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• Opera for Android goes off-roading - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  

  CNET: Opera has graduated from beta (with Webkit under the hood) and brings new discovery and data-saving features.

  
  
• Insanely durable smartphone ... from Caterpillar? - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Caterpillar's new B15 smartphone is rugged and good looking at the same time.
  
• Solar plane sets off again across US - TG Daily
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  The Solar Impulse plane, which holds records including the longest manned zero-fuel flight, sets off on the second leg of a bid to cross the US.
  
• Fast broadband roll-out begins - TG Daily
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Fast broadband is being rolled out in Surrey after EU competition commissioner approved the state-funded scheme.
  
• SAP in autism recruitment drive - TG Daily
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  German software company SAP says it hopes to recruit hundreds of people with autism, saying they have a unique talent for information technology.
  
• 20 Funny Commands of Linux or Linux is Fun in Terminal - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  

   tecmint: Linux is fun! Huhhh. OK so you don't believe me.

  
  
• Maintain A Local Repo - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  

   OStatic: Maintaining a local mirror has several benefits, and is a recommended practice for maintaining even modest number of servers.

  
  
• Unity Game Engine Goes Free For iOS, Android And BlackBerry 10 Developers - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  

  TechCrunch: Use of Unity tech is now free on both mobile platforms.

  
  
• Linux Vim Editor Tips and Tricks Save Time Through Macros and Bookmarks - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  

   MyLinuxBook: In this article, we will discuss some impressive features of vim editor that can help you save a lot of time while working on vim.

  
  
• HOT Raspberry Pi: A DIY Mini Desktop PC Build Project - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  

   HotHardware: We recently set out to design a mini desktop computer with the wildly popular Raspberry Pi single board computer.

  
  
• CrunchBang 11 Waldorf Review - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  

   DesktopLinuxReviews: CrunchBang 11 has been released so it's time for a review.

  
  
• Steganography In Ubuntu, Hide Your Files Inside An Image - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  

   Unixmen: Nowadays, our personal computer is not only a work tool, it is also our private space where we store our little secrets.

  
  
• Airbnb seeks to reassure members - TG Daily
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Airbnb tells its members "we are not going anywhere", after a judge in New York ruled a man who rented out his apartment on the site broke the law.
  
• Couple's £163,000 phone bill shock - TG Daily
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  A couple who own an electrical firm had a shock when they received a mobile phone bill for £163,000, then fought for months to have the debt cleared.
  
• It's been 10 years: Google is officially a New Yorker - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  The search giant opened its New York City office a decade ago. Time flies.
  
• Guess which senator asked Apple the smartest questions? - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  To the surprise of many, it was the Tea Party candidate from Wisconsin.
  
• How police can find your deleted text messages - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  With smartphone forensics, law enforcement can find deleted texts, photos, contacts and more.
  
• HP soars as Meg Whitman turnaround continues - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
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• Tim Cook's testimony on Apple's taxes: The reviews are in - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Reporters wrote two kinds of second-day stories, with two very different takes.
  
• The Xbox One has one major problem - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Microsoft's Xbox One is being touted as the only peripheral your TV needs?except for your cable box, the only thing it apparently can't work without.
  
• Twitter boosts security after hacks - TG Daily
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Micro-blogging site Twitter says it is bringing in a two-step login for users to beef up security following recent high-profile breaches.
  
• Gif inventor says pronounce it 'Jif' - TG Daily
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  The inventor of the Gif image format says it should be pronounced Jif, despite what the Oxford English Dictionary says.
  
• Backlash over Xbox pre-owned games - TG Daily
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Microsoft faces a backlash from some gamers after it emerges the company may charge a fee to play pre-owned games on its new Xbox One console.
  
• Move over Mr. Mayor, cities are getting chief innovation officers - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Towns are taking a page from the corporate world in an effort to make strapped municipal governments more efficient.
  
• How Apple scores its lower tax bill - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Apple is one of America's most profitable companies. And it pays a substantial income tax bill to the U.S. government -- by its own account, $6 billion in 2012 and an estimated $7 billion this year.
  
• VIDEO: Projecting an immersive experience - TG Daily
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Click's Spencer Kelly looks at how projectors and computers are being used to create immersive experiences.
  
• Hypersonic weapons could hit battlefield by 2025 - Fox News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  High-tech weapons may be screaming through the skies at five times the speed of sound by the middle of the next decade, U.S. military officials say.
  
• Will consumers want one? New Xbox is elegant, but question remain - Fox News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  

  Based on limited time with the device, the Xbox One feels like an improvement over its predecessor. But it fails to include features some fans have demanded, including the ability to play games bought for the existing Xbox 360 system.

  
  
• HTC reportedly in free fall after failure of Facebook phone - Fox News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  

  HTC is losing key employees in the wake of production issues with the HTC One and the flop of its Facebook Home phone, the HTC First.

  
  
• Men are stupid, Samsung says - Fox News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  

  A new ad for Samsung televisions portrays men as dirty beasts, just a half step up from cavemen -- and it has the more evolved members of the male species crying foul.

  
  
• T. Rex's smaller cousin ate like a falcon, study finds - Fox News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  

  A smaller cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex, called Allosaurus, may have fed on its prey in a fashion similar to modern-day falcons, a new study finds.

  
  
• Top Ten Sleeper Distros - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  

  LinuxAdvocates:I tend to think of only a few Distributions which have a lot of potential under the hood and are categorized as 'sleepers'. 

  
  
• An actual hunk of Mars is on block in Heritage Auction sale - Fox News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  

  A little piece of Mars fell into the Sahara Desert last year, and now it can be yours for the low, low price of about $160,000, part of an auction of nature and science artifacts from Heritage Auctions.

  
  
• Amazon CEO's Saturn V rocket engines conserved in Kansas - Fox News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Although they stood up to the immense thrust needed to launch the mighty Saturn V rocket toward the moon, it turns out that the mammoth F-1 engines that powered the booster's first two-and-a-half minutes of flight were no match for the Atlantic Ocean.
  
• A Fitting Screen Protector for the iPhone 5 - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Trü Protection is trying to simplify the process for applying screen protectors to the iPhone 4 and 5 with a mounting system intended to automatically align a phone and a screen protector.
  
• Earbuds Designed for Women, Not in Pink - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  The audio company Koss is making headphones for women that are one-third smaller than men's.
  
• Q&A: Paying Extra for Phone Freedom - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Skipping the carrier subsidy and paying full price for an unlocked smartphone may cost more up front, but frees up those who want to buy inexpensive local service plans when traveling internationally.
  
• Phone companies selling customer information - Fox News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  

  Big phone companies have begun to sell the vast troves of data they gather about their subscribers' locations, travels and Web-browsing habits -- a powerful tool for marketers that raises new privacy concerns.

  
  
• NASA to fund world’s first 3D food printer - Fox News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  

  NASA has announced it is to fund construction of the world’s first ever 3D food printer.

  The American space company has given a $125,000 grant to mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor, who has already designed the machine.

  
  
• Sen. Rand Paul: 'The Senate should apologize to Apple' - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  In Apple's defense, the junior senator from Kentucky has been tweeting up a storm.
  
• Live TV: Where to watch the Senate's Apple hearings - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  C-Span's coverage begins at 9:30. Tim Cook will appear in the second segment.
  
• Meet the AdMob genius who's at it again - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan wants to bridge the divide between desktop and mobile advertising. If she succeeds, even Google could find itself at a disadvantage.
  
• Pirate movie sites blocked in UK - TG Daily
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  Big UK net firms have begun blocking access to two movie streaming sites accused of flouting copyright laws.
  
• Flickr revamp revealed by Yahoo - TG Daily
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  Yahoo revamps its Flickr photo-sharing service, offering users up to 1TB of storage if they accept adverts.
  
• Microsoft unveils new Xbox One game console - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 21 May 2013
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• 5 worst Internet acquisitions of all time - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  As well as the 5 best.
  
• 10 killer new features of Microsoft's Xbox One - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  Microsoft is making a bid to own the living room with its new entertainment device.
  
• Acupuncture helps treat hypothermic sea turtles - Fox News
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  

  Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help easing back into the wild -- from an acupuncturist.

  
  
• Mr. Cook came to Washington, and escaped unscathed - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  No one laid a glove on Apple's CEO, not even the subcommittee's hostile chairman.
  
• Judge rules Airbnb illegal in New York City - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  Read full story for latest details.
  
• Big Data could generate millions of new jobs - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  U.S. companies will need 1.9 million more techies by 2015, says one expert. Here are the top 10 tech skills employers are seeking.
  
• Meet David Karp: Tech's newest superstar - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 21 May 2013
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• Apple grilled about tax havens - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 21 May 2013
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• Wi-fi shut down in Guantanamo alert - TG Daily
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  The US military's wireless internet service inside Guantanamo Bay has been shut down following threats by Anonymous hackers
  
• Facebook review 'at all levels' - TG Daily
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  Facebook tells Newsbeat it will not rush a review of violent content after beheading videos were removed from the site.
  
• VIDEO: Celebrating 20 years of the web - TG Daily
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  Click's David Reid visits Cern to find out more about the plans to restore the world's first web page.
  
• VIDEO: Xbox One 'unrivalled device' - TG Daily
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  Microsoft's Don Mattrick has described the new Xbox One as an "unrivalled device" in an interview with the BBC after the launch of the next-generation console.
  
• VIDEO: Apple chief hits back in tax row - TG Daily
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  CEO Tim Cook has spoken out in defence of Apple, after a Senate committee accused the company of using "a complex web of offshore entities" to avoid paying billions of dollars in US income taxes.
  
• VIDEO: Developers turn to indie games - TG Daily
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  Games developers are turning their focus towards indie games designed for smart phones or tablets, rather than traditional consoles.
  
• Vodafone sales hit by European slump - TG Daily
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  Vodafone's full-year sales slip for the first time in eight years as tough economic conditions in Europe take their toll on customers.
  
• Apple's Tim Cook defends tax claim - TG Daily
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  Apple boss Tim Cook defends its tax strategy at a Senate hearing, after the tech giant is accused of being among America's largest tax avoiders.
  
• Q&A: Protecting Your Mail Account - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  A few simple precautions can help keep your e-mail account safer from intruders.
  
• App Adds Smartphone Features to a GPS - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  Garmin’s Nuvi GPS now links to the iPhone using an app to add functions to the GPS. But some of those added functions cost extra, and some may not be worth the expense.
  
• VIDEO: Wikipedia founder on Yahoo's Tumblr deal - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  The BBC talks to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about Yahoo's acquisition of Tumblr, in a $1.1bn deal.
  
• Ex-Nokia team makes rival smartphone - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  A smartphone created by former Nokia employees is unveiled ahead of its release later this year.
  
• China 'state hackers renew attacks' - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  State-sponsored hackers are renewing their attacks on the US after a three-month hiatus, according to the New York Times.
  
• Ant abilities could aid robot design - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  A study showing how ants tunnel their way through confined spaces could aid the design of search and rescue robots, say scientists.
  
• VIDEO: Yahoo to buy Tumblr for £700m - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Tumblr, the blogging site set up by a 20 year old only six years ago, has been bought by the internet giant Yahoo for more than £700 million.
  
• Mixed review for BBC Online services - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  A review of BBC Online and the Red Button service by the BBC Trust finds audiences are served well but BBC Online has failed to hit its reach target.
  
• Skullcandy Cuts the Cord, and Offers Better Sound - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  At $180, the Plyr1 wireless gaming headset from Skullcandy is more expensive than rivals, but it does offer a few advantages.
  
• Q&A: Getting Passes for Passbook - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  You do not need a special iOS app to get coupons, tickets and other digital documents that work with Apple's Passbook electronic wallet.
  
• Power and Protection in One Case - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  MyCharge has introduced the Freedom 2000, a battery case for the iPhone 5 that provides power via a tethered Lightning connector.
  
• Pupils 'need early porn warnings' - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Young children should hear about the dangers of pornography as soon as they have access to the internet, head teachers say.
  
• Millions hit in Yahoo Japan hack - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Up to 22 million login names may have been stolen during a hack attack on Yahoo Japan, the web firm warns.
  
• VIDEO: Creative brains map a smarter future - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  New York University's Tisch School of the Arts explores the use of today's communications technologies - and how they might enhance people's lives tomorrow.
  
• 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.
  
• 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
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.