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• Microsoft claims its lens system can improve the Rift's vision

  Microsoft Research has developed a lens system it believes is superior to the one in a developer's version of the Oculus VR Rift headset.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Monday, June 29

  Google favoring own services may harm consumers... Tech industry hails same-sex marriage ruling... Disney bans selfie sticks... and more tech news

• Microsoft's HoloLens is headed out of this world, with help from NASA

  Microsoft is sending its new augmented-reality headgear out of this world ... literally.

• Google looks for content makers to test its Jump virtual reality video camera

  Continuing its efforts to woo enterprise users in heavily regulated industries, Box on Monday announced a new add-on tool for its cloud storage service that's designed for managing sensitive data.

• One in three datacentre servers is a zombie

  A new study says that 30% of all physical servers in data centers are comatose, or are using energy but delivering no useful information. What's remarkable is that that percentage hasn't changed since 2008, when a separate study showed the same thing.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, June 19

  Google offers a look inside its data centers...Facebook won't have a Moment in Europe just yet...Samsung promises to fix Galaxy hole...and more tech news.

• HP aims for quick switch to Windows 10 on PCs, tablets

  Acting quickly to move away from Windows 8, HP will start pre-installing Windows 10 across its old and new PCs and tablets within days of the release of the new OS on July 29.

• HP brings USB Type-C to low-cost tablets with Pavilion X2

  Hewlett-Packard is bringing USB Type-C port to low-cost tablets with the new Pavilion X2 hybrid, but an aging Intel Atom processor scratches some of the shine off the new device.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, June 18

  Microsoft reshuffles executives... Uber goes to court to deny driver rights... AT&T faces $100M fine over unlimited data limitations... and more tech news

• Microsoft develops version of Minecraft for HoloLens

  Microsoft used the E3 conference to show off the gaming capabilities of HoloLens, demonstrating how the augmented reality headset can be used to play a version of Minecraft designed for the device.

• Google promises power reduction in Chrome on the Mac

  Google last week promised to lower the power appetite of Chrome on the Mac to make its browser more competitive with Apple's Safari.

• Baidu fires researcher involved in AI contest flap

  Chinese search giant Baidu has fired one of its researchers, after the company found he had deliberately broken the rules of an artificial intelligence contest.

• HP's Sprout PC becomes a 3D scanner with $US299 accessory

  Hewlett-Packard has built a $US299 accessory for its Sprout PC that should allow it to function as a fairly accurate 3D scanner.

• Microsoft Surface Hub goes on sale in September

  Microsoft has a gigantic new member of its Surface family of touch-enabled devices called the Surface Hub, a widescreen all-in-one computer that can act as the focal point of conference-room meetings.

• Five network trends challenging the enterprise

  As cloud computing, big data and the deployment of mega-scale data centers accelerates, organizations need to continually recalibrate and evolve the network. This challenge has led to the development of new technologies and standards designed to increase and optimize network capacity, security and flexibility, all while keeping a lid on cost. Here are the top five trends as we see them: