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• Aaron Sorkin: news outlets more 'morally treasonous' than Sony hackers

  15-12-2014 23:58
  
  American screenwriter and playwright attacked the New York Post, the Daily Beast and the Huffington Post for reporting on information stolen in the hack Continue reading...
  
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• Exclusive: HTC confirms broken voice calling on flagship One M7

  15-12-2014 23:57
  
  HTC has confirmed to TechRadar that it has found a fault with its One M7, and possibly current flagship One M8, handsets and is working furiously to fix it.The issue was highlighted after some users, having downloaded the recent HTC Service Pack from Google Play, found they couldn't make or take calls. An HTC spokesperson has given us the following statement, confirming the brand is aware of a fault and promised a 'fix will roll out in the coming days':"We are aware that some HTC One M7 (an
  
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• Diverse allies rally for Microsoft in overseas data fight

  15-12-2014 23:54
  
  By David Ingram and Bill Rigby NEW YORK/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Corporate lobbyists, news organizations and academics joined forces with Microsoft Corp on Monday in the software company's legal battle with the U.S. government over access to customer data stored overseas. The diverse set of interests filed briefs with a federal appeals court in New York, urging it to reverse a judge's order that Microsoft turn over emails from a data center in Ireland. They argued that turning them over wou
  
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• Atari's 'E.T.' game joins Smithsonian collection

  15-12-2014 22:48
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of the "E.T." Atari game cartridges unearthed this year from a heap of garbage buried deep in the New Mexico desert has been added to the video game history collection at the Smithsonian.
  
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• Atari ET game unearthed from garbage heap added to Smithsonian collection

  15-12-2014 22:44
  
  Museum specialist says the cartridge is one of the defining artefacts of the dark days of the early 1980s when the US video game industry crashed Continue reading...
  
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• Tech companies join Microsoft in email warrant case against US government

  15-12-2014 22:13
  
  Tech and media organisations, including the Guardian, file legal briefs in support of Microsoft’s challenge of order to hand over emails on servers in Dublin Continue reading...
  
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• Is this leaked smartphone really the Sony Xperia E4?

  15-12-2014 22:11
  
  The Sony Xperia leaks just keep coming, and this time it's the E line that's allegedly shown up in photos.There's some info on the phone's specs in tow here, too, so if this really is the Sony Xperia Z4 then we're getting a great peek at what the phone will look like.The phone being described in this leak is a true budget follow-up to the Sony Xperia E3, with a 5-inch qHD display, a 1.3GHz MediaTek chip and Mali-400 graphics.Supposedly the Xperia E4 will come in two variants: the single-SIM E210
  
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• Apple antitrust case over iPods nears jury deliberations

  15-12-2014 22:06
  
  By Dan Levine OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - A software update for Apple Inc's iPod music player was not a product improvement, but was intended to improperly raise costs for consumers who wanted to switch to newer devices, an attorney for Apple customers said in court. Closing arguments were delivered on Monday in an Oakland, California, federal courtroom in an antitrust trial that has cast fresh scrutiny on Apple's onetime virtual domination of the digital music market. ...
  
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• Court reconsiders anti-Muslim film on YouTube

  15-12-2014 21:27
  
  A federal appeals court will reconsider a decision to order YouTube to take down an anti-Muslim film clip that sparked violence in the Middle East and death threats to the actors from those who considered ...
  
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• Tech companies support Microsoft in overseas data fight with U.S.

  15-12-2014 21:20
  
  SEATTLE (Reuters) - Technology companies Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc , AT&T Inc and more than 20 others are supporting Microsoft Corp in the software company's legal battle with the U.S. government over access to customer data stored overseas. The long-running court fight has taken on an urgency for technology and media companies in the wake of revelations about bulk electronic data collection by the U.S. National Security Agency from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. A U.S. judge rul
  
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• Closing arguments begin in trial over Apple iPod, rivals

  15-12-2014 20:53
  
  By Dan Levine OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - A software update for Apple Inc's iPod music player was not a product improvement, but was intended to improperly raise costs for consumers who wanted to switch to newer devices, an attorney for Apple customers said in court. Closing arguments began on Monday in an Oakland, California, federal courtroom in an antitrust trial over the digital music market. The plaintiffs, a group of individuals and businesses who purchased iPods from 2006 to 2009, se
  
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• Amazon sellers face financial uncertainty after 1p automated pricing glitch

  15-12-2014 20:51
  
  Businesses whose products were discounted to 1p hear no response from Amazon Continue reading...
  
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• Sony threatens to sue for publishing stolen emails

  15-12-2014 20:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer representing Sony Pictures Entertainment is warning news organizations not to publish details of company files leaked by hackers in one of the largest digital breaches ever against an American company.
  
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• Review: mini review: Creative Sound Blaster X7

  15-12-2014 20:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Despite what the lack of products on the market currently indicates, gamers actually like high-end audio just as much as they appreciate high-end visuals. Creative, the team behind the immaculate Creative EVO ZxR headphones and Creative Roar SR20 Bluetooth speaker, looks to bump up gamers' audio options with a line of premium audio products. At the top of the dogpile is the Creative Sound Blaster X7, a desktop-meets-home theater hybrid amplifier that sports a Burr-Brown PCM1794 127dB digital-to-
  
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• Review: McAfee LiveSafe

  15-12-2014 19:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and featuresIf you're going to surf the web, you need to make sure your system is protected. After experiencing figurative spontaneous combustion of your hard drive thanks to malware, I'm sure most of us understand the pain of a vulnerable computer. We decided to put McAfee LiveSafe ($79.99, £50, AU$90) to the test of defending our devices from digital attack.Let's start with arguably the best feature - LiveSafe lets you install the security suite on every PC, Mac and mobile device
  
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• What Are We Searching for on Mars?

  15-12-2014 19:08
  
  Martians terrified me growing up. I remember watching the 1996 movie Mars Attacks! and fearing that the Red Planet harbored hostile alien neighbors. Though I was only 6 at the time, I was convinced life on Mars meant little green men wielding vaporizer guns. There was a time, not so long ago, when such an assumption about Mars wouldn’t have seemed so far-fetched.
  
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• The Evolving Search for Life on Mars

  15-12-2014 19:08
  
  Martians terrified me growing up. I remember watching the 1996 movie Mars Attacks! and fearing that the Red Planet harbored hostile alien neighbors. Though I was only 6 at the time, I was convinced life on Mars meant little green men wielding vaporizer guns. There was a time, not so long ago, when such an assumption about Mars wouldn’t have seemed so far-fetched.
  
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• BT in talks to buy EE for £12.5bn

  15-12-2014 18:37 via zdnet.com
  
  The telecoms giant is in negotiations to buy Deutsche Telekom and Orange's mobile business, EE.
  
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• Google faces fine for web privacy violations - Dutch watchdog

  15-12-2014 17:42
  
  AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Google could be fined up 15 million euros (11.8 million pounds) if it does not stop violating the privacy of Internet users in the Netherlands, the Dutch data protection agency said on Monday. The U.S. company is breaching the country's data protection act by using people's private information such as browsing history and location data to target them with customised ads, the Data Protection Authority (DPA) said. The regulator gave Google until the end of February
  
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• The 25 best video games of 2014: 25-21

  15-12-2014 17:24
  
  Our critics chose their favourite game releases of the year, starting with Respawn Entertainment’s mech blaster, Titanfall
  Here we go again. From blockbuster mainstream hits to lesser-known indie gems, these are the 25 games that have kept our reviewers glued to their gigantic HD televisions this year.
  As ever, it’s a highly subjective list, based on the titles we genuinely played and played, rather than the critical hits we thought we really ought to consider. Apart from that, the rules
  
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• Sony email hack: what we've learned about greed, racism and sexism

  15-12-2014 17:16
  
  Whoever was behind the publication of private correspondence, it has shone an unflattering light on the world of Hollywood executives Shonda Rhimes calls leaked Sony email ‘racist’Sony Pictures hack: a PR disaster from which there may be no return Continue reading...
  
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• The Broken Windows of Uber

  15-12-2014 17:12
  
  Uber's dynamic pricing has been, almost since its introduction, a stable source of controversy. That woman who was charged, because of whopping surge fare, $357 for a 14-mile ride in Los Angeles? Controversy. That winter storm leading to a surge rate of 7.75x? Controversy.
  
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• Android increased its lead in smartphones in Q3 sales boom, says Gartner

  15-12-2014 17:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Android now has 83 percent of the smartphone market, with Chinese vendors benefiting from market growth and a slump in Samsung's sales. Apple also did well, but Windows Phone lost ground on flat sales.
  
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• Google 'plays hardball' in Spanish news row

  15-12-2014 16:51
  
  Threat to shut down Google News in Spain over payment demand could be bargaining tactics by the search companyGoogle has denied it was closing down Google News in Spain as part of a strategic bargaining campaign by the search company.The threat comes after legislation due to come into effect in Spain next month that will compel aggregators such as Google News and Yahoo! to pay for republishing snippets of content from news providers. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Dragon Age' tops AP critics' best games of 2014

  15-12-2014 16:41
  
  The top 10 video games of 2014, according to Lou Kesten:
  
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• France says UberPop to be banned as irate taxi drivers stall traffic

  15-12-2014 16:32
  
  PARIS (Reuters) - The UberPop transport service will be banned in France from Jan. 1 to avoid unfair competition, the interior ministry said on Monday as taxi drivers impeded morning traffic into Paris in a one-day protest against the U.S.-based online cab-hailing firm. Uber allows users to summon taxi-like services with their smartphones while its UberPop arm links private drivers to passengers. It has gained popularity around the world since its 2010 launch but drawn controversy over its aggre
  
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• Review: Linx 7

  15-12-2014 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Meet the LinxThe term "cheap" is usually associated with Google's Android operating system. Until recently, Windows tablets were considered to be more expensive, but that changed earlier this year. Both Microsoft and Intel feared that ARM and Android might effectively use tablets as a Trojan horse to make both Wintel laptops and desktops redundant.It explains why the two companies chose to discount their hardware and software so significantly. Intel reportedly spent billions on marketing
  
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• Facebook favoured over TV and radio, claims Ofcom report

  15-12-2014 16:23
  
  Media regulator highlights ‘generation gap’ as people aged 16-24 move away from traditional platforms for online activities
  
  Read the full Ofcom report: Public Service Content in a Connected Society Continue reading...
  
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• Review: RHA T10i

  15-12-2014 16:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IntroductionThe more I review headphones, the more I realise that I've come to rely on more than one pair.Mood, you see, is as important to me as anything when I'm listening to music. Sometimes I want the audiophile experience.To hear what was recorded, and nothing more, with no hint of colour from the headphones. Sometimes, though, I want to have my noggin rocked by insane bass. The RHA T10i's claim to offer both, thanks to the use of tuning filters.As well as having tuning filters, the T10i's,
  
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• IllRideWithYou: Aussies offer support to Muslims

  15-12-2014 16:12
  
  Some Australian social-media users have sent a message of solidarity to Muslims as the Sydney cafe siege stretches on, offering to accompany anyone who felt intimidated on public transit.
  
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• Plans for secure quantum internet take a leap forward

  15-12-2014 16:03
  
  The ability to ‘sculpt’ individual photons is a crucial step towards a secure network of powerful quantum computers Continue reading...
  
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• Bitcoin stalls after hitting record prices in 2013

  15-12-2014 16:01
  
  The cryptocurrency has plummeted 50% in price so far this year and experts expect its expansion to slowThe Mt Gox scandal is the best thing to happen to bitcoin in years
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• The Apple Christmas TV ad may be sweet, but it leaves a bad taste

  15-12-2014 15:14
  
  The ad for Apple’s Macbook Air and iPad mini 3 is emotionally charged, but is it as benign as it seems?Apple’s 2014 Christmas advert, titled “The Song”, has arrived – and it’s an emotional affair; not so much tugging at the heart strings as picking at them one by one like price tags on presents.The advert depicts a teenage girl finding an old 45rpm recording of her grandmother, Valerie, singing the jazz standard “Love is Here to Stay” to her late husband, Raymond, in 1952. Conti
  
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• Pirate Bay revived by rival piracy site

  15-12-2014 15:06
  
  Torrent site Isohunt refloats Pirate Bay with a version of the Swedish site taken before it was shut down by police raids last weekThe Pirate Bay has resurfaced after being taken offline last week by police raids in Sweden.
  Rival piracy site Isohunt claims to have put up a new clone of the site including a copy of the Pirate Bay database of links and its search engine made before the site was taken offline. Continue reading...
  
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• Australians offer support to Muslims amid siege

  15-12-2014 15:04
  
  Some Australian social-media users are sending a message of solidarity to Muslims as the Sydney cafe siege stretches on, offering to accompany anyone who feels intimidated.
  
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• Guardian Technology editorial team

  15-12-2014 14:56
  
  We publish news, comment and analysis of the consumer technology space Continue reading...
  
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• Uber crisis: After Paris strikes and Delhi rape, how much further can this incendiary start-up go?

  15-12-2014 14:56
  
  As this article goes to press, Paris is crippled by a taxi strike which began at 5am and has caused huge disruption to traffic flow and commuters in the French capital.
  
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• Ramzi’s Rumble: 'Arabs in games are rarely shown as the good guys'

  15-12-2014 14:19
  
  A young boy battles against settlers in this politically charged exploration of the Palestinian conflict. But can games deal with such provocative themes? Continue reading...
  
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• Cops of the future? British bobbies get a sci-fi makeover

  15-12-2014 14:05
  
  Exclusive: Home Office Robocop wishlist revealed at behind-closed-doors event in the summer following a Guardian FoI request Continue reading...
  
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• Gift idea: JayBird BlueBuds X wireless earbuds for iPhone (review)

  15-12-2014 14:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Looking for a last minute gift for an iPhone owner? These wireless earbuds do double duty as a headset for calls and listening to music.
  
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• Google asks court to reverse order to take down anti-Muslim film clip

  15-12-2014 13:38
  
  Company, which owns YouTube, says it doesn’t want the ninth circuit court of appeals to infringe on first amendment rightsA federal appeals court will reconsider a decision to order YouTube to take down an anti-Muslim film clip that sparked violence in the Middle East and death threats to the actors from those who considered it blasphemous to the Prophet Muhammad.An 11-judge panel of the ninth US circuit court of appeals in Pasadena will hear arguments on Monday by Google, which owns YouTube,
  
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• BlackBerry Classic: Old-school keyboard cool or needless nostalgia?

  15-12-2014 13:38 via zdnet.com
  
  BlackBerry's next handset sees a return to an older design.
  
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• Pirate Bay 'copy' goes online

  15-12-2014 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Isohunt, a website providing access to mostly pirated material, has put online a clone of closed-down rival The Pirate Bay
  
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• Google Maps promises to tell you when your train is delayed

  15-12-2014 13:32
  
  Good news for anyone travelling home for Christmas - Google has just told us that it's launched real time National Rail data in its Maps app.This means that you'll now be notified of any train delays when searching for public transport directions. And should your train be cancelled, Google Maps will try to re-route you as best as it can.Finally, the update also lets you tap on a National Rail station on the map to see a list of departing trains in real time, so you'll hopefully enjoy a stress-fr
  
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• 4G goes live throughout the Channel Tunnel

  15-12-2014 13:27 via zdnet.com
  
  The Channel Tunnel's recently launched 3G services from the UK side has now been upgraded to LTE.
  
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• The Crew review: a good road trip that could have been a classic

  15-12-2014 13:26
  
  Ubisoft’s ambitious open-world racer offers you a whole continent to explore, but struggles to make it really live
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• Sony orders news outlets to stop reporting on stolen data

  15-12-2014 13:25
  
  Studio takes legal action after devastating attack as hackers threaten to leak even more compromising informationSony Pictures has demanded that news organisations stop reporting on the information stolen by hackers in the crippling attack on the studio.
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• In Depth: Black Friday: how the biggest shopping day on record took down the web

  15-12-2014 13:15
  
  Black Friday: the biggest shopping day on recordHow did you get on? I got a watch I'd fancied for ages and a TV I didn't think I could afford.If you're wondering what the blimmin' heck I'm on about, then you might just have missed some brilliant bargains.I'm talking about Black Friday, which has gone from a weird thing Americans do to one of the most important bits of the tech fan's calendar.Black Friday is the day after the US Thanksgiving holiday, and it's when retailers start slashing prices
  
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• Crossbar breaks 3D storage barrier

  15-12-2014 13:12 via zdnet.com
  
  Crossbar is a leader in the race to improve on flash. Today at IEDM they're announcing a breakthrough in 3D RRAM architecture.
  
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• Review: Garmin Nuvi 2699

  15-12-2014 13:00
  
  SatNavs are essentially utilitarian and uniform. You have a GPS-linked map. You have a wee car on a pretend road in the middle of a screen. And you have chips and software working out where that wee car needs to go next. It's these extras that make the difference - the bits and bobs that give it the edge on Google Maps (which of course is very, very good). Maybe Garmin is too aware of the interchangeability of satnavs, because it hasn't included user instructions in the box (instead, you can vie
  
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