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Microsoft rejects warrant to turn over emails stored overseas

1 September 2014, 11:00

Redmond is taking a stand in US courts as it appeals ruling.

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Amazon bringing 4K streaming to Prime Instant Video this October

29 August 2014, 13:30

Date was accidentally confirmed by a Samsung 4K TV press release.

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Dropbox drops prices and ups storage to hold off competition

28 August 2014, 12:45

It hopes user friendly features and services can keep it popular with users.

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Digital games distributor GoG offers DRM-free film downloads

28 August 2014, 11:00

Starts with a roster of just 21 films, including two freebies.

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Amazon snaps up video-gaming streaming site Twitch

26 August 2014, 10:00

The online retail giant confirmed a final price of $970 million in cash.

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SoundCloud introduces ads and paid ad-free subscriptions

22 August 2014, 13:15

The music streaming service will start to monetise visitors in order to pay musicians.

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Analysts: 92 per cent of all PC games sales are now digital

19 August 2014, 11:30

When did you last buy a physical copy of a PC game?

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Union pressures Co-op to remove all Amazon lockers

15 August 2014, 12:15

The move is part of the GMB's campaign against Amazon's pay and conditions.

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YouTube for TV app gets slick UI refresh

15 August 2014, 10:00

The app rolls out for Xbox One first followed by STBs and Smart TVs.

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Valve may soon be adding TV, movies and music to Steam store

12 August 2014, 13:00

A recent beta update makes reference to a range of new application-type IDs.

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WorldView-3 satellite to deliver high-res images for online maps

11 August 2014, 13:00

The DigitalGlobe satellite is ready for launch and promises exceptional resolution.

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Google acquires two start-ups, boosting AI and video ads

7 August 2014, 13:15

It is buying the mobile messaging app Emu and video-creation service Directr.

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Better broadband speeds boost property values by £ thousands

5 August 2014, 13:15

Doubling your broadband speed could add over three per cent to your house value.

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Google Chrome browser captures 20% market share for first time

4 August 2014, 10:17

Also a 64-bit beta of Chrome for Windows is now available.

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BitTorrent's Bleep app offers private P2P messaging

1 August 2014, 11:00

The serverless chat client seeks to provide users a secure platform for messaging.

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Researchers achieve optical fibre network speed of 43Tbps

1 August 2014, 09:00

Capable of transferring 1GB in 0.2 milliseconds or 5.4TB in a second.

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Mastertronic in financial difficulty, cutting workforce by 40 per cent

31 July 2014, 12:03

But Cambridge UK based games company hopes to prosper in digital only industry.

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Amazon launches a 3D printing store for plastic tat

29 July 2014, 12:15

"Limitless possibilities" on offer include custom bobble heads and smartphone cases.

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Russia Interior Ministry offers 3.9 million rubles for Tor crack

25 July 2014, 12:30

Ministry is looking for a solution to identify users and decrypt data sent via the Tor network.

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Google's $1bn acquisition of live streaming site Twitch "confirmed"

25 July 2014, 11:45

However, both parties remain silent about the deal.

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Smart TVs are set to dominate the television market by 2017

24 July 2014, 12:15

Also Sky's Now TV has been added to PS4, will be available on the Xbox One soon.

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Netflix more than doubles quarterly earnings

22 July 2014, 13:13

The video streaming giant has also now surpassed 50 million subscribers.

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Dell intends to sell 30 million notebooks next year

22 July 2014, 09:53

And has now started to accept Bitcoin payments for its wares in the US.

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Google to stop labelling apps with in-app purchases as 'Free'

21 July 2014, 12:45

The move is in response to criticism from the European Commission.

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Pirate Bay traffic doubles in face of widespread ISP ban

21 July 2014, 11:51

The website claims to have doubled its traffic since 2011 with the US being its largest source.

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Amazon announces Kindle Unlimited e-book subscriptions

18 July 2014, 15:26

A subscription will allow unlimited access to 600,000 titles at a monthly cost of $9.99.

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Google ultrafast broadband plans hit a competitive snag in the UK

18 July 2014, 12:45

The tech giant has been in talks with CityFibre to extend its Google Fiber project to Britain.

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Amazon confirms impending Prime Instant Video Android App

17 July 2014, 13:37

The company is also working on streaming 4K content, which will launch this year.

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Google's 'Project Zero' - a hacker squad hunting for vulnerabilities

16 July 2014, 13:00

The team was put together to help cut down targeted attacks across the Internet.

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Mozilla's advanced JPG encoder cuts file sizes by five per cent

16 July 2014, 10:15

mozjpeg 2.0 is being tested by Facebook to save server burden, help user pages load faster.

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Amazon hires Google Glass creator

15 July 2014, 10:40

Babak Parviz, director at Google X, announced his departure via his Google+ account.

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Samsung launches Exynos ModAP SoC, rebrands app store

11 July 2014, 10:04

The new 28nm SoC is a quad-core part with integrated LTE modem.

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Ubisoft believes that DLC "is pretty much accepted" nowadays

9 July 2014, 09:45

Also we might see more 'Time Saver' DLC following its success in Assassin's Creed.

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