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YouTube announces 100 original channels

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YouTube has announced plans to roll-out 100 new channels, each providing a host of exclusive, original content, as part of a massive expansion.</div>
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The new channels, which will be launched in the coming months, will see 25 hours of new, original programming arrive on the video sharing portal each week.</div>
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Among the dozens of partners include celebrities like Madonna, Jay-Z, Tony Hawk, Shaquille O'Neal and, unfortunately, Ashton Kutcher.</div>
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While established media outlets like the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, WWE, Slate, TED, Livestrong and The Onion are also on board. You can check out the full line-up here.</div>
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The new content comes after YouTube's pledge to invest $100m in original content, moving away from its traditional role as a home for previously aired or low-end homemade footage.</div>
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In a post on the official YouTube blog the company says there'll be a little something for everyone, as it looks to broaden its entertainment offerings.</div>
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"These channels will have something for everyone, whether you're a mom, a comedy fan, a sports nut, a music lover or a pop-culture maven.</div>
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"Our goal with this channels expansion... is to bring an even broader range of entertainment to YouTube, giving you more reasons to keep coming back again and again."</div>
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YouTube says the roll-out will begin next month, but most of the channels won't begin broadcasting until 2012.</div>
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YouTube announces 100 original channels

YouTube has announced plans to roll-out 100 new channels, each providing a host of exclusive, original content, as part of a massive e...

Samsung shipped more smartphones than Apple in Q3

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The phone manufacturer willy-waving contest shows no sign of abating as a Samsung insider brags that the company shipped more phones than Nokia or Apple in the last quarter.</div>
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The Wall Street Journal cites "a person familiar with the situation", who said that Samsung shipped more than 20 million smartphones in the three months ending 30 September.</div>
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Apple has already revealed that it sold 17.1 million iPhones in its quarter that ended 24 September, while Nokia claims to have shipped a mere 16.8 million smartphones.</div>
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Samsung and Apple are currently pitting their legal teams against each other in a global patent dispute that has already seen several Samsung phones and tablets banned in a number of countries.</div>
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Both companies have also announced major new handsets since the close of the quarter in question.</div>
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Apple's iPhone 4S is already on sale and selling well (4 million sold in the first weekend) – and even the rarely-humble Apple conceded that iPhone sales dropped off towards the tail end of the quarter as the public awaited the new handset.</div>
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The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is set to find its way to shop shelves in early November and, as the flagship Android 4.0 handset, it's likely to do very well in the run up to Christmas.</div>
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Nokia is somewhat of a wildcard though; it is set to unveil the first round of its Windows Phone smartphones at Nokia World next week and no one really knows how well they'll be received.</div>
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Time Inc. will put all 21 US publications on tablets by the end of this year

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Time, Inc. has announced its intention to put all of its publications on tablets during 2011. Once complete, the digital catalog will include Time, of course, and other favorites like Sports Illustrated, Fortune and People -- all of which are already available in the App Store -- and newcomers like Real Simple and Entertainment Weekly.</div>
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Maurice Edelson, EVP and a member of Time Inc.'s interim management committee, sees the explosion of tablet popularity as a opportunity for his company. "In the coming year, there will clearly be many more consumers using tablets, accelerating demand for content and driving advertiser interest. We are putting ourselves in a great position to take advantage of these opportunities."</div>
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Print subscribers will have the option to add digital subscriptions at no cost. All the publications will be available on the iPad, Android tablets, and the HP Touchpad. A Time spokesperson told me that the company is following other publishers like Amazon and the Wall Street Journal and avoiding the high toll at the Apple app store. Other publishers like Hearst are selling magazines through the app store.</div>
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Time says its digital magazines and related apps have been downloaded more than 11 million times.</div>
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Time Inc. will put all 21 US publications on tablets by the end of this year

Time, Inc. has announced its intention to put all of its publications on tablets during 2011. Once complete, the digital catalog will i...

CNC machine carves dot drawing portraits for your living room walls

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Fancy seeing your mug enlarged to halftone-processed heights? You're in luck, because Finnish modder Metalfusion has a homebrew solution for those<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;">Wall Street Journal</span>-style hedcut delusions. Using a specially designed image conversion program, the DIY hobbyist tranforms .jpg, .gif or .png files into DXF-formatted dot patterns of varying density. The resulting images are then fed directly into a CNC machine where a drill is left to make the wood-carved magic happen. Need some visual confirmation of this awesome feat, then head past the break for a video demo of this old-timey optical illusion.</div>
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CNC machine carves dot drawing portraits for your living room walls

Fancy seeing your mug enlarged to halftone-processed heights? You're in luck, because Finnish modder Metalfusion has a homebrew sol...