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• Vodafone 4G upgrade lifts rural broadband speeds

  31-01-2016 23:27 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  More than 200 towers now built or upgraded to 4G in quest for a minimum of 50Mbps connectivity nationwide by 2025.
  
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• See a cat's worst nightmare: 'Walking Dead' mice - CNET

  31-01-2016 20:24 via cnet.com
  
  These taxidermy tributes to Daryl, Merle, Michonne, and the Little Girl zombie from "The Walking Dead" are cute in an undead kind of way. We talk with taxidermy artist Rachael Garcia about her unusual art.
  
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• Dog owners less neurotic than cat owners, says study - CNET

  31-01-2016 20:16 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: A new study suggests that those who own pets are a little more satisfied with life and dog owners are more conscientious, extroverted and agreeable than cat owners.
  
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• UCI confirms 'technological fraud'

  31-01-2016 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UCI president Brian Cookson confirms the first top-level case of "technological fraud" in the sport.
  
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• How visual effects brought 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' characters to life - CNET

  31-01-2016 19:20 via cnet.com
  
  These video breakdowns from Industrial Light & Magic show how the magic of CGI was used to breathe life into characters like Maz Kanata.
  
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• CIA posts its own 'X-Files' of UFO reports online - CNET

  31-01-2016 18:55 via cnet.com
  
  Agents Scully and Mulder might have be on the right track in believing in extraterrestrial life. The real-life Central Intelligence Agency publishes declassified UFO documents on its website.
  
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• Ellen Pao's not so excellent Lyft adventure with juror from her trial - CNET

  31-01-2016 18:37 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: The woman who sued venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins for sex discrimination and lost discovers that her Lyft driver voted against her.
  
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• Starry's crazy-fast home Internet replacement may be too good to be true - CNET

  31-01-2016 17:26 via cnet.com
  
  From complications stemming from the radio airwaves it plans to use to the cost of deploying the network, there are many reasons why Starry has its share of skeptics.
  
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• Watch this kid become the world's first droneboarder

  31-01-2016 16:40
  
  Enterprising Russian YouTuber Valplushka has filmed what could well be the very first example of droneboarding: pulling someone along on a snowboard with nothing but drone power.Admittedly, we're going to need more powerful drones for this to take off seriously - the little lad involved in the stunt is barely moving - but it's still a brilliant idea for getting more from your Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsNdvgwCli8The creator of the video says "it's just an
  
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• Advanced lights help everyone sleep better in our Smart Home - CNET

  31-01-2016 16:06 via cnet.com
  
  Give that special tyke in your life smart lights for taking fearless late night bathroom breaks.
  
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• We put automated lights in the CNET Smart Home Kid's room for smoother bed times - CNET

  31-01-2016 15:58 via cnet.com
  
  Handling the bed time and sleep schedules of young kids can be really rough. We install a system of smart lights in the kid's room at the CNET Smart Home to help make the process smoother.
  
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• Techiest Super Bowl ever: Silicon Valley's stadium girds for the big game - CNET

  31-01-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Levi's Stadium is one of the most high-powered venues in sports. On Super Bowl Sunday, we'll see if its network can handle the data-storm caused by throngs of smartphone-wielding fanatics.
  
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• New lights in the CNET Smart Home kids room point the way to better sleep video - CNET

  31-01-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  We upgraded the lights in the kids bedroom at the CNET Smart Home to foster better sleep for the whole family.
  
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• Checking in with the CNET Smart Home - CNET

  31-01-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  We've been working to smarten up our living lab for home automation. Here's everything we've done so far.
  
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• 3 hours of mini golf made me fall in love - CNET

  31-01-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  With virtual reality.
  
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• 11 games coming to the HTC Vive this year - CNET

  31-01-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Scoot through space or blast zomies in virtual reality.
  
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• Inside the Super Bowl tech at Levi's Stadium (pictures) - CNET

  31-01-2016 13:59 via cnet.com
  
  CNET goes behind the scenes at the most tech-savvy venue in sports, which will soon play host to the NFL championship.
  
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• Blackberry sounds ready to embrace an Android future

  31-01-2016 12:30
  
  BlackBerry's slide from leader of the smartphone pack to near obscurity has not been easy to watch, and it sounds like the company has decided that embracing Android is the way to get its phone business back on track.The launch of the BlackBerry Priv was a big clue: a flagship handset running the latest version of Google's mobile operating system rather than the BlackBerry's own BB10 software."The Priv device is essentially our transition to Android ecosystem," BlackBerry director Damian Tay tol
  
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• Drone schools spread in China to field pilots for new sector

  31-01-2016 12:19
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Joysticks at their fingertips, the mostly male students packing the classroom lift their virtual helicopters into the air, part of a new cottage industry that's sprung up in China: drone pilot schools.
  
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• Is Europe running out of data centres?

  31-01-2016 12:00
  
  Introduction and data sovereigntyThe EU and the US are currently negotiating a fresh Safe Harbour agreement that retains privacy for EU citizens during transatlantic data transfers. Whatever the outcome, there are creeping data localisation laws springing up across Europe in any case, so it's tempting for private companies to strive to keep as much personal data as possible within the national borders it was produced in. Not only for security, but for compliance. But can Europe cope with a surge
  
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• VIDEO: App to help spot Parkinson's symptoms

  31-01-2016 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers in the UK hope that a phone app could help monitor the progress of patients with Parkinson's disease.
  
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• Growth slows for listed New Zealand techs

  31-01-2016 00:20 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  It's been a week of warnings and disappointing numbers from listed New Zealand tech stocks, but there is no obvious common cause.
  
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• TechRadar Deals: Save £100 on the iPhone 6S 64GB with this fantastic voucher code deal

  31-01-2016 00:10
  
  Sound the mobile phone deals klaxon - a new stellar iPhone 6S deal has landed to defeat all others!EE has teamed up with Carphone Warehouse's new budget brand e2save.com to offer you the chance to save £100 on the upfront cost of the iPhone 6S 64GB.When you apply the voucher code E2TECH6S at the checkout you're left with what looks like the bestiPhone 6S deal in the UK right now, cheaper even than all of the equivalent deals on the inferior 16GB version of the phone.The EE iPhone 6S deal i
  
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