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• California DMV Changes Course, Reverses Registration Policy Change for Rideshare Drivers

  24-01-2015 22:22
  
  Earlier this month, some UberX drivers in Calfornia found themselves between a rock and a hard place: The state started requiring ridesharing service drivers to register their cars as commercial vehicles, but Uber in turn suspended some drivers who did just that.
  However, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, California's Department of Motor Vehicles has since reneged on its earlier policy decision, and has dropped the commercial registration requirement. According to the report, DMV off
  
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• Why Surface Hub is More Interesting Than HoloLens

  24-01-2015 13:00
  
  Microsoft had an unusually kick-ass event this week. They trotted out the next version of Windows, which is called Windows 10.
  The OS looks like a winner. (No word on what happened to "Windows 9" -- my guess is that it wouldn't have gone over big in the German market. Windows? Nein!)
  The company focused on compelling integrations between desktop and mobile versions of Windows, as well as integrations between Windows 10 and Xbox One.
  They trotted out a compelling new browser, code-named "Spar
  
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• Mole Valley District Council formally object to Gatwick expansion - Eagle Radio

  24-01-2015 08:04
  
  Mole Valley District Council formally object to Gatwick expansion
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  The Council will now recommend it's Executive should not object to the two options at Heathrow. Councillor John Northcott, Executive Member for Planning, said: "A cross-party Aviation Working Group was convened to consider the Commission's consultation ...
  
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• University of Michigan professor's - WPX News

  24-01-2015 07:37
  
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  It's executive-made by her husband, Jorma Taccone, one particular-third of the comedy music trio the Lonely Island (with Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer) and the director of "MacGruber." Gloeckner says she spent about eight days on the set during filming.
  
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• 'Supernatural' season 10 spoilers: The story for Jared Padalecki's Sam - CarterMatt.com

  24-01-2015 05:58
  
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  'Supernatural' season 10 spoilers: The story for Jared Padalecki's Sam
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  While it may feel like we are in the middle of what is a pretty epic Dean story about the Mark and how to get rid of it, executive producer Jeremy Carver offers up a pretty interesting perspective in a new quote published by Entertainment Weekly. While ...
  
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• Health IT Business News Roundup for the Week of January 23, 2015 - iHealthBeat

  24-01-2015 04:38
  Health IT Business News Roundup for the Week of January 23, 2015
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  Welch Allyn, a provider of medical diagnostic devices, has acquired Hubble Telemedical, a provider of remote diabetic retinopathy screening and analysis tools, for an undisclosed sum. Quality Systems, an EHR and practice management systems vendor, ...
  
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• In insurance fraud case, state says damage to former MLB player's RV was $4600 - KSBY San Luis Obispo News

  24-01-2015 03:19
  
  In insurance fraud case, state says damage to former MLB player's RV was $4600
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  "I was honestly shocked when I saw the list of arrestees and saw college professors, insurance agents, soccer moms, grandmothers, college students, all kinds of executives, an IT executive out of the Silicon Valley," Kincaid said. Lilly's attorney ...
  
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• UPDATE: In insurance fraud case, state says damage to former MLB player's RV ... - KSBY San Luis Obispo News

  24-01-2015 03:18
  
  UPDATE: In insurance fraud case, state says damage to former MLB player's RV ...
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  "I was honestly shocked when I saw the list of arrestees and saw college professors, insurance agents, soccer moms, grandmothers, college students, all kinds of executives, an IT executive out of the Silicon Valley," Kincaid said. Lilly's attorney ...
  
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• NIST pledges transparency in NSA dealings over crypto standards

  24-01-2015 01:40
  
  A U.S. agency that develops widely used standards for encryption has pledged to be more transparent about its dealings with the National Security Agency, amid concerns the NSA undermined those standards to boost its surveillance efforts.The National Institute of Standards and Technology outlined new proposed operating procedures in an updated draft published Friday. It’s seeking public comments on the proposal through March 27.The document follows a report last July from independent securit
  
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• Here's the Windows 10 Preview User Forum on Microsoft's Site

  24-01-2015 01:32
  Microsoft's engineers want to know what consumers think about Windows 10. Really they do. The company just announced a slew of new features at an event on Wednesday. On Friday morning, a new version of the preview build dropped. And now, the forum for user feedback is open.
  Even if you're cautious about downloading the beta, just seeing what other people think and experience should be as fun as any Reddit thread.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Conference calls a waste of time? In 1915, this one made history

  24-01-2015 01:00
  
  These days, making a call across the U.S. is so easy that people often don’t even know they’re talking coast to coast. But 100 years ago Sunday, it took a hackathon, a new technology and an international exposition to make it happen.The first commercial transcontinental phone line opened on Jan. 25, 1915, with a call from New York to the site of San Francisco’s Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Alexander Graham Bell made the call to his assistant, Thomas Watson. Just 39 years ear
  
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• 13 Geeky SkyMall Catalog Treasures You Can’t Live Without!

  24-01-2015 00:47
  
  Sky Mall treasuresWord that the parent company of quirky airline catalog SkyMall has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection means it’s time to hurry up and order those treasures you’ve only browsed in the past. Here’s a short list of must-have items for techies, or that you might want to surprise someone else with.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Windows 10: The 10 Coolest Features You Should Check Out First

  24-01-2015 00:31
  Burying the pastLet’s not beat around the bush: Windows 10 isn’t anywhere near finished, yet it’s already head-and-shoulders better than Windows 8.1, at least for traditional PC users. The fact that it banishes full-screen apps and the Metro Start screen to the aether, focusing instead on the tried-and-true desktop, should be reason enough to make PC purists smile. These are the 10 coolest new features already available in the Windows 10 Preview. Want to try them for yourself? Here’s ev
  
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• Box rides high on Wall Street’s warm welcome

  24-01-2015 00:10
  
  Box made a splashy entrance on the New York Stock Exchange Friday, opening at $20.20 per share, or 44 percent higher than the price it had set for itself the night before.With 12.5 million shares for sale, the initial public offering raised some $175 million that Box can now use to invest in its business, and a market capitalization of $1.6 billion.By Friday afternoon, the stock—trading under the symbol “BOX”—had reached as high as $24.73 per share, or 77 percent above its IPO price.�
  
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