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• Delta Air Lines says its Facebook page was hacked

  10-02-2015 23:31
  
  (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc said its Facebook page was hacked and posted with "objectionable and offensive content" that the company removed within an hour. None of Delta's other social media platforms was compromised, the company said. (http://bit.ly/1y9N6No) The airline said it was investigating the source of the hack, which media reports said involved a link to a sexually explicit joke. "We sincerely apologise for the unauthorized, objectionable content that was posted
  
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• Hackers infect Forbes.com to spy on visitors - researchers

  10-02-2015 22:53
  
  By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - The Forbes.com financial news site was infected by Chinese hackers with spying software that targeted specific visitors, including those at U.S. financial services and defence firms, according to two cybersecurity firms. The hackers infected Forbes.com in November by inserting malware into a Forbes.com "Thought of the Day" widget that appears when any page on Forbes.com is accessed, cybersecurity firms iSight Partners Inc and Invincea Inc said on Tuesda
  
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• Mormon who runs website for doubting church members ousted

  10-02-2015 22:52
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon man who gained notoriety over the past decade for running a website that offers doubting Latter-day Saints a forum to chat has been kicked out of the religion.
  
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• With emails, Bush opens window to time as Florida governor

  10-02-2015 22:46
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Jeb Bush released a trove of emails from his time as Florida's governor on Tuesday, a massive yet incomplete record selected to show the likely Republican presidential candidate as in touch with constituents and closely involved in his work as the state's chief executive.
  
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• Apple investing $850 million in California solar farm

  10-02-2015 22:40
  
  By Christina Farr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Tuesday the technology company is investing $850 million (£557.3 million) to help build a solar farm in California with solar panel maker First Solar. The project in Monterey County, California will provide enough energy for 60,000 homes as well as Apple's head office in nearby Cupertino, Cook said at a Goldman Sachs technology conference in San Francisco. "We know in Apple that climate change is re
  
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• Akamai delivers strong fourth quarter results

  10-02-2015 22:18 via zdnet.com
  
  CEO Tom Leighton said the company delivered strong results around the world. Meanwhile, the company's security and media products performed well.
  
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• U.S. states say Anthem too slow to inform customers of breach

  10-02-2015 21:53
  
  Attorneys general from 10 U.S. states sent a letter to Anthem Inc complaining that the company has been too slow in notifying consumers that they were victims of a massive data breach disclosed last week. "Anthem must communicate detailed information without any further unnecessary delay," said the letter, which was written by Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen on behalf of Connecticut and nine other states.
  
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• Eavesdropping concerns in Samsung smart TVs

  10-02-2015 21:47
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Watch what you say in your living room. Samsung's smart TV could be listening. And sharing.
  
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• Samsung's Smart TV is the least of our worries when it comes to snooping

  10-02-2015 21:43
  
  A TV that can spy on you sounds Orwellian but Australia’s patchy privacy laws and companies’ appetite for data create concerns stretching far beyond the telescreensTelevisions can now listen to what we’re saying. If that sounds like something from a book, that’s because it is. A line buried in a Samsung Smart TV privacy policy describes how “spoken words” will be “captured and transmitted from a third party” through a voice command function.It has resonated particularly powerfull
  
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• 7 Truly Amazing Reasons to Care About NASA's New Satellite

  10-02-2015 21:28
  
  1. It came to Al Gore in a dream. As Air & Space Magazine writes, [DSCOVR] “was born one night in February 1998, when then vice president Al Gore bolted out of bed with a vision of providing ‘a clearer view of our world.’” Gore was inspired by imagery from the Apollo missions, and, it seems specifically, The Blue Marble, the first photo of the entire sunlit Earth at once.
  
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• Microsoft patches 'China spy bug'

  10-02-2015 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Microsoft has released a patch to close a bug believed to exploited by hackers who targeted US military and government networks.
  
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• Google to add medical details to health topic searches

  10-02-2015 20:00
  
  (Reuters) - Google Inc said it would add a feature wherein online searches on health-related topics would display relevant medical details on the search page. If a user searches for a topic such as "conjunctivitis", the page will pull up details such as symptoms, treatments, age factor and whether the condition is contagious, Google said in a blog post. The company, however, warned that the search results should not be considered medical advice. One in 20 Google searches are on health-
  
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• Forbes.com infected by hackers in campaign to spy on visitors - researchers

  10-02-2015 19:48
  
  By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - The Forbes.com financial news site was infected by Chinese hackers with spying software that targeted specific visitors, including those at U.S. financial services and defence firms, according to two cybersecurity firms. The hackers infected Forbes.com in November with software that automatically attacked visitors by exploiting security flaws in Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer browser and Adobe Systems Inc's Flash software, cybersecurity firms iSight
  
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• Flipboard magazines not just for mobile anymore

  10-02-2015 19:20
  
  Smartphones and tablets have been pushing the personal computer aside, thanks in part to popular apps made by mobile-first entrepreneurs like Flipboard CEO Mike McCue. But the desktop's definitely not ...
  
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• On the menu for Yelp: Ordering takeout with Eat24

  10-02-2015 19:10
  
  Competition for online takeout orders is heating up with Yelp's purchase of Eat24 for $134 million. GrubHub Inc., the leader in the competitive online food ordering market, is used by 30,000 restaurants ...
  
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• Flipboard moves to the web with plans to host some news publishers' content

  10-02-2015 19:00
  
  After attracting more than 50m monthly readers on tablets and smartphones, US startup smashes down its walled garden and hopes partners will see the potentialFlipboard came to prominence as a news-reading app for tablets and smartphones, attracting more than 50 million monthly active readers by the end of 2014.Now it’s launching a fully-fledged website version where people will be able to browse their feeds of news and social updates. What’s more, Flipboard will also be hosting some publishe
  
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• Review: Updated: Sling TV

  10-02-2015 18:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Features and FAQ Imagine everything you liked about cable. You probably enjoyed surfing the channels, watching the shows people were talking about when they aired instead of months after. And, if you were lucky enough to own boxes of a certain caliber, pausing and rewinding said TV shows in real time. Now, imagine everything you hated: the costly bill at the end of the month, the bulky, expensive equipment that marred the side of your house and entertainment center. Not to mention the service co
  
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• How we deal with online abuse

  10-02-2015 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sixteen-year-olds Yaseen, Asha, Memunatu and Brayani talk to Radio 1 Newsbeat about "slips" - embarassing pics shared behind a person's back - and how to handle online bullying.
  
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• Cloud storage firm Box lets customers control encryption for security

  10-02-2015 18:13
  
  By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Popular online storage service Box Inc will let businesses control their encryption keys, the encoding tools used to keep data safe, aiding some heavily regulated industries and others who fear hacking attacks or government snooping. Such objections intensified after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed dragnet spying operations outside of U.S. borders. “We think is really going to unlock a new set of customers and break on
  
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• Updated: LG G4 release date, news and rumors

  10-02-2015 18:02
  
  LG G4 release date, news and rumorsThe LG G3 is a phone that hugely impressed us, but there are a lot of things which could have been improved and some areas, such as battery life, in which it was even a step down from the LG G2.Times are a-changing too and while the LG G3 is still a fairly recent phone it becomes that little bit more dated with each passing month and every new flagship release.So it's not hard to think of ways that the LG G4 could be better. Thankfully most of the rumors so far
  
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• Google will give you 2GB of Drive storage in exchange for one simple favour

  10-02-2015 17:36
  
  Dangerously close to maxing out your Drive space? Fret not - Google is offering up an extra 2GB of storage, and all it wants in exchange is two minutes of your time to complete a security checkup.Really, you'll walk away the better-off party, as you'll have more Drive space AND better security on your Google account. The storage upgrade will roll out to accounts on February 28, but the promotion ends on February 17 - so get it done soon.You can read more over on Google's blog here.
  
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• 'CyberCaliphate' hacks Newsweek Twitter account, threatens Obama

  10-02-2015 17:34
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Newsweek magazine's Twitter account was the victim of hackers on Tuesday who posted a threat to U.S. President Barack Obama and his family and the words "CyberCaliphate" and "Je suis IS," a reference to Islamic State and the French magazine Charlie Hebdo. The group, which also took responsibility for hacking Pentagon social media accounts last month, tweeted "#CyberCaliphate Bloody Valentine's Day #MichelleObama! We're watching you,
  
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• Updated: Samsung Galaxy S Edge release date, news and rumors

  10-02-2015 17:25
  
  Galaxy S Edge: release date, screen and designWe all know Samsung will shortly be announcing the Galaxy S6, but with various rumors flooding in and even Samsung itself accidentally leaking it, it's looking increasingly likely that it will also unveil the Galaxy S Edge, a variant of its flagship with one or possibly even two curved edges.Those might not be the only differences either and we've collected together all the latest rumors to get a straight image of Samsung's bendy handset, which rathe
  
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• Review: mini review: Harman Kardon Soho Wireless

  10-02-2015 17:20
  
  Continuing down the path of making edgy portable audio technology, Harman Kardon has whipped up the Soho Wireless. Like its Bluetooth speaker brethren, the Esquire Mini, these headphones are laden with classy detail and design. They even pack the same "that sound came from that tiny thing?" punch.The Harman Kardon Soho Wireless has a lot going for it, but there are a few problems. At $249 (£229, AU$318), it's coming in at a premium price point for wireless headphones. Does this offeri
  
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• Industry voice: How much of a threat does shadow IT really pose?

  10-02-2015 17:19
  
  Shadow IT has always been in the background. So why has it suddenly been spotlighted as a top strategic challenge for CIOs? Departmental budget holders have often opted to 'do their own thing' and invest in an application behind the backs of the IT department. Perhaps they have disagreed with the direction that IT has taken – or maybe IT hasn't understood the specialist nature of their work.But the difference now is the scale of the problem. The cloud and the rise of Software as a Service (Saa
  
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• Open Source Virtual Reality grows even bigger with a dozen new partners

  10-02-2015 17:00
  
  Open Source Virtual Reality, a Razer-spearheaded coalition that was introduced at CES 2015 in January, has announced 12 new partners.OSVR aims to build an open source VR platform that developers and hardware makers can use to create virtual reality devices and experiences across multiple operating systems.What cool gadgets will you buy in 2015?Existing OSVR partners Razer and Sensics are today joined by 12 new companies, including 3DRudder, a maker of foot-powered controllers; Cyberith, maker of
  
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• Updated: MWC 2015: what to expect

  10-02-2015 16:54
  
  MWC 2015: what to expectMWC is quite possibly the biggest yearly event in the mobile world. At MWC 2014 for example we saw the Samsung Galaxy S5, Sony Xperia Z2 and a plethora of other smartphones, tablets and smartwatches.MWC 2015 is expected to be every bit as big and there are plenty of rumblings of what might be on show - how about the Samsung Galaxy S6, HTC One M9, LG G4 and Sony Xperia Z4? Any one of those could be a show stopper all on its own, but there are lots of other things going on
  
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• Meet Spot the dog, Boston Dynamics' cutest robot yet

  10-02-2015 16:49
  
  Size of a family pet, new bot is seen climbing steps, running and scrambling up and down a steep slopeBoston Dynamics, the robotics company owned by Google, has revealed footage of its latest robot: a miniaturised version of its BigDog quadrupedal bot.
  Whereas BigDog is a hefty machine built with the eventual goal of operating as a mechanised pack animal for military forces, the new bot, called Spot, is a decidedly more compact affair. Continue reading...
  
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• Robots replacing human factory workers at faster pace

  10-02-2015 16:46
  
  Cheaper, better robots will replace human workers in the world's factories at a faster pace over the next decade, pushing manufacturing labor costs down 16 percent, a report Tuesday said. The Boston Consulting ...
  
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• Bush e-book shows former Florida governor e-mail connections

  10-02-2015 16:32
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Jeb Bush released a trove of emails from his time as Florida's governor on Tuesday, along with the first chapter of an e-book that chronicles an obsession with his Blackberry.
  
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• In Depth: The smartphone torture tests your handset has to pass

  10-02-2015 16:30
  
  Drop, bash and wiggleDeep underground at Huawei's Shanghai campus lies a purpose-built facility designed to put the latest smartphones through extreme tests, ensuring the device which lands in your hand is capable of taking more than just a couple of knocks.We were invited to China to check out Huawei's facility inside the city's longest building, stretching for one kilometre and the workplace for over 10,000 employees.From seemingly endless drop tests and intense button bashing where failure is
  
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• Meet the Blu-ray disc that does 4K and lasts forever (almost)

  10-02-2015 16:29
  
  Despite the arrival of cloud storage and the ever-decreasing price of data storage, optical media still have a place in computing, especially when it comes to storing bytes in a safe place for a long time.Verbatim has unveiled a new 100GB Blu-ray optical disc, the M-DISC, which promises to store data for as long as 2000 years. In other words, if the disc was burnt back in Nero's days (the Roman Emperor, not the popular DVD burning software), it would still be readable now.You should be able to f
  
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• BlackBerry names new chief security officer

  10-02-2015 16:13
  
  BlackBerry Ltd named David Kleidermacher as its chief security officer on Tuesday, moving to further bolster the smartphone maker's credentials with security-conscious clients, including big players in the defence, automotive and healthcare sectors. Kleidermacher was previously chief technology officer at embedded software maker Green Hills Software, where he spent more than two decades. Green Hills' technologies power systems as diverse as medical devices and aircraft made by the like
  
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• Review: Mini review: Beats Solo 2 Wireless

  10-02-2015 16:05
  
  Rag on Beats all you want, it knows how to shift headphones. And though getting bought by Apple hasn't done much for its 'cool to hate' problem, the Beats Solo 2 Wireless headphones mean the haters are running out of reasons to complain.Beats has liberated the 2 Wireless cans by cutting the cord and adding Bluetooth connectivity. Well, not entirely - the wired option is there if you want it but now you have the option of blissful wireless connectivity of up to 30 feet.DesignThe Wireless model re
  
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• Alien: Isolation leads Bafta games awards

  10-02-2015 15:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British-made title Alien: Isolation gets six nominations at this year's Bafta Games Awards.
  
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• Not for the faint hearted: CIOs face an uncertain road ahead

  10-02-2015 15:37 via zdnet.com
  
  Pronounced regional differences underline an uncertain future with the onward march of digitisation the only certainty, says Gartner.
  
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• Bush ebook shows former Florida governor e-mail connections

  10-02-2015 15:22
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Jeb Bush released a trove of emails from his time as Florida's governor on Tuesday, along with the first chapter of an e-book that chronicles an obsession with his Blackberry.
  
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• Taking the robot dog for a walk

  10-02-2015 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google unveils its latest robot - Spot
  
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• Facebook launches free mobile Internet service in India

  10-02-2015 15:12
  
  By Aman Shah MUMBAI (Reuters) - Facebook has tied up with India's Reliance Communications to provide basic internet services on mobile phones for free, making India the first country in Asia to get Facebook's Internet.org service. The companies will first offer the app in seven of India's 22 regions, or zones and it will then go nationwide in the next 90 days, Gurdeep Singh, chief executive of Reliance's consumer business told reporters.
  
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• Will increasing cyber attacks spell the end of username and password security?

  10-02-2015 15:09
  
  US regulators are considering mandating that companies ramp up online protections, but analysts warn there is no immediate cure-all
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• British Academy Games Awards 2015 – the full nominations list

  10-02-2015 15:08
  
  51 titles have been nominated in the Bafta video game awards in 17 categories. Here they all are Continue reading...
  
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• Jewish online magazine starts charging commenters to deter 'offenders'

  10-02-2015 15:00
  
  Tablet says charge of $2 a day is not aimed at making money, but at creating ‘a more pleasant and cultivated environment’ for its readers Continue reading...
  
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• Deezer Elite high-resolution streaming service goes global with Sonos

  10-02-2015 15:00
  
  Deezer launches lossless, high-quality quality streaming service in 150 countries, stealing a march on Apple and Spotify after signing up 200k users in four months Continue reading...
  
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• Patent giant gets first court payout

  10-02-2015 14:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Controversial patent giant Intellectual Ventures defeats cybersecurity firm Symantec after convincing a jury that two of its inventions had been infringed.
  
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• Bush ebook chapter details his emails as Florida 'eGovernor'

  10-02-2015 14:37
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Florida governor Jeb Bush is introducing himself as a prospective Republican presidential candidate with an electronic book chronicling his obsession with email.
  
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• Softbank to add learning technology to empathetic robot

  10-02-2015 14:13
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Japanese mobile carrier Softbank said Tuesday it will incorporate artificial intelligence technology from IBM into its empathetic robot Pepper that will be available to Japanese consumers around midyear.
  
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• Warnings over smart device privacy

  10-02-2015 13:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People who use smart devices that monitor what they do will have to get used to giving up some privacy, warns a top technologist.
  
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• ​Apple's CarPlay gets wireless support with iOS 8.3

  10-02-2015 13:52 via zdnet.com
  
  Vehicle owners with CarPlay installed will soon be able to connect their phones to the platform without the need for cables.
  
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• Google to put health information directly into search results

  10-02-2015 13:45
  
  Addition to Knowledge Graph will present medical facts for searches on health conditions, verified by the Mayo ClinicGoogle is changing the way it displays search queries to pull medical facts directly into its results.
  The medical information is being added to the company’s Knowledge Graph, which underpins Google’s instant search results and powers Google’s Now personal assistant and app. It will allow health questions to be answered directly, without a user having to click. Related: DN
  
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• Requests for Twitter user data surge

  10-02-2015 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitter's latest transparency report reveals a surge in government requests for data and the removal of certain posts.
  
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