Thursday, December 26, 2013

IT News Head Lines (CNET) 27/12/2013





Taiwan fines Apple $666K over iPhone pricing
The country's Fair Trade Commission finds that Taiwan's three main mobile service providers have been submitting pricing plans to Apple for approval, which violates the law. [Read more]
    








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XCAR Awards 2013: Car of the year
Deciding on our favourite car of 2013 was never going to be an easy task, but after some discussion we've settled on our ride of the year. [Read more]
    








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Co-founder officially drops bid for BlackBerry
Mike Lazaridis abandons his plans to buy the ailing smartphone maker via a joint bid with a fellow co-founder. [Read more]
    








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The 404 Throwback: Episode 885 from 08/18/11
The 404 is on holiday until CES, but enjoy this special throwback episode where "woot" makes it into the Oxford English Dictionary, and a virtual hit-man service charges $10 an hour for DDoS attacks. [Read more]
    








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Get Peter Capaldi's 'Doctor Who' stare with 'Capaldeyes'
Lash out at the next Doctor by printing out Peter Capaldi's intense glare in time for the "Doctor Who: Time of the Doctor" Christmas special. [Read more]
    








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Snowden's Christmas message: Privacy counts
The NSA leaker, who remains in Moscow, releases a Christmas Day video with a simple reminder: our privacy is valuable. [Read more]
    








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Pictures of innovation: A visual journey through 2013
From NASA's Cassini to Google Glass to Amazon Prime Air, here's the story of 2013, told through images. [Read more]
    








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Cameras and camcorders: Slimmer pickings at CES 2014?
For a few years, interesting cameras debuted at CES. Those days might be over. [Read more]
    








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Sherlock returns! Mini-episode grants fans early Xmas wish
Dr. John Watson, DI Lestrade, a very haggard Anderson, and Sherlock Holmes himself star in "Many Happy Returns," a mini-episode leading up to the premiere of season 3 of "Sherlock." [Read more]
    








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Astronauts take Christmas Eve spacewalk, make critical repair
But now they're home for the holidays -- home at the International Space Station, that is, after a high-stakes repair job clearing the way for reactivation of a critical coolant system. [Read more]
    








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Researchers report security flaw in Samsung's Galaxy S4
An Israeli security team says a vulnerability in Samsung's Knox security platform enables malicious software to track e-mails and record data communications. [Read more]
    








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XCAR Awards 2013: Best Sound
The noise that falls from the back of cars can evoke some pretty great feelings. Here's our choice of the best from 2013. [Read more]
    








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Wispy designs from Microsoft partners breeze past Apple
Thin and light laptop and hybrid designs from PC makers are passing Apple on key features. Will PC makers forge ahead in 2014? [Read more]
    








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Apple awarded stocking full of patents, including heart monitor
US Patent and Trademark Office grants Apple 23 patents on Christmas Eve, perhaps most interestingly one for an embedded heart-rate monitor. That's for you, iWatch watchers. [Read more]
    








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At Christmas, a gadget is all some people have
While most people are getting together and celebrating, there are those who will spend the day with their lone hope being a gadget. [Read more]
    








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Alan Turing gets royal pardon on homosexuality 'crime'
The codebreaker and computer pioneer was convicted in 1952, which resulted in him losing security clearance and he was given the choice of jail or chemical castration. A 2013 pardon is merely posturing. [Read more]
    








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Systemstats offers quick overview of Mavericks system activity
Apple's report-generating routines in OS X Mavericks give in-depth views of your system's activity, which may help if you need to troubleshoot problems with your system. [Read more]
    








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Everything you know about earbuds is wrong
Earbuds and in-ear headphones: what exactly is the difference? The Audiophiliac breaks it down. [Read more]
    








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Get two $5 credits from Amazon
Something for nothing and something for something: Amazon will give you a $5 Appstore credit for free and a $5 game credit with the purchase of a PC game. [Read more]
    








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Virtual women lure men to Japan's vending machines
Call it AI coffee, or a silly gimmick, but you can download a female friend who lives in your local coffee vending machine. [Read more]
    








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Home theater at CES 2014: Sound bars, streaming, and over-the-air TV
Ignore the boring Blu-ray players and clunky home-theater-in-a-box systems. The cool home theater gear at CES 2014 will be sound bars, over-the-air DVRs and new wireless audio products. [Read more]
    








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What we want in 2014: Break the mold, tech companies
Heading into the new year, it wouldn't hurt for the high-tech powers that be to get a little more stupid and crazy. Seriously. [Read more]
    








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Top state attorneys scrutinize Target data breach
The retail chain talks with several state attorneys general about its investigation into the massive security breach and confirms it's working with the US Secret Service and the Justice Department. [Read more]
    








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