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• David Goldberg, tech entrepreneur, died while exercising at Mexican resort

  04-05-2015 23:45
  
  Goldberg was husband of Facebook COO and Lean In author Sheryl SandbergMark Zuckerberg: ‘Dave Goldberg was an amazing person’ Continue reading...
  
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• Review: Cambridge Audio Go V2

  04-05-2015 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Some Bluetooth speakers are flashy, others are subdued. You have your small options and much larger ones to choose from. With all of the bases covered, how can a Bluetooth speaker stand out in today's market? The Cambridge Audio Go V2 tries by offering a middle ground for prospective buyers not only with a spiffy, but muted design that's the perfect size for a bookshelf, but with a few useful features added to the mix. There are a few things to like, such as the battery, which will have you list
  
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• Carly Fiorina declares bid for president as new foil to 'not trustworthy' Clinton

  04-05-2015 19:27
  
  Former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard becomes first woman to seek party’s nod for White House in crowded 2016 race – and to test Hillary Clinton ‘disconnect’ Continue reading...
  
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• TV battles Periscope's boxing pirates

  04-05-2015 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US networks force clips of the Mayweather v Pacquiao boxing match offline, but fail to prevent new apps showing live streams of the bout.
  
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• Sexting could see teenagers branded as sex offenders

  04-05-2015 18:41
  
  Sending an erotic selfie should not automatically land teenagers a criminal record, say anti-censorship campaigners Continue reading...
  
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• Periscope delivers blow to pay-per-view in Mayweather v Pacquiao fight

  04-05-2015 18:00
  
  Twitter CEO boasts its live-streaming service was the saviour when viewers struggled for access or didn’t want to give up $100 Continue reading...
  
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• Astronauts watch Star Wars in space

  04-05-2015 17:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Astronauts aboard the International Space Station celebrate Star Wars Day with a movie pick that may surprise some fans.
  
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• Facebook opens Internet.org amid row

  04-05-2015 12:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook is to allow more organisations to join its free mobile data scheme, but net neutrality campaigners remain opposed.
  
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• The unmanned aerial vehicles that are giving drones a good name

  04-05-2015 12:28
  
  Use of drones in Nepal earthquake relief effort and Dronestagr.am, which allows users to upload their aerial photos, are just two examples of non-military use You float above a garden in Belgium. There’s not a soul in sight. In another picture a group of men stare up at you from the entrance of a church, eyes squinting in the sun. In another you drift across a charred landscape, black and scabbed, as if the desert has bubbled up in blisters. A caption by the user who uploaded the photo on to D
  
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• Who are smartwatches like the Apple Watch and Android Wear really for?

  04-05-2015 11:57
  
  Is the smartwatch the next big thing after the MP3 player, smartphone, tablet and phablet, or is it the 21st-century equivalent of the electric can opener?Smart watches are attempting to break into the mainstream. The massive marketing machines of Apple, Google and Samsung are trying to push their appeal beyond geeks and early adopters and get everyone wondering whether there’s a smartwatch for them. Smartwatches have existed, in various incarnations, for 10 years or so. Last year saw Pebble l
  
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• Amazon doubles free delivery limit

  04-05-2015 10:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Online retail giant Amazon is raising the minimum spend shoppers must make to qualify for its "super saver" free delivery service.
  
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• Tower of Guns review – a refreshing take on the first-person shooter

  04-05-2015 09:30
  
  (PS4, Xbox One, Terrible Posture Games, cert: 7) Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: Battling the best Segway polo teams

  04-05-2015 09:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click challenge some of the world's best players of Segway polo.
  
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• ​Domino's tracks driver 'safety' with Uberfied GPS technology

  04-05-2015 09:15 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Domino's Pizza has developed the GPS Driver Tracker to allow customers and the company to track delivery drivers via GPS, similar to how Uber drivers are tracked.
  
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• ​Australian startup Canva raises $6 million

  04-05-2015 08:38 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Australian online design startup Canva plans to pump its latest $6 million funding effort into bulking up its engineering team in an aim to release its new 'Canva for Work' product by June.
  
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• You buy the TV, Google ‘upgrades’ its software and then YouTube doesn’t work …

  04-05-2015 08:29
  
  Google has upgraded its software meaning that many people can no longer watch YouTube on their ‘smart TV’ and set-top box. What can you do?Did you buy a smart TV or set-top box or tablet any time before January 2013? Do you watch YouTube on it, perhaps through an app? Bad news: Google has shut down the feed that pushed content into the app. You may have noticed this of course: one person contacted me on Twitter to complain their daughter now couldn’t watch an ad-free YouTube video on his f
  
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• Football Manager Classic review – as hugely enjoyable on tablet as it was on PC

  04-05-2015 08:29
  
  (iPad, Sega, cert: 4)The football season is drawing to a close and without the joys of a World Cup or European Championship fans could be left with a barren two months with nothing to do but head out into a British summer. But fear not. Sports Interactive has come to the rescue. After years of slimmed-down, portable Football Manager, finally a fully fledged iteration arrives on the iPad. FM Classic, as its name suggests, was a mode introduced to appeal to old-school fans who didn’t fancy delvi
  
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• Framework aims to embed privacy culture in Australian organisations

  04-05-2015 08:20 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Australian Information Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim is encouraging organisations to embed sound privacy practice into their operations with the release of a new privacy management framework.
  
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• Gradius V review – a bare-bones revamp of a classic 2D shooter

  04-05-2015 08:00
  
  (PS3, Konami, cert: 3) Continue reading...
  
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• Serve up an advantage with the Babolat Play connected tennis racket

  04-05-2015 08:00
  
  Can a Rafael Nadal-endorsed, data-collecting tennis racket improve a wayward backhand?
  The Babolat AeroPro Drive Play connected tennis racket comes with a sensor embedded in the handle plus matching app that syncs via Bluetooth, recording the minutiae of your playing performance. The truly fearless (or perhaps just the very best) players can share their stats with other users via the app. Yet although apparently endorsed by tennis god Rafael Nadal, his superhuman performance statistics are nowhe
  
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• Privacy ruling goes beyond data-retention requirements: Telstra

  04-05-2015 07:38 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Telstra is challenging a ruling by Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim requiring the telco to hand over volumes of metadata to a journalist who requested it.
  
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• Westpac continues technology investment drive

  04-05-2015 07:22 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Westpac invested heavily in new technologies during the first half of the 2015 financial year, in the hopes of driving growth and enhancing customer experience.
  
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• Ask Jack: How do I get permission to copy files between Windows PCs?

  04-05-2015 07:00
  
  Maurice gets a message saying he is not authorised to open files he has copied from one computer running Windows to anotherI have tried to copy files from my old computer running Microsoft Windows 7 to my new one running Windows 8. When I try to open the files, I get a message telling me that I am not authorised to open them. MauriceWhen you use a Windows PC, you do it via your user account. This “owns” all the files you create, and lets you set permissions for sharing them (or not). This is
  
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• Remote NBN satellite users may face connection fees

  04-05-2015 06:56 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  NBN is considering slugging its satellite customers with a AU$15 re-connection fee, while its metro customers continue to get connected to the network for free.
  
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• Agriculture PC, tablet upgrades delayed by back paddock issues

  04-05-2015 06:24 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Australian Department of Agriculture is replacing its fleet of desktops with HP Minis running Windows 8, as the company also undertakes an HP tablet deployment.
  
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• Hands-on review: HP Pavilion All-in-One

  04-05-2015 06:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  After having refreshed its 2015 back-to-school notebooks, the HP Pavilion All-in-One rounds out HP's desktop offering for students who are willing to trade in portability for a larger display and desktop form factor. Available in configurations with 21-, 23-, or 27-inch full touchscreen screens, the Pavilion All-in-One can serve as a desktop computing station for work as well as a small entertainment center in cramped dorm rooms.The $649 (£429, AU$829) Pavilion All-in-One competes in the same s
  
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• Multinational tax dodgers could be in contempt of parliament: Report

  04-05-2015 04:40 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Australian Taxation Office has reportedly handed a new methodology for calculating the amount of tax that multinationals should pay to the Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance.
  
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• Intel's recipe to make it in mobility

  04-05-2015 04:12 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Intel is brewing up a potent recipe of wireless technology, imaging devices, authentication systems, and complete ODM turnkey solutions for its Atom X-series of chips, in its efforts to establish a hold on the highly competitive global mobility market.
  
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• Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea debut new track Pretty Girls to Uber riders

  04-05-2015 03:23
  
  Fans booked 30-minute rides in a fleet of Britney-branded SUVs to hear singer’s new duet with Australian rapper after online leak Continue reading...
  
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• Who invented the piano? Google doodle marks Bartolomeo Cristofori's 360th birthday

  04-05-2015 02:13
  
  Cristofori’s entry in Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that little is known of his life and that his invention was not well known in his lifetime Continue reading...
  
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• Global hopes for renewable energy fading, patents data show

  04-05-2015 01:01
  
  Falling number of patents for renewable energy products risks governments missing carbon reduction targetsContinue reading...
  
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• Three big questions the new Microsoft needs to answer

  04-05-2015 00:44 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is talking a big game and working hard to change Microsoft's image. Here are the three big question marks hanging over the company's current comeback.
  
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