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• New Zealand gets ready for driverless cars

  05-08-2015 23:20 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Country's lead transport agency commissions a study into readyness for automated connected vehicles.
  
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• Microsoft delivers first cumulative Windows 10 update

  05-08-2015 19:37 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Microsoft is rolling out what's expected to be the first of a number of cumulative fix/update rollups for Windows 10.
  
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• Facebook in video 'views' row

  05-08-2015 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook defends the way it handles video content after criticism by a popular YouTube star.
  
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• Sacked Reddit employee speaks out

  05-08-2015 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Victoria Taylor gives her first broadcast interview since being sacked from Reddit, talking about how her dismissal drove her offline.
  
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• IBM launches Bluemix Garage in Toronto

  05-08-2015 16:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  IBM's third Bluemix Garage is a collaboration center that revolves around mixing startup techniques in the enterprise.
  
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• EE recalls fire-risk phone charger

  05-08-2015 15:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  EE recalls up to 500,000 phone chargers given away to customers after several incidents of overheating.
  
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• Hands-on review: Updated: Moto X Style

  05-08-2015 15:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Motorola has announced two versions of its flagship Moto X handset this year, the Moto X Style and the Moto X Play.The Moto X Style is more expensive than the Moto X Play, but offers a slightly better spec than its sibling.Motorola has clearly taken inspiration from its previous work on the Nexus 6 – I put one next to it during my hands-on time and it's very similar in look and feel, especially size wise.It has dimensions of 124 x 76 x 11mm and a weight of 179g. That may seem like a thick smar
  
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• ​How Databricks is beefing up its Apache Spark cloud platform

  05-08-2015 15:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  With access to datasets widening inside businesses, the Databricks big-data Apache Spark cloud offering is adding new features to cope.
  
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• Possible ‘game changer’ for planning disputes

  05-08-2015 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new website allowing people to crowdfund legal challenges could be a “game changer” according to a leading environmental planning lawyer.
  
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• Review: Intel Core i7-6700K

  05-08-2015 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and performanceFirst the bad news. The all-new Intel Core i7-6700K – which pitches in at around $350 (about £225, or AU$475) – does not tear PC gaming a new one. It's not a render monster like none before. It doesn't take desktop number crunching to a whole new level. Bummer.Instead, it's yet another Intel processor with four cores, eight threads and a habit of humming along at about 4GHz. Isn't that what Intel's top processors for its mainstream platforms have looked like fore
  
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• Hands-on review: DJI Phantom 3 Standard

  05-08-2015 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and featuresDJI Innovations is the company that leads the consumer Multirotor (Drone) market with the successful Phantom range. The Phantom's success comes from its approach, offering a ready built, calibrated and ready to fly craft direct from the box. It was also the first to offer a simple GoPro mount on the base enabling you to film incredible bird's eye footage. Successive releases have built on this simple design and ease of use and the Phantom has grown hugely in popularity a
  
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• Could jet fly to New York in an hour?

  05-08-2015 13:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Airbus has had a patent approved for a super-powered jet but how realistic is it?
  
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• Dinklage voice replaced in video game

  05-08-2015 13:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage is replaced as the voice of a computer in an video game after widespread criticism of his performance.
  
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• ​Google takes Android One to Thailand with $120 4G smartphone

  05-08-2015 12:06 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Android One program is still expanding thanks to the iQ II.
  
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• VIDEO: Levitating magnetic hoverboard unveiled

  05-08-2015 11:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A levitating hoverboard which runs on a specially constructed magnetic skate park near Barcelona in Spain has been unveiled.
  
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• Review: Meizu M2 Note

  05-08-2015 11:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designMeizu is a company that has found a lot of success in its native China – the previous M1 Note has sold more than 5 million units since its launch – and the company now has its sights firmly on making it big in the West, pinning its hopes on the Meizu M2 Note.Breaking out of China and gaining worldwide recognition like its compatriots Huawei and OnePlus is an understandable aim, and Meizu is relying on a potent mix of impressive specs and low price to catch the eye of W
  
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• ​Flash bites again: Huge malware campaign hits Yahoo ads

  05-08-2015 10:43 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  A week long attack has struck Yahoo visitors using malicious ads.
  
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• South Korea pushes policy for public sector to use local servers and storage

  05-08-2015 08:27 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  South Korea is moving to implement a policy that will have the public sector give preferential treament to local storage and server vendors over foreign counterparts starting next year to boost the market.
  
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• Electronic voting will eventually replace postal ballots: NSWEC CIO

  05-08-2015 07:21 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  NSW Electoral Commission CIO Ian Brightwell has hinted that the agency is looking to move postal voting completely onto its electronic voting platform.
  
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• Freelancer raises AU$10m in the wake of half-yearly loss

  05-08-2015 05:57 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Outsourcing e-marketplace Freelancer has raised AU$10 million in its latest share placement, and sold AU$35 million worth of extra shares after two board members reduced their respective stake in the company.
  
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• ​Department of Defence begins battle with information management

  05-08-2015 05:01 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Department of Defence CIO Peter Lawrence has outlined that information management, reducing duplication, and creating interoperable networks are on the agenda for improving the agency's functions.
  
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• How spy agencies hack mobile phones

  05-08-2015 03:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How intelligence agencies hack mobile phones
  
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• Optus announces 2G network shutdown from 2017

  05-08-2015 03:48 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Optus has announced that it will not be offering 2G services to customers beyond April 2017, more than a year after incumbent telco Telstra made a similar announcement.
  
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• Quickflix looks to acquire unnamed Chinese content company

  05-08-2015 03:20 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Streaming company Quickflix has entered an MOU to acquire a Chinese TV and movie content company, just days after announcing a loss of 14 percent of its customer base in the second quarter of 2015.
  
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• Developing mobile-first for a better customer experience

  05-08-2015 02:40 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The new paradigm of user and customer experiences is to look at the simplest, smallest, and lowest powered platforms first, and those who are doing so are reaping the benefits of expanded markets and simpler tools.
  
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• VIDEO: The spyware spooks use to hack mobiles

  05-08-2015 01:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Security experts give a live demonstration of mobile phone spyware
  
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• VIDEO: 'Employ scientists - and back them'

  05-08-2015 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir James Dyson offers the business advice he wishes he'd had when he started out, as part of the BBC News series, CEO Secrets.
  
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• VIDEO: 3D printing: A disability revolution?

  05-08-2015 00:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nikki Fox looks at how 3D printing could potentially revolutionise the lives of disabled people.
  
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