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• 16 April 2013

• News: Google discloses tech specs and developer API for Glass

  The Google Glass wearable computer will have a high-resolution display equivalent of a 25-inch high-definition screen from eight feet away, and will capture 5-megapixels images and video at a resolution of 720p, according to technical specs disclosed on Monday.

• News: Logitech announces new Harmony remotes and Hub controller

  Accessory vendor Logitech announced on Tuesday that the company is expanding its Harmony line of universal remote controls with a new flagship model, a new low-end model, and a multi-function hub that extends the capabilities of both.

• News: O2 launches service to help enterprises engage with digital savvy customers

  O2 has launched its Joined Up Customer service, which aims to help enterprise customers "adapt to the changing needs of their customers in the digital world".

• News: AT-AT walker frame disguise helps post-op child (and other stuff you missed)

  If your child needed surgery on their legs, but took issue with having to use a walker what would you do? An artist has an excellent idea that involves AT-AT walkers from Star Wars. This edition of GeekBytes also brings some quirky finds from around the web too, such as cats at their worst (read: funniest) and a music video made up of cursors. Yes, cursors.

• News: A vision for Microsoft's smartwatch and four more Surface family members

  If Microsoft ever releases the smartwatch that the Wall Street Journal reports is in development, the gadget won't just be entering a wearable computing market that has yet to be proven out. The watch would also extend a family of Surface hardware devices that no one is clamoring to buy.

• News: Google discloses tech specs and developer API for Glass

  The Google Glass wearable computer will have a high-resolution display equivalent of a 25-inch high-definition screen from eight feet away, and will capture 5-megapixels images and video at a resolution of 720p, according to technical specs disclosed on Monday.

• 15 April 2013

• News: The VCR's legacy shines brightly at YouTube and Aereo

  Google pays homage today to the 57th anniversary of the first commercially available videocassette recorder. But that gadget didn't simply enable us to record daytime TV for evening viewing; it soon forged a legal precedent for the next generation of home entertainment technology.

• News: Canon wants to help you learn photography with this DSLR simulator

  If you've been shooting with a camera in Auto mode all your life, messing around with camera setting can be intimidating. What if it's set to shoot too fast, or my focus is off? There are a half dozen other ways the shot can go wrong.

• News: Kobo targets e-reading elite with Aura HD

  Canadian e-book and e-reader heavyweight Kobo is targeting the top end of the market with its new |Aura HD e-reader. Created from feedback from Kobo’s most avid readers, the Aura HD has a larger and higher-resolution screen, a larger battery and more onboard storage.

• News: 20 must-grab digital Marvel Comics

  At last, the long-anticipated Marvel 700 Make-Good Promotion has begun, and hundreds of thousands of comics fans--both the newly-minted and long-suffering kinds--can lower their heads into a trough of free comics and snorkel up as many as they wish.

• News: Arris cleared by DOJ to acquire Motorola's set-top box business

  Arris Group has received clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice for its proposed acquisition of the Motorola Home business.

• News: Report: Microsoft may also make smart watches

  Microsoft is working on designs for a touch-enabled smart watch, joining a number of other large competitors like Samsung Electronics and Apple who are said to be working on similar devices, a newspaper reported.

• 13 April 2013

• News: TechHive TechWatch: Facebook Home, iPhone 5S and Xbox Durango

  It's the news show you never knew you needed. TechWatch takes all the technology news for the week and condenses it into five minutes of sparkling behind-the-desk wit. In our premiere episode, Carlos Rodela and Jon Phillips discuss Facebook's new smartphone, the latest Apple rumors, Microsoft's upcoming Xbox successor, the HTC One delay, and more.

• News: Google's wearable computer faces bans even before Glass goes on sale

  Waltzing into a Las Vegas casino wearing Google Glass could be a risky proposition if staffers suspect you're using the wearable computer to surreptitiously shoot videos or photos.

• 12 April 2013

• News: Twitter readies launch of music service

  Several signs are pointing to Twitter launching a new music app, and speculation has the company unveiling it Friday.

• News: Meddle 'ideas hackathon' aims to work out how we find time to create our passions

  20 top creative talents from disciplines as different as typography and comedy are coming together to work on the problem of ‘passion projects’ – and you can join in with them.

• News: New data center survey shows mediocre results for energy efficiency

  A new survey suggests that large data centers might be less energy efficient than was previously thought.

• News: High-tech egg cooking isn't ideal for picky eaters (and other stuff you missed)

  In celebration of the recent release of The Evil Dead, I decided to not go to the theaters, and instead watch the original movies for the first time. I figured you should know that, because halfway through setting up GeekBytes, I realized I had picked several food-related stories to share. So enjoy, knowing that I accidentally put myself through quite a bit of torture to bring you today's installment.

• News: Solar flare blacks out some radios, but the end is not (necessarily) near

  Don't set your Google Inactive Account Manager just yet, but there are billions of tons of solar matter hurtling toward the Earth at more than 600 miles (970 kilometers) per second. NASA estimates the plasma will hit our atmosphere late Friday night, U.S. Eastern Daylight Time.

• 11 April 2013

• News: Who's driving consumerisation?

  The technical impact of the consumerisation of IT can be disruptive to CIOs, but a less well considered aspect is the impact to organisational management processes.

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