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GigaOM – Live streaming starts on Wednesday at 9:00 am PT with the keynote, and will continue throughout the day with up to five simultaneous live streams of key technical sessions as well as “exclusive interviews, product unboxings, and demos from the I/O floor,” as the I/O site puts it. Live streams will also be available on Thursday starting at 10:00 am. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like Google will stream any of Friday’s sessions online.

All live streams can be accessed directly on the I/O site, where you can also find a detailed schedule of the conference.

What to expect at Google I/O 2013

• Google’s Nexus Q revival said to be a no-show at I/O

  

  Google reportedly won’t show off a revamped version of its defunct Nexus Q media streamer at its annual developers conference. more

  News – By Josh Lowensohn |

• CNET to talk Google I/O in a Hangout on Tuesday

  

  Is there more to the annual Google shindig than swag? Have some predictions of your own? Ask CNET your Google I/O questions in a Google+ Hangout. Hint: Extreme sports demos are extremely unlikely. more

  News – By Seth Rosenblatt |

• Microsoft touts Office 365 buyers that dumped Google Apps

  

  On the eve of the Google I/O conference, Microsoft picks a loud fight with Google over online office suites. more

  News – By Stephen Shankland |

• One more Google I/O rumor: A new smartwatch?

  

  Does it make any sense for Google to unveil a new piece of wearable tech this week? Does it have to make sense? more

  News – By Eric Mack |

• Expect games, social, and Now at Google I/O 2013

  

  Google rumors and leaks pick up speed as Google I/O 2013 arrives this week. Here are some of our predictions for the annual Google developers confab. more

  News – By Seth Rosenblatt |

• Google I/O keeps browser focus despite fancy phones, eyewear

  

  Android and Glass get a lot of attention at Google I/O, but Chrome and Web programming sessions are core to Google’s conference for developers. more

  News – By Stephen Shankland |

• What Google I/O should bring for Android hardware lovers

  

  CNET’s Marguerite Reardon takes a look at the possible new Android products Google might show off at its annual developer conference this week in San Francisco. more

  News – By Marguerite Reardon |

• Friday Poll: Can Google I/O possibly top last year’s?

  

  Google set a high bar with its skydiving introduction of Glass last year. Could this year’s conference contain more “wow-ness?” more

  News – By Eric Mack |

• What to expect from Android Key Lime Pie

  

  Google should unveil a new version of its mobile OS next week. Here’s some of what we may see this time around, and also down the line. more

  News – By Scott Webster |

Best high-end laptop

Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display

The newly redesigned MacBook Pro with Retina Display combines an amazing screen with just enough of the MacBook Air design to feel like a new animal, and to take its place as the best of the current MacBook breed.

Price: $2,079.98 – $2,199.00 (check prices)

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Best ultra-thin 13-inch

Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, Summer 2012)

This year’s MacBook Air opts for gradual improvements rather than anything revolutionary, but lowered prices continue to make it the go-to mainstream recommendation for any MacBook owner-to-be.

Price: $1,099.99 – $1,199.00 (check prices)

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Best convertible laptop

Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13

The Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 is a convertible touch-screen laptop/tablet that most importantly doesn’t compromise the traditional laptop experience.

Price: $989.99 – $1,199.99 (check prices)

4 stars Excellent Read full review

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Best laptop under $800

Toshiba Satellite U845t

While it’s not going to dazzle anyone, the Toshiba Satellite U845T is a great example of exactly how much laptop $799 should buy in 2013.

Price: $779.99 – $799.99 (check prices)

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Best gaming laptop

Lenovo IdeaPad Y500

For those looking for something more than a feature-light ultrabook, the gamer-friendly Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 is close to brilliant, and several configurations are currently available at a deep discount — but I can’t believe it doesn’t have a touch screen.

Price: $999.00 – $1,611.00 (check prices)

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Best Windows 8 tablet

Microsoft Surface with Windows 8 Pro (64GB)

The Surface Pro’s gutsy design successfully reinvents the Windows 8 laptop by cramming an ultrabook experience into the body of a 10-inch tablet. Those wanting to go all-in on the tablet experience won’t regret buying the Surface Pro, but we’re holding out for a future, more polished generation of the device.

Price: $959.00 (check prices)

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The problem was that cats are not especially trainable—they don’t have the same deep-seated desire to please a human master that dogs do—and the agency’s robo-cat didn’t seem terribly interested in national security. For its first official test, CIA staffers drove Acoustic Kitty to the park and tasked it with capturing the conversation of two men sitting on a bench. Instead, the cat wandered into the street, where it was promptly squashed by a taxi. The program was abandoned; as a heavily redacted CIA memo from the time delicately phrased it, “Our final examination of trained cats… convinced us that the program would not lend itself in a practical sense to our highly specialized needs.” (Those specialized needs, one assumes, include a decidedly unflattened feline.)

Operation Acoustic Kitty, misadventure though it was, was a visionary idea just 50 years before its time. Today, once again, the U .S. government is looking to animal-machine hybrids to safeguard the country and its citizens. In 2006, for example, DARPA zeroed in on insects, asking the nation’s scientists to submit “innovative proposals to develop technology to create insect-cyborgs.”

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