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• Carly Fiorina will run for president as a successful tech CEO. Silicon Valley says that's a fantasy

  03-05-2015 20:14
  
  Former Hewlett-Packard chief questions Hillary Clinton’s record in hunt for female voters and startup cash on campaign trail, but ex-colleagues insist Fiorina ‘didn’t know what she was doing’ Continue reading...
  
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• Rolling TV election news eclipsed by Twitter, Buzzfeed and Periscope

  03-05-2015 19:05
  
  Sky News and BBC News channel face digital-driven reorganisations as they struggle to keep up with the speed of social media Continue reading...
  
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• Review: Lightroom CC/Lightroom 6

  03-05-2015 17:00
  
  Introduction and featuresAdobe has just announced Lightroom CC and Lightroom 6, the latest versions of its professional photo cataloguing and editing software. They're actually the same program, but Lightroom CC is the version that's integrated into Adobe's subscription-based Photography Plan, part of its Creative Cloud service, while Lightroom 6 is the 'perpetual licence' version which you pay for and use in the old-fashioned way.The advantage of Lightroom CC is that you get all the benefits of
  
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• Swedish islanders seek status update after Facebook dumps them in Norway

  03-05-2015 16:16
  
  Residents of Gotland bemused by a Facebook glitch that places them just north of Oslo, and local businesses worry it might affect the tourist tradeFacebook has been accused of a lot of things, from riding roughshod over people’s privacy to prudishly censoring the most innocuous of photographs.But it’s never gone so far as to annex an entire island of 50,000 people and dump it in another country. Continue reading...
  
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• Windows 10 is going to kill off Media Center, Microsoft confirms

  03-05-2015 15:19
  
  It's been a long time coming, but it's a sad moment nevertheless: a Microsoft executive has confirmed that Media Center won't be available at all in Windows 10, finally killing off the software for good.ZDNet has the scoop from inside this week's Build conference, but the writing was very definitely on the wall - the software suite was last given a major upgrade in 2009. A direct port was made available for Windows 8 for users who still wanted access to the functionality.It's a sad end for an ap
  
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• The innovators: the 3D weaving machine putting new heart into soles

  03-05-2015 13:05
  
  Industrial designer Oluwaseyi Sosanya hopes his 3D weaver can stitch together much more than shoes – be it bulletproof vests or even buildings Continue reading...
  
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• IN DEPTH: What Windows 10's future could look like with more Android

  03-05-2015 12:45
  
  ItgoeswithoutsayingthatMicrosofthasrevolutionizedIt goes without saying that Microsoft has revolutionized theworldofcomputing,eventhoughitsformerbusinesspartner,Apple,isthemoretalkedaboutplayerthesedays.Thankstodocumentariesandmovies,likePiratesofSiliconValley,it'scommonknowledgethatbothBillGatesandSteveJobsweresimilarlyinspiredbywhatXeroxwasworkingonatPARC,thephotocopyingcompany'sresearchanddevelopmentlab.For years leading up to the innovation of the GUI or graphical user interface, all interac
  
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• Five things we love: from super-light skateboards to jedi knight chopsticks

  03-05-2015 12:00
  
  Our tech favourites this week let you grill with the power of the sun, or eat chow mein with the power of the forceConstructed from carbon fibre, a material commonly used in aviation, this longboard puts the lightweight technology to use on terra firma (although certainly not with the aim of keeping your feet firmly on the ground). The Gridboard, rather unsurprisingly, is designed in a grid pattern, with the desire to cut down every ounce resulting in an elegantly simple symmetry to the deck. Th
  
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• Leaked specs offer a first glimpse of the next Lumia flagships

  03-05-2015 11:51
  
  Middle-of-the-road Lumias are all well and good but we know that Microsoft is holding off on releasing its next flagship handsets until Windows 10 is out in the wild - and that could be any time from summer onwards.When the brand new OS does make it to phones, the first two cutting edge devices in line could be the 'Cityman' and the 'Talkman', according to some insider rumours reported by Unleash The Phones. You may remember we heard the same codenames used internally at Microsoft last year.City
  
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• VIDEO: Drone detector to safeguard planes

  03-05-2015 11:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New radar technology will enable drones to be detected more easily
  
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• Why you should avoid hotel Wi-Fi like the plague

  03-05-2015 10:32
  
  Introduction and risks of hotel Wi-FiEverybody loves free Wi-Fi. It's one of the number one reasons for choosing a hotel, and there are even websites dedicated to it. But it's not safe."Hotel Wi-Fi is designed for easy and frictionless access," says Stephen Moody, Solutions Director, EMEA at ThreatMetrix. "Devices are connecting to insecure, non-encrypted Wi-Fi networks." The bottom line is this: use hotel Wi-Fi and you may be open to scams, hacks, viruses and malicious softw
  
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• VIDEO: How 3D scans are helping solve crimes

  03-05-2015 10:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Detectives from the West Midlands are using 3D technology to provide juries with microscopic evidence, previously beyond the reach of forensic testing.
  
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• Google may not do ‘nice’, but even the omnipotent need to survive

  03-05-2015 10:00
  
  The mighty search engine is putting on a good Samaritan act with its Digital News Initiative, but its munificence isn’t all that surprising in a digital world where content, and allies, are vitalAnd now for a wholly different area of politics. Here’s Google, the mightiest search engine in the universe, struggling to win press friends and get the European Union’s antitrust campaigners off its back. So here, in turn, is £107m (carved from some $66bn in revenues last year) to start a �
  
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• Playing politics in video games: how you can have democracy or despotism at your fingertips

  03-05-2015 10:00
  
  Tropico and Democracy 3 give you a chance to experience being a political leaderPolling day looms and, as the clamour for our votes reaches a climax in this extraordinarily close-run election, it might be supposed that gaming has little to add to the debate. But whether democracy really works and how is a question the gaming industry has taken on and with interesting results.Factors that determine not just a fair election but a working, democratic government are, in reality, incredibly hard to t
  
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• Running Man of Tech: Apple Watch: a runner's review

  03-05-2015 09:30
  
  The tiresome triathlon dreamLook – I promise* that this is the last time I'll talk about the Apple Watch in this column. To most of you it's either a shiny piece of frippery or something you've had your eye on but don't know how to admit you want to buy - not a genuine running purchase.But the fact is I've not seen this much hoo-ha over a wearable device for running for, well, actually ever. Most couch-dwellers don't know the first thing about a Garmin or Polar, but they've heard of the Apple
  
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• Peugeot 208 GTi 30th Anniversary: car review

  03-05-2015 07:00
  
  What does it mean when a car has a big red bottom? Peugeot’s special 208 GTi is ready for action Continue reading...
  
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• Teenagers develop app to scrutinise election candidates

  03-05-2015 00:09
  
  Votr uses your postcode to collate candidates’ tweets and invites you to swipe, like the Tinder dating appAre your election candidates up to scratch on community issues? Whose opinions really chime with your own? And are ingrained allegiances clouding your judgement? Two teenagers have developed an app to help you find the answers.Offering the digital-savvy a way to scrutinise those braying for their votes, Votr is the brainchild of Londoners Zak Cutner and Freddie Poser who turned their codin
  
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