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Plex has grown rapidly over the last few years and its increased focus as a cloud service for your pictures, videos, and music has resulted in a relaunching of the main website. Now hosted at Plex.tv, it ropes in the four disparate sections of the previous website, bringing features like Plex Pass s
Reports of Samsung’s huge 12.2-inch tablet only began late last month, but it looks like the official specifications have already been uncovered. The tablet will feature a 12.2-inch display with 2560×1600 pixel resolution, 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 3GB of RAM, 8-megapixel rear camer
Considering that Netflix’s shares quadrupled in value last year, its no surprise that the company’s CEO is getting a salary increase. A recent regulatory filing shows that the CEO, Reed Hastings, will get a 50% salary increase, bringing his annual salary from $2 million to $3 million. Ne
Starting Wednesday, Amazon.com shoppers in Indiana, Nevada and Tennessee will have to pay sales tax on their purchases. This brings the number of states in which Amazon automatically adds tax to purchases to nineteen. In the three latest additions, the levies are expected to generate more than $50 m
The University of Illinois’ Aerospace Robotics and Control Laboratory has released a new video demonstrating how someone can control a swarm of drone minions with hand gestures. The quadrotors were purchased from a store and altered so that they could be controlled by someone wearing special t
The Transporation Security Administration is the main reason why so many Americans hate flying. Not only is it annoying to have to strip down at security checkpoints, submit to the occasional patdown, and stand in long lines to verify our identities, but the entire system is inefficient. But what if
An augmented reality software platform that integrates digital eyewear, smartphones, and tablets into one platform is trying to revolutionize the medical industry. The platform, called Infinity Augmented Reality, has released a special pair of glasses that can help nurses make IV sessions quick and
AOL originally announced plans to sell off Winamp and Shoutcast but has instead decided to sell them to a Belgian company called Radionomy. The company, based in Brussels, is an international aggregator of online radio stations that has over 6,000 stations in its catalog already. Some more detail on
Robots are the future, but even as the amount robotics inventions rises at a rapid pace, the U.S. is lagging behind. While the U.S. military has invested a lot of time and money into drones, the rest of the U.S. is lagging behind. The next step in transformative technology is already
A new website called CosTrader is essentially an eBay for cosplayers. Users can buy and sell anything from whole-body costumes to colored wigs to plastic-cast accessories, all from a number of animes and video games. Prices seem to vary widely but the majority of the products are hand made by the se
It’s no secret that Motorola’s flagship Moto X hasn’t been a hit with consumers, and with considerable inventory likely building up, it’s time to move some product. The base configured Moto X will now run you $400 without a contract or carrier affiliation, while the much-anti
The government’s right to search travelers’ electronic devices at the border was upheld in a ruling released by a federal judge on Tuesday, which dismissed a lawsuit challenging this policy. Judge Edward R. Korman claims that “there is not a substantial risk that their electronic devices will be sub
