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• Amazon stock surge makes CEO Jeff Bezos $7bn richer in 45 minutes

  23-07-2015 23:58 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Internet retailer turns unexpected profit with sharp sales riseAmazon surpasses Walmart as world’s most valuable retail companyShares in retail giant Amazon soared 18% in after-hours trading on Thursday, making it the most valuable retail company in the world, after the company announced an unexpected profit and a sharp rise in sales for its latest quarter.Related: Amazon at 20: what has the online giant ever done for retail?Continue reading...
  
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• Juniper Networks Q2 shines amid tech earnings parade

  23-07-2015 23:03 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  CA, Freescale and Marketo also delivered their quarterly outlooks with generally solid results.
  
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• 5 useful Windows 10 features that small businesses will love

  23-07-2015 22:05
  
  IntroductionPick Windows 10 Pro over Windows 10 Home and you get extra business features that will give you better security and connectivity, as well as the improved performance and battery life of Windows 10. The new OS even takes up a little less space on disk than Windows 8.1…But beware – there are some things you might think will be useful for business that don't work quite the way you think. Windows 10 comes with the free universal Office apps, which are simple, touch-friendly
  
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• Prepare for Fallout 4 with every Fallout game inside a tiny nuke toy

  23-07-2015 22:02
  
  Fallout 4 is still a few months away from its November 10th release, but if you feel the need to explore the wasteland one more time, Bethesda has you covered.Bethesda has just announced a new Fallout Anthology that includes every game ever made in the series. This collection includes Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics as well as the respective game of the year versions of Fallout 3 and New Vegas with every piece of downloadable content.The games will even come packed in a cheeky mini-nuke stor
  
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• NASA just found 'Earth 2.0'

  23-07-2015 22:01
  
  Earth could become uninhabitable at any moment due to global warming, nuclear annihilation or having to deal with another Transformers movie, but NASA just discovered a distant cousin.Meet Kepler-452b, the planet the agency calls "Earth 2.0." It was discovered by NASA's floating observatory orbiting in the "habitable zone" of constellation Cygnus.At a distance of 1,400 light-years away, it's too far away to travel to right now. But it's promising to hear it has temperatures c
  
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• Updated: TechRadar Phone Awards 2015: As it happens

  23-07-2015 21:56
  
  You might have noticed something has been happening TechRadar this past week. We've been talking about phones a bit – OK, OK, a lot more than usual - and it's all been leading up to this.Our Phone Week is culminating in the TechRadar Phone Awards 2015, which take place tonight in a swanky London location.Here's the place to follow all the action and find out who the champions are when the awards properly kick off at 8:15PM BST tonight.Live Blog:20:48 Thanks for tuning in guys! See you all
  
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• Phone awards: Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge takes the top spot at TechRadar Phone Awards 2015

  23-07-2015 21:45
  
  The TechRadar Phone Awards are over for another year. After hours of deliberation with our expert judges and a ceremony in a London venue, the winners know who they are in and everything is finally out in the open.Here are all the winners from the TechRadar Phone Awards 2015.Best Phone
  Samsung ran away with the top award of the night with Best Phone going to the Galaxy S6 Edge. With a curved edge display the Galaxy S6 Edge is one of the most interesting looking handsets available right now and h
  
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• Microsoft updates Office for iOS for easier, more secure sharing

  23-07-2015 21:13
  
  Microsoft released an update to its Office suite for iOS users. The new app updates for Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint make sharing files easier and more secure, and the apps also feature better integration with Outlook. The enhancements introduced will be welcomed by business users who need to collaborate on documents. For example:you can now open protected documents within the application. CollaborationYou also don't need to run to the nearest PC to invite others to collaborate with you.
  
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• Better Apple Watch charging docks can't get here fast enough

  23-07-2015 21:03
  
  The arrival of new hardware usually comes with releases for hardware accessories and it's no different with the Apple Watch. Charging docks seem to be the hot Apple wearable item and it seems like manufacturers will soon be able to make their add-ons more useful.Currently, Apple Watch charging docks require a work-around to make Apple's proprietary charging module to sit comfortably. According to 9to5mac, Apple will allow companies to incorporate the module directly into their designs through th
  
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• Review: Samsung Galaxy S6 Active

  23-07-2015 21:00
  
  Introduction, design and displayDon't drop the rather delicate Samsung Galaxy S6. Unless, of course, you're going to (figuratively) drop it in favor of the shock, water and dust-resistant Samsung Galaxy S6 Active.This more rugged Android phone is actually worth considering, now that Samsung has switched its flagship device from a plastic build to a sleeker, but more vulnerable, glass and metal body.The Samsung Galaxy S6 Active, with its bright 5.1-inch display, outfits nearly all of the same kil
  
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• Review: Garmin nuvi 68LM

  23-07-2015 21:00
  
  Introduction, Screen and FeaturesAnother new sat nav, but the same old problem. Is there any point today in a dedicated navigation device? That's the challenge for the Garmin nuvi 68LM.After all, smartphones now come with turn-by-turn navigation as standard. What's more, their screens are growing larger by the day and thus nearly cancelling out the most obvious advantage of dedicated sat navs, namely screen size. So the nuvi 68LM's six-inch screen isn't necessarily that much bigger than your sma
  
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• Hands off my remote! New patent hints at Touch ID for Apple TV

  23-07-2015 20:52
  
  The next time you touch an Apple TV remote it may know more about you than you know about it. The US Patent and Trademark Office recently published three new patents filed by the Cupertino company back in January 2014 that outline a new touch-capacitive remote for use with secondary device - the example provided being a TV. Like the iPhone 5S, 6 and 6 Plus, the remote would have a built-in biometric sensor that could be used in a variety of ways with the set-top device. Apple enthusiast website
  
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• Video: How Nordstrom has gotten creative with its cloud deployments

  23-07-2015 19:44 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  As part of our ZDNet Cloud TV series, we talked to Keith Homewood, the cloud product owner at Nordstrom, about how the retailer has innovated in the way it has structured and deployed the cloud.
  
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• Video: How Oscar is using cloud and big data to disrupt health insurance

  23-07-2015 19:37 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  As part of our ZDNet Cloud TV series, we talked to Mackenzie Kosut, the technical operations lead for Oscar Health, about how the startup is using cloud and big data to change the health insurance market.
  
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• Infidelity and dronecodes: Podcast 227

  23-07-2015 19:17
  
  
  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 Katie Collins.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• Smartwatches 'open to cyberattack'

  23-07-2015 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The best-selling smartwatches on the market all have security problems, according to US tech giant Hewlett-Packard.
  
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• Smartwatches have 'security flaws'

  23-07-2015 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The best-selling smartwatches on the market all have security problems, according to US tech giant Hewlett-Packard.
  
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• Brand new ​Chrome 44 release added a bug

  23-07-2015 18:57 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The latest release of Chrome introduced a bug that causes some sites without SSL support to misbehave.
  
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• How to cope with being ghosted

  23-07-2015 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  When the person you're dating never texts, calls or emails back. Ever.
  
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• Pakistan tried to tap international web traffic via underwater cables, report says

  23-07-2015 18:30 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  ISI spy agency sought access to data from ‘landing sites’ passing through Karachi, privacy group claims, in push to acquire digital espionage capacity to rival USPakistani intelligence sought to tap worldwide internet traffic via underwater cables that would have given the country a digital espionage capacity to rival the US, according to a report by Privacy International.The report says the country’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency hired intermediary companies to acquire spying t
  
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• EU accuses Sky and Hollywood's big six of illegally 'geo-blocking' film access

  23-07-2015 18:30 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Broadcaster’s UK arm and studios such as Disney and Paramount alleged to have struck anti-competitive deals under EU rules The European commission has accused Sky and six Hollywood studios of putting up anti-competitive barriers that restrict consumers from watching the films and TV shows of their choice. The commission, which has sweeping powers to stop anti-competitive practices, accuses Britain’s biggest pay-TV broadcaster and major film-makers of creating bilateral agreements that mean c
  
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• Review: Bowers and Wilkins P5 Wireless

  23-07-2015 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IntroductionWithout wanting to sound too much like a disappointed Gordon Ramsey, judging some inept chef... Damn, these are some frustrating headphones.On one ear Bowers and Wilkins' first wireless headphones sound utterly fantastic and I don't want to take them off my head, but on the other the vagaries of Bluetooth connectivity makes the experience an often stuttering one.The P5 Wireless headphones are, unsurprisingly, based on its successful wired P5 Series 2 set. It has worked hard to ensure
  
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• Full travel jacket: meet the hi-tech coat that's raised over $1.5m on Kickstarter

  23-07-2015 17:30 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Thousands have pledged money to pre-order the “Swiss Army knife of travel jackets” – built-in pillow, eye-mask, gloves and earphone holders are on the list – but what features would you most like to see in a piece of travel clothing?A design for a new jacket that hopes to solve every petty problem, discomfort and inconvenience a traveller may face has become the most funded fashion item in crowdfunding history, raising over $1.5m in two weeks. The BauBax jacket offers 15 built-in feature
  
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• Review: LG PW800

  23-07-2015 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IntroductionThe LG PW800 ($599.99, £385.24, AU$738.45) is small, lightweight and attractive. But, unlike other projectors that compromise image quality for hardware aesthetics, the PW800 is an ideal combination of brains and beauty. It is a great tool for the traveling businessperson or for the consumer who wants a small projector that can perform very well in a small room. It weighs an amazing 1.3 pounds (0.59 Kg) – much lighter than most projectors in this field, especially those that produ
  
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• Commodore Amiga at 30 – the computer that made the UK games industry

  23-07-2015 16:33 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  It’s 30 years since Commodore launched its powerful Amiga 1000 computer, ushering in the era of Worms, Lemmings and myriad other Britsoft classicsIn 1985 my family made a terrible mistake – a mistake that would have far-reaching consequences; a mistake that would blight my life for several painful years. I still look back at it with a sense of sadness and, yes, if I’m honest, fury. What happened was this – and if you’re a gamer of a certain age, you may want to sit down: my family boug
  
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• Surveillance of MPs' data challenged

  23-07-2015 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The intelligence services' interception of politicians' communications data is challenged at a hearing.
  
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• Universal finds pirated copy of Jurassic World seeded from its own servers

  23-07-2015 14:53 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Movie studio discovers that its own computers host pirated copies of Jurassic World and requests Google to remove links to itUniversal Pictures in France has been seeding a pirated copy of its latest blockbuster Jurassic World from its own servers.
  The Chris Pratt-featuring reinvention of Steve Spielberg’s 1993 action spectacular that revolutionised visual effects, has been riding high in the box office top 10, but has also seen high levels of piracy. Continue reading...
  
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• Faster Tor on the horizon

  23-07-2015 14:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A high-speed anonymous way to browse the web is developed by security researchers.
  
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• When should businesses upgrade to Windows 10?

  23-07-2015 14:30 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Looking at upgrading your business PCs to Windows 10 but not sure when to make the leap? Here are some issues to consider.
  
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• Will Apple be the smartwatch saviour?

  23-07-2015 14:17 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The lack of detail about sales has led some to declare the Apple Watch a flop, but its launch has focused attention on the broader smartwatch sectorThree months after launching its first smartwatch, Apple has reported record revenues and vast iPhone sales - but no numbers on its new wearable. That has got commentators asking whether the Apple Watch is a flop.Before its launch, financial analysts were predicting watches would fly off the shelves to the tune of 40m in the first year. Those estimat
  
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• ​Cisco sheds its set-top box business to Technicolor for $600m

  23-07-2015 13:57 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  After 10 years selling set-top boxes, Cisco has exited the market to double down on video in the cloud.
  
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• Uber strikes deal with New York to avoid car cap

  23-07-2015 13:27 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Last-minute agreement removes threat of restrictions on number of cars taxi service could put on city’s streetsNew York Uber users can rest easy: there will be no limit on the number of its cars cruising the streets following a deal between the mayor’s office and the online taxi service.The surprise agreement follows a war of words in which New York city mayor, Bill de Blasio, accused Uber of trying to “dictate to government” and failing to take a “wise course” in its dealings with t
  
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• Review: Dell XPS 15 (2015)

  23-07-2015 13:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and featuresThe Dell XPS 15 is the latest addition to the firm's range of high-class laptops designed to bring some sheen to both work and play thanks to a powerful specification and a 4K screen.It's certainly got the design credentials nailed down – the lid is coated with a slab of machined aluminium, the same metal used to build the frame, and the keyboard wrist-rest and base are coated with carbon-fibre. Its weave is still visible across the base, and it's finished with a matte
  
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• Karma chameleon: the hotspot to combat the connectivity conundrum

  23-07-2015 13:08 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Device lets travellers to the US avoid expensive data roaming charges - and helps locals avoid restrictive data limitsKarma wifi was first mentioned to me as I was heading to a conference in Texas early last year. A friend lent me their own hotspot, their early adopter enthusiasm pitching it as a secret weapon against the tyranny of expensive and irritating data costs when travelling abroad. And we all know that odd sensation of internet angst - the feeling that your laptop has become an island
  
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• Rate change text alert for savers

  23-07-2015 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Savers will receive a text message alert when their bonus introductory interest rate has expired, under proposals from the UK finance regulator.
  
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• US senator calls for inquiry into Apple treatment of streaming competitors

  23-07-2015 12:58 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Al Franken writes letter to attorney general raising concerns that some Apple practices could limit choices and raise prices for consumer Democratic senator Al Franken said he was concerned that some Apple practices could limit choices and raise prices for consumer, in a letter sent to the attorney general, Loretta Lynch, and the Federal Trade Commission chair, Edith Ramirez, on Wednesday. Related: Spotify bites back at Apple Music with weekly ‘mixtape’ playlist for each userContinue reading
  
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• Are you getting enough data? Video streaming and apps create extra demand from smartphone users

  23-07-2015 11:51 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The growth in mobile data traffic will continue and should treble to 173pb by 2018 analysts predict.
  
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• ​Apple patents bonanza makes spreadsheet handling a breeze

  23-07-2015 11:41 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Apple has invented a less clumsy way for road warriors to move cell selections around a display than using two fingers on a touchscreen.
  
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• Sony Pictures to make emoji movie

  23-07-2015 11:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sony Animation Pictures buys the rights to turn emojis into a film.
  
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• ACCC gives draft approval for Optus, NBN HFC deal

  23-07-2015 09:21 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Australian consumer watchdog has given draft approval for Optus' HFC migration and transition deal with NBN.
  
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• Australia Post cuts technology project hurdles and costs

  23-07-2015 09:05 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  In the last three years, Australia Post has managed to reduce the average cost of a technology project by AU$800,000.
  
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• LG denies Google acquisition rumours

  23-07-2015 07:55 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  LG has denied that long-time Android partner Google was planning to buy a 35 percent stake of LG Electronics after rumour of the deal caused share prices to fluctuate.
  
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• Telcos slam 'dangerous' government fixed-line pricing submission

  23-07-2015 06:16 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  A coalition made up of telcos other than Telstra has argued that the Department of Communications must withdraw its Telstra-aligned submission on fixed-line pricing.
  
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• Leaders agree to consider changes to online GST threshold

  23-07-2015 03:56 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Federal and state government leaders have finally agreed that it may be time to begin collecting GST on online purchases valued below the current AU$1,000 threshold.
  
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• ISPs, rights holders commission expert on piracy code costs: Comms Alliance

  23-07-2015 03:45 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Australian telco industry group, Communications Alliance, has revealed that rights holders and ISPs are working together to determine the probable costs imposed by the piracy code.
  
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• Qualcomm to slash jobs and costs

  23-07-2015 02:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Qualcomm says it aims to cut costs and jobs and might restructure itself as it delivers a fresh profit warning in the face of rising competition.
  
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• Six times Reddit wasn't completely awful

  23-07-2015 02:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A reminder of what makes Reddit one of the most powerful websites
  
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• VIDEO: Bringing live sports to VR

  23-07-2015 01:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The challenges of streaming live sports events to virtual reality headsets
  
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• New York backs down in Uber fight

  23-07-2015 00:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New York City has backed down in a row with taxi hailing app Uber, dropping plans to limit the number of cars it operates in the City.
  
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