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• TechRadar Deals: The best HTC One M9 deals in June 2015

  04-06-2015 23:48
  
  Best HTC One M9 dealsWhen HTC launched the HTC One M9 there was some complaining that it didn't do much to advance the phone from the previous, and much-loved HTC One M8 which preceded it.And, while it's true to say that the One M9 isn't a huge advance from the M8, it still has a lot of great new features that make it very worthy of your consideration. See the best HTC One M9 deals with a free phoneCompare the market: use TechRadar's HTC One M9 comparison chartsFor example, the new camera has a
  
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• Updated: Apple Watch in-store availability begins in two weeks

  04-06-2015 23:41
  
  Update June 4: Apple stealthily revealed it will begin selling some Watch models in its retail stories in the coming weeks, along with delivering an update for those still waiting for a Watch.Here's the line from Apple: "We're also making great progress with the backlog of Apple Watch orders,and we thank our customers for their patience. All orders placedthrough May, with the sole exception of Apple Watch 42 mm Space Black Stainless Steelwith Space Black Link Bracelet, will ship to customer
  
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• Nest teases a big announcement for June 17

  04-06-2015 23:07
  
  Smart home innovator Nest has sent invitations for a press conference in San Francisco, California on June 17. The smart thermostat maker was purchased by Google in 2014 for some $3.2 billion, and was co-founded by former Apple engineer Tony Fadell, one of the “fathers of the iPod.” The company became known to the world because of its smart home tech, most notably the Learning Thermostat, which picks up users’ patterns and adjusts room temperature to their liking. The invitation itself is
  
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• Startups are bringing mobile banking to remote villages

  04-06-2015 22:24 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Mobile banking has provided financial inclusion for developing countries. A new wave of startups is now taking the tech beyond mobile wallets Continue reading...
  
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• Israel PM attacks Orange over deal

  04-06-2015 20:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Israel's Prime Minister has attacked the boss of the French telecom giant Orange for looking to pull out of a deal with an Israeli partner.
  
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• NSA's use of 'back-door searches' against hackers is reformers' next target

  04-06-2015 19:56 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Authorized by a 2008 revision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act known as Section 702, these searches reveal insufficiency of USA Freedom Act Continue reading...
  
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• PayPal users face robot cold calls

  04-06-2015 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  PayPal is updating its user agreement in July to force customers to accept automated cold calls from it and its affiliates.
  
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• Hyperloop and games of the future: Podcast 221

  04-06-2015 19:02
  
  
  An entertaining weekly 45-minute look at the most interesting technology and science stories from the last seven days, with WIRED.co.uk's Michael Rundle, Katie Collins and James Temperton.By: Katie Collins, Continue reading...
  
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• Review: Honor 4X

  04-06-2015 18:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and design Huawei's Honor brand has been churning out some impressive smartphones since its conception in the latter part of 2014. Devices such as the powerful Honor 6 and the super affordable Honor Holly have certainly caused a stir in Western markets, accentuating the rise of Chinese manufacturers.While much of the recent attention has been focused on the new flagship Honor 6 Plus, the firm's Honor 4X looks to deliver a similar big-screen experience for those who are a little more
  
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• Songkick and Crowdsurge merge to make a splash in live music market

  04-06-2015 18:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Music-tech startups are coming together to help fans go to more gigs, and musicians to sell more tickets directly to them Continue reading...
  
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• Pong and Doom enter game Hall of Fame

  04-06-2015 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Six computer games, including Pong and Doom, have been inducted into the first Video Game Hall of Fame.
  
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• Windows 10 PC squeezed inside plug

  04-06-2015 17:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Microsoft shows off unusual computers capable of running its forthcoming Windows 10 software, including a system contained in a plug.
  
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• Google apologises for Narendra Modi 'top 10 criminals' search results

  04-06-2015 16:13 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Indian PM appears alongside gangsters, murderers, dictators and Justin Bieber in image searches for phrase Continue reading...
  
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• Review: In Depth: Oppo R5

  04-06-2015 16:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IntroductionDespite the best efforts of Samsung and Apple, the world's thinnest smartphone title briefly went to a relatively unknown Chinese manufacturer. Oppo's R5 handset is a mere 4.85mm thick, that's almost thin enough to carve your holiday turkey.I can already hear many of you ask "but who is Oppo?"Chinese mobile manufacturers are booming. The phrase "made in china" might have become synonymous with "mass produced", "cheap", and "low quality", but we
  
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• Twitter blocks Politwoops for breaching terms of service

  04-06-2015 15:59 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Archiving statements made, then deleted, by elected officials goes against social network’s rules, it says, as UK spin-off’s fate hangs in the balanceThe archiving service Politwoops, which tracks and retains tweets deleted by politicians, has been blocked from accessing Twitter after the social network accused it of “breaching its terms of service”. Funded by the Washington DC-based nonprofit Sunlight Foundation which campaigns for transparency in government, Politwoops has been collect
  
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• Microsoft Windows 10 free upgrade: 10 more of your questions answered

  04-06-2015 15:35 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Last week’s column on Windows 10 resulted in more than 60 further questions from readers. Here’s another two handfuls from those who might want the new operating system – and Dolores, who doesn’tContinue reading...
  
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• Apple Watch will arrive in retail stores in the next two weeks

  04-06-2015 15:28 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Apple says 'some' models will finally be available to buy in store, smartwatch will be available in seven more countries this month.
  
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• SoundCloud signs licensing deal to pay independent labels for music streams

  04-06-2015 15:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Partnership with licensing agency Merlin also covers the company’s plans for a paid music subscription service later in 2015SoundCloud has struck a deal with licensing agency Merlin that it says will help independent labels start making money from plays of their songs on the streaming service.It’s a significant partnership for SoundCloud, since Merlin negotiates streaming deals on behalf of more than 20,000 labels and distributors, including well-known labels such as Beggars Group, Domino, N
  
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• Alibaba to invest $194 million in Chinese financial media firm

  04-06-2015 14:31 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The alliance aims to help Alibaba expand into financial-information services by taking advantage of the Chinese e-commerce giant's rich resources in customer data and cloud computing technology.
  
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• Baidu disqualified from AI test

  04-06-2015 14:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese search engine Baidu's unexpected victory in AI test has been cancelled after it emerged that it broke the contest's rules.
  
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• Three makes U-turn on price rise promise

  04-06-2015 14:06 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Mobile phone company introduces mid-contract rises despite undertaking made last year Continue reading...
  
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• Review: Loewe Connect 55

  04-06-2015 13:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and features It's been a long time since we last found a new Loewe TV on our test benches. The German brand - pronounced "Lerver" - has, like so many other TV brands recently, had to undergo a major restructuring operation that's taken rather longer to complete than its new owners had hoped. It has, though, finally emerged from its enforced hibernation. And with the Connect 55 it's come out fighting.The headline news is the fact that every model in Loewe's four-series strong
  
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• Xiaomi now world's second-biggest wearables maker

  04-06-2015 13:09 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  ‘China’s Apple’ rise rapidly to account for a quarter of market, but effect of Apple Watch launch remains to be seen
  Chinese technology firm Xiaomi has become the world’s second largest wearables manufacturer in less than a year, data shows.Xiaomi’s recently released fitness tracker the Mi Band, launched in the second half of 2014, sold 2.8m copies in the first quarter of 2015, data from research firm IDC showed. Xiaomi accounted for 24.6% of the wearables market, making it second only
  
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• Apple iMac with Retina 5K Display (mid-2015) review: More affordable, but beware expensive upgrades

  04-06-2015 12:57 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  A combination of 5K resolution and strong GPU performance make the latest, more affordable, 27-inch iMac a tempting system for graphic designers and photographers.
  
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• Pebble Time review: better on Android than iPhone

  04-06-2015 11:49 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Pebble’s latest smartwatch is more capable and useful when connected to Android over an iPhone, but the competition is stifferThe Pebble Time is a smartwatch focused on doing notifications on the wrist and telling the time, but when paired with an Android smartphone it’s a lot more capable than with an iPhone.
  That’s because the way Google has designed notifications on Android and integrated them into its Android Wear watches has left the door open for third-parties.Pros: always-readable e
  
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• Hatred review – empty, forgettable and bland

  04-06-2015 11:18 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The controversial murder spree shooter is a monochrome menace to the legacy of glorious twin-stick shooters like RobotronHatred is a game that longs to be hated, but it’s difficult to work up the enthusiasm for a half-hearted eye-roll. It’s been controversial but, honestly, most of the controversy has been about the feuding around the game rather than the game itself. Now that it’s here, it’s officially about as dangerous as the interactive movie Night Trap, which caused a similar fuss o
  
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• Human Services looks to deliver welfare updates like Domino's

  04-06-2015 08:46 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Australian Department of Human Services is looking to adopt a number of the practices of Domino's and other commercial companies in tracking payments processing and communicating with customers.
  
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• Domino's Pizza's appetite for risk

  04-06-2015 08:25 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  After their recent immersion into the wearable technology market, Domino's CDO Michael Gillespie talks about maximising the digital space and using technology as a competitive advantage.
  
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• David Cameron, the 'snooper's charter' will not make us safer

  04-06-2015 08:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The UK government appears to have swallowed a fly – and it’s not the bad guys who’ll die, but our libertyShe swallowed the dog to catch the cat/She swallowed the cat to catch the bird/She swallowed the bird to catch the spider/She swallowed the spider to catch the fly/I don’t know why she swallowed the fly/Perhaps she’ll dieIt’s happened: David Cameron is prime minister, and he’s following through on his promise to ban effective cryptography. Continue reading...
  
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• Air gaps still a cheap and effective defence for critical networks: Kaspersky

  04-06-2015 07:14 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Physically-separate networks aren't always the rule for industrial networks these days, said Eugene Kaspersky, but they should be.
  
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• ​OpenLearning secures tender contract with federal government

  04-06-2015 06:35 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  As part of winning a tender, OpenLearning will deliver the federal government a massive open online course (MOOC) platform, which will be used to replace in-person training for large scale, ongoing projects.
  
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• Life as a recovering porn addict

  04-06-2015 06:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "I couldn't focus on everyday activities"
  
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• Superloop debuts on ASX

  04-06-2015 05:07 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Asia-Pacific fibre company Superloop has officially listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, after a successful IPO.
  
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• Multinational firm paid ransom in bitcoins to hackers who broke into systems

  04-06-2015 05:06 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The Brisbane-based company paid a ransom to the hackers but contacted police after it was attacked again and an executive’s child targeted onlineHackers extorted an international company based in Brisbane for a ransom paid out in bitcoin but then escalated their demands by threatening online attacks on a senior employee’s child, Queensland police have said.The company, which police refused to identify, paid the hackers an initial ransom worth thousands of dollars after its computer system wa
  
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• Montech Holdings re-list after raising AU$4.3m

  04-06-2015 04:07 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Montech Holdings are back on the Australian Securities Exchange this week after 14 months off; bringing with them a new brand and new investments.
  
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• Are 'paedophile hunters' hindering police?

  04-06-2015 02:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How helpful are so-called vigilante groups at catching online paedophiles?
  
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• Disaster robots face off for glory

  04-06-2015 01:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twenty four robots from across the world are to race against the clock and each other to complete eight disaster relief-themed tasks.
  
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• Russian hacker drives hard bargain

  04-06-2015 01:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A computer security company has warned about a new strain of "ransomware" - while finding that even Russian hackers can be haggled down.
  
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• A Facebook executive's candid post about grief

  04-06-2015 01:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shortly after the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg has come out of mourning with a post about grief.
  
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• Making it easier to get a takeaway

  04-06-2015 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The online start-up making it easier to get a takeaway
  
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• VIDEO: Delivering Nando's on electric bikes

  04-06-2015 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Start up company Deliveroo is trying to disrupt the takeaway food business, by making it easier for more restaurants to deliver.
  
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• T​elstra CISO blasts cyber 'attribution distraction'

  04-06-2015 01:01 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Don't worry so much about who it was that attacked you, or how smart they were. Look to the problems with your own defence strategies, Telstra CISO Mike Burgess has said.
  
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• Hands-on review: Huawei P8 Lite

  04-06-2015 00:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Huawei is trying to take hold of the US smartphone market through the backdoor, so to speak. The Chinese firm just released the $249 (about £162, AU$320) P8 Lite in the states solely through Amazon and its own online store.Designed to work with just about any SIM card (or two, thanks to dual SIM slots), the P8 Lite is aimed at folks that can't swing the fat subsidies lathered onto the "just $199 with two-year contract" deals that the carriers push for the latest flagship phones.Of cours
  
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