Owners of the second- and third-generation Apple TV can finally access iTunes Extras in their living rooms. “Take Control of Apple TV” author Josh Centers explains how it works.

 

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Owners of the second- and third-generation Apple TV can finally access iTunes Extras in their living rooms. “Take Control of Apple TV” author Josh Centers explains how it works.

 

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MojoKid (1002251) writes "Back in the day (which is a scientific measurement for anyone who used to walk to school during snowstorms, uphill, both ways), integrated audio solutions had trouble earning respect. Many enthusiasts considered a sound card an essential piece to the PC building puzzle. It's been 25 years since the first Sound Blaster card was introduced, a pretty remarkable feat considering the diminished reliance on discrete audio in PCs, in general. These days, the Sound Blaster ZxR is Creative's flagship audio solution for PC power users. It boasts a signal-to-noise (SNR) of 124dB that Creative claims is 89.1 times better than your motherboard's integrated audio solution. It also features a built-in headphone amplifier, beamforming microphone, a multi-core Sound Core3D audio processor, and various proprietary audio technologies. While gaming there is no significant performance impact or benefit when going from onboard audio to the Sound Blaster ZxR. However, the Sound Blaster ZxR produced higher-quality in-game sound effects and it also produces noticeably superior audio in music and movies, provided your speakers can keep up."

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I ena ögonblicket satt familjen al-Haj vid bordet och åt middag i sitt hem, i nästa var familjen utplånad.

Det turkiska parlamentet har antog på torsdagen en lag som ska blåsa nytt liv i fredssamtalen med kurdiska rebeller. Det rapporterar statlig tv. Lagen innebär bland annat att regeringen får utse personer och institutioner som kan föra fredssamtal med det förbjudna kurdiska partiet PKK, ge PKK-milis immunitet och att underlätta för rörelsens medlemmar att återvända till Turkiet.

Den amerikanske utrikesministern John Kerry befinner sig i Afghanistan för att försöka mildra krisen kring landets presidentval.

Den amerikanske utrikesministern John Kerry befinner sig i Afghanistan för att försöka mildra krisen kring landets presidentval.

I ena ögonblicket satt familjen al-Haj vid bordet och åt middag i sitt hem, i nästa var familjen utplånad.

En 26-årig man från Linköping har åtalats för grova bedrägerier efter att ha lurat till sig 1,2 miljoner kronor genom bluffakturor och falska spärrtjänster mot telefonförsäljning, uppger lokala medier.

En förskollärare i Medelpad misstänks ha laddat ner 268 barnporrfilmer, varav 185 med grovt innehåll. Nu åtalas mannen för grovt barnpornografibrott.

Ett tvåårigt barn fördes till Astrid Lindgrens sjukhus på torsdagskvällen efter att ha fallit ut från ett fönster på en villa i södra Stockholm, rapporterar flera medier.

On June 29, 2014, Timothy started a Slashdot post with these words: 'Last week at Google I/O, the company introduced Cardboard, its cheap-and-cheerful (it's made of cardboard, after all) approach to nearly instant VR viewing.' Several commenters noted that Viewmaster has been doing something similar for over 70 years; that you can get a slicker 3-D adapter for your smartphone from Durovis, with the Vrizzmo VR Goggles and vrAse coming soon; and that you can buy an iPhone/iPod Touch-only 3-D viewer for about $8 (at the time this was typed), which is a whole lot less than the price of most third-party Cardboard kits that are getting ready to hit the market. || The Google person behind The Cardboard is VP Clay Bevor, whose day job is overseeing Google apps. Clay says you are welcome to make your own Cardboard from scratch instead of buying one (or a kit) from someone else, and of course you can write all the software for it you like. || You may (or may not) remember that Timothy ended that June 29 post about Cardboard with a promise that before long we'd have 'a video introduction to Cardboard with Google VP Clay Bavor.' So here it is, as promised. (Alternate Video Link)

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Sources say military facility in Diyala province targeted by Sunni fighters as Kurds announce cabinet meetings boycott.

Sources say military facility in Diyala province targeted by Sunni fighters as Kurds announce cabinet meetings boycott.