uk-hotdailynews: 2014-12-10 U.K. Technology

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Older iPods going for big bucks
WTNH
(WTNH)– Remember your old iPod classic, the one with the spin wheel? When Apple announced its new iPhones this fall, they also announced an end to production of the iPod classic due to an inability to get parts. Now that they're no longer available in ...

Discontinued iPod Classic Fetching Up to $1000 on Auction Sites   NBC Bay Area
iPod Classic: Apple's dead music player prompts frenzy on eBay and Amazon   The Independent
iPod Classic: Why people are paying £600 for obsolete iPods   Metro
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Facebook emotional manipulation study is top scientific paper of 2014 — barely
VentureBeat
Only Facebook's ill-advised intentional manipulation of users' emotions could top the academic excitement generated in 2014 by an otherwise dry study that happened to catch fire thanks to a very snarky author comment. The Facebook paper, Experimental ...

The 10 most popular academic papers of 2014   Times Higher Education

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CNET

Change all of your passwords at once with Dashlane
CNET
Dashlane's new Password Changer feature does the password-changing legwork for you, letting you change all or a selection of your passwords with a couple of clicks. by Matt Elliott · @themattelliott; December 9, 2014 4:02 PM PST. comments. 0. facebook.
Two security firms launch rival automatic password changers   Reuters India
automatic password changers   Stuff.co.nz
Dashlane, LastPass Launch Automatic Password Changers   PC Magazine
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BT's bid to buy rival O2 is 'imminent' as an announcement is expected this week
This is Money
BT is poised to strike a multi-billion deal to buy rival 02, with an announcement expected as early as this week. The telecoms goliath is in takeover talks with EE and O2, Britain's first and second largest mobile providers. Last night sources familiar with the talks ...

BT updates board on race to buy EE or O2   Telegraph.co.uk
BT to continue O2 and EE deal talks after board meeting - source   Reuters UK
BT Said to Lean Toward Buying UK Mobile Carrier O2 Over EE   Bloomberg

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Number of UK homes with TVs falls
BBC News
The number of UK homes owning a TV set has fallen for the first time, as more people watch programmes on their laptops, tablets and smartphones. Media watchdog Ofcom said TV-owning households dropped by 300,000 between the end of 2012 and the ...

Ofcom Infrastructure Report – CLA response   Rochdale Online
UK broadband coverage still patchy - with huge gap between slowest and fastest ...   Mirror.co.uk
UK broadband coverage: What's the reality?   ZDNet
The Register
ITProPortal
TelecomTV
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Claire Perry predicts driverless cars will pick children up and bring them home
Daily Mail
Parents could one day wave goodbye to the school run and pack their children off in a driverless car, a transport minister has predicted. Claire Perry said she has a 'vision' of futuristic vehicles picking children up in the morning and bringing them home at ...

Four cities chosen for UK trials of driverless cars   ChoiceQuote Insurance Services
Hackers 'could launch cyber attacks on driverless cars to cause chaos on ...   Evening Standard
Parents will wave off children to school in driverless cars, says minister   Telegraph.co.uk
The Star
ITProPortal
CM
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SFGate

Microsoft insists feds can't take data stored in Ireland
SFGate
If U.S. prosecutors can reach into a Microsoft server in Ireland and retrieve e-mails stored there, what's to stop a German court from ordering a German bank to open a safe-deposit box in the bank's New York City branch? That premise introduces off Microsoft's ...

Microsoft tells US: The world's servers are not yours for the taking   Ars Technica
Feds can't seize emails stored in Ireland, Microsoft says   Computerworld
Microsoft says private data 'at risk' in court case   Daily Mail
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Vauxhall releases dramatic footage of legendary quality control guru "Ellesmere ...
Western Morning News
Vauxhall has today released dramatic footage of a vehicle sign-off like no other, while celebrating the five-millionth car to be produced at its famous Cheshire plant. News of the landmark car will be an extra boost for the near-1,800 workforce at Ellesmere Port, ...

West Cheshire College in Ellesmere Port to host festive production of A ...   ChesterChronicle.co.uk
Vauxhall celebrates five million cars built at Ellesmere Port   AutoExpress
Vauxhall celebrates 5000000 cars produced at Ellesmere Port   Autocar
Liverpool Echo
Cheshire Today
Wirral Globe
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Don't Risk It, warn police
Irvine Times
DRIVERS you have been warned! That's the message from Police Scotland this week as they launched their new Don't Risk It Campaign. Share this image. DRIVERS you have been warned! That's the message from Police Scotland this week as they ...

Alcohol consumption in Scotland drops   The Spirits Business
Scots drinking 38m fewer pints since '09   The Drinks Business
Don't risk it: Scotland's new lower drink-drive limit makes roads safer   Scottish Daily Record
Glasgow Evening Times
NW Evening Mail
Herald Scotland
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Poor broadband hindering London's digital economy
Telegraph.co.uk
London's digital economy is being underserved by poor broadband speeds while other European capitals streak ahead, according to new research. London is currently ranked 26 out of 33 other European cities in terms of broadband speeds, with an average ...

Is London hindered by poor infrastructure?   thinkbroadband.com
London's 'digital economy' hindered by poor broadband infrastructure   IT News Online
London comes bottom for broadband yet again   London Loves Business
Business Review
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