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• GNOME 3.10 Gets an Overhaul: Top 10 New Features - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  

  eWEEK:In total, more than 30,000 changes were made in GNOME 3.10, with over 1,000 individuals contributing to the new release.

  
  
• VIDEO: Does nuclear power have a future? - TG Daily
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  Rupert Wingfield-Hayes moved to Japan in 2012 and has spent a lot of time reporting on the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. He asks if nuclear power has a future in Japan.
  
• VIDEO: African musician lonely in Las Vegas - TG Daily
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  Without many African musicians nearby in Las Vegas, Senegalese singer King Ibu has turned to his online network of music collaborators to jam with.
  
• Rail mobile broadband plan announced - TG Daily
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  The rail industry plans to roll out high-speed mobile broadband across the busiest parts of Britain's rail network, says the government.
  
• Making enterprise file sharing more like personal sharing - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  File-sharing company Egnyte wants businesses worried about data security to embrace the cloud.
  
• Battle for gadget accessory business - TG Daily
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  The highly competitive world of smartphone accessories
  
• How to profit from your rival's data - TG Daily
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  How businesses stop rivals taking their data
  
• Questions for...James Dyson - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  The inventor answers reader questions. Ask more @FortuneMagazine #FortuneQs, on Twitter or Facebook.
  
• VIDEO: Combining Twitter with video streaming - TG Daily
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  Twitter has established itself as the place to go to follow the 140 character musings of friends, influencers and anyone else you care to follow.
  
• VIDEO: App stops you dating close relatives - TG Daily
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  Spencer Kelly explores how Icelandic people are using technology to make sure genetic similarities do not get too close.
  
• Blackberry hits out at Gartner claim - TG Daily
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  The struggling Canadian smartphone maker has dismissed an analyst's recommendation that companies should make plans to switch to alternative providers.
  
• Concern over Facebook edit function - TG Daily
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  A feature that allows Facebook users to edit their updates after publishing could be utilised to "stitch up" friends, an expert warns.
  
• Firm shows off translating glasses - TG Daily
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  Spectacles that can provide a translation of unfamiliar script have been revealed by Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo
  
• Nasa plans 3D printer space launch - TG Daily
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  US space agency Nasa announces it will launch a 3D printer into space next year to test the feasibility of making spare parts in zero-gravity.
  
• Grand Theft Auto Online server worry - TG Daily
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  As Grand Theft Auto Online gears up for launch today, the game's creator Rockstar North hopes its extra servers can cope with the expected flood of players.
  
• VIDEO: Drones key to deep sea research - TG Daily
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  Scientists developing undersea drones say it is currently easier to communicate with the moon than the ocean floor.
  
• Brand values: Apple +28%, Google +34%, Samsung +20% - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  On the downside: Nokia -65%, Nintendo -14%, Dell -10%
  
• Reporter charged in computer probe - TG Daily
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  A former Sun newspaper reporter is the first person to be charged under Operation Tuleta - a police investigation into alleged computer hacking and other privacy breaches.
  
• Change is in the wind, offshore - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
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• The Medibuntu Project Comes To An End - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  

  Unixmen: It is clear that when something becomes useless it goes straight to the trash. Do you guys remember the Medibuntu project?

  
  
• SpaceX launches next-gen Falcon 9 rocket on big test flight - Fox News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  The private spaceflight company SpaceX launched the first of its new-and-improved Falcon 9 rockets from the California coast Sunday.
  
• UN's massive new climate report adds little explanation for 'pause' in warming - Fox News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  A 2,200-page report released by the U.N. today details the scientific data behind alarming predictions for the planet's climate issued on Friday. Yet it offers little additional explanation for one particularly controversial area of climate science: the “pause” in global warming.
  
• Slimy Japanese giant salamanders can bite off your finger - Fox News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  The Japanese giant salamander can grow up to 5 feet long, weigh 80 pounds and can easily bite off a large chunk of your finger in a split second.
  
• Linux 3.12 rc3 - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  

  Linus Torvalds: Nothing really special stands out.

  
  
• Breaking Bad: The science behind 5 grisly moments - Fox News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  This weekend was the series finale of AMC's massively popular crime drama Breaking Bad, concerning the tragic fall of high school science teacher tuned meth kingpin Walter White (Bryan Cranston). Here is a look at the science behind some of the show's most grisly moments.
  
• Nature's Horror Show: 31 of the World's Ugliest Creatures - Fox News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  From the terrifying coconut crab to the shocking giant isopod to the merely ugly (like Miss Ellie), nature's creatures aren't all beauties. Here are 31 animals you'll wish you hadn't seen.  
  
• Junior genius: Winners of the 2013 Google Science Fair - Fox News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  The winners of the 2013 Google Science Awards have some incredible ideas for how to improve the world around us. And these you geniuses have room to grow: The contest is for students age 13-18.
  
• Open source snapshot: GhostBSD - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  

  TechWorld: Alongside projects like GNU Hurd, Haiku and others, there is the plethora of desktop-targeted operating systems in the BSD family.

  
  
• Teach kids about copyright: a list of resources from Creative Commons - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  

  OpenSource.com: We should be starting the conversation with the things kids can do versus what they can’t do.

  
  
• Choosing a Journaling File System - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  

  LinuxLinks: To provide an insight into the quality of journaling file systems that are available, we have compiled a list of our top picks.

  
  
• Those cool iOS 7 features? Android does that too - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  

  CNet: At the risk of igniting a flame war, let's look at iOS 7's best features, on Android.

  
  
• Valve: The Linux Steam Engine That Could? - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  

  Linux Insider: All of Valve's gaming roads appear to lead to Linux, in other words. If this is a dream, more than a few FOSS fans are hoping they never wake up.

  
  
• IBM's Linux investment signals move into cloud and big data market - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013
  

  Tech Republic: Key planks of the investment are the client centres. These centres allow developers and other technical professionals access to various Linux Power Systems technologies.

  
  
• UK to create cyber defence force - TG Daily
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013
  The UK is to recruit hundreds of reservists to join a newly created cyber unit to help defend national security, the defence secretary announces.
  
• NASA's new commercial supply ship reaches space station - Fox News
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013
  NASA's newest delivery service pulled up at the International Space Station on Sunday after a week's delay, bringing more than a half-ton of meals and special treats to the astronauts who assisted in the high-flying feat.
  
• Toshiba to cut 3,000 jobs in TV unit - TG Daily
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013
  Japanese electronics firm Toshiba says it will halve the number of staff in its TV division to 3,000 as it looks to revamp the unit's operations.
  
• Updated Falcon rocket blasts off - TG Daily
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013
  The US SpaceX company successfully launches a new version of its Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
  
• Gambling addict calls for FOBT laws - TG Daily
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013
  A gambling addict who lost a month's salary in a few hours on betting machines says stricter laws must be brought in.
  
• Swedish researchers develop medicine to protect bees from deadly diseases - Fox News
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013
  Researchers in Sweden said Friday they had developed a new medicine to protect bees from diseases that kill entire populations of the insect in the US and Europe.
  
• Ancient Greek site threatened amid celebration - Fox News
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013
  While world leaders and top athletes lit the Olympic flame with pageantry drawn from antiquity, another important ancient site of athletic prowess sat overlooked and endangered.
  
• MIT, Harvard scientists accidentally create real-life lightsaber - Fox News
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013
  In a reported first, researchers at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a newfangled technology that theoretically could be used to construct an actual lightsaber.
  
• VIDEO: Red Cross wants war game influence - TG Daily
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013
  The Red Cross says it wants to have a greater influence over computer war games to ensure actions which could be war crimes are not rewarded with victory in a virtual battle.
  
• Ford's Mulally tops Microsoft wish list - report - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013
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• Private aviation: Flying high again? - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013
  Directional Aviation is betting on it, spending $185 million on acquiring FlexJet from Bombardier.
  
• Another bleak day for BlackBerry - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013
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• Airbnb wins legal victory in New York City - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013
  Airbnb earned a legal victory in New York City this week with the reversal of a fine issued after a user of the service rented out part of his East Village apartment last year.
  
• Analyst finds spot shortages of Apple's iPhone 5C - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013
  BTIG's Walter Piecyk set out to test the idea that there's a glut of the lower-priced iPhone
  
• Localytics: SF and LA love the iPhone 5S. Philly OK with the 5C. - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013
  A week after its release, the iPhone 5C has gained some ground on the more popular 5S.
  
• Yelp says quarter of reviews 'fake' - TG Daily
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013
  Yelp, the online directory and consumer review site, says a quarter of all the reviews it receives are filtered out as possible fakes.
  
• Valve reveals haptic game controller - TG Daily
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013
  Games developer and publisher Valve shows off its Steam Controller, the final part of its strategy to bring its PC-based platform to the living room.
  
• Electronic Arts cans football game - TG Daily
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013
  Games maker Electronic Arts says it is cancelling its US college football game next year amid legal disputes over student players' image rights.
  
• VIDEO: Firms fined for bogus online reviews - TG Daily
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013
  Nineteen firms have been fined after they were caught out writing fake online reviews and other tech news.
  
• Microsoft boss cries at send-off - TG Daily
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013
  Retiring Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer dances to Michael Jackson as he bids a tearful farewell to his employees.
  
• VIDEO: In-game app fees face OFT crackdown - TG Daily
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013
  The Office of Fair Trading unveils new rules to protect children and other gamers from exploitative in-app fees and warns it will prosecute those that breach them.
  
• Yelp's fake review problem - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013
  A New York sting operation caught businesses paying for positive ratings on recommendation websites. What's Yelp's response?
  
• Gates calls Ctrl+Alt+Del a mistake - TG Daily
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013
  Bill Gates said he would have preferred a one-button alternative to the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Del.
  
• Facebook stock tops $50 for first time - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013
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• VIDEO: Rural firm on need for fast broadband - TG Daily
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013
  A fast broadband connect was "completely fundamental" and has changed the way a media firm based in Devon could work.
  
• VIDEO: Meet the interactive baby avatar - TG Daily
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013
  The man who has brought computer generated faces to life in some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters has unveiled his latest project - an interactive baby avatar.
  
• Google reveals new search upgrade - TG Daily
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013
  Google unveils an upgrade to the way it interprets users' search requests, the search engine's first major revamp for three years.
  
• Early Twitter employees to miss out on millions - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013
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• Alibaba drops 'first choice' Hong Kong for IPO - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013
  Alibaba has broken off talks on a stock market listing in Hong Kong after failing to reach agreement with regulators over its corporate structure.
  
• 10 questions for Eventbrite's Kevin Hartz - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013
  Eventbrite CEO Kevin Hartz talks about who he admires and whether business school is necessary.
  
• Nokia's ex-CEO set for $25 million windfall - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013
  Nokia's ex-CEO Stephen Elop is set to receive a $25 million payout when he leaves the Finnish tech company and joins Microsoft's management team.
  
• Post-It Notes go digital with Evernote - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013
  Post-It Notes may the most iconic paper product out there, but they live in an increasingly digital world. A new partnership with the Evernote app brings Post-Its into consumers' mobile devices.
  
• Is Apple ripe for another massive stock buyback? - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013
  Tim Cook spent a record $16 billion last quarter. Carl Icahn wants him to spend more.
  
• VIDEO: Print your own bionic hand - TG Daily
  Wed, 25 Sep 2013
  A young engineer has designed and 3D printed a prototype bionic hand in his bedroom
  
• Smartphone trade-ins starting to hurt Apple and Samsung - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 25 Sep 2013
  Smartphone trade-ins could curtail sales of new, shiny devices.
  
• Kozmo.com is back from the dead - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 25 Sep 2013
  Kozmo, the once-doomed delivery service, has been resurrected and promises a return to glory.