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• Hands-on review: CES 2015: Samsung Ativ Book 9 (2015)

  03-01-2015 18:35
  
  Save for Apple, Samsung is the only laptop manufacturer yet to hop on the hybrid train. In 2015, the Korean firm presses on with its conservative approach, perhaps even trying to beat its archrival to the punch with the fanless, 12.2-inch Samsung Ativ Book 9.Of course, Samsung is as focused on premium as it's ever been in the Ultrabook space, changing little about its leading laptops aesthtetics and build quality. What you see here is the same alluring aluminum unibody construction in that cool
  
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• CES 2015: Acer Chromebook 15 meets craving for bigger Chrome OS laptops

  03-01-2015 17:00
  
  Like it or not, but Chromebooks are a big deal. Even more so now that Acer has announced the first-ever 15.6-inch laptop running Chrome OS. Starting at just $249 (about £162, AU$306), the Acer Chromebook 15 introduces not one, but two firsts for the category.This Chromebook is also the first to feature the 5th generation Intel Core i3 – well, that and Celeron chips built using that architecture. But back to that screen, a 15.6-inch anti-glare panel starting at 1,366 x 768 resolution with a 10
  
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• Week in Gaming: Xbox One grows more powerful, The Last of Us 2 'confirmed', and Sony says sorry

  03-01-2015 15:27
  
  How will you remember Christmas 2014? Maybe it was setting fire to the tree with your new drone, or perhaps Grandma managed to go a whole hour without making a slightly racist remark. For many people it was the frustration of not being able to access PSN or Xbox Live because a bunch of bored hackers decided to take both services down. What a time to be alive.Understandably, Sony and Microsoft both felt a little responsible for letting their servers be taken down so easily so both are compensatin
  
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• India's Micromax plans up to $500 million IPO - paper

  03-01-2015 14:58
  
  MUMBAI (Reuters) - Micromax Informatics, India's second-largest smartphone maker, plans to raise as much as $500 million through a stock market listing in its financial year beginning in April, the Economic Times newspaper reported on Saturday. Micromax, which entered the Indian handset market in 2008 with cheap large-screen phones, will sell a minority stake in its initial public offering of shares, the newspaper said, citing unnamed bankers and a company executive. ...
  
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• China's Huawei says 2014 sales revenue to rise 15 percent to $46 billion

  03-01-2015 14:41
  
  BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies expects advances in cloud computing and higher demand for smart devices to have lifted 2014 sales revenue by 15 percent to $46 billion (£30 billion), CEO Ken Hu said in a new year's message on the company's website. The Shenzhen-based company, for which three executives share CEO duties in six-month rotation, had said last year that it will achieve sustainable growth in 2014. It had also targeted revenue of $70 b
  
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• The major business innovations that will boost your productivity in 2015

  03-01-2015 12:20
  
  Introduction and innovations 1-4What will 2015 bring in terms of innovative technology which could positively impact your company? According to the experts, robotic telepresence, faster airport security check-ins, mobile payments, and other advancements will change how we do business and stay productive. Here's a small collection of major business innovations to watch for throughout this year.1. Better e-signaturesDigital signatures have been around for years, but they often don't quite match up
  
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• January Sales: January sales 2015: all the best deals listed

  03-01-2015 11:00
  
  Boxing Day SalesChristmas has passed and you know what that means... Boxing day and January sales!Throughout January we'll be populating this page with all of the best sales deals we can find at all the best retailers, from games consoles to TVs, phones, tablets, laptops and cameras!It'll be worth your while sticking with us - this year's Boxing Day sales promise to be the most exciting ever, as online retailers slash prices across the board in an attempt to clear stock. Black Friday was bigger
  
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• US says NKorea sanctions step 1 in Sony response

  03-01-2015 09:30
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The United States says its new round of sanctions against North Korea is just the opening salvo in its response to an unprecedented cyberattack on Sony. Yet there may be little else the U.S. can do to further isolate a country that already has few friends in the world.
  
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• Interview: How social media is impacting businesses today

  03-01-2015 09:00
  
  Neal Beliveau, senior director of Product Management at software firm Pegasystems Inc., talks to TechRadar Pro about how businesses can meet the social media challenge and deliver satisfactory customer experiences using technology.TechRadar Pro: What are the key challenges in delivering a satisfactory customer experience today?Neal Beliveau: Businesses today are facing a generation of far more demanding customers than they've seen before. This millennial generation are always connected, especial
  
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• CES 2015: SteelSeries Sentry eye tracker will have some Twitchy new tricks at CES

  03-01-2015 09:00
  
  Tobii and SteelSeries showed off their eye-tracking Sentry gadget throughout last year, but at CES 2015 they'll introduce one of its coolest features yet.With the help of as-yet-unnamed "popular streaming personalities" the companies will show how the SteelSeries Sentry can track the vision of players streaming their gameplay on Twitch to show viewers exactly what they're looking at.Millions of Twitch viewers already tune in to their favorite streamers to watch how the pros play, and b
  
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• Games: the most eagerly awaited releases of 2015

  03-01-2015 07:00
  
  Looking ahead to the biggest and best games of the next year, from DIY Super Mario World construction to an 80s-set alternative apocalypse Continue reading...
  
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• On the road: Infiniti Q50 2.0T Sport Automatic – car review

  03-01-2015 07:00
  
  ‘It’s zippier than it looks – and one step ahead of me at every turn’ Continue reading...
  
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• CES 2015: Preview of the gadget-fest

  03-01-2015 01:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Look ahead to 2015's giant CES tech show
  
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• CES 2015: Unlocking a Hyundai with your Android Wear smartwatch is coming

  03-01-2015 01:38
  
  The pool of people who have both a Hyundai car and an Android Wear is probably relatively small, but those individuals will soon get a treat: the ability to start their cars on their watches.There are smartphone apps that let users start their cars, but this appears to be the first wearable application that does the same.The "Blue Link" Android Wear app will let users locate, unlock and start their cars from their wrists, Hyundai revealed in an announcement today. The app should theore
  
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• US slaps sanctions on North Korea after Sony hack

  03-01-2015 00:55
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Opening a new front in its cyber spat with North Korea, the United States slapped new sanctions Friday on government officials and the North's defense industry in its first public act of retribution for a cyberattack against Sony. Despite lingering doubts by the cyber community, the U.S. insisted it had no doubts that North Korea is to blame.
  
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• CES 2015: Archos is bringing affordable 4G tablets and smartphones to CES

  03-01-2015 00:38
  
  Archos has announced it will bring a new range of affordable 4G-ready Android smartphones and tablets to CES 2015, including devices as cheap as $80 (about £50, AU$100).Leading the company's smartphone charge is the Archos Diamond, a $200 (about £130, AU$250) phone with an octa-core processor, a 5-inch 1080p IPS display, 16GB of storage, 2GB of memory, and a 16-megapixel camera.The French company says the Diamond is "the best 4G smartphone ever under $200."Following close behind is t
  
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• US slaps sanctions on North Korea over Sony attack

  03-01-2015 00:30 via zdnet.com
  
  The United States has imposed financial sanctions on North Korea and several senior government officials in retaliation for an attack on Hollywood studio Sony Pictures.
  
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• Updated: Best smartwatch: what's the best wearable tech for you?

  03-01-2015 00:30
  
  Best smartwatch #10 - 6The best smartwatch may be in the offing, but that doesn't mean there aren't good options to weigh down your early adopter wrists in 2015.Dozens of choices are available. A third are made by startups like Pebble, a third from rebounding firms like Motorola, and a third are from Samsung alone ... in the last 30 seconds.All of them deliver important information closer than "at hand," from texts messages to email alerts. Notifications and apps are the big difference
  
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