their holiday tech shopping without leaving home now have one more option in their tablet-friendly arsenal. It's the Apple Store app for iPad, and it's coming… Go To Full Article

SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB RAID 0 SSD Report

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SanDisk's Ultra Plus 256GB SSD is powered by a little 4-channel controller, but is still capable of delivering awesome performance thanks to nCache. Go To Full Article

Shorter and simpler .uk domains to launch in 2014

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If you didn't think UK domain names could get any shorter, they soon will be. In an announcement today, the UK's domain registry said it will soon launch its simpler .uk domain in an bid to remain cool with businesses… Go To Full Article

Amazon Has More Xbox One Consoles

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For those of you that missed out on ordering an Xbox One, Amazon will have more in stock today, but they probably won't last long. The Day One console includes a commemorative controller, token code to unlock an exclusive Day… Go To Full Article

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