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• Unlock high-res Xbox One to Windows 10 streaming with this trick

  13-08-2015 23:37
  
  It looks like Windows 10 has been holding out on us. Today, Reddit user OomaThurman found a hidden setting inside the Xbox app on Microsoft's new OS that enables very high-resolution streaming from Xbox One to PC. "Not sure if this has been posted yet, but i was able to unlock the Very High setting in the xbox app to stream with. I have proof of this working and a diference [sic] in bandwidth (streaming over my wan to the office)," the Redditor wrote. "I can see the mbps change in
  
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• Xero CEO Rod Drury banks company's future on investments

  13-08-2015 23:30 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  While Xero is currently operating in the red, Xero co-founder and CEO Rod Drury is not too concerned because the company has plenty of capital as a buffer.
  
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• Pixels review – game over for Adam Sandler (again)

  13-08-2015 23:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Run as fast as you can from this sci-fi comedy about arcade-game addicts who must defend Earth against space invaders Related: Adam Sandler: still scraping the bottom of the comedy barrel After the awful Cobbler, Adam Sandler has defaulted to give-’em-what-they-want nostalgia: arcade-game addicts roused from schlubby middle age to take on space invaders who are zapping Earth into shiny, Capcom-like blocks. The latter creates an oddly pleasing effect, but it is the only one in a film that shill
  
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• NASA just tested the 'Ferrari of rocket engines'

  13-08-2015 22:45
  
  NASA fired off a test of its RS-25 engine, what it calls the "Ferrari of rocket engines," at 2 pm PT/5 pm ET/10 pm GMT today, and initial results indicate it was a success.The space agency provided a live feed to the action at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on its website, giving the public an up-close, visceral look at the sheer power of the RS-25. The liquid-nitrogen burning RS-25 is a whole new rocket, which NASA calls "one of the most complex and efficient rocket engines
  
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• How to choose an office printer

  13-08-2015 22:15
  
  IntroductionAll hail the paperless office! Early exponents of all-digital offices didn't count on printers getting so darned good at being all-round office busybodies. The latest models from the likes of Epson, HP, Canon and Brother can scan, copy and fax, print double-sided and superfast in A3 sizes and even in colour, plus they can be used by phones and tablets. Some can even be controlled from the other side of the world.However, there are key questions to remember when choosing an office pri
  
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• The new Nexus phones may (or may not) fit in your pocket

  13-08-2015 21:42
  
  It’s a well-known rumor that we could get two Nexus devices this year. Most people paying attention to this space also know that LG and Huawei look to be the manufacturers responsible for crafting those devices. But what’s just trickled into the rumor bucket could say a lot about the size of these phones and how well they fit (or won’t) into your pocket.LG’s rumored Nexus device for 2015 could very well be a Nexus 5 reboot at heart, but the leaked dimensions indicate that it might be a b
  
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• Samsung hopes to cure BlackBerry envy with Galaxy Note 5 keyboard case

  13-08-2015 21:20
  
  Samsung just one-upped BlackBerry. Even though there are speculations that BlackBerry may finally launch a native Android device with its famed hardware keyboard, Samsung's newly minted Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ comes with an optional keyboard accessory. Both large-screened flagship Galaxy smartphones will come with a hard plastic case, similar to the official case options available for the Galaxy S6. What's unique is that these cases also come with a snap-on hardware keyboard. If you do
  
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• VIDEO: First look at Samsung Galaxy Note 5

  13-08-2015 21:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC reporter Michelle Fleury goes hands-on with the Galaxy Note 5 at a press event in New York City.
  
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• Fitbit's Windows 10 fitness app looks better than Microsoft's

  13-08-2015 20:38
  
  Fitbit has upgraded its Windows app for the latest Windows 10 operating system. Similar to Microsoft Band's HealthVault, but on steroids, the Fitbit app showcases steps taken, calories burned, sleep charts and all sorts of other fun metrics tied to your tracker. Interestingly, it seems like the new features available on the platform surpasses Microsoft's own fitness tracking app and health dashboard for the Band. In fact, Microsoft hasn't said a peep about the Microsoft wearable integrating with
  
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• Hands-on review: Dell Chromebook 13

  13-08-2015 20:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Intro, design and performanceUnlike rivals, like HP and Acer, that target the mass consumer audience with their Chromebooks, Dell is taking a more niche approach. Dell's Chromebook 11, for example, was aimed at the education market, and this year Dell is back with a larger, more premium Chromebook 13 targeted at enterprise users. Constructed using premium materials, the Chromebook 13 ($399, £255, AU$542) competes in the same space as the metal-clad Google Chromebook Pixel and Asus' stunning Chr
  
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• Google expands Chromebook for Work program with Dell Chromebook 13

  13-08-2015 20:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The latest Chromebook for the office boasts a 12 hour battery life, full HD display and glass trackpad, not to mention simple support options and a reasonably low cost of $399.
  
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• Facebook rescinds internship from student who exposed app privacy flaws

  13-08-2015 19:06 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Harvard student Aran Khanna lost position after he launched app called Marauder’s Map that could pinpoint location of Facebook Messenger usersA Harvard University student says he lost his internship at Facebook after he launched a browser application from his dorm room that exploited privacy flaws on the company’s mobile messenger. Aran Khanna’s app – called Marauder’s Map in tribute to the Harry Potter books – showed that users of Facebook Messenger could pinpoint the exact location
  
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• ​The rise of flash storage: Will it save every one of us?

  13-08-2015 19:04 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Disk storage has been spinning along happily since the 1950s. But it might be moving into its final decade before the flash memory usurper takes over.
  
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• Google gets more time to answer EU charge of abusing search dominance

  13-08-2015 19:04 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The European Commission grants the technology giant another two weeks to respond to allegations of using its dominance in search to advance its own services and harm rivals.
  
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• Hands-on review: Samsung Galaxy Tab S2

  13-08-2015 18:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Samsung's Galaxy Tab S was announced back in July 2014 and proved one of the most exciting Android tablets on the market dropping a lot of the guff we've seen on previous models.The Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 comes in its wake being announced a year late – but has much changed?The new slate has had some minor improvements when you look through the spec list, but it seems there may be more here than meets the eye. Chiefly it's available in two sizes, 9.7-inch and 8-inch, placing it head to head with
  
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• Is modern dating a catastrophe?

  13-08-2015 18:39 via feeds.theguardian.com
  A recent Vanity Fair piece heralded the ‘dawn of the dating apocalypse’, led by the app Tinder. Or has dating always been this way? Share your experiences of dating in the internet ageThe internet is ruining dating for everyone – or has it always been like this?A Vanity Fair piece published this week struck an ominous tone for 2015’s singletons. Headlined “Tinder and the dawn of the dating apocalypse”, it was brutal about the New York dating scene, placing the blame squarely at the f
  
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• Samsung Pay rolls out to HSBC, first direct and M&S Bank customers

  13-08-2015 18:00
  
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• Samsung Pay has finally launched in the UK

  13-08-2015 18:00
  
  By: Katie CollinsContinue reading...
  
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• Video games festival opens in Dundee

  13-08-2015 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 10,000 people are expected to attend Scotland's biggest annual video games festival, which has opened in Dundee.
  
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• Hands-on review: Samsung Pay

  13-08-2015 17:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Samsung Pay is will land later this year, first in the US and South Korea but pretty soon to the UK and the wider world too. Samsung Pay is coming to South Korea on August 20, the US on September 28 and plans to roll out the service in the U.K., Spain and China, with 'partners to be named in each market'.The main thing that Samsung has over the rest of the competition is that its Pay service can work with nearly any card terminal the world over, thanks to the clever inbuilt technology.The phone
  
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• No one wants games designed by spotty nerds? Get real | Keith Stuart

  13-08-2015 17:14 via feeds.theguardian.com
  You’d think John Cridland, as head of the CBI, would know a bit about the games industry. Instead he comes out with a staggering haiku of ignoranceHi, I’m a bit confused. Is it still 2015 out there or have I somehow gone 30 years back in time? It’s just that, this morning, I saw the Independent’s interview with John Cridland, director general of the Confederation of British Industry. The role of this organisation, according to its incredibly dull website, is to promote and provide a voic
  
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• Samsung launches Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Note 5 phablets

  13-08-2015 17:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  War with Apple hots up as Korean company launches larger version of smartphone matching Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus, and powerful new Note 5Samsung has launched two new phablets, the Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+, in its war with Apple and LG to maintain its large-screen smartphone crown.
  The Korean company made the surprise move of releasing a larger variant of its popular Galaxy S6 Edge rather than simply sticking with its Note line of phablets, which launched in 2011 and defined the new half phone,
  
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• What Samsung needs to get right with the Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Note 5

  13-08-2015 17:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Korean company must overcome several hurdles if its two new phablets are to win over users and maintain its dominant position in the smartphone marketSamsung has just launched not one but two phablets, as it attempts to keep its large-screened smartphone crown.
  But in its war with chief rival Apple, its home country competitor LG, and Chinese upstarts such as Xiaomi, Samsung has to get some critical things right, as the bar has been raised for quality, price and speed.Continue reading...
  
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• Samsung unveils two big smartphones

  13-08-2015 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Samsung unveils two new large smartphones, but causes surprise by deciding not to sell one of them - the Galaxy Note 5 - in Europe.
  
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• Hands-on review: Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+

  13-08-2015 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ is, apart from being a right pain to write, is one thing: a big Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. There's not a lot to choose between the two devices beyond the size.The obvious change is to the screen, with a 5.7-inch choice rather than the 5.1-inch option on the smaller S6 Edge. However, internally it's almost identical, with 4GB of RAM the only real difference to see.That means there's no microSD slot again, the Exynos octa-core chipset lives on and there are only 32GB or 64
  
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• Hands-on review: Galaxy Note 5

  13-08-2015 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 remains a solid phablet that boasts a powerful display and powerful innards stuffed inside that can even run a Gear VR virtual reality headset without issue. Aside from its high cost and large size, the handset received a 4.5 rating.With the Galaxy Note 5 freshly announced, it's clear this new device will be on equal footing with the Galaxy Note 4, although it's initially hard to see where the big upgrades are.Touted as the ultimate productivity powerhouse, the Note 5 h
  
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• VIDEO: How to avoid being 'cyber-flashed'

  13-08-2015 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Find out how to avoid being "airdropped" unsolicited nude photographs.
  
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• Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Review: a beautiful test of patience

  13-08-2015 15:39 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Even as it draws you in with its central mystery, this game will frustrate you by being so damn slowRapture’s apocalypse is unlike those in other games. While you don’t initially know the cause, it’s clear it was no nuclear bomb or zombie horde. The tiny English village looks almost exactly as you’d expect one to have done 30 years ago, except that, as the title suggests, everybody’s gone. Games such as Rapture (often dubbed “walking simulators” by those who look down on them for h
  
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• Samsung proposes 'space internet' to beam the web to the world

  13-08-2015 14:49 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Technology giant describes beaming internet to five billion people worldwide using thousands of tiny satellites.
  
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• Eagle attacking drone mid-air shows animals as averse to UAVs as humans

  13-08-2015 13:53 via feeds.theguardian.com
  People aren’t the only ones threatened by drones invading their privacy, as spate of attacks caught on camera shows wildlife fighting backRemarkable footage of an eagle attacking and disabling a drone has taken the internet by storm, but it illustrates that drones can distress animals as much as they annoy humans.
  The drone was attacked by the Australian wedge-tailed eagle over woodland in the greater Melbourne area, sending it tumbling to the ground, as it saw the drone as a threat. Continue
  
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• Ofcom releases coverage checker

  13-08-2015 13:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ofcom has created an online tool that lets people see what kind of mobile coverage they should be getting.
  
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• WonderBox app aims to give children a safe space for digital creativity

  13-08-2015 13:25 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Developer Duck Duck Moose hopes to capitalise on kids’ interest in drawing, sharing and watching videos, but with educational intentChildren’s app developer Duck Duck Moose has launched a new app that aims to blend the creative features of apps like Instagram and Snapchat with the educational resources on YouTube.WonderBox has been released as a free app for iOS devices, with Android to follow. The company is targeting parents as well as children in what it’s pitching as a safe space for f
  
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• Can the Safecity app make Delhi safer for women?

  13-08-2015 13:03 via feeds.theguardian.com
  As India’s cities struggle to turn the tables on rape and sexual assault, a new app allows women to share their stories of harassment and actively address abusive behaviour in their neighbourhoodsI was touched at rush hour at the busy Andheri Station. A person passing my rickshaw simply touched my breast and ran away while I sat disgusted and dumbfounded in the rickshaw at a signal. I couldn’t even see his face and don’t even know whom to hate more – him or my timing for being there at t
  
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• Review: Pentax K-3 II

  13-08-2015 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and featuresPentax has stepped up the rate at which it releases new DSLRs of late, and the K-3 II marks the third launch in a year. The company's latest top-of-the-line DSLR replaces the K-3, and introduces some new features designed to steal the enthusiast camera thunder of market leaders Canon and Nikon.Sitting at the top of Pentax's lineup, although only featuring an APS-C sized sensor, the K-3 II competes most closely with mid-range or enthusiast cameras such as the Nikon D7200
  
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• Windows 10 sends identifiable data to Microsoft despite privacy settings

  13-08-2015 12:48 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Operating system contacts OneDrive, MSN and other services even if a user has activated privacy-protecting options, report discovers
  Windows 10 sends identifiable information to Microsoft, even if a user turns off its Bing search and Cortana features, and activates the software’s privacy-protection settings.
  Analysis by technology site Ars Technica has shown that Windows 10 still contacts Microsoft even when these features are disabled, although some of this is simple and non-identifiable test
  
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• Olympic drug ban for ESL gamers

  13-08-2015 12:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Competitive video gamers will be tested for the same drugs banned at the Olympic Games under a new scheme by the Electronic Sports League.
  
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• Twitter ditches DM character limit

  13-08-2015 12:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitter's removing the 140-character limit on Direct Messages to let users "express themselves" more freely.
  
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• Marijuana ban for pro gamers during contests under new drugs policy

  13-08-2015 12:22 via feeds.theguardian.com
  New rules from eSports league ESL will match anti-doping policies of sporting bodies WADA and NADA, with saliva-based tests for playersProfessional gamers competing in events run by eSports body ESL are now banned from using marijuana during competitions, under the organisation’s new anti-doping policy.ESL announced plans in July to introduce the policy, promising that it would be “fair, feasible and conclusive while also respecting the privacy of players”. Now it has published details of
  
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• Review: QNAP TVS-1271U-RP

  13-08-2015 12:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and storageOnce all about sharing data, Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances have slowly grown in capability and come to resemble general purpose servers, particularly those at the higher end of the scale. The 12-bay QNAP TVS-1271U-RP we are reviewing here is part of a wider family of appliances for desktop as well as machine room deployment but, in this case, very much destined for rack mounting and equipped to do a lot more than just share data. Appearances can often be decep
  
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• Russia blocks Reddit drug chatter

  13-08-2015 11:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russia has blocked access to some parts of social news site Reddit for "promoting" use of banned substances.
  
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• NBC Universal invests $200m in Vox Media

  13-08-2015 11:36 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Digital media business with brands including sport, tech and news valued at $1bn, with NBC said to be close to investing further $200m into BuzzFeedNBC Universal has made a $200m (£128m) investment in Vox Media and is reportedly poised to sink a similar amount into BuzzFeed.Vox – which owns eight brands including sports-focused SB Nation, video game site Polygon, technology site The Verge and news site Vox.com – said the strategic partnership would further help to grow its business. Th
  
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• Police investigate 'cyber-flashing'

  13-08-2015 11:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating a 'new' crime of cyber-flashing on the transport network after a commuter received an indecent image on her iPhone.
  
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• Lenovo cuts jobs as profits halve

  13-08-2015 11:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese computer and smartphone maker Lenovo announces 3,200 job cuts as it reports a halving of quarterly profits.
  
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• Niantic Labs separates from Google to go it alone

  13-08-2015 09:32 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Google's Niantic Labs, the company behind the augmented reality game Ingress, will become an independent company as it becomes the first to split from parent company Google.
  
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• Twitter's Periscope video app has signed up 10m people in four months

  13-08-2015 09:06 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Live-streaming app’s founders say it now has nearly 2m daily active users watching 40 years of video per day to their smartphonesTwitter’s standalone app for live-streaming video, Periscope, now has nearly two million daily active users watching 40 years of broadcasts a day.Periscope published the stats to celebrate another milestone: its 10 millionth registered user since the app first launched for Apple’s iPhone in March, with an Android version following in May. Continue reading...
  
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• Tencent makes 10.3b yuan profit on back of advertising revenue

  13-08-2015 08:48 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  China's Tencent recorded a second quarter profit of 10.3 billion yuan, raking in over 4 billion yuan in online advertising revenue, and in future wants to keep its games department busy.
  
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• NBN satellite set for October 1 launch

  13-08-2015 08:11 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The first of the satellites to service the 3 percent of Australians not covered by the NBN fixed or wireless networks is due to be launched in seven weeks.
  
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• Could virtual reality revolutionise crisis-response filmmaking ?

  13-08-2015 08:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Welcome to Aleppo pushes back at the apathetic response to the impact of the civil war in Syria, but its maker wants action not just empathy“There’s a deafening apathy to all of the stories about refugees in a situation like Aleppo in Syria. To be honest, people don’t care any more, and we’ve had a few years of beating our heads against the wall trying to make people care.”As a freelance photographer and videographer, Christian Stephen has been trying to tell stories from war zones for
  
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• RealMe verification gets an e-signature boost via Secured Signing

  13-08-2015 07:54 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  New Zealand government-owned authentication service RealMe inks a deal that will deliver e-signature capability and biometric identification.
  
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• Singtel sees SG$107m profit growth for Q2

  13-08-2015 07:33 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Singapore's largest telco has announced a profit rise of 16 percent, with gains in 4G data and currency losses thanks to a weakened Australian dollar.
  
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