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Is Open Source The Way Forward?

Is Open Source The Way Forward   This week, the UK Government announced that they have adopted the Open Document Format (ODF) as the standard format for sharing or collaborating on Government documents. Documents for viewing only will, as standard, now be in either PDF or HTML format. The change to open source formats, as…
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Google Glass Arrives in the UK

Google Glass Arrives in the UK   Google’s head-mounted computer, which has been available to American users since April, has reached British shores as of last week. For £1,000, UK consumers are now able to become an “Explorer” with their own Google Glass headset, and decide for themselves whether or not it really is the…
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Meet Amazon’s Smartphone: The Fire Phone

Meet Amazon’s Smartphone: The Fire Phone   Amazon.com Inc, the American international electronic commerce company, has caught up with its contemporaries and is releasing its very first smart phone. Amazon’s new phone, named Fire, will allow its users to "see and interact with the world through a whole new lens." The Fire Phone sports Gorilla Glass 3…
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First Machine Passes the ‘Turing Test’

First Machine Passes the ‘Turing Test’   For the first time in history, a computer has been able to convince people into believing that it is a human being, becoming the inaugural machine to ever pass what is known as the ‘Turing Test’. What Has Happened? On the 60th anniversary of Alan Turing’s death, a…
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Security Breach News: eBay, Office and Facebook

Security Breach News: eBay, Office and Facebook   This week it was revealed that online auction and shopping website eBay suffered a security breach back in February or March of this year. The breach consisted of the theft of names, email addresses and other personal data, which affected up to 145 million eBay customers. The…
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Can Your Business Survive Without Backups?

Can Your Business Survive Without Backups   Almost everyone who has ever used a computer has experienced that terrible sinking feeling; that important document you were just working on is gone, your data is lost – and you forgot to back it up. Whilst losing a personal document is bad, losing business data can be…
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