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• Councils peel away from online voting trial

  24-09-2015 23:47 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Marlborough is the latest local council to opt out of a proposed trial of online voting in New Zealand.
  
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• The G-Tech GDrive EV ATC is one tough and versatile portable drive

  24-09-2015 23:41 via cnet.com
  
  Find out why CNET editor Dong Ngo doesn't need this fast, rugged, versatile and all-around great GDrive EV ATC portable drive from G-Tech.
  
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• The iPhone 6S reviews are in and an Apple Car in 2019?

  24-09-2015 23:39 via cnet.com
  
  Is the iPhone 6S really the best iPhone ever? It better be. Plus, Apple is driving hard to ship the rumored Apple Car in 2019.
  
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• New Pluto images reveal strange 'snakeskin' surface

  24-09-2015 23:37
  
  The latest batch of Pluto images from Nasa's New Horizons mission have revealed previously unseen topographic details on the strange, icy world.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Marvell Technologies to cut jobs in mobile business

  24-09-2015 23:33
  (Reuters) - Chipmaker Marvell Technology Group Ltd said it would cut about 17 percent of its global workforce as the company trims its mobile business. Marvell said it would now focus on emerging opportunities in businesses such as automotive and Internet of Things, the concept of connecting household devices to the Internet.
  
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• Oculus takes aim at mainstream with inexpensive gear, video

  24-09-2015 23:28
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Virtual reality is taking a few steps closer to the mainstream with Samsung unveiling a headset that brings the technology to its latest smartphones at half the price of its previous model, Facebook launching support for 360-degree video, and online video services like Netflix and Hulu jumping into the format.
  
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• Nasdaq center aims to build relationships with startups

  24-09-2015 23:08
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nasdaq has long been known as the "tech-heavy" stock exchange, where some of Silicon Valley's best-known companies have gone to sell shares. Now, as it faces stiff competition from rival exchanges to lure the next hot IPO, it's reaching out to business startups before they go public.
  
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• See Apple's Live Photos in action on the iPhone 6S Plus

  24-09-2015 22:29 via cnet.com
  
  Hit play on our video to see how Live Photos work on Apple's brand new iPhone 6S Plus
  
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• Samsung opens doors on new Silicon Valley offices

  24-09-2015 22:24 via cnet.com
  
  The South Korean company has built a 1.1 million square foot campus in San Jose, California -- about 12 miles from rival Apple's headquarters.
  
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• Schlage's HomeKit-enabled Sense Smart Deadbolts hit preorder

  24-09-2015 22:16 via cnet.com
  
  You can preorder Schlage Sense Smart Deadbolts with Siri voice control capabilities starting today.
  
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• Pizza Rat channels 'Ratatouille' chef in 'Conan' spoof

  24-09-2015 22:15 via cnet.com
  
  A "Conan" sketch Wednesday tells the inside tale of how the Internet's latest rodent hero managed to get his grubby hands on the slice of pizza in the first place.
  
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• Facebook.com up for most users after outage

  24-09-2015 22:08
  (Reuters) - Facebook.com was up for most users, except in some parts of western Europe, nearly four hours after an outage was first observed. Downdetector.com's Facebook map showed outages in North America, Europe, Australia and India earlier on Thursday. Facebook and its photo-sharing site Instagram were blocked around the world for up to an hour on Jan. 27.
  
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• Facebook brings 360-degree video to the News Feed

  24-09-2015 22:07 via cnet.com
  
  Facebook goes 360, Apple fixes iOS 9 and BlackBerry may be making a comeback with a brand new device.
  
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• Samsung's $99 Gear VR launches in November, adds virtual reality to all new Samsung phones

  24-09-2015 22:05 via cnet.com
  
  Half the price, twice the phone compatibility
  
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• Samsung, Facebook's Oculus plan November launch for Gear VR headset, at $99

  24-09-2015 22:04 via cnet.com
  
  One of the world's first virtual reality headsets for consumers is coming to the market in time for the holiday shopping season. Oculus says it's prepared.
  
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• Our London evening out with the bold iPhone 6S Plus (pictures)

  24-09-2015 21:55 via cnet.com
  
  Join us from a posh Piccadilly Circus hotel in London as we take a closer look at Apple's newest king-sized phone.
  
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• Get rid of default cloud service icons in File Explorer

  24-09-2015 21:52 via cnet.com
  
  Clean up that side navigation panel!
  
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• Here's how to get rid of Internet Explorer

  24-09-2015 21:47 via cnet.com
  
  Why does Windows 10 force you to have both Edge and Internet Explorer on your PC?
  
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• 'Trying to keep morale up': Facebook outage brings the Twitter one-liners

  24-09-2015 21:42 via cnet.com
  
  When millions lose access to their cousin's friends' birthdays Thursday morning they turn to Twitter to ease the suffering with humor and a few great GIFs.
  
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• Some iPhone users say iOS 9 has slowed down their phones

  24-09-2015 21:40 via cnet.com
  
  Tasks such as launching apps appear to be slower on certain devices, mostly older iPhones, according to videos and some user comments.
  
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• Netflix: Now available in virtual reality

  24-09-2015 21:34 via cnet.com
  
  Today Oculus made Netflix available for its Gear VR headset, with other streaming services like Hulu and Twitch coming soon.
  
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• Apple lists top 25 apps hit by malware in first major attack

  24-09-2015 21:27
  
  Apple Inc said the WeChat messaging app and car-hailing app DiDi Taxi were among the 25 most popular apps that were found to be infected with malicious software, the first-ever large-scale attack on its App Store. The company had not previously disclosed which apps had been affected, although many had been identified by third parties. Apple said on Sunday it was cleaning up its App Store after several cybersecurity firms reported that unknown hackers had embedded a malware, dubbed XcodeGhost, in
  
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• Virtual reality gets nostalgic with Oculus Arcade

  24-09-2015 21:22 via cnet.com
  
  Oculus Arcade will let gamers play classics from SEGA, Midway and Namco with the Gear VR headset.
  
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• Best iPhone 6S and iPhone 6 cases

  24-09-2015 21:15 via cnet.com
  
  Need to protect your iPhone 6/6S or iPhone 6 Plus/6S Plus? A slew of cases are available, with new cases arriving weekly. Here are our current top picks.
  
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• Watch these titles before they disappear on Netflix

  24-09-2015 21:12 via cnet.com
  
  Some great movies are going offline at the end of September. Find out what you should watch before October shows up.
  
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• The new Gear VR headset will goes on sale this fall

  24-09-2015 21:07 via cnet.com
  
  Samsung and Oculus VR unveiled their new virtual reality headset at a price point under $100.
  
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• Blade offers $95 helicopter rides to escape the NY pope traffic

  24-09-2015 20:54 via cnet.com
  
  Wanna get away from the horrendous traffic caused by the pope's visit to the Big Apple? Blade, aka the Uber of helicopters, will take you across Manhattan in one of its choppers for $95 on Friday.
  
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• How to get rid of iOS 9's lowercase keyboard

  24-09-2015 20:46 via cnet.com
  
  Find out where the setting hides to return you to the familiar ALL CAPS keyboard.
  
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• Oculus and Samsung unveil new Gear VR for $99

  24-09-2015 20:10
  (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's Oculus and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled a new version of Gear VR for $99 and said the virtual reality headset would be available in the United States in time for Black Friday and globally shortly after. The headset is 22 percent lighter and will work with all of Samsung's 2015 line of flagship smartphones, Peter Koo, senior vice president of Samsung Mobile, said at an Oculus conference on Thursday. Unlike the previous versions, which were meant for developers an
  
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• Activision expanding 'Call of Duty' e-sports competition

  24-09-2015 20:04
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Activision is widening the scope of e-sports competition for "Call of Duty" players.
  
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• Facebook.com not working for some users

  24-09-2015 19:17
  (Reuters) - Facebook.com was down for some users on Thursday, although the mobile app and Messenger services appeared to be working. "Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on it and we'll get it fixed as soon as we can," a message on facebook.com said. Downdetector.com's Facebook map showed outages in North America, Europe, Australia and India. (http://bit.ly/1aIqOPd) Facebook and its photo-sharing site Instagram were blocked around the world for up to an hour on Jan. 27. Facebook blamed an
  
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• ​Adobe cooks up Creative Cloud inspired analytics workspaces

  24-09-2015 19:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  With the move, Adobe becomes the latest company to attempt to bring data science and analytics to the masses
  
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• Behind the scenes at Ikea's top-secret furniture lab

  24-09-2015 18:59
  
  WIRED goes behind the scenes at Ikea's design studio to see how the world's biggest furniture retailer is reassembling the future of home living.By: Jonathan Bell, Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: Time-lapse footage of 1,000mph car

  24-09-2015 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Time-lapse footage shows the Bloodhound car being put together at its design centre in Bristol.
  
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• Samsung Pay dubbed a hit in its initial rollout

  24-09-2015 18:40 via cnet.com
  
  The company's new mobile payments has seen $30 million in transactions in just one month as it prepares to launch in the US where it will battle with Apple Pay.
  
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• Languages are dying, but is the internet to blame?

  24-09-2015 18:40
  
  The UN has identified linguistic diversity as one of the key challenges that must be overcome if more people are to come online. But how many languages should the internet support?By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• See a supersonic jet's shock waves in mind-bending NASA images

  24-09-2015 18:29 via cnet.com
  
  A new technique uses the sun and moon as backgrounds to capture visuals of supersonic shock waves as a crazy-fast jet breaks the sound barrier.
  
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• Watch cosplayers dress to impress at DragonCon

  24-09-2015 18:17 via cnet.com
  
  Stormtroopers! Ghostbusters! Transformers! The Avengers! Disney princesses and villains! Relive the best cosplay moments of DragonCon 2015 from Youtubers Beat Down Boogie.
  
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• Live from Oculus Connect 2: See today's keynotes starting at 10 a.m. PT

  24-09-2015 18:03 via cnet.com
  
  Oculus Connect 2, the conference for developers and partners of the upcoming Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, has started in Los Angeles. Here's how to view the keynotes live.
  
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• Travel 1,470 light years in 27 seconds to Veil Nebula in new NASA video

  24-09-2015 17:58 via cnet.com
  
  NASA takes you from a backyard view of the night sky all the way into a gorgeous nebula thanks to the power of the Hubble Space Telescope.
  
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• Preview: Rise of the Tomb Raider could be Lara's best

  24-09-2015 17:48
  
      In the years since the original Tomb Raider (and, more importantly, Tomb Raider 2) on the PlayStation established Croft as a gaming icon though, the series had been outdone at its own archaeological action adventure game by Naughty Dog's Uncharted series. When it came time for that 2013 Tomb Raider, it was little surprise that developers Crystal Dynamics took some inspiration from the very series Lara's earlier incarnation had herself inspire
  
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• Sprint aims to undercut T-Mobile with $1-per-month iPhone deal

  24-09-2015 17:30 via cnet.com
  
  Trade in a 16GB iPhone 6, and you can get an iPhone 6S for $1 a month or an iPhone 6s Plus for $5 a month.
  
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• One-armed factory robot goes on sale

  24-09-2015 17:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The firm that created factory robot Baxter brings out a one-armed version named Sawyer, designed for precision work.
  
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• France to hold random engine checks after Volkswagen scandal

  24-09-2015 17:29
  
  France's environment minister has announced random tests of about 100 French cars to ensure that their engines meet pollution standards in the wake of Volkswagen's emissions scandal. Minister Segolene ...
  
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• What's the best free alternative to Microsoft Office?

  24-09-2015 16:56 via cnet.com
  
  From the Cheapskate: Before you plunk down money for Office 2016, consider whether you can get by with a free suite -- or even Microsoft's free online version!
  
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• Billguard financial security app acquired for $30m

  24-09-2015 16:33
  
  Personal finance security service Billguard has been acquired by peer-to-peer lending firm Prosper Marketplace.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Fall to your doom in Just Cause 3's VR wingsuit simulator

  24-09-2015 16:28
  
  The release open world expolode-a-thon Just Cause 3 is still a few months away, due to release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on 1 December 1. But publisher Square Enix has just released a way to get into mercenary Rico Rodriguez's world early, through the power of mobile VR.
  The Wingsuit Experience is a virtual reality dive to the Mediterranean island of Medici, where Just Cause 3 will take place. Available for Android and iOS, the app uses your phone
  
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• Woman Sends Robot To Queue For Her iPhone 6s At Apple Store

  24-09-2015 16:15
  
  Named Lucy after its controller, Lucy Kelly, the robot joined the queue outside Sydney’s flagship Apple Store in Australia, managing to nab the fourth spot in line
  
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• Apple's iOS 9 software gets its first bug-fixing update

  24-09-2015 16:09 via cnet.com
  
  The update comes just a week after the newest version of the software that powers iPads and iPhones. It squashes several bugs, but one flaw remains unresolved.
  
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• BT sets date for IPv6 network move

  24-09-2015 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  By the end of 2016 BT's entire network will be able to work with IPv6 - the newer version of the net's core addressing system.
  
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