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• ServiceNow delivers strong Q1, but Q2 outlook light

  16-04-2015 23:23 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  ServiceNow grew first quarter sales 52 percent compared to a year ago, but a light sales outlook for the second quarter spooked Wall Street.
  
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• Google will put its stamp of approval on the best DIY VR kits

  16-04-2015 23:15
  
  At Google's I/O 2014, the search giant announced Cardboard, a head-mounted display that runs on Android to power a fully-featured virtual reality experience that's made out of … you guessed it, cardboard. After almost a year of availability, several third-parties have riffed on the original model, manufacturing their own Cardboard "compatible" headsets made out of such materials as plastic, wood and metal. Google encouraged this sort of engagement with the tools out of the gate, but
  
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• Wikileaks publishes Sony documents

  16-04-2015 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wikileaks has published hundreds of thousands of emails and documents from a cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment last year.
  
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• Office 365 maximum attachment size gets six-fold increase

  16-04-2015 22:42
  
  Microsoft has delivered an update to Office 365 that lets users send mail attachments that are six times larger than before.Being able to send mail attachments of just 25MB per message is a thing of the past and administrators can now set limits of up to 150MB on attachments for Office 365 users.The default mail attachment will remain at 25MB unless the administrator changes it and Microsoft has made the decision not to alter this due to the fact that many users will still want to keep limits at
  
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• Updated: Star Wars Battlefront release date accidentally revealed on teaser site

  16-04-2015 22:37
  
  Update: DICE Producer Jesper Nielsen has confirmed that this leak is legit, and the new Star Wars Battlefront is launching on Xbox One, PS4 and PC on November 17."If stuff like this happens, we only have ourselves to blame," he wrote on Reddit, where he goes by DICE_TheBikingViking. "However, you would have learned this very soon anyway."He even added a ":)" just to prove he ain't mad.Original story below…It's been ten years since the last Star Wars Battlefront ga
  
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• Microsoft Office 365 Video is a private YouTube for your business

  16-04-2015 22:01
  
  Rather than having to invest money and time in creating a custom content delivery network for videos, Microsoft has created the Office 365 Video portal for businesses to distribute their videos internally. Office 365 Video is a free service with an enterprise Office 365 account. Office 365 Video is now rolling out to users. "Office 365 Video...is growing, providing organizations with a secure, company-wide destination for posting, sharing and discovering video content," Microsoft said.
  
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• ARM's new tech promises 60% more juice for wearables

  16-04-2015 21:55
  
  ARM wants to help Internet of Things (IoT) devices last even longer using new Bluetooth technology that it claims delivers 60% more battery life.To make the new technology become a reality it has acquired two companies, Sunrise Micro Devices and Wicentric, that will form the crux of its new Cordio brand focused on developing low-power radio IP technology for battery-sapping devices such as wearables.The Cordio brand name comes from Sunrise Micro Devices' line of low-power Cordio wireless product
  
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• ​Docker ships 1.6 with a faster registry and more for sysadmins

  16-04-2015 21:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Open-source container platform Docker continues to broaden its appeal beyond the world of developers by adding new features in version 1.6 for operations staff.
  
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• Review: Dell Chromebook 11 (2015)

  16-04-2015 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designSpecifically built to withstand the abuses inherent to an education environment, this year's Dell Chromebook 11 features a solid build housed in a boring design. The Chromebook 11 ($249, £170, AU$320) looks more like a business laptop with its understated looks, but Dell claims its purpose-built design means that this notebook should survive drops, water spills, dirt and dust and most things that the harsh academic K-12 environment throws at it.Direct competitors in this
  
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• Review: Ultimate Ears Boom

  16-04-2015 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Looking at most Bluetooth speakers, how they work, where the buttons are and how you charge it up are all pretty obvious from the get go. This isn't the case with the Ultimate Ears Boom. This might seem like a weakness, but being elusive is only this speaker's first act.Coming in at $199 (£169, AU$199), the UE Boom isn't cheap. But it more than makes up the difference with its second and third act: a wealth of surprising and impressive features.DesignSplashed in a variety of colors that Ultimat
  
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• Instagram updates nudity rules

  16-04-2015 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The social network has updated its community guidelines with details on nudity and abuse.
  
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• Wine: the trouble with wine apps

  16-04-2015 18:59
  
  TripAdvisor-style wine apps may seem to be the future, but are they really?Continue reading...
  
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• Chelsea Manning reassures Twitter followers about account: 'It's really me'

  16-04-2015 18:42
  
  ‘The tweets are verbatim and dictated over the phone’Soldier serving 35 years for leaking secrets counters conspiracy theories Continue reading...
  
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• Is Google a fading force?

  16-04-2015 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why is Bing gaining on Google in the US?
  
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• US Navy develops 'swarming' drones

  16-04-2015 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US Navy is developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, that can be launched from a cannon and "swarm" in a co-ordinated attack.
  
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• Review: Sony MDR-ZX770BT

  16-04-2015 16:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's a difficult task to stand out in the headphone market these days. Having a killer feature helps, be it awesome sound performance or wireless capabilities. But value remains the most important item on many listeners' checklists. The more packed into the offering, the better.Sony enters 2015 guns a-blazing with a new set of wireless over-ear headphones for just $150. (This model isn't currently available in UK or AU regions, though Sony's MDR-ZX770BN, a step-up in specs including noise cancel
  
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• Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch review: A top-notch business ultrabook

  16-04-2015 15:51 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The third-generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon is thin, light and eminently portable, while also being sturdily built and providing a high-quality display that's big enough to do serious work on. That's quite an achievement.
  
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• Underground freight travel tested

  16-04-2015 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A high-tech study to see whether underground freight deliveries could become reality in the UK is to be carried out in Northampton.
  
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• Indian companies shun Internet.org

  16-04-2015 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group of Indian technology and internet firms pull out of Facebook's Internet.org initiative, fearing it threatens "net neutrality".
  
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• ​Google pushes on with big data: Cloud Dataflow beta and BigQuery update

  16-04-2015 14:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Along with new features for its Google BigQuery cloud analytics platform, the company's Cloud Dataflow managed data-processing service is now available in beta.
  
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• Google puts Barbie as first woman CEO

  16-04-2015 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Search for the term "CEO" in images and the first female result you get is a picture of Barbie in a suit.
  
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• Hands-on review: Huawei P8 Max

  16-04-2015 13:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's difficult to fully understand the reasoning behind the launch of the Huawei P8 Max smartphone - I say smartphone because with a 6.8-inch display it should really be called a tablet.Huawei maintains that the P8 Max is still very much a phone, although it pushes the idea of a phablet to its very limits.This isn't the first supersized smartphone from the Chinese firm, the Ascend Mate and Mate 2 both had 6.1-inch screens, while the newer Mate 7 dialled things down slightly with a 6-inch offerin
  
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• ​ARM buys two low-power IoT firms to launch Cordio for wearables

  16-04-2015 13:51 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  ARM has acquired two companies that will add a new product licensing unit for low-powered radios.
  
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• New luggage bins fit 50% more bags

  16-04-2015 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boeing has shown off its 'space bins' that can hold 50% more luggage than existing designs.
  
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• London to become international hub for Think Big as company plots expansion

  16-04-2015 13:32 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Hadoop and NoSQL implementers find the right mix of skills and real-estate in the capital and moves its first international HQ to London.
  
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• 'Success kid' raises cash for dad

  16-04-2015 12:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sam Griner, whose image spawned the 'success kid' meme, is using his fame to raise cash to pay for medical treatment for his father.
  
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• ​Samsung creates team to cater to Apple's every display whim

  16-04-2015 12:22 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Samsung gears up its display business to become a more dedicated supplier to the iPhone maker.
  
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• Can craft and capitalism coexist?

  16-04-2015 11:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can Etsy keep its soul after going public?
  
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• ​Microsoft debuts dual-SIM five-inch Lumia 540, priced at $150

  16-04-2015 11:12 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Microsoft has pushed out another low-end Lumia for emerging markets and one of Windows Phone's hotspots in Europe, Italy.
  
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• Ten places every Grand Theft Auto V player should visit

  16-04-2015 10:38
  
  With the release of Grand Theft Auto V on PC, the fictional state of San Andreas has never looked better. From the urban sprawl of Los Santos to the sun-baked Grand Senora Desert, here are ten of the most beautiful locations in Rockstar’s satirical California analogue Continue reading...
  
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• Labour launches David Cameron attack ad aimed at Facebook and Twitter

  16-04-2015 09:27
  
  Online campaign, which first appeared on BuzzFeed, asks viewers to imagine what Tory leader would do with another five years Continue reading...
  
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• Blood on the living-room table: why I still love the Game of Thrones board game

  16-04-2015 09:00
  
  Everyone’s favourite fantasy drama is back on screen – but there’s even more backstabbing, plotting and fantasy to be had with the game first released in 2003When you play the Game of Thrones, as Cersei Lannister famously observed, you win or you die. And at this particular moment, my chances for survival didn’t look too good.I’d set out from my home on Dragonstone intent on raiding the Lannister lands on the eastern shores of Westeros. With a strong force of cavalry, infantry and ship
  
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• Large numbers are dehumanising, so should big data worry us?

  16-04-2015 08:00
  
  From natural disasters to the scale of government spying, we don’t seem able to process figures we can’t relate to. So will we fall into big data’s empathy gap?It’s a little unclear whether Joseph Stalin actually said, “the death of one man is a tragedy; the death of millions is a statistic”, but it seems about right.The number of lives the Soviet dictator ended is so large that it is mind-boggling. And it seems “mind-boggling” is a literal description of what happens when we enc
  
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• Facebook's Internet.org faces Indian exodus

  16-04-2015 06:13 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  ​Facebook's Internet.org initiative is facing an exodus of partner organisations in India as internet companies in the region begin to withdraw from the project over net neutrality concerns.
  
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• Telstra to retire Pacnet brand

  16-04-2015 03:32 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Telstra has announced that it will retire the Pacnet brand after completing its acquisition of the Asia-Pacific datacentre and managed services company.
  
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• VIDEO: Endless OS targets developing world

  16-04-2015 02:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  San Francisco start-up Endless is on course to reach its $100,000 crowdfunding target for its budget desktop PC.
  
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• Samsung SDS aims for top 10 by 2020 in global IT service

  16-04-2015 02:38 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Samsung SDS plans to focus on using social network, mobility, analytics, and the cloud to help it triple its revenue to 20 trillion won by 2020.
  
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• Baidu previews Android smartwatch OS

  16-04-2015 02:15 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Chinese search-engine giant Baidu has officially launched the advertising campaign for its Android-based smartwatch OS, which supports various devices including the Sony SmartWatch 3, Moto 360, and LG G Watch.
  
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• Netflix: We 'should have avoided' unlimited iiNet and Optus deals

  16-04-2015 02:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Netflix has said that in signing deals with Optus and iiNet to allow customers to access Netflix without it counting towards their download quota, the company acted against its strong stance for net neutrality.
  
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