uk-hotdailynews: 2014-08-16 U.K. Technology

Apple stores personal data in China despite security risks  Telegraph.co.uk
Apple has triggered concerns over the security of customers' data by becoming the first tech giant to start storing personal information about users on servers in mainland China. The firm announced that it would break with unofficial policy of Silicon Valley to ...

Apple to Add Data Storage in China and Prohibit Two Chemicals   New York Times (blog)
Apple storing iCould data in China, report says   CNET
Apple Adds China Telecom to Host User Data Amid Security Concern   Businessweek
Inquirer
Wall Street Journal (blog)
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The global internet is being attacked by sharks, google confirms  New Zealand Herald
A shark expert from Cal State-Long Beach suggested they may be biting out of curiosity. Photo / Getty Images. The Internet is a series of tubes ... that are sometimes attacked by sharks. Reports of sharks biting the undersea cables that zip our data around the ...

Are Google's Underwater Cables at Risk for Shark Attacks?   Mashable
Google protects undersea cables against potential shark attacks   The Weather Network
How Google Stops Sharks From Eating Undersea Cables   Forbes
The Inquisitr
Daily Mail
Popular Science
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Say hello to the first smartphone – don't think it has Facebook  Metro
The IBM Simon went on sale 20 years ago on August 16, 1994 and it might said there has been just a little progress since then. This was the very first device to combine a PDA with an early 1990s mobile phone. Since then we have enjoyed or endured the ...

First smartphone to go on display   Daily Mail
IBM Simon Personal Communicator Turns 20   Ubergizmo
World's first smartphone turns 20: Oh, how the world has changed   Globalnews.ca
Herald Scotland
E&T magazine
BBC News
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EE attacked over queue-jumping charge  Financial Times
EE, the UK's most-complained-about mobile network, has been criticised by its customers after introducing a charge to jump the queue on service calls. They have taken to social media to vent their anger after the UK's largest mobile phone group by customer ...

Mobile giant EE blasted for launching 50p queue jumping option for phoning its ...   Mirror.co.uk
EE customers complain about 50p queue-jump charge for customer service   Pocket-lint.com
Mobile firm EE introduces queue jumping charge   BBC News
Expert Reviews
Inquirer
ITProPortal
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Google removes more links under 'right to be forgotten'  Telegraph.co.uk
Google is embroiled in a new row over the “right to be forgotten” after it agreed to the removal of a new tranche of news articles from online search results. The web giant agreed to requests from individuals that true stories about them be deleted from results ...

Why are Telegraph stories about the 'right to be forgotten' disappearing from the ...   Washington Post (blog)
'Hooligan' sales executive on £40000 a year gets Google to remove 2001 story ...   Daily Mail
CIA security luminary: 'Right to be forgotten is not enough'   The Guardian

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Destiny Mars Accolades Trailer: More Than Just A Game  Cinema Blend
A new trailer has surfaced for Bungie's first-person shooter, Destiny. The latest piece of promotional media contains textual accolades from the media praising the game for its various features. One quote even goes as far as to say that it's “more than a game”.
Touch Down On Mars In New Destiny Gameplay Trailer   GameSided
Destiny trailer explores Mars, fights Cabal   Computerandvideogames.com
Bungie teases Destiny's Mars content with a new trailer   Play.tm
TIME
Hardcore Gamer
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