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• Clinton and Bush may duke it out on Twitter, but Sanders is social media king

  11-08-2015 21:37 via feeds.theguardian.com
  WIth a bigger – and vastly more engaged – Facebook fan base, the 73-year-old Vermont senator looks a lot like young Americans’ candidate of choiceHillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, or at least their campaign staff, spent Monday night posting altered versions of each other’s campaign slogans and logos, in a check-out-how-tech-savvy-I-am fight that might as well have been hashtagged #DownWithTheKids.
  But while they were exchanging Twitter jibes, Bernie Sanders was in Los Angeles giving a speech
  
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• 'This is my name': businesses called Alphabet react to Google’s rebranding

  11-08-2015 21:19 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Google restructuring pushes companies’ search results right down the page – with alphabet.com, owned by BMW, reviewing ‘trademark infringement’One day after Google’s reorganisation under the umbrella brand Alphabet, you have to dig through three pages of internet search results just to find a single reference to an alphabet of any other kind – and when you do, you find Alphabet, a fleet-car services company owned by German auto giant BMW.
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• The history of LOL: little old ladies are laughing out loud | Letters

  11-08-2015 20:10 via feeds.theguardian.com
  When Chris Mullin publishes his long-awaited sequel to A Very British Coup (MI5 ousted my fictional PM, 11 August), he’ll certainly have to update the opening sentence. On my rare visits to the Athenaeum, it always seems to be full of left-leaning academics. I suspect the news of a Corbyn victory would be greeted there by the popping of Bollinger corks.
  Professor Philip Murphy
  Director, Institute of Commonwealth Studies• In the 1960s a columnist on the San Francisco Chronicle calle
  
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• Inside Alphabet: why Google rebranded itself and what happens next

  11-08-2015 18:53 via feeds.theguardian.com
  As Larry Page once told staff, technology is revolutionary, not evolutionary, and Google’s surprise move has experts speculating there are more changes to come
  Every month a hundred billion searches run through Google – a repository of the world’s curiosity, hopes, dreams and fears. Google has been a verb in the Oxford English Dictionary since 2006, it is valued at $445bn and last year had revenues of $66bn. But as its billionaire founders have made clear, none of this is enough.
  In a stun
  
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• Nine charged with making $30m hacking into business newswires

  11-08-2015 18:53 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Suspects in the US and Ukraine accused of reading corporate press releases before they came out, and then trading on that information ahead of the pack on Wall StreetNine people in the US and Ukraine were charged on Tuesday with making $30m by hacking into business newswire services, reading corporate press releases before they came out, and then trading on that information ahead of the pack on Wall Street.Federal authorities said it was the largest scheme of its kind ever prosecuted. In a measu
  
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• Marshall Acton Bluetooth speaker: Iconic design with serious sound

  11-08-2015 18:43 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Marshall Acton Bluetooth speaker brings iconic design and wireless technology to your portable sound system hardware and packs a powerful punch of sound.
  
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• 32 charged over insider trade 'hack'

  11-08-2015 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US authorities have charged a total of 32 members of an alleged international hacking and insider trading ring.
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover urged to give assurances on 36,000 British jobs

  11-08-2015 18:37 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Unite union calls on luxury carmaker to guarantee future of its UK workforce after JLR signs an agreement to open a factory in SlovakiaJaguar Land Rover (JLR) is under pressure to guarantee the future of its UK workforce after the luxury carmaker signed a letter of intent to build a factory in Slovakia.Des Quinn, the Unite officer for JLR, said the company’s global expansion “should not be to the detriment of the UK workforce who have built the foundations for that global success”. Continu
  
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• Google's Alphabet restructure could get boost from Delaware tax loophole

  11-08-2015 18:17 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Tolerance of corporate secrecy and business-friendly tax laws in state where Google lists its official address have seen it labelled one of world’s top tax havensGoogle’s Street View cameras have photographed locations across the world, allowing armchair tourists a view of anything from the Tower of London to Tiananmen Square. But one address is notable by its absence. The office building at 2711 Centerville Road in Wilmington, Delaware, a small town just south of Philadelphia, has not been
  
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• Google is scattering Alphabet blocks to mute its own success

  11-08-2015 16:28 via feeds.theguardian.com
  A bit like the phenomenon of stealth Starbucks branches, Google has become so ubiquitous it is choosing to fade into the background“Sergey and I are seriously in the business of starting new things,” writes Google co-founder Larry Page, in his blogpost launching the company’s latest venture to the world: the birth of a Google mother-brand, henceforth to be known as Alphabet. It is something of an understatement for an organisation set on conquering every aspect of our known existence, havi
  
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• Google, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo claim MPAA is trying to resurrect Sopa

  11-08-2015 16:27 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Technology companies file brief with New York court urging judges to strike down film studios’ injunction in MovieTube piracy caseGoogle, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo have accused US film studios of attempting to resurrect the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa), which was defeated in Congress in 2012.
  The US technology companies joined together to file a brief (pdf) with New York courts urging judges to strike down a preliminary injunction filed by six film studios of the Motion Picture Association
  
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• Survey: What will IT budgets look like in 2016?

  11-08-2015 15:50 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Take Tech Pro Research's IT budget survey and share your thoughts on IT priorities for 2016. Is big data the focus, or mobile apps? Or network security? Tell us and you'll get a free copy of the resulting research report.
  
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• Paywall providers to NBC Universal and News Corp to merge

  11-08-2015 14:35 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Piano Media and Tinypass to create business serving more than 1,200 media companies wishing to charge for accessPaywall providers Piano Media and Tinypass are merging to create a business serving more than 1,200 media companies including NBC Universal, Time Inc and News Corp. The merger marks a further consolidation of the market for helping media companies get their users to pay for content online. Piano, originally founded in Slovakia, acquired US company Press+ last Autumn in a deal reportedl
  
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• Surface 3: My best purchase of 2015 (hands on)

  11-08-2015 14:09 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The newest Surface tablet from Microsoft is the best 2-in-1 I've used.
  
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• What else does Google's Alphabet do?

  11-08-2015 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Google announces its restructuring plans, we take a look at some of the activities of new parent company Alphabet Inc.
  
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• Why Google is restructuring, why the name Alphabet and how it affects you

  11-08-2015 14:06 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Much more than a renaming, the reshuffle at the US search group suggest there’s more going on than meets the eyeIf you haven’t heard of Alphabet, don’t worry: neither had most people in the world until 5pm EST (10pm BST) on Monday, when Google announced a restructuring. When it’s all done, the search company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet Inc, a new holding company headed up by Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt, formerly the bosses of Google.It may seem like a s
  
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• Adobe boosts US maternity leave

  11-08-2015 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Adobe becomes the latest tech firm to increase parental leave in the US.
  
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• Europe's tech spending on the rise: Sweden, Ireland, and UK leading the way

  11-08-2015 13:01 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Cautious optimism for Europe as analysts expect to see European tech spending up by five percent this year.
  
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• Is it RIP to LOL?

  11-08-2015 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We look at the history of LOL, as a Facebook study suggests people are choosing to use haha and emojis for online laughter instead.
  
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• Windows 10: broken update forces some users into endless reboot loop

  11-08-2015 12:21 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Mandatory automatic update for operating system causes issues as broken patch makes it reach certain percentage of installation before failing and rolling back
  Some users of Windows 10 are reporting issues installing one of Microsoft’s first updates for the new operating system, which traps them in a reboot loop.
  The KB3081424 update, released on Wednesday, collects a series of smaller updates into one bigger patch designed to make the updating process for new users simpler and easier. Continu
  
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• My Mother’s House explores death, grief and memories as a Minecraft poem

  11-08-2015 11:47 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Poet Victoria Bennett and digital artist Adam Clarke’s ‘poem-world’ shows popular video game as a platform for art and expressionMy Mother’s House is the most moving poem I’ve ever played. It’s the work of poet Victoria Bennett, inspired by her experience caring for her terminally-ill mother, and reliving some of the shared memories in her home.As I explored it, the poem brought back my recent memories of helping my own mother clear out my late grandfather’s house, remembering and
  
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• Game Digital recovers from profit warning but console sales slip

  11-08-2015 11:14 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Sales of high-margin games pick up after pre-Christmas giveaways kept customers glued to their screensGame Digital has recovered from a profit warning in January to declare robust trading in the second half of its financial year as customers bought more games to play on their consoles.The company also said its foray into mass gaming was going well. Its Multiplay business, acquired in April, has sold more than 35,000 tickets for the Insomnia festival, to which games enthusiasts bring their consol
  
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• Raspberry Pi-friendly Windows 10 arrives - with an air hockey robot

  11-08-2015 11:13 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Microsoft has has released Windows 10 IoT Core for Intel's Minnowboard and Raspberry Pi.
  
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• IBM discovers Android serialization vulnerability allows arbitrary code execution

  11-08-2015 09:23 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  In the latest security issue to plague Android, IBM has discovered a vulnerability in Android and some third-party SDKs that allows malicious code to elevate its privileges to the system user.
  
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• Suning to receive $4.63b investment from Alibaba

  11-08-2015 09:20 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Alibaba Group is looking to extend its retail presence as it plans to sink $4.63 billion into local retail chain Suning, in a deal which would see the latter return the favour by investing $2.2 billion into Alibaba.
  
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• Google creates Alphabet: best reactions

  11-08-2015 08:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We look at some of the reaction to Google's announcement that it's creating a parent company called Alphabet.
  
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• Why cat clips rule the internet

  11-08-2015 08:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Why are cats so popular on the net?
  
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• IN DEPTH: What is Alphabet? Google's new parent company explained

  11-08-2015 07:24
  
  Meet Alphabet, Google's new parent company that is boldly restructuring the ABCs of the search engine giant and its subsidiaries.Alphabet is meant to be a cleaner, more accountable holding company, says Google Co-founder Larry Page. He'll act as the Alphabet CEO, while Sergey Brin acts as the president.On the same move are formerly Google-owned companies and projects. This includes the more exciting or experimental divisions like Nest, Fiber, Calico and the always mysterious Google X.Google isn'
  
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• ​Lenovo uses Xeon chips to power ThinkPad P50 and P70

  11-08-2015 06:43 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Lenovo has announced its ThinkPad P50 and P70 laptops are arriving with Intel Xeon processors.
  
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• Google's new boss from humble roots

  11-08-2015 06:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The remarkable rise of Sundar Pichai
  
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• Domino's tech innovation feeds AU$64m profit

  11-08-2015 06:17 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Domino's Pizza has reported a record profit for the 2015 financial year, crediting the success to its digital presence, notably in the wearables space, and its GPS Driver Tracker function.
  
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• Analysis: Why Google becoming Alphabet is a really big deal

  11-08-2015 05:21
  
  There's much more to Google's new parent company, Alphabet, than the name.However confusing the umbrella firm was when first announced (why change what has worked so well for so long?), if you look at it the ins and outs of Google's reorganization, Alphabet makes as much sense as ABC.As Alphabet, which Google Co-founder Larry Page described as "mostly a collection of companies," the new-look Google can focus on what it wants to do best (search, ads, apps, YouTube and Android, specifica
  
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• Lenovo ThinkPad workstations get significant Intel Xeon overhaul

  11-08-2015 05:00
  
  Lenovo gave its mobile workstations major performance boosts today, unveiling a pair of models at the SIGGRAPH 2015 show. Even though the new laptops carry the same design aesthetics as Lenovo's ThinkPad W541, these mobile powerhouses are the first to feature Intel's Xeon processors. The two models include a 17.3-inch ThinkPad P70 and a 15.6-inch ThinkPad P50. Both models usher in the end of Lenovo's ThinkPad W series as Lenovo begins standardizing on the P Series brand, for power, performance a
  
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• Hands-on review: Lenovo ThinkPad P70

  11-08-2015 05:00
  
  Introduction, design, powerIt definitely isn't the lightest or slimmest notebook on the market, but if you're looking for blistering performance, Lenovo's new ThinkPad P70 should be at the top of your list. The new ThinkPad P70 ($1,999, £1,290, AU$2,702) is Lenovo's flagship mobile workstation and the successor to the ThinkPad W541 ($1,322, £853, AU$1,788).The ThinkPad P70 is one of the first notebooks featuring Intel's Sixth Generation Skylake processor, which should give it a boost in perfor
  
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• Optus customers get Wi-Fi calling and SMS on iOS, Android app

  11-08-2015 04:37 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Optus customers will be able to use a new app to make and receive calls and SMSes over Wi-Fi via their existing phone number.
  
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• Samsung begins production of 256GB V-NAND flash memory

  11-08-2015 03:38 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Samsung has begun mass production of 256GB 3D V-NAND that will be used in its SSDs.
  
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• Reckon subscriptions are a AU$31.4m winner

  11-08-2015 03:26 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Cloud accounting and legal software firm Reckon has seen a steady growth in its 1H15 revenue, attributing its AU$20.2 net operating cash flow to the company's subscription model move.
  
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• VIDEO: Emails get self-destruct option

  11-08-2015 02:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A New York-based start-up says it has a solution to keep emails private - self destructing them.
  
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• Disaster insurer EQC considers tech boost for field response

  11-08-2015 01:50 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Canterbury earthquakes starting 2010 revealed shortcomings in the technology supporting EQC's field service and costings.
  
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• Details of iPhone 6S Force Touch leak

  11-08-2015 01:49
  
  So far, it seems inevitable that Apple's Force Touch tech will end up in the iPhone 6S with the amount of rumors and leaks we've seen these past few months.Of course, while we know how Force Touch works with the Apple Watch and the new Macbook, we might finally have some more details on how it will run on the iPhone.A report from 9to5Mac claims that sources who have used the iPhone 6S say that Force Touch will provide shortcuts to actions depending on which app you are using. For example, simila
  
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• Updated: Apple Watch OS 2: what you need to know

  11-08-2015 01:25
  
  watchOS 2 release date and moreAnnounced during WWDC 2015, more details have emerged about the imminent Apple Watch OS 2 update. Thanks to the new beta release for developers, we now know that a new Time Lapse face has been added, Music on the Watch will look different along with other goodies. We last heard that devs now have access to the smartwatch's sensors and controls like the Taptic Engine, Digital Crown and more, meaning we will get native apps opposed to ones that are simply ported over
  
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• VIDEO: A live stream of sexist comments?

  11-08-2015 01:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Do cutting edge video apps leave women vulnerable?
  
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• Sellafield robots do our dirty work

  11-08-2015 01:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech cleaning up Sellafield's toxic waste
  
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• OnePlus 2 just ran into a delay in North America

  11-08-2015 00:39
  
  Though you'll be able to put in an order for the OnePlus 2 starting tomorrow, if you're in North America, you won't be getting the handset until 2-3 weeks after Europe gets it.OnePlus announced today that "due to production schedules, shippingto the States and Canada will commence 2-3 weeks after shipments to Europe."Though OnePlus doesn't go into further details about the delay, the company was quick to point out that ordering the OnePlus 2 won't be effected - the delay only concerns
  
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