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Nintendo tackles 3DS piracy with 'freeShop' takedown

@ 2016/12/30 read/post comments(0)

Homebrew software designed to imitate the Nintendo eShop has been issued a takedown notice by the house of Mario. FreeShop allows 3DS owners to browse, search and download games using "titlekeys," a form of encryption employed by Nintendo for its… Go To Full Article

Duolingo's clubs make language learning a competition

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Duolingo debuted chat bots to help you learn a new language back in October, but now the company is looking to offer a bit more human interaction. Today, it introduced a new feature called Language Clubs so you can band… Go To Full Article

2016 was a hard year to be an Apple fan

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Tim Cook and the rest of Apple's leadership will probably not look back fondly on 2016. iPhone sales declined for the first time, and Apple's profits followed suit. There are still bright spots, like the company's growing services business, and… Go To Full Article

LG G6 rumored to feature a 3D glass back, wireless charging support

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Earlier this month, a rumor claimed that the LG G6 will utilize a “highly reflective material” at the back. However, according to a new rumor out of South Korea today, the flagship smartphone is going to feature a 3D glass… Go To Full Article

Joué's MIDI controller adds tactile fun to music making

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The Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) arrived in the '80s to help digital instruments communicate with each other. Nowadays, with much of the action on computers, a new breed of MIDI controllers have emerged. Many of today's designs include...… Go To Full Article

Finally, Bose Releases Water-Resistant Portable Speaker

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Bose is known for making great sounding portable speakers, but never a water resistant one. That has changed with the new Bose SoundLink Color Series II Portable Speaker. This brings a much needed refresh to the original, released in 2014.… Go To Full Article

Facebook names its favorite in-house hackathon projects

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Facebook is ending 2016 by naming its favorite projects and products that came out of all the hackathons its offices worldwide hosted this year. One is a richer, more robust Safety Check: a team tweaked the feature (which was itself… Go To Full Article

Facebook is building a tool to hunt copyright infringing videos

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YouTube isn't the only site record labels are taking issue with when it comes to copyright infringement. Financial Times reports that music publishers want Facebook to license music that gets posted on its site and take down any user-submitted videos... Go To Full Article

NZXT Kraken X52 Liquid CPU Cooler

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The crew at ThinkComputers had a lot of nice things to say about the NZXT Kraken X52 liquid CPU cooler they just reviewed. In fact, when all was said and done, the Kraken X52 earned a perfect 10 out of… Go To Full Article

Lenovo's ThinkVision displays join the USB Type-C party

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Alongside a refresh of its long-running ThinkPad line, Lenovo announced a pair of new displays ahead of CES 2017. The ThinkVision P27h and P24h join the growing market of USB Type-C connected displays and offer super-narrow bezels around IPS panels.… Go To Full Article

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