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• This is what a rocket crash looks like

  18-01-2015 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  'Close but no cigar,' says SpaceX boss Musk. Looks like a huge explosion to us.
  
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• NBN Co begins fibre-to-the-basement rollout

  18-01-2015 22:36 via zdnet.com
  
  Approximately 6,000 premises in Sydney, Melbourne, and the ACT will be the first to be connected to the NBN via fibre to the basement.
  
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• Uber promises 50,000 jobs in Europe

  18-01-2015 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The chief executive of the online taxi-sharing firm Uber says he wants to make 2015 a year of rapid expansion in Europe.
  
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• Industry voice: What developments will impact business data security in 2015?

  18-01-2015 16:00
  
  With a fresh year now underway, all businesses are looking ahead to their priorities for 2015, and if last year has taught IT departments anything, it's that data security needs to be high up on the agenda. In 2014 we saw the likes of major breaches at eBay and Adobe, and even celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence learned the hard way about the harm a data breach can cause. A security mishap, or even a potential data breach, can derail the most important of projects. So what has 2015 got in store t
  
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• Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact review: Outstanding multimedia experience at a price

  18-01-2015 15:21 via zdnet.com
  
  Matthew loves using his Xperia Z3 smartphone and took the companion tablet for a spin the last few weeks. High end Sony design elements are present, but it will cost you.
  
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• Hands-on with the Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact (in pictures)

  18-01-2015 15:17 via zdnet.com
  
  Sony continues to launch high end Android devices and companion accessories. The sleek Z3 Tablet Compact is a bit expensive, but the media experience is tough to beat.
  
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• In Depth: Should we unplug our chargers each night?

  18-01-2015 15:00
  
  If you own a smartphone of any description then you're probably familiar with seeing the battery warning level light flick on at some point during the evening. It's now become standard practice for phones to be charged up at least once every 24 hours, and the easiest time to do that is overnight when they're sat still doing nothing but waiting for the morning.Is this really the most sensible option, though? Are we causing permanent damage to our handsets by keeping them charged for much longer t
  
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• 'Surround yourself with people smarter than you are': CIOs share their tips on making it to the top

  18-01-2015 13:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Making it to the top in IT is about more than knowing one end of a server from the other. Tech chiefs on how to work effectively and make a difference.
  
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• Opinion: Google Glass: half full or half empty?

  18-01-2015 13:19
  
  Call it 20/20 hindsight if you will, but Google Glass' cancellation/demise/hiatus/ pupal stage (delete as you see fit) shouldn't have come as a surprise. Google has been gently talking down the device for months as key backers such as Twitter have quietly melted away. The company is adamant that Glass will return and has put Tony Fadell in charge of making that happen. Fadell is one of the midwives to the Apple iPod, a serial inventor with hundreds of patents to his name and, most recently, crea
  
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• Exclusive: Facebook hiring spree hints at ambitions in virtual reality and beyond

  18-01-2015 13:04
  
  By Alexei Oreskovic and Bill Rigby SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Virtual reality goggles, drones and data centers are all driving a hiring spree at Facebook Inc that is set to swell its ranks as much as 14 percent in the near term, according to a review of job listings on the company's website. Oculus Rift, the maker of virtual reality headsets that Facebook acquired in a $2 billion deal last year, is among the key areas slated for growth, with 54 jobs listed on its website, according t
  
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• Opinion: Has David Cameron really gone to war on encryption?

  18-01-2015 11:00
  
  UK Prime Minister David Cameron's response to the hideous Charlie Hebdo shootings has been dramatic to say the least – and has in turn provoked intense reactions from people in the tech industry, the tech community, privacy activists and political commentators. The reactions are varied, but none are positive. For some, Cameron has revealed him to be an ignoramus of monumental proportions. Others see him acting as the consummate politician, playing and spinning for all he's worth. Perhaps he's
  
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• They're people, not end-users: why the tech industry must ban buzzword bingo

  18-01-2015 10:00
  
  Introduction and the millennialsPower to the end-users! Forget natural language processing algorithms – most of the tech industry has no clue about natural language. In my long career as a tech journalist I've received so many press releases and sat through hundreds of PowerPoint presentations about so-called life-changing gadgets where the supposed audience were openly called consumers or end-users.That won't surprise anyone – both archaic terms are hard-wired into tech-speak – but it's g
  
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• Michael Fertik: online reputation is becoming more valuable than money or power

  18-01-2015 08:30
  
  The author of The Reputation Economy believes online reputation is now so important that we risk becoming persona non grata if we ignore it. Here he explains how to transform yourself into search-engine gold Continue reading...
  
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• Industry voice: Uber's place in the sharing economy

  18-01-2015 08:16
  
  Uber is back in the news after Parisian taxi drivers road-blocked the city in protest against UberPop, the carpooling service, which allows non-professional drivers to offer rideshares. As a consequence, France's Interior Minister has banned the service from January 1st. The scenes were reminiscent of black cabbies bringing London to a standstill in the early summer. The company has barely been out of the news in the last few weeks, and not always for the right reasons. An incident in India saw
  
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• Google searches for a way to avoid Microsoft’s fate

  18-01-2015 08:00
  
  A dip in the search behemoth’s market share has encouraged some commentators to compare it to Bill Gates’s company Continue reading...
  
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• Audi TT: car review

  18-01-2015 06:59
  
  Audi’s much-loved TT has some surprising new touches… Like what have they done with the speedo? Continue reading...
  
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