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	Microsoft's Siri Competitor Is Based on Cortana, The AI Character From Halo (Video)
	Microsoft now owns Nokia. So they'll need to hop on the bandwagon and get themselves a mobile personal assistant. Like a Siri. The feature will tie together all of Microsoft's products and it will be named Cortana after the artificially intelligen...
	Google+ Has a Photo Editor Now (But You've Got To Use Chrome)
	Here's a pretty cool feature: Google+ has a photo editor, but only if you use Chrome in its Auto Awesome feature. There are now sliders for brightness, contrast, and saturation as well as highlight and midtone contrast controls. There are also a ra...
	Once Again, No NFC. So What Is Apple's iBeacon?
	NFC was a miss in the new iPhones, but Apple has bigger plans for low power radio wave based mobile payment technology. But while NFC is clearly not present, there's iBeacon. It was a tiny detail on a slide Apple showed about iOS 7 during its WW...
	Samsung's Next Gen Smartphones Will Have 64 Bit Processors Too
	Samsung doesn't like to lose out to Apple, so they swiftly reacted with an announcement that their next slew of phones will pack some similar 64 bit A7 processor action. Speaking to the Korea Times, Samsung's mobile business head JK Shin has explain...
	The World's Thinnest Glass Was Created By Accident
	The thinnest sheet of glass in the world measures at two atoms in thickness. Talk about scary thin! The sheet of glass was created by scientists from Cornell University and it is the result of an accident. They were attempting to produce pure graphe...
	Bill Gates Was Mark Zuckerberg's Hero Growing Up
	People tend to idolize Steve Jobs more than they do Bill Gates. Mark Zuckerberg is not one of them. "When I was growing up, Bill Gates was my hero," Zuckerberg said on stage at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference on Wednesday.Michael Arrington, on sta...
	NATO Develops Electromagnetic Beam To Stop Suicide Bombings (Video)
	How do you even identify a suicide bomber? NATO is developing a device that will stop them in their tracks before they can reach a target. In a video released, NATO researchers in Norway demonstrate how effective their weapon is against cars, a jet...
	Researchers Make Airport Announcements And Broadcasts Clearer But Softer
	It can be difficult to hear the chimes and announcements in an airport sometimes. So a team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland have come up with a way to make speech blasted over a loudspeaker that's easier to understand fr...
	Here's How The iPhone 5S Could Have Made The Phone Full Thief Proof
	The Touch ID on your iPhone 5S is going to make life a whole lot more convenient. All you have to do is place your finger to unlock your phone. But could Apple also implement a scan, or even a passcode scan to turn the iPhone off? It would probably ...
	This Drone Will Be Your Tour Guide Around MIT's Campus (Video)
	How would you like to navigate a college with a drone tour guide? That’s the concept behind Skycall, a playful prototype designed to help visiting Harvard students find their way around MIT's confusing campus. Skycall is the work of the Senseabl...

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