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Xbox One Live Gold needed for DVR, Skype, NFL, OneGuide and Smartmatch
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LG makes its G2 flagship official, drops ‘Optimus’, adds rear buttons
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HTC Desire 500 lands in the UK, is quad-core and hopefully affordable
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SOL is a rugged, solar-powered, Ubuntu-running laptop
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Cliff Bleszinski loves ‘Fez’ creator Phil Fish, blogs about it
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Google Chromecast hacked: here’s how
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