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• On the Job with a Linux Foundation Systems Administrator - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  Linux.com: If you’ve ever dreamed of working directly with Linux creator Linus Torvalds, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Ted T’so or any of the other Linux luminaries...

  
  
• Google says you'll know when Glass is sketchy - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
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• VIDEO: Read Klingon on your computer screen - TG Daily
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Microsoft's Bing offers page translations into Klingon, Google launches a music subscription service plus other tech news.
  
• Phones 'used like digital dummies' - TG Daily
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Computers and smartphones have become a "digital dummy" used by parents to pacify their children, says a head teachers' leader.
  
• GPS 'improves early tsunami alerts' - TG Daily
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  GPS data could provide faster and more accurate early warning systems for tsunamis, a German team of scientists suggest.
  
• Google Demos Linux Running on Hacked Glass - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  All Things 3D: Although Google is offering a limited set of developer tools for Glass — and more are on the way — the company doesn't want to stop hackers from tinkering even further.

  
  
• New tablet boots Ubuntu Linux, Android, and Windows 8 - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  Linux Line: We've seen several Linux tablets emerge over the past year or so, but examples with triple-boot capabilities are much less common.

  
  
• The Last GNOME 3.8 Point Release Has Been Made - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  Phoronix: All work now is being focused on GNOME 3.10.

  
  
• BonitaSoft Raises $13M Series C For Its Open Source Business Process Management Solution - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  TechCrunch: BonitaSoft’s solution includes a design studio to model business processes, a BPM engine that adapts to various information systems architectures, and an end-user interface for managing and interacting with processes.

  
  
• Cool tool: One click installation of open source apps - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  Network World: Downloading open source applications can sometimes be a pain in the neck.

  
  
• Android is just the beginning: How Bluetooth is preparing for the internet of things - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  GigaOM: Google's support for the Bluetooth Smart Ready platform in Android is one step forward for the radio technology’s dominance in the internet of things. But the Bluetooth SIG has a lot more up its sleeve.

  
  
• Google engineers: We're trying to fix Android fragmentation - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  CNET: Android team members acknowledged the continuing issue of fragmentation within the Android ecosystem. But they also said they planned to continue a rapid pace of innovation.

  
  
• EA stops making games for Wii U - TG Daily
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Games giant EA has revealed that it currently has no games in development for Nintendo's Wii U console.
  
• US questions Google on Glass privacy - TG Daily
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  US politicians are seeking reassurances from Google that its smart spectacles will respect personal privacy.
  
• Google Android's enterprise problem - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Google's mobile operating system may be getting a boost from--of all places--Blackberry.
  
• Blackberry is about to give away its last advantage - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Its free messaging service is one of the struggling company's most valuable assets.
  
• Galaxy S4: 10M in 4 weeks. iPhone 5: 5M in 3 days. - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  When Apple reported record iPhone 5 sales, the stock began a six-month free fall.
  
• Supercomputer Watson's future revealed - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  IBM's CEO told Fortune what the future holds for the talking supercomputer.
  
• The big funds on Apple: Who bought and who sold last quarter - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Total shares held fell 5.2%, but more funds increased than reduced their Apple holdings.
  
• Facebook IPO: Winners & losers - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  From Sheryl Sandberg and the Nasdaq to the graffiti artist who took stock instead of cash, here's who's riding high and lying low one year after the Facebook IPO.
  
• Man lists 12,000 call menu options - TG Daily
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  An IT manager who grew frustrated with call centre menus has catalogued shortcuts to thousands of phone services
  
• Crowdfunding tries to grow up - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
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• Missed out on Facebook IPO and couldn't be happier - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
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• Automobiles ape the iPhone - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
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• Watch who Tim Cook talks to in the Washington press corps - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  In advance of Tuesday's Senate testimony, he gave interviews to Politico and the Washington Post -- but not, pointedly, to the New York Times.
  
• VIDEO: Webscape: Apollo 11 mission site - TG Daily
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Kate Russell looks at a site which celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, plus other sites and apps reviewed.
  
• Scientists study violent winds of Uranus, Neptune - Fox News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  Screaming winds of infernal violence alternate with periods of dead calm as one nears the surface of Uranus, according to a new analysis of the gas giant.

  
  
• Google Glass privacy concerns worry lawmakers - Fox News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  Eight members of Congress on Thursday asked Google Chief Executive Larry Page to give assurances about privacy safeguards for the company's high-profile Google Glass wearable-computing device.

  
  
• Computer viruses on rise for first time in years, Microsoft warns - Fox News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Computer viruses are on the rise worldwide for the first time in years, according to Microsoft security expert Tim Rains.
  
• Peep this: Google Glass for eyeglass wearers revealed - Fox News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  A special prototype version of Google Glass for eyeglass wearers was spied on the faces of at least four engineers and developers at the Google I/O conference.

  
  
• NASA records giant explosion on moon as boulder crashes at 56,000 mph - Fox News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  The moon has a new hole on its surface thanks to a boulder that slammed into it in March, creating the biggest explosion scientists have seen on the moon since they started monitoring it.
  
• 10 amazing Linux desktop environments you've probably never seen - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

   Network World: When it comes to making your computer look and behave however you like, Linux is king.

  
  
• How Amy's Baking Company ruined itself on social media - Fox News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  Amy's Baking Company, an upscale bistro in Scottsdale, Ariz., learned a thing or two about social media etiquette the hard way this week.

  
  
• New Microsoft Xbox first round in technology war with Apple, Sony - Fox News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  The new Microsoft Xbox that will be unveiled next week not only opens up a new front in the battle of the games consoles but also launches a whole new war.

  
  
• App Smart Extra: Apps for Editing Photos - NY Times -- Technology News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Some simple photo apps can turn ordinary photos into quirky works of art -- converting images into colored bubbles or warping them like a funhouse mirror.
  
• Fine for destruction of ancient Mayan pyramid? $5,000 - Fox News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  The penalty for the near-total destruction of one of the biggest Mayan pyramids in Belize -- which the government called "unforgivable" and left archaeologists speechless -- may leave conservationists speechless: just $5,000. 

  
  
• How 'Star Trek' inspired NASA, astronauts and more - Fox News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  The interstellar voyages of the Starship Enterprise have captured imaginations around the world for decades. But why? What makes "Star Trek" the enduring and thrilling science fiction epic it is today?

  
  
• Jail sentences for Lulzsec hackers - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  British hackers who were behind a series of high profile cyber-attacks in 2011 have been sentenced at a hearing in London.
  
• Single-pixel camera makes 3D image - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  Scientists in Glasgow have discovered a low-cost way to create 3D images, capable of sensing frequencies beyond visible light.
  
• Larry Page's kumbaya moment sounded hollow - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  Google's CEO decried the negativity in the tech industry. Too bad the company's executives have a long history of trashing the competition.
  
• 'Kickstarter for gigs' is launched - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  A service allowing fans to club together to pay bands to play gigs at their request has been launched.
  
• Dell posts 79% fall in profits - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  Dell reports a 79% fall in quarterly profits to $130m (£85m) amid falling computer sales and a takeover battle.
  
• Tim Cook to testify on taxes: Did the N.Y. Times have it wrong? - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  Next week we'll find out what a Senate probe of Apple's offshore holdings has uncovered.
  
• Nintendo to profit from user videos - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  Fan anger after Nintendo confirms it will profit from advertisements placed on gameplay videos uploaded by gamers.
  
• Samsung: Get ready for 5G wireless - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  The Korean giant wants to deliver 5G network technology by 2020.
  
• A better fingerprint scanner for frequent flyers - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  The company that supplies Global Entry, the government-run trusted traveler program, has begun production of a more user-friendly machine.
  
• Biggest Bitcoin exchange lands in feds' crosshairs - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  U.S. officials froze the financial accounts of Bitcoin's biggest exchange, accusing it of transmitting money without a license.
  
• Remote Alaska volcano erupting with lava and ash - Fox News
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  

  The Alaska Volcano Observatory said Thursday a continuous cloud of ash, steam and gas from Pavlof Volcano has been seen 20,000 feet above sea level. 

  
  
• Google Hangouts: Google Chat gets a much needed makeover - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  Google's newest product -- Hangouts -- isn't fundamentally different than other current cross-platform messaging apps, but it unifies many of Google's own products.
  
• EA drops online pass for used games - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  Publisher Electronic Arts has decided to end a controversial program that stifled trade in second-hand games.
  
• Windows Phone beats Blackberry for third - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  Google's Android and Apple's iOS still make up the vast majority of the market.
  
• Can Silver Lake walk away from Dell? - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  Dell's earnings collapse could have an impact on its buyout deal.
  
• Google CEO Larry Page wants less tech squabbling - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  Google CEO Larry Page delivered a simple message to a crowd of developers Wednesday: we need to stop fighting over little things and work together.
  
• YouTube and Microsoft clash over app - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  YouTube is demanding Microsoft removes a Windows Phone 8 YouTube app, saying it violates its terms of service.
  
• VIDEO: 'Internet is world devoid of empathy' - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  Former LulzSec hacker Jake Davis, who has received a 24 month sentence for computer hacking, talks to Newsnight's Susan Watts about his time as part of the group.
  
• MPs challenge Google over UK tax - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  The internet giant Google has been challenged by MPs over the way it reports its income for tax.
  
• VIDEO: Intel reveals tech innovations - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  From 'perceptual computing' to smarter car headlights, chip maker Intel reveals what it thinks is the technology of tomorrow.
  
• EU warns China over telecom payments - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  The EU warns it may investigate claims that Chinese telecom firms have been paid subsidies, allowing them to flood markets with cheap equipment.
  
• Nasa buys into 'quantum' computer - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  A $15m computer that uses "quantum physics" effects to boost its speed is to be installed at a Nasa facility.
  
• Kobo’s New E-Reader Is Sharp, but Maybe Not Sharp Enough - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  Kobo has produced what it said is the highest resolution e-ink reader, the $170 Aura HD. But how does it match up to other e-ink devices?
  
• Google Maps revamp set to aid ads - TG Daily
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  Google's Maps revamp adds new advertising icons and aims to tailor the results to each user's interests.
  
• Q&A: Closing (or Merging) Two LinkedIn Accounts - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  If you find yourself with two LinkedIn accounts, you can close one and move your connections to the other account.
  
• Saudi virtue police condemn Twitter - TG Daily
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  The head of Saudi Arabia's religious police warns Saudis against using Twitter, amid fears it is being used to challenge political taboos.
  
• VIDEO: First US drone launch from carrier - TG Daily
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  The US Navy successfully launched an unmanned drone from the deck of an aircraft carrier for the first time on Tuesday, in what officials called a breakthrough for robotic aviation.
  
• VIDEO: Google Glass: For and against - TG Daily
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  Technology developers and privacy campaigners give their views on the Google Glass smart headset.
  
• Seven million Brits 'never used net' - TG Daily
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  More than seven million adults in the UK have never been online, official figures say, with the elderly remaining the least connected.
  
• Nvidia details Shield console launch - TG Daily
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  Nvidia prices its Shield handheld console at a significant premium to Sony's PlayStation Vita and Nintendo's 3DS XL.
  
• Google launches music subscriptions - TG Daily
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  Google unveils a streaming music service and details plans to upgrade its other existing services at its developers conference in San Francisco.
  
• VIDEO: Quieter by design - TG Daily
  Tue, 14 May 2013
  Lara Lewington looks at how manufacturers are focusing their attention on technology to make their products quieter.
  
• VIDEO: Teenager constructs 'DNA photocopier' - TG Daily
  Tue, 14 May 2013
  A 17-year-old scientist from Yorkshire has built his own DNA testing machine and is using it to conduct experiments in his home laboratory.
  
• Q&A: Covering Up Your Amazon Tracks - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 14 May 2013
  Amazon.com displays on its home page products you browsed on recent visits to the site, but you can delete some or all of your shopping history.
  
• VIDEO: 'Screaming' cones could save lives - TG Daily
  Tue, 14 May 2013
  "Intelligent" traffic cones are being unveiled on the M6 in the West Midlands in a bid to improve road safety.
  
• Tip of the Week: Customize the Windows 8 Start Screen - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 14 May 2013
  The look of Microsoft's Windows 8 Start screen can be rearranged to match personal preferences.
  
• Cellphone Case Helps to Alleviate Wi-Fi Woes - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 14 May 2013
  Absolute Technology recently introduced Linkase, a $50 cellphone case for the iPhone 5 that uses electromagnetic waveguide technology to enhance the Wi-Fi signal.
  
• Phone Sounds Good, but How Is the Deal? - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 13 May 2013
  The Ooma Telo is advertised as a “free home phone service,” and while it is nowhere near free, it may be a better deal than you currently get from your phone provider, plus the sound quality is excellent.
  
• Q&A: New Speeds for Old Machines - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 13 May 2013
  The new 802.11ac wireless-networking standard promises much faster data speeds, as long as you have the right equipment.
  
• VIDEO: Astronaut's pictures from space - TG Daily
  Mon, 13 May 2013
  The amazing photographs tweeted by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield have been seen by more than 750,000 Twitter followers.
  
• Q.& A.: Hanging out on Google+ - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 13 May 2013
  Google+ Hangouts can support up to 10 people in a video chat or virtual meeting, but certain bandwidth speeds are required.
  
• App Smart Extra: More Ways to Stay Fit - NY Times -- Technology News
  Fri, 10 May 2013
  With summer approaching, it's the perfect time to improve your fitness levels.
  
• Q.& A.: Getting More (or Less) Mail from Facebook - NY Times -- Technology News
  Fri, 10 May 2013
  You can tell Facebook what types of e-mail notifications you would like to receive by adjusting your account settings.
  
• Tip of the Week: Getting Wireless Network Details - NY Times -- Technology News
  Thu, 09 May 2013
  Both Windows and Mac OS X can quickly give you information about your computer's wireless network connection, along with built-in troubleshooting tools.
  
• Twitter Adds Tweets You Can Hear - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 08 May 2013
  A new app, Twitter Music, lets you see what songs people are discussing and sharing and lets you listen too.
  
• Backup Power in the Palm of Your Hand - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 08 May 2013
  The lightweight BoostBloc backup batteries from Etón provide power for mobile devices when electric outlets are lacking.
  
• Jabra Revo Lets You Shape Your Sound - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 08 May 2013
  Jabra, best known for its Bluetooth phone accessories, is making its first foray into Bluetooth premium headphones with the $250 Revo Wireless.