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• AUDIO: Hitchhiker's Guide video game returns - TG Daily
  Sat, 08 Mar 2014
  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy game embarks on its next chapter on Saturday with the launch of a new online game.
  
• Deaths of bighorn sheep draws criticism of relocation project - Fox News
  Sat, 08 Mar 2014
  State wildlife officials say the deaths of more than a dozen bighorn sheep relocated to the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson does not mean the project is a failure.
  
• VIDEO: Tech review: This week's headlines - TG Daily
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  A business card fitted with a computer capable of playing a number of games including Tetris, plus other tech news.
  
• Chart: Acquisitions by Apple, Amazon, Google, Yahoo, Facebook - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  The big orange circle is Google's Motorola. The big blue one is Facebook's WhatsApp.
  
• Can Microsoft make enterprise search better? - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  Updates to its Office 365 suite show benefits from a 2008 acquisition.
  
• VIDEO: Panels and parties at SXSW - TG Daily
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  The annual South by Southwest festival has kicked off in Austin, Texas. The BBC's North America Technology Correspondent Richard Taylor soaks up the atmosphere.
  
• What would a computer cook for dinner? - TG Daily
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  Would you let a computer cook you dinner?
  
• SXSW has no more 'breakout hits' - and that's fine - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  The 20-year-old festival is constantly evolving.
  
• Friday Links - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
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• Alleged Bitcoin creator denies he's the one - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  Read full story for latest details.
  
• VIDEO: 'I have nothing to do with Bitcoin' - TG Daily
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  Controversy is surrounding claims by Newsweek to have found the creator of the Bitcoin virtual currency.
  
• Here's why Bitcoin matters - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  Read full story for latest details.
  
• US state bans Peeping Tom photos - TG Daily
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  Massachusetts passes a bill against taking indecent images of people in public, after a man who snapped photos up women's skirts goes scot-free.
  
• At Apple, CFO's departure leaves big shoes to fill - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  Peter Oppenheimer quietly presided over one of the most remarkable runs in the technology industry's history.
  
• Get ready for 'over-the-top' TV - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  A cable-like offering without the physical cable pipe increasingly feels inevitable, and Dish's deal with Disney is a big step forward.
  
• Alleged Bitcoin creator pursued in L.A. car chase - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  The engineer identified by Newsweek as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto was chased by reporters across Los Angeles Thursday.
  
• Facebook's WhatsApp purchase opposed - TG Daily
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp - one of the biggest ever tech acquisitions - runs into trouble over privacy concerns.
  
• Samsung launches free music streaming - TG Daily
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  The world's biggest smartphone maker, Samsung, launches a free music streaming service called Milk Music.
  
• Turkey PM warns social media sites - TG Daily
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan says his government could ban Facebook and YouTube, amid leaks suggesting government corruption.
  
• Abortion provider hit by data fine - TG Daily
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  An abortion provider has been fined £200,000 for a data breach that revealed thousands of people's details to a hacker.
  
• Slow broadband 'damaging education' - TG Daily
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  A survey suggests that school children could be missing out because of poor home broadband connections.
  
• 'Bitcoin creator' denies involvement - TG Daily
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  The man singled out by a magazine as being behind the virtual currency denies any involvement.
  
• VIDEO: How to protect your photos online - TG Daily
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  Click's Kate Russell looks at sites and tools to protect photos plus other sites and apps reviewed.
  
• Create Classy Slow Motion Videos In Linux With slowmoVideo - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  

   webupd8: slowmoVideo is a Qt application for Linux that can be used to create beautiful slow motion videos.

  
  
• How to Stop and Disable Unwanted Services from Linux System - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  

  Tecmint: We all know that while installing a Linux OS, some unwanted Packages and Application gets installed automatically without the knowledge of a User.

  
  
• Interesting facts about Raspberry Pi - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  

  Xmodulo: Since its debut on February 29, 2012, Raspberry Pi has ushered in a whole new generation of tiny, inexpensive, single-board computers.

  
  
• Best Linux distros to replace Windows XP? - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  

   ITworld: One of the issues with Windows XP computers is that many of them aren't exactly top of the line.

  
  
• Team of European archaeologists find alabaster statue of Egyptian pharoanic princess in Luxor - Fox News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  Egypt has announced that a team of European archaeologists have found a nearly 2-meter- (6 ½-foot-) tall alabaster statue of a pharoanic princess, dating from approximately 1350 B.C., outside the southern city of Luxor.
  
• VIDEO: 'Electronic lollipop' simulates taste - TG Daily
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  Scientists develop machine 'able to simulate taste'
  
• Study: Why some people just don't get music - Fox News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  Music lovers, or even music likers, will find it difficult to relate: A new study finds that some people get zero pleasure from music.
  
• Ancient Egyptian soldier's letter home deciphered - Fox News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  A newly deciphered letter home dating back around 1,800 years reveals the pleas of a young Egyptian soldier named Aurelius Polion who was serving, probably as a volunteer, in a Roman legion in Europe
  
• My great bitcoin adventure: 6 months, 5 exchanges - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  

  InfoWorld: Bitcoin's open source foundation is sound, but Bitstamp, CEX.IO, Coinbase, Kraken, Mt. Gox exchanges are uneven at best.

  
  
• Hubble captures asteroid's odd death - Fox News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  The Hubble Space Telescope continues to wow astronomers.
  
• Hubble Space Telescope captures shattering asteroid, at least 10 pieces seen in photos - Fox News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first pictures of a disintegrating asteroid.
  
• Satoshi Nakamoto is the Anti-Steve Jobs - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  Why are we so fascinated by the man missing from the center of bitcoin? Our need to know reveals a desire for geniuses, leaders -- and authority.
  
• Valve Asks Users to Disable SELinux to Play Portal 2, Linux Community Reacts - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  

  Softpedia: When one of the Valve developers closed a bug related to Portal 2 recommending that the users disable a security feature, the Linux community reacted.

  
  
• Install uGet Download Manager 1.10.4 in Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Fedora - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  

  Tecmint: The uGet project team pleased to announce the release of version 1.10.4.

  
  
• Early Look at How Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Is Shaping Up - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  

  Tux Arena: This is just an overview of the most notable features.

  
  
• Android woes could be an opportunity for Ubuntu smartphones - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 07 Mar 2014
  

  V3: Linux has a much better reputation as far as security goes, and Canonical has said that its phone, tablet and desktop platforms will all have converged by the time the first handsets go on sale.

  
  
• Land a piece of space history - Fox News
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  Space mementos including spacesuits, control panels, and one cosmonaut survival machete are among 300 of space memorabilia being auctioned off in the Space History sale at Bonhams on April 8.
  
• Twitter buys log cabins for cafeteria - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  Read full story for latest details.
  
• Reaction Housing raises $1.5 million to make disaster relief shelters - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  The coolest new startup in Austin doesn't make apps.
  
• How hit trivia app QuizUp survived the hype cycle - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  The app launches on Android today.
  
• Scientists dig into mystery of sea turtles' 'lost years' - Fox News
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  Amid discoveries about lost cities and lost treasure come new findings on something else that has been long lost to science: knowledge of sea turtles' "lost years."
  
• A Q and A with Comcast's top government guy - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  A key fundraiser for President Obama, longtime political operative and strategic adviser to CEO Brian Roberts, David Cohen talks to Fortune about its streaming deal with Netflix, the Time Warner merger, and signing the deal papers at 2am.
  
• Sean Parker formally leaves Founders Fund - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  Sean Parker will not make new investments for Founders Fund, but will maintain board seats like Spotify.
  
• Shivering with... Slava Rubin - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  Enduring the polar vortex with the chief executive of the crowd-funding platform Indiegogo.
  
• Understanding the Mt. Gox bankruptcy process - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  Those who have lost bitcoins or cash with Mt. Gox have a long wait and a lot of hurdles between them and restitution. Here's what you need to know if Mark Karpeles smashed your piggybank.
  
• Einstein's WWII-era letter to US soldier on sale for $40G - Fox News
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  Nearly 70 years ago, a group of American soldiers puzzled by a scientific article they read while in the Philippines during World War II decided to go directly to the source. Their subsequent letter inexplicably reached none other than Albert Einstein, who replied that “space should be looked at as a four-dimensional continuum.”
  
• Twitter bans porn on Vine app - TG Daily
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  Video-sharing Twitter app Vine announces a ban on all sexually explicit content from being published on the platform.
  
• Poachers targeting California's redwoods to feed drug habits - Fox News
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  California's majestic redwood trees are in danger as poachers enter the sunshine state's national parks to steal its wood to sell for furniture.
  
• Oscar Mayer wakes you up with bacon alarm - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  You can now wake up to the smell of bacon everyday, if you're lucky.
  
• AUDIO: Son criticises iPad inheritance rule - TG Daily
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  A man who was left an iPad in his late mother's will has criticised Apple for not unlocking the device.
  
• Bad guys v the data defenders - TG Daily
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  How data defenders are using analytics to fight hackers
  
• Charges over web-link sharing reduced - TG Daily
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  Some charges brought by the US government against an American journalist who helped share leaked information have been dropped.
  
• Bank websites put to 'sinister' use - TG Daily
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  Many websites once used by US banks have been taken over by spammers and virus writers, reveals research.
  
• Europol warning over wi-fi hotspots - TG Daily
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  People should not send sensitive information over public wi-fi hotspots, as data theft by hackers is rising, Europol warns.
  
• Getty makes 35m photos free to use - TG Daily
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  Getty Images, the world's largest photo agency, makes millions of its pictures free to use, in an effort to combat piracy.
  
• Mozilla anger over Dell Firefox fee - TG Daily
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  A row has broken out between Dell and Mozilla over charges for installing the Firefox browser.
  
• Trolls target mother of suicide girl - TG Daily
  Thu, 06 Mar 2014
  The mother of a schoolgirl who hanged herself amid claims of bullying is the target of internet abuse.
  
• Cyber 'stand-off' in Ukraine crisis - TG Daily
  Wed, 05 Mar 2014
  After Ukraine accuses Russia of disrupting mobile networks, security experts warn that the countries are locked in a cyber stand-off.
  
• Electric cars: No longer the exception? - TG Daily
  Wed, 05 Mar 2014
  Why Porsche and other firms are investing in electric cars
  
• Apple's CarPlay draws safety criticism - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 05 Mar 2014
  Apple's new "CarPlay" system, which allows drivers to use iPhones behind the wheel, is raising concerns among auto safety experts.
  
• VIDEO: Body cameras used to tackle crime - TG Daily
  Wed, 05 Mar 2014
  Police officers in a Cheshire town are wearing body cameras in a pilot project aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour.
  
• Police password lost for eight years - TG Daily
  Wed, 05 Mar 2014
  Complaints pile up for eight years because Indian police officers did not know a computer password.
  
• Two economists file pro-Apple brief in e-book antitrust case - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 05 Mar 2014
  Judge Denise Cote, they write, doesn't understand markets. Or antitrust law.
  
• AUDIO: Lasers speed up New York share trades - TG Daily
  Tue, 04 Mar 2014
  Mike Persico discusses his firm's plans to introduce laser beam connectivity between the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.
  
• VIDEO: 'Superman suit' lets man lift 100kg - TG Daily
  Mon, 03 Mar 2014
  Engineers in Italy have developed a wearable robot which they claim is the most sophisticated built in the world to date.
  
• Robots attempt Tokyo university exam - TG Daily
  Mon, 03 Mar 2014
  Japanese scientists try to create a robot smart enough to pass the University of Tokyo's entrance exam.