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• Microsoft to open-source cloud framework behind Halo 4 services

  12-12-2014 23:15
  
  Microsoft plans to open-source the framework that helps developers of cloud services like those behind the popular Halo 4 game.Building cloud services for millions of users means connecting and coordinating thousands of servers, and handling tasks and information across all of them. Project Orleans is a framework built by the eXtreme Computing Group at Microsoft Research using .NET, designed so developers who aren’t distributed systems experts can build cloud services that scale to cope wit
  
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• Microsoft to Open-Source Cloud Framework

  12-12-2014 23:15
  
  Microsoft plans to open-source the framework that helps developers of cloud services like those behind the popular Halo 4 game.Building cloud services for millions of users means connecting and coordinating thousands of servers, and handling tasks and information across all of them. Project Orleans is a framework built by the eXtreme Computing Group at Microsoft Research using .NET, designed so developers who aren’t distributed systems experts can build cloud services that scale to cope wit
  
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• Memex hires Rick Mosca as COO of American subsidiary; closes $350000 ... - Proactive Investors Australia

  12-12-2014 22:39
  Memex hires Rick Mosca as COO of American subsidiary; closes $350000 ...
  Proactive Investors Australia
  The company said that Mosca, an IT executive with special expertise in leading all facets of business, subscribed for 13 percent of the private placement. "I first became aware of Memex through my relationship with AMT, as a member of the Technical ...
  
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• Project Maelstrom Detailed: More Info About BitTorrent's Vision for a Peer-to-Peer Web

  12-12-2014 22:37
  
  BitTorrent recently announced Project Maelstrom, a plan to deliver web pages via peer-to-peer torrent technology using a special web browser—a drastically different method than the traditional server-to-client system powering most of the web. Yet BitTorrent's announcement raised more questions than it answered, and we wanted to know what this thing was all about.
  After an email exchange with BitTorrent's communications chief Christian Averill and product manager Rob Velasquez we have some
  
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• Ford Dumps Microsoft for QNX, Unleashes New Functions in Sync v3

  12-12-2014 22:22
  
  After numerous reports indicated almost a year ago that Ford would do it, the carmaker announced this week that it has moved from Microsoft for Blackberry's QNX OS for its in-vehicle infotainment system known as Sync.
  Like other infotainment systems, Sync allows users to make hands-free telephone calls, control music choices and perform other functions with the use of voice commands. Ford's Sync head unit also upgraded to the latest Texas Instruments OMAP 5 processor.To read this article in
  
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• Walmart Slashes iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus Prices

  12-12-2014 22:17
  
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  The new Apple iPhone 6 Plus phablet was nowhere to be found among all the blockbuster Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals last month, but Walmart has surprised this week by announcing a deep discount on the smartphones through February.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Schmidt: NSA revelations forced Google to lock down data

  12-12-2014 22:05
  
  Google has worked hard to lock down the personal data it collects since revelations in the last year and a half about mass surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency, company Chairman Eric Schmidt said.The news of surveillance by the NSA and intelligence agency counterparts at allied nations has damaged the U.S. tech industry on “many levels,” with many Europeans now distrusting U.S. tech companies to hold on to their personal data, Schmidt said Friday at a surveillance co
  
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• How Marketing Is Tackling MDM in the Shadows

  12-12-2014 21:23
  
  Aaron Hormann, head of marketing at midwest distributor Herregan Distributors, needed mobile device management (MDM) softwar for some 60 iPads in the sales group, and so he sought advice from the company's IT outsourcer. But the outsourcer pushed a full-featured, unwieldy solution, one where the outsourcer probably already had a reseller agreement in place."It was too technical, overkill for what we needed," Hormann says.[Related: Workers Going Rogue With BYOD (and BYOA) ]Eventually, Hormann
  
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• Microsoft Xbox One Tops Other Consoles for November

  12-12-2014 21:03
  Microsoft said late Thursday that it had sold 1.2 million Xbox Ones during the November sales month, topping sales of competing consoles for the period.
  Microsoft cited sales figures from NPD, which tracks retail sales of game consoles, OCs and more in the United States.
  Overall, video game sales at U.S. retail stores totaled $2.41 billion, down 11 percent from a year earlier, according to market researcher NPD Group. Hardware sales dipped 23 percent to about $1 billion. In part, that might
  
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• Big New United Airlines Carry-on Item: iPhone 6 Phablets for 2,300 Flight Attendants

  12-12-2014 20:58
  
  United Airlines this week announced that its flight attendants will soon be equipped with Apple's iPhone 6 Plus phablets to take care of your safety, food and entertainment needs.
  Yes, they'll now be wielding phones almost bigger than the maximum-size for carry-on items (I exaggerate).
  More than 23,000 mainline flight attendants will start getting the smartphone with the 5.5-inch screen during the second quarter of 2015.
  FIRST LOOK: Apple and IBM's new enterprise apps for iOS To read this a
  
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• Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Deploys 55,000 Windows 8.1 Tablets

  12-12-2014 20:32
  
  Cruise line firm Royal Caribbean has rolled out tens of thousands of Windows 8.1 tablets to staff aboard its new ship, Quantum of the Seas.
  Crew members have been given 40,000 Hexa Electronics devices for personal use, equipped with Intel Atom processors.
  Royal Caribbean is also installing 15,000 Dell Venue tablets at point-of-sale locations, to provide a range of services including check-in, activity scheduling and billing transactions throughout the ship.
  Billed as a 'smart ship', Quantum
  
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• Google wants you to design the Internet of Things

  12-12-2014 19:00
  
  Have an idea for how the much-anticipated Internet of Things should operate? If the idea is good enough, Google may pay you to see it to fruition.As part of a new effort to generate more Internet of Things technologies, Google is planning to issue a number of grants to facilitate pioneering research in this nascent field of computing.“While the Internet of Things (IoT) conjures a vision of ‘anytime, any place’ connectivity for all things, the realization is complex given the need to wor
  
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• OM Diner Show: Arno Gerrits (Albert Heijn), NS, Philips en Cegeka winnen ‘TOMMIES’

  12-12-2014 18:28
  Arno Gerrits (head of vendor & contract management bij Albert Heijn IT), NS, Philips en Cegeka hebben donderdagavond, tijdens de drukbezochte Outsource Magazine Diner Show in de Koepelkerk te Amsterdam, de TOMMIES gewonnen. Pim Berger (Schuberg Philis) en Herald Jongen (Allen & Overy) wonnen een prijs voor de... lees meer
  
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• Grotere mkb-organisaties missen inzicht in verkoop en financiën

  12-12-2014 18:28
  Veel bedrijven met meer dan 100 werknemers missen inzicht in essentiële bedrijfsgegevens, zoals die van de financiële administratie en gegevens over de verkoop. Onderzoek van financiële-softwaremaker Exact onder 324 grotere bedrijven in het Nederlandse mkb duidt hierop.
  
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• Financiële dienstverleners hechten zeer aan digitale wasdom

  12-12-2014 18:28
  Meer dan organisaties in andere sectoren onderkennen bedrijven in de financiële dienstverlening het belang van digitale volwassenheid in relatie tot het financiële succes van hun bedrijf. Daar wijst onderzoek door Coleman Parkes in opdracht van Ricoh op.
  
  Het onderzoek belicht hoe kleine en grote bedrijven... lees meer
  
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• Centrale ICT-omgeving PLE1N opgeleverd

  12-12-2014 18:28
  PLE1N, een samenwerkingsverband tussen de gemeenten Sint-Michielsgestel, Haaren en Sint-Oedenrode, heeft een centrale ICT-omgeving opgeleverd. De gemeenten kunnen nu meer kwaliteit leveren aan inwoners, bedrijfsleven en maatschappelijke partners, en gelijktijdig kosten besparen en de kwetsbaarheid verminderen. De... lees meer
  
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• Sony Scandal Highlights Why We Need to Rethink Email

  12-12-2014 18:17
  
  I woke up Thursday morning hearing about what some producer had written about Angelina Jolie. The night before I’d watched a Daily Show episode where she was lauded as one of the best in her industry and the leaked email from a Sony executive provided an equally descriptive counterpoint. As with anything involving a celebrity it was getting national coverage and it was far from the only juicy email.The Sony executive is trying to mitigate the fallout by attempting to get people to focus on
  
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• Apple-1 Sold by Steve Jobs Fetches $365,000 at Auction

  12-12-2014 18:09
  
  Apple’s beginnings in a Los Altos, Calif. garage are the stuff of legend. Steve Jobs sold the first Apple computers, dubbed Apple-1, out of his parents’ garage for $666.66 apiece. Jobs and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak only made about 200 units, and on Thursday the last known Apple-1 to be sold by Jobs out of the garage was auctioned off for $365,000.
  Christie’s auction house expected the fully functional computer, sold by Jobs to Charles Ricketts in 1976, to sell for $400,000 to $600,
  
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• Microsoft announces features and performance improvements for many Azure services

  12-12-2014 18:00
  
  Microsoft announced updates to many Azure services this week, previewing new services and moving others from preview to general availability as full working versions.For those running virtual machines (VM) in the Azure cloud, there are now two ways of using SSDs to improve performance. In addition to the D series virtual machines that use SSD for a temporary disk that caches only data the VM is currently using, to speed up things like NoSQL database workloads or SQL Server caching, Microsoft
  
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• Microsoft Hints at PC Gaming News During Windows 10's Consumer Reveal

  12-12-2014 17:42
  Microsoft has paid plenty of lip service to Windows gaming in recent months, but the company is almost ready to talk specifics.
  “I'll be focusing more on what we are doing on Win10 in January,” Xbox head Phil Spencer wrote in Twitter, in response to a question about Windows coming to Xbox One. “[I]t's time for us to talk about gaming on Windows.”
  Spencer is likely referring to the Windows press event that Microsoft has scheduled for January 21. The company is expected to talk about
  
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• BOE is at an impasse - Georgetown News Democrat

  12-12-2014 17:02
  
  BOE is at an impasse
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  GEORGETOWN — Partisan bickering between the Democratic and Republican members of the Brown County Board of Elections ended a monthly Board of Elections meeting early, with the two Democrat board members leaving the meeting while in session.
  
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• More trouble brewing for Uber in Brussels

  12-12-2014 16:45
  
  There is more trouble brewing for ride-hailing service Uber in Brussels where the minister for mobility announced he will file a complaint with the police to take the company’s site offline in Belgium.That’s not all, though. Brussels-Capital Region Minister Pascal Smet, will also file a criminal complaint against Uber and will inform Apple and Google that the Uber apps in their app stores incite illegal practices, he said Friday.Moreover, two of his colleagues responsible for fiscal and s
  
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• Windows 7 Users Urged to Uninstall Broken Update that Wreaks Havoc on Software

  12-12-2014 16:22
  
  Windows 7 users may have automatically updated themselves into a pickle with a recent patch from Microsoft.
  Microsoft has confirmed that the KB3004394 update it issued on December 10 can cause various problems. What's worse is that it may also prevent users from installing newer updates. The problems are reportedly limited to Windows 7 machines, and don't affect users running Windows 8 or newer.
  Although Microsoft didn't specify all the problems users have been experiencing, AMD's Robert Hal
  
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• Looking for Perfection: Tech Companies Have the Most Rigorous Interview Processes

  12-12-2014 16:20
  
  Tech workers have to endure the most rigorous interview processes of all professions, according to research out today.
  The research comes less than a month after Google's eighth employee, Urs Hölzle, told Techworld how important it is for technology companies to hire the right talent.
  The study, carried out by specialist recruiter Randstad Technologies, found that 60 percent of tech professionals went for more than one interview before being offered their current job -- significantly more t
  
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• Intelligence Community Must Get its Own House in Order

  12-12-2014 15:46
  
  Last month, Robert Hannigan, the director of GCHQ, a British intelligence agency, wrote an opinion piece in the Financial Times castigating tech companies for being “in denial” about abuses of their platforms by criminals and terrorists and calling on them to develop better arrangements for facilitating lawful government investigations. While there is certainly much room for improved cooperation between government and the private sector, the first step for reform should be for intelligen
  
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• IBM and Apple Create Mobile Apps for Finance Sector

  12-12-2014 15:18
  
  IBM and Apple have created mobile and tablet apps aimed at the finance sector, with Citi among those supporting the collaborative attempt to push iOS into the enterprise.
  The range of 10 apps - which also target retail, government and travel sectors - are the first products to be launched since IBM and Apple revealed they would work together on business apps for iPhone and iPad devices.
  For example, the Advise and Grow app offers bankers the ability to view client profiles and access analyti
  
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• Thousands of Users Tapped for First 3D Printer Buyer's Guide

  12-12-2014 15:01
  
  The world's largest online community of 3D printer owners has rated what looks to be the majority of machines for sale today, offering consumers a detailed buyer's guide that uses a simple "1-10" rating system.
  Some 2,279 "verified" user reviews were collected for the buyer's guide, as some owners had more than one 3D printer model. In all, the guide rated 76 machines, with "10" the highest ranking and "1" the lowest.
  "What I think was interesting is some of the bigger players in the industr
  
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• Facebook's Oculus VR adds hand tracking, 3D modelling know-how with acquisitions

  12-12-2014 14:50
  
  Future users of Oculus VR’s Rift headset could use their hands to control virtual reality games, or visit a 3D model of the Roman Colosseum, thanks to two acquisitions the company made this week.Facebook-owned Oculus VR has bought Nimble VR and 13th Lab, which specialize in hand tracking and 3D modelling, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.U.S. company Nimble VR has been working on letting people use their hands in virtual worlds. Until now, Nimble was working on a product called S
  
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• Facebook's Oculus VR Adds Hand Tracking, 3D Modeling Know-How

  12-12-2014 14:50
  
  Future users of Oculus VR’s Rift headset could use their hands to control virtual reality games, or visit a 3D model of the Roman Colosseum, thanks to two acquisitions the company made this week.
  Facebook-owned Oculus VR has bought Nimble VR and 13th Lab, which specialize in hand tracking and 3D modelling, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.
  U.S. company Nimble VR has been working on letting people use their hands in virtual worlds. Until now, Nimble was working on a product calle
  
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• Most (Not All) of Microsoft's Shiny New MSN Apps are Worth a Download

  12-12-2014 14:35
  
  Microsoft this week released a set of well designed apps for Android, iOS and, of course Windows, each with a specific focus, such as news, weather, sports, health or money. I checked out all six apps, primarily on Android, and they're all worth a look — but I do like a few more than others. All of the following, except for MSN Weather, are available on the Google Play, Amazon, Apple and Windows app stores.
  
  MSN Weather is one of my favorites among the new MSN-branded apps, and I plan to
  
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• 9 Reasons Good Employees Leave -- and How You Can Prevent It

  12-12-2014 14:31
  
  The people who work for you are your greatest asset. Treat them as such and they will be more productive and engaged, refer other great workers to your organization and stay longer. Treat them as a liability and they will be less productive and eventually leave, hurting morale as well as the bottom line.
  
  So as the New Year approaches, if you don't have a great employee retention strategy in place, then it's time to start formulating one.
  
  Why Workers Leave
  
  At the end of 2013, CareerBuilder
  
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• Google sued in Germany over video streaming patent

  12-12-2014 14:00
  
  Google and YouTube have been sued in Germany for allegedly infringing on a video streaming patent owned by U.S. software company Max Sound. The case could lead to sales bans on several Google Android products.Max Sound alleges that Google and YouTube infringe on a patent which describes technology for efficient transport of digital content. All products on the market that use the H.264 video compression format infringe on that patent, Max Sound claimed.The case was filed with the District Cou
  
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• Legislators Dismiss Proposals for Taxes on Internet Access, Online Sales

  12-12-2014 14:00
  
  There's a Christmas present for broadband users buried in the huge appropriations bill that's currently working its way through Congress. The bill will extend a current moratorium on Internet access taxes through October 2015.
  The ban could even become permanent, according to The Washington Post. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is leading that effort and already has 52 cosponsors for the measure.
  The big spending bill has yet to pass, but even if it doesn't it's still likely that the ban on access t
  
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• 6 Things Nexus 9 Does That Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 Can't

  12-12-2014 14:00
  
  Ranging from budget devices with basic functionality to cutting-edge tablets for gadget lovers, the world of Android tablets is packed with options. With so many choices, it’s challenging to decide on the best tablet for you or someone on your gift list.The Google Nexus 9 and Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 (2014) are two of the newest and best high-end Android tablets. (The original version of the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 has been discontinued and replaced by the new 2014 version, which is the table
  
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• 6 Things Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 Does That Nexus 9 Can't

  12-12-2014 14:00
  
  The world of Android tablets is packed with options, ranging the gamut from budget devices with bare-bones functionality to cutting-edge, feature-packed tablets for the true gadget geek. With so many worthy choices, it can be a challenge deciding on the best tablet for you or a loved one.
   The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 (2014) and the Google Nexus 9 tablets are two of the latest high-end Android tablets. (The original version of the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 has been discontinued and replaced by
  
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• NASA's dexterous Surrogate robot is designed for danger

  12-12-2014 13:05
  
  NASA is showing off a robot that brings a yogi’s flexibility to the delicate task of working in crippled nuclear power plants such as Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi, knocked out by a massive tsunami and earthquake in 2011.Nicknamed Surge (it’s officially known as Surrogate), the robot was designed by the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be able to manipulate valves and switches in areas that are too hazardous for human workers.Packbot robots, made by U.S. robot manufacturer iRob
  
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• Intel Extreme Masters 2014: One Place Where PCs Still Rule

  12-12-2014 12:30
  Where PCs still ruleGaming is one place where PCs still rule, and we bore witness to their supremacy at the Intel Extreme Masters gaming tournament. The largest independent eSports event in the U.S. took over the SAP Center in San Jose, California, on December 6 and 7.Almost 13 thousand people paid good money to watch professional gamers compete in League of Legends and Star Craft II. Another estimated 4 million people tuned in to the livestream on Twitch.To read this article in full or to leave
  
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• Holiday Gift Guide 2014: Nifty Tech for $30 to $150

  12-12-2014 12:30
  
  Just-right tech giftsRemember the children's tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears? The first bowl of porridge was too hot, the second was too cold, and the third was just right.Well, in Part 2 of our holiday gift guide, we hope to help you find that same perfect compromise in a financial sense -- something that isn't too cheap or too expensive, but just right. These tech gadgets all fall in the sweet spot between $30 and $150, where you should be able to find something useful, interesting or j
  
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• Arrow season 3 spoilers: Oliver Queen is alive; What to expect when the series ... - International Business Times UK

  12-12-2014 12:22
  
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  Arrow season 3 spoilers: Oliver Queen is alive; What to expect when the series ...
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  They can help cure and heal those at death's door, or keep a healthy person young seemingly indefinitely." "I think there's a way to do it," executive producer Marc Guggenheim told the website about the Lazarus Pit. "That's not necessarily to say that ...
  
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• The Future is Now: The 10 Biggest Tech Innovations of 2014

  12-12-2014 12:00
  It's amazing and it's realPerhaps the most noticeable story in consumer hardware in 2014 was what didn’t ship. Intel’s 14nm Broadwell chips suffered massive delays. AMD never introduced a new line of graphics cards. Valve’s hotly anticipated Steam Machines failed to launch whatsoever. Blech.But don’t let the no-shows fool you. Some staggering technological innovation hit the streets in 2014—tremendously powerful gear that seemed like futuristic fantasy but is sitting on store shelves t
  
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• Patent battles risk disrupting Xiaomi's international expansion

  12-12-2014 09:55
  
  There’s blood in the water and it comes from Xiaomi, a Chinese smartphone maker that risks becoming a target for patent holders that want the company to pay up.Various patent battles have hit smartphone vendors across the world, and now Xiaomi is no exception. On Thursday, the Chinese company announced it had halted its product sales in India, due to a patent dispute with Swedish network equipment vendor Ericsson.The legal troubles throw a wrench in Xiaomi’s international expansion, and c
  
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• WA policy adviser resigns over Transport Minister Dean Nalder conflict of ... - ABC Online

  12-12-2014 07:53
  WA policy adviser resigns over Transport Minister Dean Nalder conflict of ...
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  A report into Mr Nalder's financial affairs by Department of Premier and Cabinet director-general found a conflict of interest between Mr Nalder's connection to an IT executive and his ministerial responsibilities. Mr Nalder was stripped of his finance ...
  
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• Indian IT executive is the author of popular Islamic State tweets - WA today

  12-12-2014 07:52
  
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  Delhi: Indian police last night launched an investigation into reports that a Bangalore IT executive is behind Islamic State's most influential Twitter account. An investigation by Britain's Channel 4 News has revealed that the man behind the Twitter ...
  
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• Google said to shut down engineering office in Russia

  12-12-2014 07:50
  
  Google is shutting down its engineering operation in Russia ahead of new rules that will require data on Russians to be kept on servers within the country, according to reports.It wasn’t immediately clear whether Google’s move was in response to the proposed rules. The company, which is not pulling its other operations like sales and support out of the country, may perhaps want to avoid exposing its sensitive work to Russian regulations, or make a statement on the proposed law.Google is m
  
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• Indian IT executive is the author of popular Islamic State tweets - The Age

  12-12-2014 07:48
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  Indian IT executive is the author of popular Islamic State tweets
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  Delhi: Indian police last night launched an investigation into reports that a Bangalore IT executive is behind Islamic State's most influential Twitter account. An investigation by Britain's Channel 4 News has revealed that the man behind the Twitter ...
  
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• Indian IT executive is the author of popular Islamic State tweets - Sydney Morning Herald

  12-12-2014 07:47
  
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  Indian IT executive is the author of popular Islamic State tweets
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  Delhi: Indian police last night launched an investigation into reports that a Bangalore IT executive is behind Islamic State's most influential Twitter account. An investigation by Britain's Channel 4 News has revealed that the man behind the Twitter ...
  
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• Indian IT executive is the author of popular Islamic State tweets - Brisbane Times

  12-12-2014 07:47
  
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  Indian IT executive is the author of popular Islamic State tweets
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  Delhi: Indian police last night launched an investigation into reports that a Bangalore IT executive is behind Islamic State's most influential Twitter account. An investigation by Britain's Channel 4 News has revealed that the man behind the Twitter ...
  
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• Canada competition watchdog probing Apple over iPhone contracts

  12-12-2014 06:10
  
  A Canadian competition authority is probing allegations that Apple tried to stifle competition by including certain clauses in its iPhone contracts with wireless carriers, according to media reports.The Canadian Competition Bureau has sought a court order demanding Apple Canada hand over documents relating to the probe, Canadian Press said.“It is important to note that there is no conclusion of wrongdoing by Apple Canada at this time and no application has been filed with the Competition Tr
  
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• First Two 'Agent Carter' Episodes Get Synopsis' Revealed - The Fandom Post

  12-12-2014 04:50
  
  First Two 'Agent Carter' Episodes Get Synopsis' Revealed
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  It's executive produced by Christopher Markus, Steve McFeely, Tara Butters, Michele Fazekas, Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Jeph Loeb. In the episode “Now is Not the End,” Peggy is contacted by old acquaintance Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper, Marvel's ...
  
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• Facebook cold on 'dislike' button, but mulling other ideas

  12-12-2014 01:30
  
  For all those times on Facebook when a “like” just doesn’t cut it, the company is thinking about adding more options, though probably not “dislike.”“A lot of times, people share things that are sad, or tough cultural or social things,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday. Giving users a tool to express a broader range of emotions like empathy or surprise might be a useful feature for people who don’t want to post a comment with their own words, he said.But a standalone “dislik
  
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