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• Prosecutors drop rape charges against Uber driver

  06-04-2015 23:05
  
  Cook County prosecutors told a judge Monday there was new evidence
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• Akamai acquires video streaming service provider Octoshape

  06-04-2015 21:57 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Octoshape is known for creating efficient transport methods for the delivery of video streams across the internet, using standard media formats and players.
  
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• SanDisk stock slide makes company an attractive target - analysts

  06-04-2015 21:40
  
  Data storage products maker SanDisk Corp, whose stock has lost 40 percent since touching a record high in July, has become a potential target for companies looking to boost their presence in the enterprise market, analysts said. The stock has slipped nearly 32 percent this year alone as SanDisk reported a string of issues, including unplanned maintenance at its chip foundry, weak sales of enterprise products and lean inventory levels of NAND memory chips. The stock's sell off has left SanDi
  
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• Twitter complies with Turkey's request, ban lifted

  06-04-2015 20:34
  
  By Orhan Coskun and Asli Kandemir ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Twitter has complied with Turkey's request to remove photographs of an Istanbul prosecutor held at gunpoint by far-left militants, an official said, and a ban on the micro-blogging site was lifted, several hours after it was imposed. "Twitter has agreed to shut down accounts and remove images relating to last week's hostage-taking. Twitter was not immediately available for comment. Turkish authorities banned access earl
  
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• The 10 types of people you will see on Twitter's Periscope

  06-04-2015 19:45
  
  From the 3am drunk to the citizen journalist to the pervert, introducing the new stars of Twitter’s live-streaming appUnless home is under a rock without an internet connection, it’s likely you’ve heard of Periscope. The new live-streaming app, launched at the end of March by Twitter as acompetitor tokiller of Meerkat, has caused a flurry of excitement.News is just now reporting Manhattan *3 alarm building explosion - I saw live long ago on #Periscope pic.twitter.com/uWAwmwibfXLIVE on #Per
  
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• Turkey bans Twitter in bid to block 'propaganda' pictures of kidnapping

  06-04-2015 19:00
  
  Turkish users of social media site mock court’s effort to suppress photographs of Mehmet Selim Kiraz, who died after being taken hostage by militant leftist group Continue reading...
  
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• Twitter complies with Turkey's request, ban to be lifted

  06-04-2015 18:18
  
  By Orhan Coskun and Asli Kandemir ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Twitter has complied with Turkey's request to remove photographs of an Istanbul prosecutor held at gunpoint by far-left militants and a ban on the micro-blogging site will be lifted very shortly, a senior Turkish official said on Monday. "Twitter has agreed to shut down accounts and remove images relating to last week's hostage-taking. "Users across Turkey will be able to access the site within the hour," he a
  
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• Turn iPad into a second monitor for Mac with zero lag (review)

  06-04-2015 17:02 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  This app written by former Apple engineers turns most any iPad into a second monitor for Macs. It is the first solution good enough for the enterprise.
  
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• New York judge rules woman can serve divorce papers via Facebook message

  06-04-2015 16:46
  
  Manhattan supreme court judge issues ruling that allows woman to file for divorce from her hard-to-find husband via the social network Continue reading...
  
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• Briton among those held following Istanbul prosecutor attack - media

  06-04-2015 15:00
  
  A British citizen was among those arrested in an operation against a far-left militant group in Turkey after its members last week took hostage a prosecutor who died when armed police tried to free him, local media said on Monday. Stephan Shak Kacynski, a British national of Polish origin, was detained on Saturday as part of an operation against the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), the pro-government Daily Sabah newspaper said. A source from Britain's Foreign and
  
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• Twitter and YouTube blocked in Turkey over images of hostage -taking

  06-04-2015 15:00
  
  By Tulay Karadeniz and Asli Kandemir ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey blocked access to Twitter and YouTube on Monday over the publication of photographs of an Istanbul prosecutor held at gunpoint by far-left militants hours before he was killed in a shootout last week, officials said. Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said a prosecutor had sought the block on access to social media sites because some media organisations had acted "as if they were spreading terrorist propaganda" i
  
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• Pirate Bay co-founder: ‘not even Johnny Depp can make pirates look cool’

  06-04-2015 14:48
  
  Peter Sunde claims the ‘pirate movement is dead’, that it lost the big fight and that too much focus is placed ‘nostalgic icons’The co-founder of notorious piracy site the Pirate Bay has hit out against the “piracy movement” calling it “dead” and “pointless”.
  Peter Sunde, piracy operator turned commentator, says that spending time and energy fixated on breaking copyright and the illegal distribution of movies, TV shows, music, books and software is a lost cause. Continue read
  
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• Review: Asus ROG G751JY

  06-04-2015 14:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and specificationsThe G751 is a new gaming laptop from Asus that comes loaded with high performance hardware. There's a large 17-inch IPS screen, a GeForce GTX 980M GPU, 32GB of memory, a Core i7-4860HQ quad-core chip that runs at 3.6GHz in Turbo mode, and enough storage and expansion options to satisfy anyone. It's a specification that's sure to have no problem running games in high resolution and high detail, bringing a desktop gaming experience to portable computing.DesignThe G75
  
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• Turkey blocks Twitter and YouTube

  06-04-2015 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Turkish court orders net firms to block access to Twitter and YouTube for sharing photos of a hostage taken during an armed siege.
  
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• VIDEO: Mother's sorrow at Facebook lockout

  06-04-2015 14:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We know who owns the photos, messages etc that we used to store in photo albums and paper diaries, but what happens to content posted online when someone passed away?
  
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• Juniper eyes financial services, energy industry with new switch

  06-04-2015 14:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  While Dell's new switches are geared more toward SMBs and mid-size companies, Juniper has its sights set on "latency-sensitive" environments.
  
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• Twitter and YouTube blocked in Turkey after court decision - source

  06-04-2015 13:34
  
  Access to Twitter and video-sharing website YouTube were blocked in Turkey on Monday following a court decision based on complaints from individuals, a source in Turkey's telecoms industry said. Turkey temporarily blocked Twitter and YouTube in the run-up to local elections in March 2014, after audio recordings purportedly showing corruption in then-Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's inner circle were leaked on their sites. Turkey's telecoms regulator could not immediately be reached
  
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• Syrian Journey: why the BBC is right to make a game about the refugee crisis

  06-04-2015 13:16
  
  The Daily Mail and the Sun have attacked the BBC for turning the plight of Syrian refugees into a game – but this is the perfect way to get the message across Continue reading...
  
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• Interview: From Iris Pro to Raptr: why integrated is no longer a dirty word for gamers

  06-04-2015 12:27
  
  Raptr, investment and power efficiencyIntegrated graphics aren't going to pose a threat to high-end GPUs any time soon, but Intel has gone full throttle on improving its solutions in recent years — and the results are beginning to show.The latest Steam Survey, which looks at which graphics cards gamers use, found that Intel's HD Graphics accounted for almost a fifth (19.71%) of what PC owners were using on Valve's gaming platform (versus Nvidia's 51.37% and AMD's 28.54%) in March.The best free
  
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• See the Sony Xperia Z4's camera and interface in latest picture leaks

  06-04-2015 12:21
  
  This year, few smartphones have been as talked about - or subject to as many leaks - as the Sony Xperia Z4, and along those lines we present to you the latest batch of photos to trickle onto the web via in2mobile and NWE. Click through on the links to see the slideshows in full.What's interesting is that the phone in these shots shows the model number E6553, the same number that appeared in leaked benchmark tests last week. Either it's the same phone or someone's very handy with a photo editor.A
  
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• Google Gmail hit by software glitch

  06-04-2015 12:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gmail users around the world see errors and safety warnings after Google forgets to update a key part of the messaging software.
  
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• ​Stealth startup AtScale lets top BI tools dip right into Hadoop data

  06-04-2015 12:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Users who are happy with their existing business-intelligence tools can now use them to access Hadoop data, according to AtScale.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge review: Good enough to leave the iPhone behind

  06-04-2015 12:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  If you appreciate unique designs, prefer Android over iOS, and want the best camera available on a smartphone, then run to your local carrier store this week and pick up the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.
  
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• Should the UK age restrict porn – and if so, is it even viable?

  06-04-2015 11:55
  
  Could the Conservatives’ pledge to block under 18 access to pornography mean the end of free porn in the UK? Is that a bad thing? Could it actually work?Access to pornography is recurring subject of much debate and strong views, and it’s back in the news again. The Conservatives have vowed to take existing filtering one stage further if they win the 2015 general election – if the party wins they plan to force adult content sites to employ strict age verification or be blocked from the inte
  
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• Agro-hacked food at smart allotment

  06-04-2015 11:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Click TV team try to see if gadgets can deliver a bumper crop on its smart allotment in London.
  
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• LG teases a look at the new LG G4 software

  06-04-2015 11:17
  
  If you're counting down the days until the 28 April unveiling of the LG G4 flagship, then you'll be interested in a new teaser video launched by the firm. It shows the LG UX 4.0 interface you can expect to see on the version of Android Lollipop shipping with the phone.YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXjlzW2P-jAAccording to Google Translate's take on LG's Korean blurb, the new software is going to be "smarter" and more "human-centred". You can see for yourself in the
  
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• 'Revenge porn' site owner jailed

  06-04-2015 11:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The operator of a 'revenge porn' website has been sentenced to 18 years in jail in America.
  
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• Data privacy: the tide is turning in Europe – but is it too little, too late?

  06-04-2015 11:00
  
  Simultaneous legal cases suggest that the need to assert the digital rights of citizens over corporations and governments is finally being addressedContinue reading...
  
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• OnePlus launches its own OxygenOS version of Android Lollipop

  06-04-2015 10:47
  
  We knew it was coming, and over the weekend it finally arrived: OnePlus has officially released the custom-made OxygenOS flavour of Android that will be powering the company's handsets and devices in the future.YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn4hHhIHLxkAt the moment, the OnePlus One uses CyanogenMod, the popular open source OS based on Android - but a falling out over licensing issues in India has put paid to that cosy partnership, leading OnePlus to decide to develop its own software
  
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• UPDATED: Apple Watch price range breakdown: How much does it cost?

  06-04-2015 10:39
  
  Apple Watch price rangeApple Watch's price range has early adopters preparing for this week's April 10 preorder and April 24 release date. Yes, it was first announced to "start at $349," but it goes up from there.In fact, the cheapest price point for this iPhone-tailored smartwatch is more expensive than Google's most expensive watch, according to our Apple Watch vs Android Wear comparison.Already knowing that, you're probably now focused on: "How much does the Apple Watch I reall
  
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• Wii U: the 16 games that show Nintendo's machine is no failure

  06-04-2015 09:28
  
  The latest Nintendo console may have fallen behind the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, but here’s why it’s no slouch Continue reading...
  
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• Chatterbox: Easter Monday

  06-04-2015 09:08
  
  The place to recover from eating your body weight in Creme Eggs.It’s Easter Monday; why not intersperse eating Cadbury’s Mini Eggs with talking about video games? Continue reading...
  
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• Jamestown+ review – going great guns for all abilities

  06-04-2015 08:00
  
  PS4, Final Form Games, cert: 7 Continue reading...
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge review gallery

  06-04-2015 01:38 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is the best Galaxy device ever produced with a design and camera that rivals, and exceeds, the Apple iPhone.
  
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• VIDEO: Could tech help save the bee?

  06-04-2015 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech which could help to unlock the secrets of the hive.
  
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• Two types of fear, or how to win in the next stage of the cloud

  06-04-2015 00:42 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  As companies look to move their core business applications to the cloud, smaller, more specialized industry cloud providers have a chance to be the new heroes of business tech.
  
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