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• Olympus SH-2 Camera Packs Big Zoom in a Tiny Body

  11-03-2015 23:52 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The new 16-megapixel Olympus SH-2 doesn't have a big sensor, but it makes up for it with a long zoom and solid image stabilization.
  
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• Google gives spit n' polish to world's most expensive Chromebook - The Register

  11-03-2015 23:29 via theregister.co.uk
  
  The Register
  Google gives spit n' polish to world's most expensive Chromebook
  The Register
  Google has released a new version of the Chromebook Pixel, its upmarket Chrome OS web terminal, cutting the price of the device in the process. The revamped high-end Chromebook is the first product to be showcased in the Mountain View Chocolate ...
  New Chromebook Pixel vs. New MacBook: USB-C Laptops ComparedPC Magazine
  Google Store to Sell Chromebooks, Nexus Phones and MoreTom's Guide
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• Apple's iTunes and App Stores back online after outage - CNET

  11-03-2015 23:06 via cnet.com
  
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  Apple's iTunes and App Stores back online after outage
  CNET
  The company's online stores were down for about 12 hours Wednesday because of an internal server error. by Lance Whitney. and Shara Tibken. 11 March 2015, 10:55 pm AEDT. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. more. more +. email.
  Apple iTunes, App stores back online after long outageSan Jose Mercury News
  Apple's iTunes, App Stores back online after unusually long outageReuters
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• 3 ways designing for the Apple Watch is unlike anything else - VentureBeat

  11-03-2015 23:06 via venturebeat.com
  
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  3 ways designing for the Apple Watch is unlike anything else
  VentureBeat
  Although the Apple Watch isn't set to ship until April 24, Apple released the WatchKit SDK to select developers in November, and I've been working side-by-side with customers building production Apple Watch apps. One of the biggest lessons to keep in mind ...
  Apple's $10000 question: How to stop Apple Watch from becoming obsoleteCNET
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• 'Cards Against Humanity' brings the raunch to the web in unofficial app (update) - Engadget

  11-03-2015 23:05 via engadget.com
  
  Mashable
  'Cards Against Humanity' brings the raunch to the web in unofficial app (update)
  Engadget
  Cards Against Humanity is already the naughtiest, nastiest, most hilarious card game for terrible people in physical reality, and now all of that fun is alive in the digital world with Cards Against Originality. It's a free, unofficial web app for phones, tablets and ...
  Cards Against Humanity Now Has a Free, Unofficial, Online VersionGameSpot
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• Hate Watching House of Cards - Newsweek

  11-03-2015 23:02 via newsweek.com
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  Hate Watching House of Cards
  Newsweek
  The third season of Netflix's "House of Cards" is being met with a lukewarm reception. Netflix. Filed Under: Culture, House of Cards, Netflix. Two articles in The Washington Post, published within a few days of each other, capture the irony of some of the current ...
  Sound Off! How do you watch streaming content?Engadget
  Netflix Filmed House Of Cards Season 3 In 6KUbergizmo (blog)
  
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• Nasa tests enormous rocket booster in Utah desert - BBC News

  11-03-2015 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News
  Nasa tests enormous rocket booster in Utah desert
  BBC News
  The biggest rocket ever made has been test-fired in the Utah desert, in the United States. It has been decades since Nasa has had a rocket powerful enough to reach to the Moon and beyond but now the agency has built one that could venture even further ...
  NASA's Latest Test Video Is Sure to Make Any Pyromaniac SalivateTheBlaze.com
  NASA successfully tests rocket booster for SLS in fiery displaywhnt.com
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• Apple's iTunes, App Stores Back After 12-Hour Outage

  11-03-2015 22:37 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Apple's iTunes and App Store came back online on Wednesday afternoon, according to its online status page, after an unusual hours-long disruption.
  
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• NASA Launching Satellites To Study Magnetic Fields Just As Sun Unleashes ... - CBS Local

  11-03-2015 22:25 via sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
  
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  NASA Launching Satellites To Study Magnetic Fields Just As Sun Unleashes ...
  CBS Local
  On Thursday (March 12), NASA is set to launch the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, or MMS, to study a phenomenon known “magnetic reconnection.” These energetic events, sometimes referred to as “explosions in space,” are the driver of solar weather.
  NASA's magnetic field probes ready for launchFlorida Today
  NASA to Launch Satellites into Powerful Magnetic ExplosionsDiscovery News
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• Neanderthals Wore Eagle Talons As Jewelry 130000 Years Ago - Live Science

  11-03-2015 22:08 via livescience.com
  
  Live Science
  Neanderthals Wore Eagle Talons As Jewelry 130000 Years Ago
  Live Science
  Long before they shared the landscape with modern humans, Neanderthals in Europe developed a sharp sense of style, wearing eagle claws as jewelry, new evidence suggests. Researchers identified eight talons from white-tailed eagles — including four ...
  Neanderthals may have invented jewelryWashington Post
  Neanderthals Made World's First Jewelry Out Of Eagle Talons? (VIDEO)Headlines & Global News
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• When Did the Human Epoch Begin? - The New Yorker

  11-03-2015 22:08 via newyorker.com
  
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  When Did the Human Epoch Begin?
  The New Yorker
  Tourists visit the the Mendenhall Glacier, in Alaska. Geologists are considering whether humans' impact on the planet has been significant enough to merit the naming of a new epoch. Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY MATTHEW RYAN WILLIAMS/THE NEW YORK ...
  'Anthropocene' epoch for Earth etches human impacts in stoneLos Angeles Times
  Human Epoch Started In 1610? Study Blames Smallpox For The ChangeHeadlines & Global News
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• Hands On: Apple's New 12-Inch MacBook - PC Magazine

  11-03-2015 21:52 via pcmag.com
  
  MiamiHerald.com
  Hands On: Apple's New 12-Inch MacBook
  PC Magazine
  Apple on Tuesday announced its new MacBook, which slots in as the middle step between the entry-level Apple MacBook Air and the high-end Apple MacBook Pro. Highlights include a 13.1mm thick chassis, 2-pound weight, and all-day battery life thanks to a ...
  Magid on Tech: Apple Watch wasn't even the most interesting thing from ...San Jose Mercury News
  Apple's forward-looking USB-C port inspires joy, frustrationChri
  
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• Play Cards Against Humanity On the Web, for Free - PC Magazine

  11-03-2015 21:30 via pcmag.com
  
  CNET
  Play Cards Against Humanity On the Web, for Free
  PC Magazine
  Good news, Cards Against Humanity fans. You can now play the hilariously inappropriate game on your smartphone. A new site called Cards Against Originality lets you play the game with your friends on any smartphone, tablet, or computer — for free, right ...
  'Cards Against Humanity' brings the raunch to the web in unofficial app (update)Engadget
  Finally, you can play Cards Against Humanity onlineMashable
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• 'Anthropocene' epoch for Earth etches human impacts in stone - Los Angeles Times

  11-03-2015 20:01 via latimes.com
  
  Los Angeles Times
  'Anthropocene' epoch for Earth etches human impacts in stone
  Los Angeles Times
  Man's tenure on Earth is brief on the astronomical time scale, but the changes wrought by Homo sapiens have been measurable and profound. Now, a growing number of scientists propose renaming the present geologic epoch to reflect that human influence: ...
  Human Epoch Started In 1610? Study Blames Smallpox For The ChangeHeadlines & Global News
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• What It's Like Inside Google's First Store

  11-03-2015 19:44 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Google is taking a leap into the world of brick-and-mortar stores.
  
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• How chameleons change their colour - The Hindu

  11-03-2015 19:22 via thehindu.com
  
  The Hindu
  How chameleons change their colour
  The Hindu
  With a little help from Raman spectroscopy, Swiss scientists have found the answer to an endlessly intriguing evolutionary poser: How do chameleons change their colour? It turns out that chameleons have a mobile “lattice” of nanocrystals on the surface of ...
  The secrets of color-changing chameleons revealedLos Angeles Times
  The Secret to Chameleons' Ability to Change ColorScientific American
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• Fin24.com | Global outage shuts down Apple's iTunes, App stores

  11-03-2015 18:52
  
  Apple's widely used iTunes and app stores have suffered a rare breakdown, frustrating millions of music lovers and mobile device owners around the world.
  
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• A “Rippled” Milky Way May Be Much Larger Than Previously Estimated

  11-03-2015 18:26 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a newly published study from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute reveals that a “rippled” Milky Way may be 50 percent larger than previously estimated. The Milky Way galaxy is at least 50 percent larger than is commonly estimated, according to new findings that reveal that the galactic disk is […]
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• Photos: Baby Tiger Frolics With Toy

  11-03-2015 18:21 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Absolutely adorable baby animals!
  
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• New Strain of H1N1 in India Raises Concern

  11-03-2015 18:04 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research from MIT finds evidence that a new strain of H1N1 may carry dangerous mutations. Since December, an outbreak of swine flu in India has killed more than 1,200 people, and a new MIT study suggests that the strain has acquired mutations that make it more dangerous than previously circulating strains of H1N1 influenza. […]
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• Survey of Carina Nebula Reveals Details of Star Formation

  11-03-2015 17:41 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A newly published study about the Carina Nebula is helping astronomers better understand the processes that may have contributed to the formation of the sun 4.5 billion years ago. The Carina Nebula survey is published in the Astronomical Journal. “Most stars form in giant molecular clouds, regions where the density of matter is sufficient for […]
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• Hubble’s View of the Orion Nebula

  11-03-2015 17:20 via scitechdaily.com
  
  First released in 2006, this popular image reveals Hubble’s sharpest view to date of the Orion Nebula. The image offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of stars are forming. The image, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, represents the sharpest view […]
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• Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission Set to Study Magnetic Reconnection Near Earth

  11-03-2015 17:07 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The MMS mission is set to explore the magnetic reconnection at the nose of the magnetosphere, providing the first ever three-dimensional view of this process as it is happening and unprecedented amounts of information to help scientists better understand what sets it off and what effects it causes near Earth. The Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, […]
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• Google Exec Quits With 'Carpe Diem' Note

  11-03-2015 16:27 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Google's chief financial officer Patrick Pichette knows how to quit in style.
  
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• New App Helps Doctors Catch Suicide Risk

  11-03-2015 16:23 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Doctors and other health professionals have a new tool to help fight suicide - an app that helps them ask the right questions.
  
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• Fin24.com | Scrap online censorship plan - Right2Know

  11-03-2015 16:15
  
  The civil society watchdog is demanding that the Film and Publications Board put aside a controversial draft on internet regulation.
  
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• This card wants to replace your wallet

  11-03-2015 15:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Stratos card is an electronic credit card that pairs with your smartphone and allows you to combine all the cards in your wallet into one.
  
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• Multiple Apple Services Suffer Outages

  11-03-2015 15:46 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Several Apple services, including iTunes and the App Store, suffered outages on Wednesday.
  
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• Fin24.com | Digital migration awareness campaign to cost R90m

  11-03-2015 14:46
  
  A digital terrestrial television (DTT) awareness campaign is expected to kick-off urgently, say two Parliament committees.
  
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• Watch: Google Unveils More Secure Update to Latest Android OS

  11-03-2015 13:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The 5.1 Lollipop boasts enhanced security and the ability to use two SIM cards.
  
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• What is USB-C and why it's going to change your world - India Today

  11-03-2015 13:49 via indiatoday.intoday.in
  
  India Today
  What is USB-C and why it's going to change your world
  India Today
  Apple's event normally have an aura around them like no other. The halo effect of 'Apple's Spring Forward' event can be still felt across the tech industry especially in the wake of some of the radical announcements related to the new MacBook. There a degree ...
  
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• 6 traits successful entrepreneurs share

  11-03-2015 13:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  As a writer at The Idea Village in New Orleans, I've interviewed dozens of entrepreneurs, ranging from new founders of fledgling companies to seasoned leaders who have launched several successful businesses.
  
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• World's largest machine gets ready to restart

  11-03-2015 13:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It may not provide the answer to life, the universe and everything, but when the Large Hadron Collider at Geneva's CERN starts up again this month, particle physicists are planning to give this question their best shot.
  
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• Fin24.com | Ericsson cuts 2 200 jobs in Sweden

  11-03-2015 13:35
  
  Wireless equipment maker Ericsson says it will cut 2 200 jobs in Sweden as part of a nine billion kronor ($1.1bn) savings package.
  
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• Fin24.com | Uber SA wants more women drivers

  11-03-2015 13:10
  
  The ride-sharing app plans to push for more South African women to drive in partner vehicles as part of an ambitious plan to increase safety for females.
  
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• Fin24.com | SA apps success attracts international funders

  11-03-2015 12:18
  
  The potential success of local application development has played a significant role in attracting international funders for South African start-ups, says an insider.
  
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• Fin24.com | MTN wins 3G licence in Cameroon

  11-03-2015 11:00
  
  Cameroon will renew the operating licence of South African mobile communication group MTN and give the group a third generation (3G) licence.
  
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• Fin24.com | Twitter opens Hong Kong office

  11-03-2015 10:03
  
  Twitter has opened a Hong Kong office, its first in the Greater China region.
  
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• Fin24.com | Complaints over SA’s ‘poor’ broadband situation

  11-03-2015 09:06
  
  Decent internet products are hard to find in South Africa, say a number of Fin24 readers.
  
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• Fin24.com | Heart-warming Samsung video clip goes viral

  11-03-2015 08:00
  
  An online video about a hearing impaired man has gone viral after being posted on YouTube.
  
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• 8-Bit Binge: Hack Puts Netflix on Original Nintendo

  11-03-2015 00:29 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Netflix's latest "hack day," on which developers test out new features and concoct hacked versions of the service, was a particularly entertaining one.
  
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