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• Drought caused Maya civilization collapse - Blouin News Blogs

  29-12-2014 23:44 via blouinnews.com
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  Drought caused Maya civilization collapse
  Blouin News Blogs
  Researchers looked at minerals taken from Belize's underwater cave -- Blue Hole -- and the data shows that an extreme drought occurred between the year 800 and 900. That is the century determined to mark the end of the Maya civilization. NBC News ...
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• Apple Offers Digital Refund Period in Europe

  29-12-2014 23:02
  
  Apple is giving users in many European countries a two-week window to return any purchases from the iTunes and app store with no questions asked.
  
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• Santa Stuffs This Year's Stockings With iPhones and Phablets - NBCNews.com

  29-12-2014 22:44 via nbcnews.com
  
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  Santa Stuffs This Year's Stockings With iPhones and Phablets
  NBCNews.com
  Old Saint Nick seems to be an iPhone guy, at least this year. If you received a smartphone or tablet over the holidays, chances are it was an Apple device — and very possibly a big one. That's what stats from mobile analytics firm Flurry suggest, anyway.
  
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• Santa Stuffs Stockings With iPhones and Phablets

  29-12-2014 22:43 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Saint Nick seems to be an iPhone guy -- if you received a smartphone or tablet over the holidays, chances are it was an Apple device.
  
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• Photos: Baby Giraffe Tall as a Man, Named Flower

  29-12-2014 22:10
  
  Absolutely adorable baby animals!
  
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• Who Got an iPhone for Christmas? Everyone, Apparently - PC Magazine

  29-12-2014 21:52 via pcmag.com
  
  CNBC
  Who Got an iPhone for Christmas? Everyone, Apparently
  PC Magazine
  Did you get a new Apple device for Christmas? You're not alone. Apple gadgets were by far the most popular gadget gift this holiday season, according to stats from Flurry, which monitored device activations and app downloads on its network over the past ...
  Apple had a merry Christmas, device activations showCNET
  Metrics house hails Apple DOMINANCE of X-Mas phone 'n' slab salesThe Register
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• Report: Microsoft working on new Web browser - USA TODAY

  29-12-2014 21:22 via usatoday.com
  
  USA TODAY
  Report: Microsoft working on new Web browser
  USA TODAY
  Is Microsoft preparing for life after Internet Explorer? ZDNet reports Microsoft is working on a brand new Web browser, codenamed Spartan, which will not serve as an upgrade to the company's long running software. Citing unnamed sources, the report says ...
  Microsoft may be creating entirely new browser with Windows 10CNET
  Rumor: Microsoft Working On Lightweight 'Spartan' Browser For Windows 10Tom's Hardware
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• Scientists show how you can restore lost memories - Engadget

  29-12-2014 21:07 via engadget.com
  
  The Nation
  Scientists show how you can restore lost memories
  Engadget
  It's scary to lose memories, especially in the early phases of diseases like Alzheimer's -- you're really losing part of yourself. Thankfully, researchers at UCLA may have found a way to get those memories back. They've conducted experiments suggesting that ...
  Research Suggests Forgotten Memories May Not Be Lost ForeverDiabetes Insider
  Lost Memory May Potentially Be Restored: Hope for Alzheimer's Pat
  
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• Facebook's 'Year in Review' brings up tragic events - CNN

  29-12-2014 21:05 via cnn.com
  
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  Facebook's 'Year in Review' brings up tragic events
  CNN
  (CNN) -- In December, Facebook routinely lets users revisit the year by highlighting some their most popular posts and photos in an online scrapbook assembled in part from "likes" and comments. In the case of Eric Meyer, Facebook's algorithm brought back ...
  Facebook Apologizes for Posting Tragic Photo in 'Year in Review'Headlines & Global News
  Facebook Apologizes after “Year in Review” Retros
  
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• How Secure Is Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) Touch ID From Hackers? - Bidness ETC

  29-12-2014 20:46 via bidnessetc.com
  
  Bidness ETC
  How Secure Is Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) Touch ID From Hackers?
  Bidness ETC
  Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is indeed keeping pace with technology that is ushering the world into a new age. To allow its iPhone and iPad users to ensure the safety and protection of their devices, the tech giant has recently been incorporating biometric ...
  Apple Pay Headed to the UK, Banks WaryKioskea
  Apple Pay To Reach UK In 2015Breaking Finance News
  Apple Pay headed to UK for 2015 — but banks fear a fi
  
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• Gmail gets burned by China's 'Great Firewall' - Christian Science Monitor

  29-12-2014 20:40 via csmonitor.com
  
  Christian Science Monitor
  Gmail gets burned by China's 'Great Firewall'
  Christian Science Monitor
  Google's Gmail service has been cut off in China since Friday, leaving citizens and some companies without e-mail access. The only way to access Gmail is through a VPN, which allows users to bypass China's notorious 'Great Firewall.' ...
  Gmail Access Is Now Blocked on Chinese InternetForbes
  Gmail Now Even More Inaccessible In ChinaTechCrunch
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• Atom smasher will renew hunt for strange particles in 2015

  29-12-2014 20:38
  
  In 2015, the world's most powerful atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, will restart.
  
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• Dodge Trucks Recalled After Child Killed in Accident - Businessweek

  29-12-2014 20:20 via businessweek.com
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  Dodge Trucks Recalled After Child Killed in Accident
  Businessweek
  FCA US LLC, the automaker formerly known as Chrysler Group, recalled 66,819 older Dodge and Mitsubishi pickups with manual transmissions to fix a faulty clutch switch that let a child to start a truck and run over another. The malfunction, which could allow ...
  Former Chrysler unit recalls 66819 older pickups for clutch issueReuters
  Chrysler Recalls More Than 67000 Pickup Trucks Amid Ignition Issues10TV
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• 5 Apps to Help Hit Your 2015 Goals

  29-12-2014 20:12
  
  Getting your New Years resolution to stick ultimately comes down to you, however these apps can provide the extra motivation you need to stay the course.
  
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• Hacker Shows Fingerprints Can Be Re-created Using Photographs - Newsweek

  29-12-2014 19:52 via newsweek.com
  Newsweek
  Hacker Shows Fingerprints Can Be Re-created Using Photographs
  Newsweek
  Law enforcement and criminals alike have been lifting fingerprints from surfaces (like smartphones and drinking glasses) to either solve crimes or steal identities longer than Law and Order has been on television. But extracting this biometric data is about to ...
  
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• Belize's 'Blue Hole' Reveals Clues to Maya's Climate Collapse - NBCNews.com

  29-12-2014 19:13 via nbcnews.com
  
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  Belize's 'Blue Hole' Reveals Clues to Maya's Climate Collapse
  NBCNews.com
  SAN FRANCISCO — The ancient Maya civilization collapsed due to a century-long drought, new research suggests. Minerals taken from Belize's famous underwater cave, known as the Blue Hole, as well as lagoons nearby, show that an extreme drought ...
  Maya Civilization Went Extinct Due to Prolonged Droughts, Study FindsThe Utah People's Post
  Underwater cave sediment shows Mayans suffered
  
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• Hacker 'reconstructs' German politician's fingerprint from photos - Fox News

  29-12-2014 18:50 via foxnews.com
  
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  Hacker 'reconstructs' German politician's fingerprint from photos
  Fox News
  File photo. A hacker from the Chaos Computer Club claims to have reconstructed the fingerprint of German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen based on photos of her hand. (REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach). Fingerprint-based biometric technology is used to ...
  Hackers have found an insanely easy way to steal your fingerprintsBGR
  Hackers claim that fingerprints can be reproduced from photosWest Texas New
  
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• Floating Nuclear Power Plants Could Enhance Safety

  29-12-2014 18:45 via scitechdaily.com
  
  MIT researchers detail how a floating nuclear power plant design could provide enhanced safety – it would be unaffected by the motions of a tsunami and earthquakes would have no direct effect at all. Floating nuclear plants could withstand earthquakes and tsunamis. Video: Christopher Sherrill, courtesy of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering When […]
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• How to Keep the Heat on When It's Cold in NYC

  29-12-2014 18:33 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Heat Seek offers web-enabled temperature sensors to help apartment tenants defend themselves against the cold this winter.
  
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• Yale Study Shows Metformin May be Safe for Patients with Kidney Disease

  29-12-2014 18:28 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A newly published study from Yale University reveals that metformin (the most popular treatment for type 2 diabetes) may be safer for patients with mild to moderate kidney disease than guidelines suggest. The new study is published by Yale investigators in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). For 20 years, metformin has been […]
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• Logan and Job-O-Tron

  29-12-2014 18:24 via pinterest.com
  
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• Hubble Image of the Week – Globular Cluster NGC 6535

  29-12-2014 18:13 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This newly released Hubble image shows globular cluster NGC 6535. This image captures the stunning NGC 6535, a globular cluster 22,000 light-years away in the constellation of Serpens (The Serpent) that measures one light-year across. Globular clusters are tightly bound groups of stars which orbit galaxies. The large mass in the rich stellar center of […]
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• 2014 – A look Back on a Significant Year for NASA

  29-12-2014 18:05 via scitechdaily.com
  
  As 2014 comes to a close this short video and pictures look back on a few of the events that took place this year at NASA. In 2014, NASA took significant steps on the agency’s journey to Mars — testing cutting-edge technologies and making scientific discoveries while studying our changing Earth and the infinite universe […]
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• Chinese Access to Gmail Cut

  29-12-2014 18:04
  
  Access to Google's Gmail email service dropped to a near-zero level over the weekend in China, leading many to wonder if it was the latest move by regulators to counter t
  
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• Why ants tend to turn left

  29-12-2014 17:57
  
  Roughly nine in 10 humans are right-handed, an example of "brain lateralization" that's pretty common among vertebrates—and now apparently invertebrates.
  
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• 20 Years of Science Discoveries from NASA’s Wind Spacecraft

  29-12-2014 17:25 via scitechdaily.com
  
  After 20 years, NASA’s Wind spacecraft is still going strong and helping scientists understand the forces that buffet near-Earth space. The end of 2014 marks two decades of data from a NASA mission called Wind. Wind — along with 17 other missions – is part of what’s called the Heliophysics Systems Observatory, a fleet of […]
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• Report: Apple dominates post-Christmas app downloads - Mashable

  29-12-2014 17:20 via mashable.com
  
  Mashable
  Report: Apple dominates post-Christmas app downloads
  Mashable
  Many consumers unwrapped Apple devices this Christmas while fewer seem to have received Samsung devices, according to researcher Flurry. The Yahoo unit, which tracks 600,000 apps, looked at downloads from Dec. 19 through Dec. 25 and found Apple ...
  
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• Astronaut's Optimistic Video Will Make You Smile

  29-12-2014 17:00
  
  Astronaut Chris Hadfield explains why now is the perfect time for positivity.
  
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• Chinese Access to Gmail Cut, Regulators Blamed

  29-12-2014 16:53
  
  Online traffic fell to nearly zero over the weekend before slight uptick.
  
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• First bobcat in a century spotted on Georgia island

  29-12-2014 16:34
  
  Not long after authorities recommended hiring sharpshooters to thin out herds of white-tailed deer on Georgia's Jekyll Island, a more natural solution was spotted: Remote-sensing cameras set up to measure the deer population captured images of a lone bobcat, the first of its kind known to have been on the wildlife-rich island for more than a century, reports the Florida Times-Union.
  
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• Shallow Seas Don't Mean an Easy Search for Missing AirAsia Jet

  29-12-2014 16:33 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Indonesia can call on an array of tech to help in the search for the missing liner, but the longer it waits to use them, the harder the search gets.
  
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• PlayStation Gamers Rejoice! Network Gets Back Online

  29-12-2014 16:32
  
  Gamers are rejoicing as Sony's PlayStation network is back online following an attack that knocked the gaming system offline for several days.
  
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• Google's Gmail Service Blocked in China

  29-12-2014 16:19 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Google's services are popular among Chinese who seek to avoid government monitoring.
  
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• Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Is the King of New Year's Resolutions - ABC News

  29-12-2014 16:07 via abcnews.go.com
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  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Is the King of New Year's Resolutions
  ABC News
  If you ever need shaming into keeping up with a New Year's resolution, look no further than the example set by Mark Zuckerberg. The billionaire CEO of Facebook is known for choosing an ambitious personal challenge to take on at the start of each year.
  L.A. Parker: Successful New Year's resolutions require a real resolveThe Trentonian
  Majority Of Facebook, Inc (FB)'s 8000 Employees Are Millennial
  
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• Boeing passes second key test for NASA space taxi flights in 2017

  29-12-2014 15:32
  
  The private spaceflight company Boeing is on its way toward launching astronauts to space for NASA by 2017.
  
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• Thieves commit ultimate tech fail

  29-12-2014 14:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Thieves make off with a rare drone, but they'll only get to fly it once because they forgot its remote and charger.
  
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• Mystery of ancient Chinese civilization's disappearance explained

  29-12-2014 14:50
  
  An earthquake nearly 3,000 years ago may be the culprit in the mysterious disappearance of one of China's ancient civilizations, new research suggests
  
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• Watch: Techbytes: PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Back Online

  29-12-2014 14:47
  
  The web-based gaming platforms function again after having been hacked on Christmas day.
  
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• Fin24.com | Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi raises $1.1bn

  29-12-2014 13:33
  
  The upstart Chinese handset manufacturer has raised the money amid surging demand for its devices in emerging markets.
  
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• Fin24.com | SA risks repeating 'slow-to-adopt' TV history

  29-12-2014 11:38
  
  Television in South Africa is ready for a revolution, but new technologies in the country have a history of being delayed despite policies that make all the right noises.
  
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• Fin24.com | Tencent readies launch of China’s first private bank

  29-12-2014 10:00
  
  'Webank' is expected to focus on loans to individuals as well as small and medium-sized enterprises in China, according to the country’s regulators.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg: King of New Year's Resolutions

  29-12-2014 09:44
  
  If you ever need shaming into keeping up with a New Year's resolution, look no further than the example set by Mark Zuckerberg.
  
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• Fin24.com | Google's Gmail blocked in China

  29-12-2014 08:44
  
  An anti-censorship advocate has suggested that the Great Firewall is to blame for the world's biggest email service being blocked in China.
  
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• Fin24.com | Twitter lesson from AirAsia boss

  29-12-2014 07:45
  
  AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes gave an unintentional lesson as he took to Twitter to drive a crisis over a missing aeroplane.
  
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• Fin24.com | Twitter sees limited blackout

  29-12-2014 06:51
  
  Twitter has experienced a partial outage, the nature of which was not immediately clear, the company has said.
  
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• Sony: PlayStation Back Online After 3-Day Outage

  29-12-2014 03:19
  Sony says PlayStation is back online after holiday hacker attack caused 3 days of outages
  
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• iOS 8.1.2 Battery Life Drainage Problem: Cause & Cure - Capitalberg

  29-12-2014 00:53 via capitalberg.com
  
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  iOS 8.1.2 Battery Life Drainage Problem: Cause & Cure
  Capitalberg
  The new out of the box iOS 8.1.2. brings news to all of us as some profoundly required bug fixes for the iPhone, iPad and the iPod touch. The emblematic warm welcoming which typically goes hand in hand with the arrival of new iOS isn't exactly so warm this ...
  Bugs: iOS 8.1.2 battery, WiFi and Lag issues and their fixesThe Next Digit
  The Cause and Cure of the iOS 8.1.2 Battery LifeThe Fuse Joplin
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• Top apps to help keep your New Year's resolutions - The Australian

  29-12-2014 00:38 via theaustralian.com.au
  Bidness ETC
  Top apps to help keep your New Year's resolutions
  The Australian
  Lift. DON'T know what your New Year's resolutions should be? Browse Lift. Not only does the app offer a menu of self-improvement goals -- going paleo, meditating or simply learning to set priorities for each day -- it also will guide you through one-on-one ...
  Best Of 2014: Most Popular Paid iOS AppsApp Trigger
  Apps to ring in the New Year in styleDeccan Herald
  Columnist: There's an app for everyth
  
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• Who ruined Christmas gaming? Meet Lizard Squad - Stuff.co.nz

  29-12-2014 00:30 via stuff.co.nz
  
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Who ruined Christmas gaming? Meet Lizard Squad
  Stuff.co.nz
  Sony's PlayStation Network and Microsoft's Xbox Live are both still recovering after being down for many users Christmas Day (Boxing Day in NZ), while a hacking collective known as "Lizard Squad" began claiming credit for the outage. So who is the Lizard ...
  PlayStation Network back onlineThe Australian
  Hackers: We've exposed data of 13000 gamersCNBC
  PlayStation Network still has problems, grad
  
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• Euro SPACEMAN snaps staggering images of our Blue Planet - The Register

  29-12-2014 00:08 via theregister.co.uk
  
  The Register
  Euro SPACEMAN snaps staggering images of our Blue Planet
  The Register
  Vid ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst captured some breathtaking images of Earth during his six-month stint on the International Space Station. This timelapse video brings together 12,500 photos snapped by Gerst while he was part of the Blue Dot mission from ...
  'Amazingly Beautiful': See 12500 Pictures Become One Incredible Video From ...TheBlaze.com
  ESA astronaut takes some breathtaking photos of our p
  
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