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• Microsoft's new browser arrives in Windows 10 for phones preview

  10-04-2015 23:26
  
  The newest build of the Windows 10 for phones Technical Preview finally includes Microsoft's new browser, Project Spartan.The Internet Explorer alternative recently became available in the latest build of Windows 10 as well, but this is the first time it's appeared publicly on phones.Internet Explorer 11 is still the default browser, but it now exists alongside Project Spartan in Windows 10 for phones.Project Spartan Program Manager Kyle Pflug said in a blog post that the browser on phones "
  
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• Nokia explores sale of map business, source says

  10-04-2015 23:24
  
  By Liana B. Baker and Jussi Rosendahl NEW YORK/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia is considering selling its maps business known as HERE, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday, pushing up shares in the Finnish company as well as its network gear rival Alcatel-Lucent. After the exit from handsets, analysts have seen little synergies between the map unit and Nokia's mainstay network gear business. Nokia has hired a financial adviser to explore a sale of the unit, the source added. Shares i
  
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• In Depth: How to watch Game of Thrones season 5 premiere

  10-04-2015 23:03
  
  How to watch GoT in the USUnless you live under a rock, you've likely heard the news that epic fantasy Game of Thrones is returning this weekend for its fifth season. The hugely popular show has the dubious distinction of being the most pirated television program in the world for several years running, reaching a new record of nearly 1.5 million illegal downloads in 2014.But there's one very big difference between the show's April 12 premiere and previous seasons: HBO is finally making it a whol
  
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• Online excitement but no long lines for Apple Watch debut

  10-04-2015 22:38
  
  PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — An online rush replaced the traditional overnight queues outside Apple stores Friday as the iconic tech company began taking orders and letting shoppers get their hands on its much-vaunted smartwatch for the first time.
  
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• in depth: HDR: welcome to the next big shift in home entertainment

  10-04-2015 22:25
  
  Introduction and the impact of HDRUPDATE: Netflix won't be the only HDR in town anymore. Amazon has unveiled that it will bring HDR content to its Prime Instant Video service in later this year, starting with its own original content. Talk of 4K TV has become pervasive, and if the hardware on display at CES 2015 was any indication, a plethora of companies are lined up to ride the momentum. Several other home entertainment innovations became ubiquitous at the trade show, such as LG's Quantum Dot
  
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• Blackboard acquires Remote-Learner UK to boost learning platform

  10-04-2015 22:06
  
  Education technology firm Blackboard has further bolstered its offering for students across the UK and Ireland through the acquisition of Remote-Learner UK.The move means Blackboard can offer an even more extensive open source solution to the education industry in the UK and Ireland and provide an extensive set of services and solutions for institutions that use Moodle.At the heart of Remote-Learner UK's stable is an Enterprise Learning Intelligence System (ELIS) that centres on learning program
  
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• Amazon has an answer to IBM BlueMix Analytics

  10-04-2015 20:49
  
  Amazon is ready to take the fight to IBM Watson Analytics' artificial intelligence through an easy-to-implement machine learning service geared toward developers.Unveiled on Thursday, Amazon Machine Learning gives developers the chance to extract much more meaningful insights from their Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosted data without needing a background in data science and it is charged on a pay-as-you-go basis.Developers are required to create a model, which can be done using Amazon Machine Lear
  
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• Backlogged orders as shoppers get close-up look at Apple Watch

  10-04-2015 20:48
  
  By Noel Randewich and Astrid Wendlandt SAN FRANCISCO/PARIS (Reuters) - Customers preordering Apple Inc's smartwatch on Friday will have to wait at least a month for delivery, an early sign of strong demand for company chief Tim Cook's first new major product. People flocked to Apple's stores around the world to get a close-up look at the Apple Watch, the tech company's first foray into the personal luxury goods market. Cook, interviewed on cable television channel CNBC, said
  
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• Latest on Apple Watch release: Where to try on gold watch

  10-04-2015 20:26
  
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• Industry Voice: Shining the light on cloud for production applications

  10-04-2015 20:18
  
  Cloud is high on the priority list for IT directors, but seldom is it used for essential IT services. The obvious question is why do companies continue to deliver critical services from on-premise environments when the cloud has been proven to provide greater cost efficiency, improved agility and flexibility? The answer is two-fold. When cloud computing first started gaining awareness in the late 2000s, service providers originally encouraged its use for dev/test and behind-the-scenes IT work th
  
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• Latest on Apple Watch release: If you're left handed

  10-04-2015 20:03
  
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• Rand Paul campaign accepting bitcoin in first for US presidential candidate

  10-04-2015 19:34
  
  Embrace of cryptocurrency meshes with his criticism of surveillance state and squares his libertarian views with such sympathies in Silicon Valley Continue reading...
  
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• Nokia considers sale of map business HERE - report

  10-04-2015 18:43
  
  Nokia is considering selling its maps business HERE, a report by Bloomberg News said, pushing up shares in the Finnish company as well as its network gear rival Alcatel-Lucent. The business is attracting interest from the industry as well as private equity firms, and bids were expected soon, the report said, citing unnamed sources. Shares in Nokia rose 5.6 percent while those in France's Alcatel-Lucent were up 4.8 percent. Nokia sold its once-dominant phone handset business to Microsoft las
  
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• Strong turnout, backlogs, as shoppers get to try Apple Watch

  10-04-2015 18:40
  
  By Noel Randewich and Astrid Wendlandt SAN FRANCISCO/PARIS (Reuters) - Customers flocked to Apple Inc's stores around the world on Friday to get their first close-up look at the company's smartwatch, while online orders were backlogged until June. The Apple Watch, company chief Tim Cook's first new major product and the company's first foray into the personal luxury goods market, was available for pre-order online and to try out in stores by appointment, but not to take home.
  
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• Latest on Apple Watch release: Happy Anniversary honey!

  10-04-2015 18:39
  
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• The data set inforgraphic - avalanche survival

  10-04-2015 18:23
  
  A short run-down of what to do in case of trouble on the slopes.Continue reading...
  
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• The data set infographic - avalanche survival

  10-04-2015 18:23
  
  A short run-down of what to do in case of trouble on the slopesContinue reading...
  
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• Latest on Apple Watch release: The importance of apps

  10-04-2015 18:23
  
  12:22 p.m. EDT. Apple's early advertising promoted the watch as a fashion accessory, with elegant design and numerous options in watch faces, bands and other features. But the company is also emphasizing ...
  
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• Latest on Apple Watch release: Trying it on

  10-04-2015 18:04
  
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• Apple Watch launch swaps high-street crowds for high-end fashionistas

  10-04-2015 18:01
  
  Iced tea served by waiters amid luxury goods in Selfridge’s may be more discreet than public queues of the past, but shoppers are still high on anticipationContinue reading...
  
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• UK surveillance challenged in Europe

  10-04-2015 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rights groups have asked the European Court of Human Rights to rule on the legality of the UK's large-scale surveillance regime.
  
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• Mass surveillance case against UK government heads to Europe's highest court

  10-04-2015 17:36 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Three human rights and privacy groups suing the British government against mass surveillance will have their case heard by the European Court of Human Rights.
  
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• Amazon sues four paid review sites

  10-04-2015 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon has sued four firms that pay people to produce reviews that then appear on the online retailer's site.
  
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• Latest on Apple Watch release: Shopping begins

  10-04-2015 16:56
  
  10:45 a.m. If you haven't already ordered an Apple Watch, don't expect to get one when it starts shipping on April 24. Apple's store in the U.S. is citing delivery of June or "4-6 weeks" for ...
  
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• Apple Watch arrives in stores – but gold ones are like gold dust outside London

  10-04-2015 16:51
  
  The biggest company in the world has launched its newest device, but the reception has been muted compared to previous launches – deliberately soThe Apple Watch was made available to order on Friday, with the company’s attempt to discourage customers from camping outside Apple Stores proving largely successful.At 8:01 on Friday morning, London’s major Apple stores in Regent Street and Covent Garden had bare pavement outside – a far cry from the bustling scenes greeting the company’s la
  
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• France TV5Monde passwords seen on TV

  10-04-2015 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Staff at TV5Monde are filmed with passwords visible in the newsroom a day after the French TV network suffered a huge cyber-attack.
  
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• Lufthansa says some frequent flyer accounts hacked

  10-04-2015 16:26
  
  Lufthansa said hackers had managed to break into the accounts of some of its frequent flyers and use their miles to make purchases, just two weeks after British Airways suffered a similar attack. The hackers used lists to try to match usernames and passwords - when one matched, they made purchases using the miles on the frequent flyer's account. "After some signs of misuse on the Lufthansa website, we took immediate action," a spokesman told Reuters, confirming a report by Germany
  
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• Amazon granted new authority to test-fly delivery drones

  10-04-2015 16:02 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Federal Aviation Administration granted the new license after a previous decision left Amazon's most recently developed drones grounded.
  
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• Norman Lamb accuses mental health campaigners of trolling him

  10-04-2015 15:58
  
  Care minister and Lib Dem MP for North Norfolk calls campaign group ‘vicious and cynical’ as it highlights impact of budget cuts on services Continue reading...
  
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• TV5Monde’s disregard of security exposes passwords on live television

  10-04-2015 15:42
  
  After suffering a hack that took the TV station offline, live interview with reporter displays usernames and passwords written on sticky notesFollowing the hacking by a pro-Isis group that took a French television station offline, a live interview with a TV5Monde reporter has unwittingly exposed the usernames and passwords used for a variety of company accounts and services.
  The hack saw TV5Monde’s computer network taken offline, disrupting a variety of company services from email accounts to
  
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• China to punish Internet firm Sina over series of complaints

  10-04-2015 15:38
  
  China will punish web portal and social media firm Sina Corp after it was identified as operating the most complained about major website in the country, the Internet regulator said on Friday, the latest blow in an ongoing online crackdown. Representatives from Sina, which also operates China's most popular microblog Weibo Corp, discussed "the issues of breaking the law and the recent large quantity of Internet user complaints" with officials from the Cyberspace Administration of
  
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• Why would Google be interested in buying Twitter?

  10-04-2015 15:31
  
  The two companies have been linked at least three times, with the search giant envious of Twitter’s thriving, engaged user base Continue reading...
  
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• Sly Stallone praises piracy raid

  10-04-2015 15:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sylvester Stallone has praised a police raid on a 'multi-million pound' suspected British film leaker
  
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• Latest on Apple Watch release: Shoppers get personal

  10-04-2015 15:04
  
  7:30 a.m. EDT (12:30 p.m. in London)
  
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• Intel hit by supercomputer chip ban

  10-04-2015 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US government has refused to let Intel help China update the world's biggest supercomputer over concerns about nuclear research it is being used for.
  
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• Samsung S6 Edge supply shortage

  10-04-2015 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Samsung's new flagship mobile phones go on sale today but the company says it may struggle to meet demand for its S6 Edge model.
  
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• Toyota’s electric three-wheeled car takes the i-Road to combat Tokyo’s pollution – video

  10-04-2015 13:27
  
  Toyota gets ready to rent out its electric three-wheeler the i-Road in hopes of reducing Tokyo's pollution. Measuring 2.3 metres by 87cm, the i-Road can reach speeds of 37mph. Drivers will be able to charge the car at any of five designated spots in Tokyo Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: How cameras can measure plant health

  10-04-2015 13:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How hacking a digital camera could help farmers and gardeners monitor the health of their plants.
  
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• ​Watch out Watson: Here comes Amazon Machine Learning

  10-04-2015 13:15 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  AWS launches Amazon Machine Learning with the aim of giving non-statisticians the power to make better predictions from massive stores of data.
  
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• Facebook admits it tracks non-users, but denies claims it breaches EU privacy law

  10-04-2015 12:49
  
  Social network claims privacy report commissioned by the Belgian privacy watchdog ‘gets it wrong multiple times’ over what Facebook does with user dataFacebook has admitted that it tracked users who do not have an account with the social network, but says that the tracking only happened because of a bug that is now being fixed.The social network hit out at the report commissioned by the Belgian data protection authority, which found Facebook in breach of European data privacy laws, saying th
  
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• Strong turnout as shoppers get to try Apple Watch

  10-04-2015 12:46
  
  By Astrid Wendlandt and Pauline Askin PARIS/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Consumers flocked to Apple Inc's stores around the world on Friday to get the first close-up look at the tech giant's smartwatch, which the company expects will be its next runaway hit. The Apple Watch, CEO Tim Cook's first new major product and the company's first foray into the personal luxury goods market, was available for pre-order online and to try out in stores -- but not to take home. On April 24, consumer
  
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• Review: MacBook Pro 13-inch with Retina display (early 2015)

  10-04-2015 12:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designThe New MacBook has grabbed most of the headlines in recent weeks, but Apple has refreshed some of its MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs too — except for one.While the 15-inch MacBook Pro is waiting for Intel's newest Core i7 processors, the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro has received some changes that make it a significant upgrade. An upgrade to Intel's newest Broadwell CPU, along with a pressure-sensitive Force Touch Trackpad are the the most significant of the lot.DesignOn th
  
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• ​Microsoft's Lumia 640 and 640 XL heading to the UK this month

  10-04-2015 11:57 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Microsoft's new Lumia 640 and 640 XL should be available to purchase outright or on-contract by the end of April.
  
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• Review: LG UltraWide 34UC97

  10-04-2015 11:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and specificationLG has been at the forefront when it comes to ultra-wide PC monitors, and it's easy to see why the company has attracted a fair amount of attention. This screen's 3,440 x 1,440 resolution means it's a tempting option for work or gaming, and the firm's latest panel ups the ante by adding a curve.DesignIt's a subtle change to existing ultra-wide panels, but the gentle arc of the screen is noticeable. It makes it easier to see items at either end of the wide screen, wh
  
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• Shoppers flock to try on the Apple Watch

  10-04-2015 11:25
  
  Consumers in Australia, Tokyo and China flocked to Apple retail stores 10 April to get the world's first up-close look at CEO Tim Cook's first new major product, which the tech giant expects will be its next runaway hit. The Apple Watch, which also marks the Cupertino, California company's debut in a fledgling wearable technology market, was available for pre-order online and to try out in stores - but not take home. On 24April , consumers will be able to buy it online or by reser
  
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• Google anti-trust foes see friend in new EU competition chief

  10-04-2015 10:53
  
  (This story corrects the spelling of Bruegel think tank and its expert Mario Mariniello in the 24th paragraph) By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - After waiting more than four years for Brussels to resolve his anti-trust complaint against Google while traffic to his website plunged by 80 percent, Michael Weber of German online mapping service Hot-Map.com held out little hope of success. He says a meeting with the new competition chief of the European Commission has left him with newfound hope t
  
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• Facebook admits tracking non-users due to 'bug', but disputes Belgian privacy report

  10-04-2015 10:49 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Facebook says a Belgian report accusing it of violating EU law got it wrong, but it's admitted to tracking people who don't use its site via the Like button.
  
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• Apple Watch: first glimpse draws crowds - video

  10-04-2015 10:14
  
  Shoppers in Sydney, Tokyo and Beijing flock to stores on Friday to get a first glimpse of the highly-anticipated Apple Watch. Enthusiastic fans try on the watch which will go on sale on 24 April. Apple is expecting a high demand for its wearable gadget, which allows users to check email, make phone calls and also monitor their health Continue reading...
  
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• In China, knock-off Apple Watches have their own fans

  10-04-2015 10:00
  
  SHENZHEN/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Lining the glass display cases of Shenzhen's giant tech malls, knock-off versions of Apple Inc's smartwatch were on sale at many stalls, with some Chinese consumers eager to snap them up for a fraction of the cost of the original. "It came on sale in mid-March and has been constantly out of stock," said one imitation Apple Watch seller who declined to give his name. Some customers just came and bought five or more at a time." The mimic Watc
  
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• VIDEO: The liquid that can stop bullets

  10-04-2015 09:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's LJ Rich looks at some of the best of the week's technology news
  
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