This Whirlpool range is a reliable kitchen companion

We've seen all sorts of kitchen cookers, from a countertop pressure oven to a $5,000 Dacor double oven fit for a master chef. None of them have have earned our Editors' Choice yet, but the $1,249 Whirlpool Gold range (model WFE720H0AS) left me impressed just the same. At first glance, that might come...

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5 ways 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' exceeded my expectations

20th Century Fox I've been looking forward to reading esteemed CNET colleague Roger Cheng's article explaining the personal meaning that "X-Men: First Class" has for him, and reviewing "Days of Future Past."...

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Canon PowerShot N100 sample pictures

These are 100 percent crops from the center of our test scene. Viewed larger it's easier to see that the N100 does very well with noise and detail up to ISO 200. At ISO 400 and 800 some noise reduction kicks in softening detail some, but there's still plenty of fine detail. Even at ISO 1600 detail is still good as is color, so as long as you don't need to enlarge and heavily crop, you should be pretty good in low-light...

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Microsoft Surface 'Mini' -- dead, alive, or in limbo?

Microsoft's smaller tablet isn't dead -- at least not in the supply chain, says IHS Technology. Brooke Crothers screen capture/Microsoft The much-rumored small Surface tablet was a no-show at Microsoft's Surface event earlier this month....

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Apple rumored to announce iPhone smart-home remote

Smart-home technology may be on the agenda at next week's WWDC. James Martin/CNET What will Apple announce during next week's WWDC? Needless to say, the rumor mill is spinning fast and furious, with lots of expectations for new...

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As 'Gangnam Style' hits 2B YouTube views, music fans should cheer. Really

SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- Don't tell the suits and squares atop Big Rock, but as Korean pop phenom Psy's breakout hit "Gangnam Style" crosses 2 billion views, musicians dig the YouTube more than ever. Maybe that's because it's where music business has been reborn. The catchy tune with quirky dance moves is expected to hit its...

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Sony shakes up its Entertainment division

Sony has shaken up its executive leadership inside the Entertainment division.Sony has appointed Nicole Seligman president of its Entertainment division. Sony created the role for Seligman, who will report to Sony Entertainment chief executive Michael Lynton. Seligman will also step down as Sony's general counsel and executive...

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Apple's iOS 8 side-by-side multitasking not yet ready -- report

You can run apps side-by-side in Windows 8 but not in Apple's iOS. At least not yet. Apple has reportedly been prepping a way for its next mobile operating system, iOS 8, to run two apps side-by-side but that feature may not be quite ready for prime time. In a tweet posted on Thursday, The New York Times tech...

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Save your skin with sun-exposure apps

Android app shows how revealing... 2:29 May 29, 2014 To learn what the NSA can glean from metadata, Stanford students developed Metaphone, an app that analyzes... Play video ...

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You can now ask Google to remove links about you

Shutterstock If there's something online you don't want people to see you can now ask Google to pretend the offending item doesn't exist.The search giant has created an online form through which you can ask for links to personal...

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Crave giveaway: $250 shopping spree from Rakuten.com Shopping

For those who want to spend their dollars on Dad, Rakuten.com Shopping has compiled a Father's Day shopping guide. Screenshot by Leslie Katz/CNET Congrats to Angela B. of Webster, N.Y., for winning a Bracketron SmartLantern portable...

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Asian mobile insiders say LG's G3 will give Samsung a run for its money

The LG G3 could be a game changer. Nate Ralph/CNET Singapore and Hong Kong are ideal places to do canary tests on mobile phones. Both countries sell mobile phones unlocked, and have huge mobile penetration rates upwards of 150 percent --...

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Velociraptor robot nearly as fast as Cheetah

KAIST It won't be the cheetahs that kill us after all, but, apparently, the robotic dinosaurs. Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology's (KAIST) MSC Lab have designed a sprinting robot -- but, unlike Boston...

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Wave a hand to make your apartment feel bigger

Video screenshot by Rusty Blazenhoff/CNET If you're worried about the decrease of affordable living space in urban areas, you can breathe a little easier. MIT Media Lab's Changing Places research group is on the case....

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Wave your hand to make your apartment bigger

Video screenshot by Rusty Blazenhoff/CNET If you're worried about the decrease of affordable living space in urban areas, you can breathe a little easier. MIT Media Lab's Changing Places research group is on the case....

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SpaceX unveils Dragon V2, its first manned spacecraft

Elon Musk unveils the Dragon V2 Tim Stevens/CNET HAWTHORNE, Calif.--After years of development, SpaceX gave the public its first look Thursday at Dragon V2, a manned spacecraft it hopes will one day taxi astronauts to the International...

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Design your own 3D-printed braille phone

OwnFone London-based company OwnFone makes an entire line of personalized mobile phones, including ones marketed to children and seniors. Now it's 3D-printing what it says is the world's first commercially available braille...

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Amazon to launch streaming-music service for Prime?

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos Amazon Amazon plans to launch a streaming music service in June or July similar to the one Apple just agreed to purchase through its Beats deal, though the e-commerce company's catalog would be limited, according...

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More Samsung Galaxy S5 Active pictures surface

The latest "leak" of Samsung's Galaxy S5 Active. EV Leaks You've seen the videos and read the report and now a flurry of alleged photos of the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active point to its future existence. Frequent Twitter tipster...

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Apple seeks patent for 'ear presence' sensors in time for Beats buy

Sarah Tew/CNET Apple has filed for a patent application on sensors, attached to earbuds and headphones, that could detect the presence of an ear and play audio only when needed.The application, published on Thursday by the US Patent and...

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Another peek at Samsung's rumored Galaxy S5 Active (pictures)

As with the Galaxy S4 Active, this image points to a grippable, rubberized coating on the top and bottom of the device, and bolts on the back panel that could either be decorative or functional. The heart-rate monitor module is also present in this image. ...

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Edward Snowden: 'Fourth amendment no longer exists'

Edward Snowden NBC News Is the fourth amendment dead? Edward Snowden seems to think so.In an interview with NBC News that aired Wednesday night, the NSA whistleblower who leaked sensitive government documents through the media, said the...

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Not for the Type A cook

The $1,349 KitchenAid Electric Freestanding Range Architect Series II KERS303BSS is equipped with all of the cooking basics; five stovetop burners, and convection and traditional oven modes. The stainless-steel finish and professional chef-style knobs contribute to a fairly high-end look, while its...

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Woz on Beats: Apple's 'getting back to some cool roots'

Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak rarely shies away from sharing his thoughts about Apple. Getty Images Steve Jobs never did a deal as big as Beats, but another Steve -- Wozniak, that is -- thinks the acquisition could be a smart move for...

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Slowing it down with the KitchenAid range

Samsung debuts SAMI, Simband health... 5:26 May 28, 2014 At an event held in San Francisco, Samsung's Ram Fish showed off a prototype of the company's new modular... Play video ...

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T-Mobile to usher in Uncarrier 5.0 on June 18

T-Mobile T-Mobile is at it again.The "Uncarrier" on Wednesday sent out invitations to an event to be held in Los Angeles on June 18. The invite, titled, "We don't play it safe and sound," gives little idea of what T-Mobile...

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Uber CEO: New funding may mean 'record-breaking' valuation

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick at LeWeb 2013 Stephen Shankland/CNET Uber is raising money, and it could be looking at a huge valuation, CEO Travis Kalanick said today.Speaking at the Recode conference Wednesday in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.,...

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