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• Microsoft to wind down sales of original Kinect for Windows in 2015

  31-12-2014 23:40
  
  Microsoft will stop selling the original Kinect for Windows in 2015 now that the second generation of the motion-based controller platform is available.In a blog post, Microsoft advised enterprises that need large numbers of the old systems for existing applications to contact the company as soon as possible.“We will do our best to fill your orders, but no more original sensors will be manufactured after the current stock sells out,” the Kinect for Windows Team wrote in the post.The phase
  
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• Apple's Bankrupt Sapphire Supplier Petitions to Pay $3.7M in Bonuses

  31-12-2014 22:22
  
  GT Advanced Technologies, the New Hampshire company now in bankruptcy after a deal to supply Apple with sapphire flopped, has asked a federal judge to approve a plan that would pay senior executives and other employees $3.7 million in bonuses, according to court documents.
  The bonuses are necessary, GT said in a filing Monday, because its stock has tanked since the company went into Chapter 11 on Oct. 6. Previously, major parts of bonuses were paid in stock grants. "The grant of equity incen
  
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• LAFCO approves Municipal Service Reviews for CSA#6 and BVWD - East Valley Times

  31-12-2014 19:20
  LAFCO approves Municipal Service Reviews for CSA#6 and BVWD
  East Valley Times
  Brenda Haynes said she had enjoyed learning about the history of Bella Vista from it. Executive Director Lopez said that section had come from the previous MSR written by the Executive Director at the time Julie Howard. The Commission approved the ...
  
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• Helping the ECB Cross the Rubicon - Today's Zaman (press release) (blog)

  31-12-2014 17:15
  
  Helping the ECB Cross the Rubicon
  Today's Zaman (press release) (blog)
  Though the ECB has resisted QE for more than five years, even as other major central banks embraced it, Executive Board member Benoît Coeuré has already called it the “baseline option.” On the face of it, the ECB has many reasons to launch QE. For two ...
  
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• Flagged Bill: SB 18 – Governor's Office of Economic Development Revisions ... - Utah Political Capitol

  31-12-2014 16:12
  Flagged Bill: SB 18 – Governor's Office of Economic Development Revisions ...
  Utah Political Capitol
  The Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED) has been on shaky ground over the past year. In June, the office lost it's Executive Director, Spencer Eccles, after five years of service. However, GOED's real problems took place in October, when a ...
  
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• Looking Back at the Year in Cloud Computing

  31-12-2014 15:28
  
  Just about a year ago, I published my 2014 cloud computing predictions. It’s been an amazing year in cloud computing, with a few of these highlights:
  Amazon Web Services continues to grow and innovate. At its November Reinvent conference, the more than 13,000 attendees learned about its many new services, including new Lambda, as well as new instance types (and Intel appeared, talking about how it had designed a new, highest-performing-ever chip just for Amazon).
  Microsoft, charging from be
  
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• Top 10 Social Media Stories of 2014

  31-12-2014 14:00
  
  Social media left an indelible mark on 2014, and we're not just talking about that epic celebrity-packed selfie at the Oscars. The business of social media is finally maturing as more marketers flock to the medium to drive sales and other meaningful business objectives. Social media pros are making more money. Enterprise collaboration drives digital collaboration. And Facebook is doing everything it can to dramatically change the social landscape in the enterprise. Here are CIO.com's 10 most
  
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• 10 Top Security Stories of 2014

  31-12-2014 14:00
  
  In 2014 we saw cyberthreats and data breaches on a scale we've never experienced before. Retailers, banks, gaming networks, media and entertainment titans — all felt the hit.Perhaps it is no surprise, then, that the most popular CIO.com security story of the year was a look into the future at security trends that are likely to dominate the coming year, and number two was a step-by-step exploration of how the Target breach likely occurred. Security issues around mobile, cloud and the
  
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• The Year in Tech: 2014's 13 Biggest Fails, Flops, and Faux Pas

  31-12-2014 12:30
  The unlucky 13Yes, there was plenty to get excited about in 2014, but not all the tech news from the past twelve months was good. This year we saw Bitcoin’s biggest early star disappear, Facebook manipulate its users, Amazon enter the smartphone market with a resounding thud, and many, many more facepalm-worthy moments. These are the 13 biggest tech flops and fails of 2014.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Cue the Outrage: How Our Favorite Social Networks Failed Us in 2014

  31-12-2014 12:05
  
  This year was all about the messaging app, and for good reason: Social networks behaved abysmally in 2014. Sharing information and photos privately with
  friends is a compelling alternative to social networks with their ads, weird research experiments, and harassment.
  That’s not to say anyone is abandoning social media, but more and more users are pressuring companies to be better and more honest about how data is used
  and what is being done to make networks like Facebook, Twitter,
  
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• The Greatest Tech Wins and Epic Comebacks of 2014

  31-12-2014 12:00
  Refinement, not revolutionWhile 2014 didn't bring much in the way of revolutionary technology, it was a great year for refinement. The products and services we've relied on for years became cheaper and more accessible, while once-difficult concepts like virtual reality and mobile wallets starte to look a little more practical. And if you look hard enough, you can even find some examples where the government didn't screw everything up.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please cli
  
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• The "Future" is Now (Well, in October)

  31-12-2014 12:00
  
  Marty McFly is backHappy 2015, the year that Marty McFly visits the "future" in the 1989 movie "Back to the Future Part II". In the film, McFly (played by Michael J. Fox) travels from 1985 (the year the original movie came out) 30 years into the future, more precisely, Oct. 21, 2015.As the world has approached the actual date, we've seen some photo memes go around via social media proclaiming that 2014 or 2013 was the year, but those were Photoshopped images. If you watch the movie, you can clea
  
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• How to DJ Your New Year's Eve Party Using a Chromecast and Google Play Music

  31-12-2014 12:00
  No New Year's Eve party is complete without great music, so guests can get their groove on while waiting for the year's final countdown. Pricey audio-streaming solutions abound (you might even own one!), but if you don't, or if you're headed to someone else's party and you know the host has terrible instincts when it comes to party music, I'll show you a super-cheap solution using Google's $35 Chromecast.Sourcing your music
  
  The Chromecast is compatible with a wide variety of music services,
  
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• 3D Printing Medical Breakthroughs -- Including Dog Legs

  31-12-2014 12:00
  
  3D printing's medical marvelsOver the past year, 3D printing has enabled medical feats that previously would have been impossible to achieve. Here, we look at just a handful of the amazing objects that 3D printing can produce, remembering at the same time that these are only the beginnings of far greater advancements to come.A human earResearchers at Princeton University have developed a proof of concept for a 3D-printed bionic ear. The scientists seeded a hydrogel -- or culturing cartilage -- w
  
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