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Nymphomaniac, a movie directed by Lars von Trier (he did Melancholia), will use a groundbreaking digital editing technique to show graphic sex scenes on the screen. For the non-explicit portions of the sex scenes, you'll see celebrities and actors you recognize. For the penetrative portion, you'll see the body doubles doing it. The difference is you won't know the difference because the film will digitally stitch the two together.Read more...

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition, announced at Google I/O last week, will be exclusive to the US at launch. A Google employee confirmed to CNET UK that Brits will have to look across the pond in envy.  There's no specific reasoning why the UK won't...

Researchers have developed a new type of wearable sensor that could greatly improve the accuracy and practicality of heart monitoring. Developed by Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford University, the paper-thin, stamp-sized sensor is made with flexible organic materials and can be worn under an adhesive bandage on the wrist to monitor the pulse. .. Continue Reading Flexible, wearable sensor promises new era in heart monitoring Section: Health and Wellbeing Tags: Heart, Sensor, Stanford University, Wearable, Zhenan Bao Related Articles: Wearable ViSi Mobile System lets doctors wirelessly monitor patients Wearable microchip monitors vital signs, draws power from cell phones Miniature implant monitors cardiac pressure Monitor blood pressure while scrolling and clicking with the MDMouse AliveCor heart monitoring smartphone case cleared by FDA Scosche RHYTHM simplifies fitness monitoring

If you're a fan of the NFL, you'd know that players and coaches stare at printed pictures of replays and call plays from laminated sheets of paper. Yes, even now. No more though, the NFL just announced a partnership with Microsoft that'll let coaches and officials use Microsoft Surface on the sidelines instead.Read more...

Opera users on Android have been able to download a next-generation version of the browser in beta for some time, but today the company finally introduced those changes to the "stable" version of its mobile browser. The new Opera comes with big changes both to its user interface and its engine. We'll start with the engine: this is the first version of Opera for Android to swap Opera's old rendering engine for one based on Chromium 26, the current stable version. In case you didn't know, Chromium is the open-source project from which Google Chrome draws the majority of its code, so both Opera and Chrome for Android should enjoy substantially similar performance and page rendering. For now, this means Opera has become Webkit-based, though the browser will make the jump to Google's new Blink engine when Blink becomes a part of Chromium's stable channel later this summer. A quick look at a couple of Javascript benchmarks confirm that the browsers now share rendering engines—in both Sunspider and Google Octane, both browsers score within the same range when run on the same hardware. Page loading times and scrolling performance seem more or less identical on my Nexus 4. Read 7 remaining paragraphs | Comments

Remember when the rumor mill’s favorite hobby was obsessing about an Apple TV set? It seemed like every week, some publication or other was reporting on the mythical device. Many assumed it would be the company’s next big revolution: iPod, iPhone, iPad ... iTV. Well, don’t look now, but Microsoft just unveiled a device that does most of what we expected the iTV to do, in the form of the Xbox One... Continue Reading Did Xbox One just make the long-rumored Apple TV set irrelevant? Section: Home Entertainment Tags: Apple, Apple TV, Microsoft, TV, Xbox One Related Articles: Xbox Surface tablet could be a winner Microsoft announces subscription-based Xbox 360 Microsoft to launch low-cost Xbox TV console? Microsoft introduces Xbox Music Microsoft announces 4GB Xbox 360, gives Kinect a price Microsoft releases My Xbox Live for Android devices

Along with whether or not Al Gore invented the Internet, figuring out the correct pronunciation of GIF is one of the earliest questions of the Internet. I grew up believing it was hard-G GIF. Most people I know pronounce it like that too. Even the White House agreed on pronouncing GIF like 'gift'. But we have to re-evaluate the whole argument again because the inventor of GIF—PAPA GIF Steve Wilhite—says its pronounced JIF. What. The. Hell.Read more...

If you're lucky enough to be employed somewhere that supports flexible working, you’ve probably stretched the boundaries of where it’s possible to do some work from time to time. Trains, planes, boats – they all have Wi-Fi these days. Heck, you...

You’re sitting in the office, but don’t you wish you could be playing with your dog or cat using a laser pointer instead? With the Petcube, you’ll be able to do both at once. Not unlike the iPet Companion, the Petcube lets users remotely play with their pets in real time, via the internet. .. Continue Reading Petcube lets you play with your pet, wherever you are Section: Pets Tags: Apps, Cats, Dogs, Laser, Remote Control Related Articles: Home version of iPet Companion lets owners tele-play with their pets iPet Companion lets people play with real kitties over the internet Microsoft robotics developer builds remote dog-sitting bot Dive Commander lets you control a real sub via the internet Pintofeed lets you remotely feed your pet using your smartphone Completely remote PowerPoint presentation tool

What will the White House say now? (Credit: White House Tumblr) You thought it had been settled, didn't you? You've been practicing the new pronunciation (or the old one). And now you're going to have to think again. Recently, the White House very presciently decided to open its own non-purple Tumblr account. It took the occasion to declare with seeming finality that GIFs -- those very files that so many people find funny -- are hard, not soft. Hard as in hard "g." Gif like "gift." Not like "jiffy." Some giffers fell in line. Now they will have second thoughts. For the GIF's creator, Steve Wilhite, begs to jiffer. More Technically Incorrect Samsung's 'men are pigs' ad for TVs gets YouTube love (and hate) Alleged robbers butt-dial 911 Purple Haze: Tumblr faithful blast Yahoo deal Google: America's third political party ... [Read more]Related Links:Breaking: White House Tumblr says it's GIF, with a 'hard G'Bill Nye, LeVar Burton in first White House VineDrop: Minecraft creator's new Web gameWhy I can't root for Woot anymoreSoftBank turns up the heat on Dish over Sprint merger