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• Blossom hands-on: Control your intelligent sprinkler system with your smartphone

  25-04-2015 17:06 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  As water supplies are reduced and people look to save money, internet-connected devices like the Blossom can pay for themselves in no time. Matthew installed a new controller system in about 10 minutes.
  
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• Tesla's $13,000 battery could keep your home online in a blackout

  25-04-2015 17:02
  
  Elon Musk has hinted at device to be unveiled this week, and analyst Trip Chowdhry sees big benefits for those who ‘always want to be connected’ Continue reading...
  
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• After Aaron's Law reintroduced, new counter-bill aims to crack down on hackers

  25-04-2015 16:39 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  When you don't differentiate between good and bad hackers, you have a problem.
  
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• Game on: after Marvel’s Avengers, Nintendo’s stars could be next to hit the big screen

  25-04-2015 16:21
  
  The man behind Avengers: Age of Ultron has hopes of creating another unbeatable movie team with Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong and co Continue reading...
  
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• In Depth: The new space race: who's who in the realm of space exploration

  25-04-2015 15:00
  
  Turning to the private sectorIt's been nearly 50 years since Star Trek first referred to space as "the final frontier," and the passing decades have done little to diminish interest in traveling to this expansive (and very expensive) destination.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (better known as NASA) made headlines back in 2011 with the decision to retire its space shuttle fleet, laying the groundwork for companies with no government ties to throw their hat into the ga
  
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• Running Man of Tech: First look: the Apple Watch for running

  25-04-2015 14:31
  
  I've screwed up my shoulderThe Apple Watch has only been on my wrist for 24 hours, but already I'm missing the Garmin. And that's after only one run.I've been trying to decide whether or not to write about Cupertino's digi-timepiece in this column given it's not a 'proper' running watch and could hinder my quest to become a triathlete in a ludicrously short amount of time, but given it's the only tech my running chums have asked about for the last two weeks, it needs a dabble.The Apple Watch has
  
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• Supermodels join drive for women to embrace coding

  25-04-2015 14:05
  
  Karlie Kloss and Lily Cole inspiring girls to shake up male world of tech enthusiasts Continue reading...
  
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• Jack Monroe Twitter abuse: man re-bailed

  25-04-2015 13:04
  
  A 22-year-old man from Yeovil was arrested after food writer, blogger and campaigner was bombarded with homophobic abuse on Twitter Continue reading...
  
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• Review: Lenovo ThinkStation E50

  25-04-2015 12:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designA long time ago, laptop manufacturers used desktop components to keep costs down. Taiwanese manufacturer ECS, for example, shoved a desktop processor into a laptop form factor without the battery and called it a desknote (desktop and notebook).Now Lenovo has gone the other way, using laptop components in a desktop computer – and it, kind of, makes sense due to economies of scale. Using the same components across different parts of your product portfolio means that you ca
  
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• Apple Watch: 20 apps worth trying on launch day – in their developers' words

  25-04-2015 10:51
  
  From apps like Citymapper, Evernote, Pacemaker and Circa to games like War Dragons and Cupcake Dungeon, here are some early suggestions• As Apple Watch launches, smartwatch app makers explore new interfaces Continue reading...
  
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• Mortal Kombat X review

  25-04-2015 10:00
  
  PS3/4, Xbox 360/One, PC; Warner Bros Interactive; £29.99-£42.99 Continue reading...
  
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• How to run Windows on a Mac with Boot Camp

  25-04-2015 09:28
  
  IntroductionChanging operating systems is a painful process: leaving what you know behind for a new and potentially fruitful land, sacrificing some things for others. The grass is, as they say, always greener on the other side; the fruits of Mac OS X look appealing on Windows and vice versa. Each major operating system has its own quirks, flaws and plus points aplenty, whether they be broad application support (Windows) or, in my opinion, design (OS X).The majority of the PC-using world – of w
  
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• Alibaba, China Telecom tie up to sell phones

  25-04-2015 06:15
  
  Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and state-owned China Telecom Corp Ltd have tied up to sell inexpensive smartphones aimed at boosting mobile commerce in smaller cities and rural areas. The phones, dubbed "Tianyi Taobao Shopping Handsets", will come installed with either an app for easy access to Alibaba's flagship Taobao online shopping platform or its home-grown YunOS mobile operating system, it said in a statement late on Friday. The partnership is a bid to d
  
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• Sony raises FY 2015 profit forecast to $2.52 billion - Nikkei

  25-04-2015 04:53
  
  Japanese consumer electronics firm Sony Corp has raised its operating profit estimate for fiscal 2015 to 300 billion yen ($2.52 billion), or four times its previous estimate, the Nikkei reported on Saturday. Expectations for higher sales of display sensors used in mobile phones and the Playstation gaming console were the reason Sony raised its forecast, the Nikkei reported without citing sources. No one from Sony was available to comment. Sony also expected earnings in the fiscal year that ends
  
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• Winners and losers of the demise of the big Comcast deal

  25-04-2015 04:03
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In the aftermath of Comcast's decision to walk away from buying Time Warner Cable, some winners and losers are emerging.
  
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• 'We print people': The world of 3D portraiture

  25-04-2015 01:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  3D printed portraits - are they cool or creepy?
  
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• Dropbox Notes poised to challenge Google Docs at launch

  25-04-2015 00:48
  
  After testing a collaborative note-taking service early this month, it appears that Dropbox is now ready to have users sign up for Dropbox Notes.According to TechCrunch, Dropbox Notes is the latest form of Project Composer, a service that was part of the HackPad acquisition. Under the Dropbox branding, the company is now inviting teams to sign up for the private beta. As part of the beta, Dropbox is asking companies for their name, email address and company name. Currently, Dropbox isn't providi
  
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• How much paper does it take to print the internet? You don't even want to know

  25-04-2015 00:35
  
  Part of the joy of being a scientist is getting to take a crack at questions that no one has an answer to - questions like "How much paper would you need to print out the entire internet?"It may sound more like a "thought experiment" you'd hear in a dorm room on 4/20, but University of Leicester students George Harwood and Evangeline Walker published their findings on it in a peer-reviewed student journal run by their uni.The answer? Apparently 136 billion sheets of standard
  
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• In Depth: Apple Watch's most promising feature is one you can't see

  25-04-2015 00:21
  
  Forcing a changeThe Apple Watch has arrived, bringing the latest in wearable technology to wrists everywhere. But what does this device, which some call "revolutionary," do that we haven't already seen before? Some critics say the smartwatch doesn't bring anything new to the Apple ecosystem, costing consumers hundreds (or even thousands) of dollars for nothing more than the convenience of displaying push notifications without having to pull out their iPhones.TechRadar has dived into th
  
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