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LG has introduced a premium brand Signature
LG Electronics has unveiled a new brand for home appliances and home entertainment electronics premium — LG Signature. At this point in the Signature line of LG are TV, fridge, washing machine and air purifier. While specific details about these devices, the company said. It is noted that the model will get a unified style,…
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The GX700 laptop ASUS ROG water-cooled has arrived to Russia
ASUS has brought an unusual gaming laptop GX700 ROG in Russia. Recall, the model was presented in September at IFA 2015, its main highlight was the liquid cooling system. The cooling system is in a massive dock behind the laptop. ASUS ROG GX700 is positioned as the world’s first such device. ASUS ROG GX700 is…
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VK launched a competition with a prize Fund of 2 million rubles
Team social network Vkontakte announced the launch of the competition for developing mobile applications for devices based on operating systems Android, iOS and Windows Phone. The prize Fund is 2 million rubles. The developers of the best projects from the point of view of quality and functionality would share the prize money. Finalists will be…
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Lab-grown retinal tissue was returned to the monkey vision
Retinitis pigmentosa is a genetic eye disease that causes damage to the retina. There is no cure; the person with the disease loses vision. However, it is possible that soon scientists will find a way to deal with this disease. For the first time in the history the researchers were able to transplant retinal tissue…
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Failed Mail Order CD Powerhouse Columbia House Is Relaunching to Sell Vinyl
When Columbia House filed for bankruptcy this year, I was mostly surprised the mail-order music brand famous for selling eight CDs for a penny was still around. Not only is the company already back, it’s switching music formats. Columbia House will sell vinyl now. While the rise of digital music sales tanked the company’s original…
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Best TVs of 2015
Samsung UE48J6330AU Features: Display: 48’, 1920×1080, flat Matrix: LCD (*VA) 3D: no SmartTV: Tizen OS Sound: 2x 10W Price: 45 000 RUB. The model with non-trivial UE48J6330AU name was in the top of the TV as an inexpensive but functional solution with support for Full HD. 48 inches — balanced size for the average living…
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The Real Story Behind the 1914 Christmas Truce in World War I
It was 101 years ago this very night that something miraculous happened along the Western Front. After months of bitter fighting, soldiers on both sides gathered in no-man’s-land in a spontaneous show of peace and goodwill. Here’s what happened on that historic day — and why it marked the end of an era. In December…
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December 25th in history: the world’s first portable television, the flight of astronauts around the moon and the decline in the share of English-speaking Internet users
December 25, 1959, the company Sony has released the world’s first portable television, the TV8-301. This model also was marked by the complete refusal projection TV design in favor of a switch transistor in semiconductor technology. That is, the miniaturization of television circuits was far from modern standards, and the most cumbersome element in the…
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NASA Catches a Glimpse of the Christmas Eve Asteroid
‘Tis the night before Christmas, and Asteroid 2003 SD220 is making its closest approach to Earth. NASA managed to snap a few pics of this pickle-shaped asteroid, which the space agency says poses no threat to our planet whatsoever. This asteroid will breeze by Earth today at a distance of 6.8 million miles (11 million…
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I Hope No One Tries to Hack This Shining-Inspired Gingerbread Hotel to Pieces
‘Tis the season for rendering architectural icons out of cookies and plotting to murder your family in a remote mountain hotel. Now the two best things about Christmastime are together at last. Over at r/movies, eudicotyledon says his family made this incredibly disturbing yet very wonderful gingerbread version of the Overlook Hotel from the film…