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Amazon launches Kindle Worlds publishing platform for fan fiction, will pay royalties to writers and rights holders -
Amazon's taken a number of steps to bring different types of content to the Kindle Store, and it's now venturing into an area that has a long history with the internet: fan fiction.
3M, Nanosys ready to bring quantum dot film to LCD makers -
3M and Nanosys have just announced that they'll start shipping qualification samples of their Quantum Dot Enhancement Film (QDEF) to manufacturers to bring a 50 percent wider color gamut and lower power consumption to LCD displays.
Logitech unveils $60 wired iPad keyboard built for classroom abuse -
Bluetooth keyboards for the iPad are nice and all, but aren't you going to need to be within a wire's-length to see the thing anyway? To that end, Logitech has announced a full-sized wired iPad keyboard targeted to classrooms with an emphasis on durability and maintenance.
Vizio's 42-inch 5.1 soundbar setup available now, costs $330 -
Vizio trotted out a new line of soundbars back at CES, and true to its word, they're starting to materialize out in the real world.
Amazon misses the rainforest, seeks to build a giant greenhouse in Seattle -
You can take Amazon out of the jungle, but it'll just create one elsewhere -- at least that's what the company is planning for its inner-city Seattle office complex.
Scanadu finalizes Scout tricorder design, wants user feedback to help it get FDA approval -
We first saw a prototype of Scout, the tricorder and companion app built by Scanadu for the Tricorder X-prize competition late last year.
Google's conversational search goes live with latest version of Chrome -
After revealing it at I/O 2013 only days ago, Google's new conversational voice search function is up and running on Chrome version 27.
Vodafone sneers at the technofreaks, delays UK 4G launch until September -
Vodafone CEO Vittorio Coalo has conceded that the company is pushing back its 4G rollout to September.
HGST's 1.5TB laptop drive is the densest hard disk available -
If you're looking for pure storage for the dollar, SSDs have nothing on good old hard disks, and WD subsidiary HGST has packed more gigabytes into a smaller space then ever before with the new Travelstar 5K1500.
UE Boom: a splash-resistant, Bluetooth-enabled speaker for overzealous rioters -
You know what'll go perfectly with that waterproof Bluetooth speaker ball that a Billy Corgan doppelganger recommended a few years back? That odd tube you're undoubtedly fixated on above.
