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Watch Tom Cruise’s life as a ‘futuristic blue-collar guy’ in new ‘Oblivion’ featurette

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As reported on The Verge. By Adi Robertson Late last year, we saw the first trailer for Oblivion, a post-apocalyptic thriller set against a vast and desolate landscape. While we already knew the project — fromTron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski — would involve Tom Cruise as a drone repairman on a world devastated by alien attack, a new three-minute featurette explains a bit more of his life and motivations as a “futuristic blue-collar guy” taking care of Earth. As…

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GoogleReaderpocalypse. For Real This Time.

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As reported on TechCrunch. by SARAH PEREZ Don’t be evil? If that’s the unofficial Google motto, then the company has failed to deliver today. Among the products Google just announced it plans to sunset (read: kill off), beloved feed-reading service Google Reader is now on the chopping block. “*$%#” wrote at least one TechCrunch staffer upon hearing the news. “What will feed my Reeder app,?” asks another. “Super sad,” says a third. “I AM SO MAD ABOUT THIS…

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Mobile

Yet More Leaked Samsung Galaxy S IV Pics Appear Hours Before Launch

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU The Samsung Galaxy S IV will be launched in New York City in just a few hours, but another crop of leaked photos featuring the device haspopped up on Chinese forum it168, a few days after a another batch of pics appeared earlier this week. The handset in the photo has a high-gloss, textured plastic casing (though it already shows hairline cracks in the leaked pics) and the same metallic-looking bands around…

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Porn Site Breaks Down Searches By Country, Surprising No One

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOHN BIGGS In what amounts to either a breathtaking breach of privacy or one of the most fascinating sex research artifacts of the year, PornMD(acceptably SFW as long as you don’t search), a porn search engine, has broken down porn searches by country and U.S. state. The system offers a fairly complete view into the fapping habits of people worldwide and suggests that while the people of Minnesota are into “college,” the…

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Netflix Gets Social In The U.S. Thanks To Facebook Partnership, After Over A Year Of Lobbying And Lawmaking

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Netflix today introduced Facebook integration for U.S. users, allowing subscribers who opt in to see what their friends have been watching and what they like best when logged into the service. The integration also allows users to post films or TV shows to their Facebook wall, as well as comment on their viewing activity. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings explained to Bloomberg that social is the key to helping the service…

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Business

LG trolls Samsung’s Times Square billboards with Optimus G ‘4’ ads Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lawler The press is headed to Radio City Music Hall for Samsung’s Galaxy S IV event in a few hours, but the company has also taken up consumer-focused presence in Times Square — where rival LG is waiting. As shown in the pic, LG has refashioned its billboards (which it already occupied for 20 years before the new neighbor moved in below last year) to mock Samsung’s “4” themed advertising, touting that the Optimus G is…

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Science

CERN release preliminary results: particle looking ‘more and more like a Higgs boson’ Alt

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith CERN’s latest update to its god particle project is that the new particle that it was able to pick up is behaving “more and more like a Higgs boson.” The team isn’t being particularly specific here, as its not certain just yet whether it’s detected a ‘standard model’ particle or the lightest of several possible bosons predicted in other spin-off theories. Researchers are referencing the interactions of the particle (particularly its spin, or…

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Hardware Dev

Dell’s newest desktop is an 18-inch tablet

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As reported on TechCrunch. By Jeff Blagdon Lots of devices are trying to combine the portability of a tablet with the full-featured experience of a laptop. Today at SXSW, Dell’s showing off a new computer that’s taking things one step further — the XPS 18 All-In-One is an 18-inch Windows 8 tablet / desktop hybrid that weighs in under five pounds.   AT LESS THAN HALF THE WEIGHT OF THE TAP 20, THE XPS 18 IS…

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Microsoft Tablet

A look at Microsoft’s top-secret Surface prototypes

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren From concept to reality: how Redmond’s iPad competitor came to be Microsoft made a bold bet to build its own hardware, competing directly with Apple’s iPad, but it was never an easy task to create something new and unique. Microsoft’s own tablet is the result of it facing a “big challenge”relying on its hardware partners to create a high quality physical device that could go up against Apple. Project…

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Google Confirms Glass Will Eventually Work With Prescription Lenses

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MATT BURNS Geeks rejoice! Hot off exciting news from SXSW, Google just confirmed via the Google Glass G+ page that Glass will, of course, work with prescription lenses — that is, in future models. The design is still in the works. Apparently the Explorer Edition is not compatible with custom lenses, but Google says to expect the new design this year. As noted in the posting, the Google Glass design is modular, allowing for…

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