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• Mobile blackspot Round 2 nominations extended

  23-12-2015 23:52 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The government has given a reprieve to communities racing to get their nominations in for the program's second round before the Christmas season, granting an additional two weeks.
  
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• Australian Bureau of Statistics to transform its data acquisition process

  23-12-2015 23:49 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Australian Bureau of Statistics has gone to tender looking for capabilities that will allow it to change the way it collects data.
  
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• What's new on HBO online for January 2016 - CNET

  23-12-2015 23:46 via cnet.com
  
  "Sesame Street" makes its HBO debut along with "Mad Max: Fury Road."
  
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• Lifx Color 1000 review - CNET

  23-12-2015 23:38 via cnet.com
  
  The second-gen Lifx Color 1000 is best at brightness, efficiency, color quality and ease of use, and recent integrations with IFTTT, Nest, SmartThings and Amazon Echo put it over the top.
  
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• Take a look at the Lifx Color 1000 smart bulb (pictures) - CNET

  23-12-2015 23:29 via cnet.com
  
  The second-gen smart bulb from Lifx is a brighter, more efficient color-changer.
  
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• The best color-changing smart bulb: Lifx Color 1000 video - CNET

  23-12-2015 23:10 via cnet.com
  
  With better colors, better brightness, better efficiency, and a better app, the Lifx Color 1000 is, well, better than Philips Hue.
  
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• 'The Usual Suspects,' 'Hackers' and 'Star Trek: Insurrection' to stream online for free in January - CNET

  23-12-2015 22:58 via cnet.com
  
  A site you might not have heard of is building itself quite a library to compete with Netflix.
  
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• Crave Ep. 229: SpaceX rocket ends 2015 with a blast - CNET

  23-12-2015 22:46 via cnet.com
  
  The SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket safely landed itself at Cape Canaveral in Florida after a quick space hop to drop off some satellites.
  
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• J.J. Abrams: Next Star Wars script is so good, I wish I were directing - CNET

  23-12-2015 22:43 via cnet.com
  
  "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" director reportedly read the script for the next Star Wars movie recently, and said he regrets not signing on to direct the movie.
  
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• SpaceX rocket ends 2015 with a blast, Ep. 229 video - CNET

  23-12-2015 22:30 via cnet.com
  
  2015 was the year humans successfully built and tested reusable rockets that can return to Earth and land upright. Plus, we take a look back at our favorite science stories of the year in an awesome image gallery, and guess what? Darth Vader hates Christmas more than you.
  
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• Q&A: Dissecting criticisms of T-Mobile's free video streams

  23-12-2015 22:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — T-Mobile has introduced a program that lets most customers watch video without using up their data allotment.
  
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• Obamas, Bidens share favorite holiday tunes on Spotify

  23-12-2015 21:31
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Just in time for Christmas, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are sharing their favorite holiday music on Spotify.
  
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• Martian base looks like a computer game in NASA video - CNET

  23-12-2015 21:06 via cnet.com
  
  Watch pressurized rovers roll around the surface of the Red Planet, navigating a someday home for humanity, in this computer-animated concept video.
  
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• Twittersphere: Um, sorry, Hillary Clinton, but you're #NotMyAbuela - CNET

  23-12-2015 21:01 via cnet.com
  
  A Clinton campaign attempt to connect with Latino voters leads to social-media backlash from those who challenge the premise that she is like their grandmother.
  
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• Twittersphere: Um, sorry, Hillary Clinton, but you're #NotMyAbuela - CNET

  23-12-2015 21:01 via cnet.com
  
  A Clinton campaign attempt to connect with Latino voters leads to social-media backlash from those who challenge the premise that she is like their grandmother.
  
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• Review: Honda HR-V

  23-12-2015 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Design, interior and infotainmentCrossover utility vehicles (CUVs) are here to stay, so it's time we embrace the hatchback on stilts. Honda's latest attempt to attract buyers that desire a small car with high seating position, coupled with car-like driving dynamics and fuel economy, resulted in the all-new 2016 HR-V. Starting with the Honda Fit platform, the HR-V adds 9.1 inches of length, 1.7 inches of ground clearance and optional all-wheel drive (AWD) to transform a mundane hatchback into a C
  
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• Mercedes will let you build your own version of Santa's sleigh - CNET

  23-12-2015 20:58 via cnet.com
  
  This is what happens when you give Web programmers too much eggnog.
  
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• Mercedes will let you build your own version of Santa's sleigh - CNET

  23-12-2015 20:58 via cnet.com
  
  This is what happens when you give Web programmers too much eggnog.
  
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• Chip promises faster computing with light, not electrical wires - CNET

  23-12-2015 20:23 via cnet.com
  
  A three-university project builds a prototype chip that communicates directly with fast fiber-optic links. Commercially viable versions are on the way.
  
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• Facebook's freebie Internet service comes under fire in India - CNET

  23-12-2015 20:07 via cnet.com
  
  The social network's Free Basics offering packages Internet services for regions where online access is limited. Officials in India wonder whether the service is fair.
  
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• Facebook's freebie Internet service comes under fire in India - CNET

  23-12-2015 20:07 via cnet.com
  
  The social network's Free Basics offering packages Internet services for regions where online access is limited. Officials in India wonder whether the service is fair.
  
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• The Apple Byte: Feedback Special 2015 video - CNET

  23-12-2015 19:40 via cnet.com
  
  The Apple Byte and CNET team read your viewer feedback from an amazing year.
  
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• 'The Usual Suspects,' 'Hackers' and 'Star Trek: Insurrection' to stream online for free in January - CNET

  23-12-2015 19:35 via cnet.com
  
  A site you might not have heard of is building itself quite a library to compete with Netflix.
  
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• Beyond glitter beards: Great gift ideas for green hipsters - CNET

  23-12-2015 19:25 via cnet.com
  
  From laptop blackboards to vintage electric cars, there are lots of options for thrilling an environmentally conscious hipster during the holidays.
  
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• All the Internet cares about is spotting the panda in this puzzle image - CNET

  23-12-2015 19:19 via cnet.com
  
  Can you find a panda hiding among a sea of snowmen? This find-it puzzle from illustrator Gergely Dudás has the Internet masses all excited.
  
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• Hilarious drunken Star Wars recap stars Richard Gere and Yoda the chupacabra - CNET

  23-12-2015 18:56 via cnet.com
  
  The wine is strong as a woman delivers an alcohol-induced Star Wars narrative, despite never having seen a single film in the franchise.
  
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• Creepy headless robot dogs give Santa a ride for Christmas - CNET

  23-12-2015 18:56 via cnet.com
  
  Who needs reindeer when you can have Boston Dynamics' terrifying robots pull your sleigh for the holidays? We miss Rudolph already.
  
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• Call for urgent investigation of $130m Wellington City IT project

  23-12-2015 18:53 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Documents released reveal disagreement over foundations of Shared IT Infrastructure Services project business case.
  
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• Create your own 'Star Wars' title crawl - CNET

  23-12-2015 18:51 via cnet.com
  
  The official Star Wars Crawl Creator turns your text into an iconic space-faring movie opening. (Mild spoilers ahead.)
  
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• Microsoft Surface Hub's price rises as release date slips - CNET

  23-12-2015 18:50 via cnet.com
  
  A $2,000 increase pushes the cost of the videoconferencing tech to $9,000 and $22,000. Microsoft has also moved back shipment from January 1 to sometime in the first quarter.
  
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• Swedish university suggests 'reverse congestion charge' to benefit bikers - CNET

  23-12-2015 18:45 via cnet.com
  
  The idea involves paying bikers using funds collected from cars that drive through Stockholm's busiest part of town.
  
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• BMW's M4 GTS is the fastest production Bimmer around the Nürburgring - CNET

  23-12-2015 18:36 via cnet.com
  
  Nürburgring, Nürburgring über alles, über alles in der Welt!
  
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• New Audi Q7 shows subtle SUV style, innovative driver interface (pictures) - CNET

  23-12-2015 18:22 via cnet.com
  
  The Q7 is the second model to get Audi's new Virtual Cockpit infotainment interface, putting navigation and other electronics functions right in front of the driver.
  
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• 2017 Audi Q7 Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  23-12-2015 18:22 via cnet.com
  
  With its exceptional handling tech, Audi gives its largest SUV cornering chops, cutting edge safety and connected dashboard technology.
  
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• India puts the brakes on Facebook

  23-12-2015 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India's telecoms regulator has put Facebook's "free mobile data" scheme on hold following claims it breaches net neutrality principles.
  
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• Man arrested after hacking celebrities to steal scripts and sex tapes – officials

  23-12-2015 17:57 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Alonzo Knowles held on copyright and identity theft charges
  Knowles allegedly told an undercover agent he had files on 130 accounts
  A Bahamian man hacked into celebrities’ email accounts to steal unreleased movie and TV scripts and private sex tapes and sought to peddle some of the scripts, boasting to an undercover agent that he had dossiers on at least 130 accounts of stars and big shots in entertainment, sports and media, according to US federal prosecutors. Alonzo Knowles was being hel
  
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• Virtual MMO Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization heads west

  23-12-2015 17:32
  
      Like the idea of MMOs but can't stand other people interfering with your game? Bandai Namco has the answer, with the biggest ever Sword Art Online game heading to the UK in 2016.
  An offline RPG mimicking the gameplay of massively multiplayer games, the Sword Art Online franchise stems from the Japanese novel series by Reki Kawahara. The series follows a group of players trapped in a virtual reality MMO, forced to clea
  
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• Game Digital heading for unhappy Christmas as customers buy online

  23-12-2015 17:28 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  High street retailer warns of falling sales in face of intense competition from online stores and digital gaming services December is traditionally the biggest games-buying month of the year, but it’s proving distinctly unfestive for retailer Game Digital, which has warned of falling sales in its stores.Sales of games for current-generation consoles such as the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are not growing fast enough to outweigh the decline in sales of games for their predecessors, the Xbox
  
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• Robot reindeer wish you season's greetings – video

  23-12-2015 17:19 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Engineering and robotics design company Boston Dynamics dresses up robots as reindeer. A female Santa Claus is pulled by three robot reindeer, wishing everyone ‘happy holidays’. Funding for the majority of the most advanced robots made by Google-owned Boston Dynamics comes from US military sources Continue reading...
  
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• Cracking Open: Amazon Fire illustrates dramatic drop in cost of tablet tech - CNET

  23-12-2015 17:17 via cnet.com
  
  TechRepublic's Bill Detwiler cracks open the Fire and explores the tech inside Amazon's $50 tablet.
  
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• Kim Dotcom's Megaupload heyday is ancient history for the music industry

  23-12-2015 16:44 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Entrepreneur may be facing extradition to the US, but in 2016, labels will be more focused on navigating the changing economics of streamingYou might expect champagne corks to be popping within major music labels at the news that a New Zealand court has ruled Kim Dotcom can be extradited to the US to face charges of copyright infringement, racketeering and money laundering.In his heyday at cloud storage service Megaupload, Dotcom became a cartoon villain for music rightsholders – and their
  
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• Virtual reality is finally here, yet still has a ways to go

  23-12-2015 16:38
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — With the launch of Samsung's Gear VR headset a few weeks ago, virtual reality for the masses is finally a thing. Now comes the next big challenge: Who, exactly, will care?
  
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• Beatles say 'let it be': Fans can soon stream their music

  23-12-2015 16:22
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — They love us, yeah! yeah! yeah!
  
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• Solar or coal? India's decision may decide the fate of the planet

  23-12-2015 16:10
  
  Coal or solar? The power source India chooses may decide the fate of the planet.By: Charles C. Mann, Continue reading...
  
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• Smartphones are completing the broadband revolution - CNET

  23-12-2015 16:01 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: New data finds more consumers choosing mobile connections for broadband. Policymakers hoping to close the digital divide must shift course accordingly.
  
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• Apple allows long-term shareholders to nominate board members

  23-12-2015 15:59
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Tuesday became the latest U.S. company to amend its bylaws to allow long-term shareholders to nominate members to its board. The iPhone maker in a filing said a shareholder who owns at least three percent of its outstanding shares continuously for at least three years were eligible to nominate directors. Other companies who have agreed to adopt new "proxy access" rules this year include Microsoft Corp, Staples Inc, Big Lots Inc and Whiting Petroleum Corp. "Proxy access"
  
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• These rescue robots are efficient lifesavers

  23-12-2015 15:48
  
  Robin Murphy provides a special kind of emergency help: robots.By: Sophia Epstein, Continue reading...
  
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