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New Now TV box coming in August

Sky is launching a new Now TV box in August, hopefully just in time for the new footie season to start. The current Now TV box is getting on for two years old now and is ripe for an update. That’s exactly what it’s getting – again using the same design and components as the latest Roku box, and this time around that’s the Roku 3. It won’t though have

Updated: Android Lollipop 5.0 update: when can I get it?

Google, HTC, Samsung and Sony It’s been a while since Android Lollipop was unveiled, but a lot of your handsets still don’t have it, as it’s down to individual manufacturers to bring it to their devices. That takes time, but we’re finally seeing it trickle out to ever more phones, and many manufacturers have also revealed when they plan to roll out the update. We’re constantly updating this article as

Adobe launches Creative Cloud 2015 with a host of new features

Adobe is calling Creative Cloud 2015 a ‘milestone’ release, with speed and technology improvements across its desktop and mobile applications. The larger changes, though, are deeper, and aimed more at professional designers and illustrators and publishing organisations. Creative Cloud is a subscription-based service – you pay a regular subscription to use the applications and online services, rather than buying a software licence outright (different subscription plans are available for different

Critics due to get EU's Google antitrust charge sheet this week: sources

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Microsoft, German publisher Axel Springer and 17 other critics of Google are expected to get a copy of the EU’s antitrust charge sheet against the search engine giant this week in order to allow them to provide feedback, four people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The 19 companies, which include U.S. online travel site Expedia, U.S. consumer reviews website Yelp, online

U.S. housing starts pause after hefty gains, building permits soar

U.S. housing starts fell in May after a hefty increase the prior month, but a surge in permits for future construction to a near eight-year high suggested the pullback was temporary and pointed to underlying strength in housing. Groundbreaking dropped 11.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 1.04 mullion units, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast housing starts falling to a 1.10

U.S. 2040 deficit to nearly double as percent of economy -CBO

The U.S. budget deficit will more than double as a share of economic output by 2040 if current tax and spending laws remain unchanged, the Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday. The CBO, releasing its annual long-term budget outlook, said however, that overall U.S. debt levels in 2040 will be slightly lower than estimates made a year ago for 2039 because of expectations of lower long-term interest rates. CBO said