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• Linux module controls micro-helicopters - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  

  Linux Gizmos: AeroCore supports integration with open-source projects like Robot Operating System (ROS), PX4, and PX4-compatible projects such as QGroundControl and MAVLink.

  
  
• Memo to tech startups: If you want money, raise it now - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  The frothy fundraising market may dry up soon.
  
• How many iPads did Apple sell last quarter? - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  Analysts' estimates range from 15 million to nearly 22 million.
  
• Satya Nadella needs more to fix Microsoft - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  Office for iPad move is a symbolic victory for Nadella's Microsoft, but the company is still weighed down by many of the same old issues.
  
• VIDEO: The quest to perfect digital pianos - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Click meets Joe Ierardi, a man who is trying to create the most realistic sounding piano synthesiser.
  
• This digital marketing startup is growing rapidly - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Outside Philadelphia, the digital marketing company Monetate has grown from two employees to 220 in just six years.
  
• AUDIO: Google 'not meeting expectations' - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Larry Magid, technology analyst for CNET, discusses the fall in Google's shares.
  
• Ousted Yahoo exec gets $58 million golden parachute - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Former chief operating officer Henrique de Castro left Yahoo with an severance package worth $58 million.
  
• Selling globally is child's play - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  The tech making e-commerce easier for small firms
  
• Lavabit loses contempt appeal - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  A US appeals court upholds a contempt of court ruling against the secure email service provider Lavabit used by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
  
• VIDEO: Searching for metaphorical results - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  How alternative search engines produce different results plus websites and apps reviewed.
  
• Nadella: Microsoft needs a 'data culture' - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  In anticipation of walking the walk, Satya Nadella has begun talking the talk.
  
• Virgin apologises for email glitch - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Virgin Media apologises after some of its customers received hundreds of unwanted emails because of a distribution list error.
  
• Google shares fall on ad concerns - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Shares in Google fall 5% despite reporting first-quarter profit of $3.45bn in response to worries over future income from advertising.
  
• Kim Dotcom wins back cars and cash - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Kim Dotcom, the multimillionaire founder of closed file-sharing site Megaupload, has won back cars, cash and property seized in a January 2012 raid.
  
• BBC and Sky experience fault on iOS - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  The BBC and Sky's video-on-demand apps simultaneously experience a fault on iPhones and iPads that prevents TV shows from streaming.
  
• Cheating apps, websites flourish in France - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  The Internet has reduced the burden to start a business -- including for those that help people cheat in relationships.
  
• Primary care startup One Medical raises $40 million, plans more clinics - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  With luxury offices and extra time and communication with doctors, One Medical Group is triaging patient care, one pain point at a time.
  
• German media boss criticises Google - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  In an open letter to Google's Eric Schmidt the boss of German publishing firm Axel Springer says it is afraid of the search giant.
  
• Weibo Chairman on IPO: 'We're here for the long term' - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  The Chinese social networking startup priced low but traded up.
  
• Ancient wrestling was fake too: Document shows match was fixed - Fox News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Who says only modern-day pro wrestling is fake?
  
• Neil Young goes for high-quality music with Pono - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  "Every time I listened to my music on an MP3 player, I had to turn it off."
  
• Northern California bat population declining amid drought conditions - Fox News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  A rescue organization says it is receiving an unusually high number of reports of dead or dying bats at this time of year as drought conditions grip Northern California.
  
• Are Windows Users Disappointed When They First Try a Linux OS? - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  

  Softpedia: So, what is happening and why aren't the disgruntled or bored Windows users fleeing by the millions to Linux?

  
  
• Modern sharks are sleeker, faster than their ancestors, fossil find suggests - Fox News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Sharks turn out to be more modern and sleek than anyone had ever imagined, given a new study that negates a prior theory that today’s sharks are “living fossils,” changing little over time.
  
• 10 Questions: Marcus Nelson, co-founder and CEO, Addvocate - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  On making little bets, reinventing the mundane, and asking others for help.
  
• SpaceX will try again Friday to launch cargo to ISS - Fox News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  SpaceX is shooting for another launch attempt Friday to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.
  
• Tiny land-dwelling carnivore evolved into huge vegetarians - Fox News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  The earliest ancestor of land-dwelling plant eaters has been found, a new study reports, and there's a surprising fact about the beastie: it was a meat lover.
  
• Astronomers discover most 'habitable,' Earth-like planet yet - Fox News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Astronomers have discovered what they say is the most Earth-like planet yet detected — a distant, rocky world that's similar in size to our own and exists in the Goldilocks zone where it's not too hot and not too cold for life.
  
• Ubuntu 14.04 'Trusty Tahr' Brings Long-Term Linux Desktop Support [SLIDESHOW] - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  

  eWEEK: In this slide show, eWEEK takes a look at some of the features in the Ubuntu 14.04 Linux distribution release.

  
  
• CliQr launches cloud marketplace featuring 100 open source apps - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  

  ZDNet: Google-backed CliQr Technologies, which focuses on helping businesses migrate applications into private or public cloud environments, has flipped the switch on the CliQr App Store.

  
  
• GNOME Games | An Experience That Feels Like A Paid-For Games-Suite! - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  

  woGue: Our fever-dream-goal is to free the games from your system theme and provide a game experience that feels like a paid-for games-suite.

  
  
• No, the iPhone 6 is not going to demolish Android - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  

  Eye on Linux: Why on earth would anybody want to have Apple or Android or any other platform completely dominate the mobile market?

  
  
• Docker becomes de facto Linux standard - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  

  Network World: Docker is set to ship with the latest version of RHEL (RHEL 7.0).

  
  
• How many iPhones did Apple sell last quarter? - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  The analysts' estimates range from 34 million to nearly 43 million. Average: 38.2 million.
  
• Encrypting Your Cat Photos - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  

  LinuxJournal: Modern Linux allows us to encrypt our data easily and reliably, so why not take advantage of it?

  
  
• Google's ad prices are down. So what? - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Despite alarmist coverage following its earnings miss, this tech giant is doing just fine.
  
• NVIDIA might be working on G-SYNC Linux support - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  

  muktware: NVidia is apparently going to bring GSync to Linux machines pretty soon.

  
  
• At Macy's, lessons from Walmart's failed RFID attempt - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  Walmart's bold plan to plaster its supply chain with RFID bombed -- but a new "barcode on steroids" might just be a retail savior.
  
• Level Money wants you to think before you spend - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  A new service tackles budgeting for millennials by emphasizing the view ahead (and not the one in the rearview).
  
• Social data as a business is dead. Long live big data services - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  Recent acquisitions by Twitter and Apple are changing the game for big data startups focused on social media.
  
• Yahoo surges following first-quarter results - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  Yahoo is still in the midst of its turnaround, but investors liked what they saw in the company's first-quarter results.
  
• Apple-endorsed racing game Anki Drive revs up with new cars, tracks - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  Artificial intelligence-driven startup unveils first hardware refresh since launch.
  
• 10 Questions: Vikas Gupta, co-founder and CEO, Play-i - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  On teaching children how to program, being comfortable with uncertainty, and the challenges of growth.
  
• Men 'giving up' books to go online - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  A new study finds men prefer to watch film adaptations than read the original book, with 30% admitting they have not read a book since school.
  
• Cyborg glasses express fake emotions - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  A Japanese researcher creates glasses that show computer-generated eyes that express emotions so that the wearer does not need to bother.
  
• VIDEO: Will Jelly repeat Twitter's success? - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  Biz Stone discusses his new social app Jelly which he hopes will encourage people to help each other out.
  
• VIDEO: Is ZTE's choosy strategy working? - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  ZTE has decided to pass over investing in areas where returns aren't likely to be high - its results later will show how its new strategy is paying off.
  
• NASA hands over historic Apollo-era launch pad to SpaceX - Fox News
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — One of NASA's most historic launch pads is now under new management.
  
• Watch live: Scientists explore life in the mysterious depths of the Gulf of Mexico - Fox News
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  This month, you can fly along the Gulf of Mexico seafloor and explore a strange ecosystem fueled by chemicals instead of sunlight, all from your computer.
  
• Vision risks for astronauts could be a Mars mission 'showstopper,' NASA scientist says - Fox News
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  Mars may possess a stark and austere beauty, but a manned Red Planet mission will likely not be easy on the eyes.
  
• 10 ways animals live longer - Fox News
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  10 ways animals live longer
  
• VIDEO: Cyborg glasses mimic eye gestures - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  A Japanese researcher shows off glasses that display computer-generated eyes, which express emotions to save their wearer the effort.
  
• New street lights design cuts bills - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  Switching to LED street lights is cutting maintenance bills in Jersey and could increase pedestrian safety, it is claimed.
  
• Galaxy S5 fingerprint sensor hacked - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  German security researchers say that a spoof fingerprint can be used to unlock Samsung's new handset and steal money.
  
• First Heartbleed 'hacker' arrested - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  A 19-year-old Canadian citizen is charged with hacking into the Canada Revenue Agency's website, becoming the first arrest in relation to the Heartbleed security breach.
  
• Tencent brings Candy Crush to China - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  China's internet giant Tencent will launch the popular Candy Crush game on the mainland in partnership with the game's creator King Digital Entertainment.
  
• Bungie 'fires' Halo games composer - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  The composer of the music featured in the original Halo video games says his job has been "terminated without cause" by developer Bungie.
  
• Google stock sinks as mobile struggles continue - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  Read full story for latest details.
  
• MtGox exchange put in administration - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  The Bitcoin exchange MtGox has been placed in administration by a Japanese court and it is expected that bankruptcy proceedings will be started.
  
• Hard-disk firm warns of data breach - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  French hard-disk maker LaCie warns that shoppers' credit cards details and logins may have been stolen from its store over a one-year period.
  
• Yahoo shares jump despite profit fall - TG Daily
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014
  Shares in the struggling internet search giant Yahoo surge 9%, despite first-quarter profits falling 20%.
  
• Heartbleed may 'slow' web speeds - TG Daily
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014
  The struggle to fix problems caused by the Heartbleed bug could make web browsing speeds slow to a crawl, warns net monitoring firm Netcraft.
  
• AUDIO: Google buys high-altitude drone firm - TG Daily
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014
  Internet giant Google has bought high-altitude drone firm Titan Aerospace for an undisclosed sum.
  
• MtGox chief refuses to travel to US - TG Daily
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014
  The founder of MtGox - once the world's biggest Bitcoin exchange - refuses to travel to the US to testify about losing large amounts of the virtual currency.
  
• Privacy fears over FBI database - TG Daily
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014
  A facial recognition database being built by the FBI could contain over 52m images by 2015 causing concern to privacy campaigners
  
• AUDIO: Woman's £2600 Neil Diamond mobile bill - TG Daily
  Mon, 14 Apr 2014
  A phone user has been charged £2600 for downloading a Neil Diamond album abroad.
  
• VIDEO: Sensors to prevent pain for amputees - TG Daily
  Mon, 14 Apr 2014
  Researchers at the University of Southampton have developed three-directional pressure sensors which they say could prevent dangerous sores for thousands of patients
  
• VIDEO: Firm creates drone fitted with Taser - TG Daily
  Wed, 09 Apr 2014
  Spencer Kelly meets the team behind a drone which can fire 80,000 volts of electricity through a wired dart.