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• Windows 10 leak shows Siri-like Cortana - The Australian Financial Review

  07-12-2014 23:35 via afr.com
  
  The Australian Financial Review
  Windows 10 leak shows Siri-like Cortana
  The Australian Financial Review
  Microsoft's vision of having one operating system across mobile phones, tablets, games consoles and desktop PCs is coming into focus. A leaked version of the upcoming Windows 10 operating system – the OS, due in 2015, that's meant to bring all Microsoft ...
  New Windows 10 leak shows desktop Cortana in actionDigital Trends
  Microsoft: Windows 10 on track for latter half of 2015CN
  
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• North Korea Says It Isn't Responsible For 'Righteous' Sony Hacking - Huffington Post

  07-12-2014 23:24 via huffingtonpost.com
  
  Financial Express
  North Korea Says It Isn't Responsible For 'Righteous' Sony Hacking
  Huffington Post
  FILE - In this Thursday, July 25, 2013 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives at the cemeteries of fallen fighters of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in Pyongyang, as part of ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice ...
  North Korea denies involvement in 'righteous' Sony hackPCWorld
  North Korea denies cyberattack in retaliati
  
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• Why are some Antarctic ice shelves feeling warmer water than others? - Ars Technica

  07-12-2014 23:03 via arstechnica.com
  
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  Why are some Antarctic ice shelves feeling warmer water than others?
  Ars Technica
  In terms of remoteness, Antarctica has got most places on this planet beat. Climate data from the frozen continent are mostly hard-won. So while we know that warmer seawater below ice shelves has played a big role in the tremendous loss of glacial ice ...
  If global warming is a reality why is Antarctic ice growing? Scientist thinks she ...NFL News and Rumors
  Melt rate of Antarctica glaciers speed
  
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• Apple Debuts New iPad Air 2 TV Ad 'Change' with New Website Section - Mac Rumors

  07-12-2014 22:40 via macrumors.com
  
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  Apple Debuts New iPad Air 2 TV Ad 'Change' with New Website Section
  Mac Rumors
  Apple today debuted a new ad for the iPad Air 2 named "Change" which showcases the new tablet being used in a wide variety of professions and situations. The ad shows the tablet being used by artists, motorcycle enthusiasts, photographers, and ...
  New Apple ads tout 'Change,' but are really about productivityMashable
  
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• Snowden exposes NSA's Auroragold, a cellular network spying operation - Inferse

  07-12-2014 22:30 via inferse.com
  
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  Snowden exposes NSA's Auroragold, a cellular network spying operation
  Inferse
  Summary: NSA programs are far more capable than people once thought – now allowing for the agency to tap into any cellular network in the world – no matter where it's located. inShare0. Snowden exposes NSA's Auroragold, a cellular network spying ...
  NSA's Auroragold program spies on carriers to break into cell networksDigital Trends
  Operation Auroragold Allows NSA to Spy on Carr
  
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• Sony tells staff cyberattack unprecedented - TODAYonline

  07-12-2014 21:51 via todayonline.com
  
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  Sony tells staff cyberattack unprecedented
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  LOS ANGELES — Sony Pictures Entertainment security advisers believe the cyberattack on the firm's computer systems was the work of an organised group, CEO Michael Lynton said in an email to his staff. Mr Lynton said yesterday the investigation into the ...
  Sony attack was 'unparalleled' and 'well-organised'iT News
  A well planned and unparalleled crime: Forensic experts on Sony Pictures hackThe Next Digit
  
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• UVA students who designed shield for Orion spacecraft attend liftoff - Augusta Free Press

  07-12-2014 21:15 via augustafreepress.com
  
  Newsweek
  UVA students who designed shield for Orion spacecraft attend liftoff
  Augusta Free Press
  uva-logo University of Virginia first-year students Danny McNamara and Sajan Sheth were at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to observe this week's launch of NASA's Orion spacecraft, which the agency plans to eventually use to carry astronauts to Mars.
  A 'Perfect flight' for Nasa's Mars rocket marks new eraIrish Independent
  
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• A well planned and unparalleled crime: Forensic experts on Sony Pictures hack - The Next Digit

  07-12-2014 20:52 via thenextdigit.com
  
  The Next Digit
  A well planned and unparalleled crime: Forensic experts on Sony Pictures hack
  The Next Digit
  The recent Sony Pictures' hack where a lot of private information was hacked was the biggest hack of 2014. The security experts were negligent about the safety measures and this led to such a massive attack. Sony faced a severe blow as the hacker group ...
  Sony tells staff cyberattack unprecedentedTODAYonline
  Sony attack was 'unparalleled' and 'well-organised'iT N
  
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• Paris mayor wants limits on cars in centre, end to diesel

  07-12-2014 20:45
  
  The mayor of Paris on Sunday laid out a plan to limit cars in the city's historic centre and said she wanted to ban diesel vehicles by 2020.
  
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• Sticky issues re-emerge at UN climate talks

  07-12-2014 20:07
  
  (AP)—The momentum from a historic U.S.-China pact to resist global warming is showing signs of fading at U.N. climate talks as the familiar rich-poor conflict persists over who should do what to keep the planet from overheating.
  
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• Archaeologists' ancient find: a busty statuette

  07-12-2014 19:40
  
  Archaeologists in northern France were digging for "tooled flint or bones," they say, when they came upon something stunning: what ended up being a 23,000-year-old sculpture of a woman.
  
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• Tiny motions bring digital doubles to life (w/ Video)

  07-12-2014 19:31
  
  Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems unveil new technology for motion and shape capture (MoSh) that helps animators jump the "Uncanny Valley" by turning a few moving dots into detailed body shapes that jiggle and deform like real humans.
  
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• The yin-yang of polar sea ice

  07-12-2014 19:26
  
  It comes as no surprise, therefore, when researchers announce as they did this past September that Arctic sea ice extent is still below normal, continuing a years-long downward trend, covering less and less of the north polar seas with a frozen crust. On the heels of that announcement, came another, a little more puzzling.  While Arctic sea ice was melting, Antarctic sea ice was at an all-time high.  In 2014, sea ice surrounding Antarctica covered more of the southern oceans than it has since
  
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• Fin24.com | Steve Jobs gives posthumous testimony

  07-12-2014 18:49
  
  Three years after the tech world has mourned his passing, Apple mastermind Steve Jobs was back from the dead, giving posthumous testimony in a video a trial.
  
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• 20th Anniversary PS4 Already Sold Out, Bids Hit $15k On eBay - Hot Hardware

  07-12-2014 18:26 via hothardware.com
  
  Hot Hardware
  20th Anniversary PS4 Already Sold Out, Bids Hit $15k On eBay
  Hot Hardware
  There's something about limited editions that triggers the win-at-any-cost instinct in some people. Sony recently put just more than 12,000 20th Anniversary Edition PlayStation 4s up for sale, prompting a mad rush to the PlayStation site by would-be customers.
  
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• Fin24.com | Hlubi king launches mobile service - report

  07-12-2014 18:23
  
  Self-proclaimed amaHlubi King Mthimkhulu III has launched a cellular service called HlubiMobile to raise money for a court case, reports City Press.
  
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• Researchers convert sunlight to electricity with over 40 percent efficiency

  07-12-2014 18:00
  
  UNSW Australia's solar researchers have converted over 40% of the sunlight hitting a solar system into electricity, the highest efficiency ever reported.
  
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• Physicists invent new pasta shape

  07-12-2014 15:19
  
  It's food for thought—quite literally.
  
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• Cops Nab Uber Driver Accused of Raping Passenger

  07-12-2014 15:15 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The 26-year-old woman reported that she had been sexually assaulted and beaten when she got a ride with the Uber driver in Vasant Vihar, south Delhi.
  
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• Earnings show less for left-handed, says study

  07-12-2014 14:30
  
  Much has been thrown at left-handed people—they are quick to anger, quickly scared and, with the exception of heads of state, are more or less life's losers. Much too has been bestowed upon left-handed people—they are creative and score highly on certain tests. Obviously, scientists need to rely on more than popular notions to make connections, if any, between left-handed people and success.
  
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• China's Long March puts satellite in orbit on 200th launch

  07-12-2014 14:11
  
  China Sunday put into orbit a satellite jointly developed with Brazil after the 200th launch of its Long March rocket family, state media reported.
  
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• This Is Your Brain on War

  07-12-2014 13:38
  
  The need to win wars led to bigger human brains, scientist concludes.
  
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• Answers in a shake with Microsoft's Torque (w/ Video)

  07-12-2014 12:30
  
  Microsoft Garage is what it sounds like, a techie haven where hackers, inventors and hackers who are potentially good inventors can pass around ideas and engage in team work so that ideas grow into real projects. Torque is one of those results. On Friday Microsoft said that it has a Torque app, powered by Bing, for Android.
  
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• Cops Hunt Uber Driver Accused of Raping Passenger

  07-12-2014 11:30 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The 26-year-old woman reported that she had been sexually assaulted and beaten when she got a ride with the Uber driver in Vasant Vihar, south Delhi.
  
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• 'Righteous Deed': North Korea Praises Sony Hack

  07-12-2014 08:53 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  North Korea sees any outside criticism or mockery of its leader as an attack on its sovereignty.
  
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• Bondi beach cameras eye more Aussie rescues

  07-12-2014 08:50
  
  Australia's best known lifeguard Bruce 'Hoppo' Hopkins knows there's nothing better than the naked eye to spot the dangers of the surf—rip currents and sharks.
  
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• Moscow metro's Wi-Fi revolution as city gets wired

  07-12-2014 08:40
  
  Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin built Moscow's spectacularly beautiful metro as an example to the world, a symbol of "radiant Communist future".
  
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• Philippines typhoon sparks calls for climate action

  07-12-2014 08:30
  
  While loved ones braced for the full impact of Typhoon Hagupit back home, Filipino activists in Lima urged climate negotiators Saturday to act with more urgency in drafting a global plan to limit such potentially life-threatening events.
  
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• Bishops in Peru issue call to combat climate change

  07-12-2014 08:20
  
  Catholic bishops from around the world issued an urgent call Saturday for greater action to combat global warming and reduce "climate injustice."
  
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• NASA craft to probe Pluto after nine-year journey

  07-12-2014 08:11
  
  An American probe that will explore Pluto woke up from its slumber Saturday, after a nine-year journey to take a close look at the distant body for the first time.
  
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• NKorea denies Sony hack, calls it 'righteous deed'

  07-12-2014 08:04
  
  (AP)—North Korea released a statement Sunday that clearly relished a cyberattack on Sony Pictures, which is producing an upcoming film that depicts an assassination plot against Pyongyang's supreme leader.
  
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• Texas biologists warm chilled sea turtles

  07-12-2014 08:03
  
  (AP)—Marine biologists have flown dozens of endangered sea turtles from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to Galveston, Texas, for treatment of hypothermia.
  
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