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• Homer Simpson discovered Higgs boson 14 years before scientists, author claims - FOX News
  Thu, 05 Mar 2015
  Homer Simpson predicted the mass of the Higgs boson, often known as "the God particle," 14 years before it was discovered by scientists, a science writer claims.
  
• Rosetta probe snaps awesome comet photo in harrowing close encounter - FOX News
  Thu, 05 Mar 2015
  Europe's Rosetta spacecraft recently beamed back an amazing photo of its comet taken during a risky, close flyby of the dusty cosmic body.
  
• Why Australia has quietly killed 700 koalas - FOX News
  Thu, 05 Mar 2015
  Koalas' numbers on one part of Australia are too big for their own good, and some are starving—so officials have quietly been culling their population, Australia's ABC News reports.
  
• Ubuntu Cloud Switches Over To Using Systemd By Default - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 05 Mar 2015
  

  Phoronix: Ubuntu Cloud is the first official Ubuntu Linux flavor to have switched over to systemd by default as a replacement to Upstart.

  
  
• Demand for Linux Skills Growing Faster Than Talent Pool: Report - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 05 Mar 2015
  

  eWEEK: While 92 percent of hiring managers plan to hire Linux pros in the next 6 months, 88 percent said it's very or somewhat difficult to find qualified candidates.

  
  
• Facebook rant lands man in UAE jail - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 05 Mar 2015
  An American has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates for comments he posted on Facebook while in the US.
  
• 7 Reasons Zenwalk Should Now Be On Your Radar - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 05 Mar 2015
  

  makeuseoff: Linux users: it’s time to check out Zenwalk again.

  
  
• Pulling Remote Word Documents from RAM using Kali Linux - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 05 Mar 2015
  

  cyberarms: In this tutorial we will see how to pull a Word document from a remote machine’s memory, parse it for text and view it in Kali Linux.

  
  
• Hotel chain confirms hack attack - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 05 Mar 2015
  Hotel chain Mandarin Oriental has confirmed that credit card data has been stolen in a hack attack on the company's network.
  
• Data roaming to stay, EU proposes - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 05 Mar 2015
  MEPs will consider proposals that would maintain data roaming charges and introduce priority internet access for some specialist services.
  
• VIDEO: Software designs robotic solutions - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 05 Mar 2015
  The latest in robotics including software which can design electronics to solve problems
  
• Bogus tech support call turns nasty - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 05 Mar 2015
  A conman threatened to kill a man who challenged him about the fake tech support scam he was involved with, reports CBC.
  
• Nextdoor Social Network Digs Deep Into Neighborhoods - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  The start-up and its investors see opportunities in the company’s more than 53,000 microcommunities.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Bits Blog: BlackBerry Announces Leap Phone, Moving Back Toward Touch Screens - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  The company also teased, in the briefest of fashions, that a curved phone with a slider keyboard might be “coming later this year.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• App Smart: Aids for the Indecisive, When Options Abound - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  A number of apps can help in decision making, whether you’re wavering over vacation destinations, a baby’s name or what to order for dinner.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Gadgetwise: A Review of Digital Tools for Artists, Photographers and Writers - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  Affordable technology for creativity ranges from digital sketchbooks to a keyboard that connects multiple devices at one time.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Korora 21 Review - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  

   DesktopLinuxReviews: Fedora has always been a popular desktop Linux distribution, but it has not always had the reputation of being welcoming to new Linux users

  
  
• MPV - A truly lightweight Mplayer based media player for Linux - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  

   techdrivein: MPV is a free, open source, and cross-platform media player based on mplayer2 and MPlayer.

  
  
• New Ubuntu Phone Separates the App from the Data - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  

  Wall St. Journal: The open-source, Ubuntu-powered mobile phone is moving forward once again, according to Mark Shuttleworth, founder of both Canonical and the Ubuntu Linux operating system.

  
  
• Source Engine 2, Steam Link And More Announced At GDC - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  

   GamingOnLinux: This is what we have been waiting for

  
  
• Amazon Prime trial ad 'misleading' - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  The Advertising Standards Authority says the 30-day free trial promotion for Amazon Prime did not warn of paid subscriptions.
  
• China and US clash over backdoors - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  China rejects President Obama's criticism of its attempt to make companies put backdoors in their software and share their encryption keys.
  
• VIDEO: Ford's white van with built-in bike - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  The BBC's Dave Lee talks to Ford's chief design engineer Tom Thompson about the company's electric bike project.
  
• Machine Learning: In Chase of Apple, Smartphone Makers Shift Strategies - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  With its vast share of the industry’s profits, Apple was the target at the Mobile World Congress, where Samsung and Microsoft are trying to position their products as business tools.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Lords want drone owners register - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  The House of Lords EU Committee calls for a drone register to be set up which owners of unmanned aircraft would have to join.
  
• A List Of Free And Open Source Control Panels - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  

  unixmen: To manage your businesses and your websites remotely you need to use control panels.

  
  
• Penguins rapidly conquered New Zealand after humans ate rivals - FOX News
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  Bones left behind by a penguin that was eaten to extinction reveal that a remarkably fast turnover in species occurred after Polynesian seafarers wiped out New Zealand's weird wildlife, a new study reports
  
• NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars sidelined by 'short circuit' glitch - FOX News
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  NASA's Mars rover Curiosity experienced an electrical problem last week, and the robot will stay put for a few days while mission engineers try to figure out exactly what happened.
  
• Scientist reveal smallest form of life ever seen - FOX News
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  They're called "ultra-small bacteria," but "ultra-small" doesn't seem to do them justice.
  
• In a zombie outbreak, head for the Rocky Mountains - FOX News
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  In the event of a zombie outbreak, the best way to avoid getting infected is to stay away from populated areas, according to a new study.
  
• Scientists say jaw bone fragment dating back 2.8 million years evidence of earlier evolution - FOX News
  Wed, 04 Mar 2015
  A fragment of jawbone found in Ethiopia is the oldest known fossil from an evolutionary tree branch that eventually led to modern humans, scientist reported Wednesday.
  
• Blackberry Leap has no physical keys - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 03 Mar 2015
  Blackberry targets young career builders with its all-touch-screen Leap smartphone.
  
• Plane battery ban over safety concern - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 03 Mar 2015
  United Airlines has announced that it will no longer carry bulk shipments of lithium-ion batteries as new tests reveal they could cause fires.
  
• Bits Blog: Google Confirms Plans for Wireless Service - NYT > Personal Tech
  Tue, 03 Mar 2015
  The company is experimenting with a network that would rely primarily on Wi-Fi technology and use cellular towers as a backup.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Tablet video game combats lazy eye - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 03 Mar 2015
  Video games firm Ubisoft is working on a title that it believes can treat lazy eye, a condition that can result in reduced vision.
  
• VIDEO: The robot that can play the violin - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 03 Mar 2015
  A retired engineer in the USA has created a 'kinetic sculpture' that can replicate digital files and play them on a violin.
  
• Search for 'White City' uncovers lost civilization - FOX News
  Tue, 03 Mar 2015
  Heard of the long-lost "White City" or "City of the Monkey God"?
  
• Wreckage of Japanese WWII battleship located by Microsoft co-founder's research team - FOX News
  Tue, 03 Mar 2015
  Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says that he and a team of researchers have located the wreckage of the Japanese battleship Musashi, more than 70 years after it was sunk during World War II.
  
• Sony VR helmet set for 2016 launch - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 03 Mar 2015
  Sony unveils an upgraded version of its PlayStation virtual reality helmet, which it says will go on sale in the first half of 2016.
  
• Ford launches e-bikes at mobile show - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 03 Mar 2015
  Ford has been showing off two e-bikes at Mobile World Congress as manufacturers start to look beyond the car.
  
• VIDEO: Pebble launches smart straps scheme - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 03 Mar 2015
  Smartwatch pioneer Pebble is launching a programme for third-party developers to make sensor-equipped straps for its latest devices.
  
• Bits Blog: Blackphone Announces New Privacy-Oriented Phone and Tablet - NYT > Personal Tech
  Mon, 02 Mar 2015
  Blackphone 2, a smartphone scheduled to be released in July, would, among other features, give users the ability to cluster apps with different functions into groups separated from one another.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Tinder to charge over-28s more - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 02 Mar 2015
  Dating app Tinder announces it will charge the over-28s nearly four times as much for its premium features as it does younger users in the UK.
  
• Xiaomi launches cheap action camera - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 02 Mar 2015
  Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has launched a cheap action camera that costs only 399 yuan (£41).
  
• Ikea debuts phone-charging furniture - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 02 Mar 2015
  Furniture giant Ikea has unveiled a range of furniture fitted with wireless charging spots for mobile devices.
  
• VIDEO: Sony: No guarantees for phone unit - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 02 Mar 2015
  Sony's chief executive says neither his firm's mobile phone unit nor any of its other divisions have a guaranteed future.
  
• Bits Blog: Microsoft Presents Low-Cost Phones and Windows 10 for Mobile - NYT > Personal Tech
  Mon, 02 Mar 2015
  At the Mobile World Congress, the company for the first time showed off the operating system for phones and continued its evolving strategy of delivering low-cost Lumia devices.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Sony and Microsoft focus on price - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 02 Mar 2015
  Sony and Microsoft reveal mid-range smartphones with features previously reserved for their top handsets at Mobile World Congress.
  
• Q&A: The Tax Con Cometh - NYT > Personal Tech
  Mon, 02 Mar 2015
  The Internal Revenue Service is not emailing you to request personal information. Not now. Not ever.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Fingerprint sensor sees through metal - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 02 Mar 2015
  Qualcomm announces a new fingerprint sensor that uses sound waves, which can scan through glass, metal and hand lotion.
  
• Bits Blog: HTC Unveils a New Phone and Wearable Device - NYT > Personal Tech
  Mon, 02 Mar 2015
  The company also discussed a new headset for activities in virtual reality, but the emphasis is on a device for fitness enthusiasts and another version of a well-reviewed smartphone.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Bits Blog: Sony Reveals Its Waterproof 10-Inch Tablet, and a Midrange Phone the U.S. Can’t Have - NYT > Personal Tech
  Mon, 02 Mar 2015
  The 10-inch Sony Xperia Z4 tablet is waterproof and dustproof; boasts extremely long battery life and has powerful specs. The Xperia M4 Aqua smartphone is also waterproof and has a two-day battery life, but it will not be sold in the United States.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Bits Blog: Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, Unveiled at Mobile World Congress, Offer Best of iPhone and More - NYT > Personal Tech
  Mon, 02 Mar 2015
  Samsung has been accused of being a copycat, but after adding its own design twists to popular features borrowed from the competition, its new flagship phone feels like a real flagship.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Samsung tries to get an edge on its rivals - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 02 Mar 2015
  Samsung's good looking new smartphone should restore some of its lost confidence.
  
• Apple’s New Job: Selling a Smartwatch to an Uninterested Public - NYT > Personal Tech
  Sun, 01 Mar 2015
  The Apple Watch is scheduled to debut in April, a bit later than the company had hoped, because of technology challenges.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Bits Blog: In Privacy Update, Reddit Tightens Restrictions on Nude Photos - NYT > Personal Tech
  Sun, 01 Mar 2015
  Reddit changed its privacy policy to prohibit posting nude photos or videos of people engaged in sex acts without their prior consent to have it posted.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Samsung S6 phone has curved screen - BBC News - Technology
  Sun, 01 Mar 2015
  Samsung confirms that one version of its new Galaxy S6 flagship smartphone will have a screen that curves round its sides
  
• Huawei and LG unveil smartwatches - BBC News - Technology
  Sun, 01 Mar 2015
  LG unveils a smartwatch that can make calls without being paired to a phone, while Huawei unveils its first Android Wear watch.
  
• VIDEO: Hands-on with LG Urbane smartwatches - BBC News - Technology
  Sun, 01 Mar 2015
  BBC's Dave Lee gets a first look at LG's fashion-conscious Urbane smartwatches at Mobile World Congress.
  
• HTC to sell virtual reality headsets - BBC News - Technology
  Sun, 01 Mar 2015
  HTC reveals it is to sell a virtual reality headset featuring tracking technology developed by video games firm Valve.
  
• Are tablets falling out of favour? - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 26 Feb 2015
  Ahead of the start of Mobile World Congress, experts propose a variety of reasons why consumers are not buying tablets in the numbers once expected.
  
• Talk: Dick Costolo Thinks It’s O.K. to Never Tweet - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 25 Feb 2015
  The C.E.O. of Twitter talks about how the platform plans to handle harassment and why improv comedy is good management training.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• State of the Art: Vivek Wadhwa, Voice for Women in Silicon Valley, Is Foiled by His Tone - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 25 Feb 2015
  Mr. Wadhwa was one of the loudest male voices pushing for gender diversity in Silicon Valley. His story is a lesson in how not to handle criticism.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Disruptions: Strippers Go Undercover on Snapchat - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 25 Feb 2015
  The mobile app has become a popular platform for X-rated photos, videos and personalized shows, often sold on the sly to avoid violating rules.
  
  
• App Smart: Video Feature: Apps for Meditation and Calming on iPhone and Android - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 25 Feb 2015
  A number of smartphone apps guide users through exercises intended to provide calm, mindfulness and positive thinking.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Machine Learning: The Best Cheaper Smartphones: Fewer Features, but Not by Much - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 25 Feb 2015
  As companies put efforts into building better phones with lower price tags, a cheaper phone doesn’t require as many compromises as you might expect.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Q&A: Filing Away Gmail Messages - NYT > Personal Tech
  Tue, 24 Feb 2015
  Tips on how to archive Gmail messages to tidy up your inbox, and solutions for when your laptop battery begins to fade.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• VIDEO: Sci-fi game Evolve reviewed - BBC News - Technology
  Sun, 08 Feb 2015
  BBC Click's Marc Cieslak reviews the new video game Evolve
  
• VIDEO: DIY solution to share diabetes data - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 06 Feb 2015
  Why one mother found a DIY solution to track her daughter's diabetes data.