Labor looking ahead on NBN while Coalition stuck at 25Mbps

Labor's pledged upgrade path for the NBN, while uncosted, shows it has a plan for the future, which puts it in front of the competition.

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HPE awarded $3 billion in Oracle Itanium suit, but appeal looms

Remember Itanium? HPE sure does after it won a nice payout from a long-running lawsuit against Oracle over supporting the processor. Oracle plots an appeal.

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VR in classrooms: It's unclear if it helps, but teachers want it

A new survey shows that a large majority of teachers nationwide think virtual reality would help improve learning outcomes.

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Asian firms must embrace 'open innovation' to remain competitive

Open source concept is becoming "de factor way of innovating", where businesses in Asia should embrace open collaboration and share ideas to gain agility and speed, say Red Hat executives.

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Free Wi-Fi connections put business travellers at risk - Kaspersky

A Kaspersky Lab survey of almost 12,000 international business travellers reveals that four out of five use free Wi-Fi services, and that senior managers assume their work devices are secure. If they fall victim to cybercrimes, it's the IT department's fault....

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Federal agency probing Tesla's Autopilot feature after fatal crash

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a preliminary investigation into the advanced autonomous driving technology following a May 7 accident.

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Microsoft Office 365 email outage affecting some US customers

An Office 365 email outage is affecting a number of users who are unable to send or receive messages. Exchange Online Protection's filtering infrastructure could be at fault.

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eBay leverages Google's AMP for faster mobile shopping

Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages are geared toward news content, but eBay is sees its promise in the e-commerce space.

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​Sling TV now offers Internet viewers more than 100 channels

In the best deal available today for cord-cutters, Sling TV now offers customers their choice of more than 100 channels.

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​Google Calendar down for some users

Google's popular Calendar service experienced a service outage today.

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Qualcomm expands support for Google's Tango AR platform to Snapdragon 820

The chipmaker said Google's AR platform has "the potential of becoming ubiquitous within mobile devices".

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Android N finally gets a name: Nougat, not Nutella

Android N has an official name, but if you were hoping for Nutella, you're going to be disappointed.

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HCL's 'leaky bucket' points to big holes in renewals business​

Despite announcing large new deals, the company has been unable to boost its incremental top line.

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Leave the bloatware behind: Samsung now selling unlocked Galaxy S7 models in the US

Samsung is freeing US consumers from carrier restrictions and bloatware with the launch of unlocked Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge models.

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Red Hat touts Linux experience as container differentiator

With containers built on Linux, Red Hat believes vendors touting products in this space can do so effectively only when they have the ability to fully support a commercial Linux distribution.

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Microsoft delivers preview of Office Delve app for Windows 10

Microsoft's preview of its Office Delve app for Windows 10 is available for download. And new travel and delivery tracking options are coming to Outlook.

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The best Tech inventions of all time 4: Mechanical

In this series we take a look at innovation in mechanical technology. Everything, even seemingly unimportant inventions, have changed the way we do things and enhanced our lives in some way. In part four, we take a look at advancements in mechanical concepts that have revolutionised our efficiency.

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US courts didn't reject a single wiretap request in 2015, says report

The number of wiretaps rocketed by 17 percent on the year prior.

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CEO Nadella to publish book on lessons learned leading Microsoft

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will release his first book in Fall 2017 about lessons learned during his stewardship of the company.

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Game of Smartphones: Why neither Apple nor Google can win this war with China

While Cupertino and Infinite Loop are enjoying their war of attrition over handset market share, a chilling wind comes blowing from the East.

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Inside the global terror watchlist that secretly shadows millions

The database contains profiles on millions of "heightened-risk individuals," and is used by dozens of leading banks, governments, and spy agencies.

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A 'more money than sense' iPhone Pro is just what Apple needs

Opinion: As iPhone sales have become soft, one way for Apple to reinvigorate sales while simultaneously keeping the average selling price strong and not hurting those who want a cheap iPhone is to unveil a Pro model.

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Mystery file in preview build hints at Windows 10 subscriptions

With the official launch of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update less than a month away, recent preview builds have been downright boring, with no new features to write about. But hold on a minute. What's this Windows Upgrade to Subscription tool?

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​Nokia launches mobile network analytics platform

Nokia noted that its analytics tools can be used for Internet of things, automated traffic management and voice over LTE, marketing and app performance.

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Researchers at Stanford Medical Tap into Tech for Cardiovascular Care

Read how researchers from Stanford School of Medicine are making strides in cardiovascular treatment with DNA analysis.

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July 4 fix-it weekend: Last chance to do free Windows 10 upgrades for the family

This is the last holiday weekend before Microsoft's free Windows 10 upgrade is gone in a flash. Are you prepared? Here are some tips to make the process go more smoothly.

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IBM, Cisco to integrate Watson, collaboration tools like WebEx

The two companies will integrate Cisco's WebEx and Spark and IBM's Verse and Connections with a hefty does of cognitive computing form Watson.

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Cyborg locusts set to become high-tech bomb sniffers

Will backpack-wearing bugs become the stars of future explosive detection teams?

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Chinese national handed prison term for smuggling US military hardware

The sensitive tools and military gear ended up in the hands of willing buyers in China.

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Cheap 3D vision bringing robots into the real world

Ever try to navigate a room with one eye closed? Robots have been attempting it for years.

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LizardStresser botnet targets IoT devices to launch 400Gbps attacks

The vulnerable status of our Internet of Things (IoT) devices has gifted the DDoS tool with resources it cannot resist.

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From Microsoft to LibreOffice: How Italy's military is starting its march to open source

Shifting tens of thousands of Italian army, navy, and air force machines to LibreOffice is already under way, and the costs and savings are becoming clearer.

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Windows 10: Two steps forward, one step sideways

The one constant is change; prepare for your OS to become more like TV series that come and go than physical tools that always work the same way.

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HP officially rolls out Device as a Service offering

HP is bolstering its enterprise offerings by packaging device procurement with services that last all the way through a device's life cycle.

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Is SD-WAN the messiah, or just a very naughty boy?

Is the new kid on the block - currently enjoying life at the "peak of inflated expectations" - about to dive into the "trough of disillusionment?" I think it could be...

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Google's new trans-Pacific cable is ready for service

The undersea fiber optic cable system, which lands in Oregon in the U.S. and has two landing points in Japan, delivers 60 Tbps of bandwidth across the Pacific.

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Passport name out, Hello anchors Windows 10 MFA platform

Windows 10 Anniversary Update showcases evolution of Microsoft's multi-factor authentication efforts

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Google-sponsored study: Trusting the cloud is good for the bottom line

Just about every enterprise has moved some IT to the cloud, but that's not enough to guarantee a positive impact on a firm's profits, a new survey shows.

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Seagate to cut 1,600 jobs amid weak demand

The storage giant said the cuts equate to 3 percent of its workforce and are part of a previously-announced restructuring effort.

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Facebook tweaks News Feed to prioritize friends' posts

The change "may cause reach and referral traffic to decline for some Pages," the company warned.

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Blockchain: Over-hyped bandwagon or truly revolutionary technology?

Silicon Valley is hot on blockchain -- the technology behind the Bitcoin cryptocurrency -- and its many potrential uses.Blockchain's economic impact cou ld be as important as the Internet

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Wal-Mart's latest offer takes on Amazon Prime

The retail giant's promotion of ShippingPass is its latest effort to become more competitive in the e-commerce space.

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Microsoft Research reveals significant advancements in gestural UI

Research efforts Handpose and Project Prague are set to take hand tracking to a new level, with significant implications for enterprise apps.

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Hillary Clinton wants broadband for everyone by 2020

Akamai's latest State of the Internet report indicates that giving everyone broadband is easier said than done.

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Box launches Shuttle, aims to land data migration deals

Box wants to be an enterprise's system of record and has launched Shuttle to do the data migration heavy lifting.

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Meet the free robot lawyer which quashed 160,000 parking tickets in London, New York

The student creator hopes the bot will help change the "charge first, ask later" attitude to parking fines.

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A massive financial crime and terrorism database has leaked

The list contains 2.2 million names of high risk individuals and organizations -- including those thought to be involved in financial crime and terrorism.

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​RightScale can help you pick out the right public cloud

Selecting the best public cloud for your needs can be a bear of a job. RightScale has a tool that can make it more than barely manageable.

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Samsung Pay readies Brazil launch

Trials are currently taking place ahead of a possible launch during the Olympics

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Volkswagen to pay up to $14.7 billion in US emissions scandal probe

Customer deceit and circumventing software has cost the automaker dearly -- and the story isn't over.

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iPhone 7 may see Force Touch replace the Home button

The physical Home button, a feature that's been present on the iPhone since it debuted back in 2007, could be replaced with a touch-sensitive "Force Touch home button."

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Amazon's new smartphone play: Prime exclusive devices, discounts with ads and offers

Amazon will offer Prime exclusive pricing for unlocked Android phones that will carry ads and offers on the phone's lock screen.

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The single best way to protect yourself against credit card fraud

Don't delegate your financial affairs. This simple technique will keep your financial house in order -- and it takes less than an hour a week.

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Huawei MateBook 2-in-1 first impressions: iPad quality, but with the added bonus of Windows 10

The new Windows 10 powered 2-in-1 feels more like an iPad than a Windows 10 tablet, and that's a very good thing.

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Symantec security flaws are "as bad as they get," says researcher

Google's Project Zero team has unearthed severe security holes in Symantec and Norton products which place you at serious risk.

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What to expect from the Windows 10 Anniversary Update

The unconventional evolution of Windows 10 continues with the upcoming release of the Anniversary Update, version 1607. It's not just a service pack. Here's what's new.

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Oracle aims to broaden SPARC's reach via cloud service

Oracle launched its SPARC S7 processor and it'll be offered on Oracle Cloud as a way to handle more workloads.

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Microsoft's Windows 10: Anniversary Update to hit August 2; 350 million devices and counting

Microsoft will release Windows 10 on August 2 across the more than 350 million active devices where it is now running, and on other coming new PCs, phones and more.

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Hands on with KaOS Linux: Not just another derivative distro

KaOS is a clean, lean, KDE-focused Linux distribution. If you haven't tried it, this would be a good time. If you already have KaOS running, just make sure your system has the latest updates.

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Huawei P9 camera deep dive: Is the Leica brand and dual-camera design worthy of the hype?

Huawei has placed major stars and advertising around it's Leica-branded P9 smartphone. Testing shows the camera is special, in large part due to the software experience.

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Amazon pushes AWS Elastic File System out of preview

Three regions can now try out the new file storage service for AWS products.

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IBM contributes Watson technology to Joe Biden's cancer moonshot initiative

Over the next two years, Watson for Genomics technology will help deliver precision care to 10,000 veterans with cancer.

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What does Brexit mean for your business?

Firms will be impacted on a number of fronts following the British public's decision that the UK should leave the EU, predict analyst houses.

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Whitehurst: Free OSS Red Hat's biggest competition in Asia

Red Hat still faces a major challenge convincing organisations to pay for its services, especially in markets such as China where there is widespread use of free, open source alternatives, says CEO Jim Whitehurst.

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5 key qualities of a modern enterprise architect

Enterprise architecture was about predicting the future of enterprises. Now it's about making that future.

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Toshiba releases a trio of new education laptops

Schools get a little pizzazz, as the new notebooks include a 2-in-1 device with detachable screen and two batteries and a laptop with full HD touchscreen.

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Microsoft removes Messaging Everywhere feature from newest Windows 10 test build

Microsoft is nearing the Windows 10 Anniversary finish line and is releasing both new Fast (14376) and Slow (14372) Ring preview builds to try to stamp out remaining issues.

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Twitter hires former Apple designer to serve as Director of AR & VR

The new hire complement's Twitter's recent acquisition of the machine learning company Magic Pony.

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Apple patent could prevent 'illegal' iPhone recording

The patent could prevent iPhone camera from being able to record concerts and classified facilities. Could it be used to prevent recording of protests?

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Amazon adds more Dash Buttons, but is anyone really using them?

According to market research firm ​Slice Intelligence, fewer than 50 percent of people who bought a Dash Button actually made an order.

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Microsoft signs Android patent-licensing deal with Luna Mobile

Microsoft has signed an Android patent deal with Luna Mobile, even though its announcement of the arrangement never mentions the word 'Android.'

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What new technologies will improve customer service?

Businesses need to adjust to a reality where customers control the conversation with technologies of their choosing, a Forrester report says.

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Rimini Street adds $125 million to coffers via strategic debt deal

Rimini Street has big expansion plans and access to $125 million in additional capital. CEO Seth Ravin talks scaling the business as well as Brexit.

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DisrupTV: How leaders stand out amidst the digital noise

CIO of the American Cancer Society, Jay Ferro; author Dorie Clark; and James Norwood of Episerver discuss how to remain relevant in an environment of constant of change.

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Cisco buys cloud security startup CloudLock for $293 million

CloudLock uses an API approach to cloud access security in order to give enterprises granular control over content that is shared and stored in cloud-based apps.

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Microsoft's Office 365 turns five

Microsoft launched its Office 365 productivity service five years ago, on June 28, 2011. Lots has changed -- and continues to change -- since that day.

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Backblaze B2: dirt-cheap cloud storage for business

Amazon Web Services (AWS) promotes its cost advantages, but cloud storage pioneer Backblaze is less than 1/4 the cost. Their B2 service is designed for businesses that want massive storage without massive cost.

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Salesforce brings Lightning components to Microsoft's Outlook

The move is among the more than 10 product integrations between the two parties over the last two years.

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Microsoft to make saying no to Windows 10 update easier

Microsoft is changing the wording of its 'Get Windows 10' update prompt to make cancelling the free update easier and clearer.

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MapR, Microsoft make announcements at Hadoop and Red Hat summits

MapR is making cluster management and upgrades easier. Microsoft will be showing its enterprise database on Red Hat's Enterprise Linux.

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Zenefits built a licensing controls app to bolster compliance among brokers

The San Francisco-based company says it has been using the the system with success since January, but it's now making the application available for free to all insurance brokerage firms nationwide.

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Adobe pushes new open standard for cloud-based digital signatures

The Cloud Signature Consortium will aim to build a global network of industry contributors who will work together to create new standard specifications for cloud-based digital signatures.

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New laptop tech combines GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 4G LTE onto single antenna

A UK company has found a way to avoid interference from the signals of various antennas and hopes to work with Sony to manufacture its antenna, which could save space and boost battery life in laptops.

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​Open-source Microsoft protocol aims to be a programming standard

Codenvy, Microsoft, and Red Hat have announced they are adopting a universal Language Server Protocol for integrated development environments.

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Data centers becoming more energy efficient, thanks in part to cloud computing

While there's room for improvement, a new federal report should help put to rest concerns that energy usage from data centers is getting out of hand.

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A hacker is advertising millions of stolen health records on the dark web

The dark web seller has four batches of data, going for close to $1 million in bitcoin.

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Google, Viacom win appeal in lawsuit over children's privacy

In a setback for consumers seeking more privacy online, an appeals court largely sided with Google and Viacom over their use of cookies on a children's website.

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Microsoft pays $10,000 to unwilling Windows 10 updater

Microsoft dropped its appeal of a suit brought against the company by a user unhappy with the results of her Windows 10 update experience. Will other similar suits follow?

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#CXOTALK Cisco's Chief Privacy Officer: Marketing, personalization, and trust

A top world expert shares practical advice on privacy policy, implications for marketers, and how platforms should think about trust.

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HP Enterprise CTO Martin Fink stepping down

CEO Meg Whitman announces more organizational changes less than a year after HP spun off its Enterprise business.

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​Red Hat makes container development easier

Red Hat releases Red Hat Container Development Kit 2.1

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​Red Hat's JBoss moves to the cloud

Red Hat releases new version of JBoss EAP 7, a cloud-friendly Java Enterprise Edition server.

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Google rolls out new tools for teachers: Quizzes, Cast for Education

The internet giant is expanding its presence in classrooms, where Chromebooks are already the go-to PCs.

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Microsoft showcases SQL Server, .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux deliverables

Microsoft is readying SQL Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and is making .NET Core 1.0 and ASP.NET Core 1.0 generally available today, as promised.

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BizTweet social media software helps London airport smash communications targets

London City Airport has become the first airport in the world to send more than 10,000 tweets in a single month using BizTweet software to automate its outbound communications.

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HP's new Chromebook 11 G5 promises 12.5 hours battery life

HP's new Chromebook promises long battery life at a budget price.

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Amazon rolls out Inspire, a free online education service for teachers

Inspire includes features such as search, discovery and peer reviews on thousands of education materials.

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We tested a new breed of USB stick that's 16x faster, holds 240GB

Thumb drives are everywhere, but they're not exactly a go-to solution when you're looking for performance storage. Until now.

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Brazil's top supercomputer turned off due to lack of cash

The Santos Dumont complex is inactive since May as electricity bills remain unpaid

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Deutsche Telekom finds passwords for sale on dark web, but denies hack

The company denied it had suffered a data breach, suggesting the data came from another source.

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Amazon's Dash button: A look at the economics, returns to consumer goods companies

The returns on investment for Amazon's Dash program may be a bit murky for now, but there are some intangibles to ponder.

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The future of apps: How Salesforce is using low code development

A new App Cloud Mobile suite blends all of Salesforce's developer tools into one mobile application development platform.

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How to: Disk partitioning for Linux and Windows dual-booting

One of the most confusing and intimidating parts of installing Linux for dual-booting with Windows is the disk partitioning required.

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What Google needs to beat the iPhone

It's clear that no Android OEM has the clout to compete head-to-head with Apple. But a company that could have the influence and power to do that is Google.

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New exploits target hospital devices, places patients at risk

'Medjack 2' describes the latest weapons in the hacker arsenal used to hijack medical devices.

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Google building a smartphone to compete with the iPhone, claims report

A report claims that we can expect to see "a Google-branded phone" arrive "by the end of the year."

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Brexit spells turbulence for cloud computing: 6 stormy scenarios

The fallout from the U.K. leaving the EU is just starting. Here's a look at how large cloud computing vendors may be affected. Get ready for the pause in U.K. data center build-outs.

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Intel considering sale of security arm formed from McAfee acquisition

Intel Security could sell to a group of private equity firms for more than $7.7 billion.

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Can we achieve a better, more effective digital workplace?

As a confluence of new apps and devices steadily flow into the enterprise, they're encountering a growing sense that the digital workplace has become too complex and fragmented to be properly effective. What can organizations do?

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The best Tech inventions of all time 3: Science

In this series we take a look at everything, large and small, that has changed the way we do things and enhanced our lives in some way. In part three we take a look at advancements in science that have changed our understanding of the world.

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Five tips for taking professional looking photos with your smartphone

Want to take better photographs with your iPhone or Android smartphone? Here are my top tips.

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Remembering Intel's Andy Grove: "He built bridges of opportunity for thousands"

An emotional tribute to the late Andy Grove by Craig Barrett, former CEO of Intel.

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IT runs on the cloud, and the cloud runs on Linux. Any questions?

IT is moving to the cloud. And, what powers the cloud? Linux. When even Microsoft's Azure has embraced Linux, you know things have changed.

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Qualcomm sues Chinese smartphone maker Meizu

The chipmaker said it tried to reach an agreement with Meizu that was consistent with the terms it reached with the Chinese government over its licensing practices.

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What's inside a $4 smartphone?

Indian company Ringing Bells is ready to start shipping a $4 smartphone - but how much smartphone can you buy for $4?

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Microsoft confirms production of Surface 3 tablets will end in late 2016

Microsoft is planning to end production of its Atom-based Surface 3 tablets in December 2016. Will there be more devices coming in the Surface line this year or next? There's no official word.

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Industry grumbling about the FAA's recent ruling on drones

There's a sense that the FAA is afraid to take necessary risks when it comes to commercial UAV.

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Getty Images to use VR cameras for Rio Olympics

Use of 360 devices will be standard for all of the agency's photographers covering the sporting events

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Chromebooks are the new "it just works" platform

Opinion: Chromebooks might not be a perfect platform for everyone, but they're a near-perfect solution for business and BYOD.

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Microsoft tweaks activation rules for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update

With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update nearly ready, Microsoft this week announced a seemingly minor change to its activation process. Under the new rules, it should be easier to reactivate Windows on a PC after major hardware changes. But is there more to the story?

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Why Apple's APFS won't last 30 years

When introduced at this year's WWDC, APFS - Apple's new file system - was positioned as a platform for the next 30 years. Despite its many improvements over HFS+, APFS lacks two important features to future-proof it for serious business use.

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Broadband Studio project: Audio-only webcast configuration

David Gewirtz continues his ongoing Broadband Studio series with a tour of the new studio setup for webcast and podcast production.

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Beyond Twilio's IPO success: Rapid growth and significant risks

The cloud communications platform vendor raised a load of cash, but its prospectus document outlines both rapid growth and significant risks.

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​Make your cloud safer: How you can use two-factor authentication to protect cloud services

Two-factor authentication is no longer an optional feature. If you use modern cloud services, this extra layer of security can dramatically reduce the risk of a hostile takeover. Here's how to get started.

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Apple pulls plug on Thunderbolt display

Apple calls time on its Thunderbolt display, and tells people who want one to be fast, or go check out the many third-party options available.

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BlackBerry's Radar, Internet of things meets trucking system, critical to turnaround

BlackBerry's Radar could be compelling evidence that the company can use its mobile, embedded systems and security knowhow to grow in new industries.

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Singapore to develop satellite tech with European operator

Economic Development Board of Singapore and Luxembourg-based SES Global ink agreement to jointly develop satellite technologies, including components for Internet of Things deployment.

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Embattled Wipro hopes for Holmes to imitate Watson to solve its current problems

Wipro is betting that its machine learning and AI-fuelled platform can make it a contender in the IT Services sweepstakes.

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​C3 IoT lands U.S. Department of State, utility ENGIE as customers

C3 IoT won two big customers for Internet of things deployments this week.

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Share your summer travel: T-Mobile provides free unlimited high speed data throughout Europe in July and August

T-Mobile announced free high speed data for customers traveling to Europe this summer, along with a free hour of Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi for everyone on domestic flights this weekend.

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Hera talking smart bra makes workouts more effective

Hera is a smart sports bra wearable that captures your biometric data to understand your body activity during workouts. It then generates a coaching program to help you achieve your fitness goals.

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How to speed up a sluggish iPhone

Is your iPhone feeling a bit sluggish? Here's how to give it a refresh while you wait for the iPhone 7 to land.

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Comcast, Alarm.com acquire and split up IoT firm Icontrol

The main business Comcast is acquiring is Icontrol's Converge software platform, which currently powers the Xfinity Home touch-screen panel and back-end servers.

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Microsoft, Amazon both receive highest FedRAMP status for their government clouds

Microsoft's Azure Government cloud and Amazon's AWS GovCloud both have received the highest level of FedRAMP accreditation.

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iPhone battery-saving tips that work

When your iPhone's battery is down to its last 10 percent here are a few quick and simple tips to help you make it until you find a charger.

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Twilio IPO launches: Why it's successful

Twilio is a real business behind the scenes, with a real model, developer ecosystem and a solid enterprise play.

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BlackBerry's transition to software near complete as Q1 hardware sales tank

The good news: BlackBerry's beefed up software and services business is faring well. The bad news: Software nearly equals the cratering device business in terms of revenue.

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Severe Swagger vulnerability compromises NodeJS, PHP, Java

Alongside Ruby and similar languages, the severe flaw allows attackers to remotely execute code.

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New YouTube Director tools makes video ad making easy for businesses

If your business needs a promotional video and you do not have the budget for a camera crew and director, then try this free app from YouTube

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Cornerstone OnDemand revamps HR platform for SMBs

The Growth Edition platform now features a mobile-optimized design and Cornerstone's suite of analytics tools.

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Opera, not Microsoft Edge, is the best for battery life, says Opera

"Better luck next time, Microsoft!" says Opera's director of software development, who criticized the Redmond giant for not being transparent about its testing methodology.

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Companies, employees not quite ready for cognitive technology wave of robotics, AI, machine learning

Forrester Research said job losses due to robotics should be contained to about 7 percent, but the change management with implementing cognitive technologies is going to be tricky.

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Google Ventures invests $20 million to rate enterprise security threats

GV's investment will push forward cybersecurity audits in the cloud and corporate realm.

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Apple deliberately left iOS 10 kernel unencrypted

According to a statement from Apple, this was done deliberately to boost system performance.

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Robots can drive and fly. This is why they're not great swimmers.

A competition in the world's largest swimming pool is like swim school for robots and their young makers.

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Sandbox initiative allows Singapore to figure out fintech regulations

The proposal, which allows companies to test products under less stringent laws, will enable Monetary Authority of Singapore to better understand the fintech industry and work out whether new regulations may be needed to support the ecosystem.

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Inside IBM's plan to become a cloud broker and even resell AWS, Microsoft Azure

With the launch of cloudMatrix, IBM is pivoting from systems integration to services integration. And that means Big Blue will even resell customers Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

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Linux recommendations for a novice: Trying out Linux Mint, Manjaro, and PCLinuxOS

As recommended in my previous post, I have loaded Linux Mint, Manjaro, and PCLinuxOS on an old Samsung N150 Plus netbook. Here are the results, and a few screenshots.

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A tour of IBM's cloud brokerage software cloudMatrix

IBM is betting that its cloudMatrix software will enable it to make a pivot from a systems integrator to a services integrator.

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Over half of world's top domains weak against email spoofing

Misconfigured email servers could prompt spoof emails being 'sent' from legitimate services.

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Singapore mobile ad firm fined $950K for 'deceptively' tracking consumer location

US Federal Trade Commission says InMobi had secretly monitored the location of consumers and served them geo-targeted advertising without their knowledge or prior consent.

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Salesforce updates Community Cloud with Lightning interface, personalization, social improvements

Lightning Customer Communities is an update that makes Salesforce's Community Cloud more mobile friendly and personal based on profiles.

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France seeks Singapore founders in startup initiative

French government wants Singapore entrepreneurs to join its year-long French Tech Ticket programme, which offers funding and mentoring support to international startups, focused in big data, IoT and fintech.

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Gap between DevOps-savvy and non-savvy companies is huge, survey finds

DevOps makes a huge difference in software release speed and quality, latest Puppet survey confirms.

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​Apache Libcloud: The open-source cloud library to link all clouds together

Apache Libcloud, the leading cloud service interoperability library used by Amazon Web Services, Apache CloudStack, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack, and VMware, has finally reached 1.0 status.

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Google, RingCentral team up to compete against Microsoft

The two companies are offering an integrated solution to help mid to large enterprises transition to the cloud.

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Red Hat acquires API management firm 3scale, posts Q1 results

The open source software company is buying the API management leader to complement its existing middleware product portfolio.

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IBM forms Watson Health medical imaging collaborative

The tech giant has recruited 16 medical centers, radiology providers and other organizations in the health sector to advance cognitive imaging in health care.

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American Express offers olive branch to merchants over EMV liability costs

The credit card company will no longer hold merchants responsible for fraudulent credit card charges less than $25.

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Who needs tech? British LinkedIn members want to work for retailers

Americans are attracted to tech giants such as Google, Salesforce and Apple while UK members of LinkedIn prefer retailers such as John Lewis, Harrods, Selfridges and Marks and Spencer....

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Teradata attempts to disrupts itself with cloud push

​Teradata is responding to change with a new architecture, more apps and IP, and, most importantly, a more urgent move to the cloud. Here's a look at the priorities presented during Teradata Influencer Summit.

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Move to cloud computing accelerating faster than thought for enterprises, survey finds

Uptime Institute survey of 1,000 IT executives finds most expect to have shifted to cloud or colocated data centers within the next four years.

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New Windows 10 Insider preview 14371 for PCs adds Activation Troubleshooter

Microsoft's latest WIndows 10 'Redstone' test build includes a new Activation Troubleshooter feature for PC users.

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Dropbox rolls out new collaboration features across mobile, desktop

The San Francisco-based company said the new features are designed to improve user productivity and the way large teams work together.

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Senate rejects FBI bid for warrantless access to internet browsing histories

Lawmakers couldn't get the required majority to advance the bill.

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Kaspersky Lab sees expansion in Brazil

The security firm becomes more popular among cost-conscious enterprise clients and achieves growth despite current recession

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Amazon unveils all-new Kindle

Amazon has unveiled a new, thinner, lighter Kindle with more storage.

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A lot of what Apple does is 'user-hostile and stupid' -- and we have only ourselves to blame

Opinion: If Apple does drop the headphone jack from the iPhone, that will indeed be a "user-hostile and stupid" move. But that's nothing new for Apple.

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Hands on: How enterprise-ready is Acer Chromebook 14 for Work?

The rugged yet mobile laptop combines powerful hardware with long battery life. Price as tested: $750.

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LinkedIn unveils list of companies where its members want to work now

LinkedIn has published its list of the top 40 companies that are the best in the US at attracting and keeping top talent. And guess what? The top seven are in tech.

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Couchbase 4.5 adds mature performance, tooling

New Query Workbench, plus advanced indexing, joins and i/o bring RDBMS-grade fit/finish to NoSQL camp.

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Microsoft readies public preview of new Azure Information Protection rights-management service

Microsoft will launch a public preview in July of its Azure Information Protection service, which builds on technology from its November 2015 Secure Islands acquisition.

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Gallery: 14 unofficial Star Trek series and films

Fan films: the final frontier. These are the fan-made voyages of the starship Enterprise (and some other ships). Their mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new plot lines, to boldly go where no fan has gone before.

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Windows 10 tip: Find out if your PC can run Hyper-V

The Pro and Enterprise editions of Windows 10 include Hyper-V virtualization software, but only if your CPU supports a few advanced virtualization features. How do you know if your CPU is up to the Hyper-V challenge? You just need to know where to look.

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Tor Project teams up with researchers to toughen up Tor browser

The non-profit is going the extra mile to try and prevent the network being compromised again.

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IoT sucks, but your home appliances are unreliable slabs of junk

Orphaned and proprietary IoT devices are annoying, but having major home appliances that fail after only a few years is extremely worrisome.

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Tesla moves to snap up SolarCity

The news did not go down well with investors, though, sending Tesla share prices plummeting.

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Linux distributions: Recommendations for a novice

I was recently asked to recommend a Linux distribution for a Linux novice. Here is my reply.

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Australian 'inventor' of Bitcoin flies under the radar to snap up Bitcoin patents

The would-be Bitcoin emperor is quietly filing away for patents which would make him a fortune.

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Silicon Valley Visionary Award Honors Intel's Andy Grove

A celebration of the achievements of the late Andy Grove, who helped build Intel into one of Silicon Valley's largest and longest surviving companies.

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HP boosts Q3 outlook

The company also announced changes to its printing sales model, aimed at creating more stability and predictability in revenues.

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Adobe's Q2 solid as revenue climbs 20 percent

Adobe is selling a lot more subscriptions to its creative package of software tools.

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After huge hacks, these chief executives were given raises

It's the CEOs who prosper while their customers suffer.

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Evernote adds Salesforce integration

The productivity app is connecting its business card scanning feature to Salesforce, the latest illustration of Evernote's focus on serving as a cross platform.

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Microsoft adds tap to pay via Wallet for Windows 10 Mobile Insiders

Microsoft is starting its rollout of tap-to-pay to certain U.S.-based Windows Insiders; general availability in the U.S. is 'later this Summer.'

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Microsoft: Nearly one in three Azure virtual machines now are running Linux

Over the past year, Microsoft has seen customers use Linux in a third of its Azure virtual machines, up from 25 percent.

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Fedora 24 shows off new visions of the Linux desktop, cloud, and containers

Fedora adds multiple Linux desktops, OpenShift cloud Origin and Fedora Atomic Host to drive containerized application development and deployment.

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FAA issues drone regulations, but drone delivery services await more rules

The new regulations will facilitate the use of drones for uses such as utility inspections or crop monitoring, but more rules are needed before Amazon or Google can deploy delivery services.

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Samsung to place $1.2 billion U.S. R&D bet on IoT

Samsung Electronics CEO says the IoT ecosystem should focus on benefits to society as well as how it can improve lives.

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OnePlus 3 first look: 10 reasons to choose it over a Samsung, LG, HTC, or iPhone

I purchased my first OnePlus product and am already questioning why I pay $200 to $500 more for the big brand smartphones. The OnePlus 3 may change my future purchase plans.

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Swiss Army Knife of drones gets $28.5m in funding

Silicon Valley is taking big swings at "drones as a service" companies.

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Microsoft delivers promised SharePoint mobile app for iOS

Microsoft SharePoint mobile app for iOS, the first of its three promised new SharePoint apps for mobile devices, is available for free.

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Adobe unveils June 2016 Creative Cloud update

Updates to CreativeSync, desktop and mobile apps, and the Stock photography service add up to a 'dot release' for Adobe's Creative Cloud.

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United plots better customer service, revenue management: Can it execute on IT?

United plans to retool its systems and implement business changes designed to win customers back. But first it'll have to revamp a revenue management system that has been a problem for years.

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SoftBank operating chief Arora out, Son to stay as CEO

Nikesh Arora was hired away from Google to create SoftBank 2.0, but is stepping down to be an advisor.

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Rumor suggests Apple may be backtracking on unpopular iPhone 7 change

Just as it seems like we thought we knew everything there was to know about the iPhone 7 ahead of its unveiling, a new report suggests that Apple may have backtracked on its decision to drop the headphone jack.

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Hug or high-five? MIT algorithm studies "The Office" to predict social interactions

Researchers from MIT's CSAIL have used TV shows to train a deep-learning based vision algorithm to more accurately predict human interactions.

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We will not unfriend our Facebook friends after they die according to new report

We are increasingly using Facebook to share news of a death beyond our immediate circle of family and friends a new survey shows.

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AMD working on 48-core processor

Codenamed Starship, the server chip will be feature 7-nanometer architecture.

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Apple keeps details of patched AirPort router vulnerability under wraps

The security patch has upgraded AirPort router firmware to stop exploitation in its tracks.

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Blockchain-based Funderbeam's goal? Early-stage startup investing for the masses

Estonian startup Funderbeam has launched what it calls the world's first primary and secondary market for early-stage startup investments.

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Silent Circle launches virtual security assistant Privacy Meter

The real-time privacy assistant is part of the latest Silent OS update.

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Huawei MateBook available in US and Canada July 11th starting at $699

Huawei announced its Windows 10 2-in-1 convertible at MWC in February and is now taking pre-orders for the Windows computer that starts shipping in a couple weeks.

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Android apps on Chromebook review: Is it ready for mainstream use?

Most, but not all Android apps work really well on a Chromebook.

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Oracle's Q4: Here are the key takeaways

Cloud sales continue to mount and the next generation of Oracle's flagship database looms.

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Sony ceases smartphone production in Brazil

The firm ends manufacturing deals with Foxconn and Arima due to lack of fiscal incentives and the country's current economic scenario

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Wal-Mart selling Chinese e-commerce business to JD.com

The deal creates a strategic partnership between the retail giant and JD.com, the second-largest online retailer in China.

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Linux and China rule supercomputing's TOP500 in 2016

At the International Supercomputer Conference, the latest TOP500 list of supercomputers was announced. To no one's surprise, Linux, is the top operating system for the world's fastest computers, but many may be shocked to find China now has the most and fastest supercomputers.

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New Docker betas for Azure, Windows 10 now available

Docker is rolling out new public betas of its Docker app for Windows 10 and Mac, as well as private betas of Docker 1.12 for Azure and AWS.

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Being open source is killing Android

Most of Android's problems stem from the fact that it is an open source operating system.

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New report shows that Amazon, Etsy, and eBay are kings on social

The latest social intelligence report from Brndwatch finds that many retailers do not engage optimally with their audiences over social platforms.

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Dell sells software assets to Francisco Partners, Elliott Management

The move comes as Dell works to finance its $67 billion acquisition of EMC.

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Dell rolls out HPC systems for manufacturing, life sciences, research

The tailored systems are designed for specific enterprise use cases. Dell also outlined a bevy of HPC customers.

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Microsoft adding more teacher-focused Office 365 Education updates

Microsoft is adding more classroom management and collaboration capabilities to Office 365 Education as part of its back-to-school wave of teacher-focused apps and services.

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#DisrupTV - The disruption of higher ed and customer loyalty

Marni Baker Stein and Phil Komarny of The University of Texas on how UT is disrupting itself and delivering personalized higher ed; Kevin Nix of Stellar Loyalty on why customer loyalty doesn't work.

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Revolv is dead. Google killed it. Long live innovation

When a startup dies and users are left stranded, it's unfortunate. But when a giant like Google cuts off life support for a home automation product, who's to blame? Does Google have a greater responsibility to users than smaller competitors?

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Twitter buys machine learning firm Magic Pony

The acquisition will add new cognitive muscle to Twitter's video capabilities, especially in the high-value area of live video.

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People go to extreme lengths to protect their devices - but do not really understand the threats

Paranoid users are turning to a multitude of different methods to keep their personal data away from online prying eyes.

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10 tips for the professional tech troubleshooter

Do you troubleshoot tech problems for a living? Here are some tips to make your life easier.

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Microsoft kicks off campaign touting battery savings of Windows 10's Edge browser

Microsoft is going on the browser offensive with new test results showing Windows 10 Edge bests Google, Opera and Firefox on battery life.

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People go to extreme lengths to protect their devices - but do not understand the threats

Paranoid users are turning to a multitude of different methods to keep their personal data away from online prying eyes, according to recent research.

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Fictiv looks to speed up 3D printing, CNC machining development cycles

The company's manufacturing platform is designed to empower small machine shops, making them accessible to startups and enterprises alike.

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HPE launches preintegrated software stack for high performance computing

HPE's rollout for HPC deployments is designed to popularize the hardware within more enterprises.

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The Department of Defense wants more of you to hack the Pentagon

After a successful pilot program, the Department of Defense is expanding its bug bounty program.

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Huawei talks innovation, design, customer success, and 5G wireless

The huge Chinese telecom supplier has revenue of $60B with major plans to expand and grow.

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Payments and commerce sector tests IoT concepts in "Alexa challenge"

With the Internet of Things about to blow up, businesses are testing how to interact with customers on new platforms.

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Hacker taunts Blizzard after knocking gamers offline

Gamers may experience more frustration and disruption in the near future.

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Fedora 24: Comparing Gnome, KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, LXDE

With the final release of Fedora 24 arriving on Tuesday, I've installed each of the six desktops on a different laptop or netbook.

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Robotic shopping carts will suggest what to buy

Wal-Mart is the latest retailer to seriously consider giving robots to customers.

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Spin Class 2.0: When fitness meets the cloud, data and gamification

Here's a look at how Peloton uses the cloud to distribute its spin classes both live and on-demand as well as what it chooses to build in-house.

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Oracle, Mellanox team up on rapid cloud networking technology

The companies hope to improve industry standards for high-speed cloud networking.

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T-Mobile insider steals customer data to make a quick koruna

The employee tried to cash in by stealing and selling the data of up to 1.5 million Czech customers.

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Hack sends cryptocurrency Ether plunging into the abyss

Vulnerabilities affecting DAO have been exploited, throwing the Ethereum network into chaos.

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Microsoft UK's tax bill challenged... by the Sunday Times

Microsoft UK's tax bill has been challenged, but not by the British government, which agreed to it. Instead, questions have been raised by the Sunday Times. It's a weak story, but part of the trend whereby US tech giants are attracting more scrutiny as European countries seek to bolster their tax revenues.

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Cloud computing pushes enterprise vendors closer to their customers

In the era of cloud connectivity, the era of mediocre releases and so-so customer service for enterprises may be coming to an end.

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WWDC 2016, OnePlus 3, Samsung Gear Fit 2 (MobileTechRoundup show #374)

Apple held it's annual developer conference last week and there were many interesting announcements related to watchOS 3, iOS 10, macOS, and tvOS.

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Top Android news of the week: Samsung update, Android update, Cyanogen

This week in Android has been all about security with updates released plugging malware.

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Top Windows Mobile news of the week: LinkedIn purchase, business apps, new preview build

This week in Windows Mobile saw not one but two preview builds, Microsoft bought LinkedIn, and finding business apps just got easier.

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VR will ignite a slow-burning desktop hardware refresh

After years of stagnation, there is finally a reason to upgrade your desktop, if VR and AR are your thing.

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How online communities are faring in 2016

Executive leaders are involved more than ever before in using online communities to solve important business issues ranging from improved customer care to better workplace collaboration. But budgets are not keeping up with demand, and measuring value isn't getting much help from platform vendors.

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GoToMyPC resets user accounts amid "very sophisticated password attack"

The remote desktop software could give hackers access to private information — not to mention, complete control of your machine.

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Elon Musk: Tesla Model S floats, can be a boat for short amount of time

Your Model S can be a "boat" -- but Tesla doesn't recommend it.

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If Apple won't give you wireless charging, add it to your iPhone yourself

Waiting for Apple to add wireless charging to the iPhone so you can be like your Android buddies? Here's how to add the feature for yourself.

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Which browser is most popular on each major operating system?

New data from the U.S. Government Digital Analytics Program finally provides hard numbers about browser usage. Here's a breakdown of which browsers are winning the browser wars on the most popular desktop and mobile operating systems.

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Microsoft Power BI: A report card

It was hard to fathom that Power BI would get the traction it has today. But Microsoft is in this game to compete and the level of play is very high.

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Microsoft pushes new Windows 10 tool to kill PC bloatware

The new feature downloads and installs a fresh copy of Windows, killing any pre-installed apps bundled in by PC manufacturers.

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Asus, Verizon team up for $250 ZenPad Z8 Android tablet

The 7.9-inch slate features a Qualcomm Snapdragon hexacore processor, 2,048x1,536 display, and support for the carrier's 4G LTE network.

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Here's how much it costs to charge a smartphone for a year

How much does the electricity needed to charge a smartphone over the course of a year cost? Under a dollar? A few dollars? Tens of dollars? Hundreds of dollars? Let's find out.

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Acer store flaw let a hacker steal a year's worth of credit cards

It's not known how many online store users are affected.

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Home Depot sues Visa, MasterCard as PIN battle looms

Among a bevy of grievances, the do-it-yourself retailer posits that Visa and MasterCard sought to block the adoption of chip-and-PIN on credit card transactions.

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Nest to brick Revolv smart hubs on Sunday, and there's nothing owners can do about it

If you own a Revolv smart hub, then Sunday is the day that Nest will pull the plug on it, and you can kiss your $300 gadget goodbye.

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Microsoft takes another step toward speeding, tailoring Visual Studio installations

Microsoft is fleshing out further its Visual Studio '15 tailored installation experience by adding more than a dozen workloads for specific development tasks.

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Standards group aims to put crypto controls into browsers to secure Web apps

W3C has early draft of specification for authentication standard that works across browser platforms, prevents phishing.

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$199 2-in-1s could pose a threat to both the Chromebook and the PC industry

For better or worse, cheap 2-in-1s are going to be a game changer.

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Docker rocker: container technology usage doubles; serious money follows

Survey finds widespread deployments of containers in production environments with observable benefits, at least to development and IT operations.

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What happens to those free Windows 10 upgrades after July 29, 2016?

We're nearing the end of Microsoft's unprecedented free upgrade offer for Windows 10. The offer officially expires July 29, 2016, on the one-year anniversary of the operating system's initial release. But what happens then? [Updated]

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The best Tech inventions of all time 2: Transport

In this series we take a look at everything, large and small that has changed the way we do things and has enhanced our lives in some way. In part two we take a look at advancements in transportation that have changed the way we travel the world - and beyond.

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SAP Announces NEW Strategic Healthcare Relationships

At SAPPHIRE NOW this past May, SAP announced the new SAP® Connected Health platform and strategic relationships with Castlight Health, Dharma Platform, and CancerLinQ.

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Visa to trial NFC wearables at Rio Olympic Games

The tests are aimed at increasing awareness of the contactless payment method in the country

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Fedora Anaconda and Mint Install - Hands-on with two more Linux installers

Following my Calamares and Ubiquity side-by-side comparison, here is a look at the latest Fedora installer and the not-so-new-Linux Mint Debian Edition installer.

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iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus banned in Beijing

Beijing's intellectual property regulator claims the two handsets are too similar to a Chinese smartphone.

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3D printing hands on: Getting to know the LulzBot Mini multi-filament printer

In this installment of our 3D Printing Discovery Series, we welcome a new printer to the shop. Join David Gewirtz in getting to know the LulzBot Mini 3D printer, a printer that's capable of printing many different types of materials.

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C3 IoT, AWS tighten Internet of things, cloud integration

C3 IoT is now an advanced tech partner with Amazon Web Services and more integrated with AWS IoT. The tag team will now target more enterprise accounts.

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Windows 10 tip: Switch back to a local account from a Microsoft account

During Setup, Windows 10 encourages you to use a Microsoft account. But if you prefer to use a local account, the option is there. Here's how to switch back easily.

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The new Apple File System and your Mac experience

Apple's new APFS, whose beta is part of macOS Sierra, will change - for the better - your Mac experience starting next year. The business value of APFS: it will make all Apple devices faster, more flexible and more reliable. Here's how.

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This Hyperloop firm has yet to attempt a test run - but it's already working on the app

Its rival, Hyperloop One, may have stolen a march in testing, but Hyperloop Transportation Technologies' preparations for high-speed travel include advanced consumer software.

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Why is Daimler trying to help you ride the bus?

With its subsidiary Moovel and its mobility-as-a-service platform, one of the world's oldest names in automobiles looks to evolve with the transportation sector.

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Warberry Pi: The stealthy way to slink past business security

The tiny Raspberry Pi-based device has found its place with red teams and pen testers.

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The dilemma at the heart of Labor's NBN policy

Labor's promise of increasing the fibre-to-the-premises footprint is great on paper, but what about those on substandard connections who have waited for years already?

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Microsoft releases second test build this week of Windows 10 for PCs, phones

Microsoft is rolling out its second test build (Build 14367) of Windows 10 Anniversary Update this week to Fast Ring PC and phone testers.

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São Paulo studies travel card integration with Uber

City government wants to encourage reduction in private car use in favour of public transportation alternatives

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Salesforce looked at buying LinkedIn before Microsoft: Report

A bidding war ensued between LinkedIn and Salesforce.

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Apple seems to be testing dark mode in iOS 10

Developers are finding a Dark Mode within beta versions of iOS 10, set to be released to consumers this fall.

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How to really fix the latest Adobe Flash security hole

Patch it. Patch it now. Better still, get rid of Flash once and for all, or at least set it to only run when you really want it to run.

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Oracle's Q4 delivers continued growth in cloud sales

The software giant reported its SaaS and PaaS revenues were up 66 percent for the fourth quarter of 2016.

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Google accused of stealing Project Loon technology

The company Space Data has filed a suit alleging Google violated a non-disclosure agreement and infringed upon two of its patents.

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How to download and install Android N Developer Preview 4

Here's how you can get the Android 7.0 "N" Developer Preview 4 up and running on selected Android devices right now.

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IBM, Local Motors debut Olli, the first Watson-powered self-driving vehicle

Olli hits the road in the Washington, D.C. area and later this year in Miami-Dade County and Las Vegas.

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House lawmakers vote to reject ban on tech backdoors, warrantless spying on Americans

The bill would have also prevented the government mandating "backdoors" in tech products, designed for surveillance.

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IBM's The Weather Company partners with GoGo for real-time turbulence reports

According to the companies, this marks the first time a non-traditional system on an aircraft will be used to help enhance flight safety.

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10 alternatives to the Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi might be the name that springs to mind when people think of single board computers for homebrew projects, but there are other boards out there worth considering.

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House duo pair up to stop warrantless "backdoor" spying on Americans

The bill would prevent the NSA from using a loophole to spy on Americans' data, despite constitutional protections.

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Microsoft acquires messaging app vendor Wand Labs

Microsoft has purchased messaging-app vendor Wand Labs to bolster its bot and 'conversation-as-a-platform' strategy.

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Trump and Clinton Twitter followers are similar according to new research

Twitter followers of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton turn out to be remarkably similar - but Trump's followers have a wider political base - according to a new report

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GitHub warns some accounts compromised after "reused password attack"

The coding platform denied it had been hacked.

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Xerox renames post-split BPO company Conduent

The planned Document Technology company will retain the original Xerox monicker.

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iOS 10 and Android N: Piling more frosting on a stale cake

Apple and Google both continue to pile more frosting on their mobile operating systems. But beneath that sweet superficial coating, the underlying platforms both feel old and stale.

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Facebook predicts it will all be video on our feeds in five years

Facebook's VP thinks that the way we use our Facebook feeds is changing dramatically year on year.

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Apple patents phone that is all display

A patent granted to Apple describes a phone with a transparent body and a display that wraps completely around the device.

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Automated ground vehicles could roam the border

These sensor-packed ground drones can cross rough terrain with pinpoint accuracy.

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Want tech diversity? Think information systems majors over computer science

Another fun fact for aspiring CXOs: Staying in college longer, or doing a double major or minor, doesn't help placement or salary.

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​Middle East's startup leaders: Five ways they're leading the world

The region's startups face inherent obstacles but the relative youth of their business leaders could eventually prove a big advantage.

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Singapore Power faces incumbent competition in bid to provide more than fibre dumb pipes

The utility company's telecommunications arm, SPTel, has readied its national fibre network and is aiming to be more than just an alternative to the country's incumbent provider.

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Pro-ISIS hacker pleads guilty after stealing names of over 1,000 US military personnel

The 20-year-old has admitted pilfering the data before sending it along to ISIS members.

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Verizon fixes email flaw which left user accounts open to attack

The critical email flaw is the latest which places Verizon email accounts at risk.

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How to hack Facebook with just a phone number

A flaw in the SS7 protocol makes hacking Facebook accounts easier than you'd think.

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Design the Cloud your way! It's your name on the door

How do you start your first article on a ZDNet blog? Game of Thrones spoiler! Kidding...

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Wearables shipments to reach 213.6M worldwide in 2020, IDC says

In contrast to smartphones, the wearables market will benefit from the emergence of different form factors, like eyewear or clothing, the research firm says.

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AT&T rolls out Wi-Fi calling for Android

The carrier is making the service available to customers with the LG G4 and bringing it to other Android devices soon.

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Cavium buys QLogic in $1.36 billion data center processor deal

The two companies aim to scale better and target large customers such as HPE, Dell, Cisco, IBM and others.

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Rio gets mobile infrastructure boost for Olympic Games

America Móvil strengthens the local infrastructure to support the predicted increase in mobile data use

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FBI has 411 million photos in a facial recognition system, and a federal watchdog isn't happy

The watchdog said it had "concerns regarding both the effectiveness of the technology" and the "protection of privacy and individual civil liberties."

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Cisco wants to monitor everything in your data center, launches Tetration Analytics

Cisco adds an analytics platform to its data center lineup. The appliance is designed for everything from application insights to forensics to policy management and modeling.

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Autodesk bolsters Forge platform with new developer APIs

Autodesk's $100 million Forge Fund has also made strategic investments in three startups in the 3D printing and drone space.

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GE Power's new software reduces emissions at any coal-fired power plant

With many parts of the world still largely reliant on coal-generated power, GE's "Digital Power Plant for Steam" will help customers adjust to stricter regulations.

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Microsoft builds on Azure Blockchain as a Service with Project Bletchley

Microsoft is filling out its blockchain-as-a-service vision with a new middleware and 'cryptlet' components meant to appeal to business users.

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IBM, The Weather Company use machine learning to predict impact of weather

Their new, hyper-local predictive model, called Deep Thunder, will use historical weather data to train machine learning models.

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The hidden breach is the new enemy

What we don't know ratchets up the level of risk to data, safety.

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Raspberry Pi Zero: Hands-on with the Zero4U 4-Port USB Hub

This 4-Port USB Hub mounts back-to-back with a Raspberry Pi Zero, requires no soldering, and there is even a nice acrylic case to hold the complete assembly.

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CRM Watchlist Winner CallidusCloud & C3: When mission aligns with vision

CallidusCloud held its C3 conference a few weeks ago. This 2016 Watchlist winner veered a bit off course but remains a true player in the lead-to-money space. They are a solution/ecosystem, and well worth a close look.

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Microsoft closing in on Windows 10 Anniversary update with latest PC, mobile preview builds

Microsoft is closing in on finalizing its Windows 10 Anniversary update with its latest Windows 10 Fast Ring test builds -- 14366 for PCs and 14364 for Windows Phones.

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Apple WWDC 2016: Five things you may have missed

Behind the glitz, glamor and overall hype of an Apple keynote, there are subtle -- and sometimes not so subtle -- hints as to where the company is heading.

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Samba Tech launches Kast, an enterprise mobile video and messaging collaboration tool

Snapchat and Instagram are popular video and photo sharing applications focused on the consumer. Kast brings a similar video and messaging experience to the enterprise, leveraging our powerful mobile devices.

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FICO aims to offer enterprise cybersecurity ratings that rhyme with credit scores

Via the acquisition of QuadMetrics, FICO will be rating enterprises and their cybersecurity risks. Insurers are likely to be interested.

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How MyTwinPlace plans to open the door to new form of home swap

Barcelona-based startup MyTwinPlace is plotting an expansion of its points-based home-swapping community.

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Underground market selling details of compromised servers in 173 countries

Singapore, China, and Malaysia are among nations where 70,620 Remote Desktop Protocol servers listed on the xDedic marketplace are located, including systems in government and private networks.

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Twitter invests $70m in SoundCloud, rather than acquiring it

The microblogging platform reportedly has settled for investing in the platform.

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Data breach average costs hit $4 million mark on average

Ponemon finds that the healthcare industry has the highest costs per breached record. Data breach costs are up 29 percent from 2013.

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Japan's largest travel agency fears data leak impacts 8 million users

The cyberattack has also resulted in the theft of valid passport numbers.

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Adobe scrambles to patch "critical" Flash zero-day flaw under attack

The flaw is currently being exploited by hackers to launch "targeted" attacks.

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No invite needed: OnePlus 3 available now for $399

OnePlus stumbled a bit with its first couple of phones and a crazy invite system. Today, it launched it's most compelling flagship killer yet and you can have it in your hands soon.

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Barefoot Networks unveils high-speed, programmable network switch

The company aims to change the way networking systems are built and operated with its groundbreaking chip.

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Hacker steals 45 million accounts from hundreds of car, tech, sports forums

The company that runs the forums admitted failings, but underplayed the hack.

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Columbia researchers develop way to combat VR sickness

By dynamically adjusting a VR user's field of view, the researchers say they've developed a method to reduce motion sickness without sacrificing a sense of presence.

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​Nextcloud releases ownCloud fork ahead of schedule

Ahead of a promised early July release, Nextcloud 9, the open-source personal and business private cloud, is now available.

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Oracle Data Cloud powers Pinterest, goes mobile

Oracle partners with Pinterest on ad measurement, adds Crosswise for cross-device tracking. Here's why CMO spend trumps tech synergies - for now.

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Stepes uses human translation around the clock to translate Tweets

More marketing campaigns are shifting to social media, which means translating messaging into different languages is crucial for maximizing your international reach.

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Can Microsoft preserve and protect LinkedIn's value? It has to

LinkedIn has enormous value as the store house of professional relationships. Here's what Microsoft needs to do to preserve that value, especially when it comes to Microsoft's competitors.

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US appeals court upholds FCC's net neutrality order

The ruling caps off a years-long battle over net neutrality between ISPs, the FCC and even the administration of President Barack Obama.

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IBM steps up cloud deals with VMware, SugarCRM

VMware will now offer its cloud-hosted Horizon Air desktop and apps via the IBM Cloud. Meanwhile, Salesforce competitor SugarCRM will give its clients the option to deploy its entire platform on IBM's cloud.

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BlackBerry Priv Android Marshmallow hands-on: Update improves security and enhances the Hub

With only 10 percent of Android smartphones running Marshmallow, it's encouraging to see BlackBerry update its Priv with Google's latest OS and BlackBerry-specific enhancements.

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12 built-in iOS apps you should replace with third-party apps

iOS 10 will give iPhone and iPad users the ability to delete stock apps such as Mail, FaceTime, and Music and replace them with apps of your choosing. But which apps should you choose?

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Lithium Reach social publishing platform launches to deliver extra engagement

In 2016 businesses will spend $15.5 billion on social media but still can not solve gaps in their social strategy. A new social marketing tool aims to change this.

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Xerox chooses CEO for post-split BPO company

Xerox has named Ashok Vemuri the chief executive of the planned BPO company. He was most recently the CEO of IGate until it was sold to outsourcing company Capgemini in 2015.

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WWDC 2016: Apple File System a welcome update for macOS/iOS

Unmentioned in the WWDC keynote, but critical to macOS, Apple is updating the 30-year-old HFS+ file system. APFS will put a modern foundation under your digital life next year. Here are the key features.

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Flirtey conducts first ship-to-shore drone delivery

Proof of concept aims to demonstrate how drones can delivery life-saving aid to stricken coastal areas.

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Nokia announces horizontal IoT platform called Impact

The Finnish company says its expertise in consumer networks will help create efficiencies for enterprise and government customers.

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iOS 10 will make 40 percent of all iPads obsolete

iPad sales have been declining for over two years, but iOS 10 could finally be the catalyst needed to trigger an wave of upgrades. Or it could push the iPad into irrelevance.

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Hack the Pentagon uncovers over 100 vulnerabilities in DoD systems

The program doesn't include any core or critical systems, however.

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Why Twitter could be attractive to enterprise tech vendor

LinkedIn looked worth $26.2 billion to Microsoft. Twitter doesn't have that mojo, but could serve as first party data for a machine intelligence player like IBM or Google.

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Apple launches Swift Playgrounds to lure kids to become future developers

The new app simplifies Swift programming for those of any age.

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China to spend $85.7B on cross-border e-commerce

More consumers in the country are making online purchases from foreign-based sites, accounting for more than half of all digital buyers by 2020, up from 15 percent this year.

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CIO workshop: ROI of customer experience

New research highlights the importance of customer experience and presents opportunities for the CIO and IT to assert a leadership role.

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Let's Encrypt accidentally leaks user email data

Thousands of emails were disclosed before the issue was noticed.

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Australia cannot afford more politicking with NBN: Turnbull

Seven years of politics surrounding the NBN is all the country can bear, says Australia's longest-serving NBN political agitator.

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​The good and bad of Apple macOS Sierra

The next version of Apple's Mac operating system has changed its name and added multiple new features.

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Google tailors A.I.-powered search for enterprise

The new Google Apps for Work offering, called Google Springboard, searches for information across all Google Apps and proactively provides information.

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Find out if your Mac will run macOS Sierra

Just because your Mac runs OS X 10.11 El Capitan, there's no guarantee that you'll be able to run macOS Sierra when it's released this fall.

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Shopify, IBM plot Apple Pay e-commerce integrations

The integrations are tied to Apple's plans to bring Apple Pay to mobile and web browsers later this year.

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Apple makes its AI pivot with Siri and iOS 10, plays to strengths, developers

Apple enters the artificial intelligence era, talks facial recognition, and touts a smarter Siri at every turn. The trick for Apple is to talk AI, but rely on interface and installed base.

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iOS 10 will let you to delete stock apps from your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

Finally, iOS 10 allows you to delete stock apps such as Mail, Maps, FaceTime, and the much-loathed Tips app from your iDevice. Bt don't expect this to free up a lot of storage space for you.

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Exploring IBM's vision for enterprise collaboration

The company that first brought the industry the then-breakthrough technology of groupware in the 1990s is now moving towards cognitive collaboration for differentiation, says IBM's new head of collaboration, Ed Brill, as he grapples with the company's many offerings in the space.

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Apple WWDC 2016: 12 big takeaways

Here are twelve of the most important takeaways from Apple's WWDC 2016 keynote.

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Will your iPhone or iPad run iOS 10?

Excited to get your hands on all the cool features unveiled for iOS 10? If you run an older device, then you could be out of luck.

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iOS 10: Apple's "biggest release ever" for iOS at WWDC 2016

Apple opens up its voice-activated assistant Siri to third party developers and introduces nine other updates to the mobile operating system.

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Apple brings Siri to new MacOS Sierra

Sierra brings Apple's personal assistant Siri to the Mac desktop, where the platform will perform many of the same tasks it can on iOS devices.

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​Apple Pay broadens reach to web, competes with Amazon, PayPal

At WWDC, Apple Pay becomes a payment option across retailers and sites.

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Apple's watchOS 3.0 uses in memory to be more responsive, updates outlined at WWDC

Apple moved to make apps easier to use on its Apple Watch. Developers will have new tools to use.

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Eleven alternatives to LinkedIn for business social networking

If you are uncomfortable with the thought of Microsoft owning LinkedIn and having access to your career data, here are some other business social networks you could try instead.

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Apple WWDC 2016 keynote: By the numbers

Executives talked numerical nuggets and updates at the developer event.

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Why Microsoft just bought LinkedIn: It's all about the data

Microsoft and LinkedIn have been building largely non-overlapping graphs of various kinds of data pertaining to business professionals. That's the real key to Microsoft's $26.2 billion LinkedIn acquisition.

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Microsoft's $26.2 billion bet on LinkedIn foreshadows human resources application move

Microsoft has a lot of reasons and use cases to justify a hefty premium to buy LinkedIn and human capital management may be the biggest one.

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iPhone demand "will remain feeble until at least early next year," claims Foxconn chairman

With WWDC 2016 about to kick off, there's more bad new for the iPhone.

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How to watch Apple's WWDC 2016 keynote live stream today

The iPhone and iPad maker is widely expected to announce new software.

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VMware buys Arkin Net, adds software defined networking heft

VMware is looking for more throughput for its vRealize Suite as well as its ​NSX virtualized networking tools.

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Worst tech mergers and acquisitions: Cisco and Linksys; Apple and Lala.com

A corporate merger, like a marriage, can yield a whole stronger than its parts -- or it can end in utter disaster. We countdown the worst corporate romances in IT history.

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British telecom company teams up with maker of bionic suit

The partnership underscores how technologies are converging in the latest robots.

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Microsoft buys LinkedIn for $26.2 billion

Microsoft is buying social-network vendor LinkedIn for $26.2 billion.

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Essential accessories for your MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro (June 2016 edition)

Do you own an Apple laptop? Here are a range of accessories to boost your productivity when you're using your MacBook, MacBook Air or MacBook Pro.

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MIT's artificial intelligence passes key Turing test

Can the new artificial intelligence system fool your senses?

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Recorded Future partners with top cybersecurity firms in threat analysis boost

FireEye, Palo Alto Networks and IBM's Resilient are joining the cause.

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WWDC 2016 reflections: Five iPhone 6s features that won me over this year

Each year, Apple's developer conference marks the beginning of the next cycle in operating system updates. David Gewirtz looks back on five iPhone 6s features that proved unexpectedly helpful this year.

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Why WWDC 2016 is more important to Apple than a new iPhone

This event isn't for the average user. Or the pundit. Or the fanboy. This is about developers - large and small - who are leveraging Apple's ecosystem to make a living.

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Linux Mint 18: Hands on with the Cinnammon and MATE betas

The Beta Releases for Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon and MATE are available now. That means it won't be long until the final release. Here's my experience with them so far.

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The buyers aren't biting: Windows zero-day flaw price slashed

It looks like a willing buyer for the zero-day vulnerability is yet to come forward.

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Why President Obama is less than impressed after ditching BlackBerry phone

Whether you can even call it a phone is up for debate.

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Grab's carpooling service goes cross-border between Singapore, Malaysia

Private car owners can offer rides between Singapore and the Malaysian state of Johor Bahru under the ride-sharing operator's GrabHitch service, with one-way fare charges starting form S$9 and 9 ringgit.

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Symantec acquires Blue Coat for $4.65 billion, will have new CEO

Symantec makes the acquisition to "define the future of cyber security," adding new cyber defense technologies.

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Hacker puts 51 million file sharing accounts for sale on dark web

The recently-defunct company was once the third-largest music and video file sharing service in the US.

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Apple Car: Two big factors open the door for a disruptor

The new widely-rumored product in the Apple pipeline is an electric car. Here's why the world's largest tech company should actually build one, but probably won't.

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IBM's Watson Health, American Diabetes Association partner on cognitive apps, analytics

Watson Health and the ADA have been working together to analyze 300,000 patient records to model outcomes and the disease as well as manage care.

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Amazon reportedly preparing music streaming service at $9.99/month

Amazon is ready to rival Spotify, but it needs the music catalog to do so.

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Should you unplug your smartphone charger when it's not in use?

How many smartphone and tablet chargers do you have? Ever wonder how much it's costing you to leave them plugged in 24/7? Ever wonder if you should unplug them when they're not being used?

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Some federal government systems have passed half-century mark

Cloud and shared IT services are being pushed as a way to bring some government agencies out of the 1950s.

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Major Samsung S Health update adds popular connected services including Strava and RunKeeper

Watch out Fitbit and Apple, here comes Samsung. Along with a compelling new, inexpensive wearable band Samsung just rolled out a major S Health update that opens up its service to all.

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Yes, you can build your own smartphone

Forget the iPhone or the latest Samsung Galaxy handset, and build your very own custom smartphone, complete with touchscreen and built-in camera.

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Big Data everywhere: NetSuite runs iCharts

Big Data can be embedded anywhere - Analysis as a Service could be a killer business app.

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NSA finally admits why it couldn't hack San Bernardino shooter's iPhone

The FBI reportedly asked the NSA to help break into the terrorist's phone, but instead had to seek an outside party.

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Over 8 billion devices connected to the internet

And it's smartphones, not PCs that make up the bulk of that 8 billion devices.

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Report: Some versions of Apple's iPhone 7 will use Intel chips

The development would be significant for Intel, which has seen serious setbacks in its mobile ambitions this year.

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The best Tech inventions of all time 1: Engineering

In this series we take a look at everything, large and small that has changed the way we do things and has enhanced our lives in some way. In part one we look at Engineering inventions that have changed the world.

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Brazilian IT market grows 9.2 percent in 2015

Enterprise investment in technology in the country is above world average despite the recession, says IDC

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Haunted by China, Amazon pumps $3 billion more into India

After failing to grab any significant market share in China, Amazon sets its sights on dominating the next big opportunity in global e-commerce

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Microsoft Skype, Cortana, OneNote mods for Cyanogen OS 13.1 start rolling out

Many of the promised Microsoft mods for Cyanogen OS 13.1 are rolling out for One Plus One starting this week.

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Swamped in email? Take charge of your inbox these email apps for iOS

Are you drowning in email? Can't get your inbox count anywhere close to zero? Is your productivity taking a hit? Reclaim your inbox with these email apps for the iPhone and iPad.

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Cheap fix: Adding a tripod mount to a Logitech conference cam

Yes, it's possible to take a $7 adhesive mount to re-purpose a powerful conference cam for more flexible use. Here's how.

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Microsoft Surface Hub chief, Holoportation researchers leave to form stealth startup

A number of Microsoft employees, including the founder of Perceptive Pixel, and several researchers working on 'Holoportation' have left the company to form a new startup, perceptiveIO.

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Dell's enterprise, PC units see sales slip in Q1

Dell's first quarter revenue fell 2 percent, but its units held up well relative to the broader market. Dell is looking to close its purchase of EMC.

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More "mega breaches" to come, as rival hackers vie for sales

Three major social networks have quietly fallen victim to data breaches, but despite some high-profile success, patience and trust is now beginning to fade.

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Gimmicks and buzzwords won't save the smartphone industry

Folding displays, augmented reality, modular handsets - Lenovo goes all-out with the gimmicks. Problem is, gimmicks don't have a very good success track record.

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​Low code development is coming: Welcome to the future

Cloud components. Software as infrastructure. Silicon Valley's enterprise software companies are changing the way we think about and build applications.

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Mozilla will foot the bill for your open source software security audit

The non-profit's new fund will be the starting point for improving the security of open-source software.

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Lenovo's big challenge: Connecting device to data center and cloud dots

Lenovo argues that its devices can lead to back-end infrastructure sales. Can Lenovo succeed or does it need more connective tissue between the device and data center?

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Nokia snaps up cable specialist Gainspeed

The deal will improve Nokia's cable offerings as more businesses than ever require high-speed data services.

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Tom Perkins, co-founder of VC firm Kleiner Perkins, dies at 84

One of the "fathers of Silicon Valley", Perkins invested in many of the region's technology power houses.

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Cloud vendors will decide when GPUs and big data meet

Few companies have the sheer amount of data and processing needed to buy racks of GPUs, which leaves cloud vendors as the vehicle for bringing the GPU to big data.

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Google launches Nearby for Android to discover apps, websites based on location

The feature, which can also help you quickly connect to Android Wear devices from your smartphone, will be available on Android 4.4 (KitKat) and above.

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​Why Microsoft is turning into an open-source company

Microsoft now has its own BSD Unix operating system, supports Ubuntu as a subsystem on Windows 10, and recently open-sourced the Xamarin software development kit. This is not Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer's Microsoft.

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Lenovo launches Moto Z modular phone

Competing with the likes of Google's Ara, Lenovo calls the Moto Z the world's thinnest premium smartphone and a "game-changing product."

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Brazilian company uses drones to reduce property tax evasion

The equipment is being used to measure units and recalculate payments due to the government

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Lenovo unveils Phab 2 Pro, a Tango device, for just $499 unlocked

With the world's first smartphone compatible with Google's sensory awareness platform, Lenovo aims to court more businesses to use augmented reality.

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Lenovo teases flexible screen technology as well as wraparound phones

Lenovo took some thunder away from Samsung's flexible screen technology and outlined a few devices of its own.

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Niume new blogging platform is taking the web by storm

With over 250 million blogs existing online and over a million blog posts uploaded every day it is difficult for most bloggers to rise above the internet noise and be noticed. Niume intends to change all that.

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Investigating Hillary Clinton: Which secretaries of state violated the Federal Records Act?

Albright, Powell, Rice, Clinton, Kerry: Who flunked digital record-keeping? Presidential email expert David Gewirtz examines recently released government documents to reveal a pattern of chronic inattention and mismanagement.

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Google Chrome hacks: Make your browser faster, more efficient, and boost your productivity

Simple hacks to make your installation of Google Chrome better, faster, more RAM efficient, and to help make you more productive.

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Google Alphabet's Schmidt: Ignore Elon Musk's AI fears - he's no computer scientist

Our artificial intelligence won't kill you. We just want everyone to have their own personal assistant, says Alphabet chairman Eric Schmidt.

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​No-name tablets shine in shipments, but profits go to Apple, Samsung, Microsoft

Average selling prices are holding up well in the tablet market courtesy of devices like the Surface Pro and iPad Pro.

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PC market won't stabilize until 2018, says IDC

The woes continue for the PC market as a slowdown in smartphone and tablet growth hasn't boosted sales. Enterprises continue to evaluate Windows 10.

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Windows 10 tip: Stay organized using virtual desktops

You no longer need third-party software to use virtual desktops, now that this feature is included in Windows 10 as part of Task View. Here's how to create extra desktops and move open apps and windows between them.

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Microsoft releases free trial version of Minecraft Education Edition to teachers

Microsoft plans to sell Minecraft Education Edition as a subscription service to schools, starting in September, for between $1 and $5 per user per month. A free trial version is available now.

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​Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Docker partner for the containerized data-center

HPE is putting all its container eggs into the Docker basket.

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Why your next laptop should be a Chromebook

Chromebooks are good. Very good. If you're looking to replace a laptop then you really should take a look at them.

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Alexa developers can now test code in a browser

Amazon has launched a web site that contains a virtual Echo for testing code. It's also available to anyone so the curious can try it to see if they like it.

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IBM Watson Centre, Garage & Design Studio open in Singapore

All three facilities are located in the financial district, offering customers and partners access to IBM's cognitive and design capabilities and a platform to testbed prototypes based on emerging technologies such as blockchain.

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Huawei CEO: Plans to become top smartphone supplier in four to five years

Huawei's CEO spoke of its plans for dominance in an interview and after testing three new Huawei devices it appears Huawei's goal is achievable.

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WWDC 2016: What to expect from Apple's developer conference

The big question: Will the anticipated upgrades to Siri give Apple the AI boost it needs to catch up with Amazon and Google?

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Hands-on with Ubiquity and Calamares: Two Linux installers side-by-side

A screen-shot walk-through of the latest Calamares (Manjaro 16.06) and Ubiquity (Linux Mint 18 Beta) installers.

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A flying drone taxi is provisionally cleared for takeoff

Do use cases for this autonomous, passenger-carrying copter actually make sense? The state of Nevada is betting yes.

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Here's the one surprising lesson I learned as a victim of debit card fraud

There's a good reason why the bank didn't tell me it was happening...

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Firefox 47 fixes 13 vulnerabilities, boosts YouTube playback, HTML5 support

The latest version of Mozilla's Firefox browser fixes critical vulnerabilities and improves user functionality.

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​Apple, Google take different paths toward reinventing app model, boosting engagement

With WWDC 2016 on deck, Apple is plotting its next App Store moves. Google is trying to blend web and apps. The only certainty is that peak app usage may have passed. Welcome to the engagement crisis.

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Attackers take advantage of Microsoft Windows BITS to serve malware

The BITS service is being exploited to both serve and reinfect target PCs.

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Democracy, film review: How the EU's data protection law was made

This documentary is almost as extraordinary an achievement as the passage of the General Data Protection Regulation: it makes data protection law and legislative compromise engrossing. Who knew that was even possible?

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A hacker claims to be selling millions of Twitter accounts

The hacker is linked to the MySpace, LinkedIn, and Tumblr "mega breaches."

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Microsoft is cataloging business apps available for Windows 10

Microsoft is offering an expanded Surface financing program for business users, as well as a new web site that is cataloging business apps available for Windows 10.

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The era of tech firms 'copying Apple' is coming to an end

With billions of dollars in the bank, and 35 percent net operating margins you'd think every tech firm would want to be like Apple. But according to analyst Neil Cybart, the envy is wearing off and tech firms no longer want to copy Apple's playbook.

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With build 14361, the Windows 10 Anniversary Update inches closer to release day

Another week, another preview release of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Today's Fast Ring release includes a big change in Hyper-V, support for the LastPass extension in Microsoft Edge, and a new version number.

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Google adds US Cellular to Project Fi network

U.S. Cellular joins Sprint and T-Mobile in providing coverage for Project Fi customers.

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Eric Schmidt: Alphabet is "very confident" in biotech division Verily

The chairman of Google's parent company reassures shareholders that its biotech division has strong oversight in place and will produce results.

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One company dominates Android and iOS app downloads

When you consider just how many apps are available from the iOS and Android app stores, it's quite a surprise to find that Facebook-owned apps account for almost two-thirds of all the apps downloaded.

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Nine out of ten women are social "Likers" when interacting with brands online

Social marketers who are looking for a sure fire way to engage with women purchasers should bring mobile optimisation into the marketing mix.

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Apple's tvOS apps struggle with retention

Analytics firm adjust found that engagement with Apple TV apps are decidedly lower than their iPhone and iPad counterparts.

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Over a third of hours spent at work are unproductive according to UK workers

UK workers think that over 36 percent of their time spent at work is unproductive, but the French and Americans are satisfied with their professional lives according to a recent report.

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Facebook and YouTube execs are among the world's most powerful women, says Forbes

If you work for Facebook, YouTube, HP or even IBM, your boss is more powerful than Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey or Queen Elizabeth II, according to Forbes magazine's annual list of the World's Most Powerful Women

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How to run Android on your iPhone, sort of

If you just can't choose between Android and iPhone, why not choose both? The developer who put Windows 95 on the Apple Watch set out to put Android on the iPhone.

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JIRA Service Desk gets better knowledge base integration

Agents won't have to go searching for knowledge base articles when working on a ticket.

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Dell readies laptops with wireless charging while Intel retreats from its development

The chip giant's execs are leaving the AirFuel Alliance as the company pivots away from PCs, but WiTricity was showing off Dell notebooks using its wireless charging mat at Computex.

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Fotojet free online collage maker will enhance your social interactions

FotoJet is an easy to use free online collage maker for your images that can help you create great graphics and memes

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An $800 clothes-folding robot actually makes sense

Just remember, people thought robot vacuums were pretty silly before the Roomba.

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Why are there so few women in French tech? The causes and the cures

France's figures for women in tech roles are disappointing but initiatives are underway to help change that situation.

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Singapore unveils drastic move that puts government in pre-internet era

Singapore government is reportedly blocking internet access on all workstations used by public sector employees from May 2017, in a move that throws up critical questions regarding its smart nation and e-government services.

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University gives in to $20,000 ransomware demand

The University of Calgary has stumped up $20,000 CAD to wrestle back access to files locked away by malware.

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FTC tech chief's phone hijacked, identity stolen, but who is to blame?

No matter who you are or what your role is, the risk of fraud impacts everyone.

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Microsoft expands bug bounty program with .NET Core rewards

The beta programs for new services are the focus of fresh rewards for researchers.

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Yahoo sweetens sales deal with auction of 3,000 patents

The patents include inventions used in the firm's search technology.

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Symantec launches connected auto security software

Symantec Anomaly Detection for Automotive aims to passively monitor connected cars to thwart security threats.

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Infrastructure, skills holding back SEA government ICT adoption

Lack of skills and inadequate infrastructure support are among the biggest barriers Southeast Asian governments face in adopting new technology, reveals survey.

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​DDoS attacks increase over 125 percent year over year

Akamai's most recent State of the Internet Security Report reveals internet and web attacks are increasing in number, severity, and duration.

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Verifone reports disappointing earnings in competitive payments market

The point-of-sale hardware/software firm is struggling to drive sales as it faces a vast field of competitors like Square.

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New versions of Firefox prepare for its biggest change ever

Today's launch of Firefox 47 means the E10S version, Firefox 48, has reached the beta stage. With Electrolysis, Firefox will finally be able to use two or more processes at once.... the main problem being that it breaks a lot of extensions

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Brazilian banks see drop in IT spending

There was a 9.5 percent decrease in resources going towards tech in relation to last year

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Driverless vehicle sales to hit 21M by 2035, IHS Says

The U.S. is expected to lead the way in autonomous vehicle adoption, even as it continues to grapple with regulatory challenges and consumer concerns.

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FBI is now pushing for warrantless access to internet browsing history

The amendment would apply in terrorism and national security cases, but critics warn against the expansion of powers.

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Fortinet acquires security analytics firm AccelOps

AccelOps makes both cloud-based and on-premise software that correlates security and network data into a common view.

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​Samsung's bendable screen: Real innovation will be finding a use case

There's no reason that Samsung can't launch a bevy of bendable screen devices. Will it be able convince tech buyers that a bendable screen is a must have?

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​Puppet DevOps comes to the mainframe

DevOps has empowered the cloud, and now it's coming to IBM's z Systems and LinuxONE mainframes.

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One key product and one quick tip for storm season

With what looks like an active storm season underway, one gadget and a quick tip can help you get through even major storms.

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IoT will account for nearly half of connected devices by 2020, Cisco says

The number of machine-to-machine connections should grow from 4.9 billion in 2015 to 12.2 billion in 2020, according to Cisco's annual Visual Networking Index.

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AWS cloud computing ops, data centers, 1.3 million servers creating efficiency flywheel

Oppenheimer is betting that Amazon shares can get to $930. The primary reason: AWS is a profit machine that'll deliver 2023 revenue topping $57 billion.

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Fitbit combines corporate wellness offerings into new group health program

The program combines Fitbit's wearables-based health offerings for businesses, weight loss clinics, health insurers, and clinical researchers.

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IBM, Couchbase, Snowflake add Spark connectors

As Spark Summit continues in San Francisco so too do the connector announcements. Pretty soon connecting with Spark will be as common as connecting to Excel.

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Six of the best Android smartphones: June 2016

Let's take a look a selection of the very best Android handsets currently available.

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Top 10 fastest smartphones: Surprise! Apple and Samsung are nowhere near the top

Think the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, the LG G5, or maybe the iPhone 6S would be at the top of the list? Think again!

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Awards for French startups in Silicon Valley

The French seem to be everywhere these days...

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3D Systems' operating and marketing chiefs quit

Their departures come after the appointment of new CEO Vyomesh Joshi in April.

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Facebook, Netflix trigger password resets in wake of recent hacks

The precautionary measure comes after a spate of massive, high-profile hacks.

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​Red Hat open sources how it makes decisions

Five core open source principles--open exchange, participation, meritocracy, community, and release early and often--are outlined in Red Hat's framework.

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Huawei P9: China's flagship smartphone serves up Apple and Samsung's secret sauce

On the surface, the Huawei P9 doesn't look much different than the dozens of premium Android handsets currently on the market. But what's inside is a glimpse into the future of the smartphone industry.

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Salesforce aims to expand its developer ecosystem, fund enterprise cloud creators

At its first developer conference, Salesforce outlined plans to expand its ecosystem, simplify tools and bolster the talent market. Salesforce is also planning spend $50 million funding entrepreneurs.

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Indeed Job Search will overtake LinkedIn search soon according to report

LinkedIn is currently the biggest job and networking related mobile app in the United States but Indeed Job Search is snapping at its heels according to a new report

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Designing a kill switch to save us from the robot uprising

Robots that learn might figure out how to bypass safeguards, so engineers are getting clever with that off button.

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Dell's new supercomputer is the fastest in Africa

With more speed and capacity for academic and private-sector research, the new Dell-built Lengau system offers one petaflop of power.

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Mt. Gox victims hounded by hackers looking to cash in

If the collapse of Mt. Gox wasn't enough, users are now at risk of losing their investments a second, and final, time.

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Earth to act as the ultimate telescope to take photos of black holes

Can MIT's latest project give us a unique glimpse into black holes?

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Verizon reveals how much it thinks Yahoo is worth

The US broadband giant is planning to submit a fresh bid for Yahoo before the deadline passes.

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CVSS scores are not enough for modern cybersecurity defense

A new report takes a fresh look at how our vulnerability assessments measure up in today's world.

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Researchers have found the most hackable countries on the internet

Millions of connected devices are exposed and viewable on the internet — and that puts some countries at a greater risk from hackers than others.

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Cisco's product development dream team calls it quits

Four executives responsible for some of Cisco's most successful products are leaving due to disagreements over management roles.

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​SUSE Enterprise Storage 3 released for serious storage work

The latest release of SUSE Enterprise Server 3 comes with Ceph Jewel support.

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Microsoft starts rolling out Office 365 Planner

Microsoft's new team-planning service, a potential competitor to Trello, is starting to roll out to Office 365 customers.

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Former NASA chief launches neural tech company with $100M investment

The company KnuEdge, which has been operating in stealth mode for a decade, promises ground-breaking tech in voice biometrics and neural computing processing.

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T-Mobile Uncarrier 11: John Legere thanks customers with free food, WiFi, and company stock

T-Mobile's Uncarrier 11 announcement took place this morning with CEO John Legere offering three freebies to qualified customers.

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Supreme Court rejects Google's appeal in AdWords case

The decision allows advertisers to move forward with a class action suit against the Internet giant.

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