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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Snapchat to Release Updated App After Hack</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Snapchat" src="/userfiles/images/tb%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 83px;" />Snapchat said it will release an updated version of its app after hackers downloaded usernames and phone numbers for 4.6 million accounts. It said the update will allow users to opt out of appearing in its feature, Find Friends, after they have verified their phone number. Find Friends allows users to upload their address book contacts to find others who are also using the service. The hack came after a security firm warned of vulnerabilities in the app.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Now, Software that can Predict Weather</strong></span></div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>LinkedIn, Pinterest More Popular than Twitter: Study</strong></span></div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New Technology Boosts Information Storage in Electronics</strong></span></div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Directly on Instagram</strong></span></div>
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	Instagram has introduced Instagram Direct, where users can send photo and video messages to friends. The new feature comes close on the heels of a similar feature introduced by Twitter. A new icon on the top right corner of the home feed in the Instagram apps for Android and iOS will take the user to the inbox where pictures and videos sent by people to the user will be displayed.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>2 Million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter Passwords Stolen&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Working on Robot Development</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/bt8%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 84px;" />Google has bought seven robotics companies in recent months as part of a strategy to develop its own robots that can be used for warehouse, manufacturing and delivery work, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The report said that Google had placed Andy Rubin in charge of the project. Rubin is the highly regarded executive who led the development of Android into the world&rsquo;s most widely used smartphone software.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>GTA: San Andreas Revived for iOS, Android and Windows Phone</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/bt9%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 95px;" />Grand Theft Auto V may be flying high in the console charts, but its developer Rockstar Games is already planning the next GTA game &ndash; one that will be familiar to fans of the series. The company has announced plans to re-release 2004&rsquo;s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for smartphones and tablets in December. The game will be available for iPhone, iPad, Android (including Amazon&rsquo;s Kindle Fire) and Windows devices. Rockstar also says that the game has been given a makeover to ensure it&rsquo;s up to scratch in 2013. &ldquo;Newly re-mastered graphics including dynamic and detailed shadows, greater draw distance, an enriched color palette, plus enhanced character and car models make this the best-looking version of San Andreas yet,&rdquo; claimed the company. &ldquo;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas also features brand new touch controls including contextual control options to display buttons only when you need them and three different control schemes for driving and maneuvering, as well as a reworked checkpoint system for easier progression.&rdquo;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>R.I.P Mandela: Top Trending Topic on Twitter</strong></span></div>
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	Hashtag (#) R.I.P. Mandela was the top trending topic on Twitter on Friday following the death of global anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. Mandela, South Africa&rsquo;s first elected black president, died at his home in Houghton, a suburb of Johannesburg, following a protracted illness. He was 95. Many celebrities and well known world figures tweeted their shock and sadness at Mandela&rsquo;s demise, the SABC reported.&nbsp;</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>&nbsp;Piracy Site IsoHunt to Shut Down &nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/iso.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 65px;" />IsoHunt, a popular website offering BitTorrents of mostly pirated material, is to shut down following a court settlement. The site&rsquo;s owner, Canadian Gary Fung, has agreed to pay $110m (&pound;68m) to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). MPAA chairman Chris Dodd said the move was a &ldquo;major step forward&rdquo; for legitimate commerce online. The site is currently still online, but will soon be shut. It is one of the most popular sites of its kind on the internet.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Al Gore Tried to Buy Twitter</strong></span></div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Consumers Prefer iPhone 5S to 5C</strong></span></div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>You&rsquo;ll Barely Notice the World&rsquo;s Smallest USB 3.0 Flash Drive</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/usb3.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 58px;" />When it comes to prolonging the life of your laptop, there&rsquo;s no easier upgrade than adding an ultra-compact USB flash drive to expand its storage capacity-particularly if it&rsquo;s got a small SSD on board. And a company called PKparis is now laying claim to the title of &lsquo;world&rsquo;s smallest USB 3.0 flash drive&rsquo; with its new K&rsquo;1 that more than looks the part. Available in 32GB and 64GB capacities for $48and $89 respectively, the aluminum drives offer read and write speeds up to 140 MB/s, and they even include a tiny LED activity light.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Shares Break $1,000 Barrier&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/google(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 65px;" />Google Inc shares jumped past $1,000 on Friday as investors bet on the Internet company&rsquo;s continued dominance of the mobile and video advertising businesses despite aggressive competition from Facebook Inc and Yahoo Inc. Shares of the world&rsquo;s No. 1 search company rose more than 14 percent to an all-time high of $1,015.46, swelling its market value by about $40 billion.</div>',
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	A smartphone app which aims to strike at the same moment that binge eating urges occur has been developed as part of two new treatments designed to help those suffering from the disorder. Developed by scientists at Drexel University, the &lsquo;Take Control&rsquo; app will track users&rsquo; individual patterns of consumption and binge eating behaviour, alerting them at times when they may be susceptible to overeating. Alongside this, small-group behavioural therapy techniques are also being created to equip patients with the psychological tools to help them benefit from the standard treatment received by those who binge eat. Binge eating has only recently been identified as an official diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and is already suspected to affect more than twice the number of people as bulimia nervosa.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Adobe Hacked, 2.9 million Accounts Compromised</strong></span></div>
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	Adobe Systems Inc. said a cyberattack on its systems has exposed credit-card information of 2.9 million customers. The maker of Photoshop and other software said Thursday that the attacker accessed Adobe customer IDs and passwords on its systems. Through that, they were able to remove customer names, encrypted credit and debit card numbers, expiration dates and other information related to orders from customers worldwide. The company does not believe attackers removed credit and debit card numbers that weren&rsquo;t encrypted.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Japan launches Android Game Vending Machines</strong></span></div>
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	Android lovers in Japan now have a cool way to download apps. Google Japan has launched Google Play vending machines that will sell users different games. To use these vending machines, all that a user needs is a smartphone running on Android 4.0 or higher OS and NFC. To get going a user can simply put his device on the NFC-enabled tray, select app and the machine loads it for him. So far there are not many apps, only 18 games are available for download or purchase. These reportedly include Square, Sega, Namco, Gameloft and Kairosoft.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Twitter Reveals $1 Billion IPO Plan</strong></span></div>
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	Twitter Inc. on Thursday revealed plans to raise up to $1 billion in a public offering, looking to cash in on a messaging service that has transformed public conversation but is still losing money and facing challenges attracting new users and advertisers. Potential buyers for the first time saw the financials behind one of the most anticipated stock-market debuts of the year, which showed the social network&rsquo;s revenue more than doubled to $254 million in the first six months of this year.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Cisco, Google and SAP Discussing BlackBerry Bids&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	BlackBerryLtd, on the block as its smartphone business struggles, is in talks with Cisco Systems,Google Inc and SAP about selling them all or parts of itself, several sources close to the matter said. Such a deal would be an alternative to the preliminary agreement reached weeks ago with a group, led by BlackBerry&rsquo;s biggest shareholder, Fairfax Financial Holdings, to take the company private for about $4.7 billion, a bid which has faced some skepticism because of financing questions.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Apple Announces Launch Event for Sept 10</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Apple send out a colourful invitationl last Tuesday to a September 10 launch event at which it is widely expected to announce a new version of its iPhone. The invitation, which featured a palette of brightly coloured dots above the tag line &ldquo;this should brighten everyone&rsquo;s day,&rdquo; followed numerous media reports that the company would be introducing a line of low-cost iPhones in a variety of playful colours.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Artificial Heart to Alert Heart Attacks</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Scientists have long searched for a durable artificial heart that can work as efficiently as the one supplied by nature. Now Carmat, a Paris based company, has designed an artificial heart fashioned in part from cow tissue. The device, soon to be tested in patients with heart failure, is regulated by sensors, software and microelectronics. And its power will come from two external, wearable lithium-ion batteries.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Yahoo Rolls Out its New Logo</span></strong></div>
<div>
	After an extensive amount of build-up, Yahoo has finally unveiled its brand new logo. Overall the look is cleaner and thinner, and it is a new sans-serif typeface created by Yahoo. The logo is still purple, though a shade darker, and features all the usual uppercase letters in the same order finished off by the signature enthusiastic exclamation point, which dances around in some versions. &nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Now, 3D Model to Pinpoint Earthquakes&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Scientists have developed a new 3D model of the Earth to allow them to pinpoint the sources of earthquakes and explosions around the world more accurately than ever. &nbsp;Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory partnered to develop a 3-D model of the Earth&rsquo;s mantle and crust called SALSA3D, or Sandia-Los Alamos 3D. &nbsp;The model uses a scalable triangular tessellation and seismic tomography to map the Earth&rsquo;s &ldquo;compressional wave seismic velocity,&rdquo; a property of the rocks and other materials inside the Earth that indicates how quickly compressional waves travel through them and is one way to accurately locate seismic events, Sandia geophysicist Sandy Ballard said.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Twitter to Solve Traffic Woes</span></strong></div>
<div>
	A new method may put an end to traffic woes by collecting information on transportation problems following mass events, like football matches, using tweets made by citizens on Twitter, researchers say. &ldquo;The ability of social networks to produce information on heavy traffic, road hazards, quality of service of public transportation and more is valuable to decision makers,&rdquo; said Dr Tsvi Kuflik, the Head of the Information Systems Department at the University of Haifa.&nbsp;</div>',
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Now, Send Your Own Spacecraft to Moon for 199 Pounds</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Space enthusiasts now have a unique chance to explore the solar system with their own spacecraft &ndash; just for 199 pounds! A British company plans to launch thousands of miniature probes on to the Moon, each of which can be bought for 199 pounds and personalised by the sponsor. The probes, to be launched by Pocket Spacecraft, are the size of a CD and as thin as a piece of paper. They will be released over the Earth in June 2015 and over the Moon in June 2016.Explorers can personalise their own spacecraft by adding a picture and customising the message it transmits using just their web browser. People can watch online as their Pocket Spacecraft is built in the lab and loaded into an Interplanetary CubeSat Mothership.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">NASA may Send Sail-Powered Zephyr Rover to Venus</span></strong></div>
<div>
	NASA is considering sending a sail-powered robotic rover to Venus that could use the planet&rsquo;s high wind speeds and hot temperatures for exploration. The wind-sailing rover would not only be able to move around Venus, but would also have electronics inside able to withstand the temperatures of 450 degrees Celsius. The rover, nicknamed Zephyr, would spend most of its time on Venus doing analysis on the ground. However, whenever the science team wants to move some distance, it would deploy a sail that could bring it across the surface. One vision sees it sailing for about 15 minutes a day for about a month, &lsquo;Universe Today&rsquo; reported.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Nissan to Sell Self-Driving Cars by 2020</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Nissan Motor Co Ltd said it will be ready to bring fully self-driving vehicles to market by 2020. The Japanese automaker said it plans to offer &ldquo;multiple, commercially viable&rdquo; vehicles that are capable of autonomous operation without driver input. The self-driving vehicles will be sold &ldquo;at realistic prices for consumers,&rdquo; the company said at a media event in Irvine, California. Nissan said its goal is to offer autonomous cars &ldquo;across the model range within two vehicle generations&rdquo; - about 10-12 years after the projected 2020 launch.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">China&rsquo;s Xiaomi Poaches Top Google Exec</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Chinese Internet and smartphone company Xiaomi has poached Google executive Hugo Barra to help fulfill its ambition to become a global player. Barra, who was vice president of Google Android, announced his departure on his Google Plus account. He will take up his new post in October, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun wrote in a Weibo post, China&rsquo;s version of Twitter. Xiaomi, which operates a version of the Android mobile platform, is China&rsquo;s sixth-biggest smartphone company and is growing rapidly.</div>',
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			'title' => 'Tech Briefs (26 August - 01 September 2013)',
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Keyboard to Get Rid of Facebook Addiction</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Two doctoral candidates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a new leyboard device that is capable of shocking users overindulging online. The developers of the keyboard, Robert R. Morris and Dan McDuff said that the keyboard is able to monitors application usage and if it senses that too much time is being spent on a particular website or application it give a shock to its users, asserting that the shock is just unpleasant and not dangerous.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">World&rsquo;s Most Precise Clock Deviced</span></strong></div>
<div>
	US scientists have said that they have built the world&rsquo;s most precise clock, whose ticking rate varies less than two parts in one quintillion, or 10 times better than any other. &ldquo;The clock, made from the element ytterbium, could be used for technological advancements beyond time-keeping, such as navigation systems, magnetic fields and temperature,&rdquo; National Institute of Standards and Technology physicist, Andrew Ludlow, said in a statement. &nbsp;</div>
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<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Sony Names PS4 Launch Dates</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Sony has announced the launch dates for its PlayStation 4 console.The next-generation games machine will become available in North America on 15 November and Europe on 29 November.Its rival Microsoft has only said that the Xbox One will go on sale some time the same month.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Microsoft CEO Ballmer to retire</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced Friday that he will retire within the next 12 months. &ldquo;There is never a perfect time for this type of transition, but now is the right time,&rdquo; Ballmer said. &ldquo;We have embarked on a new strategy with a new organization and we have an amazing senior leadership team.&rdquo;</div>
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<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Ultrafast Camera Designed to Work Like Human Retina</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Photos and videos are not lightweight files-they quickly add up to gigabytes of data which can be a dealbreaker a lot of research. Engineers at the Swiss company iniLabs created a better way-a camera that borrows its mechanics from the marvels of the human retina. &nbsp;The Dynamic Vision Sensor (DVS) works a lot like the human retina which makes for a hyper efficient and ultrafast camera. The individual neurons in our eyeballs don&rsquo;t actually record all of the information in our field of view; they just spot the changes in movement.&nbsp;</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="fACEBOOK" src="/userfiles/images/FB.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 46px;" />Facebook Eyes Mobile Payment Feature</strong></span></div>
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	Facebook, the world&rsquo;s largest social networking company, is planning to come up with a new mobile payment feature. It will use payment details added by users to their Facebook account to automatically fill in forms when they make purchases on mobile applications. Various companies have been looking to tap into mobile payments markets. However, Facebook said the feature would not involve moving the payment processing away from an app&rsquo;s current service provider.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Smartphones" src="/userfiles/images/SP.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 59px;" />Smartphones Out-sell Basic Handsets</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Smartphone sales exceeded feature phone sales for the first time in the April-to-June period, according to research firm Gartner. Worldwide mobile phone sales touched the figure of 435 million units. Smartphone sales alone accounted for 225 million units, up 46.5 per cent from the previous year. Feature phones end up with 210 million units, down 21 per cent. The highest smartphone growth rates recorded in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, the firm said. However, a competing firm, IDC, said this milestone had already been reached in the first three months of 2013.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="NASA" src="/userfiles/images/NASA.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 75px;" />NASA Sending World&rsquo;s First 3-D Printer into Space</span></strong></div>
<div>
	NASA is set to launch world&rsquo;s first zero-G-ready 3D printer into space next year, during its resupply mission to the International Space Station, so that parts can be built on-demand in space. Space manufacturing company Made in Space&rsquo;s customised 3D printer will be the first device to manufacture parts away from planet Earth, researchers said. The 3D printing in Zero-G Experiment will validate the capability of additive manufacturing in zero-gravity. &nbsp;&ldquo;Imagine an astronaut needing to make a life-or-death repair on the International Space Station,&rdquo; said Aaron Kemmer, CEO of Made in Space on the company&rsquo;s website. &nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Apple" src="/userfiles/images/APL.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 53px;" />Icahn Buys Stake in &lsquo;Undervalued&rsquo; Apple</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Billionaire investor Carl Icahn says he has built up a &ldquo;large&rdquo; stake in Apple. Mr Icahn says Apple shares are &ldquo;extremely undervalued&rdquo; and wants Apple to carry out a bigger share buyback. In April, Apple said it would return $100bn (&pound;65bn) to shareholders by the end of 2015, by raising its dividend and buying back shares. Mr Icahn said he had a &ldquo;nice&rdquo; conversation with Apple&rsquo;s chief executive Tim Cook and plans to speak to him again shortly. In response, Apple said in a statement: &ldquo;We appreciate the interest and investment of all our shareholders. &nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Office 365 " src="/userfiles/images/365.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 59px;" />Microsoft Releases Office 365 for Android&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Microsoft has released a version of its office programme Office 365 designed to be used on smartphones with the Google operating system Android. The app was initially available only for US users through the Google Play Store but is being gradually activated in more countries. The app allows documents from Excel, Word and PowerPoint to be viewed on mobile devices, edited in limited fashion and shared in the cloud service SkyDrive. Those who subscribe to Office 365 can download the software for free.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Desmond Tutu" src="/userfiles/images/tutu.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 115px;" />Twitter Blocks Desmond Tutu&rsquo;s Account&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
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	Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu had his Twitter account suspended on Thursday for &ldquo;aggressively following&rdquo; other users, just hours after it was launched. The ex-archbishop&rsquo;s @ TutuLegacy account racked up hundreds of followers in its first hours of use. &ldquo;Some have described Twitter as a blessing in the hands of retired members of the clergy. There is no space to ramble,&rdquo; Tutu tweeted before his account was blocked. His foundation expressed dismay at the decision. &ldquo;Twitter has not explained how following 30 people could be construed as &lsquo;aggressive following&rsquo;,&rdquo; it said in a statement. The foundation suggested &ldquo;the number of people who followed @ TutuLegacy in a short space of time,&rdquo; may have also been to blame.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="The New York Times" src="/userfiles/images/nytimes.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 100px;" />The New York Times not for Sale&rsquo;&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
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	The New York Times is not for sale, its publisher assured readers and staff on Thursday, less than a week after two other high-profile deals have shaken up the US newspaper industry. &ldquo;Will our family seek to sell The Times? The answer to that is no,&rdquo; said Arthur Sulzberger Jr., who also acts as chairman of the New York Times Co., in an email to employees. &ldquo;The Times is not for sale, and the trustees of the Ochs- Sulzberger Trust and the rest of the family are united in our commitment to work together with the company&rsquo;s board, senior management and employees to lead The New York Times forward into our global and digital future,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Like" src="/userfiles/images/like.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 113px;" />Internet study finds the persuasive power of &lsquo;Like&rsquo;&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	If you &ldquo;like&rdquo; this article on a site like Facebook, somebody who reads it is more likely to approve of it, even if the reporting and writing are not all that great. But surprisingly, an unfair negative reaction will not spur others to dislike the article. Instead, a thumbs-down view will soon be counteracted by thumbs up from other readers. Those are the implications of new research looking at the behavior of thousands of people reading online comments, scientists reported on Friday in the journal Science.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="LG G2 PHONE" src="/userfiles/images/lg(1).jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 210px;" />LG Launches New Smartphone&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	LG on Wednesday announced G2, its new flagship Android phone. The device, which will be available gradually introduced in various markets worldwide in the coming months. The key feature of G2 is its placement of power and volume buttons. Unlike the traditional smartphones, G2 has these buttons under the main camera module on the back cover. According to LG, the &ldquo;rear key&rdquo; concept was implemented because it found that users feel uncomfortable in reaching out to side buttons while using big phones.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><em>Key specs&nbsp;</em></span></div>
<div>
	<em>Processor: 2.26GHz quad-core Qualcomm S800 Display: 5.2-inch FullHD IPS (1080 x 1920 pixels/423 ppi) Memory: 32GB/16GB RAM: 2GB DDR3 Camera: Rear 13MP with OIS/Front 2.1MP Battery: 3,000mAh Operating System: Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 Size: 138.5 x 70.9 x 8.9mm Colors: Black/White</em></div>',
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	<strong>Humanoid Robot Launches on Japan Rocket&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	<img alt="Humanoid Robot Launches on Japan Rocket" src="/userfiles/images/humanoid.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 115px; height: 87px;" />Japan&rsquo;s space agency says the first talking humanoid robot &ldquo;astronaut&rsquo;&rsquo; has taken off in a rocket. Kirobo derived from the Japanese words for &ldquo;hope&rsquo;&rsquo; and &ldquo;robot&rsquo;&rsquo; _ was among five tons of supplies and machinery on a rocket launched Sunday for the International Space Station from Tanegashima, southwestern Japan. Developers say the childlike robot will be a companion for astronaut Koichi Wakata and will communicate with another robot on Earth. Robot designer Tomotaka Takahashi, of the University of Tokyo, advertiser Dentsu and automaker Toyota Motor Corp. worked on the robot.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>Apple Once Again the World&rsquo;s Most Valuable Company&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	<img alt="Apple Once Again the World’s Most Valuable Company " src="/userfiles/images/apple.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 115px; height: 64px;" />Apple has again become the world&rsquo;s most valuable company as rumors of upcoming next-generation iPhones and iPads are spreading. Apple toppled Exxon Mobil from its number one spot as its market capitalization went up by 0.9% to $414 bn. Exxon overtook Apple&rsquo;s market cap in late January of this year, amidst a continued sell-off of its stock. It lost the title last Thursday as its shares were down 1.8% on its disappointing earnings report, giving the firm a market capitalization of $409bn, Market Watch reports. Apple share price has last reached $457. However, the company is still $100 short from the beginning of 2013. Last September 2012, the company&rsquo;s share price went as high as $700, its highest so far. Investors are hoping that the company can now gain its momentum as consumers anticipate the debuts of the iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, which is a low-cost iPhone, a fifth-generation iPad, an iPad mini with retina display and iWatch.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>Google to Bring &lsquo;Find My Device&rsquo; Feature to Android&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Android Operating System maker Google" src="/userfiles/images/google%20android.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 115px; height: 72px;" />Android Operating System maker Google announced that it will offer a new service to help users keep track of their Android devices from afar. The service, called Android Device Manager, is similar to the &ldquo;Find My iPhone&rdquo; service outed by Apple in 2011, and enables Android phone and tablet owners to remotely find and manage their lost devices. Users will be able to view the current location of their devices on a map; lock their devices remotely; or, if they think a device has been stolen, activate a noisy alarm in order to ward off thieves, or erase all memory on their device. All of this can be done by logging into the Android Device Manager website on any laptop, desktop or other mobile device. The feature will become available later this month and will be able to track all devices running Android 2.2 or newer; a companion app will also be available for download in the Google Play Store.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>Valve Appoints Gaming Economist&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	<img alt="Valve Appoints Gaming Economist" src="/userfiles/images/vALVE.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 115px; height: 90px;" />Game maker Valve has appointed an in-house economist to help manage the virtual economies that have sprung up around its many titles. The company has signed up economics professor Yanis Varoufakis as their resident expert adviser. Valve contacted Prof Varoufakis as it started to think about linking game economies and hit virtual currency exchange problems. It comes as South Korea attempts to crack down on trading in video games. In a blog explaining how he came to work for Valve, Prof Varoufakis said first contact was made by Gabe Newell, president of the games company.</div>
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	<strong><img alt="Samsung Reveals New Exynos Chip" src="/userfiles/images/samsung(3).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 93px;" />Samsung Reveals New Exynos Chip&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	Samsung has unveiled its latest top-of-the-range smart device processor saying it offers more than twice the 3D graphics power of its predecessor. The Exynos 5 Octa is the first production-ready chip to include ARM Holding&rsquo;s latest GPU (graphics processing unit) architecture. Samsung&rsquo;s move to license the tech marks a reversal of its decision to use a GPU design by rival British chip firm Imagination in the last version. It enters mass production next month. <em>(BBC)&nbsp;</em></div>
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	<strong><img alt="Siemens Boss to go After Poor Results" src="/userfiles/images/siemens.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 75px;" />Siemens Boss to go After Poor Results&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	German engineering giant Siemens announced that chief executive Peter Loescher was to be fired after failing to get the company back on track. In a brief statement , the company said it would &ldquo;decide on the early departure of the President and CEO&rdquo; and the appointment of his replacement at a meeting Wednesday. The company is due to report its third-quarter results next Thursday. Loescher, 55, has led the company since 2007, but his pending departure comes just a few days after the surprise announcement of a profit warning. Last Thursday, it said it no longer expected to reach a profit margin of at least 12 per cent by the 2014 business year. Already in May, it trimmed its full-year targets as it posted mixed second-quarter numbers, with a boost in orders but problems in the areas of revenues and profit. After Thursday&rsquo;s news, Loescher was still insisting he wanted to finish the job he had started.<em> (Agency)&nbsp;</em></div>
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	<strong><img alt="Google Launches low-Cost TV Dongle" src="/userfiles/images/google.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 100px;" />Google Launches low-Cost TV Dongle&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	Google has announced a low-cost competitor to Apple TV - a &ldquo;dongle&rdquo; device called Chromecast. The dongle is plugged into a television&rsquo;s HDMI port, and allows users to stream media from smartphones, tablets and computers. Launching immediately in the US, the device will cost $35 (&pound;23). There is as yet no word on international launches. Google also announced an upgraded Nexus 7 tablet, the first to run the new version of the Android system. Chromecast is Google&rsquo;s latest attempt to gain ground in the television industry. In 2012, Google faltered in its attempts to make a move into the living room, considered by many experts to be ripe ground for making large profits through advertising. <em>(Agency)&nbsp;</em></div>
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	<strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/android.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 75px;" />Hackers Use Android &lsquo;Master Key&rsquo;&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	A security firm says it has identified the first known malicious use of Android&rsquo;s &ldquo;master key&rdquo; vulnerability. The bug - which was first publicised earlier this month - allows attackers to install code on to phones running Google&rsquo;s mobile operating system and then take control of them. Symantec said its researchers had found two apps distributed in China that had been infected using the exploit. Google has already taken moves to tackle the problem. A fortnight ago it released a patch to manufacturers, but it will not have been sent to all handset owners yet.Google also scans its own Play marketplace for the exploit, but this will not protect consumers who download software from other stores.The vulnerability was first reported by security research firm BlueBoxon 3 July.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><img alt="Sony confirms PS Gran Turismo Film in Production" src="/userfiles/images/psgran.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 71px;" />Sony confirms PS Gran Turismo Film in Production&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	Sony has confirmed that a film based on the Gran Turismo PlayStation game is in development. The company said it could not provide any further details about the movie or when it would be made. The Social Network and Fifty Shades of Grey producers Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti have been linked to the project. Gran Turismo is one of Sony&rsquo;s most popular franchises, selling 70 million copies worldwide. The newest game in the series, Gran Turismo 6, is expected to be released later this year.<em> (Agency)</em></div>
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	<strong>India to Intercept Blackberry Chat</strong><br />
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	Blackberry is ready to provide the Indian authorities with a way to intercept consumers&rsquo; messages sent and received on its platform. The news was revealed by the Times of India, which published part of a leaked government document. This would bring an end to a long-running dispute between the two sides. In 2010 the country had threatened to impose a ban on Blackberry devices, saying its secret services needed to be able to access suspects&rsquo; messages in order to prevent terrorist attacks. (BBC)<br />
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	<strong>T-Mobile Lets Customers Upgrade Phones Twice a Year</strong><br />
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	T-Mobile is making a bid to become the wireless world&rsquo;s &ldquo;un-carrier,&rdquo; rolling out a plan that will let users update their phones up to twice a year for a modest fee. That&rsquo;s a sharp departure from the traditional model for wireless companies, which usually requires customers to complete a two-year contract before they can get a new smartphone at the discounted rate that makes them affordable. (CNN)<br />
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	<strong>Microsoft Shakes Up Management Again</strong><br />
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	Microsoft has once again reorganized its management structure, marking yet another strategy shift for a company that has a very mixed track record in restructuring its business operations. The shakeup, which Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) announced Thursday, is intended to better align the company&rsquo;s organizational structure with its new corporate strategy. CEO Steve Ballmer declared in October 2012 that Microsoft would transition to a &ldquo;devices and services&rdquo; company, focusing on making hardware, online services and apps that work together seamlessly across multiple screens and gadgets. (CNN)<br />
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	<strong>Space Probe Sees Solar System&rsquo;s Tail</strong><br />
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	Thanks to solar wind blowing out from the sun in all directions at a million miles per hour, material from comets gets whipped back into a formation that looks like a tail. Now, scientists know that our solar system has a tail of its own, with a surprising shape. NASA researchers working with data from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer announced Wednesday they have for the first time mapped the solar system&rsquo;s tail, called the heliotail. Their study is published in the Astrophysical Journal. (CNN)<br />
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	Solar Plane Lands in New York, Completing US Journey</strong><br />
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	An airplane entirely powered by the sun touched down in New York City late on Saturday, completing the final leg of an epic journey across the United States that began over two months ago.The Solar Impulse, its four propellers driven by energy collected from 12,000 solar cells in its wings to charge batteries for night use, landed at John F. Kennedy Airport at 11:09 p.m. EDT, organizers said. (Reuters)<br />
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	<strong>Feds Asked to Avoid Def Con Hacker Meeting</strong><br />
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	Federal agents have been asked to stay away from one of the world&rsquo;s biggest hacker gatherings. Revelations about the scale of US government spying meant emotions in the hacking world were &ldquo;running high&rdquo;, said organisers of the Def Con convention. As a result, federal agents should take a &ldquo;timeout&rdquo; from Def Con this year. The main Def Con event takes place in Las Vegas from 1 August and will see 15,000 hackers&rsquo; debate security topics and demonstrate their coding prowess. (BBC)<br />
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	It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything concrete on Apple’s rumored “iWatch” device, but Bloomberg now reports that Apple has filed on June 3 to trademark that name in Japan. This doesn’t necessarily mean anything -- companies file for protective trademarks all the time -- but it’s one more indication that Apple is dabbling in wearable computing. iWatch rumors have been flying for most of the year, but we still don’t have a clear idea of what the gadget might look like (or what it would do) if it ever comes to market. One report said that the watch would run a version of iOS but suggested that battery life issues could be holding it back. The watch might also include a pedometer and other sensors to help it compete with fitness gadgets like Nike’s FuelBand and the Fitbit. (CNN)&nbsp;</p>',
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	Japanese consumer electronics firm Panasonic Corp will buy up to 13 percent of Gorenje, one of the biggest household appliance makers in Eastern Europe, as it aims to tap growing demand in the region.Panasonic is pulling away from unprofitable consumer electronics and wants to be number one in appliances, pitting the company against the likes of Whirlpool Corp and Electrolux. It also wants to tap into growing demand in emerging markets in Europe, particularly Russia. (Reuters)&nbsp;</p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Snapchat to Release Updated App After Hack</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Snapchat" src="/userfiles/images/tb%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 83px;" />Snapchat said it will release an updated version of its app after hackers downloaded usernames and phone numbers for 4.6 million accounts. It said the update will allow users to opt out of appearing in its feature, Find Friends, after they have verified their phone number. Find Friends allows users to upload their address book contacts to find others who are also using the service. The hack came after a security firm warned of vulnerabilities in the app.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Now, Software that can Predict Weather</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Softwares to predict weather" src="/userfiles/images/tb1%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 94px;" />Scientists have developed a new software that gives anyone the opportunity to know their community, state or country&rsquo;s weather activity for the day and months ahead. Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) designed the software Monitoring Climate Change (Moclic) through which it is possible to organise, store and operate geo-referenced data from climate elements. Moclic can calculate bio and agroclimatic indicators, such as humidity, aridity, rain erosion and rainfall concentration, researchers said.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>LinkedIn, Pinterest More Popular than Twitter: Study</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="LinkedIn, Pinterest More Popular than Twitter: Study" src="/userfiles/images/tb2%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 81px;" />More US adults use LinkedIn and Pinterest than Twitter, but that website attracts a greater proportion of blacks and young adults than do its social media peers, a Pew Research Center study released on last Monday showed. Photo pin-up site Pinterest spiked in popularity over the past year, according to the survey, a poll of 1,445 Internet users aged 18 and older. About 21 per cent of respondents said they employ the service, up sharply from 15 per cent in a similar survey conducted a year ago.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New Technology Boosts Information Storage in Electronics</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="New Technology Boosts Information Storage in Electronics" src="/userfiles/images/tb3%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 79px;" />Researchers have developed a new technology that enables bigger and longer lasting memory in electronics such as laptops and smartphones. A team of researchers from the Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Engineering developed the new Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) technology that can boost information storage in electronic systems. The technology will drastically increase storage space and enhance memory which will ensure that fresh data stays intact, even in the case of a power failure. Led by Dr Yang Hyunsoo, the team developed a new device structure useful for the next generation MRAM chip which can potentially be applied to enhance the user experience in consumer electronics, including personal computers and mobile devices such as laptops and mobile phones.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Microsoft Launches New Safety App for Windows Phone Users</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Microsoft Launches New Safety App for Windows Phone Users" src="/userfiles/images/tb4%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 103px;" />Technology giant Microsoft launched a new application &lsquo;Guardian&rsquo; with safety features, exclusively for Windows Phone users. Guardian enables users to switch on a &lsquo;track me&rsquo; feature in the app that lets friends and family track them in real-time using Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and Bing Map, the company said in a release. Guardian users can call for help through an &lsquo;SOS&rsquo; alert button and also connect to security agencies, police and hospitals easily via this app in times of crisis, it added. It took more than six months for a team of Microsoft employees in India to develop the safety app in the Microsoft Garage, the company said. Microsoft Garage is a global employee innovation initiative that gives Microsoft employees an outlet to explore ideas.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Directly on Instagram</strong></span></div>
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	Instagram has introduced Instagram Direct, where users can send photo and video messages to friends. The new feature comes close on the heels of a similar feature introduced by Twitter. A new icon on the top right corner of the home feed in the Instagram apps for Android and iOS will take the user to the inbox where pictures and videos sent by people to the user will be displayed.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Spotify Announces Free Mobile Streaming</strong></span></div>
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	In a long-awaited announcement, Spotify expanded its free streaming option for mobile devices on Wednesday. Until now, the music streaming company has provided a free streaming service for smartphones and tablets akin to Pandora , Rdio, and Apple&rsquo;s iTunes Radio. But picking and choosing songs to stream for free was exclusively available to PCs running Microsoft &nbsp;Windows or Apple Mac OS X. Mobile users were forced to pay $10 a month for a premium service in order to stream select music to their devices.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Opens First Data Centres in Asia</strong></span></div>
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	Google has opened its first ever data centres in Asia as it looks to boost its growth further in the region. The move comes as a growing number of people in Asia - which is home to more than half of the world&rsquo;s population - are getting connected to the internet. Google said that having data centres in Asia will help it to provide faster and &ldquo;more reliable&rdquo; access to its tools and services to users in the region. The two new centres are based in Taiwan and Singapore.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>2 Million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter Passwords Stolen&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Facebook" src="/userfiles/images/bt6%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 82px;" />Hackers have stolen usernames and passwords for nearly two million accounts at Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo and others, according to a report released last week. The massive data breach was a result of keylogging software maliciously installed on an untold number of computers around the world, researchers at cybersecurity firmTrustwave said.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New Malware Communicates Via Sound Waves</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/bt7%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 101px;" />Scientists have developed a malware that transmits information between computers using high-frequency sound waves inaudible to the human ear. This allows the malware to transmit keystrokes and other sensitive data even when infected machines have no network connection. The new malware uses high-frequency audio signals to bridge the &lsquo;air gap&rsquo; &mdash; a type of security where network is secured by keeping it separate from other local networks and the Internet. Using just the built-in microphones and speakers of standard computers, the researchers from Germany&rsquo;s Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing, and Ergonomics were able to transmit passwords and other small amounts of data from distances of almost 65 feet.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Working on Robot Development</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/bt8%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 84px;" />Google has bought seven robotics companies in recent months as part of a strategy to develop its own robots that can be used for warehouse, manufacturing and delivery work, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The report said that Google had placed Andy Rubin in charge of the project. Rubin is the highly regarded executive who led the development of Android into the world&rsquo;s most widely used smartphone software.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>GTA: San Andreas Revived for iOS, Android and Windows Phone</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/bt9%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 95px;" />Grand Theft Auto V may be flying high in the console charts, but its developer Rockstar Games is already planning the next GTA game &ndash; one that will be familiar to fans of the series. The company has announced plans to re-release 2004&rsquo;s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for smartphones and tablets in December. The game will be available for iPhone, iPad, Android (including Amazon&rsquo;s Kindle Fire) and Windows devices. Rockstar also says that the game has been given a makeover to ensure it&rsquo;s up to scratch in 2013. &ldquo;Newly re-mastered graphics including dynamic and detailed shadows, greater draw distance, an enriched color palette, plus enhanced character and car models make this the best-looking version of San Andreas yet,&rdquo; claimed the company. &ldquo;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas also features brand new touch controls including contextual control options to display buttons only when you need them and three different control schemes for driving and maneuvering, as well as a reworked checkpoint system for easier progression.&rdquo;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>R.I.P Mandela: Top Trending Topic on Twitter</strong></span></div>
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	Hashtag (#) R.I.P. Mandela was the top trending topic on Twitter on Friday following the death of global anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. Mandela, South Africa&rsquo;s first elected black president, died at his home in Houghton, a suburb of Johannesburg, following a protracted illness. He was 95. Many celebrities and well known world figures tweeted their shock and sadness at Mandela&rsquo;s demise, the SABC reported.&nbsp;</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>&nbsp;Piracy Site IsoHunt to Shut Down &nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/iso.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 65px;" />IsoHunt, a popular website offering BitTorrents of mostly pirated material, is to shut down following a court settlement. The site&rsquo;s owner, Canadian Gary Fung, has agreed to pay $110m (&pound;68m) to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). MPAA chairman Chris Dodd said the move was a &ldquo;major step forward&rdquo; for legitimate commerce online. The site is currently still online, but will soon be shut. It is one of the most popular sites of its kind on the internet.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Al Gore Tried to Buy Twitter</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/algore.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 55px;" />Al Gore may not have invented the Internet, but he did try to buy one of its most popular social networks. The former vice president told Bloomberg Television on Thursday that he and former Current TV co-founder Joel Hyatt tried to buy Twitter. Gore&rsquo;s interest in purchasing Twitter was first reported by The New York Times&rsquo; Nick Bilton in his just-released book &ldquo;Hatching Twitter.&rdquo; In the book, Bilton described a drunken scene at the St. Regis hotel in San Francisco in 2009, during which Gore met with Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone, pouring &ldquo;copious amounts of wine and Patron tequila.&rdquo;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Consumers Prefer iPhone 5S to 5C</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/iphone.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 75px;" />Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who emphasized high-end consumer gadgets over cheaper ones, may have been right all along. Last month, Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook introduced the colorful iPhone 5c, a less-expensive version of Apple&rsquo;s smartphone, to &ldquo;serve even more customers&rdquo; around the world. It turns out people so far are more interested in its pricier, feature rich cousin, the 5s. Customers are shrugging off the $99 iPhone 5c even as Apple spends heavily to advertise the handset, which is last year&rsquo;s model repackaged in a colored plastic case. The 5c, which costs $100 less than the souped-up iPhone 5s, is Apple&rsquo;s attempt to lure buyers in developing markets like China, where Samsung and other Android phone makers lead. Three surveys in the past two weeks said the company&rsquo;s new high-end model is outselling the 5c by at least 2 to 1.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>You&rsquo;ll Barely Notice the World&rsquo;s Smallest USB 3.0 Flash Drive</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/usb3.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 58px;" />When it comes to prolonging the life of your laptop, there&rsquo;s no easier upgrade than adding an ultra-compact USB flash drive to expand its storage capacity-particularly if it&rsquo;s got a small SSD on board. And a company called PKparis is now laying claim to the title of &lsquo;world&rsquo;s smallest USB 3.0 flash drive&rsquo; with its new K&rsquo;1 that more than looks the part. Available in 32GB and 64GB capacities for $48and $89 respectively, the aluminum drives offer read and write speeds up to 140 MB/s, and they even include a tiny LED activity light.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Shares Break $1,000 Barrier&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/google(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 65px;" />Google Inc shares jumped past $1,000 on Friday as investors bet on the Internet company&rsquo;s continued dominance of the mobile and video advertising businesses despite aggressive competition from Facebook Inc and Yahoo Inc. Shares of the world&rsquo;s No. 1 search company rose more than 14 percent to an all-time high of $1,015.46, swelling its market value by about $40 billion.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Smartphone App Alerts Users at Risk of Binge Eating</strong></span></div>
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	A smartphone app which aims to strike at the same moment that binge eating urges occur has been developed as part of two new treatments designed to help those suffering from the disorder. Developed by scientists at Drexel University, the &lsquo;Take Control&rsquo; app will track users&rsquo; individual patterns of consumption and binge eating behaviour, alerting them at times when they may be susceptible to overeating. Alongside this, small-group behavioural therapy techniques are also being created to equip patients with the psychological tools to help them benefit from the standard treatment received by those who binge eat. Binge eating has only recently been identified as an official diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and is already suspected to affect more than twice the number of people as bulimia nervosa.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Adobe Hacked, 2.9 million Accounts Compromised</strong></span></div>
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	Adobe Systems Inc. said a cyberattack on its systems has exposed credit-card information of 2.9 million customers. The maker of Photoshop and other software said Thursday that the attacker accessed Adobe customer IDs and passwords on its systems. Through that, they were able to remove customer names, encrypted credit and debit card numbers, expiration dates and other information related to orders from customers worldwide. The company does not believe attackers removed credit and debit card numbers that weren&rsquo;t encrypted.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Japan launches Android Game Vending Machines</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Android lovers in Japan now have a cool way to download apps. Google Japan has launched Google Play vending machines that will sell users different games. To use these vending machines, all that a user needs is a smartphone running on Android 4.0 or higher OS and NFC. To get going a user can simply put his device on the NFC-enabled tray, select app and the machine loads it for him. So far there are not many apps, only 18 games are available for download or purchase. These reportedly include Square, Sega, Namco, Gameloft and Kairosoft.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Twitter Reveals $1 Billion IPO Plan</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Twitter Inc. on Thursday revealed plans to raise up to $1 billion in a public offering, looking to cash in on a messaging service that has transformed public conversation but is still losing money and facing challenges attracting new users and advertisers. Potential buyers for the first time saw the financials behind one of the most anticipated stock-market debuts of the year, which showed the social network&rsquo;s revenue more than doubled to $254 million in the first six months of this year.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Cisco, Google and SAP Discussing BlackBerry Bids&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	BlackBerryLtd, on the block as its smartphone business struggles, is in talks with Cisco Systems,Google Inc and SAP about selling them all or parts of itself, several sources close to the matter said. Such a deal would be an alternative to the preliminary agreement reached weeks ago with a group, led by BlackBerry&rsquo;s biggest shareholder, Fairfax Financial Holdings, to take the company private for about $4.7 billion, a bid which has faced some skepticism because of financing questions.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Apple Announces Launch Event for Sept 10</span></strong></div>
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	Apple send out a colourful invitationl last Tuesday to a September 10 launch event at which it is widely expected to announce a new version of its iPhone. The invitation, which featured a palette of brightly coloured dots above the tag line &ldquo;this should brighten everyone&rsquo;s day,&rdquo; followed numerous media reports that the company would be introducing a line of low-cost iPhones in a variety of playful colours.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Artificial Heart to Alert Heart Attacks</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Scientists have long searched for a durable artificial heart that can work as efficiently as the one supplied by nature. Now Carmat, a Paris based company, has designed an artificial heart fashioned in part from cow tissue. The device, soon to be tested in patients with heart failure, is regulated by sensors, software and microelectronics. And its power will come from two external, wearable lithium-ion batteries.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Yahoo Rolls Out its New Logo</span></strong></div>
<div>
	After an extensive amount of build-up, Yahoo has finally unveiled its brand new logo. Overall the look is cleaner and thinner, and it is a new sans-serif typeface created by Yahoo. The logo is still purple, though a shade darker, and features all the usual uppercase letters in the same order finished off by the signature enthusiastic exclamation point, which dances around in some versions. &nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Now, 3D Model to Pinpoint Earthquakes&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Scientists have developed a new 3D model of the Earth to allow them to pinpoint the sources of earthquakes and explosions around the world more accurately than ever. &nbsp;Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory partnered to develop a 3-D model of the Earth&rsquo;s mantle and crust called SALSA3D, or Sandia-Los Alamos 3D. &nbsp;The model uses a scalable triangular tessellation and seismic tomography to map the Earth&rsquo;s &ldquo;compressional wave seismic velocity,&rdquo; a property of the rocks and other materials inside the Earth that indicates how quickly compressional waves travel through them and is one way to accurately locate seismic events, Sandia geophysicist Sandy Ballard said.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Twitter to Solve Traffic Woes</span></strong></div>
<div>
	A new method may put an end to traffic woes by collecting information on transportation problems following mass events, like football matches, using tweets made by citizens on Twitter, researchers say. &ldquo;The ability of social networks to produce information on heavy traffic, road hazards, quality of service of public transportation and more is valuable to decision makers,&rdquo; said Dr Tsvi Kuflik, the Head of the Information Systems Department at the University of Haifa.&nbsp;</div>',
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Now, Send Your Own Spacecraft to Moon for 199 Pounds</span></strong></div>
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	Space enthusiasts now have a unique chance to explore the solar system with their own spacecraft &ndash; just for 199 pounds! A British company plans to launch thousands of miniature probes on to the Moon, each of which can be bought for 199 pounds and personalised by the sponsor. The probes, to be launched by Pocket Spacecraft, are the size of a CD and as thin as a piece of paper. They will be released over the Earth in June 2015 and over the Moon in June 2016.Explorers can personalise their own spacecraft by adding a picture and customising the message it transmits using just their web browser. People can watch online as their Pocket Spacecraft is built in the lab and loaded into an Interplanetary CubeSat Mothership.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">NASA may Send Sail-Powered Zephyr Rover to Venus</span></strong></div>
<div>
	NASA is considering sending a sail-powered robotic rover to Venus that could use the planet&rsquo;s high wind speeds and hot temperatures for exploration. The wind-sailing rover would not only be able to move around Venus, but would also have electronics inside able to withstand the temperatures of 450 degrees Celsius. The rover, nicknamed Zephyr, would spend most of its time on Venus doing analysis on the ground. However, whenever the science team wants to move some distance, it would deploy a sail that could bring it across the surface. One vision sees it sailing for about 15 minutes a day for about a month, &lsquo;Universe Today&rsquo; reported.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Nissan to Sell Self-Driving Cars by 2020</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Nissan Motor Co Ltd said it will be ready to bring fully self-driving vehicles to market by 2020. The Japanese automaker said it plans to offer &ldquo;multiple, commercially viable&rdquo; vehicles that are capable of autonomous operation without driver input. The self-driving vehicles will be sold &ldquo;at realistic prices for consumers,&rdquo; the company said at a media event in Irvine, California. Nissan said its goal is to offer autonomous cars &ldquo;across the model range within two vehicle generations&rdquo; - about 10-12 years after the projected 2020 launch.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">China&rsquo;s Xiaomi Poaches Top Google Exec</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Chinese Internet and smartphone company Xiaomi has poached Google executive Hugo Barra to help fulfill its ambition to become a global player. Barra, who was vice president of Google Android, announced his departure on his Google Plus account. He will take up his new post in October, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun wrote in a Weibo post, China&rsquo;s version of Twitter. Xiaomi, which operates a version of the Android mobile platform, is China&rsquo;s sixth-biggest smartphone company and is growing rapidly.</div>',
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Keyboard to Get Rid of Facebook Addiction</span></strong></div>
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	Two doctoral candidates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a new leyboard device that is capable of shocking users overindulging online. The developers of the keyboard, Robert R. Morris and Dan McDuff said that the keyboard is able to monitors application usage and if it senses that too much time is being spent on a particular website or application it give a shock to its users, asserting that the shock is just unpleasant and not dangerous.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">World&rsquo;s Most Precise Clock Deviced</span></strong></div>
<div>
	US scientists have said that they have built the world&rsquo;s most precise clock, whose ticking rate varies less than two parts in one quintillion, or 10 times better than any other. &ldquo;The clock, made from the element ytterbium, could be used for technological advancements beyond time-keeping, such as navigation systems, magnetic fields and temperature,&rdquo; National Institute of Standards and Technology physicist, Andrew Ludlow, said in a statement. &nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Sony Names PS4 Launch Dates</span></strong></div>
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	Sony has announced the launch dates for its PlayStation 4 console.The next-generation games machine will become available in North America on 15 November and Europe on 29 November.Its rival Microsoft has only said that the Xbox One will go on sale some time the same month.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Microsoft CEO Ballmer to retire</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced Friday that he will retire within the next 12 months. &ldquo;There is never a perfect time for this type of transition, but now is the right time,&rdquo; Ballmer said. &ldquo;We have embarked on a new strategy with a new organization and we have an amazing senior leadership team.&rdquo;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Ultrafast Camera Designed to Work Like Human Retina</span></strong></div>
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	Photos and videos are not lightweight files-they quickly add up to gigabytes of data which can be a dealbreaker a lot of research. Engineers at the Swiss company iniLabs created a better way-a camera that borrows its mechanics from the marvels of the human retina. &nbsp;The Dynamic Vision Sensor (DVS) works a lot like the human retina which makes for a hyper efficient and ultrafast camera. The individual neurons in our eyeballs don&rsquo;t actually record all of the information in our field of view; they just spot the changes in movement.&nbsp;</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="fACEBOOK" src="/userfiles/images/FB.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 46px;" />Facebook Eyes Mobile Payment Feature</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Facebook, the world&rsquo;s largest social networking company, is planning to come up with a new mobile payment feature. It will use payment details added by users to their Facebook account to automatically fill in forms when they make purchases on mobile applications. Various companies have been looking to tap into mobile payments markets. However, Facebook said the feature would not involve moving the payment processing away from an app&rsquo;s current service provider.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Smartphones" src="/userfiles/images/SP.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 59px;" />Smartphones Out-sell Basic Handsets</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Smartphone sales exceeded feature phone sales for the first time in the April-to-June period, according to research firm Gartner. Worldwide mobile phone sales touched the figure of 435 million units. Smartphone sales alone accounted for 225 million units, up 46.5 per cent from the previous year. Feature phones end up with 210 million units, down 21 per cent. The highest smartphone growth rates recorded in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, the firm said. However, a competing firm, IDC, said this milestone had already been reached in the first three months of 2013.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="NASA" src="/userfiles/images/NASA.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 75px;" />NASA Sending World&rsquo;s First 3-D Printer into Space</span></strong></div>
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	NASA is set to launch world&rsquo;s first zero-G-ready 3D printer into space next year, during its resupply mission to the International Space Station, so that parts can be built on-demand in space. Space manufacturing company Made in Space&rsquo;s customised 3D printer will be the first device to manufacture parts away from planet Earth, researchers said. The 3D printing in Zero-G Experiment will validate the capability of additive manufacturing in zero-gravity. &nbsp;&ldquo;Imagine an astronaut needing to make a life-or-death repair on the International Space Station,&rdquo; said Aaron Kemmer, CEO of Made in Space on the company&rsquo;s website. &nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Apple" src="/userfiles/images/APL.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 53px;" />Icahn Buys Stake in &lsquo;Undervalued&rsquo; Apple</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Billionaire investor Carl Icahn says he has built up a &ldquo;large&rdquo; stake in Apple. Mr Icahn says Apple shares are &ldquo;extremely undervalued&rdquo; and wants Apple to carry out a bigger share buyback. In April, Apple said it would return $100bn (&pound;65bn) to shareholders by the end of 2015, by raising its dividend and buying back shares. Mr Icahn said he had a &ldquo;nice&rdquo; conversation with Apple&rsquo;s chief executive Tim Cook and plans to speak to him again shortly. In response, Apple said in a statement: &ldquo;We appreciate the interest and investment of all our shareholders. &nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Office 365 " src="/userfiles/images/365.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 59px;" />Microsoft Releases Office 365 for Android&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Microsoft has released a version of its office programme Office 365 designed to be used on smartphones with the Google operating system Android. The app was initially available only for US users through the Google Play Store but is being gradually activated in more countries. The app allows documents from Excel, Word and PowerPoint to be viewed on mobile devices, edited in limited fashion and shared in the cloud service SkyDrive. Those who subscribe to Office 365 can download the software for free.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Desmond Tutu" src="/userfiles/images/tutu.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 115px;" />Twitter Blocks Desmond Tutu&rsquo;s Account&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
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	Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu had his Twitter account suspended on Thursday for &ldquo;aggressively following&rdquo; other users, just hours after it was launched. The ex-archbishop&rsquo;s @ TutuLegacy account racked up hundreds of followers in its first hours of use. &ldquo;Some have described Twitter as a blessing in the hands of retired members of the clergy. There is no space to ramble,&rdquo; Tutu tweeted before his account was blocked. His foundation expressed dismay at the decision. &ldquo;Twitter has not explained how following 30 people could be construed as &lsquo;aggressive following&rsquo;,&rdquo; it said in a statement. The foundation suggested &ldquo;the number of people who followed @ TutuLegacy in a short space of time,&rdquo; may have also been to blame.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="The New York Times" src="/userfiles/images/nytimes.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 100px;" />The New York Times not for Sale&rsquo;&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
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	The New York Times is not for sale, its publisher assured readers and staff on Thursday, less than a week after two other high-profile deals have shaken up the US newspaper industry. &ldquo;Will our family seek to sell The Times? The answer to that is no,&rdquo; said Arthur Sulzberger Jr., who also acts as chairman of the New York Times Co., in an email to employees. &ldquo;The Times is not for sale, and the trustees of the Ochs- Sulzberger Trust and the rest of the family are united in our commitment to work together with the company&rsquo;s board, senior management and employees to lead The New York Times forward into our global and digital future,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Like" src="/userfiles/images/like.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 113px;" />Internet study finds the persuasive power of &lsquo;Like&rsquo;&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	If you &ldquo;like&rdquo; this article on a site like Facebook, somebody who reads it is more likely to approve of it, even if the reporting and writing are not all that great. But surprisingly, an unfair negative reaction will not spur others to dislike the article. Instead, a thumbs-down view will soon be counteracted by thumbs up from other readers. Those are the implications of new research looking at the behavior of thousands of people reading online comments, scientists reported on Friday in the journal Science.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="LG G2 PHONE" src="/userfiles/images/lg(1).jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 210px;" />LG Launches New Smartphone&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	LG on Wednesday announced G2, its new flagship Android phone. The device, which will be available gradually introduced in various markets worldwide in the coming months. The key feature of G2 is its placement of power and volume buttons. Unlike the traditional smartphones, G2 has these buttons under the main camera module on the back cover. According to LG, the &ldquo;rear key&rdquo; concept was implemented because it found that users feel uncomfortable in reaching out to side buttons while using big phones.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><em>Key specs&nbsp;</em></span></div>
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	<em>Processor: 2.26GHz quad-core Qualcomm S800 Display: 5.2-inch FullHD IPS (1080 x 1920 pixels/423 ppi) Memory: 32GB/16GB RAM: 2GB DDR3 Camera: Rear 13MP with OIS/Front 2.1MP Battery: 3,000mAh Operating System: Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 Size: 138.5 x 70.9 x 8.9mm Colors: Black/White</em></div>',
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	<strong>Humanoid Robot Launches on Japan Rocket&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	<img alt="Humanoid Robot Launches on Japan Rocket" src="/userfiles/images/humanoid.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 115px; height: 87px;" />Japan&rsquo;s space agency says the first talking humanoid robot &ldquo;astronaut&rsquo;&rsquo; has taken off in a rocket. Kirobo derived from the Japanese words for &ldquo;hope&rsquo;&rsquo; and &ldquo;robot&rsquo;&rsquo; _ was among five tons of supplies and machinery on a rocket launched Sunday for the International Space Station from Tanegashima, southwestern Japan. Developers say the childlike robot will be a companion for astronaut Koichi Wakata and will communicate with another robot on Earth. Robot designer Tomotaka Takahashi, of the University of Tokyo, advertiser Dentsu and automaker Toyota Motor Corp. worked on the robot.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>Apple Once Again the World&rsquo;s Most Valuable Company&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	<img alt="Apple Once Again the World’s Most Valuable Company " src="/userfiles/images/apple.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 115px; height: 64px;" />Apple has again become the world&rsquo;s most valuable company as rumors of upcoming next-generation iPhones and iPads are spreading. Apple toppled Exxon Mobil from its number one spot as its market capitalization went up by 0.9% to $414 bn. Exxon overtook Apple&rsquo;s market cap in late January of this year, amidst a continued sell-off of its stock. It lost the title last Thursday as its shares were down 1.8% on its disappointing earnings report, giving the firm a market capitalization of $409bn, Market Watch reports. Apple share price has last reached $457. However, the company is still $100 short from the beginning of 2013. Last September 2012, the company&rsquo;s share price went as high as $700, its highest so far. Investors are hoping that the company can now gain its momentum as consumers anticipate the debuts of the iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, which is a low-cost iPhone, a fifth-generation iPad, an iPad mini with retina display and iWatch.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>Google to Bring &lsquo;Find My Device&rsquo; Feature to Android&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	<img alt="Android Operating System maker Google" src="/userfiles/images/google%20android.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 115px; height: 72px;" />Android Operating System maker Google announced that it will offer a new service to help users keep track of their Android devices from afar. The service, called Android Device Manager, is similar to the &ldquo;Find My iPhone&rdquo; service outed by Apple in 2011, and enables Android phone and tablet owners to remotely find and manage their lost devices. Users will be able to view the current location of their devices on a map; lock their devices remotely; or, if they think a device has been stolen, activate a noisy alarm in order to ward off thieves, or erase all memory on their device. All of this can be done by logging into the Android Device Manager website on any laptop, desktop or other mobile device. The feature will become available later this month and will be able to track all devices running Android 2.2 or newer; a companion app will also be available for download in the Google Play Store.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>Valve Appoints Gaming Economist&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	<img alt="Valve Appoints Gaming Economist" src="/userfiles/images/vALVE.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 115px; height: 90px;" />Game maker Valve has appointed an in-house economist to help manage the virtual economies that have sprung up around its many titles. The company has signed up economics professor Yanis Varoufakis as their resident expert adviser. Valve contacted Prof Varoufakis as it started to think about linking game economies and hit virtual currency exchange problems. It comes as South Korea attempts to crack down on trading in video games. In a blog explaining how he came to work for Valve, Prof Varoufakis said first contact was made by Gabe Newell, president of the games company.</div>
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	<strong><img alt="Samsung Reveals New Exynos Chip" src="/userfiles/images/samsung(3).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 93px;" />Samsung Reveals New Exynos Chip&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	Samsung has unveiled its latest top-of-the-range smart device processor saying it offers more than twice the 3D graphics power of its predecessor. The Exynos 5 Octa is the first production-ready chip to include ARM Holding&rsquo;s latest GPU (graphics processing unit) architecture. Samsung&rsquo;s move to license the tech marks a reversal of its decision to use a GPU design by rival British chip firm Imagination in the last version. It enters mass production next month. <em>(BBC)&nbsp;</em></div>
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	<strong><img alt="Siemens Boss to go After Poor Results" src="/userfiles/images/siemens.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 75px;" />Siemens Boss to go After Poor Results&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	German engineering giant Siemens announced that chief executive Peter Loescher was to be fired after failing to get the company back on track. In a brief statement , the company said it would &ldquo;decide on the early departure of the President and CEO&rdquo; and the appointment of his replacement at a meeting Wednesday. The company is due to report its third-quarter results next Thursday. Loescher, 55, has led the company since 2007, but his pending departure comes just a few days after the surprise announcement of a profit warning. Last Thursday, it said it no longer expected to reach a profit margin of at least 12 per cent by the 2014 business year. Already in May, it trimmed its full-year targets as it posted mixed second-quarter numbers, with a boost in orders but problems in the areas of revenues and profit. After Thursday&rsquo;s news, Loescher was still insisting he wanted to finish the job he had started.<em> (Agency)&nbsp;</em></div>
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	<strong><img alt="Google Launches low-Cost TV Dongle" src="/userfiles/images/google.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 100px;" />Google Launches low-Cost TV Dongle&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Google has announced a low-cost competitor to Apple TV - a &ldquo;dongle&rdquo; device called Chromecast. The dongle is plugged into a television&rsquo;s HDMI port, and allows users to stream media from smartphones, tablets and computers. Launching immediately in the US, the device will cost $35 (&pound;23). There is as yet no word on international launches. Google also announced an upgraded Nexus 7 tablet, the first to run the new version of the Android system. Chromecast is Google&rsquo;s latest attempt to gain ground in the television industry. In 2012, Google faltered in its attempts to make a move into the living room, considered by many experts to be ripe ground for making large profits through advertising. <em>(Agency)&nbsp;</em></div>
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	<strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/android.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 75px;" />Hackers Use Android &lsquo;Master Key&rsquo;&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	A security firm says it has identified the first known malicious use of Android&rsquo;s &ldquo;master key&rdquo; vulnerability. The bug - which was first publicised earlier this month - allows attackers to install code on to phones running Google&rsquo;s mobile operating system and then take control of them. Symantec said its researchers had found two apps distributed in China that had been infected using the exploit. Google has already taken moves to tackle the problem. A fortnight ago it released a patch to manufacturers, but it will not have been sent to all handset owners yet.Google also scans its own Play marketplace for the exploit, but this will not protect consumers who download software from other stores.The vulnerability was first reported by security research firm BlueBoxon 3 July.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><img alt="Sony confirms PS Gran Turismo Film in Production" src="/userfiles/images/psgran.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 71px;" />Sony confirms PS Gran Turismo Film in Production&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Sony has confirmed that a film based on the Gran Turismo PlayStation game is in development. The company said it could not provide any further details about the movie or when it would be made. The Social Network and Fifty Shades of Grey producers Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti have been linked to the project. Gran Turismo is one of Sony&rsquo;s most popular franchises, selling 70 million copies worldwide. The newest game in the series, Gran Turismo 6, is expected to be released later this year.<em> (Agency)</em></div>
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			'title' => 'Tech Briefs (15 - 21 July 2013)',
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	<strong>India to Intercept Blackberry Chat</strong><br />
	<br />
	Blackberry is ready to provide the Indian authorities with a way to intercept consumers&rsquo; messages sent and received on its platform. The news was revealed by the Times of India, which published part of a leaked government document. This would bring an end to a long-running dispute between the two sides. In 2010 the country had threatened to impose a ban on Blackberry devices, saying its secret services needed to be able to access suspects&rsquo; messages in order to prevent terrorist attacks. (BBC)<br />
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	<img alt="mobile" src="/userfiles/images/tmobile.jpg" style="margin: 10px;" /><br />
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	<strong>T-Mobile Lets Customers Upgrade Phones Twice a Year</strong><br />
	<br />
	T-Mobile is making a bid to become the wireless world&rsquo;s &ldquo;un-carrier,&rdquo; rolling out a plan that will let users update their phones up to twice a year for a modest fee. That&rsquo;s a sharp departure from the traditional model for wireless companies, which usually requires customers to complete a two-year contract before they can get a new smartphone at the discounted rate that makes them affordable. (CNN)<br />
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	<img alt="microsoft" src="/userfiles/images/microsoft.jpg" style="width: 211px; height: 204px; margin: 10px;" /><br />
	<br />
	<br />
	<strong>Microsoft Shakes Up Management Again</strong><br />
	<br />
	Microsoft has once again reorganized its management structure, marking yet another strategy shift for a company that has a very mixed track record in restructuring its business operations. The shakeup, which Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) announced Thursday, is intended to better align the company&rsquo;s organizational structure with its new corporate strategy. CEO Steve Ballmer declared in October 2012 that Microsoft would transition to a &ldquo;devices and services&rdquo; company, focusing on making hardware, online services and apps that work together seamlessly across multiple screens and gadgets. (CNN)<br />
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	<img alt="space" src="/userfiles/images/space.jpg" style="margin: 10px;" /><br />
	<strong>Space Probe Sees Solar System&rsquo;s Tail</strong><br />
	<br />
	Thanks to solar wind blowing out from the sun in all directions at a million miles per hour, material from comets gets whipped back into a formation that looks like a tail. Now, scientists know that our solar system has a tail of its own, with a surprising shape. NASA researchers working with data from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer announced Wednesday they have for the first time mapped the solar system&rsquo;s tail, called the heliotail. Their study is published in the Astrophysical Journal. (CNN)<br />
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	<strong><img alt="solarpanel" src="/userfiles/images/solarpanel.jpg" style="margin: 10px;" /><br />
	Solar Plane Lands in New York, Completing US Journey</strong><br />
	<br />
	An airplane entirely powered by the sun touched down in New York City late on Saturday, completing the final leg of an epic journey across the United States that began over two months ago.The Solar Impulse, its four propellers driven by energy collected from 12,000 solar cells in its wings to charge batteries for night use, landed at John F. Kennedy Airport at 11:09 p.m. EDT, organizers said. (Reuters)<br />
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	<br />
	<img alt="feds" src="/userfiles/images/feds(1).jpg" style="margin: 10px; width: 276px; height: 207px;" /><br />
	<br />
	<strong>Feds Asked to Avoid Def Con Hacker Meeting</strong><br />
	<br />
	Federal agents have been asked to stay away from one of the world&rsquo;s biggest hacker gatherings. Revelations about the scale of US government spying meant emotions in the hacking world were &ldquo;running high&rdquo;, said organisers of the Def Con convention. As a result, federal agents should take a &ldquo;timeout&rdquo; from Def Con this year. The main Def Con event takes place in Las Vegas from 1 August and will see 15,000 hackers&rsquo; debate security topics and demonstrate their coding prowess. (BBC)<br />
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			'title' => 'Apple Files For ‘iWatch’ Trademark',
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	It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything concrete on Apple’s rumored “iWatch” device, but Bloomberg now reports that Apple has filed on June 3 to trademark that name in Japan. This doesn’t necessarily mean anything -- companies file for protective trademarks all the time -- but it’s one more indication that Apple is dabbling in wearable computing. iWatch rumors have been flying for most of the year, but we still don’t have a clear idea of what the gadget might look like (or what it would do) if it ever comes to market. One report said that the watch would run a version of iOS but suggested that battery life issues could be holding it back. The watch might also include a pedometer and other sensors to help it compete with fitness gadgets like Nike’s FuelBand and the Fitbit. (CNN)&nbsp;</p>',
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	Japanese consumer electronics firm Panasonic Corp will buy up to 13 percent of Gorenje, one of the biggest household appliance makers in Eastern Europe, as it aims to tap growing demand in the region.Panasonic is pulling away from unprofitable consumer electronics and wants to be number one in appliances, pitting the company against the likes of Whirlpool Corp and Electrolux. It also wants to tap into growing demand in emerging markets in Europe, particularly Russia. (Reuters)&nbsp;</p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Snapchat to Release Updated App After Hack</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Snapchat" src="/userfiles/images/tb%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 83px;" />Snapchat said it will release an updated version of its app after hackers downloaded usernames and phone numbers for 4.6 million accounts. It said the update will allow users to opt out of appearing in its feature, Find Friends, after they have verified their phone number. Find Friends allows users to upload their address book contacts to find others who are also using the service. The hack came after a security firm warned of vulnerabilities in the app.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Now, Software that can Predict Weather</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Softwares to predict weather" src="/userfiles/images/tb1%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 94px;" />Scientists have developed a new software that gives anyone the opportunity to know their community, state or country&rsquo;s weather activity for the day and months ahead. Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) designed the software Monitoring Climate Change (Moclic) through which it is possible to organise, store and operate geo-referenced data from climate elements. Moclic can calculate bio and agroclimatic indicators, such as humidity, aridity, rain erosion and rainfall concentration, researchers said.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>LinkedIn, Pinterest More Popular than Twitter: Study</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="LinkedIn, Pinterest More Popular than Twitter: Study" src="/userfiles/images/tb2%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 81px;" />More US adults use LinkedIn and Pinterest than Twitter, but that website attracts a greater proportion of blacks and young adults than do its social media peers, a Pew Research Center study released on last Monday showed. Photo pin-up site Pinterest spiked in popularity over the past year, according to the survey, a poll of 1,445 Internet users aged 18 and older. About 21 per cent of respondents said they employ the service, up sharply from 15 per cent in a similar survey conducted a year ago.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New Technology Boosts Information Storage in Electronics</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="New Technology Boosts Information Storage in Electronics" src="/userfiles/images/tb3%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 79px;" />Researchers have developed a new technology that enables bigger and longer lasting memory in electronics such as laptops and smartphones. A team of researchers from the Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Engineering developed the new Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) technology that can boost information storage in electronic systems. The technology will drastically increase storage space and enhance memory which will ensure that fresh data stays intact, even in the case of a power failure. Led by Dr Yang Hyunsoo, the team developed a new device structure useful for the next generation MRAM chip which can potentially be applied to enhance the user experience in consumer electronics, including personal computers and mobile devices such as laptops and mobile phones.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Microsoft Launches New Safety App for Windows Phone Users</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Microsoft Launches New Safety App for Windows Phone Users" src="/userfiles/images/tb4%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 103px;" />Technology giant Microsoft launched a new application &lsquo;Guardian&rsquo; with safety features, exclusively for Windows Phone users. Guardian enables users to switch on a &lsquo;track me&rsquo; feature in the app that lets friends and family track them in real-time using Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and Bing Map, the company said in a release. Guardian users can call for help through an &lsquo;SOS&rsquo; alert button and also connect to security agencies, police and hospitals easily via this app in times of crisis, it added. It took more than six months for a team of Microsoft employees in India to develop the safety app in the Microsoft Garage, the company said. Microsoft Garage is a global employee innovation initiative that gives Microsoft employees an outlet to explore ideas.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Directly on Instagram</strong></span></div>
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	Instagram has introduced Instagram Direct, where users can send photo and video messages to friends. The new feature comes close on the heels of a similar feature introduced by Twitter. A new icon on the top right corner of the home feed in the Instagram apps for Android and iOS will take the user to the inbox where pictures and videos sent by people to the user will be displayed.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Spotify Announces Free Mobile Streaming</strong></span></div>
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	In a long-awaited announcement, Spotify expanded its free streaming option for mobile devices on Wednesday. Until now, the music streaming company has provided a free streaming service for smartphones and tablets akin to Pandora , Rdio, and Apple&rsquo;s iTunes Radio. But picking and choosing songs to stream for free was exclusively available to PCs running Microsoft &nbsp;Windows or Apple Mac OS X. Mobile users were forced to pay $10 a month for a premium service in order to stream select music to their devices.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Opens First Data Centres in Asia</strong></span></div>
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	Google has opened its first ever data centres in Asia as it looks to boost its growth further in the region. The move comes as a growing number of people in Asia - which is home to more than half of the world&rsquo;s population - are getting connected to the internet. Google said that having data centres in Asia will help it to provide faster and &ldquo;more reliable&rdquo; access to its tools and services to users in the region. The two new centres are based in Taiwan and Singapore.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>2 Million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter Passwords Stolen&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Facebook" src="/userfiles/images/bt6%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 82px;" />Hackers have stolen usernames and passwords for nearly two million accounts at Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo and others, according to a report released last week. The massive data breach was a result of keylogging software maliciously installed on an untold number of computers around the world, researchers at cybersecurity firmTrustwave said.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New Malware Communicates Via Sound Waves</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/bt7%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 101px;" />Scientists have developed a malware that transmits information between computers using high-frequency sound waves inaudible to the human ear. This allows the malware to transmit keystrokes and other sensitive data even when infected machines have no network connection. The new malware uses high-frequency audio signals to bridge the &lsquo;air gap&rsquo; &mdash; a type of security where network is secured by keeping it separate from other local networks and the Internet. Using just the built-in microphones and speakers of standard computers, the researchers from Germany&rsquo;s Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing, and Ergonomics were able to transmit passwords and other small amounts of data from distances of almost 65 feet.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Working on Robot Development</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/bt8%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 84px;" />Google has bought seven robotics companies in recent months as part of a strategy to develop its own robots that can be used for warehouse, manufacturing and delivery work, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The report said that Google had placed Andy Rubin in charge of the project. Rubin is the highly regarded executive who led the development of Android into the world&rsquo;s most widely used smartphone software.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>GTA: San Andreas Revived for iOS, Android and Windows Phone</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/bt9%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 95px;" />Grand Theft Auto V may be flying high in the console charts, but its developer Rockstar Games is already planning the next GTA game &ndash; one that will be familiar to fans of the series. The company has announced plans to re-release 2004&rsquo;s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for smartphones and tablets in December. The game will be available for iPhone, iPad, Android (including Amazon&rsquo;s Kindle Fire) and Windows devices. Rockstar also says that the game has been given a makeover to ensure it&rsquo;s up to scratch in 2013. &ldquo;Newly re-mastered graphics including dynamic and detailed shadows, greater draw distance, an enriched color palette, plus enhanced character and car models make this the best-looking version of San Andreas yet,&rdquo; claimed the company. &ldquo;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas also features brand new touch controls including contextual control options to display buttons only when you need them and three different control schemes for driving and maneuvering, as well as a reworked checkpoint system for easier progression.&rdquo;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>R.I.P Mandela: Top Trending Topic on Twitter</strong></span></div>
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	Hashtag (#) R.I.P. Mandela was the top trending topic on Twitter on Friday following the death of global anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. Mandela, South Africa&rsquo;s first elected black president, died at his home in Houghton, a suburb of Johannesburg, following a protracted illness. He was 95. Many celebrities and well known world figures tweeted their shock and sadness at Mandela&rsquo;s demise, the SABC reported.&nbsp;</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>&nbsp;Piracy Site IsoHunt to Shut Down &nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/iso.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 65px;" />IsoHunt, a popular website offering BitTorrents of mostly pirated material, is to shut down following a court settlement. The site&rsquo;s owner, Canadian Gary Fung, has agreed to pay $110m (&pound;68m) to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). MPAA chairman Chris Dodd said the move was a &ldquo;major step forward&rdquo; for legitimate commerce online. The site is currently still online, but will soon be shut. It is one of the most popular sites of its kind on the internet.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Al Gore Tried to Buy Twitter</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/algore.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 55px;" />Al Gore may not have invented the Internet, but he did try to buy one of its most popular social networks. The former vice president told Bloomberg Television on Thursday that he and former Current TV co-founder Joel Hyatt tried to buy Twitter. Gore&rsquo;s interest in purchasing Twitter was first reported by The New York Times&rsquo; Nick Bilton in his just-released book &ldquo;Hatching Twitter.&rdquo; In the book, Bilton described a drunken scene at the St. Regis hotel in San Francisco in 2009, during which Gore met with Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone, pouring &ldquo;copious amounts of wine and Patron tequila.&rdquo;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Consumers Prefer iPhone 5S to 5C</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/iphone.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 75px;" />Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who emphasized high-end consumer gadgets over cheaper ones, may have been right all along. Last month, Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook introduced the colorful iPhone 5c, a less-expensive version of Apple&rsquo;s smartphone, to &ldquo;serve even more customers&rdquo; around the world. It turns out people so far are more interested in its pricier, feature rich cousin, the 5s. Customers are shrugging off the $99 iPhone 5c even as Apple spends heavily to advertise the handset, which is last year&rsquo;s model repackaged in a colored plastic case. The 5c, which costs $100 less than the souped-up iPhone 5s, is Apple&rsquo;s attempt to lure buyers in developing markets like China, where Samsung and other Android phone makers lead. Three surveys in the past two weeks said the company&rsquo;s new high-end model is outselling the 5c by at least 2 to 1.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>You&rsquo;ll Barely Notice the World&rsquo;s Smallest USB 3.0 Flash Drive</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/usb3.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 58px;" />When it comes to prolonging the life of your laptop, there&rsquo;s no easier upgrade than adding an ultra-compact USB flash drive to expand its storage capacity-particularly if it&rsquo;s got a small SSD on board. And a company called PKparis is now laying claim to the title of &lsquo;world&rsquo;s smallest USB 3.0 flash drive&rsquo; with its new K&rsquo;1 that more than looks the part. Available in 32GB and 64GB capacities for $48and $89 respectively, the aluminum drives offer read and write speeds up to 140 MB/s, and they even include a tiny LED activity light.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Shares Break $1,000 Barrier&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/google(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 65px;" />Google Inc shares jumped past $1,000 on Friday as investors bet on the Internet company&rsquo;s continued dominance of the mobile and video advertising businesses despite aggressive competition from Facebook Inc and Yahoo Inc. Shares of the world&rsquo;s No. 1 search company rose more than 14 percent to an all-time high of $1,015.46, swelling its market value by about $40 billion.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Smartphone App Alerts Users at Risk of Binge Eating</strong></span></div>
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	A smartphone app which aims to strike at the same moment that binge eating urges occur has been developed as part of two new treatments designed to help those suffering from the disorder. Developed by scientists at Drexel University, the &lsquo;Take Control&rsquo; app will track users&rsquo; individual patterns of consumption and binge eating behaviour, alerting them at times when they may be susceptible to overeating. Alongside this, small-group behavioural therapy techniques are also being created to equip patients with the psychological tools to help them benefit from the standard treatment received by those who binge eat. Binge eating has only recently been identified as an official diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and is already suspected to affect more than twice the number of people as bulimia nervosa.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Adobe Hacked, 2.9 million Accounts Compromised</strong></span></div>
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	Adobe Systems Inc. said a cyberattack on its systems has exposed credit-card information of 2.9 million customers. The maker of Photoshop and other software said Thursday that the attacker accessed Adobe customer IDs and passwords on its systems. Through that, they were able to remove customer names, encrypted credit and debit card numbers, expiration dates and other information related to orders from customers worldwide. The company does not believe attackers removed credit and debit card numbers that weren&rsquo;t encrypted.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Japan launches Android Game Vending Machines</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Android lovers in Japan now have a cool way to download apps. Google Japan has launched Google Play vending machines that will sell users different games. To use these vending machines, all that a user needs is a smartphone running on Android 4.0 or higher OS and NFC. To get going a user can simply put his device on the NFC-enabled tray, select app and the machine loads it for him. So far there are not many apps, only 18 games are available for download or purchase. These reportedly include Square, Sega, Namco, Gameloft and Kairosoft.&nbsp;</div>
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<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Twitter Reveals $1 Billion IPO Plan</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Twitter Inc. on Thursday revealed plans to raise up to $1 billion in a public offering, looking to cash in on a messaging service that has transformed public conversation but is still losing money and facing challenges attracting new users and advertisers. Potential buyers for the first time saw the financials behind one of the most anticipated stock-market debuts of the year, which showed the social network&rsquo;s revenue more than doubled to $254 million in the first six months of this year.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Cisco, Google and SAP Discussing BlackBerry Bids&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	BlackBerryLtd, on the block as its smartphone business struggles, is in talks with Cisco Systems,Google Inc and SAP about selling them all or parts of itself, several sources close to the matter said. Such a deal would be an alternative to the preliminary agreement reached weeks ago with a group, led by BlackBerry&rsquo;s biggest shareholder, Fairfax Financial Holdings, to take the company private for about $4.7 billion, a bid which has faced some skepticism because of financing questions.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Apple Announces Launch Event for Sept 10</span></strong></div>
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	Apple send out a colourful invitationl last Tuesday to a September 10 launch event at which it is widely expected to announce a new version of its iPhone. The invitation, which featured a palette of brightly coloured dots above the tag line &ldquo;this should brighten everyone&rsquo;s day,&rdquo; followed numerous media reports that the company would be introducing a line of low-cost iPhones in a variety of playful colours.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Artificial Heart to Alert Heart Attacks</span></strong></div>
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	Scientists have long searched for a durable artificial heart that can work as efficiently as the one supplied by nature. Now Carmat, a Paris based company, has designed an artificial heart fashioned in part from cow tissue. The device, soon to be tested in patients with heart failure, is regulated by sensors, software and microelectronics. And its power will come from two external, wearable lithium-ion batteries.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Yahoo Rolls Out its New Logo</span></strong></div>
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	After an extensive amount of build-up, Yahoo has finally unveiled its brand new logo. Overall the look is cleaner and thinner, and it is a new sans-serif typeface created by Yahoo. The logo is still purple, though a shade darker, and features all the usual uppercase letters in the same order finished off by the signature enthusiastic exclamation point, which dances around in some versions. &nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Now, 3D Model to Pinpoint Earthquakes&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
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	Scientists have developed a new 3D model of the Earth to allow them to pinpoint the sources of earthquakes and explosions around the world more accurately than ever. &nbsp;Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory partnered to develop a 3-D model of the Earth&rsquo;s mantle and crust called SALSA3D, or Sandia-Los Alamos 3D. &nbsp;The model uses a scalable triangular tessellation and seismic tomography to map the Earth&rsquo;s &ldquo;compressional wave seismic velocity,&rdquo; a property of the rocks and other materials inside the Earth that indicates how quickly compressional waves travel through them and is one way to accurately locate seismic events, Sandia geophysicist Sandy Ballard said.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Twitter to Solve Traffic Woes</span></strong></div>
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	A new method may put an end to traffic woes by collecting information on transportation problems following mass events, like football matches, using tweets made by citizens on Twitter, researchers say. &ldquo;The ability of social networks to produce information on heavy traffic, road hazards, quality of service of public transportation and more is valuable to decision makers,&rdquo; said Dr Tsvi Kuflik, the Head of the Information Systems Department at the University of Haifa.&nbsp;</div>',
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Now, Send Your Own Spacecraft to Moon for 199 Pounds</span></strong></div>
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	Space enthusiasts now have a unique chance to explore the solar system with their own spacecraft &ndash; just for 199 pounds! A British company plans to launch thousands of miniature probes on to the Moon, each of which can be bought for 199 pounds and personalised by the sponsor. The probes, to be launched by Pocket Spacecraft, are the size of a CD and as thin as a piece of paper. They will be released over the Earth in June 2015 and over the Moon in June 2016.Explorers can personalise their own spacecraft by adding a picture and customising the message it transmits using just their web browser. People can watch online as their Pocket Spacecraft is built in the lab and loaded into an Interplanetary CubeSat Mothership.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">NASA may Send Sail-Powered Zephyr Rover to Venus</span></strong></div>
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	NASA is considering sending a sail-powered robotic rover to Venus that could use the planet&rsquo;s high wind speeds and hot temperatures for exploration. The wind-sailing rover would not only be able to move around Venus, but would also have electronics inside able to withstand the temperatures of 450 degrees Celsius. The rover, nicknamed Zephyr, would spend most of its time on Venus doing analysis on the ground. However, whenever the science team wants to move some distance, it would deploy a sail that could bring it across the surface. One vision sees it sailing for about 15 minutes a day for about a month, &lsquo;Universe Today&rsquo; reported.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Nissan to Sell Self-Driving Cars by 2020</span></strong></div>
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	Nissan Motor Co Ltd said it will be ready to bring fully self-driving vehicles to market by 2020. The Japanese automaker said it plans to offer &ldquo;multiple, commercially viable&rdquo; vehicles that are capable of autonomous operation without driver input. The self-driving vehicles will be sold &ldquo;at realistic prices for consumers,&rdquo; the company said at a media event in Irvine, California. Nissan said its goal is to offer autonomous cars &ldquo;across the model range within two vehicle generations&rdquo; - about 10-12 years after the projected 2020 launch.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">China&rsquo;s Xiaomi Poaches Top Google Exec</span></strong></div>
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	Chinese Internet and smartphone company Xiaomi has poached Google executive Hugo Barra to help fulfill its ambition to become a global player. Barra, who was vice president of Google Android, announced his departure on his Google Plus account. He will take up his new post in October, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun wrote in a Weibo post, China&rsquo;s version of Twitter. Xiaomi, which operates a version of the Android mobile platform, is China&rsquo;s sixth-biggest smartphone company and is growing rapidly.</div>',
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Keyboard to Get Rid of Facebook Addiction</span></strong></div>
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	Two doctoral candidates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a new leyboard device that is capable of shocking users overindulging online. The developers of the keyboard, Robert R. Morris and Dan McDuff said that the keyboard is able to monitors application usage and if it senses that too much time is being spent on a particular website or application it give a shock to its users, asserting that the shock is just unpleasant and not dangerous.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">World&rsquo;s Most Precise Clock Deviced</span></strong></div>
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	US scientists have said that they have built the world&rsquo;s most precise clock, whose ticking rate varies less than two parts in one quintillion, or 10 times better than any other. &ldquo;The clock, made from the element ytterbium, could be used for technological advancements beyond time-keeping, such as navigation systems, magnetic fields and temperature,&rdquo; National Institute of Standards and Technology physicist, Andrew Ludlow, said in a statement. &nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Sony Names PS4 Launch Dates</span></strong></div>
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	Sony has announced the launch dates for its PlayStation 4 console.The next-generation games machine will become available in North America on 15 November and Europe on 29 November.Its rival Microsoft has only said that the Xbox One will go on sale some time the same month.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Microsoft CEO Ballmer to retire</span></strong></div>
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	Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced Friday that he will retire within the next 12 months. &ldquo;There is never a perfect time for this type of transition, but now is the right time,&rdquo; Ballmer said. &ldquo;We have embarked on a new strategy with a new organization and we have an amazing senior leadership team.&rdquo;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Ultrafast Camera Designed to Work Like Human Retina</span></strong></div>
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	Photos and videos are not lightweight files-they quickly add up to gigabytes of data which can be a dealbreaker a lot of research. Engineers at the Swiss company iniLabs created a better way-a camera that borrows its mechanics from the marvels of the human retina. &nbsp;The Dynamic Vision Sensor (DVS) works a lot like the human retina which makes for a hyper efficient and ultrafast camera. The individual neurons in our eyeballs don&rsquo;t actually record all of the information in our field of view; they just spot the changes in movement.&nbsp;</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="fACEBOOK" src="/userfiles/images/FB.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 46px;" />Facebook Eyes Mobile Payment Feature</strong></span></div>
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	Facebook, the world&rsquo;s largest social networking company, is planning to come up with a new mobile payment feature. It will use payment details added by users to their Facebook account to automatically fill in forms when they make purchases on mobile applications. Various companies have been looking to tap into mobile payments markets. However, Facebook said the feature would not involve moving the payment processing away from an app&rsquo;s current service provider.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Smartphones" src="/userfiles/images/SP.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 59px;" />Smartphones Out-sell Basic Handsets</span></strong></div>
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	Smartphone sales exceeded feature phone sales for the first time in the April-to-June period, according to research firm Gartner. Worldwide mobile phone sales touched the figure of 435 million units. Smartphone sales alone accounted for 225 million units, up 46.5 per cent from the previous year. Feature phones end up with 210 million units, down 21 per cent. The highest smartphone growth rates recorded in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, the firm said. However, a competing firm, IDC, said this milestone had already been reached in the first three months of 2013.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="NASA" src="/userfiles/images/NASA.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 75px;" />NASA Sending World&rsquo;s First 3-D Printer into Space</span></strong></div>
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	NASA is set to launch world&rsquo;s first zero-G-ready 3D printer into space next year, during its resupply mission to the International Space Station, so that parts can be built on-demand in space. Space manufacturing company Made in Space&rsquo;s customised 3D printer will be the first device to manufacture parts away from planet Earth, researchers said. The 3D printing in Zero-G Experiment will validate the capability of additive manufacturing in zero-gravity. &nbsp;&ldquo;Imagine an astronaut needing to make a life-or-death repair on the International Space Station,&rdquo; said Aaron Kemmer, CEO of Made in Space on the company&rsquo;s website. &nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Apple" src="/userfiles/images/APL.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 53px;" />Icahn Buys Stake in &lsquo;Undervalued&rsquo; Apple</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Billionaire investor Carl Icahn says he has built up a &ldquo;large&rdquo; stake in Apple. Mr Icahn says Apple shares are &ldquo;extremely undervalued&rdquo; and wants Apple to carry out a bigger share buyback. In April, Apple said it would return $100bn (&pound;65bn) to shareholders by the end of 2015, by raising its dividend and buying back shares. Mr Icahn said he had a &ldquo;nice&rdquo; conversation with Apple&rsquo;s chief executive Tim Cook and plans to speak to him again shortly. In response, Apple said in a statement: &ldquo;We appreciate the interest and investment of all our shareholders. &nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Office 365 " src="/userfiles/images/365.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 59px;" />Microsoft Releases Office 365 for Android&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
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	Microsoft has released a version of its office programme Office 365 designed to be used on smartphones with the Google operating system Android. The app was initially available only for US users through the Google Play Store but is being gradually activated in more countries. The app allows documents from Excel, Word and PowerPoint to be viewed on mobile devices, edited in limited fashion and shared in the cloud service SkyDrive. Those who subscribe to Office 365 can download the software for free.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Desmond Tutu" src="/userfiles/images/tutu.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 115px;" />Twitter Blocks Desmond Tutu&rsquo;s Account&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
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	Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu had his Twitter account suspended on Thursday for &ldquo;aggressively following&rdquo; other users, just hours after it was launched. The ex-archbishop&rsquo;s @ TutuLegacy account racked up hundreds of followers in its first hours of use. &ldquo;Some have described Twitter as a blessing in the hands of retired members of the clergy. There is no space to ramble,&rdquo; Tutu tweeted before his account was blocked. His foundation expressed dismay at the decision. &ldquo;Twitter has not explained how following 30 people could be construed as &lsquo;aggressive following&rsquo;,&rdquo; it said in a statement. The foundation suggested &ldquo;the number of people who followed @ TutuLegacy in a short space of time,&rdquo; may have also been to blame.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="The New York Times" src="/userfiles/images/nytimes.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 100px;" />The New York Times not for Sale&rsquo;&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
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	The New York Times is not for sale, its publisher assured readers and staff on Thursday, less than a week after two other high-profile deals have shaken up the US newspaper industry. &ldquo;Will our family seek to sell The Times? The answer to that is no,&rdquo; said Arthur Sulzberger Jr., who also acts as chairman of the New York Times Co., in an email to employees. &ldquo;The Times is not for sale, and the trustees of the Ochs- Sulzberger Trust and the rest of the family are united in our commitment to work together with the company&rsquo;s board, senior management and employees to lead The New York Times forward into our global and digital future,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Like" src="/userfiles/images/like.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 113px;" />Internet study finds the persuasive power of &lsquo;Like&rsquo;&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	If you &ldquo;like&rdquo; this article on a site like Facebook, somebody who reads it is more likely to approve of it, even if the reporting and writing are not all that great. But surprisingly, an unfair negative reaction will not spur others to dislike the article. Instead, a thumbs-down view will soon be counteracted by thumbs up from other readers. Those are the implications of new research looking at the behavior of thousands of people reading online comments, scientists reported on Friday in the journal Science.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="LG G2 PHONE" src="/userfiles/images/lg(1).jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 210px;" />LG Launches New Smartphone&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	LG on Wednesday announced G2, its new flagship Android phone. The device, which will be available gradually introduced in various markets worldwide in the coming months. The key feature of G2 is its placement of power and volume buttons. Unlike the traditional smartphones, G2 has these buttons under the main camera module on the back cover. According to LG, the &ldquo;rear key&rdquo; concept was implemented because it found that users feel uncomfortable in reaching out to side buttons while using big phones.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><em>Key specs&nbsp;</em></span></div>
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	<em>Processor: 2.26GHz quad-core Qualcomm S800 Display: 5.2-inch FullHD IPS (1080 x 1920 pixels/423 ppi) Memory: 32GB/16GB RAM: 2GB DDR3 Camera: Rear 13MP with OIS/Front 2.1MP Battery: 3,000mAh Operating System: Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 Size: 138.5 x 70.9 x 8.9mm Colors: Black/White</em></div>',
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	<strong>Humanoid Robot Launches on Japan Rocket&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	<img alt="Humanoid Robot Launches on Japan Rocket" src="/userfiles/images/humanoid.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 115px; height: 87px;" />Japan&rsquo;s space agency says the first talking humanoid robot &ldquo;astronaut&rsquo;&rsquo; has taken off in a rocket. Kirobo derived from the Japanese words for &ldquo;hope&rsquo;&rsquo; and &ldquo;robot&rsquo;&rsquo; _ was among five tons of supplies and machinery on a rocket launched Sunday for the International Space Station from Tanegashima, southwestern Japan. Developers say the childlike robot will be a companion for astronaut Koichi Wakata and will communicate with another robot on Earth. Robot designer Tomotaka Takahashi, of the University of Tokyo, advertiser Dentsu and automaker Toyota Motor Corp. worked on the robot.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>Apple Once Again the World&rsquo;s Most Valuable Company&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	<img alt="Apple Once Again the World’s Most Valuable Company " src="/userfiles/images/apple.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 115px; height: 64px;" />Apple has again become the world&rsquo;s most valuable company as rumors of upcoming next-generation iPhones and iPads are spreading. Apple toppled Exxon Mobil from its number one spot as its market capitalization went up by 0.9% to $414 bn. Exxon overtook Apple&rsquo;s market cap in late January of this year, amidst a continued sell-off of its stock. It lost the title last Thursday as its shares were down 1.8% on its disappointing earnings report, giving the firm a market capitalization of $409bn, Market Watch reports. Apple share price has last reached $457. However, the company is still $100 short from the beginning of 2013. Last September 2012, the company&rsquo;s share price went as high as $700, its highest so far. Investors are hoping that the company can now gain its momentum as consumers anticipate the debuts of the iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, which is a low-cost iPhone, a fifth-generation iPad, an iPad mini with retina display and iWatch.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>Google to Bring &lsquo;Find My Device&rsquo; Feature to Android&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	<img alt="Android Operating System maker Google" src="/userfiles/images/google%20android.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 115px; height: 72px;" />Android Operating System maker Google announced that it will offer a new service to help users keep track of their Android devices from afar. The service, called Android Device Manager, is similar to the &ldquo;Find My iPhone&rdquo; service outed by Apple in 2011, and enables Android phone and tablet owners to remotely find and manage their lost devices. Users will be able to view the current location of their devices on a map; lock their devices remotely; or, if they think a device has been stolen, activate a noisy alarm in order to ward off thieves, or erase all memory on their device. All of this can be done by logging into the Android Device Manager website on any laptop, desktop or other mobile device. The feature will become available later this month and will be able to track all devices running Android 2.2 or newer; a companion app will also be available for download in the Google Play Store.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>Valve Appoints Gaming Economist&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	<img alt="Valve Appoints Gaming Economist" src="/userfiles/images/vALVE.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 115px; height: 90px;" />Game maker Valve has appointed an in-house economist to help manage the virtual economies that have sprung up around its many titles. The company has signed up economics professor Yanis Varoufakis as their resident expert adviser. Valve contacted Prof Varoufakis as it started to think about linking game economies and hit virtual currency exchange problems. It comes as South Korea attempts to crack down on trading in video games. In a blog explaining how he came to work for Valve, Prof Varoufakis said first contact was made by Gabe Newell, president of the games company.</div>
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	<strong><img alt="Samsung Reveals New Exynos Chip" src="/userfiles/images/samsung(3).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 93px;" />Samsung Reveals New Exynos Chip&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	Samsung has unveiled its latest top-of-the-range smart device processor saying it offers more than twice the 3D graphics power of its predecessor. The Exynos 5 Octa is the first production-ready chip to include ARM Holding&rsquo;s latest GPU (graphics processing unit) architecture. Samsung&rsquo;s move to license the tech marks a reversal of its decision to use a GPU design by rival British chip firm Imagination in the last version. It enters mass production next month. <em>(BBC)&nbsp;</em></div>
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	<strong><img alt="Siemens Boss to go After Poor Results" src="/userfiles/images/siemens.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 75px;" />Siemens Boss to go After Poor Results&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	German engineering giant Siemens announced that chief executive Peter Loescher was to be fired after failing to get the company back on track. In a brief statement , the company said it would &ldquo;decide on the early departure of the President and CEO&rdquo; and the appointment of his replacement at a meeting Wednesday. The company is due to report its third-quarter results next Thursday. Loescher, 55, has led the company since 2007, but his pending departure comes just a few days after the surprise announcement of a profit warning. Last Thursday, it said it no longer expected to reach a profit margin of at least 12 per cent by the 2014 business year. Already in May, it trimmed its full-year targets as it posted mixed second-quarter numbers, with a boost in orders but problems in the areas of revenues and profit. After Thursday&rsquo;s news, Loescher was still insisting he wanted to finish the job he had started.<em> (Agency)&nbsp;</em></div>
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	<strong><img alt="Google Launches low-Cost TV Dongle" src="/userfiles/images/google.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 100px;" />Google Launches low-Cost TV Dongle&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	Google has announced a low-cost competitor to Apple TV - a &ldquo;dongle&rdquo; device called Chromecast. The dongle is plugged into a television&rsquo;s HDMI port, and allows users to stream media from smartphones, tablets and computers. Launching immediately in the US, the device will cost $35 (&pound;23). There is as yet no word on international launches. Google also announced an upgraded Nexus 7 tablet, the first to run the new version of the Android system. Chromecast is Google&rsquo;s latest attempt to gain ground in the television industry. In 2012, Google faltered in its attempts to make a move into the living room, considered by many experts to be ripe ground for making large profits through advertising. <em>(Agency)&nbsp;</em></div>
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	<strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/android.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 75px;" />Hackers Use Android &lsquo;Master Key&rsquo;&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	A security firm says it has identified the first known malicious use of Android&rsquo;s &ldquo;master key&rdquo; vulnerability. The bug - which was first publicised earlier this month - allows attackers to install code on to phones running Google&rsquo;s mobile operating system and then take control of them. Symantec said its researchers had found two apps distributed in China that had been infected using the exploit. Google has already taken moves to tackle the problem. A fortnight ago it released a patch to manufacturers, but it will not have been sent to all handset owners yet.Google also scans its own Play marketplace for the exploit, but this will not protect consumers who download software from other stores.The vulnerability was first reported by security research firm BlueBoxon 3 July.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><img alt="Sony confirms PS Gran Turismo Film in Production" src="/userfiles/images/psgran.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 71px;" />Sony confirms PS Gran Turismo Film in Production&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	Sony has confirmed that a film based on the Gran Turismo PlayStation game is in development. The company said it could not provide any further details about the movie or when it would be made. The Social Network and Fifty Shades of Grey producers Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti have been linked to the project. Gran Turismo is one of Sony&rsquo;s most popular franchises, selling 70 million copies worldwide. The newest game in the series, Gran Turismo 6, is expected to be released later this year.<em> (Agency)</em></div>
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	<strong>India to Intercept Blackberry Chat</strong><br />
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	Blackberry is ready to provide the Indian authorities with a way to intercept consumers&rsquo; messages sent and received on its platform. The news was revealed by the Times of India, which published part of a leaked government document. This would bring an end to a long-running dispute between the two sides. In 2010 the country had threatened to impose a ban on Blackberry devices, saying its secret services needed to be able to access suspects&rsquo; messages in order to prevent terrorist attacks. (BBC)<br />
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	<strong>T-Mobile Lets Customers Upgrade Phones Twice a Year</strong><br />
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	T-Mobile is making a bid to become the wireless world&rsquo;s &ldquo;un-carrier,&rdquo; rolling out a plan that will let users update their phones up to twice a year for a modest fee. That&rsquo;s a sharp departure from the traditional model for wireless companies, which usually requires customers to complete a two-year contract before they can get a new smartphone at the discounted rate that makes them affordable. (CNN)<br />
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	<strong>Microsoft Shakes Up Management Again</strong><br />
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	Microsoft has once again reorganized its management structure, marking yet another strategy shift for a company that has a very mixed track record in restructuring its business operations. The shakeup, which Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) announced Thursday, is intended to better align the company&rsquo;s organizational structure with its new corporate strategy. CEO Steve Ballmer declared in October 2012 that Microsoft would transition to a &ldquo;devices and services&rdquo; company, focusing on making hardware, online services and apps that work together seamlessly across multiple screens and gadgets. (CNN)<br />
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	<strong>Space Probe Sees Solar System&rsquo;s Tail</strong><br />
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	Thanks to solar wind blowing out from the sun in all directions at a million miles per hour, material from comets gets whipped back into a formation that looks like a tail. Now, scientists know that our solar system has a tail of its own, with a surprising shape. NASA researchers working with data from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer announced Wednesday they have for the first time mapped the solar system&rsquo;s tail, called the heliotail. Their study is published in the Astrophysical Journal. (CNN)<br />
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	Solar Plane Lands in New York, Completing US Journey</strong><br />
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	An airplane entirely powered by the sun touched down in New York City late on Saturday, completing the final leg of an epic journey across the United States that began over two months ago.The Solar Impulse, its four propellers driven by energy collected from 12,000 solar cells in its wings to charge batteries for night use, landed at John F. Kennedy Airport at 11:09 p.m. EDT, organizers said. (Reuters)<br />
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	<strong>Feds Asked to Avoid Def Con Hacker Meeting</strong><br />
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	Federal agents have been asked to stay away from one of the world&rsquo;s biggest hacker gatherings. Revelations about the scale of US government spying meant emotions in the hacking world were &ldquo;running high&rdquo;, said organisers of the Def Con convention. As a result, federal agents should take a &ldquo;timeout&rdquo; from Def Con this year. The main Def Con event takes place in Las Vegas from 1 August and will see 15,000 hackers&rsquo; debate security topics and demonstrate their coding prowess. (BBC)<br />
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	It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything concrete on Apple’s rumored “iWatch” device, but Bloomberg now reports that Apple has filed on June 3 to trademark that name in Japan. This doesn’t necessarily mean anything -- companies file for protective trademarks all the time -- but it’s one more indication that Apple is dabbling in wearable computing. iWatch rumors have been flying for most of the year, but we still don’t have a clear idea of what the gadget might look like (or what it would do) if it ever comes to market. One report said that the watch would run a version of iOS but suggested that battery life issues could be holding it back. The watch might also include a pedometer and other sensors to help it compete with fitness gadgets like Nike’s FuelBand and the Fitbit. (CNN)&nbsp;</p>',
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	Japanese consumer electronics firm Panasonic Corp will buy up to 13 percent of Gorenje, one of the biggest household appliance makers in Eastern Europe, as it aims to tap growing demand in the region.Panasonic is pulling away from unprofitable consumer electronics and wants to be number one in appliances, pitting the company against the likes of Whirlpool Corp and Electrolux. It also wants to tap into growing demand in emerging markets in Europe, particularly Russia. (Reuters)&nbsp;</p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Snapchat to Release Updated App After Hack</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Snapchat" src="/userfiles/images/tb%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 83px;" />Snapchat said it will release an updated version of its app after hackers downloaded usernames and phone numbers for 4.6 million accounts. It said the update will allow users to opt out of appearing in its feature, Find Friends, after they have verified their phone number. Find Friends allows users to upload their address book contacts to find others who are also using the service. The hack came after a security firm warned of vulnerabilities in the app.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Now, Software that can Predict Weather</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Softwares to predict weather" src="/userfiles/images/tb1%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 94px;" />Scientists have developed a new software that gives anyone the opportunity to know their community, state or country&rsquo;s weather activity for the day and months ahead. Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) designed the software Monitoring Climate Change (Moclic) through which it is possible to organise, store and operate geo-referenced data from climate elements. Moclic can calculate bio and agroclimatic indicators, such as humidity, aridity, rain erosion and rainfall concentration, researchers said.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>LinkedIn, Pinterest More Popular than Twitter: Study</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="LinkedIn, Pinterest More Popular than Twitter: Study" src="/userfiles/images/tb2%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 81px;" />More US adults use LinkedIn and Pinterest than Twitter, but that website attracts a greater proportion of blacks and young adults than do its social media peers, a Pew Research Center study released on last Monday showed. Photo pin-up site Pinterest spiked in popularity over the past year, according to the survey, a poll of 1,445 Internet users aged 18 and older. About 21 per cent of respondents said they employ the service, up sharply from 15 per cent in a similar survey conducted a year ago.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New Technology Boosts Information Storage in Electronics</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="New Technology Boosts Information Storage in Electronics" src="/userfiles/images/tb3%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 79px;" />Researchers have developed a new technology that enables bigger and longer lasting memory in electronics such as laptops and smartphones. A team of researchers from the Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Engineering developed the new Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) technology that can boost information storage in electronic systems. The technology will drastically increase storage space and enhance memory which will ensure that fresh data stays intact, even in the case of a power failure. Led by Dr Yang Hyunsoo, the team developed a new device structure useful for the next generation MRAM chip which can potentially be applied to enhance the user experience in consumer electronics, including personal computers and mobile devices such as laptops and mobile phones.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Microsoft Launches New Safety App for Windows Phone Users</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Microsoft Launches New Safety App for Windows Phone Users" src="/userfiles/images/tb4%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 103px;" />Technology giant Microsoft launched a new application &lsquo;Guardian&rsquo; with safety features, exclusively for Windows Phone users. Guardian enables users to switch on a &lsquo;track me&rsquo; feature in the app that lets friends and family track them in real-time using Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and Bing Map, the company said in a release. Guardian users can call for help through an &lsquo;SOS&rsquo; alert button and also connect to security agencies, police and hospitals easily via this app in times of crisis, it added. It took more than six months for a team of Microsoft employees in India to develop the safety app in the Microsoft Garage, the company said. Microsoft Garage is a global employee innovation initiative that gives Microsoft employees an outlet to explore ideas.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Directly on Instagram</strong></span></div>
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	Instagram has introduced Instagram Direct, where users can send photo and video messages to friends. The new feature comes close on the heels of a similar feature introduced by Twitter. A new icon on the top right corner of the home feed in the Instagram apps for Android and iOS will take the user to the inbox where pictures and videos sent by people to the user will be displayed.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Spotify Announces Free Mobile Streaming</strong></span></div>
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	In a long-awaited announcement, Spotify expanded its free streaming option for mobile devices on Wednesday. Until now, the music streaming company has provided a free streaming service for smartphones and tablets akin to Pandora , Rdio, and Apple&rsquo;s iTunes Radio. But picking and choosing songs to stream for free was exclusively available to PCs running Microsoft &nbsp;Windows or Apple Mac OS X. Mobile users were forced to pay $10 a month for a premium service in order to stream select music to their devices.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Opens First Data Centres in Asia</strong></span></div>
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	Google has opened its first ever data centres in Asia as it looks to boost its growth further in the region. The move comes as a growing number of people in Asia - which is home to more than half of the world&rsquo;s population - are getting connected to the internet. Google said that having data centres in Asia will help it to provide faster and &ldquo;more reliable&rdquo; access to its tools and services to users in the region. The two new centres are based in Taiwan and Singapore.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>2 Million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter Passwords Stolen&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Facebook" src="/userfiles/images/bt6%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 82px;" />Hackers have stolen usernames and passwords for nearly two million accounts at Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo and others, according to a report released last week. The massive data breach was a result of keylogging software maliciously installed on an untold number of computers around the world, researchers at cybersecurity firmTrustwave said.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New Malware Communicates Via Sound Waves</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/bt7%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 101px;" />Scientists have developed a malware that transmits information between computers using high-frequency sound waves inaudible to the human ear. This allows the malware to transmit keystrokes and other sensitive data even when infected machines have no network connection. The new malware uses high-frequency audio signals to bridge the &lsquo;air gap&rsquo; &mdash; a type of security where network is secured by keeping it separate from other local networks and the Internet. Using just the built-in microphones and speakers of standard computers, the researchers from Germany&rsquo;s Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing, and Ergonomics were able to transmit passwords and other small amounts of data from distances of almost 65 feet.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Working on Robot Development</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/bt8%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 84px;" />Google has bought seven robotics companies in recent months as part of a strategy to develop its own robots that can be used for warehouse, manufacturing and delivery work, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The report said that Google had placed Andy Rubin in charge of the project. Rubin is the highly regarded executive who led the development of Android into the world&rsquo;s most widely used smartphone software.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>GTA: San Andreas Revived for iOS, Android and Windows Phone</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/bt9%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 95px;" />Grand Theft Auto V may be flying high in the console charts, but its developer Rockstar Games is already planning the next GTA game &ndash; one that will be familiar to fans of the series. The company has announced plans to re-release 2004&rsquo;s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for smartphones and tablets in December. The game will be available for iPhone, iPad, Android (including Amazon&rsquo;s Kindle Fire) and Windows devices. Rockstar also says that the game has been given a makeover to ensure it&rsquo;s up to scratch in 2013. &ldquo;Newly re-mastered graphics including dynamic and detailed shadows, greater draw distance, an enriched color palette, plus enhanced character and car models make this the best-looking version of San Andreas yet,&rdquo; claimed the company. &ldquo;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas also features brand new touch controls including contextual control options to display buttons only when you need them and three different control schemes for driving and maneuvering, as well as a reworked checkpoint system for easier progression.&rdquo;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>R.I.P Mandela: Top Trending Topic on Twitter</strong></span></div>
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	Hashtag (#) R.I.P. Mandela was the top trending topic on Twitter on Friday following the death of global anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. Mandela, South Africa&rsquo;s first elected black president, died at his home in Houghton, a suburb of Johannesburg, following a protracted illness. He was 95. Many celebrities and well known world figures tweeted their shock and sadness at Mandela&rsquo;s demise, the SABC reported.&nbsp;</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>&nbsp;Piracy Site IsoHunt to Shut Down &nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/iso.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 65px;" />IsoHunt, a popular website offering BitTorrents of mostly pirated material, is to shut down following a court settlement. The site&rsquo;s owner, Canadian Gary Fung, has agreed to pay $110m (&pound;68m) to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). MPAA chairman Chris Dodd said the move was a &ldquo;major step forward&rdquo; for legitimate commerce online. The site is currently still online, but will soon be shut. It is one of the most popular sites of its kind on the internet.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Al Gore Tried to Buy Twitter</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/algore.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 55px;" />Al Gore may not have invented the Internet, but he did try to buy one of its most popular social networks. The former vice president told Bloomberg Television on Thursday that he and former Current TV co-founder Joel Hyatt tried to buy Twitter. Gore&rsquo;s interest in purchasing Twitter was first reported by The New York Times&rsquo; Nick Bilton in his just-released book &ldquo;Hatching Twitter.&rdquo; In the book, Bilton described a drunken scene at the St. Regis hotel in San Francisco in 2009, during which Gore met with Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone, pouring &ldquo;copious amounts of wine and Patron tequila.&rdquo;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Consumers Prefer iPhone 5S to 5C</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/iphone.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 75px;" />Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who emphasized high-end consumer gadgets over cheaper ones, may have been right all along. Last month, Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook introduced the colorful iPhone 5c, a less-expensive version of Apple&rsquo;s smartphone, to &ldquo;serve even more customers&rdquo; around the world. It turns out people so far are more interested in its pricier, feature rich cousin, the 5s. Customers are shrugging off the $99 iPhone 5c even as Apple spends heavily to advertise the handset, which is last year&rsquo;s model repackaged in a colored plastic case. The 5c, which costs $100 less than the souped-up iPhone 5s, is Apple&rsquo;s attempt to lure buyers in developing markets like China, where Samsung and other Android phone makers lead. Three surveys in the past two weeks said the company&rsquo;s new high-end model is outselling the 5c by at least 2 to 1.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>You&rsquo;ll Barely Notice the World&rsquo;s Smallest USB 3.0 Flash Drive</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/usb3.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 58px;" />When it comes to prolonging the life of your laptop, there&rsquo;s no easier upgrade than adding an ultra-compact USB flash drive to expand its storage capacity-particularly if it&rsquo;s got a small SSD on board. And a company called PKparis is now laying claim to the title of &lsquo;world&rsquo;s smallest USB 3.0 flash drive&rsquo; with its new K&rsquo;1 that more than looks the part. Available in 32GB and 64GB capacities for $48and $89 respectively, the aluminum drives offer read and write speeds up to 140 MB/s, and they even include a tiny LED activity light.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Shares Break $1,000 Barrier&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/google(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 65px;" />Google Inc shares jumped past $1,000 on Friday as investors bet on the Internet company&rsquo;s continued dominance of the mobile and video advertising businesses despite aggressive competition from Facebook Inc and Yahoo Inc. Shares of the world&rsquo;s No. 1 search company rose more than 14 percent to an all-time high of $1,015.46, swelling its market value by about $40 billion.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Smartphone App Alerts Users at Risk of Binge Eating</strong></span></div>
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	A smartphone app which aims to strike at the same moment that binge eating urges occur has been developed as part of two new treatments designed to help those suffering from the disorder. Developed by scientists at Drexel University, the &lsquo;Take Control&rsquo; app will track users&rsquo; individual patterns of consumption and binge eating behaviour, alerting them at times when they may be susceptible to overeating. Alongside this, small-group behavioural therapy techniques are also being created to equip patients with the psychological tools to help them benefit from the standard treatment received by those who binge eat. Binge eating has only recently been identified as an official diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and is already suspected to affect more than twice the number of people as bulimia nervosa.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Adobe Hacked, 2.9 million Accounts Compromised</strong></span></div>
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	Adobe Systems Inc. said a cyberattack on its systems has exposed credit-card information of 2.9 million customers. The maker of Photoshop and other software said Thursday that the attacker accessed Adobe customer IDs and passwords on its systems. Through that, they were able to remove customer names, encrypted credit and debit card numbers, expiration dates and other information related to orders from customers worldwide. The company does not believe attackers removed credit and debit card numbers that weren&rsquo;t encrypted.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Japan launches Android Game Vending Machines</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Android lovers in Japan now have a cool way to download apps. Google Japan has launched Google Play vending machines that will sell users different games. To use these vending machines, all that a user needs is a smartphone running on Android 4.0 or higher OS and NFC. To get going a user can simply put his device on the NFC-enabled tray, select app and the machine loads it for him. So far there are not many apps, only 18 games are available for download or purchase. These reportedly include Square, Sega, Namco, Gameloft and Kairosoft.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Twitter Reveals $1 Billion IPO Plan</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Twitter Inc. on Thursday revealed plans to raise up to $1 billion in a public offering, looking to cash in on a messaging service that has transformed public conversation but is still losing money and facing challenges attracting new users and advertisers. Potential buyers for the first time saw the financials behind one of the most anticipated stock-market debuts of the year, which showed the social network&rsquo;s revenue more than doubled to $254 million in the first six months of this year.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Cisco, Google and SAP Discussing BlackBerry Bids&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	BlackBerryLtd, on the block as its smartphone business struggles, is in talks with Cisco Systems,Google Inc and SAP about selling them all or parts of itself, several sources close to the matter said. Such a deal would be an alternative to the preliminary agreement reached weeks ago with a group, led by BlackBerry&rsquo;s biggest shareholder, Fairfax Financial Holdings, to take the company private for about $4.7 billion, a bid which has faced some skepticism because of financing questions.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Apple Announces Launch Event for Sept 10</span></strong></div>
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	Apple send out a colourful invitationl last Tuesday to a September 10 launch event at which it is widely expected to announce a new version of its iPhone. The invitation, which featured a palette of brightly coloured dots above the tag line &ldquo;this should brighten everyone&rsquo;s day,&rdquo; followed numerous media reports that the company would be introducing a line of low-cost iPhones in a variety of playful colours.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Artificial Heart to Alert Heart Attacks</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Scientists have long searched for a durable artificial heart that can work as efficiently as the one supplied by nature. Now Carmat, a Paris based company, has designed an artificial heart fashioned in part from cow tissue. The device, soon to be tested in patients with heart failure, is regulated by sensors, software and microelectronics. And its power will come from two external, wearable lithium-ion batteries.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Yahoo Rolls Out its New Logo</span></strong></div>
<div>
	After an extensive amount of build-up, Yahoo has finally unveiled its brand new logo. Overall the look is cleaner and thinner, and it is a new sans-serif typeface created by Yahoo. The logo is still purple, though a shade darker, and features all the usual uppercase letters in the same order finished off by the signature enthusiastic exclamation point, which dances around in some versions. &nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Now, 3D Model to Pinpoint Earthquakes&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Scientists have developed a new 3D model of the Earth to allow them to pinpoint the sources of earthquakes and explosions around the world more accurately than ever. &nbsp;Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory partnered to develop a 3-D model of the Earth&rsquo;s mantle and crust called SALSA3D, or Sandia-Los Alamos 3D. &nbsp;The model uses a scalable triangular tessellation and seismic tomography to map the Earth&rsquo;s &ldquo;compressional wave seismic velocity,&rdquo; a property of the rocks and other materials inside the Earth that indicates how quickly compressional waves travel through them and is one way to accurately locate seismic events, Sandia geophysicist Sandy Ballard said.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Twitter to Solve Traffic Woes</span></strong></div>
<div>
	A new method may put an end to traffic woes by collecting information on transportation problems following mass events, like football matches, using tweets made by citizens on Twitter, researchers say. &ldquo;The ability of social networks to produce information on heavy traffic, road hazards, quality of service of public transportation and more is valuable to decision makers,&rdquo; said Dr Tsvi Kuflik, the Head of the Information Systems Department at the University of Haifa.&nbsp;</div>',
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Now, Send Your Own Spacecraft to Moon for 199 Pounds</span></strong></div>
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	Space enthusiasts now have a unique chance to explore the solar system with their own spacecraft &ndash; just for 199 pounds! A British company plans to launch thousands of miniature probes on to the Moon, each of which can be bought for 199 pounds and personalised by the sponsor. The probes, to be launched by Pocket Spacecraft, are the size of a CD and as thin as a piece of paper. They will be released over the Earth in June 2015 and over the Moon in June 2016.Explorers can personalise their own spacecraft by adding a picture and customising the message it transmits using just their web browser. People can watch online as their Pocket Spacecraft is built in the lab and loaded into an Interplanetary CubeSat Mothership.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">NASA may Send Sail-Powered Zephyr Rover to Venus</span></strong></div>
<div>
	NASA is considering sending a sail-powered robotic rover to Venus that could use the planet&rsquo;s high wind speeds and hot temperatures for exploration. The wind-sailing rover would not only be able to move around Venus, but would also have electronics inside able to withstand the temperatures of 450 degrees Celsius. The rover, nicknamed Zephyr, would spend most of its time on Venus doing analysis on the ground. However, whenever the science team wants to move some distance, it would deploy a sail that could bring it across the surface. One vision sees it sailing for about 15 minutes a day for about a month, &lsquo;Universe Today&rsquo; reported.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Nissan to Sell Self-Driving Cars by 2020</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Nissan Motor Co Ltd said it will be ready to bring fully self-driving vehicles to market by 2020. The Japanese automaker said it plans to offer &ldquo;multiple, commercially viable&rdquo; vehicles that are capable of autonomous operation without driver input. The self-driving vehicles will be sold &ldquo;at realistic prices for consumers,&rdquo; the company said at a media event in Irvine, California. Nissan said its goal is to offer autonomous cars &ldquo;across the model range within two vehicle generations&rdquo; - about 10-12 years after the projected 2020 launch.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">China&rsquo;s Xiaomi Poaches Top Google Exec</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Chinese Internet and smartphone company Xiaomi has poached Google executive Hugo Barra to help fulfill its ambition to become a global player. Barra, who was vice president of Google Android, announced his departure on his Google Plus account. He will take up his new post in October, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun wrote in a Weibo post, China&rsquo;s version of Twitter. Xiaomi, which operates a version of the Android mobile platform, is China&rsquo;s sixth-biggest smartphone company and is growing rapidly.</div>',
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Keyboard to Get Rid of Facebook Addiction</span></strong></div>
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	Two doctoral candidates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a new leyboard device that is capable of shocking users overindulging online. The developers of the keyboard, Robert R. Morris and Dan McDuff said that the keyboard is able to monitors application usage and if it senses that too much time is being spent on a particular website or application it give a shock to its users, asserting that the shock is just unpleasant and not dangerous.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">World&rsquo;s Most Precise Clock Deviced</span></strong></div>
<div>
	US scientists have said that they have built the world&rsquo;s most precise clock, whose ticking rate varies less than two parts in one quintillion, or 10 times better than any other. &ldquo;The clock, made from the element ytterbium, could be used for technological advancements beyond time-keeping, such as navigation systems, magnetic fields and temperature,&rdquo; National Institute of Standards and Technology physicist, Andrew Ludlow, said in a statement. &nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Sony Names PS4 Launch Dates</span></strong></div>
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	Sony has announced the launch dates for its PlayStation 4 console.The next-generation games machine will become available in North America on 15 November and Europe on 29 November.Its rival Microsoft has only said that the Xbox One will go on sale some time the same month.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Microsoft CEO Ballmer to retire</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced Friday that he will retire within the next 12 months. &ldquo;There is never a perfect time for this type of transition, but now is the right time,&rdquo; Ballmer said. &ldquo;We have embarked on a new strategy with a new organization and we have an amazing senior leadership team.&rdquo;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Ultrafast Camera Designed to Work Like Human Retina</span></strong></div>
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	Photos and videos are not lightweight files-they quickly add up to gigabytes of data which can be a dealbreaker a lot of research. Engineers at the Swiss company iniLabs created a better way-a camera that borrows its mechanics from the marvels of the human retina. &nbsp;The Dynamic Vision Sensor (DVS) works a lot like the human retina which makes for a hyper efficient and ultrafast camera. The individual neurons in our eyeballs don&rsquo;t actually record all of the information in our field of view; they just spot the changes in movement.&nbsp;</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="fACEBOOK" src="/userfiles/images/FB.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 46px;" />Facebook Eyes Mobile Payment Feature</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Facebook, the world&rsquo;s largest social networking company, is planning to come up with a new mobile payment feature. It will use payment details added by users to their Facebook account to automatically fill in forms when they make purchases on mobile applications. Various companies have been looking to tap into mobile payments markets. However, Facebook said the feature would not involve moving the payment processing away from an app&rsquo;s current service provider.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Smartphones" src="/userfiles/images/SP.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 59px;" />Smartphones Out-sell Basic Handsets</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Smartphone sales exceeded feature phone sales for the first time in the April-to-June period, according to research firm Gartner. Worldwide mobile phone sales touched the figure of 435 million units. Smartphone sales alone accounted for 225 million units, up 46.5 per cent from the previous year. Feature phones end up with 210 million units, down 21 per cent. The highest smartphone growth rates recorded in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, the firm said. However, a competing firm, IDC, said this milestone had already been reached in the first three months of 2013.</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="NASA" src="/userfiles/images/NASA.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 75px;" />NASA Sending World&rsquo;s First 3-D Printer into Space</span></strong></div>
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	NASA is set to launch world&rsquo;s first zero-G-ready 3D printer into space next year, during its resupply mission to the International Space Station, so that parts can be built on-demand in space. Space manufacturing company Made in Space&rsquo;s customised 3D printer will be the first device to manufacture parts away from planet Earth, researchers said. The 3D printing in Zero-G Experiment will validate the capability of additive manufacturing in zero-gravity. &nbsp;&ldquo;Imagine an astronaut needing to make a life-or-death repair on the International Space Station,&rdquo; said Aaron Kemmer, CEO of Made in Space on the company&rsquo;s website. &nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Apple" src="/userfiles/images/APL.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 53px;" />Icahn Buys Stake in &lsquo;Undervalued&rsquo; Apple</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Billionaire investor Carl Icahn says he has built up a &ldquo;large&rdquo; stake in Apple. Mr Icahn says Apple shares are &ldquo;extremely undervalued&rdquo; and wants Apple to carry out a bigger share buyback. In April, Apple said it would return $100bn (&pound;65bn) to shareholders by the end of 2015, by raising its dividend and buying back shares. Mr Icahn said he had a &ldquo;nice&rdquo; conversation with Apple&rsquo;s chief executive Tim Cook and plans to speak to him again shortly. In response, Apple said in a statement: &ldquo;We appreciate the interest and investment of all our shareholders. &nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Office 365 " src="/userfiles/images/365.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 59px;" />Microsoft Releases Office 365 for Android&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Microsoft has released a version of its office programme Office 365 designed to be used on smartphones with the Google operating system Android. The app was initially available only for US users through the Google Play Store but is being gradually activated in more countries. The app allows documents from Excel, Word and PowerPoint to be viewed on mobile devices, edited in limited fashion and shared in the cloud service SkyDrive. Those who subscribe to Office 365 can download the software for free.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Desmond Tutu" src="/userfiles/images/tutu.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 115px;" />Twitter Blocks Desmond Tutu&rsquo;s Account&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
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	Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu had his Twitter account suspended on Thursday for &ldquo;aggressively following&rdquo; other users, just hours after it was launched. The ex-archbishop&rsquo;s @ TutuLegacy account racked up hundreds of followers in its first hours of use. &ldquo;Some have described Twitter as a blessing in the hands of retired members of the clergy. There is no space to ramble,&rdquo; Tutu tweeted before his account was blocked. His foundation expressed dismay at the decision. &ldquo;Twitter has not explained how following 30 people could be construed as &lsquo;aggressive following&rsquo;,&rdquo; it said in a statement. The foundation suggested &ldquo;the number of people who followed @ TutuLegacy in a short space of time,&rdquo; may have also been to blame.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="The New York Times" src="/userfiles/images/nytimes.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 100px;" />The New York Times not for Sale&rsquo;&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
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	The New York Times is not for sale, its publisher assured readers and staff on Thursday, less than a week after two other high-profile deals have shaken up the US newspaper industry. &ldquo;Will our family seek to sell The Times? The answer to that is no,&rdquo; said Arthur Sulzberger Jr., who also acts as chairman of the New York Times Co., in an email to employees. &ldquo;The Times is not for sale, and the trustees of the Ochs- Sulzberger Trust and the rest of the family are united in our commitment to work together with the company&rsquo;s board, senior management and employees to lead The New York Times forward into our global and digital future,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Like" src="/userfiles/images/like.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 113px;" />Internet study finds the persuasive power of &lsquo;Like&rsquo;&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	If you &ldquo;like&rdquo; this article on a site like Facebook, somebody who reads it is more likely to approve of it, even if the reporting and writing are not all that great. But surprisingly, an unfair negative reaction will not spur others to dislike the article. Instead, a thumbs-down view will soon be counteracted by thumbs up from other readers. Those are the implications of new research looking at the behavior of thousands of people reading online comments, scientists reported on Friday in the journal Science.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="LG G2 PHONE" src="/userfiles/images/lg(1).jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 210px;" />LG Launches New Smartphone&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	LG on Wednesday announced G2, its new flagship Android phone. The device, which will be available gradually introduced in various markets worldwide in the coming months. The key feature of G2 is its placement of power and volume buttons. Unlike the traditional smartphones, G2 has these buttons under the main camera module on the back cover. According to LG, the &ldquo;rear key&rdquo; concept was implemented because it found that users feel uncomfortable in reaching out to side buttons while using big phones.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><em>Key specs&nbsp;</em></span></div>
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	<em>Processor: 2.26GHz quad-core Qualcomm S800 Display: 5.2-inch FullHD IPS (1080 x 1920 pixels/423 ppi) Memory: 32GB/16GB RAM: 2GB DDR3 Camera: Rear 13MP with OIS/Front 2.1MP Battery: 3,000mAh Operating System: Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 Size: 138.5 x 70.9 x 8.9mm Colors: Black/White</em></div>',
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	<strong>Humanoid Robot Launches on Japan Rocket&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	<img alt="Humanoid Robot Launches on Japan Rocket" src="/userfiles/images/humanoid.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 115px; height: 87px;" />Japan&rsquo;s space agency says the first talking humanoid robot &ldquo;astronaut&rsquo;&rsquo; has taken off in a rocket. Kirobo derived from the Japanese words for &ldquo;hope&rsquo;&rsquo; and &ldquo;robot&rsquo;&rsquo; _ was among five tons of supplies and machinery on a rocket launched Sunday for the International Space Station from Tanegashima, southwestern Japan. Developers say the childlike robot will be a companion for astronaut Koichi Wakata and will communicate with another robot on Earth. Robot designer Tomotaka Takahashi, of the University of Tokyo, advertiser Dentsu and automaker Toyota Motor Corp. worked on the robot.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>Apple Once Again the World&rsquo;s Most Valuable Company&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	<img alt="Apple Once Again the World’s Most Valuable Company " src="/userfiles/images/apple.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 115px; height: 64px;" />Apple has again become the world&rsquo;s most valuable company as rumors of upcoming next-generation iPhones and iPads are spreading. Apple toppled Exxon Mobil from its number one spot as its market capitalization went up by 0.9% to $414 bn. Exxon overtook Apple&rsquo;s market cap in late January of this year, amidst a continued sell-off of its stock. It lost the title last Thursday as its shares were down 1.8% on its disappointing earnings report, giving the firm a market capitalization of $409bn, Market Watch reports. Apple share price has last reached $457. However, the company is still $100 short from the beginning of 2013. Last September 2012, the company&rsquo;s share price went as high as $700, its highest so far. Investors are hoping that the company can now gain its momentum as consumers anticipate the debuts of the iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, which is a low-cost iPhone, a fifth-generation iPad, an iPad mini with retina display and iWatch.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>Google to Bring &lsquo;Find My Device&rsquo; Feature to Android&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	<img alt="Android Operating System maker Google" src="/userfiles/images/google%20android.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 115px; height: 72px;" />Android Operating System maker Google announced that it will offer a new service to help users keep track of their Android devices from afar. The service, called Android Device Manager, is similar to the &ldquo;Find My iPhone&rdquo; service outed by Apple in 2011, and enables Android phone and tablet owners to remotely find and manage their lost devices. Users will be able to view the current location of their devices on a map; lock their devices remotely; or, if they think a device has been stolen, activate a noisy alarm in order to ward off thieves, or erase all memory on their device. All of this can be done by logging into the Android Device Manager website on any laptop, desktop or other mobile device. The feature will become available later this month and will be able to track all devices running Android 2.2 or newer; a companion app will also be available for download in the Google Play Store.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>Valve Appoints Gaming Economist&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	<img alt="Valve Appoints Gaming Economist" src="/userfiles/images/vALVE.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 115px; height: 90px;" />Game maker Valve has appointed an in-house economist to help manage the virtual economies that have sprung up around its many titles. The company has signed up economics professor Yanis Varoufakis as their resident expert adviser. Valve contacted Prof Varoufakis as it started to think about linking game economies and hit virtual currency exchange problems. It comes as South Korea attempts to crack down on trading in video games. In a blog explaining how he came to work for Valve, Prof Varoufakis said first contact was made by Gabe Newell, president of the games company.</div>
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	<strong><img alt="Samsung Reveals New Exynos Chip" src="/userfiles/images/samsung(3).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 93px;" />Samsung Reveals New Exynos Chip&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	Samsung has unveiled its latest top-of-the-range smart device processor saying it offers more than twice the 3D graphics power of its predecessor. The Exynos 5 Octa is the first production-ready chip to include ARM Holding&rsquo;s latest GPU (graphics processing unit) architecture. Samsung&rsquo;s move to license the tech marks a reversal of its decision to use a GPU design by rival British chip firm Imagination in the last version. It enters mass production next month. <em>(BBC)&nbsp;</em></div>
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	<strong><img alt="Siemens Boss to go After Poor Results" src="/userfiles/images/siemens.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 75px;" />Siemens Boss to go After Poor Results&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	German engineering giant Siemens announced that chief executive Peter Loescher was to be fired after failing to get the company back on track. In a brief statement , the company said it would &ldquo;decide on the early departure of the President and CEO&rdquo; and the appointment of his replacement at a meeting Wednesday. The company is due to report its third-quarter results next Thursday. Loescher, 55, has led the company since 2007, but his pending departure comes just a few days after the surprise announcement of a profit warning. Last Thursday, it said it no longer expected to reach a profit margin of at least 12 per cent by the 2014 business year. Already in May, it trimmed its full-year targets as it posted mixed second-quarter numbers, with a boost in orders but problems in the areas of revenues and profit. After Thursday&rsquo;s news, Loescher was still insisting he wanted to finish the job he had started.<em> (Agency)&nbsp;</em></div>
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	<strong><img alt="Google Launches low-Cost TV Dongle" src="/userfiles/images/google.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 100px;" />Google Launches low-Cost TV Dongle&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Google has announced a low-cost competitor to Apple TV - a &ldquo;dongle&rdquo; device called Chromecast. The dongle is plugged into a television&rsquo;s HDMI port, and allows users to stream media from smartphones, tablets and computers. Launching immediately in the US, the device will cost $35 (&pound;23). There is as yet no word on international launches. Google also announced an upgraded Nexus 7 tablet, the first to run the new version of the Android system. Chromecast is Google&rsquo;s latest attempt to gain ground in the television industry. In 2012, Google faltered in its attempts to make a move into the living room, considered by many experts to be ripe ground for making large profits through advertising. <em>(Agency)&nbsp;</em></div>
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	<strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/android.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 75px;" />Hackers Use Android &lsquo;Master Key&rsquo;&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	A security firm says it has identified the first known malicious use of Android&rsquo;s &ldquo;master key&rdquo; vulnerability. The bug - which was first publicised earlier this month - allows attackers to install code on to phones running Google&rsquo;s mobile operating system and then take control of them. Symantec said its researchers had found two apps distributed in China that had been infected using the exploit. Google has already taken moves to tackle the problem. A fortnight ago it released a patch to manufacturers, but it will not have been sent to all handset owners yet.Google also scans its own Play marketplace for the exploit, but this will not protect consumers who download software from other stores.The vulnerability was first reported by security research firm BlueBoxon 3 July.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong><img alt="Sony confirms PS Gran Turismo Film in Production" src="/userfiles/images/psgran.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 71px;" />Sony confirms PS Gran Turismo Film in Production&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Sony has confirmed that a film based on the Gran Turismo PlayStation game is in development. The company said it could not provide any further details about the movie or when it would be made. The Social Network and Fifty Shades of Grey producers Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti have been linked to the project. Gran Turismo is one of Sony&rsquo;s most popular franchises, selling 70 million copies worldwide. The newest game in the series, Gran Turismo 6, is expected to be released later this year.<em> (Agency)</em></div>
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			'title' => 'Tech Briefs (15 - 21 July 2013)',
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	<strong>India to Intercept Blackberry Chat</strong><br />
	<br />
	Blackberry is ready to provide the Indian authorities with a way to intercept consumers&rsquo; messages sent and received on its platform. The news was revealed by the Times of India, which published part of a leaked government document. This would bring an end to a long-running dispute between the two sides. In 2010 the country had threatened to impose a ban on Blackberry devices, saying its secret services needed to be able to access suspects&rsquo; messages in order to prevent terrorist attacks. (BBC)<br />
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	<img alt="mobile" src="/userfiles/images/tmobile.jpg" style="margin: 10px;" /><br />
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	<strong>T-Mobile Lets Customers Upgrade Phones Twice a Year</strong><br />
	<br />
	T-Mobile is making a bid to become the wireless world&rsquo;s &ldquo;un-carrier,&rdquo; rolling out a plan that will let users update their phones up to twice a year for a modest fee. That&rsquo;s a sharp departure from the traditional model for wireless companies, which usually requires customers to complete a two-year contract before they can get a new smartphone at the discounted rate that makes them affordable. (CNN)<br />
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	<img alt="microsoft" src="/userfiles/images/microsoft.jpg" style="width: 211px; height: 204px; margin: 10px;" /><br />
	<br />
	<br />
	<strong>Microsoft Shakes Up Management Again</strong><br />
	<br />
	Microsoft has once again reorganized its management structure, marking yet another strategy shift for a company that has a very mixed track record in restructuring its business operations. The shakeup, which Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) announced Thursday, is intended to better align the company&rsquo;s organizational structure with its new corporate strategy. CEO Steve Ballmer declared in October 2012 that Microsoft would transition to a &ldquo;devices and services&rdquo; company, focusing on making hardware, online services and apps that work together seamlessly across multiple screens and gadgets. (CNN)<br />
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	<img alt="space" src="/userfiles/images/space.jpg" style="margin: 10px;" /><br />
	<strong>Space Probe Sees Solar System&rsquo;s Tail</strong><br />
	<br />
	Thanks to solar wind blowing out from the sun in all directions at a million miles per hour, material from comets gets whipped back into a formation that looks like a tail. Now, scientists know that our solar system has a tail of its own, with a surprising shape. NASA researchers working with data from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer announced Wednesday they have for the first time mapped the solar system&rsquo;s tail, called the heliotail. Their study is published in the Astrophysical Journal. (CNN)<br />
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	<strong><img alt="solarpanel" src="/userfiles/images/solarpanel.jpg" style="margin: 10px;" /><br />
	Solar Plane Lands in New York, Completing US Journey</strong><br />
	<br />
	An airplane entirely powered by the sun touched down in New York City late on Saturday, completing the final leg of an epic journey across the United States that began over two months ago.The Solar Impulse, its four propellers driven by energy collected from 12,000 solar cells in its wings to charge batteries for night use, landed at John F. Kennedy Airport at 11:09 p.m. EDT, organizers said. (Reuters)<br />
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	<br />
	<img alt="feds" src="/userfiles/images/feds(1).jpg" style="margin: 10px; width: 276px; height: 207px;" /><br />
	<br />
	<strong>Feds Asked to Avoid Def Con Hacker Meeting</strong><br />
	<br />
	Federal agents have been asked to stay away from one of the world&rsquo;s biggest hacker gatherings. Revelations about the scale of US government spying meant emotions in the hacking world were &ldquo;running high&rdquo;, said organisers of the Def Con convention. As a result, federal agents should take a &ldquo;timeout&rdquo; from Def Con this year. The main Def Con event takes place in Las Vegas from 1 August and will see 15,000 hackers&rsquo; debate security topics and demonstrate their coding prowess. (BBC)<br />
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			'title' => 'Apple Files For ‘iWatch’ Trademark',
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	It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything concrete on Apple’s rumored “iWatch” device, but Bloomberg now reports that Apple has filed on June 3 to trademark that name in Japan. This doesn’t necessarily mean anything -- companies file for protective trademarks all the time -- but it’s one more indication that Apple is dabbling in wearable computing. iWatch rumors have been flying for most of the year, but we still don’t have a clear idea of what the gadget might look like (or what it would do) if it ever comes to market. One report said that the watch would run a version of iOS but suggested that battery life issues could be holding it back. The watch might also include a pedometer and other sensors to help it compete with fitness gadgets like Nike’s FuelBand and the Fitbit. (CNN)&nbsp;</p>',
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	Japanese consumer electronics firm Panasonic Corp will buy up to 13 percent of Gorenje, one of the biggest household appliance makers in Eastern Europe, as it aims to tap growing demand in the region.Panasonic is pulling away from unprofitable consumer electronics and wants to be number one in appliances, pitting the company against the likes of Whirlpool Corp and Electrolux. It also wants to tap into growing demand in emerging markets in Europe, particularly Russia. (Reuters)&nbsp;</p>
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FOREX

Currency	Unit	Buy	Sell
U.S. Dollar	1	121.23	121.83
European Euro	1	131.65	132.31
UK Pound Sterling	1	142.47	143.18
Swiss Franc	1	124.29	124.90
Australian Dollar	1	71.69	72.05
Canadian Dollar	1	83.90	84.32
Japanese Yen	10	10.94	11.00
Chinese Yuan	1	17.17	17.26
Saudi Arabian Riyal	1	32.27	32.43
UAE Dirham	1	33.01	33.17
Malaysian Ringgit	1	27.36	27.50
South Korean Won	100	9.77	9.82

Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)

Bullion

Fine Gold	1 tola	77000.00
Tejabi Gold	1 tola	76700.00
Silver	1 tola	720.00

Update : 2020-03-25

Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association

Petroleum

Petrol	1 Liter	106.00
Diesel	1 Liter	95.00
Kerosene	1 Liter	95.00
LP Gas	1 Cylinder	1375.00

Update : 2020-03-25