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• NASA to give Microsoft's HoloLens a spin in space

  25-06-2015 23:17 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  NASA is sending Microsoft's HoloLens to the International Space Station for collaboration and training uses.
  
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• Broadband space race heats up as Airbus and Virgin Group join OneWeb

  25-06-2015 23:09
  
  Company plans to send 648 micro-satellites into space by 2019, racing Facebook, Google and Elon Musk’s SpaceX to be first to create global broadband networkThe broadband space race has received a $500m boost after Airbus, Coca-Cola and Virgin Group joined other funders in backing a venture to bring the internet to the most remote corners of the planet.OneWeb, based in the channel island of Jersey but with offices in California and Washington DC, plans to send 648 micro-satellites into space by
  
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• Review: Join.Me Pro By LogMeIn

  25-06-2015 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and design
  Conference rooms aren't what they used to be, in fact, much of the time they aren't even held in an actual room but online, so that multiple parties can access them from virtually anywhere. Online conferencing solutions have become a booming business in and of themselves. These tools take what online chat and video forums like Skype and FaceTime offer on desktop and mobile to the next, professional level.Some of the notable solutions in the web conferencing category are C
  
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• Apple removes Confederate flag games

  25-06-2015 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The App Store has become the latest retailer to ban Confederate flags, over a debate about its influence in a South Carolina shooting.
  
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• Taylor Swift 360s and hover board 180s: Podcast 223

  25-06-2015 20:29
  
  
  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, Katie Collins and Daniel Culpan.
   By: Katie Collins, Continue reading...
  
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• GCHQ monitored own staff excessively

  25-06-2015 19:48
  
  Eavesdropping agency collected bulk personal data without authorisation ‘due to technical error’ finds intelligence services watchdogGCHQ, the government’s electronic eavesdropping agency, has been found to be spying too much on its own staff, an official watchdog has said.Sir Mark Waller, the intelligence services commissioner, reveals in his annual report that GCHQ reported one error to him last year when it was found that an internal monitoring system, which keeps an eye on staff commun
  
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• Courtney Love gets caught up in Paris taxi driver protest against Uber app - video

  25-06-2015 19:07
  
  Singer Courtney Love finds herself caught up in protests in Paris against the Uber ride app during a journey from Charles de Gaulle airport on Thursday. Taxi drivers have been protesting against Uber because, they say, the facility undercuts their service. Love, 50, has criticised the French president in a series of tweets, claiming she would have been safer in Baghdad after her taxi became caught up in the protests Continue reading...
  
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• Samsung cash for eye-tracking visor

  25-06-2015 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The world's first eye-tracking virtual reality headset secures investment from Samsung Ventures.
  
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• Taylor Swift allows Apple to stream her album 1989

  25-06-2015 18:45
  
  Singer gives permission for the LP to appear on the new Apple Music service after it reversed its decision not to pay artists royalties during its trial periodTaylor Swift has agreed to stream her album 1989 on Apple Music after the company reversed its decision not to pay artists royalties for the first three trial months their music is available on the company’s new streaming service.The pop star made the announcement on Twitter, writing: “After the events of this week, I’ve decided to p
  
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• Review: Updated: LG Watch Urbane

  25-06-2015 18:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and displayFrankly, LG's first smartwatch didn't offer much. Though, its second, the LG G Watch R, has proved to be far superior despite being a bit plasticky. It seems like the third time's a charm for LG, with the LG Watch Urbane looking the sleekest of the bunch. However, the Urbane is essentially a dressed up G Watch R with nearly identical dimensions and innards. With more premium materials, the watch is, of course, going to cost more. Though at $349 (£259, AU$459) - the same
  
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• PM's envoy: international data-sharing laws insufficient for security services

  25-06-2015 18:14
  
  Intelligence and law enforcement data-sharing envoy in treaty talks with internet companies, the US and other governments over co-operation in terrorism casesExisting international laws will never be enough to persuade US internet companies to hand over their customers’ personal data to the British security services in urgent counter-terrorism or “threat-to-life cases”, according to a secret report by the prime minister’s special data envoy.
  An official two-page summary of the report by
  
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• Google to convert Alabama coal plant into renewable-powered data centre

  25-06-2015 18:01
  
  Technology company says it will open 14th data centre at Widows Creek site in Jackson County that will be powered with 100% renewable energy Google will convert an old coal-fired power plant in rural Alabama into a data centre powered by renewable power, expanding the company’s move into the energy world.
  The technology giant said on Wednesday that it would open its 14th data centre inside the grounds of the old coal plant, and had reached a deal with the Tennessee Valley Authority, the regio
  
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• Review: MSI Prestige PE60 2QD

  25-06-2015 17:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designThe MSI Prestige PE60 2QD ($1,099.00, £709.58, AU$1415.87) is a business laptop that has the build quality and firepower of a tank. Marketed as both a gaming unit and a workstation built for business, the PE60 really has no direct competition.Best-in-class workstations, such as the supreme Lenovo ThinkPad W550s ($1,133, £765, AU$1,455) and the Dell Precision M6800 ($3,490, £2,075, AU$3,750) inspire productivity, but not necessarily the joys associated with gameplay. On
  
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• Courtney Love berates Hollande over 'unsafe taxi ride' in Paris

  25-06-2015 17:49
  
  Singer uses tweets to complain of her driver ‘being taken hostage’ during protests by taxi drivers in France against the Uber ride appCourtney Love has criticised the French president, François Hollande, claiming she would have been safer in Baghdad after her taxi became caught up in a protest in Paris against the Uber taxi app.paid some guys on motorcycles to sneak us out, got chased by a mob of taxi drivers who threw rocks, passed two police and they did nothing Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: Bringing Fifa's video games to life

  25-06-2015 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why live action football commentators turn their skills to following a soccer video game
  
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• Google and the dull artillery of EU antitrust litigation

  25-06-2015 17:28
  
  The competition chief gave the company 10 weeks to respond to accusations of it favouring its own services in Google Shopping – so what is happening?
  The halls of diplomacy cultivate a special kind of patience. In conference rooms and annexes, idealism doesn’t so much burn out as diffuse – splintered by endless meetings and dull documents. “We hoped for more,” younger selves cry. “But we were doomed to cooperate.”One of Brussels’ cooperation efforts that has been running the long
  
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• Indians mock Bobby Jindal on Twitter

  25-06-2015 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Louisiana Republican Governor Bobby Jindal's US presidential campaign launch becomes the subject of online mockery.
  
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• Updated: Apple Watch 2: What we want to see

  25-06-2015 16:45
  
  Apple Watch 2: News and rumorsThe Apple Watch has only fairly recently arrived, but it feels like it's been around ages - it was announced months ago and most of its key features were out in the open long before it hit any wrists.It's here now though and while it's a great wearable in many ways, with a stylish design, two size options and an innovative interface, it's also clearly a first generation device with plenty of room for improvement, so we're already itching for the Apple Watch 2.News a
  
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• BlackBerry CEO talks up possibility of secure Android phone

  25-06-2015 16:39
  
  BlackBerry's romance with Google's Android mobile OS is about to step up a notch after CEO John Chen didn't dismiss the idea of developing a smartphone powered by the OS.First reported by Android Authority, BlackBerry's head honcho was asked by CNBC once more whether the company was interested in building a 100% Android smartphone and he hinted that once the platform is secure enough they'd be happy to oblige."We only build secure phones and BlackBerry is the most secure phone so, if I can
  
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• will.i.am thinks the Apple Watch is 'weird'

  25-06-2015 16:08
  
  Rapper, entrepeneur, Puls creator, and Monkey Business co-producer will.i.am has made his feeling on the Apple Watch clear: he isn't a fan.i.am says he saw someone in a gym using Apple's wearable with an iPhone strapped to their arm. "I went to work out and I was like, that s- -t is weird,"he told the chief executive of Salesforce.com, reports Page Six.He should know.
  
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• Google removes "always listening" code from Chromium

  25-06-2015 16:04 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  After including closed-source code that enabled Chromium to listen in to a computer's microphone, Google bowed to backlash and removed it from the open-source browser.
  
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• T-Mobile will let anyone upgrade their phone at anytime for free*

  25-06-2015 16:00
  
  T-Mobile been pretty quiet since adding business plans in March, but John Legere has busted the doors open once again by adding a new Jump! smartphone upgrade plan.Relabeled as Jump! On Demand, T-Mobile users will still be able to get an replacement phone for no or little money down all while no longer needing to pay a $10 monthly fee. What's more, users will be able to switch out their device up to three times a year (up from the previous limit of two) and at any time they want, whereas previou
  
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• VIDEO: Hack attack 'almost shut NI company'

  25-06-2015 15:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland company employing 20 people was almost forced to close after its computer systems were hacked by an international crime gang, police have revealed.
  
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• Internet-from-orbit company raises $500m, aims to bridge the world's broadband divide

  25-06-2015 15:14 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  OneWeb has raised funds from Airbus, Qualcomm and Coca-Cola for its ambitious satellite broadband plan.
  
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• Updated: 50 best iPad apps 2015: free and paid for

  25-06-2015 15:02
  
  50 best iPad appsIf you've got yourself a shiny new iPad Air 2 or iPad mini 3, you'll want to start downloading the best iPad apps straight away. And if you already have an iPad Air or older iPad, you might want to update it with some new apps.It's the apps that really set iOS apart from other platforms - there are more and higher quality apps available on the App Store for the iPad than any other tablet. So which ones are worth your cash? And which are the best free apps?Luckily for you we've t
  
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• Samsung 'blocks Microsoft software'

  25-06-2015 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Samsung is accused of disabling Microsoft updates in order to run its own software.
  
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• In Depth: Apple: we want your iPhone to replace your passport

  25-06-2015 13:41
  
  Apple Pay, on its wayApple Pay is finally coming to the UK next month – and the brand doesn't intend on stopping with replacing cash and credit cards with phone and watches.I spent the morning with Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of internet software and services, and Jennifer Bailey, vice president of internet services for Apple, to find out how the system worked in San Francisco, where the service has already been deployed for a few months.Cue was clear about one thing: this is only
  
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• ​Redis Labs secures multimillion injection to help compete with MongoDB and Cassandra

  25-06-2015 13:30 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  New funding for the commercial Redis firm is designed to enable it to expand sales teams and increase research and development.
  
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• ​Redis Labs secures multi-million injection to help compete with MongoDB and Cassandra

  25-06-2015 13:30 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  New funding for the commercial Redis firm is designed to enable it to expand sales teams and increase research and development.
  
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• Sat firm eyes huge rocket campaign

  25-06-2015 13:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The OneWeb company, which aims to take affordable internet connectivity to every part of the globe, says it will need the biggest commercial rocket campaign in history to get all of its satellites in orbit.
  
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• VIDEO: Rideable Lexus hoverboard developed

  25-06-2015 13:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A rideable hoverboard is being developed by car manufacturer Lexus.
  
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• Groupon's Apple Watch app brings location-based deals to the wrist

  25-06-2015 13:07
  
  Groupon has updated its iOS app to include support for Apple Watch, so now you can get information about money-saving deals beamed directly to your wrist.The Groupon Apple Watch app uses location information supplied by your tethered iPhone to let you know about any deals and offers from stores or restaurants that are nearby.While it's not a hugely game-changing statement in terms of tech, it shows that bigger brands are finding new ways of harnessing the power of having a location-aware wearabl
  
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• 7 handy search shortcuts to master OS X Yosemite Spotlight

  25-06-2015 12:00
  
  1. Navigate and launchSpotlight has gotten better over time, such as when when Quick Look made it possible to preview files selected within Spotlight results. OS X Yosemite brings more changes to the feature's functionality and visual design.Instead of a drop-down menu anchored to the OS X menu bar, Spotlight now opens in the center of the screen. And most importantly, Apple has greatly expanded the scope of what Spotlight can search for, and has even added a few fun tricks.Fine tuningYou can fi
  
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• Will we finally see next-gen metal in the iPhone 6S?

  25-06-2015 11:45
  
  A Liquidmetal phone has almost become the stuff of legend, so often rumoured yet so far never coming to pass. But there's a sign that it could still be on the cards and it may even form the basis of the iPhone 6S.Apple has had a relationship with Liquidmetal for years now but done little with it, yet in a surprise move MacRumors has spotted that the Cupertino company has renewed its exclusive rights to use Liquidmetal.So far when it comes to consumer products all Apple has actually used Liquidme
  
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• Updated: OnePlus 2 release date, news and features

  25-06-2015 11:39
  
  OnePlus 2 release date, news and rumorsLatest update: The OnePlus 2 is set to be the world's first mass produced smartphone to sport a reversible USB Type C port, and OnePlus has given us an official look at the new cable.The OnePlus One came out of nowhere as the first product of a new company, but it didn't disappoint, thanks to high end specs and a surprisingly low price tag.One of the biggest complaints we could level at it was how hard it was to get hold of at launch and when that's the big
  
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• Review: Dell Inspiron 15 5000

  25-06-2015 11:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designThe Inspiron range is a long-standing pillar of Dell's laptop line, so we're pleased to see a new model updated with the latest Intel hardware. It's a good-looking bit of kit, too, with a brushed metal finish across the lid.Design The metallic lid and smart Dell logo get this machine off to a good start, and the look continues to the sides and base, where more metal is layered over the Dell's plastic skeleton to add a bit of sheen.This isn't a particularly expensive notebo
  
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• Intocircuit external power packs- dual charging when you need it

  25-06-2015 10:07 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  These power packs from Intocircuit certainly pack a punch when it comes to charging more than one device at the same time.
  
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• Xero: A sole trader's take

  25-06-2015 08:27 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Xero is one of the most popular cloud accounting software suites for small businesses, but is it the right choice for those looking to graduate from paper-based systems and Excel spreadsheets?
  
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• Telstra admits to sending customer mobile numbers to sites

  25-06-2015 08:18 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  A day after Optus admitted to the practice, Australia's largest mobile provider has admitted it also hands over customers' mobile phone numbers to certain websites without their consent.
  
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• Employee share scheme changes pass Australian parliament

  25-06-2015 08:01 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Changes to the employee share scheme, designed to make it easier for startup employees to reap the benefits of their employers' success, have passed the Australian parliament.
  
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• Confusion reigns as data-retention planning deadline looms

  25-06-2015 07:48 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  With less than two months left for ISPs to provide the government with a plan of how they intend to implement the storage of data captured under Australia's data-retention scheme, many questions remain unanswered.
  
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• Telstra, Vodafone secure AU$185m government funding for new mobile towers

  25-06-2015 07:10 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Vodafone and Telstra will build or upgrade 499 mobile base stations in Australia, while Optus has missed out in the first round of government funding.
  
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• Internet companies being misused as extremist mouthpiece, say UN experts

  25-06-2015 04:52
  
  ‘High-definition digital terror’ proliferating too easily online, says panel, calling for industry to brief security council on what is being doing to stop itA UN panel that advises the security council has called for internet and social media companies to respond to the exploitation of their services by al-Qaida and other extremist groups who use the web to recruit fighters and spout “increasingly horrific propaganda”.The panel recommended in a report circulated on Wednesday that these
  
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• Productivity Commission slams TPP for stringent IP measures

  25-06-2015 04:44 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Australian Productivity Commission has highlighted in a report that potential IP arrangements negotiated in free trade agreements may result in greater costs and encourage anti-competitive behaviour.
  
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• Australia records world's highest peak average mobile connection speed: Akamai

  25-06-2015 04:20 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  While Australia boasts the highest peak average cellular data connection speed worldwide, it has also dropped down to 50th place in terms of broadband connectivity above 4Mbps, according to the most recent Akamai report.
  
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• Mood-altering wearables: is this the future of getting high? – video

  25-06-2015 04:00
  
  If there was an electronic device that claimed it could make you feel relaxed (extremely relaxed) or energised (extremely energised) would you buy it? Thync is a new breed of 'mood-altering wearable' that promises it can do both.
  We got one of Thync's devices – which retail for $299 – into the Guardian office, and strapped it onto resident guinea pig Adam Gabbatt. We then zapped him with calm over a 25-minute period. Maybe too much calm Continue reading...
  
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• US raises cyber concerns with China

  25-06-2015 03:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Barack Obama has raised continuing US concerns over China's cyber activities, says the White House, at the end of two days of talks.
  
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