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• Review: TP-Link Archer D9

  12-04-2015 14:25
  
  Introduction and performanceThe CEOs of other networking brands may well be losing sleep over TP-Link. In just a few years, this Chinese firm has come from nowhere to carve itself a slice of the market, not just by undercutting its rivals, but also by making consistently high quality products with good design value.Most of the TP-Link 802.11ac routers I've tested have been affordable without seriously compromising on quality or performance in any way. Although the Archer D7 was a bit disappointi
  
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• Game Of Thrones season five leaked

  12-04-2015 13:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The first four episodes of Game of Thrones season five are leaked online before its premiere.
  
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• The PC Gamer: Grand Theft Naughty! How modders could fulfil GTA V's naked ambition

  12-04-2015 12:30
  
  IntroductionWhat's that? We're finally on the cusp of GTA V hitting the PC? I think we can all agree, it's about damn time. Aside from anything else, the fact that Rockstar has been apologising for the delays with big piles of in-game cash for the online mode means that we're only one last minute bug from it becoming Millionaire Simulator 2015.It just wouldn't be the same, arriving in Los Santos for a whole new start as a low-life scumbag by first jacking a car to get around, and then promptly b
  
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• Siemens CEO says Russia sales have halved - newspaper

  12-04-2015 11:21
  
  BERLIN (Reuters) - German industrial group Siemens has seen sales in Russia plunge by about half due to the country's economic demise, Bild am Sonntag reported, citing chief executive Joe Kaeser. Automakers and other companies have been making cuts in Russia in response to effects of the weak rouble, which has been hammered by low oil prices, and Western sanctions imposed over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis. ...
  
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• Gaming: don’t think it’s all bad for kids. It can be a step to a creative future

  12-04-2015 10:00
  
  The journey from playing to designing and making games can be a short one, and brings rich educational rewards for children Continue reading...
  
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• Running Man of Tech: The quest for running headphones that don't fall out is over

  12-04-2015 09:30
  
  The best running tech aroundI'm guessing that you're here to learn about the latest running technology to help make you that little bit faster – that's pretty much the reason I've been putting together this weekly guide.But the time has come to extend things a little bit – as part of T3's new 'Man vs Tech' feature I'm going to be taking part in a triathlon for the first time in my life.It's in 8 weeks. I've not been in the pool for about 5 years (apart from messing around in Dubai with a bea
  
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• The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage - in pictures

  12-04-2015 09:15
  
  Sydney Padua’s new graphic novel, set in Victorian London, tells the story of Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage’s attempts to invent the first computer, with cameos from George Eliot, Charles Dickens and Isambard Kingdom Brunel.Continue reading...
  
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• Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage designed a computer in the 1840s. A cartoonist finishes the project

  12-04-2015 09:15
  
  Sydney Padua’s graphic novel tells the story of Babbage and Lovelace with a twist – they actually build their Analytical Engine.To see a selection of extracts from the book, click here.Continue reading...
  
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• Follow my leader - politicians on twitter

  12-04-2015 08:00
  
  With just 25 days to go until the election, all is yet to be decided. But in the age of social media, another power struggle is on – the fight for command a strange virtual world: the Twittersphere. Tracking our party leaders’ influence at home and abroad, we’ve looked at who follows whom on the world’s political stage Continue reading...
  
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• Flying on sunshine: Solar Impulse 2 in round-the-world flight

  12-04-2015 08:00
  
  Fuelled only by the sun – lithium batteries store energy for use after dark – Solar Impulse 2 is about a quarter of the way through its circumnavigation of the globe, a four-month endeavour that is scheduled to touch down in Abu Dhabi in July. If successful, it will be the first solar-powered plane to complete the trip, an engineering triumph and inspiration for carbon-neutral travel.It’s a test of both man and machine. With room for only one person in the cockpit, the plane’s Swiss pilo
  
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