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• Another NZ tech, IkeGPS, misses forecast

  28-05-2015 23:31 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  IkeGPS joins a procession of tech companies in New Zealand that have missed forecasts but says momentum has built since year-end.
  
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• VIDEO: Highlights from Google I/O 2015

  28-05-2015 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google has shown off some of the functions of the next version of its Android mobile operating system.
  
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• Periscope 'changing house viewings'

  28-05-2015 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An estate agent using a live video streaming app to conduct home viewings says he hopes the technology will help improve his profession's image.
  
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• Review: Canon 760D (Rebel T6s)

  28-05-2015 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and featuresIn a move that runs the risk of confusing the market, Canon has introduced two upgrades to the EOS 700D (EOS Rebel T5i); the 750D and the 760D (reviewed here). Like the 700D, the 750D and 760D are DSLRs in Canon's 'beginners' range. The 760D is at the top of the group, but below the Canon 70D, which sits at the bottom of the 'enthusiast-level' range.Known as the Rebel T6s in US territories, the 760D has a very similar specification to the 750D along with a few extra feat
  
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• Popularity of 'hookup apps' blamed for surge in sexually transmitted infections

  28-05-2015 22:47 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Health officials in Rhode Island and Utah attribute an uptick in STDs including syphilis, gonorrhea and HIV cases to use of apps like Grindr and Tinder Continue reading...
  
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• Google unveils Android 'M' software with focus on security and battery life

  28-05-2015 22:40 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  New version of Android software for smartphones, tablets, watches and TVs outlined at Google I/O developer conference and will be released later this yearGoogle’s next version of Android software for smartphones, tablets, watches and TVs is called “M” and will aim to beef up security while conserving battery life, the tech company announced on Thursday at I/O, its annual developer conference in San Francisco.With Android M, Google is attempting to spread its mobile operating system far and
  
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• Google gives first peek at Android M

  28-05-2015 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google reveals easier-to-control privacy permissions, greater support for fingerprint sensors and longer battery life in the next version of Android.
  
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• Google takes aim at the internet of things with new Brillo operating system

  28-05-2015 21:08 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Search firm has designs on fully connected houses following its acquisition of smart-device company Nest and wants to be bigger than just AndroidGoogle intends to be the center of the connected home with its new “internet of things” operating system, Brillo.
  Google Brillo is designed to run on and connect multiple low-power devices, connecting anything from a washing machine to a rubbish bin and linking in with existing Google technologies.Continue reading...
  
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• Life on Europa and the Queen's speech: Podcast 220

  28-05-2015 18:45
  
  
  Listen this week for an entertaining 45-minute look at the most interesting technology and science stories from the last seven days, with WIRED.co.uk's Michael Rundle, Liat Clark and James Temperton.
   By: Liat Clark, Continue reading...
  
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• FCC seeks to implement $1.7bn plan to benefit low-income internet users

  28-05-2015 18:43 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  “[B]roadband access is essential for access to education and information, for managing and receiving health care, and for daily tasks,” the agency says Continue reading...
  
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• Fifa 16: Why the women jokes are wrong

  28-05-2015 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why "jokes" about the addition of women players get it wrong
  
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• Women to feature in Fifa 16 game

  28-05-2015 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England are one of 12 teams included in the latest version of the Fifa computer game as women feature for the first time.
  
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• Lorry full of Nintendo games stolen

  28-05-2015 16:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A lorry transporting Nintendo's new special edition of its popular Splatoon shooter game has been stolen.
  
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• Marauders Map: the Chrome app that stalks Facebook Messenger users

  28-05-2015 16:15 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Privacy concerns over app that allows you to pinpoint location of anyone who is part of same messaging thread, and track them via time stampsAn extension for the Chrome web browser has been developed that allows people to pinpoint the precise location, to within a metre, of Facebook Messenger users.The app – named Mauraders Map after the magical map in the Harry Potter books that showed the identity, locations and movements of all individuals – has been created by Harvard computer science an
  
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• How can we best assess the neuropsychological effects of violent video game play?

  28-05-2015 15:53 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  We’re issuing a call for pre-registered scientific studies that will help us understand how playing violent video games affect our behaviour Continue reading...
  
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• Fifa 16 to add women's teams for the first time

  28-05-2015 14:30 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Electronic Arts has overcome ‘technical obstacles’ to add 12 female national sides to the latest edition of its multimillion-selling football seriesIn what is likely to be the only piece of positive PR that the world football governing body will receive this week, publisher Electronic Arts has announced it will be introducing female footballers into its Fifa video game series, beginning with the forthcoming Fifa 16 edition.The game features 12 international all-female teams, 11 of whom will
  
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• Moleskine TimePage provides a refreshing calendar experience for your iPhone and Apple Watch

  28-05-2015 14:02 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  It's not often that people get excited about using their calendar. However, Moleskine's new TimePage application is fun to use and provides essential consolidated information in a way that makes you want to use your calendar.
  
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• Fifteen drivers to be prosecuted for filming lorry collision on A14

  28-05-2015 14:01 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Figures show tenfold increase in six years in number of people facing charges for using a mobile phone behind the wheel Continue reading...
  
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• ​Now anyone can buy one of Google's $512 Project Tango tablets

  28-05-2015 13:58 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Google has dropped the invite-only purchasing system for its experimental but spatially aware tablet.
  
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• 'Moose' worm targets home routers

  28-05-2015 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A malicious worm called moose that targets poorly protected home routers has been uncovered by security researchers.
  
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• GoPro to make a quadcopter drone

  28-05-2015 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The action camera-maker GoPro reveals plans to make its own quadcopter drone, and also unveils kit to aid virtual reality filmmakers.
  
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• National Portrait Gallery unveils sculpture of Tim Berners-Lee

  28-05-2015 13:30 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  First commissioned portrait of the inventor of the world wide web is a bronze made by Sean Henry in honour of his 60th birthday Continue reading...
  
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• Lenovo phone beams virtual keyboard

  28-05-2015 12:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese electronics giant Lenovo has unveiled a phone with a built-in laser projector that can be used to display a virtual keyboard or display.
  
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• ​Apple working on fix for bug that crashes iPhones with a text message

  28-05-2015 12:27 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Apple will fix the bug that allows an attacker to crash an iPhone by sending a special string of characters in a text message.
  
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• iPhone text message bug can crash Apple Watch, iPad and Mac too

  28-05-2015 12:22 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Bug in Apple’s Messages that allows anyone to crash someone’s iPhone with a text can also affect an Apple Watch, iPad or MacThe bug that causes iPhones to crash when they receive a boobytrapped text message also affects the Apple Watch, iPads and Macs.
  The crash is caused by a bug within a core system common to all of Apple’s devices that handles text. When presented with non-Latin characters in a specific sequence – including those from Arabic, Chinese and Marathi – the CoreText syste
  
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• Splatoon review: ink, charm and lots of ideas

  28-05-2015 11:44 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Nintendo has not quite created the perfect shooter for people who don’t like shooters, but it is lovely, exciting and very coolSplatoon – Nintendo’s take on shooting games – is as wonderfully, vibrantly creative as the phrase “Nintendo’s take on shooting games” might suggest. An entirely unique central mechanic removes the usual assault-rifle-toting grunts in favour of shape-shifting squids with a guns full of ink. Your aim is to paint the environment with as much of your team’s
  
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• ​Sony buys ex-Facebook exec's storage startup in push for datacentre domiance

  28-05-2015 11:09 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Sony taps up Facebook's former hardware guru to help develop a new disc library systems for hyperscale datacentres.
  
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• ​Sony buys ex-Facebook exec's storage startup in push for datacentre dominance

  28-05-2015 11:09 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Sony taps up Facebook's former hardware guru to help develop a new disc library systems for hyperscale datacentres.
  
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• Microsoft Windows 10 free upgrade: five questions answered

  28-05-2015 11:07 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Last week’s column on Windows 10 resulted in many more readers’ questions. Here’s a handful, though nothing is certain until Microsoft launches the codeCan you please tell me how to go about obtaining the free Windows 10 for my laptop, which is currently operating on Windows 8.0? Eric Continue reading...
  
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• Holiday special: Tech Weekly podcast

  28-05-2015 10:52 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  With summer just around the corner, we find out how technology has changed the way we go on holiday Continue reading...
  
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• Government wants piracy site-blocking Bill passed in June

  28-05-2015 10:16 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Australian Attorney-General George Brandis has told Senate Estimates the Australian government wants its legislation to block piracy sites passed before the end of June.
  
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• NSA chief: Encryption isn't bad, it's the future

  28-05-2015 09:15 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  ...but intelligence agency still wants access encypted communications.
  
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• MYOB acquire Ace Payroll in NZ$14 million deal

  28-05-2015 08:52 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Australian accounting software provider MYOB today signed a deal with New Zealand based Ace Payroll, 24 days after it returned to the ASX.
  
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• Stephen Conroy threatens NBN Co with subpoena over Senate no-show

  28-05-2015 08:43 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Labor frontbencher says NBN’s chief technology officer has refused to attend hearings and Senate estimates on all but one time since his appointment Continue reading...
  
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• Apple beats Google to be named world's most valuable brand

  28-05-2015 08:42 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Brandz power list also sees Facebook soar thanks to Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions, while Vodafone is top UK brand Continue reading...
  
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• Lenovo announces dual-screen smartwatch, projector smartphone

  28-05-2015 08:30 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Lenovo unveiled its Magic View smartwatch and the Smart Cast laser projector smartphone at Tech World 2015.
  
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• The return of virtual reality: 'this is as big an opportunity as the internet'

  28-05-2015 08:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Twenty years ago the man who pioneered commercial VR saw his market shrink to zero. Now he’s excited again – and so are Microsoft, Google and Facebook …Dr Jonathan Waldern is standing in a meeting room in Silicon Valley, wearing a lab coat and grinning from ear to ear. “There will be people crying in this, people falling in love, people falling over. For all sorts of reasons, this strikes at the core of being a human being. It’s so compelling … this is as big an opportunity as the in
  
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• Empired secures AU$20 million Rio Tinto deal

  28-05-2015 07:41 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Empired has landed a AU$20 million outsourcing deal to manage Rio Tinto's extensive collection of enterprise software.
  
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• Pebble Time review: the simple but effective answer to Apple Watch

  28-05-2015 07:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Pebble’s latest crowdfunding success story doesn’t try too hard, reaping the benefits of a focus on functionality, notifications and battery life Pebble Time is the latest smartwatch crowdfunding success story, having broken records by hitting $2m in 58 minutes and ultimately raising more than $20m. But is the watch that works with both Android and iPhone – making it a direct Apple Watch competitor – worth the hype?This is the second time on the merry-go-round for Pebble. Its first cross
  
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• Lenovo ANZ focus to grow consumer business

  28-05-2015 06:19 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  While its commercial business still remains a key focus, Lenovo's strategy for Australia and New Zealand will be to drive growth in its recently launched consumer business.
  
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• IBM steps up analytics rollouts for industries

  28-05-2015 06:01 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  IBM has launched 20 analytics applications designed for industries such as retail, banks and oil and gas.
  
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• Without change, government too big to be successful online: Mailes

  28-05-2015 05:57 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Grantly Mailes, chief technology advocate for the Victorian government has urged Australian local, state and federal governments to stay relevant in the digital age.
  
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• Lenovo to launch Moto Maker in China

  28-05-2015 04:15 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  China will be the second market globally to be given access to the Moto Maker online design studio, which gives customers the chance to customise their Moto X smartphones.
  
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• Lenovo's ThinkPad tablet range to leverage Windows 10 launch

  28-05-2015 04:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  In anticipation of the launch of Windows 10, Lenovo has introduced the ThinkPad 10, an enterprise table with the latest version of Windows, and signed a partnership with Microsoft.
  
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• Hands-on review: Lenovo ThinkPad 10 (2015)

  28-05-2015 04:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Despite being in the tablet space for a relatively short time, Lenovo carved a name for itself by producing the excellent ThinkPad 8 and ThinkPad 10. Now, a year later, the Chinese computer company is back at the Windows slate game with next generation ThinkPad 10.Rather than being a whole new device, this 10-inch tablet comes as more of a refresh than a completely new product. The 2015 edition sports the same slim design as the last year’s Lenovo ThinkPad 10, but the internals have been updat
  
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• Woolworths revives mobile reselling with Telstra

  28-05-2015 03:57 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  After ending its reselling of Optus mobile services, Australian supermarket giant Woolworths will now offer to resell Telstra 3G services.
  
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• US charity sues CommBank in IT bribery scandal

  28-05-2015 03:52 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  US-based charity ACE Foundation has filed a law suit against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia for not returning $2.53 million in funding that it had paid two former IT employees unknowingly involved in corrupt activities.
  
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• Yahoo to face class action lawsuit

  28-05-2015 03:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yahoo will face a US class action lawsuit for allegedly accessing the content of emails sent to its mail users from non-Yahoo Mail accounts.
  
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• Unless kids are working, coding should not be taught: Abbott

  28-05-2015 03:05 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Foundational programming skills are not needed for primary school children, unless they are going to work at age 11, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said yesterday.
  
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• NBN Russian ahead with satellites despite ongoing slot negotiations

  28-05-2015 02:50 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  NBN will still be able to launch and operate its satellites even if it doesn't manage to secure use of the orbital slots from a Russian satellite operator, the ACMA has confirmed.
  
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