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• 'OK Google' Could Be Coming Soon to a Chromebook Near You

  21-12-2014 22:00
  
  Google’s software engineers are looking at bringing a little bit of Android to the Chromebook. François Beaufort, who works on Google’s Chromium open-source browser, announced on Friday that new developer builds of the Chromebook’s software let you ask it whatever you want using the “OK Google” voice commands.
  According to Beaufort, the Chromebook’s support for “OK Google” queries is only included in Dev Channel builds and it’s “experimental” for now. 
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• Sony looking for ways to distribute 'The Interview' online

  21-12-2014 19:35
  
  Sony Pictures says it hasn’t bowed to threats to pull “The Interview” and audiences will get a chance to see it—it’s just not sure how at present.In the face of threats from hackers, Sony said last week said it was canceling theatrical release of the satirical movie about a plot to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, scheduled for December 25, and “has no further plans” to release on DVD or video-on-demand platforms.On Friday, President Obama publically called that decision a
  
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• Sony hack was 'cyber vandalism,' not act of war, says Obama

  21-12-2014 18:45
  
  The hack of Sony Pictures, blamed on North Korea by the FBI, was not an act of war, President Obama said in an interview broadcast on Sunday.“I don’t think it was an act of war,” he told CNN’s “State of the Union with Candy Crowley” in an interview that was recorded on Friday. “I think it was an act of cyber vandalism that was very costly, very expensive. We take it very seriously. We will respond proportionately, as I said.”Obama’s remarks are important for framing what mig
  
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• British Team Wins Tata's Formula 1 Big Data Challenge

  21-12-2014 15:28
  
  Tata Communications has unveiled the grand prize winner of the inaugural F1 Connectivity Innovation Prize, whose jury included 2014 Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton.
  A four-man British team has won the $50,000 (£31,000) prize, with an idea of how 60,000 hours of footage in Formula One Management's digital archive can be catalogued. Along with the cash, two of the team will be VIP guests at next year's Monaco grand prix.
  The winning team - Jody Allen, Tom Williams, Chris Randall and
  
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• US rejects North Korea offer to investigate Sony hack, reaches out to China

  21-12-2014 01:30
  
  The U.S. has rejected North Korea’s proposal for a joint investigation of a devastating hack on Sony Pictures, and has reached out to China for help blocking future cyberattacks.North Korea Saturday denied U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation allegations that it was responsible for the Sony hack, and proposed a joint investigation into the incident with the U.S. The U.S., however, is standing firm in its allegations.“The government of North Korea has a long history of denying responsibili
  
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