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• 26 April 2013

• News: Samsung profits soar on phones, tablets; high hopes for Galaxy S4

  Samsung Electronics said its Galaxy S3 and Note 2 helped it to defy a shrinking smartphone market in the first quarter, boosting its overall profits by 42 percent from a year ago.

• 25 April 2013

• Opinion: How to grab a freeze-frame from a video

  How to grab a freeze-frame from a video

• News: Smart glass market could hit 9.4M shipments by 2016

  With Google's futuristic wearable computers on the way, one research firm calculates that the worldwide market for smart glasses could reach nearly 10 million units by 2016.

• News: 'Mad Men' writers pitch a new show about NASA (and other stuff you missed)

  Apple's WWDC is coming, and so is a new Xbox. if that wasn't enough geeky excitement for you for one day, then you'll want to take a look at your mid-week GeekBytes update. Today's roundup features Mad Men in space (sort of), the cost of being Iron Man, and how the furniture of the future could do away with assembly instructions.

• News: Print your own Yoda at home for $499: 3D printers become affordable

  Additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) may finally have its moment. The technology has been around for decades, but only recently has it managed to crawl out from behind the curtains of advanced industrial production and bearded basement hobbyists into the awareness of the general public.

• News: Amazon to rival Apple TV with its own set-top box

  Amazon is reportedly building its own set-top box to rival Apple's TV.

• News: Xbox 720 to be launched by Microsoft on 21 May

  Microsoft has confirmed that it will reveal the next Xbox console, thought to be the Xbox 720, on 21 May.

• News: Amazon plans own set-top box for fall, report claims

  After conquering the low end of the tablet market with the Kindle Fire, Amazon may be getting ready to invade the living room with a television set-top box..

• News: Hands on with the HAPIfork

  As tech writers, we get our fair share of devices and gadgets to play with: Smart pedometers, smart watches, even smart cars--but HAPIlabs is the first company to bring us a smart fork. Yes, you read that right: The current upswing of technology has extended to cutlery with the HAPIfork, a connected fork designed to monitor how fast you're eating and encourage you to eat mindfully.

• News: Sony DEV-50V binoculars let you capture 3D video of distant 'subjects'

  Let's face it, you can get all the great photos of your family outings and kid's soccer games with a good compact zoom camera or entry-level DSLR. And these days, every decent camera shoots hi-def video.

• 24 April 2013

• News: Microsoft to announce next Xbox on May 21

  Eight years after the first Xbox 360 units shipped, Microsoft will finally pull the curtains off its long-awaited successor on May 21.

• News: Samsung to expand retail presence in US

  Samsung is making an aggressive sales push in the U.S. market by expanding into thousands of third-party retail outlets where dedicated staff will sell and provide advice on the company's smartphones, tablets and entertainment products.

• News: Samsung wants you to buy a Galaxy S4, then a Samsung TV

  Samsung has jam-packed the Galaxy S4 with fancy features, but there’s one that stands out in making the new handset attractive to anyone who’s looking to buy a new phone and a TV in the near future.

• News: Wink to take a photo with Google Glass--maybe (and other stuff you missed)

  Happy World Book Night! If someone thrusted a book upon you today, they were probably, most likely not crazy. But wait--before you get to reading all that free literature, here's some news you might have missed.

• 23 April 2013

• News: Asus ships Cube Internet streaming device with Google TV

  Asustek has shipped its Google TV streaming device called Cube, which will become available starting this week for US$139.99.

• News: Berg creates #Flock, a Twitter-driven cuckoo clock

  The project was created to promote the Berg Cloud Internet-connected-product platform, but does seem awfully familiar.

• How-Tos: How to minimize noise in digital photos

  In the days before digital photography, seemingly every corner store had rack upon rack of film on display. Each roll of film was marked with a speed--measured in ISO--such as 100, 200, or 400. Higher-speed film was handy for low-light photography, but it had a serious disadvantage: grain.

• How-Tos: The 21 worst tech habits--and how to break them

  You bite your nails. Your house is a sty. You never signal before changing lanes, and when you finally reach your destination, you're 30 minutes late.

• News: What is UltraViolet?

  After May 1, if you're out shopping and you buy a DVD or Blu-ray, there's a good chance it will come with a bonus -- a free copy of your new movie or TV series online, available for streaming or for download.

• Feature: What is Google Glass? Everything you need to know

  You might have heard of Google Glass or Project Glass, but what is it? We'll tell you everything you need to know about Google Glass right here.

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