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• Mac Tips: How to delete podcasts in iTunes on Mac

  26-06-2015 23:58
  
  Got an Apple, Mac or iOS tech question? We have the answer. This time we have a reader who wants to know how to delete podcasts from iTunes for Mac. It's usually easily dealt with, but we have both basic and advanced pointers for getting the job done.QuestionI have not been able to figure out how to erase podcasts from my iTunes library. I'm not referring to the individual podcasts themselves, but the original podcast reference in the library. For instance, I have stopped listening to this podca
  
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• Hands-on review: Epson PowerLite Pro Cinema LS10000

  26-06-2015 23:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  4K TV will, without a doubt, be the next revolution in television technology. Entering its sophomore years, the Ultra HD fad is finally hitting its stride with affordable sets that are more accessible to the everyman. At the same time, options targeted for home theater enthusiasts are in large supply with massive and even curved televisions. Now, we have a kickass 4K projector to gawk at.At CE Week 2015 in New York CIty, Epson showcased its flagship 4K projector, the PowerLite Pro Cinema LS10000
  
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• Hands-on review: CE Week 2015: Epson PowerLite Pro Cinema LS10000

  26-06-2015 23:45
  
  4K TV will, without a doubt, be the next revolution in television technology. Entering its sophomore years, the Ultra HD fad is finally hitting its stride with affordable sets that are more accessible to the everyman. At the same time, options targeted for home theater enthusiasts are in large supply with massive and even curved televisions. Now, we have a kickass 4K projector to gawk at.At CE Week 2015 in New York CIty, Epson showcased its flagship 4K projector, the PowerLite Pro Cinema LS10000
  
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• Not a magical wand: Disney bans selfie sticks at its theme parks

  26-06-2015 23:34
  
  Going to a Disney theme park this summer? Leave your selfie sticks at home, kids, because Disney is banning them at its parks around the globe.All Disney parks in the US won't welcome the wands beginning June 30, while the ban will roll out to Disney parks in Hong Kong and Paris on July 1.Disney will add the ban to the parks' rules post on its website, and visitors will be warned with announcements in public locations around the parks, such as parking lots and hotels. Anyone found with a selfie
  
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• Review: Philips Moda 2

  26-06-2015 20:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designThere are only so many ways to differentiate your product in the monitor space, and rather than compete on panel resolution, screen size or price, Philips opted to go a unique route and pair better audio quality to its display. The Moda 2 ($220, £140, AU$285), also known as the 245C5, integrates a Bluetooth speaker into the base of the monitor stand, giving users an upgraded display experience with a 24-inch screen and an enhanced sound experience for multimedia consumpti
  
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• Uber backlash: taxi drivers' protests in Paris part of global revolt

  26-06-2015 20:14
  
  The taxi-hire company faces resistance worldwide, signalling trouble for other ‘sharing economy’ companies, such as AirBnB
  “Got chased by a mob of taxi drivers who threw rocks,” tweeted the singer Courtney Love from Charles de Gaulle airport. She was caught up in what is becoming a global trend: the backlash against Uber. French taxi drivers were protesting on Thursday at vehicles operated by drivers working for the Californian business, which functions like a taxi-hire company, but via
  
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• Review: Bose SoundTrue

  26-06-2015 19:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Having a set of over-ear headphones on your head should be a comfortable experience. It should also be a fun one, complete with the sound isolation and strong performance you expect to be put forward by a set of cans in 2015.For $179 (£149, AU$179), the Bose SoundTrue over-ear headphones hit nearly all the marks of what makes a set of headphones good. It's even got some extra goodies included that I'm smitten to see in a set of wired headphones. Even so, the sound quality just isn't quite up to
  
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• Griffin WatchStand hands-on: Low price Apple Watch charging dock heavy enough to stay in place

  26-06-2015 19:21 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Like other Apple products before it, there is a growing accessory market for the Apple Watch. The new Griffin WatchStand is half the price of competing charging docks.
  
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• Uber expansion meets global revolt and crackdown

  26-06-2015 19:10
  
  Cities around the world are banning Uber because of its lack of safety measures and knowledge, while licensed cabbies protest at the unfair competition The rapid global expansion of Uber has sparked interventions from taxi drivers and authorities around the world. “A city that welcomes Uber will be a better city,” said Uber chief executive, Travis Kalanick. Some cities and jurisdictions, disagree. Related: Uber backlash: taxi drivers' protests in Paris part of global revoltContinue reading..
  
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• Disney bans selfie sticks at theme parks

  26-06-2015 17:32
  
  The Orlando and California locations are asking tourists to leave their selfie accessories at home due to ‘safety concerns’, a Disney World spokeswoman saidDisney officials have announced that are banning selfie sticks at some of its parks worldwide, beginning on Tuesday with US locations in Florida and California. The popular tool used by tourists will no longer be welcome at Disney’s four Orlando theme parks and the Disneyland resort in California on Tuesday. The ban begins on 1 July at
  
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• VIDEO: How to do VR on the cheap

  26-06-2015 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kate Russell looks at some of the cheaper ways to enjoy VR
  
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• Sprint loses $30m patent battle

  26-06-2015 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US mobile operator Sprint has been told to pay $30m (£19m) to a company that claimed it used patents it did not own.
  
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• Bus speed-limit technology tests due

  26-06-2015 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New technology that can limit the top speed of buses on different roads will be tested on two routes in the capital in a bid to increase road safety.
  
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• Review: Updated: Lenovo LaVie Z

  26-06-2015 15:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designWhen Lenovo unveiled the $1,499, NEC-made LaVie Z HZ550 (US-only, but about £952, AU$1,936) at CES 2015, it caused an uproar in the tech industry. This 1.87-pound (0.78kg) notebook had broken the record for the lightest laptop on the market. Its cousin, the $1,699 LaVie Z 360 (also US-only, but about £1,079, AU$2,195) – a 2.04-pound (0.92kg) hybrid device – would do the same for 2-in-1 laptops. Unfortunately for Lenovo, during the time between the laptop's January un
  
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• BBC forgotten list 'sets precedent'

  26-06-2015 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC has 'set a precedent' by publishing a list of links removed from Google searches, the corporation's policy boss says.
  
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• US tech companies still not doing enough to help police and spies, claims UK

  26-06-2015 14:51 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Encryption and fall-out from the Snowden revelations are slowing down investigations, says a UK government envoy.
  
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• Rival robot cars meet on US road

  26-06-2015 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A rare meeting between two self-driving cars resulted in one taking evasive action, Reuters reports.
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront: fighting the Empire from Hoth to Tatooine

  26-06-2015 14:02
  
  The E3 demo of EA Dice’s forthcoming Star Wars shooter allayed a lot of fears about the game, bringing the movies to visceral, interactive lifeAll around there is chaos. Through the trenches dug into Hoth’s icy surface, rebel soldiers sprint toward uplink computers, as imperial snow troopers swarm around them. Blaster fire echoes across the desolate landscape, and the unmistakable swell of John Williams’s score builds to its familiar crescendo. You look up and there are two snow speeders z
  
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• E3 2015 round-up

  26-06-2015 14:00
  
  Following the latest edition of annual LA electronic entertainment expo E3 last month, Nick Gillett digests the best of what’s coming soon Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: Formula E's electrifying final races

  26-06-2015 13:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The final round of the first world championship for electric racing cars is due to take place in London.
  
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• The world’s first commercial jetpack will cost $150,000 next year

  26-06-2015 13:07
  
  Jetpacks could fly out of science fiction and on to the streets carrying first responders and millionaires next yearAfter 35 years in development, the world’s first commercially available jetpack will be available next year for $150,000.
  The Martin Jetpack is made from carbon fibre and aluminium. It eschews the traditional rockets of science-fiction jetpacks, which are powerful but difficult to control, and instead uses fans.Continue reading...
  
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• Police to map cyber crime landscape

  26-06-2015 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's National Crime Agency is stepping up efforts to map cyber crime in Britain and the rest of the world.
  
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• Watch out Siri: Amazon turns page on future of voice assistants with Alexa

  26-06-2015 12:35
  
  E-commerce firm releases voice control system into the wild, taking a very different approach to Apple, Microsoft and GoogleHave you ever wished you could turn the page on your Kindle without having to touch it? Soon you may be able to by simply speaking to it.
  Amazon has released its voice-controlled personal assistant, Alexa, from its speaker cage and is encouraging everyone from corporations to hobbyists to build it into their next projects. Continue reading...
  
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• France cracks down on Uber service

  26-06-2015 12:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  France's interior minister orders the closure of the low-cost car-sharing service UberPOP after a day of protests by taxi drivers.
  
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• Two self-driving cars avoid each other on Californian roads

  26-06-2015 10:50
  
  Delphi Automotive Audi took ‘appropriate action’ after Google Lexus forced it to abort a lane change, says executive who was riding in the carA self-driving Audi owned by Delphi Automotive took “appropriate action” to avoid one of Google’s self-driving Lexus cars after it cut it off on a Californian road in a rare meeting of driverless vehicles.John Absmeier, who was travelling in his company’s car at the time, said the Delphi Audi was forced to abort its lane change in the incident,
  
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• VIDEO: The hovorbike that aims to take flight

  26-06-2015 09:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's LJ Rich looks at some of the best of the week's technology news.
  
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• Beyond Good and Evil sequel may finally be on the way

  26-06-2015 09:02
  
  Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot refuses to rule out long-awaited sequel and suggests that game designer Michel Ancel is involved A sequel to Beyond Good and Evil could be in development by Ubisoft, its chief executive has hinted. To many gamers, the 2003 action adventure is the great lost franchise – the series that Ubisoft should have spent the past decade creating new instalments for, but failed to do so.Continue reading...
  
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• Default SSH keys left Cisco appliances susceptible to attack

  26-06-2015 09:02 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Cisco has released a patch for its web security, email security, and security management virtual appliances after finding default SSH keys that left its hardware open to unauthorised root logins.
  
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• Chatterbox: Blood Bowl 14 Live Draw Day

  26-06-2015 08:00
  
  The place to draw Blood Bowl and nothing else matters“Come ye human, dwarf and orc
  Grab your ball and stop your talk.”
  From The Ballad of Blood Bowl, traditionalThe streets will be empty, the wares rotting on deserted market stalls. Today is live draw day, and the whole kingdom must attend. From king to beggar, they come, drawn by the promise of honour and combat in the Blood Bowl field. The excitement simmers like dragon’s breath. Continue reading...
  
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• Hearthstone: how one game developer turned 30m people into geeks, part two

  26-06-2015 08:00
  
  How Blizzard’s world-conquering card game became a star of the eSports scene, and why maintaining its accessibility remains the key driving forceHearthstone: how a game developer turned 30m people into card geeks, part oneEvery Hearthstone match starts in the same way.Continue reading...
  
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• Australian telcos face more national security regulation

  26-06-2015 07:45 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Australian government has flagged its plans to introduce legislation that would require telcos to hand over information about their networks and services to the Attorney-General's Department, or face fines.
  
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• Viral video: Channing Tatum, Lionel Messi, Shakira and Greg James

  26-06-2015 07:42
  
  Radio 1 presenter rounds up the Minions, the history of hip-hop, Cristiano Ronaldo in a WWE clash with Draco Malfoy, and the cat in the flapPilot Romain Jantot thought he had carried out all the correct pre-flight checks before taking a passenger for a flying experience. But he hadn’t reckoned on a stowaway cat which suddenly appeared over the wing after he had taken off. After the flight, Jantot said: “I told my passenger not to reach for the cat. I told her not to move at all actually. I t
  
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• Shenmue, Final Fantasy VII and why we shouldn't entirely give in to nostalgia

  26-06-2015 07:00
  
  Gamers are right to be excited about the return of these two legendary games, but we need to temper that with some realism and perspectiveThe nostalgics have won. That was the defining message of this year’s E3 expo in Los Angeles.Fans have been demanding Shenmue 3 for over a decade, while a Final Fantasy VII remake has been the stuff of spiky haired dreams since Square Enix started obsessively mining the series for spin-offs, reboots and sequels to sequels many years ago. Continue reading...
  
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• Telstra's Wi-Fi network 'Telstra Air' launches on Tuesday

  26-06-2015 06:17 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  From Tuesday, Telstra fixed-line broadband customers will be able to sign up to the company's new national Wi-Fi network to be known as Telstra Air.
  
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• China 'top suspect' in US cyber hack

  26-06-2015 06:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The head of US intelligence says that China is the "leading suspect" in a huge data breach of US government personnel files.
  
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• Alibaba launches online bank aimed at SMBs, rural customers

  26-06-2015 04:26 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  China's first online-only banking service provider is using big data technology to grant loans to SMBs and rural customers.
  
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• Facebook ordered by Dutch court to identify revenge porn publisher

  26-06-2015 03:20
  
  Court says social media company may have to open its servers for inspection after complaint from 21-year-old woman filmed in sex video A Dutch court on Thursday ordered Facebook to hand over the identity of someone who posted a revenge porn video on the social network, or face having its servers opened up to an outside investigator.
  The Amsterdam district court’s judgment comes after a 21-year-old Dutch woman sued Facebook after a video of her performing a sex act on her boyfriend was posted o
  
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• French Uber protests turn violent

  26-06-2015 03:17 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  French taxi drivers have burned cars and blocked roads to airports and train stations in protest against ride-booking app Uber, with one protest having to be dispersed with tear gas.
  
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• Online game 'may control snacking'

  26-06-2015 02:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A computer game could help some people control their unhealthy snacking habits, suggests a small study from the University of Exeter.
  
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• New chairman eyes Southeast Asia for Pantech expansion

  26-06-2015 02:21 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  A newly merged Optis and Pantech organisation would look beyond South Korea to grow, the chairman of Optis has said.
  
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• NBN gets go ahead for multi-technology mix rollout

  26-06-2015 02:07 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Australian competition watchdog has approved a migration plan for Telstra to move customers onto the NBN using the company's legacy copper and HFC networks as part of the so-called multi-technology mix rollout.
  
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• Rakon's new frontier: the internet of things

  26-06-2015 02:03 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Component maker Rakon is back in growth mode, divesting commodity businesses and focusing on the next big thing.
  
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• Heavy metal moved by software

  26-06-2015 00:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The container port at the end of your mouse
  
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• Facebook only hired seven black people in latest diversity count

  26-06-2015 00:36
  
  Company’s annual diversity report shows majority of staff still white
  Sixty-eight percent of employees are male – a 1% decrease Facebook is still dominated by white men despite Mark Zuckerberg’s repeated promise to get serious about building a workforce that better reflects the diversity of its 1.4 billion global users.Continue reading...
  
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