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Delhi Government bans Uber, says it is misleading customers — NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government has acted after the rape incident involving a 25-year-old woman in Delhi and has issued an order on Monday banning the services of Uber India in Delhi, saying it is misleading customers.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
More Woe For Uber As Ride Sharing Service UberPop Ban Upheld In The Netherlands [Updated] — Uber, the controversial transportation startup valued at $40 billion+, is facing more heat, this time in Europe. A Dutch court today ruled to bar use of the company's UberPop ride-sharing service … | Malini Menon / Reuters: |
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| Sabine Devins / The Local: |
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks out against net neutrality, says internet needs a fast lane for some services — Merkel speaks out against net neutrality — Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for preferential services for certain providers on the web at her keynote speech at a conference in Berlin on Thursday.
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| Casey Johnston / Ars Technica: |
To make CompSci more relevant and inclusive, we should add it to general curriculum in schools — To address tech's diversity woes, start with the vanishing Comp Sci classroom — In May 2014 at the all-girls Emma Willard School in upstate New York, nearly a third of the school's 300+ students …
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Pixelmator, Beyonce, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ & ‘Fargo’ lead Apple's iTunes Best of 2014 awards — Apple on Monday debuted its curated list of the best content available from its various digital platforms, including apps, music, movies, books, podcasts and more.
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| Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac: |
Former Apple Supply Manager Paul Devine, convicted in 2011 of selling trade secrets to suppliers, sentenced to a year in prison and $4.5M fine — Former Apple Global Supply Manager Paul Devine sentenced to a year in prison and $4.5M fine — A former Apple Global Supply Manager was sentenced … | Bruce Schneier / MIT Technology Review: |
Antivirus Companies Should Be More Open About Their Government Malware Discoveries — Antivirus companies had tracked the sophisticated—and likely U.S.-backed—Regin malware for years. But they kept what they learned to themselves. — Last week we learned about a striking piece …
| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Vimeo starts offering 4K downloads, but shies away from streaming — Janko Roettgers — Credit: Fer Gregory / Shutterstock — Credit: Fer Gregory / Shutterstock — Vimeo-loving video producers can finally put that expensive Red camera to good use: Vimeo is now allowing Pro subscribers …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Mesosphere Announces First Data Center OS And $36M In Funding — Mesosphere, the commercial entity built on top of the open source Apache Mesos project, announced some major milestones today, starting with $36M in Series B funding along with the early release of what they are calling the first data center operating system.
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| Quentyn Kennemer / Phandroid: |
[Update] Samsung Gear VR now available for $200 at Samsung.com and AT&T … Samsung has always listed December 2014 as the landing date for their virtual reality wearable Samsung Gear VR, and unless my calendar is bugged that window has arrived. While Samsung has yet to formally announce a solid date …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google Cloud Platform now supports Microsoft server app licenses, Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition — Google today announced it has expanded Windows support on the Google Cloud Platform. New additions include Microsoft License Mobility, support for Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition …
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PlayStation Network taken offline again for more than two hours by DDoS attack; hacking group Lizard Squad takes credit — Hackers Hit Sony, Again — Hackers hit a second division of Sony today. Sony's PlayStation online gaming network was offline for more than two hours as a result of an apparent cyber attack.
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