Blog Alert for Wired.co.uk - News, Mar 18, 2014

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1) Google brings Chromecast to UK TVs today
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/19/chromecast-uk

Google's competitor to the Apple TV and
AirPlay, Chromecast, will launch in the UK today.

The device, which costs £30, plugs directly into a television's
HDMI port and allows supported apps
on Android and iOS devices to stream content to
a TV wirelessly. At launch these include obvious choices such as
YouTube, but also BBC iPlayer and Netflix.
By: Nate Lanxon, Continue reading...

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2) Android smartwatch OS announced with Moto 360
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/18/moto-360

  
Motorola has announced it will be entering the smartwatch market
with the Moto 360, a traditionally styled timepiece that's been
given the Google treatment. It first hinted at the unveiling during
Mobile World Congress last month in Barcelona, but today we have
been given our first glimpse of the watch.

At the same time, Google has shown off Android Wear, its Android
operating sytem for wearables, which will run on the Moto 360, as
well as devices from other manufacturers. It's not surprising the
two have been announced in tandem, given that Google still
currently owns Motorola.
By: Katie Collins, Continue reading...

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3) Snowden: Big revelations to come, reporting them is not a crime
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/18/snowden-ted

Edward Snowden made a surprise appearance on the TED stage in
Vancouver today, by Beam telepresence robot from "somewhere in
Russia".

Snowden, in his second remote talk in eight days after an
appearance at SXSW Interactive in Texas, urged online businesses to
encrypt their websites immediately. "The biggest thing that an
internet company in America can do today, right now, without
consulting lawyers, to protect users of the internet around the
world is to enable web encryption on every page you visit," he
said. "If you look at a copy of 1984 on Amazon, the NSA can see a
record of that, the Russians, the French, can -- the world's
library is unencrypted. This is something we need to change not
just for Amazon -- all companies need to move to an encrypted
browsing habit by default."

 
By: David Rowan, Continue reading...

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4) EU votes to protect net neutrality, end roaming charges
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/18/eu-roaming-net-neutrality

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have voted for
stricter rules against internet providers blocking or slowing
internet services provided by competitors and called for an end to
roaming charges.

The Parliamentary Committee on Industry, Research and
Energy passed the package of reforms put together by Digital
Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes with 30 votes to 12 (with 14
abstentions).

 
By: Olivia Solon, Continue reading...

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5) These clever hospital door handles will clean your grubby paws
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/18/pullclean-door-handle

Despite every hospital now having numerous hand
sanitation "stations" dotted throughout their wards, getting people
to actually use them is still proving a challenge. The PullClean
door handle from Altitude Medical could change this by
incorporating hand sanitisers in hospital doors to both remind and
encourage staff, patients and visitors to clean their hands.

By embedding hand sanitisers into hospital door
handles -- an unavoidable object that almost every visitor must use
--  it is hoped that hand sanitation will feel as effortless
and as habitual as opening a door. This simplification is intended
to radically increase rates of hand sanitising, which in turn could
possibly drastically reduced hospital based diseases and
infections.

 
By: Nicholas Tufnell, Continue reading...

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6) Wearables won't just record our lives, they'll change them
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/18/lifeloggers

Lifeloggers are not there to capture the mundane and
uninteresting. They are there to capture the subtle moments that
mean something to us -- and we are only just beginning to touch
upon the benefits of having these at our disposal for analysis.

Niclas Johansson, marketing manager at Narrative, and
Autographer CEO Simon Randall made these comments on stage at
London's Wearable Technology Show, alongside Lyte MD Chris Chance
and GoPro's Paul Hancon.

"One user came up to me and said they'd bought our
device and had been using it for a few weeks," said Randall. "He'd
been wearing it at the office everyday, and what he had captured by
the end of the week was really boring. So he decided to rearrange
his whole office -- he owned the company -- with more communal and
open spaces. Then his images were much more interesting."
By: Liat Clark, Continue reading...

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7) Hide from your friends with Cloak app
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/18/cloak-antisocial-network

Are you incredibly popular but sick of bumping into
your "friends" all the time? Then you should check out Cloak,
a newly released app and one of the first self-proclaimed
"anti-social networks", which is hoping to provide you with an
"incognito mode for real life".

Cloak harvests Instagram and Foursquare updates from
your friends before using that data to inform you of their
whereabouts, allowing you to keep track of their movements and
avoid them entirely. 

 
By: Nicholas Tufnell, Continue reading...

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8) The Wind Rises review: a Miyazaki masterpiece
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/18/the-wind-rises-review

  
The name Hayao Miyazaki is to many synonymous with that of the
Japanese animation house he co-founded in the 1980s, Studio Ghibli.
At 73 years old, his latest work -- The Wind
Rises (Kaze Tachinu in Japan) -- is also to
be his last.

Ahead of its May release via Studio Canal in the UK, I was a
little nervous entering the screening room to see the picture. I'm
a long-time Ghibli admirer and fan, but I'm in the camp that
favours its marriage of fantasy and mysticism (My Neighbor
Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle) over its explorations of real
life (Grave of the Fireflies). I had heard The
Wind Rises sat somewhere in the middle. I didn't know
what to expect.
By: Nate Lanxon, Continue reading...

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9) Football tech should not be relegated to the goal-line
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/18/wearables-in-sports

Football is a multibillion pound sport that relies on
its players for success -- why then isn't it protecting those same
players with life-saving wearables?

This was the question former professional footballer
Kevin Campbell put to the audience at London's Wearable Technology
Show, where he seemed personally incredulous at the lack of action
being taken by the likes of the FA.

"Being in a top level sport you tend to think
everything is measured -- with every run in training they are
trying to get every last ounce out of the athlete," said Campbell.
"Then you get to situations where Fabrice
Muamba collapses on the pitch with a heart problem and
everyone is up in arms. With all this technology constantly
measuring everything, how can that happen to an elite
footballer?"
By: Liat Clark, Continue reading...

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10) Ski apps don't cause accidents, people do
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/18/ski-tracking-apps

For skiers and boarders, technology has long been making the
mountain safer, more accessible, more thrilling. Whether it's the
reassuring presence of Recco avalanche sensors in our gear, snow
cannons, telecabines replacing rusty buttons or helicopters
dropping us in places lifts don't go, the skiing experience has
definitely benefited from advances in tech.

Recently though, a spate of media reports have picked
up on the growing popularity of ski-tracking apps, and have
questioned whether they are to blame for an increase in
speed-related accidents on the slopes. The apps measure a skier or
boarder's journey throughout the day, and among the various
statistics it throws up is their top speed. Reports suggest that
while attempting to score a personal best, or beat the top speeds
of friends, skiers have been pushing themselves to the point of
losing control, and on some occasions have [...]

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11) Wearables are ugly and inessential, let's fix them
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/18/how-to-make-a-wearable-wearable

Entrepreneurs need to stop building wearables in plastic and get
authentication right if they are going to thrive. These were
two of the main points touched upon by a panel of four
entrepreneurs in the industry onstage at the London Wearable Technology
Show.

"Many of the products in this space are not even wearable," said
Sonny Vu of Misfit Wearables, the creator of activity monitor
Shine. "It's a bit of a misnomer. One of the first tasks is making
them wearable and that means elegant and not forcing people to take
them off to charge."
By: Liat Clark, Continue reading...

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Blog Alert for Wired.co.uk - News, Mar 16, 2014

New Posts to Wired.co.uk - News on Mar 16, 2014:

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1) More ozone-destroying gases discovered in atmosphere
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/16/greenhouse-gases

Researchers have identified four manmade gases in the
atmosphere that could threaten the ozone layer, in addition to
existing chemicals that are banned under international
treaties.

Three new chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and one new
hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) have been spotted by comparing
modern air samples with air trapped in polar ice more than 100
years ago.

 
By: Duncan Geere, Continue reading...

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2) Acoustic cloak keeps you out of ear's reach
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/16/acoustic-cloaking

Materials engineers at Duke University have built a
three-dimensional acoustic cloak that reroutes sound waves away
from an object.

The device, which functions in much the same way as purported
invisibility cloaks, masks an object from sound waves. "By placing
this cloak around an object, the sound waves behave like there is
nothing more than a flat surface in their path," said Steven
Cummer, who worked on the design.

 
By: Duncan Geere, Continue reading...

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Blog Alert for Wired.co.uk - News, Mar 15, 2014

New Posts to Wired.co.uk - News on Mar 15, 2014:

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1) UK gov wants 'unsavoury' web content censored
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/15/government-web-censorship

The UK minister for immigration and security has called for the
government to do more to deal with "unsavoury", rather than
illegal, material online.

James Brokenshire made the comments to the Financial
Times in an interview related to the government's
alleged ability to automatically request YouTube videos be taken
down under "super flagger" status.

 
By: Liat Clark, Continue reading...

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2) UK pledges £290m for international science
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/15/international-science

Science minister David Willetts has offered up £290
million to international research projects, including the largest
telescope ever built.

A sum of £100 million will be put towards the construction of
the Square Kilometre Array -- a vast radio telescope that'll be
built across South Africa and Australia. It's hoped that the
investment will lead to breakthroughs in storing and processing
large amounts of data.

 
By: Duncan Geere, Continue reading...

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3) India plans mission to the Sun
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/15/india-sun

India's Mangalyaan spacecraft is on its way to Mars, but the
county is already planning its next major space exploration
mission.

The country visited the Moon in 2008, and launched a budget Mars
rocket in late 2013. But its next step is a mission to the Sun,
which could begin as early as 2017.

 
By: Duncan Geere, Continue reading...

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Blog Alert for ExtremeTech, Nov 9, 2013

New Posts to ExtremeTech on Nov 9, 2013:

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1) ET deals: $300 off Dell Inspiron 15 Touch Haswell laptop
http://www.extremetech.com/deals/170695-et-deals-300-off-dell-inspiron-15-touch-haswell-laptop

Intel's new Haswell processors may not have been as important to desktops or even full-power laptops, but ultra-thin and ultrabook laptops have benefited greatly. The new ULT (Ultra Low TDP) versions of the chips, denoted by a U at the end of the model number, move the platform controller hub onto the CPU die and…

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Blog Alert for ExtremeTech, Nov 8, 2013

New Posts to ExtremeTech on Nov 8, 2013:

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1) Android ART: Google finally moves to replace Dalvik, to boost performance and battery life
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/170677-android-art-google-finally-moves-to-replace-dalvik-to-boost-performance-and-battery-life

Dalvik, the virtual machine that runs almost every Android app, has remained virtually the same since day one -- and Dalvik is slow. Now, with Android 4.4, Google has revealed that a Dalvik replacement is in the works -- a replacement, called Android Runtime (ART), that should improve the performance of Android apps by a huge margin. The early version of ART in Android 4.4 already speeds up apps by around 100%, and the final version should be even better.

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2) Microsoft confirms that PS4, Wii U will work with Xbox One HDMI passthrough
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/170667-microsoft-confirms-that-ps4-wii-u-will-work-with-xbox-one-hdmi-passthrough

When Microsoft first announced that the Xbox One will feature HDMI input and output, one question jumped to mind: Can you run a PS4 through the Xbox One? Microsoft mostly kept its responses to that question vague, but now it seems like it's willing to open up. Not only will the Xbox One work with cable boxes and Xbox 360 signals over HDMI, but any HDMI-compliant device should work just fine out of the box.

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3) New super-accurate atomic clock could be ultra-portable thanks to chilly atoms
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/170508-new-super-accurate-atomic-clock-could-be-ultra-portable-thanks-to-chilly-atoms

The smallest atomic clocks are lacking in long-term accuracy, and larger clocks are incredibly expensive. The National Institute of Standards and Technology hopes to make a small atomic clock that never needs calibration using cooled rubidium atoms.

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4) Sono, a noise cancelation and isolation device that sticks on your window
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/170649-sono-a-noise-cancelation-and-isolation-device-that-sticks-on-your-window

If you're the sort that needs peace and quiet to get anything done, escaping the noise pollution of every day life -- regardless of where you're located -- is no easy task. A white noise machine can help, but in the end it's still electronic noise, and unless you can afford a fancy sound system, the noise often sounds unnatural. A new device that sticks onto your window, Sono, will not only cancel real-world noise, but isolate the noises you'd prefer to hear, if any.

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5) Alien spotting: By 2020, we?ll finally have the ability to locate life-harboring, alien planets
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/170628-alien-spotting-by-2020-well-finally-have-the-ability-to-locate-habitable-alien-planets

The universe, as you probably know, is almost impossibly large. It is almost 100 billion light years across and consists of of billions of galaxies and trillions of stars. The latest estimate is that there are up to 50 sextillion potentially habitable planets in the universe. Now it's time to go one step further, though: The scientific community is preparing to launch a bevy of new space telescopes that can peer across the universe and tell us how many of those planets actually harbor life.

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6) Xbox One cloud servers will ?frequently? reboot, potentially losing your in-game progress
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/170610-xbox-one-cloud-servers-will-frequently-reboot-potentially-losing-your-in-game-progress

Since the Xbox One was announced, Microsoft has consistently boasted about the power of the Azure-based Xbox Live Compute service launching alongside its new console. With these resources, developers can host multiplayer matches, offload tasks from the Xbox One's CPU, and even crunch data while the console itself is turned off. There are clearly benefits to Microsoft's push for cloud-assisted gaming, but there is a huge downside that has recently surfaced. As it turns out, the servers will need to be rebooted "rather frequently," and this could potentially cause major issues for online-only games.

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7) Well, that was quick: AMD solves R9 290 throttling problem with a new driver
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/170636-well-that-was-quick-amd-solves-r9-290-throttling-problem-with-a-new-driver

AMD's lighting-swift driver update appears to have ended any problems that were brewing with the company's R9 290 cards -- with a driver update, the GPUs no longer exhibit the throttling behavior they initially showed.

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Blog Alert for ExtremeTech, Nov 7, 2013

New Posts to ExtremeTech on Nov 7, 2013:

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1) The world?s first 3D printed metal gun is a beautiful .45 caliber M1911 pistol
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/170574-the-worlds-first-3d-printed-metal-gun-is-a-beautiful-45-caliber-m1911-pistol

The world's first 3D printed gun has come and gone. It fired a shot, but was made of plastic and broke down very quickly. Further revisions of the gun had it last a little longer but the weapons weren't permanent, and thus unreliable. Now, 3D printing and rapid prototyping company Solid Concepts has improved upon the plastic gun, and 3D printed the world's first metal gun.

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2) PS4 teardown reveals beautiful design, integrated PSU, a case modder?s dream
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/170570-ps4-teardown-reveals-beautiful-design-integrated-psu-a-case-modders-dream

We've had an extensive look at the outside of the new consoles, but what about the inside? We're only a week away from the launch of the PS4, so now is the time to get to know it a little bit better. A video of Sony's Yasuhiro Ootori executing a complete teardown of the PS4 went live today, and now the public finally gets to see just how beautiful the innards really are.

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3) The rebirth of the Silk Road and the return of the Dread Pirate Roberts
http://www.extremetech.com/internet/170489-the-rebirth-of-the-silk-road-and-the-return-of-the-dread-pirate-roberts

Just over a month later, the Silk Road is back (you'll have to find the .onion address for yourself). It looks almost identical to the original version, and already has hundreds of sellers offering drugs of all kinds -- but what portion of these early listings are coming from the cops? That question seems to be ringing through the community, because whatever the answer may be, it is almost certainly not zero.

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Blog Alert for ExtremeTech, Oct 19, 2013

New Posts to ExtremeTech on Oct 19, 2013:

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1) Volvo develops battery-infused carbon fiber body panels
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/168964-volvo-develops-battery-infused-carbon-fiber-body-panels

Volvo is working to replace the bulky batteries in EVs with structural panels composed of carbon fiber that hold a charge. This could make cars lighter and more well-balanced if the cost hurdles can be overcome.

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2) ET deals: HP Chromebook 11 discount drops the price to $266
http://www.extremetech.com/deals/168971-et-deals-hp-chromebook-11-discount-drops-the-price-to-266

HP's Chromebook 11 is the newest iteration of these cloud-connected PCs and it looks to be firing on all cylinders. Right off the bat it nails two important criteria for a Chromebook: it's small and it's inexpensive. The HP CB11 is built around an 11.6-inch screen and measures just 0.69-inches at 2.3 lbs, small enough to slip into nearly any bag with negligible bulk added.

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