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Oculus Reveals Its New “Crescent Bay” Developer Kit With 360-Degree Head Tracking And Headphones — Oculus gave the world the first look at its new developer kit Crescent Bay today at Oculus' Connect conference, which you can watch live here. Crescent Bay has a faster frame rate …
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The “Oculus Platform” Marketplace For Virtual Reality App Launches This Fall — Oculus announced the “Oculus Platform” store for developers to distribute their virtual reality apps and experiences today at the Oculus Connect conference. Starting this fall on the Samsung Gear VR made by Oculus … | Hayden Dingman / PC World: |
Oculus open-sources original Rift developer kit's firmware, schematics, and mechanics — Kicking off the Oculus Connect conference in Los Angeles this weekend, Oculus's Nirav Patel announced that the original Oculus Rift developer kit (DK1) is now fully open-source, with the exception …
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Microsoft delays Xbox One launch in China from September 23 to sometime later this year — Microsoft delays Xbox One launch in China — Gamers in China hoping to get their hands on the Xbox One will have to wait a little longer than expected. Microsoft announced late Friday that …
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Ex-employees: Home Depot slow to react to security concerns, despite warnings as early as 2008 — Ex-Employees Say Home Depot Left Data Vulnerable — The risks were clear to computer experts inside Home Depot: The home improvement chain, they warned for years, might be easy prey for hackers.
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Verizon's VoLTE, enabling simultaneous voice/data and HD voice, now working on iPhone 6/6 Plus, LG G2, Samsung Galaxy S5 — Simultaneous Voice/Data, HD Voice Now Available to Verizon iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Users — Verizon began rolling out its Advanced Calling service earlier this week … | Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Yahoo's Core Business Value Cut in Half to $6.8 Billion After Alibaba IPO — As Alibaba shares soared in their first day of trading on Friday, the value that investors are placing on Yahoo 's core business was sliced in half to about $6.8 billion. — That's because Yahoo still owns …
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Creating a Google+ profile is no longer mandatory when signing up for Gmail — Mandatory Google+ Gmail Integration Quietly Shelved — Google has gone to valiant lengths to convince us that rumors of Google+'s demise have been greatly exaggerated, but Google is no longer forcing new Gmail users … | Jonathan Zdziarski / Jonathan Zdziarski's Domain: |
With iOS 8, forensics tools can still obtain your camera reel, third-party app data, iTunes media, and more — Your iOS 8 Data is Not Beyond Law Enforcement's Reach... Yet. — In a recent announcement, Apple stated that they no longer unlock iOS (8) devices for law enforcement.
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Tweet-a-Program: tweet a Wolfram Language program to @WolframTaP, and a bot returns the result — Introducing Tweet-a-Program — In the Wolfram Language a little code can go a long way. And to use that fact to let everyone have some fun, today we're introducing Tweet-a-Program.
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Evolution, a Silk Road successor tolerating trade in stolen credit cards, triples its listings in five months — The Dark Web Gets Darker With Rise of the ‘Evolution’ Drug Market — In the digital drug trade as in the physical one, taking out one kingpin only makes room for another ready to satisfy the market's endless demand.
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Hearst Starts Silicon Valley Development Unit, Acquires BranchOut Assets — Hearst Corp. on Friday announced the launch of a new digital development unit in Silicon Valley to build new apps and services across the publisher's diversified media properties. — Leading the new group …
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