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Black Betty 2K camera can shoot, cut and upload video with built-in Mac Mini

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As reported on Engadget. By Steve Dent The Black Betty company has just hit the scene with a cinema camera that pulls an astounding trick — it’s got a freaking desktop computer jammed into the body. Camera-wise, there’s a 2/3-inch 2K sensor with a 16mm lens mount developed by Silicon Imaging and used in films like Slumdog Millionaire. That’ll capture 2K or 1080p, 160-500 ISO footage at up to 30fps (or more for lower resolutions), and bring…

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Pandora Plans To Lift Its 40-Hour Free Mobile Listening Cap On Sept. 1

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ANTHONY HA During this afternoon’s earnings call, Pandora executives said that they would lift for the 40-hour monthly cap on free mobile listening that was announced back in February. This is actually the second time Pandora has instituted a free cap and then lifted it again — it last lifted the cap in September 2011. CFO Mike Herring said the decision was based on two factors. First, he described the cap as a…

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GetInspired365 Is A Discovery Site For Inspirational Videos

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU An industry has blossomed around people hungry for a quick hit of motivation.TED talks, Do Lectures and sites like Brainy Quote all exist to provide inspirational content for the time-strapped. GetInspired365 wants to draw visitors by showcasing upbeat videos sourced from around the Internet. Its founders hope that users will not only be inspired to achieve their own goals, but also to order a similar site from GetInspired’s Web design and hosting service. GetInspired365 was self-funded…

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Here are the PlayStation 4’s 33 ‘launch window’ games, from Knack to Minecraft

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As reported on Engadget. By Ben Gilbert Between the PlayStation 4’s November 15th launch at retail and December 31st, Sony claims 33 games will be available. That includes heavy hitters like Knack, Watch Dogs, Minecraft and Battlefield 4, as well as smaller properties like N++ andContrast. We’ve dropped the full list just after the break for your perusal / approval. Now all we need to know is when Rime is coming out! NBA 2K14 Call of Duty: Ghosts Skylanders Swap Force Need for Speed: Rivals Battlefield 4…

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How Will Breaking Bad End? Here Are 7 Mind-Blowing Theories

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As reported on Wired. BY WIRED STAFF In a mere seven episodes, Breaking Bad is coming to an end. And it’ll be a tough goodbye. But show creator Vince Gilligan has promised that the ending will feel final – there won’t be some mysteriousSopranos-esque head-scratcher. It may not please everyone, but it will be definitive. Gilligan, who cut his teeth on The X-Files, is known for telling layered stories where nearly anything can be a future plot clue, Easter…

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Parrot Announces The A.R. Drone 2.0 Power Edition

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MATT BURNS It was hovering. Just sitting there. The livery was different. A black body with different color blades. Something was clearly different about this Parrot A.R. Drone 2.0. It wasn’t as colorful as the ones he had seen before. He sat there for a lot longer. This drone was clearly hiding something under the piano-black shell. Eight minutes passed. 16 minutes passed. Then, just before the 36 minute mark, the drone,…

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Syfy Now app streams full episodes to iOS today, Android next month

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As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lawler The Syfy for iPhone app is relaunching as SyFy Now, while the old Syfy app for iPad is reborn as Syfy Sync, dedicated solely to the network’s second screen ambitions. Why the changes? Now is all about TV Everywhere with streaming of full episodes of Syfy’s original series the day after they air and bookmarks that sync across devices with iCloud. This app can’t put Alphas back on the air, but it…

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‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Mad Men’ photographer warns that digital cameras can be ‘too clear’

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As reported on The Verge. By Vlad Savov Frank Ockenfels III has built up a glittering résumé of photographing some of the best known actors, musicians, and celebrities around, and though you might not have heard his name, you’ll most surely have seen his work. Spider-Man, Harry Potter, Hellboy, Thor, and Sly Stallone’s Expendables crew are just a few of the characters he has immortalized with his camera. Most recently, Ockenfels worked on promo imagery for the final…

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Watch Ashton Kutcher Blow Kids’ Minds With Steve Jobs Quotes In “Smart Is Sexy” Speech

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOSH CONSTINE “The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful. And being generous. Everything else is crap!” Ashton Kutcher passionately shouted (yes, shouted) life advice at Nickelodeon viewers as he accepted a Teen Choice Award last night. Most spend award speeches thanking people yet Kutcher seemed hell-bent on enlightening kids with Steve Jobs’ philosophy “Build a life. Don’t live one!” Whether he’s trying or not, and whether…

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Batman Zing! Whammo! Pows! his way to YouTube’s top superhero spot (video)

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As reported on Engadget. By Timothy J. Seppala Bruce Wayne may be on permanent vacation with Selina Kyle, but that hasn’t stopped Batman from topping YouTube’s list of most popular superheroes. Based on views and amount of content, the Dark Knight is number one, racking up 3 billion pairs of eyes on 71,000 hours of video. That’s 213 trillion hours you spent watching the antics of a flying rodent with daddy issues — or roughly 42,000 views per hour of footage. More…

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