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• Google to stop consumer sales of Glass to redesign device

  15-01-2015 22:39
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google will stop selling its Internet-connected eyewear to consumers until the company can develop a more polished and affordable version that's less likely to be viewed as a freakish device.
  
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• Hands-on review: Canon Pixma MX492

  15-01-2015 22:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  For those of you in the market for an affordable printer that runs quickly, produces high-quality images and provides a host of excellent connectivity features, you can't do better than the Canon Pixma MG7520 ($129.99/£83/AU$158) and the Epson Expression Premium XP-820 "Small-in-One" All-in-One Printer ($199/£170/AU$219). If you're looking for a workhorse that can elevate office productivity by producing tons of pages at a rapid clip, the Samsung C2670FW ($699.99, £445, AU$852) and th
  
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• Exclusive - White House says net neutrality legislation not needed

  15-01-2015 22:12
  
  By Alina Selyukh and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday said legislation was not necessary to settle so-called "net neutrality" rules because the Federal Communications Commission had the authority to write them. Republicans in Congress are trying to drum up support for a bill that would counter the FCC's upcoming new rules. "In terms of legislation, we don’t believe it’s necessary given that the FCC has the authorities that it needs under
  
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• How the Camera Doomed Google Glass

  15-01-2015 21:47
  
  Since its debut in 2012, Google Glass always faced a strong headwind. Even on celebrities it looked, well, dorky. The device itself, once released in the wild, was seen as half-baked, and developers lost interest. The press, already leery, was quick to dog pile, especially when Glass's users quickly became Glass's own worst enemy.
  
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• China's Xiaomi takes aim at Apple with new phone

  15-01-2015 20:59
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Rising smartphone star Xiaomi is moving upmarket and taking aim at Apple's iPhone.
  
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• Updated: Google Glass is done as we know it

  15-01-2015 19:19
  
  Google Glass in its current form is no more.Google is ending the Glass Explorer program "so we can focus on what's coming next," the Glass team wrote in a Google+ post.According to the BBC, Google will no longer produce Glass Explorer Editions, yet it remains committed to, at some point, releasing a version for consumers. As the current program shuts down, Google will continue to "build for the future." "[Y]ou'll start to see future versions of Glass when they're ready.
  
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• Google calls end to Glass experiment

  15-01-2015 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google ends sales of its Glass eyewear saying it wants to concentrate on developing future versions of the wearable device.
  
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• Want a self-driving car? Be prepared for a long wait

  15-01-2015 18:17 via zdnet.com
  
  Car manufacturers don't believe fully autonomous vehicles will be commonplace within a decade, instead promising cars that can drive themselves in limited areas, as well as fix certain problems and communicate with other vehicles.
  
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• In Depth: Could the impressive Saygus V2 topple the OnePlus One?

  15-01-2015 18:06
  
  You won't have heard of the Saygus V2 unless you were one of a handful of people to take a punt on a completely unknown brand last year.But that hasn't stopped the US-based firm from making one the most impressive smartphones at CES 2015.Let's get the main problem out the way first: this is a chunky handset, and not really made with premium design in mind. It's nearly a cm in thickness, which might as well be one of the original brick phones in the minds of some consumers.But that's not what Say
  
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• VIDEO: Google's phone that comes in bits

  15-01-2015 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Dave Lee takes a look at Project Ara, a Google concept smartphone that is made up of little interchangeable components.
  
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• Hands-on review: Samsung Galaxy A5

  15-01-2015 17:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Samsung's a good brand for trying things out. After the mixed reviews to the Galaxy S5 it needed something big, as the Galaxy Alpha and Note 4 both accelerated the design story while keeping up with the high-power internals.But that doesn't mean the South Korean giant wasn't looking to keep things fresh in the non-premium market, offering something for those that don't want to have to sell a car / kidney / house every time they fancy a new handset.The Galaxy A5 joins the A3 in the new range of m
  
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• Half of all small business in rural Britain are unhappy with their broadband

  15-01-2015 17:36 via zdnet.com
  
  According to the Federation of Small Businesses we are living in a two-speed digital economy and it's rural Britain that is stuck in the slow lane.
  
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• Dell Inspiron 13 7000 Series review: Versatile 2-in-1 laptop/tablet

  15-01-2015 17:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Dell's Inspiron 13 7000 Series supports laptop and tablet modes, and shines in the screen and storage departments. We're less impressed with its build quality and battery life, though, and would appreciate an Ethernet port.
  
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• BT superfast broadband faces new pricing rules

  15-01-2015 17:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Rivals need enough room to being able to make a profit, so BT's pricing is facing scrutiny.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook censorship despite Charlie Hebdo support

  15-01-2015 16:58
  
  Says his condemnation of Paris attack was to support freedom of expression but sees ‘tricky calculus’ in countries where that’s restrictedFacebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, has defended his decision to condemn the recent terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine on free speech grounds, despite his company’s willingness to censor some content.Zuckerberg’s status update on 9 January promising “a service where you can speak freely without fear of violence” sparked a debat
  
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• How has David Cameron caused a storm over encryption?

  15-01-2015 16:26
  
  What did the prime minister say and why has it gone down to badly? Your questions, answered Continue reading...
  
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• Google to launch modular smartphone with switchable parts

  15-01-2015 16:25
  
  Project Ara smartphone with swappable modules for the battery, camera, speakers and over 20 other bits to be trialled in Puerto Rico Continue reading...
  
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• Review: Acer Liquid Leap

  15-01-2015 16:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Liquid Leap: introduction You probably know Acer for its good-value laptops, but with the Liquid Leap it's having a crack at the big noise in lifestyle tech: wearables. The Liquid Leap is a fitness tracker with a hint of smartwatch functionality. At £80 it's not a price for a band with a full display. However, with a fiddly fit and only surface-level features in each of its areas, it's best used as a simple watch and pedometer. Design and Screen The great thing about opting for a fitness track
  
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• No increased stress from heavier social media use - U.S. survey

  15-01-2015 16:04
  
  Heavy users of the Internet and social media do not have higher levels of stress, and women who use Twitter, email and photo sharing show less stress than women who do not use them, a survey released on Thursday showed. The data suggest that some analysts' fears are overblown that social media, cell phones and the Internet would take over users' lives and put them under more duress. "There is no evidence in our data that social media users feel more stress than people who use digi
  
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• Social media use 'does not increase stress', study claims

  15-01-2015 16:00
  
  Study finds that people on Facebook and Twitter do not experience more stress than non-users, but are more aware of stressful events in friends’ lives Continue reading...
  
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• Download of the day: Skype

  15-01-2015 16:00
  
  If you need to stay in touch with friends and relatives, Skype is for you – its free voice and video calling services are feature rich and simple to use.Why you need itIt's fair to say that Skype has revolutionised the way we stay in touch in the internet age. By allowing us to make free video calls over the web, it took a science fiction fantasy and made it a reality enjoyed by millions of users across the globe.If you don't have a webcam to make video calls, you can still make voice calls or
  
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• France sees 19,000 cyberattacks since terror rampage

  15-01-2015 15:59
  
  PARIS (AP) — Hackers have targeted about 19,000 French websites since a rampage by Islamic extremists left 20 dead last week, a top French cyberdefense official said Thursday as the president tried to calm the nation's inflamed religious tensions.
  
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• The iPhone 6S could double up on RAM with 2GB

  15-01-2015 15:50
  
  You might have only just got used to the sizes of the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus but we're already thinking ahead to the iPhone 6S (or iPhone 7?). The latest gossip from insiders is that this year's handset will boast 2GB of RAM compared with the 1GB stuck inside the 2014 editions.That's more memory to deal with multiple apps running at once as well as larger images and video files. Doubling up on memory should mean a much faster and more capable iPhone, particularly when it's paired with th
  
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• India's TCS expects strong deal momentum to drive growth

  15-01-2015 15:28
  
  By Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Aman Shah MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Ltd, India's biggest software services exporter, posted a 5.1 percent rise in quarterly net profit, and said it expected strong outsourcing deals momentum to boost growth in the quarters ahead. The company, part of India's diversified Tata Group, listed a move to newer technologies and its presence across emerging economies, aside from its core geographies of the United States and Europe, as key
  
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• Google to pilot modular phone

  15-01-2015 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google is to launch a phone with bolt-on modules, which it says will increase the handset's lifespan and allow users to customise their device.
  
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• ​Why MariaDB says MaxScale will make life easier for developers and admins

  15-01-2015 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  With the availability of open-source MaxScale, database firm MariaDB thinks the middleware will have a big impact on developers and database admins.
  
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• France faces 19,000 cyberattacks since terror rampage

  15-01-2015 14:41
  
  Hackers have targeted about 19,000 French websites since a rampage by Islamic extremists left 20 dead last week, France's cyberdefense official said Thursday, as the president tried to calm the nation's ...
  
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• Hotels do U-turn over hotspot ban

  15-01-2015 14:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marriott International abandons its much criticised policy of blocking the use of personal wi-fi hotspots on its properties.
  
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• Fairphone review: ethics trumps everything else

  15-01-2015 14:04
  
  The Fairphone is the first smartphone to attempt to change the status quo to use ethically sourced materials and manufacturing, but is it a decent smartphone too? Continue reading...
  
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• Merkel urges EU law on data tracking

  15-01-2015 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Germany's Chancellor Merkel wants new EU rules soon on data retention, to help in the fight against terrorism.
  
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• BT faces tough new broadband tests

  15-01-2015 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Regulator Ofcom will regularly assess whether BT's wholesale and retail prices for broadband are fair, it says.
  
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• Nickelodeon hopes SpongeBob SquarePants will get kids coding

  15-01-2015 13:32
  
  Network’s UK arm launches Code-It programming site for 6-12 year-olds, following similar efforts based on Doctor Who and Shaun the Sheep Continue reading...
  
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• US federal agent describes capture of alleged Silk Road founder

  15-01-2015 13:32
  
  Court hears how federal agents trapped Ross Ulbricht, the alleged founder of the online black market bazaar, while he was logged onA federal agent told jurors he covertly became an employee of the website Silk Road, chatting with its operator about “damn regulators” minutes before authorities arrested the man they believe ran the online black market.Jared Der-Yeghiayan, a US Department of Homeland Security special agent, testified in Manhattan federal court that in July 2013 he took over a S
  
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• VIDEO: Can Xiaomi take a bite out of Apple?

  15-01-2015 13:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Ceila Hatton attends the launch of Xiaomi's latest device - and finds more than one similarity to a certain US tech giant.
  
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• Xiaomi riles Apple and Samsung with new phablet range

  15-01-2015 13:28
  
  ‘China’s Apple’ mocks the iPhone 6 Plus and copies Samsung’s phablet name for its latest high-end handsetsImitation continues to be the the most sincere form of flattery after Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi borrowed from both Apple and Samsung in naming its new handsets. The new Mi Note (à la Samsung) and Mi Note Pro phablets (a la iPhone 6 Plus) from the world’s third-largest smartphone maker have high-end specifications, 5.7in screens, metal construction and curved glass on t
  
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• France cyberdefense chief: 19,000 cyberattacks in last week

  15-01-2015 13:26
  
  PARIS (AP) — In what France's cyberdefense chief calls an unprecedented surge, about 19,000 French websites have suffered cyberattacks since a rampage by Islamic extremists left 20 dead in Paris last week.
  
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• Apple Watch: 20m first-year sales predicted as companion app details leak

  15-01-2015 13:17
  
  Credit Suisse report hints at not enough devices to supply demand, while debate sparks up about whether Apple will allow adsAs failsafe methods of predicting sales of a new device go, asking people whether they will buy it despite the fact that they don’t know full pricing details is one of the riskier options.Even so, that’s the method behind Business Insider’s claim – based on a survey by Credit Suisse of recent iPhone buyers – that as many as 35m people will want to buy an Apple Wat
  
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• Hotline Miami 2 banned in Australia over explicit rape scene

  15-01-2015 13:06
  
  The violent shooter has been denied a classification owing to its inclusion of a violent sexual assault
  The violent shoot-’em-up game Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number has in effect been banned in Australia after the county’s classification board refused to award it an age rating.A report filed by the board and seen by gaming news site Kotaku, highlights a particular scene in which the lead protagonist appears to punch and then sexually assault a female character. According to the classificatio
  
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• Toyota Oculus Rift app uses virtual reality to explain distracted driving

  15-01-2015 12:50
  
  TeenDrive365 simulator challenges people to drive safely amid traffic noises, text messages and virtual friends in the carWearing an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset while driving? That’s unlikely to end well. But Toyota’s new app for the device aims to raise awareness of the dangers of “distracted driving” when motorists are safely off the road.Unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show, the TeenDrive365 application is pitched as a “distracted driving simulator”, challenging people to dri
  
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• India's TCS Q3 profit rises 5.1 percent

  15-01-2015 12:48
  
  MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, India's biggest software services exporter, on Thursday posted a 5.1 rise in quarterly profit as its main U.S. and Europe clients increased tech spending in a seasonally weak quarter. Net profit for the three months to Dec. 31, its financial third quarter, rose to 54.44 billion rupees (575.28 million pounds), the Mumbai-based company disclosed in tweets on its official Twitter handles on Thursday. Analysts, on average, were expecting profit
  
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• Samsung denies setting its sights on BlackBerry

  15-01-2015 12:46
  
  South Korean firm thought to be interested in gaining a foothold in the lucrative corporate smartphone market despite dismissing reports of takeover talksBlackBerry and Samsung have both denied reports that the companies have held merger talks.News of the talks, first reported by Reuters, sent shares in the troubled Canadian smartphone maker up by almost 30% in New York on Wednesday, although they later fell 15% in unofficial after-market trading following the denials. Continue reading...
  
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• Max Mosley begins court action to stop Google showing pictures of sex party

  15-01-2015 12:41
  
  Lawyers for former F1 racing boss argue that search engine is a publisher and is misusing private information Continue reading...
  
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• Xiaomi takes aim at iPhone 6 Plus

  15-01-2015 12:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi unveils two large phablets, comparing them directly to Apple's iPhone 6 Plus.
  
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• China's Xiaomi unveils phone aimed at iPhone users

  15-01-2015 12:24
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Rising smartphone star Xiaomi is moving upmarket and taking aim at Apple's iPhone.
  
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• How can I make my PC completely secure?

  15-01-2015 12:16
  
  Juzer want to make his PC completely secure from any type of virus and hacking. That’s impossible, but Jack Schofield explains how to make Windows much more secure Continue reading...
  
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• Peshawar massacre survivors restage Facebook picture as tribute to friends

  15-01-2015 12:04
  
  Before and after photos of Talha Munir Paracha and Hassan Javed Khan lay bare the personal tragedies of December attack Continue reading...
  
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• Facebook users warned not to click on 'Hottest Leaked Snapchats' links

  15-01-2015 12:04
  
  Security firm BitDefender says posts promising saucy ‘leaked’ photos and videos could lead to identity fraud Continue reading...
  
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• Apple chipmaker TSMC eyes China production expansion

  15-01-2015 12:01
  
  By Michael Gold TAIPEI (Reuters) - Apple Inc chip supplier TSMC reported record net profit on Thursday and said the proliferation of low-priced, chip-hungry smartphones in China could see the company expand production in the world's biggest handset market. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC), whose chips company watchers say power Apple's iPhones, would be following compatriot peer United Microelectronics Corp which last month said it would build more plants in the country
  
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• Developers plan interceptor drone to hunt and crash other drones

  15-01-2015 11:44
  
  Rapere, designed to scan the sky for nearby drones and hover overhead to drop a tangle-line into their motors, will be aimed at people with privacy concernsThe skies may be increasingly busy with consumer drones in the coming years, but if one group of developers has its way, some of them will be plummeting to earth unexpectedly.Meet Rapere: an “intercept drone” designed to hunt down nearby drones, hover overhead and drop a tangle-line into their rotors, forcing them to crash. Continue readi
  
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• ​Google to begin offering first Ara phones in Puerto Rico this year

  15-01-2015 11:34 via zdnet.com
  
  Google's build-it-yourself smartphone concept is moving closer to reality with a third prototype due this Spring ahead of a market test in Puerto Rico.
  
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