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• Police on manhunt for ZTE VP for bribing China Unicom: Reports

  15-03-2015 23:47 via zdnet.com
  
  A senior VP at ZTE reportedly ran off in February, after his possible accomplice at China Unicom was removed from power and put under criminal investigation.
  
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• Are superfast trains speeding closer?

  15-03-2015 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Will we ever see 1,000 mph rail travel?
  
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• Live-streaming apps dominate buzz at South by Southwest

  15-03-2015 17:41
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A live-streaming app called Meerkat, calls to online activism and pedicabs with a "Game of Thrones" Iron throne seat were the top topics of conversation at South by Southwest over the weekend, as 33,000-plus members of the technology, marketing and media industries poured into Austin, Texas.
  
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• Opinion: This is a great week for Android Wear

  15-03-2015 16:45
  Yesterday, Tim Cook took the stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco to make his toughest pitch in years: the Apple Watch. For a few months now I've been convinced that Apple's wearable doesn't have longevity to it. When Tim did his 'one more thing' back in September I was expecting something that would mark a step-change in the wearables story, like the iPhone and iPad did for phones and tablets. Imagine my disappointment when Apple revealed that its Watch was, well, just
  
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• In Depth: See where it all began: the humble beginnings of tech giants

  15-03-2015 14:00
  The humble beginnings of tech giantsEven the largest companies in the world had to start somewhere. Shops, factories and drinking establishments have birthed more than their fair share of companies over the years, and recently that list has grown to include dorm rooms and garages too. We've rounded up 20 of the world's biggest tech companies and tracked down where they began life. 1. Google On its website, Google makes a big deal of the garage at 232 Santa Margarita Avenue, Menlo Park, where Lar
  
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• World's biggest technology event kicks off today

  15-03-2015 11:34
  
  The third big event in the global technology calendar, CeBIT, kicks off later today and will be officially opened by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.This year's theme, d!conomy, focuses on digitization ad the impact it has on every aspect of business and society (last year's was all about databiity).The world's biggest technology event – its 23 halls occupy 260,000 square metres or about the size of MWC and CES put together – is expected to welcome more than 200,000 visitors with the ove
  
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• Inflame: New Chromebook Pixel can't stop people laughing at Chrome OS

  15-03-2015 11:00
  
  Apple wasn't the only company to release a laptop without enough holes on it this week, Google did one too.Its updated Chromebook Pixel is another divisive lump of hardware, winning some fans for its design and lofty (for a mid-range laptop) Intel spec, but also triggering waves of hatred among people who don't consider anything other than a custom build of Linux to be a proper OS.Google says it's aiming the new Pixel at developers, a fact some think is just an excuse to hide the fact that no on
  
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• BlackBerry's new tablet is build by Samsung

  15-03-2015 10:40
  
  Hours before CeBIT is due to start in Hannover, Germany, BlackBerry's Secusmart has launched a new tablet called SecuTablet, in partnership with IBM and Samsung.However, it is not the iconic tablet, the spiritual son of the PlayBook, that BlackBerry's CEO John Chen, hinted at MWC a couple of weeks ago.Turns out that it is a tablet based on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5, probably one of the best tablets on the market, at least when it comes to its specs.The new device targets the lucrative global
  
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• App life: my day living by smartphone alone

  15-03-2015 10:00
  
  On-demand apps promise to meet all your needs. Rhik Samadder accesses the world under his thumb – and meets the real people behind the service economy Continue reading...
  
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• Why the personal cloud will define next-gen computing

  15-03-2015 09:55
  
  Introduction and the risks posedFirst it was BYOD, but no sooner are IT staff getting used to the idea of staff using unsanctioned and unprotected iPads and smartphones in the workplace than a new danger has emerged – the personal cloud. What is the personal cloud?"The personal cloud refers to cloud storage and collaboration solutions designed for consumers," says Ojas Rege, VP Strategy, MobileIron. A flexible and user-friendly place to store personal digital content, and always acce
  
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• HideMyAss! Your secret’s safe with Jack

  15-03-2015 08:59
  
  Jack Cator was 16 when he started a website that allows users internet anonymity. Nine years on, HideMyAss! is a multi-million-pound global business Continue reading...
  
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• Download of the Day: Sticky Notes

  15-03-2015 07:57
  
  Keeping track of all the information in your life was hard enough before the internet came along to add a whole new ream of things to keep an eye on and Sticky Notes makes it easy to keep all those pesky little notes tidy.Why you need itIf we all still grabbed a post-it note every time we saw a piece of information online that we wanted to remember then our desks would become a mess of light yellow and other colours with Post-It becoming the richest company on the planet. Thankfully Sticky Notes
  
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• Suzuki Jimny: car review

  15-03-2015 07:00
  
  Suzuki’s tough little Jimny can cope with the roughest of conditions. Just don’t drive it on the road… Continue reading...
  
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• From virtual sex to ‘mind farms’ – here’s what we discovered at SXSW

  15-03-2015 01:05
  
  The hectic, eclectic Texas arts festival gets busier every year – and it’s one of the best places in the world to get a preview of the future Continue reading...
  
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