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• Pan-government platform powers data-driven decision making

  12-08-2015 22:07 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Statistics New Zealand's Integrated Data Infrastructure delivers anonymised data to boost policy research and individual life choices.
  
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• EA Sports drops Patrick Kane from NHL 16 cover after police investigation

  12-08-2015 21:44 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Allegations of incident at player’s home on 2 AugustJonathan Toews will now appear on his ownEA Sports is dropping Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane from promoting its NHL 16 video game because he is under police investigation over rape allegations.The company announced its decision on its Twitter account on Wednesday. EA Sports says Kane will no longer be a spokesman for NHL 16, nor appear on the game’s cover as previously planned. Continue reading...
  
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• Review: Lenovo Z51

  12-08-2015 21:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IntroductionIf you're in the market for a laptop that can handle the rigors and demands of an academic environment, the Lenovo Z51 might be ideal for you. The Z51 won't win any Laptop of the Year awards, but with its $600 (£384, AU$814) price tag, there are very few competitors capable of delivering the Z51's style and versatility. One such competitor is the Asus ZenBook UX305 – a laptop that we awarded a five-star rating earlier in the year. The Z51 also stacks up well against the Acer Aspir
  
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• England to test 'electric motorways'

  12-08-2015 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Highways England plans to test under-road wireless charging equipment that would be buried beneath motorways to top-up cars as they drive.
  
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• Microsoft Surface Hub to ship starting January 1, 2016

  12-08-2015 18:16 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Microsoft's Surface Hub conferencing system will begin shipping on January 1, 2016, rather than September 1, 2015, as originally planned.
  
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• Standing on the shoulders of metal and silicon giants

  12-08-2015 17:19 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Artificial intelligence will change how we work and live: it's up to us to make sure those changes are for the better.
  
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• Clinton to hand over email server

  12-08-2015 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hillary Clinton has agreed to hand over to the FBI the private email server that she used as secretary of state.
  
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• Piracy sites lose big name adverts

  12-08-2015 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An anti-piracy police squad claims success at preventing adverts from well known brands appearing on file-sharing sites.
  
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• Twitter 'snooping' doubles in UK

  12-08-2015 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The number of police and government requests for Twitter users' personal information doubles in the UK.
  
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• Kardashian selfie rebuked by watchdog

  12-08-2015 13:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US drugs regulator attacks a selfie posted by the celebrity Kim Kardashian that advertised a medicine without detailing its side effects.
  
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• Review: Samsung M3 Portable 4TB

  12-08-2015 13:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designWhile most recent storage breakthroughs have involved mostly SSDs and non-mechanical technologies, hard disk drives still hold most of the world's data and, for most of us, are the only financially viable option for bulk, mass storage beyond the terabyte mark.The 4TB Samsung M3 Portable otherwise known as the HX-M401TCB/G, which was launched a couple of months ago, is the perfect example of how far spinning, traditional hard disk drives have moved over the past 10 years.It
  
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• Review: Honor 6 Plus

  12-08-2015 13:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and DesignYou might not have heard of Honor. In-fact, the brand didn't even exist a year ago, but the Huawei spin-off is now producing some well specced yet affordable smartphones that you can actually buy on the high-street.While they were first intended to be sold unlocked through a web store only, the Honor 6 Plus is now available through the network 3, so it's easier to get hold your hands on.For £299.99 ($470, $587 AUD), you're getting a 5.5-inch screen with three 8MP snappers
  
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• Lax IoT security: Smart TVs and wearables are paving the way for massive privacy breaches

  12-08-2015 13:27 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  However secure a connected device is when consumers buy it, there's little guarantee of its safety in the long haul, which is one of the reasons why internet-of-things vendors are being told they need industry guidelines.
  
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• Security researchers hack a car and apply the brakes via text

  12-08-2015 12:28 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Vulnerability revealed in diagnostic dongles used for vehicle tracking and insurance that lets them take control using just an SMSResearchers have hacked a car, remotely activated its windscreen wipers, applied its brakes and even disabled them, all via simple text messages.
  A group of researchers from University of California, San Diego discovered a serious weak point in vehicle security that allows hackers to take remote control of a car or lorry thanks to small black dongles that are connecte
  
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• Hey, Siri! Meet the real people behind Apple's voice activated assistant

  12-08-2015 11:35 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Many of us are familiar with Apple’s iOS assistant – but have you ever thought about the lives behind the voice that answers your queries and requests? Apple users are all familiar with Siri, the company’s voice-activated personal assistant that helps out with everything from speed dialling, scheduling meetings and searching for directions. Users of iOS have had the privilege of Siri’s help since its introduction as part of iOS 5 for the iPhone 4S in 2011, and the function was also added
  
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• OnePlus 2, First Take: No flagship killer, but still good value

  12-08-2015 11:28 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The second smartphone from Chinese vendor OnePlus has too many missing features to be a '2016 flagship killer', but it's an impressive handset for the price.
  
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• Forget smart fridges – here’s the kitchen tech you really want

  12-08-2015 10:46 via feeds.theguardian.com
  From smart pans to connected scales, the internet of things is now tackling the art of cooking – so would professional chefs want to use these gadgets?
  Smart fridges are a cliche of the internet of things, a perfect example of an unnecessary, expensive technology that’s been talked about more than it’s been used.Yet, kitchens seem the perfect place for gadgetry: look at the catalogues for home stores, there’s specific devices for everything from slicing pineapple to magnetic toast tongs.
  
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• Attorney-general commissions cost-benefit analysis of digital copyright reform

  12-08-2015 09:15 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  An economic analysis into the ALRC's recommendation to adopt a flexible fair use provision in regards to digital copyright in Australian law has been commissioned, with the AG concerned about the costs to rights holders.
  
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• Where did the principle of secrecy in correspondence go?

  12-08-2015 09:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  In the age of surveillance, it is easy to forget that governments weathered robust privacy protections for centuries. But secrecy is central to the vitality of democracyPrivacy as a legal construct is relatively recent. Until Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis penned their famous 1890 essay “The Right to Privacy”, private information was protected from disclosure and surveillance by another name: the secrecy of correspondence. Perhaps ironically, the right to secrecy has long been considered s
  
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• Hackers charged after pocketing $100m from stolen material

  12-08-2015 08:48 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Two Ukraine-based hackers have been identified as the leaders of a nine-man syndicate which stole media releases from three major newswire companies, and on-sold them to cheat the securities market, raking in $100 million from illegal sales.
  
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• Twitter sees its largest increase from governments wanting account information

  12-08-2015 07:41 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  In its latest transparency report, Twitter has revealed that requests for account information from governments has jumped 52 percent, with the United States leading the way by making 56 percent of all global requests.
  
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• NZ IT industry mobilises to fight TPP software patent threat

  12-08-2015 07:33 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Institute of IT Professionals joins the NZ Open Source Society in questioning TPP deal on software patents.
  
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• 'The Tinder Generation is real': app has online meltdown over Vanity Fair article

  12-08-2015 07:32 via feeds.theguardian.com
  An employee sent 31 tweets responding to claim Tinder has brought about the ‘dating apocalypse’ – and denies that a significant chunk of users are marriedTinder has reacted poorly to being heralded as the harbinger of the “dating apocalypse” in Vanity Fair magazine, going on a defensive rampage on social media. Related: How to survive the dating apocalypseContinue reading...
  
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• Chinese mobile infrastructure provider to list on ASX

  12-08-2015 04:46 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  China's Enice has announced an IPO to list on the ASX in order to fuel its global expansion in the telco infrastructure sector.
  
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• Commonwealth Bank putting technology at the forefornt of its investments

  12-08-2015 04:06 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia continued to place heavy focus on investing in new technology during the 2015 financial year.
  
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• Commonwealth Bank putting technology at the forefront of its investments

  12-08-2015 04:06 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia continued to place heavy focus on investing in new technology during the 2015 financial year.
  
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• Foxconn pledges $5b investment in India amid rising Chinese labour costs

  12-08-2015 02:13 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn which produces a variety of Apple products announced plans to invest as much as US$5 billion in India's Maharashtra state as labour costs in China continue to rise.
  
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• Hands-on review: GoPro Hero4 Session

  12-08-2015 01:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GoPro dominates the action cam industry. In terms of extreme-sports brand recognition, it basically goes hand-in-hand with the lifestyle energy drink Redbull. And there is some justification for that reputation: the Hero cameras like the Hero4 Black are arguably the most compact and best-performing on the market. So how does a brand leader, the Coca-Cola of action cams, make something new without skewering itself?DesignWith the Hero4 Session, the answer's been to go radically smaller. This new m
  
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• Spark enters smart home wars with "Morepork" home security

  12-08-2015 01:40 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Home security applications are a new frontier for telcos such as Spark - but they are also being targeted by Apple and Google.
  
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• VIDEO: Robots that build 'baby robots'

  12-08-2015 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers have developed a robot that can build "baby" robots that get progressively better at moving without any human intervention.
  
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• Robots learn to evolve and improve

  12-08-2015 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Engineers develop a robotic system that evolves and improves its performance.
  
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• VIDEO: The tower that helps to clear smog

  12-08-2015 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde's project cleans polluted air and allows the smog particles to be turned into jewellery
  
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