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Pakistan blocks Twitter, then changes its mind
Offensive tweets put officials in a spin Tweets offensive to Islam have prompted Pakistan’s government to block Twitter – but a strong public reaction saw the ban lifted after eight hours.… [more]
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Vodafone turns to AWS for cricket app
Lessons from Big Brother power live streaming app, lead to cloud CMS at Vodafone Oz Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) “never elegantly and cost-effectively” solved the problem of delivering online content to phone-wielding hordes during its long association with the Australian incarnation of Big Brother. But the company has nailed a cricket-streaming app first time, thanks to cloud services from Amazon Web Services.… [more]
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Dish Networks locks horns with broadcasters over ad skipping
Auto Hop has content industry hopping mad In the latest episode of the US ad-skipping saga, Dish Networks is facing the wrath of broadcasters such as NBC and Fox, but winning praise from customers and no doubt causing a little churn among competitors. That at least is the intention of the Dish PVR ad skipping feature called Auto Hop, with the company gambling that the gain in subscription revenue will make the pain of having to defend a possibly protracted case against it from broadcasters worthwhile.… [more]
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SpaceX Dragon chokes at the last second
Computer said no: New attempt expected on Tuesday The Falcon 9 rocket from private space company SpaceX, intended to launch this morning and send a Dragon capsule loaded with supplies to the International Space Station, has failed to take off. The rocket's computer aborted the launch automatically at almost the final possible moment, when its engines had already ignited but the vehicle had not yet been released from the pad.… [more]
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Ten… Qwerty mobiles
Pushy types Product round-up As the speedy texter generation grows longer in the Bluetooth and touchscreen technologies improve, the range of Qwerty phones on offer gets smaller by the day. But for many, they wouldn't use anything else. Indeed, for RIM, Qwerty keys have been the hallmark of it BlackBerry handsets.… [more]
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Can SMEs score those big gov contracts?
Public sector doesn't make it easy for smaller suppliers The UK public sector spends £230bn on goods and services a year, roughly 15 per cent of the UK economy and £1 for every £7 spent in Britain. The procurement of these goods and services is a massively complex undertaking, fraught with inefficiency accumulated over successive governments.… [more]
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Microsoft to devs: Don't ruin Win 8 launch with crap code
Unofficial APIs are the new fruit of temptation Microsoft has urged developers to only use approved Windows 8 software interfaces to avoid spoiling the launch of its new operating system with dodgy code.… [more]
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Apache OpenOffice security fixes emerge
Under new management: First revamp passes one million downloads Details have emerged about the security fixes that came bundled with Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0, the latest version of the open-source productivity suite.… [more]
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Facebook jumps then slumps in first few minutes day's trade
Round and round she goes, where she stops…. Facebook's shares debuted on the Nasdaq today at $42 and immediately skidded downwards to the original IPO price of $38.… [more]
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What's on the cards at EMC's casino royale next week?
EMC World is not enough – time to live and let Flash die What news will be revealed to the 13,000 people attending EMC World in Las Vegas next Monday?… [more]
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