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• Skates, Squids and Dollies That Make Striking Video - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  The products from Cinetics might not be the first accessories a budding videographer should buy, but if you want to create some advanced dolly effects on a budget, they are worth a look.
  
• About that Android thing... Did Google add a lockout clause? - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

  The Register: The European Commission has asked mobile telecoms firms and manufacturers of devices to provide details of any agreements they have with Google regarding the use of the technology giant's Android operating system.

  
  
• GameStick Android Console Ship Date Delayed Until August To Refine UI - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

  TechCrunch: Android home gaming consoles are nearly arriving for the consumer market, but one at least needs a little more time in the oven to bake.

  
  
• Break free of PRISM with the EFFs PRISM Break site - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

  Linux User & Developer: Avoid Prism and the NSA with the Electronic Frontier Foundation's guide to maintaining your privacy – comprised of free and open source software.

  
  
• The truth about Google's stock split - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  Founder control has worked for the search giant. But that doesn't mean it is necessarily a better way.
  
• OpenMandriva Releases Public Alpha - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

  OSTATIC: Not much else is ready, but there is an ISO. Downloading is slow going, but that's not a completely bad thing.

  
  
• Linux Foundation Sponsors IT Training Scholarship - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

   The VAR Guy: The French revolutionary Georges Danton famously said, "After bread, education is the people's first need."

  
  
• Linux continues to rule supercomputers - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

   ZDnet: If you want a really fast computer, then Linux is your operating system and Intel may be your chip manufacturer.

  
  
• Linux-based quadrocopter gains flight recorder - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

   LinuxGizmos: Parrot has updated its Linux-based AR.Drone 2.0 quadrocopter with an optional 18-minute battery, as well as a "black box" Flight Recorder option for saving GPS data.

  
  
• Anne Nicolas: Mageia project is a viable and mature - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

   DarkDuck: An interview with Anne Nicolas, the chairperson of Mageia.org association.

  
  
• Webconverger 20 out now - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

   LinuxUser: The latest in the Webconverger line of internet kiosk distros is out now

  
  
• Lytro releases new iPhone app for its revolutionary camera - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  The innovative light field camera lets you upload and share photos on the fly
  
• FCC nominee Wheeler is more wonk than water-carrier - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  There has been some concern about Tom Wheeler's lobbyist past and his role as a top Obama fundraiser. Is it warranted?
  
• Paid-for news 'gains favour online' - TG Daily
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  A study by Reuters suggests more people are becoming willing to buy online news, but warns that social media may be eroding brand recognition.
  
• Raising the next Bill Gates - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
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• The Apple e-book antitrust trial: Enter Barnes & Noble - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  As a witness, Theresa Horner was everything Apple could hope for.
  
• Houses that flip and fold into place - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  Blu Home's environmentally friendly pre-fab houses can be folded to fit onto an 18-wheeler.
  
• Microsoft U-turn in Xbox games row - TG Daily
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  Microsoft backtracks on controversial plans to impose strict restrictions on the playing and trading of games on its upcoming Xbox One console.
  
• Xcom iOS app priced at premium - TG Daily
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  A US publisher is pricing a sci-fi video game for iPhones and iPads at more than double the cost high-end titles are usually sold for on those devices.
  
• Stratasys buys Makerbot 3-D printing company for $400 million - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
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• Apple TV adds HBO Go and WatchESPN - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  Both the HBO Go and WatchESPN Apple TV apps require users to have paid for the channels through a cable or satellite subscription.
  
• The judge in the Apple e-book antitrust case loves her iPad - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  She waited until the penultimate day of a three-week trial to declare her feelings.
  
• Smart ring and socks unveiled - TG Daily
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  A ring that unlocks smartphones and socks which provide feedback about footsteps are the latest devices in the growing wearable tech sector.
  
• PlayStation update freezing consoles - TG Daily
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  A system software update has rendered some PlayStation 3 consoles unusable, manufacturer Sony confirms.
  
• Much faster Wi-Fi coming soon - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  A new, faster version of Wi-Fi was officially rubber-stamped Wednesday.
  
• Q&A: Reliving Your Twitter History - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  Twitter lets you download an archive of your posts, complete with a timeline for finding posts from a specific year or month.
  
• New 'charmed' particle may represent previously unknown state of matter - Fox News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  A new type of particle may have shown up independently at two particle accelerators, physicists say.
  
• NASA presents an astonishing billion-pixel tour of Mars - Fox News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

  A stunning panoramic image from NASA's Curiosity rover offers an incredibly detailed look at the dusty, lonely landscape of the red planet. And a guided tour of Martian highlights.

  
  
• Technology is creating the surveillance state - Fox News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

  Technology is making your every move--perhaps even those movements you make in the bathroom--ready for broadcast. The question is, are you ready for it?

  
  
• Oxford English Dictionary finally redefines 'tweet' - Fox News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

  The vast popularity of the micro-blogging site has the Oxford English Dictionary finally adding another definition to the word, “tweet,” in its dictionary.

  
  
• Why is Africa ripping apart? Seismic scan may tell - Fox News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

  Arrays of sensors stretching across more than 1,500 miles in Africa are now probing the giant crack in the Earth located there a fissure linked with human evolution to discover why and how continents get ripped apart.

  
  
• Congress says no to asteroids, yes to moon landing - Fox News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

  A draft spending bill from the House would drop funding for President Obama's proposed asteroid retrieval project and steer funding back toward lunar exploration.

  
  
• Google pushes secret court to lift gag order on secret surveillance - Fox News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

  Google is fighting back against the government’s restrictions, asking for the right to reveal more information about the data being demanded as part of Prism, the recently revealed highly classified National Security Agency program that seizes records from Internet companies.

  
  
• Is Google Glass watching? Officials from six nations worry - Fox News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  Privacy concerns surrounding Google Glass show little sign of going away with news that officials from six nations have sent a joint letter to Larry Page highlighting a number of questions they want answered about the high-tech device.
  
• Biologists race to solve mysterious mass animal deaths in Florida lagoon - Fox News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

  At least 111 manatees, 300 pelicans, and 46 dolphins — emaciated to the point of skin and bones — were all found dead in America’s most biologically diverse estuary.

  
  
• How the hairy-chested 'Hoff' crab evolved - Fox News
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013
  

  Yeti crabs don't comb their hair to look good they do it because they're hungry.

  
  
• Huawei unveils 'slimmest' smartphone - TG Daily
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  Huawei unveils the world's slimmest smartphone saying the handset will work "miracles" for its brand.
  
• Apple e-books trial takes a detour into the absurd - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  Shouldn't there be a law against beating a piece of evidence to death?
  
• US surveillance 'foiled 50 plots' - TG Daily
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  Google challenges the US government's gagging order on its internet surveillance programme, citing a constitutional right to free speech.
  
• Uber CEO: What really happened during NYC free taxi week - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  Uber CEO and NYC taxi commish sit down for a chat in Brooklyn.
  
• Yahoo reveals US data requests - TG Daily
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  Yahoo is the latest firm to reveal the extent of US government snooping on its users following Prism leaks.
  
• Minister hails 'web porn' progress - TG Daily
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  Ministers say agreements reached with internet firms will lead to a "fundamental change" in how images of child abuse are dealt with online.
  
• Enterprises launch their own private clouds - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  Big companies are adopting cloud computing with a twist: They're building their own isolated clouds.
  
• Tech's highest paid CEOs - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  This year's 12 top paid tech CEOs all make more than $15 million annually.
  
• A Small Subwoofer With Case-Busting Bass - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  Sunfire has turned the normal formula of high fidelity, which says more bass requires bigger speakers, on its head with the Atmos.
  
• Google files First Amendment court case against NSA surveillance secrecy - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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• Q&A: Fixing an iPad Home Button - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  The button can suffer from software and hardware issues, but there are repair options and workarounds to try.
  
• Wireless Charging on the Go for the iPhone 5 - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  Duracell recently introduced the PowerSnap Kit, a charging case and battery that works with its Powermat charging stations.
  
• Zapping Bugs With the Wave of a Racket - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  Zapping mosquitoes with an electrified tennis racket might seem to be a surefire entrant into the World’s Dumbest Ideas Hall of Fame. But the Stinger Portable Bug Zapper actually works.
  
• A Tiny Amp for Power-Hungry Headphones - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  Nuforce, a maker of audio electronics, has come up with the Mobile Music Pump, a mini-amplifier for headphones.
  
• Samsung sheds $19 billion in market value - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  The world's smartphone market leader gets taste of what Apple has been going through.
  
• App for cats to take self portraits - TG Daily
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  An app that allows cats to take their own photos has been developed in Germany.
  
• Why Apple's new MacBook Air is the ultimate road warrior's notebook - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  With this year's MacBook Air, the tech giant promises stellar battery life. But does it deliver?
  
• Huge 'holograms' created for doctors - TG Daily
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  Two junior doctors develop giant 3D animations of human body parts to make medics' lectures more memorable.
  
• Looking at Apple's WWDC 2013 through 417,336 tweets - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  How the Web responded on social media to Apple's World Wide Developers Conference.
  
• Google's not the only one with super-high-speed internet plans - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  A number of companies and cities are trying to match Google's much-covered Fiber project.
  
• Maradona in China compensation win - TG Daily
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  Diego Maradona wins compensation from two Chinese firms for using his name in an online game, Hot-Blooded Soccer, without his consent.
  
• This ex-Amazon engineer wants to outsmart Jeff Bezos - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013
  Can Instacart take on Amazon's grocery business with one-hour delivery and a fleet of personal shoppers? Founder Apoorva Mehta thinks so
  
• Google to tackle child abuse images - TG Daily
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  Google has announced a plan to do more to tackle online images depicting the sexual abuse of children.
  
• VIDEO: Sony and Microsoft in console wars - TG Daily
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  As Sony and Microsoft go into battle with their new consoles at the gaming expo E3, Marc Cieslak gets a front line view.
  
• A Wireless Speaker That Offers More Listening Choices - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  The Minx Air 200 wireless speaker from Cambridge Audio delivers big sound while allowing users to personalize their listening experiences.
  
• Sharp brings giant 90in TV to Europe - TG Daily
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  Sharp puts a record-sized TV on sale in Europe, but its 1080p resolution means owners will need a relatively large room to be able to watch it.
  
• Why You Don’t Need a 4K TV - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  While 4K TV offers few advantages now, in the future it may bring better color to the screen, and at least one TV brings that new color now.
  
• China retakes supercomputer crown - TG Daily
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  A China-based supercomputer has been ranked the world's fastest, offering nearly double the processing speeds of the US's most powerful system.
  
• Trans-US solar plane reaches Dulles - TG Daily
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013
  A solar powered plane aiming to cross the US lands at Washington Dulles airport, completing the fourth leg of the coast-to-coast endeavour.
  
• Google beams internet from balloons - TG Daily
  Sat, 15 Jun 2013
  Google is launching an experiment to beam the internet to remote areas of the world from near space balloons.
  
• Q&A: Moving an iPhoto Library - NY Times -- Technology News
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013
  If you find your Mac filling up with all the new pictures you have been adding to the iPhoto program, you can save some space by moving the iPhoto Library to an external drive — but back everything up first.
  
• Cloud schools offer new education - TG Daily
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013
  Educators at the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh outline their vision for future learning.
  
• Zimbabwe hackers hit ANC website - TG Daily
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013
  Opponents of President Robert Mugabe target the website of South Africa's governing ANC, accusing it of backing Zimbabwe's leader.
  
• Scrabble app changes anger players - TG Daily
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013
  Online Scrabble players are angered by changes made to a mobile version of Scrabble since its takeover by EA
  
• Q&A: Protecting a PC From Spam and Spoofs - NY Times -- Technology News
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  Spam messages coming from a friend's e-mail account could be caused by a virus, a hacker or another malicious source.
  
• Yahoo mulls ads based on influence - TG Daily
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  Yahoo files a patent suggesting it could charge marketers different rates according to the social influence score of the consumers they want to target.
  
• The AL13 Is an Aluminum Case With No Screws to Lose - NY Times -- Technology News
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  Aluminum cases for the iPhone are often assembled using minuscule screws that are easy to lose or snap. The AL13 case from Designed by M avoids that problem by using a sliding frame to lock an iPhone into its case.
  
• Tip of the Week: Go Offline With Google Maps for Android - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013
  The Google Maps app for Android has an offline mode that lets you store maps on your phone for those times when you can't get a data-network connection.
  
• New games controllers excite at E3 - TG Daily
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013
  Video games controllers with advanced sensors will soon allow players to control gameplay using their heart, muscles, or even feet.
  
• A Homing Beacon for Your Key Chain - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013
  Stick-N-Find, a Bluetooth beacon that is used with a phone, lets you home in keys or other easily lost objects.
  
• Q&A: Making New Playlists on the iPod Classic - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013
  It may lack the touch-friendly software of newer iPod models, but the iPod Classic can still create playlists without a computer connection.
  
• E3: A peek inside video games expo - TG Daily
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013
  Thousands stroll through the E3 expo in Los Angeles.
  
• Old favourites in new Nintendo games - TG Daily
  Tue, 11 Jun 2013
  The return of Nintendo characters Mario, Bayonetta, Donkey Kong and Pokemon is announced in a video stream from the E3 gaming exhibition.
  
• Sony retains the upper hand at E3 - TG Daily
  Tue, 11 Jun 2013
  Microsoft's Xbox One gets muted reception at E3 expo in Los Angeles
  
• EA takes steps to stop being 'hated' - TG Daily
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013
  Frank Gibeau, president of labels at video games giant EA, explains how his firm plans to restore its image with the launch of new consoles.
  
• First look at E3's big video games - TG Daily
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013
  A first look at some of the big name video games making news at the E3 expo in Los Angeles.
  
• PS4 set to be cheaper than Xbox One - TG Daily
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013
  Sony has revealed that it plans to sell the PlayStation 4 for £349, making it £80 cheaper than Microsoft's Xbox One launch price.
  
• Xbox One launch and price revealed - TG Daily
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013
  Microsoft has announced the global launch date and price for its new Xbox One console at the start of the E3 games expo in Los Angeles.