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• Immigration IT project blowout hits NZ$56.7 million

  05-07-2015 23:32 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Cabinet has approved further capital funding taking the total project cost to NZ$136.7 million.
  
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• Minecon 2015: day two of the annual Minecraft conference - live

  05-07-2015 17:33 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Mojang reveals what’s next for its popular game, YouTube explains how to become an online games star, and more live from LondonMinecon day one as it happened 4.33pm BST That’s a wrap for this liveblog. There is a closing ceremony to come, but I have two young Minecrafters of my own who I’ve promised I’ll be home in time to read a bedtime story to, and it’s a long-ish journey ahead.The thing that’s hit home this weekend, though, is that Minecraft is much more than just a game that chi
  
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• What's next for Minecraft? Developer Mojang talks future features

  05-07-2015 12:52 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Minecon 2015 panel sees game’s creator talking about the next steps for its computer, console and mobile editionsWe know all about Minecraft’s past and present: 70m sales across computers, consoles and mobile devices, and a burgeoning community of players, YouTubers, educators and independent developers doing interesting things with developer Mojang’s game.We know a little about its future too: a narrative-driven adventure spin-off called Minecraft: Story Mode - a separate game, not a new
  
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• Where is Google taking us?

  05-07-2015 11:15 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Tim Adams was invited to hang out at Google’s California HQ, where some of the world’s brightest minds are working on innovations, such as driverless cars, that will transform our lives. But is society ready to go along for the ride?Whatever happened to wonder? The most unnerving thing about sitting in the back of a driverless car is how quickly you get used to it. After 10 minutes cruising Californian streets in the rear seat of one of Google’s “autonomous” Lexus 4x4s, the “look, no
  
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• The innovators: how smaller batteries give more power to UK solar households

  05-07-2015 11:03 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  London startup tailors smaller, cheaper battery for UK households to use more of their own generated solar energy When Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, took to the stage in California in April to launch a solar battery for the home, the audience hollered and whooped at every detail. On the other side of the Atlantic, a more modest, quieter challenger plans to take on the US electric car giant.Based within a railway arch, with the sound of trains running overhead from nearby London Bridge
  
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• VIDEO: Social start-up gives a helping hand

  05-07-2015 10:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How a San Francisco social start-up is giving homeless people a helping hand
  
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• Tesla S: car review | Martin Love

  05-07-2015 07:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The electric Tesla S is a pure spark of inspiration. But how did it get so far ahead of the competition?Price £50,000
  MPG 152 (equivalent)
  Top speed 140mphThe future doesn’t arrive gently: it comes at a leap – a great galumphing jump that leaves you laughing with disbelief. I drove the Tesla S last week and it offers such revolutionary solutions to so many of the oily problems that bog most manufacturers down that you wonder what on earth they’ve all been doing. While they’ve been
  
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• 5 essential browser add-ons for ultimate video control

  05-07-2015 05:01
  
  5essentialbrowseradd-ons for videoIf you're inclined to downloading media content (and if you're reading this, we assume you are), you've probably already found a few browser add-ons to help you out. There are dozens of Torrent and NewsBin search add-ons, for example, and you may already have a few that help you find what you want faster.Our favourite add-ons, however, are the ones that really add functionality to your browser and make it a much better tool for downloading. Here we've listed som
  
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• Zombies, creepers and kids all flock to Minecraft’s block party

  05-07-2015 01:05 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The multi-platform construction and battles game has become a worldwide phenomenon – so much so that it can draw thousands to live eventsAs a corporate conference venue, London’s ExCeL Centre is regularly overwhelmed by besuited executives dealing in arcane business jargon. This weekend, however, an altogether different sub-culture was in charge, as Creepers, Zombies, Skeletons and thousands of children congregated to celebrate a common digital passion: Minecraft.Minecraft involves exploring
  
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• Minecon 2015 – in pictures

  05-07-2015 00:32 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The annual Minecraft conference comes to London’s Excel centre for Saturday and Sunday. Photographer Katherine Anne Rose met some of the players Continue reading...
  
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