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• Firefox 34 brings the goods, including shift to Yahoo search

  01-12-2014 23:57
  
  Mozilla said last month that Firefox's highly publicized shift from Google to Yahoo search would occur in December, and we didn't have to wait long once the month began.Less than 24 hours into the final month of 2014 Mozilla unleashed the newest version of its browser, Firefox 34, which includes Yahoo as its default search engine and some other changes.Firefox 34 is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android.Hello, FirefoxIn the desktop browser Mozilla has added "Firefox Hello,&quo
  
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• Pantech employees to return 20% of wages to combat company debt

  01-12-2014 23:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Employees and executives of Pantech, the third-largest handset maker of South Korea, are to return 20 percent of their wages from December to March as part of the company's effort to improve liquidity amid its debt problems and search for buyers.
  
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• Updated: CES 2015: what we expect to see

  01-12-2014 23:40
  
  What we expect to seeKeep checking back in the weeks leading up to the show for more CES 2015 news and rumors!CES officially invades Las Vegas January 6 - January 9, 2015. Those dates may seem a long way away, but as all old CES hats know, the annual tech fest will be here before you can say, "Happy New Year." We've already had info revealing what the upcoming edition of CES will hold, though of course many mysteries still await in those desert conference corridors.Read on for company-
  
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• iOS trumped Android in Black Friday mobile sales revenue

  01-12-2014 23:35 via zdnet.com
  
  Android might be the most prolific mobile platform, but when it comes to online shopping, iOS rules.
  
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• Evernote wants to usurp PowerPoint, make your cubicle more collaborative

  01-12-2014 23:11
  
  Evernote has launched two new features in its iOS and Mac apps and one new feature on all platforms, and all three are aimed at power and business users.Mac and iOS get the new presentation mode and a feature called "Context," while all platforms now have Evernote's "Work Chat" feature.Presentation mode automatically configures your notes into a presentable format so you don't have to spend time fiddling with PowerPoint.It also has a new "visual layout editor" that
  
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• Clear out of Silicon Valley homeless camp coming

  01-12-2014 22:58
  
  Shouting and banging on doors, city officials in Silicon Valley stapled and taped notices on hand built structures, tents and tree trunks warning more than 200 residents of what is likely the nation's ...
  
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• Why the Scientist Who Unravelled DNA Is Selling His Nobel Prize

  01-12-2014 22:48
  
  James Watson, the famed molecular biologist and co-discoverer of DNA, is putting his Nobel Prize up for auction. This sad final chapter to his career traces back to racist remarks he made in 2007, which led to his fall from scientific grace.
  
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• Why the Scientist Who Discovered DNA's Structure Is Selling His Nobel Prize

  01-12-2014 22:48
  
  James Watson, the famed molecular biologist and co-discoverer of DNA, is putting his Nobel Prize up for auction. This sad final chapter to his career traces back to racist remarks he made in 2007, which led to his fall from scientific grace.
  
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• Why the Scientist Who Discovered DNA Is Selling His Nobel Prize

  01-12-2014 22:48
  
  James Watson, the famed molecular biologist and co-discoverer of DNA, is putting his Nobel Prize up for auction. This sad final chapter to his career traces back to racial remarks he made in 2007, which led to his fall from scientific grace.
  
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• Discoverer of DNA Forced to Sell His Nobel Prize

  01-12-2014 22:48
  
  James Watson, the famed molecular biologist and co-discoverer of DNA, is putting his Nobel Prize up for auction. This sad final chapter to his career traces back to racial remarks he made in 2007, which led to his fall from scientific grace.
  
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• Clear out of large San Jose homeless camp coming

  01-12-2014 22:48
  
  Shouting and banging on doors, San Jose city officials stapled and taped notices on hand built structures, tents and tree trunks warning more than 200 residents of what is likely the nation's largest homeless ...
  
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• Jesse Jackson urging tech jobs for minorities

  01-12-2014 22:46
  
  The Rev. Jesse Jackson called for more peaceful protests against the Ferguson police shooting but said the real agenda for civil rights in Seattle is increasing minorities employed by high-tech companies ...
  
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• Cyber ring stole secrets for gaming U.S. stock market - FireEye

  01-12-2014 22:21
  
  By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - Security researchers say they have uncovered a cyber espionage ring focused on stealing corporate secrets for the purpose of gaming the stock market, in an operation that has compromised sensitive data about dozens of publicly held companies. Cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc, which disclosed the operation on Monday, said that since the middle of last year, the group has attacked email accounts at more than 100 firms, most of them pharmaceutical and healthcare compa
  
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• Chipmaker Cypress to buy peer Spansion in $4 billion deal

  01-12-2014 22:18
  
  (Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Cypress Semiconductor Corp said it would buy peer Spansion Inc in an all-stock deal valued at about $4 billion. Spansion shareholders will receive 2.457 Cypress shares for each Spansion share they own, the companies said on Monday. Shareholders of each company will own about 50 percent of the combined entity. (Reporting by Abhirup Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)
  
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• Cyber Monday: Cyber Monday UK: 2014's best UK deals listed

  01-12-2014 21:34
  
  Cyber Monday 2014 UKCyber Monday 2014 is the lesser known cousin of Black Friday but don't underestimate its potency when it comes to bringing the best UK deals on the web.Last year the Cyber Monday UK deals were just as good as the Black Friday ones, with some great deals on TVs, home electronics, phones, tablets, games consoles and more.If you didn't know, Cyber Monday came about as an attempt by online retailers to replicate the success of Black Friday on the highstreet, but as we saw last we
  
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• Will a curved Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge accompany Samsung's next flagship?

  01-12-2014 21:30
  
  We've been hearing rumors for weeks now that Samsung will start from scratch with its next flagship, which may or may not be called the Samsung Galaxy S6.Whether or not that's true, a new report says the S6 will share at least one thing with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4: a curved spin-off with the "Edge" moniker.That's according to SamMobile, which says that Samsung will launch a Galaxy S6 Edge with a curved display, like the Galaxy Note Edge.Wherever they're getting their information fro
  
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• GOP aide resigns over criticism of Obama daughters

  01-12-2014 21:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An aide to a Republican congressman resigned Monday after her Facebook post criticizing President Barack Obama's daughters touched off a backlash.
  
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• Girl Scout cookie sales go digital – but only if mom and dad say it's OK

  01-12-2014 21:10
  
  Digital sales intended to enhance, not replace, the paper spreadsheets used to generate an estimated $800m in cookie sales a year Continue reading...
  
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• Hassle-Free Flying with Bangkok Airways

  01-12-2014 20:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Read the three ways Bangkok Airways is improving customer experience by using high speed data analytics.
  
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• Intel buys password management software PasswordBox

  01-12-2014 20:27
  
  Intel has purchased password management company PasswordBox, although the terms of the deal - and Intel's full intentions here - were not disclosed.PasswordBox is a cross-platform tool that sets up tough-to-crack passwords for all the apps and websites you use.Intel says it wants to extend PasswordBox's reach to more customers, and it's adding the company to the Intel Security Group's Safe Identity organization.That group "is committed to delivering solutions that reduce the pain of passwor
  
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• Cyber Monday shoppers give retailers sales bump

  01-12-2014 20:23
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers rolled out discounts and free shipping deals on Cyber Monday, with millions of Americans expected to log on and shop on their work computers, laptops and tablets after the busy holiday shopping weekend.
  
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• Hortonworks prices IPO up to $14 per share; will debut on Nasdaq

  01-12-2014 20:07 via zdnet.com
  
  The open source purveyor announced a few very important bits of news related to its imminent Wall Street debut.
  
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• UK's first eSports arena planned for 2015

  01-12-2014 19:46
  
  The sometimes obscure world of eSports is about to get
  a significant signal boost in the UK, with plans announced for the
  country's first arena dedicated to high-level, competitive
  gaming.
  
  The move comes as part of
  Kingston-based Gfinity's plans to float on the stock
  market. With an estimated £13m valuation, the company aims to raise
  £3m to build the new centre, which is intended to accomodate up to
  500 spectators at a time.
  By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Netflix to release 'House of Cards' season three Feb 27

  01-12-2014 19:40
  
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Netflix's popular political thriller "House of Cards" will return for its third season on Feb. 27, the online streaming platform said on Monday. Netflix Inc, which tapped into new "binge" watching habits by making all episodes available at once, unveiled the new season with a silent 12-second clip of star Kevin Spacey as President Francis Underwood ascending stairs to a plane with Robin Wright, who plays his wife, Claire. A black presidential limo
  
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• Snowden calls on UN to protect privacy, rights

  01-12-2014 19:13
  
  Edward Snowden, co-winner of the Right Livelihood Award, has called on the United Nations to propose new measures to protect individual privacy and human rights. Speaking by video link to the award ceremony ...
  
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• Amazon banks on rise of the robots to speed online orders to customers

  01-12-2014 19:07
  
  The online retailer is employing 15,000 Kiva bots at 10 of its warehouses and insists that a ‘virtuous cycle’ of efficiency is good for human workers tooWhile the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos dreams of drones carrying out deliveries, the online giant has revealed that a horde of robots is already in action in 10 of its US warehouses.
  Orange, oblong and squat, the wheeled robots roll beneath shelves of goods, which they then lift and ferry around the warehouse, navigating by barcodes on the fl
  
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• Stephen Fry is a chinchilla in Danger Mouse reboot

  01-12-2014 18:52
  
  The BBC's upcoming reboot of classic kid's show Danger
  Mouse has taken another step towards being the most
  British cartoon ever made, with Stephen Fry and Richard Osman
  joining the voice cast.
  
  National treasure Fry will be giving voice to Colonel K, DM's
  boss and an elderly chinchilla, while Osman appears as
  Professor Strontium P Jellyfishowitz, "leader of all scientists on
  Earth" and, true to his name, a jellyfish living in a motorised
  fishtank. The character is apparen
  
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• Kim Dotcom sees off US attempt to have him remanded in custody

  01-12-2014 18:51
  
  Tech tycoon has bail restrictions increased, but judge rejects US government’s claims that he was planning to flee New Zealand
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• Industry voice: The hidden risks in consumer-grade storage components

  01-12-2014 18:48
  
  Finding the most appropriate and balanced way to improve storage performance is a major focus for many organisations. But even once that hurdle has been overcome, there are more challenges to be confronted by, such as what class of storage they should look to deploy.Those leaning towards flash technology might want to bear in mind that one method for getting list prices into the same ball-park as enterprise HDD and hybrid arrays has been to use consumer-grade components for flash enterprise appl
  
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• Autodesk makes design software free to students worldwide

  01-12-2014 18:47 via zdnet.com
  
  The software maker estimated that means free educational access for more than 680 million students and educators from over 800,000 secondary and post-secondary schools across 188 countries.
  
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• Supreme Court considers Facebook threats case

  01-12-2014 18:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices are vigorously debating the Digital Age question of where the line should be drawn between free speech and illegal threats.
  
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• Brazilian telcos to end throttled speeds for fixed broadband

  01-12-2014 17:50 via zdnet.com
  
  Providers and national telco body sees charging customers that exceed contracted speeds as a natural evolution
  
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• Jurors to hear Steve Jobs testimony at Apple trial

  01-12-2014 17:48
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After nearly a decade in legal wrangling, a billion-dollar class-action lawsuit over Apple's iPod music players heads to trial on Tuesday in a California federal court.
  
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• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015, with Cortana integration, now generally available

  01-12-2014 17:47 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's Dynamics CRM 2015 releases, both the cloud and on-premises versions, are generally available as of December 1.
  
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• Minecraft meets The Beano with official Dennis and Gnasher mod

  01-12-2014 17:21
  
  Popular comic character’s latest digital incarnation sees him playing pranks Continue reading...
  
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• Canadian banks embrace new technology to woo younger clients

  01-12-2014 17:20
  
  TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's banks are shaking off a bit of the stable-but-staid reputation they built by dodging the worst of the global financial crisis as they embrace new technologies to reach an increasingly tech savvy audience. In doing so, the country's Big Six banks seek to woo younger clients at a time when their retail growth is starting to slow. Bank of Nova Scotia, for instance, launched a new app for Samsung's Gear 2 and Gear S smartwatches on Monday that allows clien
  
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• Cyber espionage ring seeking to game stock market by stealing corporate secrets, researchers say

  01-12-2014 17:15
  
  Attacks on email accounts have compromised data from more than 100 publicly held companies, according to cybersecurity company FireEyeSecurity researchers say they have uncovered a cyber espionage ring focused on stealing corporate secrets for the purpose of gaming the stock market, in an operation that has compromised sensitive data about dozens of publicly held companies. Cybersecurity company FireEye, which disclosed the operation on Monday, said that since the middle of last year the group h
  
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• 'His personality started to change'

  01-12-2014 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gamer's mum says killer 'manipulated' her son
  
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• Microsoft buys cross-platform email startup Acompli

  01-12-2014 17:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has purchased email startup Acompli, which makes iOS and Android mobile e-mail applications, for an undisclosed amount.
  
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• 'Counterfeit' domains are seized

  01-12-2014 17:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police forces across Europe have seized 292 web domains that were being used to sell counterfeit goods, according to Europol.
  
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• Unlocking the cloud with xPaaS

  01-12-2014 17:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Organizations that want to tap the full capabilities of cloud for the development of enterprise-grade business applications need to equip their IT and development teams with the right tools.
  
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• Amazon shows off new robot-powered fulfillment center

  01-12-2014 16:35 via zdnet.com
  
  Some Cyber Monday orders are likely hitching a ride on a Kiva robot, which looks sort of like a hockey puck on steroids, or getting picked up by the Robo-Stow robotic arm.
  
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• HSBC severs links with Bitcoin firm

  01-12-2014 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The company behind the world's first regulated Bitcoin investment fund has its HSBC account in Jersey closed.
  
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• Chinese gay dating app grows to 15 million users

  01-12-2014 15:54
  
  BEIJING (AP) — By day, Ma Baoli was a high-ranking officer in a seaside city police force. By night, he ran a website for gay people to share experiences and on which he spoke under a pseudonym about the pressure he faced as a homosexual.
  
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• Norway puts brakes on TeliaSonera's Tele2 buyout over competition fears

  01-12-2014 15:45 via zdnet.com
  
  Swedish-Finnish carrier TeliaSonera needs to convince Norway's regulators that its acquisition of Tele2 Norway won't lead to higher prices for consumers.
  
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• Rosetta snaps first colour pic of 67P -- and it isn’t grey

  01-12-2014 15:40
  
  The first non-greyscale image of Comet 67P has
  revealed it to be a bright, reddish-brown world. A composite image
  of the distant, icy world has been created using the full colour
  range of Rosetta's Osiris camera, with another high-resolution snap
  coming soon.
  By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Google Nexus 6 review: A larger Moto X with fewer Motorola enhancements

  01-12-2014 15:17 via zdnet.com
  
  The new Nexus 6 is a six-inch Moto X running a pure Google experience. Matthew is convinced the Motorola enhancements make the Moto X a better choice.
  
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• Nestlé employs fleet of robots to sell coffee machines in Japan

  01-12-2014 15:06
  
  Pepper the android is set to rival George Clooney as the face of coffee in 1,000 Japanese stores, thanks to SoftBank Continue reading...
  
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• Cyber Monday: Dell 28-inch 4K display for $300

  01-12-2014 15:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Want to get take part in the 4K revolution but don't want to spend a fortune on hardware? Here's your chance.
  
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• BBC launches Technobabble tool for children to make their own games

  01-12-2014 15:00
  
  Site is aimed at 7-14 year-old digital makers: ‘The only requirements are access to the web, a willingness to experiment and an idea’ Continue reading...
  
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