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Raymond Wong is a technology reporter with a passion for cutting-edge gadgets, video games and clean design. His writing has appeared on BGR, DVICE, G4TV and Ubergizmo. You may also have seen his videos on Xbox Live (via Syfy app). Raymond can usually be found geeking out over cameras. If you spot him on the streets of New York, don't be afraid to say hello. You can follow Raymond on Twitter: @raywongy, Instagram @sourlemons and visit his blog.

Movie screens will collect your facial expressions for 'research'

Raymond Wong
Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 6:46am
 
What if I told you that movie theaters may become a little bit similar to Big Brother? A U.K. security firm just earned a grant to use special cameras embedded into movie theater screens to capture your facial expressions — to serve you more relevant ads. Just when I thought privacy couldn't get any worse, this is sure to shake up movie goers.

Out-hipster all those Bohemians with this panorama camera

Raymond Wong
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 5:02am
 
It's funny how those plastic lomography, fisheye, distortion and filter cameras you see selling for $60 a pop in places like Urban Outfitters are gaining popularity amongst artists. It's even wackier that most of us shoot digital, but crave old-school film low-quality photos effects. This camera might just be the coolest one out there.

Chrome OS: Is there room for another mobile operating system?

Raymond Wong
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 5:14am
 
Consumers always say they want more choices to pick from. The mobile operating system scene is already saturated enough to the point where its begging to drop a few platforms. We have countless flavors of Linux, Android, iOS, HP's WebOS and Windows — can we sustain another one? If a new report from Digitimes is true, then we could have another mobile operating system to add to our plethora of options sooner than we thought: Chrome OS.

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