IT News Head Lines (TweakTown) 19/11/2015

LG's smart TVs will soon be able to stream Google Play movies
LG has just announced that its recent webOS- and NetCast-based smart TVs will soon be capable of streaming content from Google Play, such as movies, and TV episodes.

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China now has 109 supercomputers, up from just 37 six months ago
From the outside, it must seem like China is close to the final construction of Skynet, and it really does seem that way. China's Tianhe-2 has retained the title of the faster computer system in the world, for the sixth consecutive time, thanks to the latest Top 500 supercomputer rankings...

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The first DLC for Star Wars: Battlefront arrives in 'early 2016'
EA is a little more open with details regarding the DLC for Star Wars: Battlefront now that the game has launched, teasing that the first DLC will launch in early 2016.

EA said: "Expand your galaxy with the Star Wars Battlefront Season Pass*. Get 4 upcoming digital expansion packs filled...
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LG's upcoming G5 smartphone should feature metal unibody, out in 2016
It looks like LG is ready to better compete against the likes of Samsung, Apple and HTC in 2016 with rumors that its G5 smartphone will rock a metal unibody design.

We saw Samsung dive into a full metal unibody design this year, but we also saw the company take...
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AMD bundles Star Wars: Battlefront with their Radeon R9 Fury cards
Now that Star Wars: Battlefront is here, AMD has announced it is bundling the new first-person shooter from EA DICE with their latest Fiji-powered video cards, including the Radeon R9 Nano, R9 Fury and R9 Fury X.

AMD owners will be able to redeem their Star Wars: Battlefront key until...
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Rumor: 4-inch iPhone enters production, features A8 chip
Often-right Japanese blog Mac Otakara, citing reliable sources, reports Apple has developed a 4-inch iPhone based on the iPhone 5s and the sixth-gen iPod Touch.

Specifications include an A8 chip, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, and a better FaceTime HD camera with f/2.2 aperture. It's said 3D Touch will not be...
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ASUS, XFX, GIGABYTE R9 380X images leaked, 4GB VRAM pictured
Hardware.info has leaked images of the forthcoming ASUS, XFX, and GIGABYTE versions of the R9 380X video card in preparing its reviews. The images, now pulled, show the R9 380X has 4GB GDDR5 memory, as previously rumored. As well, you can expect DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort for all display...

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Fnatic takes over Func, launches Kickstater campaign
You'll come to notice that Func.com now just links directly to Fnatic's main website in what seems to be a company buy out situation.

In addition, Fnatic has now launched it's 'Fnatic Gear' campaign on Kickstarter, promising users a small range of Fnatic-made and tested eSports peripherals. With this large...
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Chromebit launches, priced at $85
Google and ASUS have been collaborating for quite some time on the Chromebit, which is essentially a computer on a USB stick that can be plugged into your TV or monitor. Now the day has come to launch the thing.

With the launch comes an updated price: $85 over the...
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EA hires Ubisoft dev to make open-world Assassin's Creed-like game
Not content with reigning over almost every facet of gaming, industry titan Electronic Arts has set its sights on conquering the open-world action genre that's currently dominated by Assassin's Creed.

In order to make its own Assassin's Creed-style game, EA will use the prowess of ex-Ubisoft dev Jade Raymond who...
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TZFix boosts Tales of Zestiria maximum framerate to 60
JRPG fans rejoiced when they heard Tales of Zestiria was making its way to PC this year, the first game in the series to do so, but one of many similar titles in recent years.

It's a great port, too, except for the crippling 30 FPS cap. Fortunately, the community...
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EA plans to make tons of new Star Wars: Battlefront games
Star Wars: Battlefront has just been released, and EA is already teasing sequels. Big surprise, huh? We've known for a while that EA signed a 10-year licensing deal with Disney to make Star Wars games, and it looks like these titles will carry through the original trilogy and beyond.

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Survey states that IT professionals are overworked
DEsigned to pinpoint staffing numbers and issues based around the IT sector, Spiceworks found out that IT professionals are working far too much.

Some of the interesting survey data pointed out that full-time employees are working 52 hours weekly on average, discovering that those working in finance, insurance and legal...
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Windows 3.1 brings Paris airport to a halt
Did you know that Windows 3.1 is now 23 years old and still used as a major kingpin in some global infrastructures?

ZDNet reported that November the 7th was a particularly harsh day for Paris' Orly airport. A system running Windows 3.1 called 'DECOR', something that controls a link between...
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New technology may read your face better than any human can
A new algorithm has been developed in order to read human facial expressions better than anything else could possibly do. This technology has been designed to read 'micro expressions', a term described as small facial cues and expressions which can give away internal thoughts or feelings.

This artificial intelligence can...
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ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Impact Mini-ITX (Intel Z170) Motherboard Review

Introduction

For years, the mini-ITX platform has become more and more exciting. While power requirements have eased off in recent years, full-sized ATX boards still bring many advantages that most mini-ITX boards can't compete with because of their size. It might be more difficult to justify purchasing a mini-ITX X99...
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Fallout 4 Review: Brave New World
Developer: Bethesda Softworks Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Release Date: November 10, 2015 Platform: PS4 (Reviewed), Xbox One, PC Genre: Open-world RPG MSRP: $59.99

Fallout redefined

Gamers have been waiting half a decade for a new Fallout game, and Bethesda has made up for the lost time with one of the most...
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Halo 5: Guardians Xbox One Review

I remember the first time I saw Halo. It was E3, and Bungie was unveiling it as a PC game. The reaction was phenomenal, and may gamers today will still remember that initial trailer and the promise it showed. Little did we know that Microsoft was concocting a new console...
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Read Only Memories (ROM) PC Review

The adventure genre has had a renaissance in years past. Long thought of as a genre that had died due to its focus on single player gameplay, Telltale among others has managed to reinvigorate the genre to the point where they are now arriving on a fairly frequent basis. Indie...
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FIFA 16 Xbox One Review

There is no doubt that FIFA 15 was the game that brought next generation gaming to the series. The first outing with the console launches, while improved, did not take too much advantage of the hardware but the second outing last year was one of the games of the year....
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Xbox One Review

When Hideo Kojima shipped Metal Gear Solid on the original PlayStation, he could hardly have known the impact that it would have on the gaming landscape. Not only did it become one of the highest selling and popular games of all time, it was also one of the most ridiculous...
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ADATA Showcases Full Industrial Product Range at SPS IPC Drives 2015
ADATA Technology, a leading manufacturer of high performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash products, is pleased to confirm participation in SPS IPC Drives 2015, Europe's leading industrial PC and automation trade show from Nov. 24 to 26 in Nuremberg, Germany. ADATA is ready to display a wide selection of industrial...

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AMD Launches The 'Boltzmann Initiative,' Brings NVIDIA CUDA to FirePro
Building on its strategic investments in heterogeneous system architecture (HSA), AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced a suite of tools designed to ease development of high-performance, energy efficient heterogeneous computing systems. The "Boltzmann Initiative" leverages HSA's ability to harness both central processing units (CPU) and AMD FirePro graphics processing units (GPU) for...

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IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 19/11/2015

Apple and Qualcomm tipped to dump TSMC in favour of Samsung

Sends TSMC's shares plummeting by almost six percent



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Imagination launches a tiny GPU for the next generation of wearable technology

The PowerVR Series5XE GX5300 aims to power the growing internet of things



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Intel posts record quarterly earnings thanks to strong PC chip sales

Users upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 8 have helped grow revenue



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Piixl G-Pack is a Steam-based games machine that straps to your TV

Delays in Steam OS mean a Windows PC comes first



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Mediatek unveils 'world's first' 64-bit octa-core LTE SoC with 2K support

Designed for upcoming Android 64-bit systems



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Raspberry Pi Model B+ vs Model B video

The foundation talks us through the key features of the updated device



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Snapdragon 805 benchmarks slightly outperform the Galaxy S5, One M8

Incoming Qualcomm chip shows small boost compared to Snapdragon 801



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IBM pumps $3bn into semiconductor research to discover chips of the future

Aims to develop alternative technology for 'post-silicon era chips'



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Worldwide semiconductor sales swell seven percent due to DRAM explosion

But Gartner predicts the next big memory downturn will hit in 2016



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iPhone 6 sapphire screen is 'impossible to scratch'

The days of smashed iPhone screens could soon be over



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EFF sues the NSA for information on zero-day flaws

Accuses the US government agency of weakness hoarding



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ARM ushers in 64-bit Android architectures with Juno board

Powered by a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU and dual-core ARM Cortex-A57 CPU



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Intel cuts ribbon on UK Internet of Things Ignition Lab

Centre will spur innovators to collaborate with Intel on end-to-end IoT solutions



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Galaxy Note 4 release date, specs and price

All you need to know about Samsung's next-generation Android phablet



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AMD reveals Firepro W8100 workstation graphics card for high-end CAD

Can drive four 4K resolution screens and four teraflops of GPU acceleration for HPC



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Nvidia opens CUDA to server vendors to push 64-bit ARM cores in HPC market

Will be available in July via Cirrascale, E4 Computer Engineering and Eurotech



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Nvidia Grid Test Drive arrives in the UK sans support for Mac and Linux

Take firm's vGPU service for a spin



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Supermicro chip has an unencrypted admin password

Over 30,000 servers affected



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Best smartphones 2014: Galaxy S5, Xperia Z2, Lumia 930, LG G3 and more

We rank the best handsets available today



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HP Machine: Memristor pioneer explains his discovery

We spoke to HP Labs' creator Stan Williams at the time of the memristor discovery



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Intel raises second quarter outlook due to increased demand for business PCs

Companies are replacing PCs due to end of support for Windows XP



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Intel to pay €1.06bn European antitrust fine as appeal fails

Five-year-old ruling upheld as firm to pay largest fine imposed by EU authorities



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Intel loses appeal to overturn €1.06bn European antitrust fine

Five-year-old ruling upheld as firm to pay largest fine imposed by EU authorities



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HP unveils The Machine to solve all our computing woes

Memristors, silicon photonics, custom OS and chips will form a new computer model



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Computex: Kingston unveils Impact memory to boost portable gaming on Intel NUC

Firm sexes up SO-DIMM with dramatic spaceship-themed press event



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Silicon Valley, sitcom style

The INQUIRER ventures into the valley of the cringey via HBO's new tech TV series



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Snowden calls on world's hackers to create NSA-thwarting technologies

Urges creation of anti-tracking technologies to encrypt traffic online



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EFF wants hackers help to build an open, secure router

Releases Alpha code to the community



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Google has 'no serious plans' to bring Fiber to the UK

Good news for Sky, BT and Talktalk



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Dell is now accepting Bitcoins for consumer and SMB purchases

Firm is very excited about its US-based pilot scheme



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Netflix is testing a 'private mode' for guilty pleasure binges

Good news for Hilary Duff fans



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BBC websites and iPlayers suffer weekend broadcast outage

Must be the season of the glitch



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UK government cheers ISP anti-piracy education

BT, Sky, Talktalk, and Virgin Media try to dissuade 'pirates'



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Kaspersky: Government isn't doing enough to educate about cybercrime

Says bigger marketing campaigns are needed to alert mainstream citizens



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Snowden says Dropbox is 'hostile to privacy'

Latest interview also reveals NSA shares around nudey pics



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Open Rights Group threatens 'major legal battle' as DRIP becomes law

Cameron rams it through in just seven days



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Google’s Q2 misses expectations despite Play Store, Chromebook success

Mobile ad spend likely to blame



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House of Lords is concerned over fast-track DRIP

Woah there Theresa!



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Three to offer customers free WiFi on the London Underground

All UK operators now onboard with Virgin Media's service



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Google hires iPhone and Playstation cracker Geohot for Project Zero

When you’re Geohot you’re hot



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Microsoft announces 18,000 job cuts with Nokia to bear the brunt

Satya Nadella announces biggest staff cull in the company's history



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UK cops embrace crime-fighting face recognition tech

All your faces belong to us, etc



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Bing follows Google's lead and joins the 'right to be forgotten' party

Microsoft starts accepting takedown request



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FCC extends net neutrality deadline as both sides set out their cases

It's the ISPs versus the public interest in a battle for the internet



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Microsoft makes Skype group video calling free on Windows 8.1 tablets

Now you won't have to pay to be ambivalent about it



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Google adds a Bitcoin calculator to its search engine

Prices when you want them



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Google's Project Zero initiative aims to rid the web of targeted attacks

Put together after Googlers spent time discovering bugs like Heartbleed



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Apple and IBM's partnership is bad news for Google and Microsoft

iOS is now the biggest player in enterprise mobile



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Google drops real name requirement for social networking

Say hello to Viscount Fancypants III



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iPhone 6 release date, rumours and price

Everything you need to know about Apple's 2014 flagship smartphone



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iPhone 6 'to feature light up Apple logo' for incoming texts, emails

Bad news for case manufacturers



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Lumia 930 release date, price, specs and availability

Everything you need to know about Nokia's Windows Phone 8.1 flagship smartphone



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iPhone 6 'sapphire' display fails sandpaper test, isn't so scratch-proof after all

Screen is likely a sapphire and glass blend



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Western Digital introduces 6TB WD Red drive and Pro range

Five platter NAS drive is a first at this capacity



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Macbook Air with Retina display 'delayed' by Intel Broadwell chip shortage

12in Macbook likely won't be released until next year



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Internet of Things needs to be encrypted to offer proper security

Research reveals data protection and user education gaps are holding back IoT



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IBM revenues fall as hardware sales continue to struggle

But cloud, mobile and security are on the up



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PS4 still outselling Xbox One despite Microsoft's Kinect-less offering

Even Nintendo is catching up



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European PC sales jump 25 percent in second quarter

End of XP may have forced the hands of refusniks



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Microsoft to help visually impaired with Glass-alike device

Device with RNIB 'not a Glass rival'



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iPad Air price, specs and availability

Everything you need to know about Apple's fifth generation flagship tablet



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Dropping the Kinect on Xbox One doubled console sales

Microsoft is pleased that the budget model is selling



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O2 joins the iPad party nine months late

Mobile operator to offer the iPad Air and iPad Mini from 24 July



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LG G3 Beat arrives to challenge Samsung's Galaxy S5 Mini

Mid-tier smartphone offers stripped-down LG G3 experience



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iWatch price, release date, rumours and features

Everything you need to know about Apple's debut wearable device



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Galaxy S5 sales are still struggling to match the iPhone 5S

Research names Apple's flagship as best-selling smartphone



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Apple readies three iWatches, 12.9in iPad for 2014 release

Firm plans multiple smartwatches including top-end sapphire version



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Youview launches a cheaper and smaller £200 set-top box

The Humax YouView DTR-T2000 500GB box brings all the same features in a more compact design



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Rackspace offers 1,000 percent guarantee on managed cloud

Puts its money where its servers are



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Seagate rolls out NAS range with its own Linux-based operating system

Taking aim at the microbusiness sector



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Google will ship Project Ara kits to developers this month

But only those with the best ideas



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Microsoft's final Windows 8.1 update is due on 12 August

Sources say it will then be considered 'complete'



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Google adds more security to its Gmail servers

You'll get a grilling if your app isn't encrypted



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Microsoft to release Cortana developer preview in the UK next week

Ahead of 'late 2014' rollout to all



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Google's Project Athena to bring Android L-style design to Chrome OS

Google's Material Design is coming to desktop



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Google Maps gives London a 3D makeover

Users can float around the Shard, London Eye and Tower Bridge



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Amazon launches Kindle Unlimited for all you can eat books

Pump up the volumes



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The ATOS debacle shows Westminster is clueless about IT

Deja vu all over again



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Google awards £2m to British charities to 'change the world through technology'

Announces UK Impact Challenge 2014 shortlist in London



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EC slams Apple for lack of action on 'misleading' in-app purchases

But praises Google for its impending changes



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Google's Chrome 37 will look a little crisper in Windows

Directwrite is a bonus addition



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Microsoft bails out of Netflix fight with Xbox Entertainment Studios shutdown

The bad news keeps coming out of Redmond



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Destiny hands-on

We get to grips with Bungie’s next generation futuristic space shooter



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Google offers free training in Android Development

Code like a pro for no dough



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Microsoft pulls the plug on Nokia's Android smartphones

Future Nokia X devices to run Windows Phone



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Blackphone goes for Blackberry's throat in privacy row

Black mark for Canadian rival



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Google sends anti-Flash Player messages to mobile web browsers

Tells users when websites might not work



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Microsoft starts shipping the Kinect for Windows v2 sensors to developers

Says it is working to fill orders



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Box eyes Google with unlimited storage, Microsoft Office 365 integration

Business storage provider removes previous 1,000GB limit



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Apple and IBM join forces to push iPhones and iPads into the enterprise

Rise of the planet of the enterprise apps



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Microsoft's Project Adam knows the difference between an engineer and a dog

Major breakthrough for canine identification



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Microsoft rolls out Cyan update with Windows Phone 8.1 to Lumia smartphones

But there's still no Cortana for UK users



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Rackspace offers 900 percent guarantee on managed cloud

Puts its money where its servers are



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