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• Could humans be cloned? - Fox News
  Sun, 19 May 2013
  

  The news that researchers have used cloning to make human embryos for the purpose of producing stem cells may have some people wondering if it would ever be possible to clone a person.

  
  
• Yahoo reportedly approves deal to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash - Fox News
  Sun, 19 May 2013
  

  Yahoo Inc.'s board has approved a deal to acquire blogging startup Tumblr, people familiar with the matter said Sunday.

  
  
• Mice return from a month in space - Fox News
  Sun, 19 May 2013
  

  A Russian capsule carrying mice and lizards has returned to Earth after spending a month in space.

  
  
• Linux Kernel 3.9 The Kernel Column with Jon Masters - LinuxToday News
  Sun, 19 May 2013
  

   LinuxUser: Jon Masters summarises the latest happenings in the Linux kernel community

  
  
• Switching From Windows to Nix or a Newbie to Linux ??? 20 Useful Commands for Linux Newbies - LinuxToday News
  Sun, 19 May 2013
  

   tecmint: So you are planning to switch from Windows to Linux, or have just switched to Linux?

  
  
• Yahoo 'to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn' - TG Daily
  Sun, 19 May 2013
  Yahoo's board approves a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1bn (£725m), US media reports say.
  
• Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion: Report - CNN -- Tech News
  Sun, 19 May 2013
  The Yahoo board reportedly has approved a deal to pay $1.1 billion in cash for the blogging site Tumblr.
  
• Upcoming Features of Debian 8.0 - LinuxToday News
  Sun, 19 May 2013
  

   Softpedia: Dubbed Jessie, Debian 8 is now officially in development, as announced by Matthias Klose last week

  
  
• Tech Q&A: How to buy refurbished gear, wipe a phone, stay healthy and more - Fox News
  Sun, 19 May 2013
  

  You've got tech questions, we've found the answers. We help you make the most of your technology by answering your thorniest tech questions. So if you're wondering what to buy, how to plug it in, or how to fix it, we can help.

  
  
• The Winklevoss twins are Bitcoin bulls - CNN -- Tech News
  Sun, 19 May 2013
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• ROSA Desktop Fresh LXDE alpha preview - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 18 May 2013
  

  LinuxBSDos: This alpha release, like the other end-user releases, uses the Fresh code name, and ships with bleeding-edge software and the latest or close-to-the-latest Linux kernel.

  
  
• How devoted are Apple users? - CNN -- Tech News
  Sat, 18 May 2013
  A new Forrester survey compares it to Google and Microsoft.
  
• 7 open source projects to cut your teeth on (and the ones to avoid) - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 18 May 2013
  
  
• Essential WordPress Security Plugins - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 18 May 2013
  

  FOSS Force: Today we're going to discuss three security plugins that I think are essential.

  
  
• SlateBook x2: Tegra 4-powered Android hybrid - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 18 May 2013
  

  Linux BSDos: The Tegra 4-powered SlateBook x2 running Android Jelly Bean (4.2.2) is the latest split-personality portable computer from HP.

  
  
• Critical Linux Exploit in the Wild - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 18 May 2013
  

  OSTATIC: If you run servers that provide shell accounts, it’s time to take some preventive measures.

  
  
• 5 things to know before you cut your cable bill - Fox News
  Sat, 18 May 2013
  

  Millions of consumers have already been lured away from cable with promises of lower prices and the freedom to watch what they want, when they want. Here are five things that will make your transition easier -- or convince you to wait a bit longer.

  
  
• Digital Cannes: Meet the IMDb guy – Colin Needham - Fox News
  Sat, 18 May 2013
  

  Just like it has newspapers, magazines, and television, digital technology is poised to change the way people consume movies. The Netflix-ization of your favorite films means that more and more, you can stream what movies you want, when you want, straight to whatever device you want.

  
  
• Bungle in the jungle: John McAfee's Belize home burns to ground - Fox News
  Sat, 18 May 2013
  

  Just when you thought the strange story of John McAfee was over….

  
  
• Oops! The 5 greatest scientific blunders - Fox News
  Sat, 18 May 2013
  

  Even geniuses make mistakes, and sometimes those mistakes turn out to be genius in their own right, helping to illuminate some underlying mystery or impacting the way an entire field thinks.

  
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Google says you'll know when Glass is sketchy - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
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• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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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• 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.
  
• Automobiles ape the iPhone - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
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• 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.
  
• Open Source Zend Framework 2.2 Brings PHP to OpenStack Cloud - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  InternetNews: From the 'PHP on Python' files:

  
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• '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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Samsung: Get ready for 5G wireless - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  The Korean giant wants to deliver 5G network technology by 2020.
  
• 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.
  
• 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?
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.: 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.
  
• 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.: 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.