Survey: Silicon Valley's Russian Ties Is The Top Tech Scandal Of 2017

The tech scandals get larger every year as Silicon Valley companies find themselves growing faster than their ability to recognize their own importance in the everyday lives of nearly everybody and every nation

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​While India protects net neutrality, an Indian-origin American seeks to destroy it

India's telecom regulator TRAI has issued rules to unequivocally protect net neutrality principles while Trump appointee and FCC chair Ajit Pai is well on his way to dismantling it in the US.

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Nutanix beats Q1 expectations with large deals, federal sales

Revenue grew 46 percent year over year as the company moves toward a software-centric business model.

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VMware beats Q3 earnings targets as revenue climbs 11 percent

The virtualization giant reported Q3 revenue of $1.98 billion, or $1.34 per share.

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Google will lock down Chrome on Windows

Does the Chrome web browser crash on you in Windows? Google plans on fixing a common cause for these problems.

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Toyota's T-HR3 robot mimics human movement

This third-generation humanoid shows off a suite of joint sensors for smooth, flexible movement.

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Google hires Intel's former data center chief Diane Bryant

Bryant, who brings technical knowledge a strong focus on clients to Google Cloud, will serve as Google Cloud COO.

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Amazon launches browser-based IDE AWS Cloud9

AWS boasts the Integrated Development Environment is "cloud native" with AWS integrations including Lambda functions.

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Microsoft delays rollout of full Guest Access for Teams

Microsoft isn't looking likely to deliver Microsoft Account Guest Access support for Teams until 2018, months later than it initially planned.

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Microsoft's Edge browsing apps generally available for iOS, Android

Microsoft is continuing to bang the Windows 10 'Continue on PC' drum with its Edge browser apps for iOS and Android.

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Best gifts: Amazon Alexa-enabled holidays

Amazon Alexa isn't only found on Echo devices. Third-party hardware makers have released their own take on hardware that supports the voice-controlled assistant.

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Apple's patch for stupid root access bug breaks file sharing for some - but the fix is easy

The patch that Apple rushed out yesterday to fix the root access flaw in macOS brings with it problems of its own. Fortunately, this new bug is quite easy to fix.

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Enterprise phishing attacks surge but resiliency is on the rise

We are getting better at detecting phishing campaigns, but fraudsters are improving, too.

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Dell EMC updates hyperconverged VxRail, XC Series systems with latest PowerEdge servers

Hyperconverged systems and Dell EMC's VxRail and XC Series are seeing more diversified workloads.

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OpenDrives: Building an 8k video editing rig

When I went to the NAB 2017 show this spring, everyone was showing 4k. But only one was editing full - not proxies - 8k video, a company by the name of OpenDrives. How do they do it?

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AWS re:Invent Big Data spotlight shines on global footprint and storage access

With Google Cloud Spanner and Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB in its sights, global scale and resiliency were key big data themes at re:Invent.

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Alexa for Business likely to win in smart office, leverage AWS, Echo, developers and consumers

Amazon is taking Alexa to the office and here's why the digital assistant will be able to scale via developers, consumerization and the sheer scale of AWS.

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You can still buy hard drives full of other people's data, but SSDs are less risky

Kroll Ontrack bought hard drives and SSDs on eBay and found almost half still had business and personal data on them.

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This is the smartest robotics company in the world (and soon to be one of the most important)

Forget "the revolution." Adoption of robots will only happen when startups team up with legacy heavyweights.

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IRS victory: Coinbase to hand over 14,000 user records, transaction data

Over 14,000 people will be linked to their accounts to check they have been declaring their cryptocurrency profits.

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Robot fish detects leaks in LA underground pipes

The "PipeFish" can monitor underground pipe systems for leaks and breaks.

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New web browsing security tool arrives: DNS over TLS

Tenta DNS, an open-source DNS over TLS resolver, will help preserve users' privacy after the fall of net neutrality.

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Box Q3 results in line with market estimates

While the results were largely in line with market estimates, Box shares fell in after-hours trading.

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Workday Q3 tops market estimates

Despite the earnings beat, Workday's share slipped slightly after hours.

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No SEO short cuts: Old Web dominates Google search

Businesses spend huge sums on search engine optimization to get onto the coveted first page of Google - it could be wasted money

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Online security 101: Tips for protecting your privacy from hackers and spies

This simple advice will help to protect you against hackers and government surveillance.

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AWS aims to accelerate IOT adoption with new services, OS

Of all the buzzwords relevant to AWS, IoT may be "delivering the fastest," AWS CEO Andy Jassy said, but there's plenty of room for development.

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Real-time applications are going places

Data streaming is the paradigm behind applications that can process data and act upon insights on the fly. Apache Flink, one of the key platforms in this area, is releasing new versions and getting traction. But there may be other players in this game soon, and not the ones you think.

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Aruba hires new country manager for Brazil

Eduardo Gonçalves will be tasked with expanding the company's reach in Latin America

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AWS rolls out new graph database, more database functionality

At re:Invent, Amazon Web Services unveils new services for Aurora and for DynamoDB, along with Neptune - a fully managed graph database.

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Microsoft says Windows 10 now on 600 million monthly active devices

Windows 10 is now on 600 million devices that have been 'active' in the last 28 days, up from 500 million in March 2017.

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Flagship smartphones: Specs, benchmarks and prices for iPhone, Samsung, Huawei and more

Updated to include OnePlus 5T, BlackBerry Motion and HTC U11+ specs. Here's how the top end of the smartphone market looks at the moment.

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Apple fixes macOS password flaw

The security update is rolling out now in the Mac App Store and will be automatically installed on all Macs running the latest macOS by some time today.

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Smartphone shipments will fall to phablets by 2019: IDC

Phablets, which have screens between 5.5 and 7 inches, are projected to outpace total market growth to reach 1 billion shipped units through 2021.

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Intel eyes in-cabin experiences for autonomous vehicles, partners with Warner Bros.

Intel also took aim at Nvidia on efficiency and power consumption as autonomous vehicles emerge.

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Get a one-year unlimited second phone number for $30

Hushed is offering a seriously sweet deal, one that includes encrypted end-to-end messaging. Plus: the lowest price ever on VPN Unlimited!

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NFL bets on AWS for machine learning

AWS also inked new cloud deals with the the Walt Disney Company and Expedia.

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Welcome back, sneakernet: Why net neutrality repeal will drive us to the edge

VPNs, Wi-Fi Meshes, pods, supernodes, and intelligent distributed cloud services will become the lingua franca of the new Biased Net.

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Snowflake gets auto-ingest from Amazon S3 with 'Snowpipe'

Snowflake's new Snowpipe offering enables customers with Amazon S3-based data lakes to query that data with SQL, from the Snowflake data warehouse, with minimal latency.

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AWS re:Invent 2017: PostgreSQL on Aurora headlines pre-show announcements

In the weeks leading up to re:Invent, Amazon has already a stream of data platform-related announcements. Early announcements, focused on gap-filling and feature extension, provide the context for what Amazon will be announcing this week.

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From Linux to Cloud, why Red Hat matters for every enterprise

Today, Red Hat dominates enterprise Linux. Tomorrow, it wants to rule the cloud. Don't bet against it.

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Autodesk plans to lay off more than 1,000 employees

The restructuring comes amid Autodesk's ongoing transition away from perpetual license sales in favor of subscriptions and flexible license arrangements.

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New details of NSA's Ragtime program appear in leaked files

One variant of Ragtime appears to involve the collection of Americans' data.

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Stupid, stupid MacOS security flaw grants admin access to anyone

The latest version of macOS includes a mindlessly simple, one-step way to take over any Mac.

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Judge delays Uber-Waymo trial, slams Uber for withholding evidence

The previously undisclosed 37-page letter, penned by a former Uber security team member, bolster's Waymo's claims that Uber stole trade secrets.

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Earnings roundup: Pure Storage, Nuance beat estimates

Nuance said the NotPetya malware attack back in June caused the company to lose roughly $53 million in revenue over the quarter.

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Best gifts: Smart speakers for the holidays

From Amazon to Google, a virtual assistant is ready for your home or office this holiday season. Apple will join the mix in early 2018.

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Microsoft launches public preview of Azure Location Based Services with TomTom

The effort is aimed at enterprises that need to track the location of various assets in the field and integration with a broader set of cloud services.

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Sophia the robot is crowdfunding her brain

"Chief humanoid officer" announces the details of an upcoming token sale for SingularityNET, a global, decentralized AI platform managed by blockchain technology.

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Microsoft Windows 10 testers will soon see Timeline, Sets features

Microsoft is ready to roll out a couple of big, coming Windows 10 features to Windows Insider testers. Here's more on Timeline and Sets.

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AI: The ultimate personal shopper?

With AI and machine learning becoming ubiquitous across aspects of online retail, sales are increasing and customers can have a better shopping experience.

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Google urges 'fair and responsible' AI development

Aside from ensuring access to machine learning expertise, the tech giant says there needs to be "fair and responsible" development of artificial intelligence to ensure societies can truly benefit from the technology.

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Best gifts: Gadgets to get you fit and healthy in the New Year

Let's be honest, many of us spend far more time sitting than is good for us. I know that's true for me, so I decided to use tech to combat the problem that tech had caused.

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HPE partners with ABB to merge IT and OT

The partnership should accelerate data processing in industrial settings.

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Amazon says Alexa device sales broke records over cyber holiday weekend

The Amazon Echo Dot and Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote were the top sellers.

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Microsoft and SAP both commit to running SAP HANA on Azure internally

Microsoft and SAP are extending their cloud partnership yet again. This time, the pair are deplloying SAP HANA on Azure and related services inside both companies.

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Accenture invests in quantum computing startup 1QBit

The minority stake is part of 1QBit's $45 million Series D round led by Fujitsu Limited.

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Holiday shopping survey: Do shoppers prefer customer reviews or discounts?

As marketing preparations come to the fore for the holiday season, which information is most helpful to consumers when they are shopping, and what strategies do marketers deploy for the holidays?

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New NSA leak exposes Red Disk, the Army's failed intelligence system

The leak marks at least the fifth exposure of NSA-related data in as many years.

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​Time Warner's Turner adds AWS as preferred cloud provider

Turner is looking to add more analytics and machine learning to its content as it moves to a more digital-first strategy.

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Microsoft says ASLR behavior in Windows 10 is a feature, not a bug

After a prominent security analyst criticized the implementation of a Windows 10 security feature, Microsoft fired back. That behavior is "by design," says Redmond. Here's the full story.

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Over one third of shoppers ditch friends to shop with Alexa or Siri

The holiday season is fast-approaching for retailers as we see many brands turn to next-gen technologies to convert more shoppers. But what tech innovations do customers really want?

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VMware, AWS expand their hybrid cloud service

With its second release, VMware Cloud on AWS gets new capabilities focused largely on disaster recovery and adding on-demand capacity.

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HPE, Stephen Hawkings COSMOS to collaborate, use Superdome Flex in-memory systems

The COSMOS effort is part of a broader collaboration pact with the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.

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HPE unveils OneSphere, multi-cloud management for public cloud and on-prem

HP says OneSphere is unique in its open approach, which will enable management across different public clouds.

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Almost half of social purchases made via Facebook

The top social media platforms are battling for advertising dollars and are using their own user base to influence our online purchasing behavior.

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​Taxify vs Uber: Why the ride-hailing rivalry is set to intensify over drivers and fares

With new funding, ride-hailing app Taxify will give Uber a run for its money but faces the same regulatory issues.

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Cyber Monday 'largest online sales day in history'

Adobe research suggests that this year's Cyber Monday resulted in $6.59 billion in online sales.

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Another $55 million in the war chest for two-year-old autonomous trucking startup

Funding will enable startup to continue road tests in a competitive field of autonomous shipping companies

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Internet censorship: It's on the rise and Silicon Valley is helping it happen

Instead of opposing the internet barriers raised by the world's authoritarian regimes, Silicon Valley is playing along.

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Watch: Ocado's grocery robot can pick up more than 50,000 items

Ocado's engineers figured out how to design a robot capable of picking up virtually any object

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US indicts Chinese hackers for corporate espionage

The three Chinese nationals are accused of infiltrating US firms to steal trade secrets.

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Media disruption: The race to the bottom is bottoming out...

Even the darlings of new media such as Buzzfeed are struggling as online business models shrink ad revenues faster than record growth in audiences

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Amazon Cyber Monday deals include $100 Acer Chromebook, $999 Apple MacBook

The online giant is also featuring a significant MacBook Pro discount and Dell and Lenovo laptop specials as part of its Cyber Monday extravaganza..

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Cyber Monday poised to break online sales record

The day is projected to break $6.6 billion in sales before midnight.

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​Long-term Linux support future clarified

Long-term support Linux version 4.4 will get six years of life, but that doesn't mean other LTS editions will last so long.

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​Trump considering banning White House staffers' personal phones

Trump and company seem to think this will stop leaks.

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Here's why Microsoft dropped its Delve app for Windows 10

Microsoft seems to be rethinking how it handles search in the brave, new Microsoft 365 world

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Best gifts: MacBook and Mac accessories

Make your MacBook or Mac a better platform to get work done on with these awesome accessories.

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Nvidia, Nuance team up to bring AI, machine learning to radiologists

The partnership highlights how multiple vendors in the medical foodchain see machine learning and artificial intelligence as a way to revamp medical imaging.

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Microsoft riles VMware with new VMware virtualization on Azure announcement

VMware is none too pleased about a new Microsoft offering enabling the full VMware stack to run on Microsoft's Azure.

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McAfee buys Skyhigh Networks to bolster cloud business

The two companies will work to combine their cloud and endpoint security platforms.

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A week with the OnePlus 5T: Hundreds less than competing flagships with minimal trade-offs

The OnePlus 5T offers nearly the same capability as Google, Apple, and Samsung phones priced nearly twice as much. OnePlus also includes some conveniences that may off you more value than the flagships.

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10 best smartphones: Starting at half the price of an iPhone X

Now that all of the flagship phones have been announced for 2017, a new model has moved into the top spot.

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​'Big four' Linux companies shift open-source licensing policies

Red Hat, Facebook, Google, and IBM commit to providing a fair cure period to correct open-source GPLv2 software license compliance issues.

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Barracuda Networks is sold to Thoma Bravo for $1.6 billion

Barracuda said the deal will help to accelerate growth of its security platform and maximize shareholder value.

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Microsoft Office looks to be available from Google Play Store for Chromebooks

Microsoft may finally be making generally available Android versions of its Office applications to Chromebook users, likely via an Office 365 subscription.

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Intuit to use AWS as its standard artificial intelligence platform

Intuit is planning to weave artificial intelligence and machine learning throughout its products. The company will use AWS' AI platform as a standard.

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This robot miner will soon be exploiting resources humans can't reach

Mining may be the proverbial canary in the coal mine for the spread of automation in industries like construction.

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VMware appoints new Brazil head

Firm hires internally for the top role in the country

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Stratasys launches BioMimics, aims to bolster medical training, cut cadaver costs

Stratasys aims to create the equivalent of a flight simulator for the medical device and training industry by 3D printing life-like bones, hearts, and vascular systems. The ROI could be dramatically lower cadaver costs.

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Can tech make your videos more interesting?

Video cameras are so good and storage so cheap that we can make lengthy videos of our everyday activities that even the makers don't want to watch. Techies are hard at work to enable automated editing that emphasizes the interesting bits. Here's a report from the front lines.

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Cyber Monday: Why I just bought four more Amazon Echos

If you're interested in Amazon Alexa devices, today is the day to shop. David Gewirtz added four more Alexas to his new home and saved quite a bit of money. Here's how he's going to put them to use.

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Hands On with Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon and MATE

The new release of Linux Mint is imminent, so here is a look at both the Cinnamon and MATE versions.

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No ZIP codes, cash on delivery: So can Middle East online shopping ever take off?

E-commerce in the Middle East and North Africa is potentially huge but it faces equally large obstacles.

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Amazon Sumerian cloud service launched to create VR, AR, 3D apps

Amazon Sumerian lets developers create VR and AR apps suitable for the web, mobile devices, and physical signage.

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UK citizens to sit safety tests to fly drones

Law enforcement will also have the right to seize drones used illegally.

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Australians will trade privacy for security if you frame it right

If you want to invade the average Australian's privacy, tell them it will prevent terror and you will be on your way.

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​Can Flipkart dethrone the reigning Chinese smartphone champs in India?

In order to do so it will have to accomplish the mammoth task of delivering differentiated value while fielding rock bottom prices over the long haul. The good news is that its recent phone delivers on both counts.

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Best Buy Cyber Monday plans include $275 iPad mini 4, MacBook Pro deals

The retailer is slashing up to $250 off Apple's highest-end laptops and will be reviving its iPad mini 4 special from Black Friday.

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​Linus 'Linux' Torvalds gives security developers guidance

Leading open-source developer Torvalds does more than swear at poor security development. He spells out what he expects from security programmers.

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The best Office Depot and OfficeMax Cyber Monday laptop, desktop PC deals

The specials include a $180 HP Chromebook and a number of all-in-one PCs.

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Pad & Quill Timberline and Bella Fino: Handcrafted wood and leather cases for the Apple iPhone X

Pad & Quill have been making cases for Apple products since 2010 and to celebrate the 10th anniversary iPhone it now has seven cases made with leather, wood, and polycarbonate.

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Dell offers numerous Cyber Monday deals on laptops, desktops, including $130 Inspiron notebook

The manufacturer's 12-page ad is filled with PC specials and "doorbusters" throughout the online shopping day.

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Software developers and designers risk over-automating enterprises

Noted software development advocate and author says automation is taking away valuable human judgment. The goal of good software should be to amplify, not replace, human work.

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Imgur confirms email addresses, passwords stolen in 2014 hack

The hackers stole email addresses and passwords.

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Serverless but not stress-free: enterprise computing moves outside the enterprise

Panel of CA distinguished engineers discuss the promise and perils of cloud, containers, serverless computing and artificial intelligence

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Brazil to introduce electronic patient records

A multimillion-dollar tender has been launched to support the initiative, which aims to cover all of the country's public health clinics by the end of 2018.

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Black Friday, Thanksgiving online retail traffic skews toward mobile

2017 could go down as the year that e-commerce decidedly went to the small screen. Conversion rates are still much higher on desktop, according to Adobe data. Salesforce found personalization mattered.

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Best gifts: IT pro toolbox

If you're in the business of repairing PCs, smartphones, or tablets, then you need the tools to help you get the job done in a fast, efficient, and safe way.

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Best gifts: iPhone accessories for under $25

Equip your iPhone with some the best accessories available without breaking the bank.

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Best gifts: Top iPhone X/iPhone 8 accessories from $6 to $200

Kit out your new iPhone X or iPhone 8 with some the best accessories available without breaking the bank.

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Black Friday deal: Get CloudBerry Backup Server Edition for $84

Normally $120, this ZDNet exclusive lets you back up to the cloud-storage destination of your choice.

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Eight reasons the Huawei Mate 10 Pro is good for business

The Huawei Mate 10 Pro is now available outside the US and after using one for a few weeks it is clear there is a lot to like for the enterprise user in this newest Huawei smartphone.

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The latest Amazon Black Friday deals on laptops, desktop PCs

The biggest online retailer has a gaming PC deal of the day for Black Friday itself, along with discounts on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 laptops, Asus notebooks, and more.

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Singapore C2C marketplace turns to AI to combat fraud, improve UX

Carousell is looking to use artificial intelligence and machine learning across the organisation, tapping the technology to mitigate fraud risks and enhance user experience.

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Singapore aims to drive up standards for autonomous vehicles with test centre

Spanning two hectares, the new test site will be used to trial communication and interaction between autonomous vehicles and other road vehicles.

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HP patches severe code execution bug in enterprise printers

The vulnerability could be exploited to perform remote code execution.

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EU agrees to end geoblocking to boost single digital market

Member states believe the move will encourage European business but there is small print to consider.

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The best Black Friday deals on Apple iPads, MacBooks, Mac desktops

Sales don't happen frequently with Apple products, so here's one of your best opportunities to score a discount on the company's tablets and computers.

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Amazon gives AWS customers access to its internal machine learning experts

The new ML Solutions Lab helps AWS customers learn how to leverage machine learning, through boot camps, workshops and other programming.

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Latest Windows 10 'Redstone 4' PC test build adds more feature refinements

Microsoft is continuing to deliver lots of fixes and a few minor feature updates to testers of its next Windows 10 feature release with Insider Build 17046.

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Best gifts: Tech treats for Thanksgiving

Do you want something special to spoil yourself over the holidays? Check out one of these gadgets.

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2017 Holiday gift guide: Smart speakers

From Amazon to Google, a virtual assistant is ready for your home or office this holiday season. Apple will join the mix in early 2018.

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Brazil rolls out digital driving licenses

Initiative aims to reduce fraud; rollout across all states expected for early 2018.

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Windows 10 tip: Take full control over how your PC shuts down

The most common shutdown options are available on the Start menu. For additional options, such as restarting and configuring firmware options, use the Shutdown command.

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Uber says unauthorised transactions in Singapore not linked to global breach

Uber has dismissed suggestions that a spate of unauthorised transactions reported by customers in Singapore is related to its global data breach, which does not involve financial information.

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Check out our Thanksgiving tech support survival guide (2017 edition)

Get some much-needed down time over Thanksgiving (and the holiday season as a whole) by preparing in advance for the inevitable tech support requests.

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How blockchain can transform the manufacturing industry

Syncron explains why blockchain could do everything from track E.Coli to boost supply chains and customer loyalty.

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MyRepublic secures $51M investment from private equity firm

Singapore-based Makara Innovation Fund has invested S$70 million (US$51.6 million) in the broadband service provider, which says the money will go towards expanding its footprint in Asia and product development.

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7 game-changing robotics trends we saw in 2017

From sex robots to assisted surgery, 2017 was a pivotal year for robots

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HP teases lower cost 3D printing systems for color, metal in 2018

HP has built out an ecosystem and channel for its 3D printing business and is now seeing repeat orders. Next up: A lower cost 3D printing system for mechanical color and metal parts.

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Fry's Black Friday deals include $98 Samsung Chromebook, $244 iPad, $788 MacBook Air

You'll need to sign up for the regional electronics retail chain's email list to get access to many specials, but the savings could be worth the trouble.

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Apple reportedly acquires AR startup Vrvana

The Montreal-based startup produced the Totem AR/VR headset, which never shipped.

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Uber concealed hack of 57 million accounts for more than a year

The company's former chief security officer kept the hack a secret.

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HP grows both PC and printing revenue in Q4

The company's fourth quarter results were in line with market estimates, with broad-based, double-digit growth in all three regions.

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HPE chief executive Meg Whitman will step down early next year

The announcement was made following the report of HPE's fourth quarter earnings.

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Salesforce delivers strong Q3, ups revenue outlook

The non-GAAP earnings outlook is a bit light relative to expectations. Salesforce also projects fiscal 2019 revenue.

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HPE extends Nimble's InfoSight engine across its storage portfolio

InfoSight, complete with a new AI recommendation engine, is set to ship on HPE's high-end 3Par storage line starting in January.

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Trump's FCC announces plans to kill net neutrality

The people want net neutrality, but FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, announced his plan to take it away from them. With this, you can expect to see your internet bills go up.

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PayPal rolls out an invoicing extension for Messenger

The feature lets sellers on Facebook create and send invoices to customers directly within a conversation on Messenger.

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No, digital picture frames are not dead -- in fact, this one is insanely cool

We look at a surprisingly excellent cloud-enabled picture frame, and as a bonus, a robotic vacuum cleaner.

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Capital One's Critical Stack launches beta for Kubernetes, container orchestration

The move highlights how every company is becoming a technology firm. Critical Stack is used internally at Capital One to manage microservices and continaers.

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iPhone X assembly carried out by students working illegal overtime

Apple confirms that high school students interning at Foxconn worked illegal overtime on the iPhone X production line.

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MapR 6.0 converges control of data at rest and in motion on the same pane of glass

The latest version of MapR's converged platform adds more granular control and real-time data ingest that the company claims will facilitate DataOps.

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Cisco, Interpol team up to share cybercriminal threat data

The tech giant and law enforcement agency will share intelligence on the latest cyberthreats.

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Qualcomm: Mesh networking is the future of smart homes

Qualcomm's Rahul Patel believes mesh networking is critical to the future of home Wi-Fi -- as long as ISPs learn to see its value.

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Singapore airport to trial $5M digital air traffic tower

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore awards S$7 million (US$5.16 million) contract to UK-based NATS to test a digital tower designed to improve air traffic management and operational safety.

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The Washington Post's Platform as a Service Venture

Every company has to be a a tech company these days and the Washington Post is one example as it sells tech services to other newspapers — but should it?

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Samsung releases Tizen 3.0 update for Gear S3 smartwatch

A major update is now rolling out for last year's Gear S3 smartwatch, bringing the latest version of Tizen to this flagship watch.

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DOJ antitrust lawsuit seeks to block AT&T, Time Warner merger

DOJ officials say the proposed deal would harm competition, increase prices for consumers, and reduce innovation in the media industry.

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Intuit Q1 strong with 2.55 million QuickBooks Online subscribers

Intuit's first quarter went well as the company continues to add self-employed subscribers to its QuickBooks Online franchise.

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Get a Dell M115HD mobile projector for $329

That's a significant savings on this travel-friendly projector, which is barely bigger than the palm of your hand.

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McKinsey on digital marketing: Personalization is not what you think

A top advisory consultant to large organizations shares his thoughts on critical issues that every CMO must consider. Watch the video for practical and important advice from an expert.

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​Red Hat partners with AWS with OpenShift Container Platform 3.7

Red Hat wants to be your AWS hybrid cloud and container company as well your Linux provider.

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Uber inks deal with Volvo for fleet of self-driving cars

Volvo says it aims to be the "supplier of choice" for autonomous vehicles.

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Dell EMC chosen the best IT workplace in Brazil

Great Place to Work Institute picked the company as the best large-sized IT employer in the country.

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DJI Mavic Pro: First impressions from a drone novice

Look out, folks! We've set David Gewirtz loose with robotic aircraft. Welcome to the beginning of our new Drone and Robotics Discovery Series. As long as he doesn't try building a T-1000, we're probably safe.

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New AMD EPYC-powered HPE VM server is breaking world records

The new enterprise-class server offering up to a 50 percent reduction in cost per VM than traditional servers.

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Apple slips closer to becoming 'just another tech company'

Announcing products only to later delay their launch is something that other tech companies did. Now it's becoming something Apple does.

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Robotics company gets $25 million to bring Amazon-like automation to small retailers

It has become imperative for retailers of all sizes to automate fulfillment. That's created a huge opportunity for robotics companies.

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Is Germany right to tell parents to destroy kids' smartwatches over snooping fears?

After banning smart dolls, Germany now says no to smartwatches that allow parents to listen in on classrooms.

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Four methods hackers use to steal data from air-gapped computers

Air-gapped computers are seen as high-value targets, so considerable research has gone into taking data from them -- without a network connection. Here's what you need to know.

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Marvell buys Cavium for $6 billion as semiconductor players aim to consolidate

Marvell said the purchase of Cavium will diversify revenue and bolster its ability to address the data center and cloud markets.

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Companies on the verge: Introducing the Emergence Maturity Index

What does it take to become a mature company that can compete full bore in a marketplace? Paul Greenberg's newly hatched EMI will highlight the companies worth watching.

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Linus Torvalds: 'I don't trust security people to do sane things'

The prominent Linux engineer has suggested models used to approach kernel security are entirely wrong.

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FAA approves Flying Cow drones to restore Puerto Rico cell network

The Flying Cows will act as mobile cell towers in the sky while repairs in the area take place.

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How to tweak the new Firefox 57 Quantum browser to suit your preferences

Trying the new multi-process Firefox 57? Save yourself some time with these set-up tips...

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How many must be killed in the Internet of Deadly Things train wrecks?

History tells us that technology doesn't get regulated properly until people start to die. Why will IoT be any different?

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Your biggest threat is inside your organisation and probably didn't mean it

Threat of the malicious insider is very real, but accidental data leakage is a bigger problem.

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OnePlus 5T, Android 8.0 Oreo beta, and Black Friday chat (MobileTechRoundup #414)

The OnePlus 5T was announced this week, the two hosts loaded Android 8.0 Oreo beta on the Essential Phone, and listen to the show for a special surprise at the end.

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Nodus Access Case 3 for the Apple iPhone X: Carry credit cards and enjoy movies wrapped in Italian leather

Nodus released its new Access Case 3 for the iPhone X in four colors with quick and easy attachment of your iPhone X via micro suction technology.

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Singapore CIOs believe machine learning can improve speed, security ops

Some 87 percent of IT decision makers in Singapore say machine learning will speed up decision-making process as well as facilitate automation in security operations.

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TigerDirect Black Friday ad features handful of laptop, desktop deals

The online tech retailer also has a sale on a 12-inch Huawei MateBook Windows tablet for $399.99.

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Nomad Apple iPhone X case roundup: Horween leather and polycarbonate provide protection and card carrying functionality

Nomad makes attractive accessories for the Apple iPhone and Apple Watch, many using high quality Horween leather. Five new cases are available for the Apple iPhone X, designed to meet every particular need.

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iPhone and Android wireless charger pads: Which one is the best?

Choosing a Qi charger pad for your smartphone is not as easy as it sounds.

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How strong are iPhone X sales?

In the absence of official figure, we have to go mining through third-party data to try to come to some conclusions.

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Apple HomePod's release delayed until 2018

The smart speaker was slated for release in December, but it's not quite ready, Apple says.

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Solve Gmail's other big hassle -- for free

Chrome extension Dittach makes quick and easy work of finding Gmail attachments.

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Tesla Semi: The big questions about costs, benefits ahead of trucking disruption

Tesla has one fine big rig, but there were enough unknowns in the Tesla Semi unveiling to keep the transportation industry in wait-and-see mode.

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How to recycle old tower PCs into CD and cassette ripping monsters

Want to see a couple of media-ripping towers? In this article, we showcase two David Gewirtz built for bulk ripping CDs and, believe it or not, cassette tapes.

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Recycle your old tower PCs into media-ripping monsters

There's something about finding a new home (or purpose) for old hardware that almost brings a tear to my eye.

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Brazil advances in ICT adoption

The country improves in the skills front and in broadband provision - but sees decline in use and access to tools, says report.

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UnitedHealthcare Motion adds Samsung, Garmin wearables to wellness mix

Via Qualcomm Life, UnitedHealthcare Motion is adding more devices to its plan that offers participants up to $1,000 a year for being more active.

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Cisco, Huawei take duel to smart cities

Both companies aim to manage and integrate sensors and data tied to smart city networks. The race to be the brains of the smart city is on.

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Black Friday 2017: All the best deals, sales, and ads on laptops, desktop PCs

We've collected the best Black Friday specials all in one spot to help you with your PC buying decision.

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ID card security: Spain is facing chaos over chip crypto flaws

With the security of its 60 million national ID smartcards in question, Spain faces some tough choices.

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Bug bounty hunter reveals DJI SSL, firmware keys have been public for years

Opinion: The researcher has discarded $30,000 to ensure there is full public disclosure of the drone maker's poor security and revealing how not every bug bounty hunt ends well.

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Watch: This flying drone folds its wings and dives into the sea, then relaunches itself

There's some cool science happening around multidomain robots, which are built to traverse multiple environments

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Lenovo's Black Friday ad offers deals on ThinkPad laptops, Yoga 2-in-1 ones

The manufacturer only delivers a two-page ad, but it's full of various notebook specials -- and surprisingly no desktop sales.

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Indian IT's slow road to digital is hampering revenue growth

Indian firms need to take a page out of Accenture's playbook to secure their business in a digital future.

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Facebook rolls out new resources for creators

The new tools should create stronger ties between content creators and their audiences, helping to keep Facebook engagement strong.

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Splunk shares surge on strong Q3 results

Shares of Splunk were up more than 11 percent in after market trading.

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Free Quad9 DNS service aims to make threat intel more accessible

IBM Security, the Global Cyber Alliance and Packet Clearing House are offering the automated security solution for free with individuals and SMBs in mind.

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Shopify partners with UPS for negotiated shipping rates

The partnership also includes a native integration of UPS shipping, billing, and tracking services in the Shopify platform.

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Alexa in your car: Sirius XM needs some Amazon Prime

The satellite radio service serves up great content. But Sirius XM is one of the most frustrating companies to deal with for customers. Could Amazon improve the experience?

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Intuit takes the wraps off new Quickbooks Assistant chatbot service

The AI-driven voice interface for the QuickBooks Self-Employed mobile app makes it easier for users to surface insights from their financial data.

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Microsoft Windows 10 Redstone 4 test build 17040: Lots of fixes, plus a few minor features

Microsoft is continuing to roll out many fixes plus a few minor features in its latest Windows 10 test build for PC Insiders .

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In 2018, IoT will move beyond experimentation

The Internet of Things extends beyond devices and connectivity.Here's how Forrester predicts IoT will reshape businesses in 2018.

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Google makes BigQuery data transfer service generally available

The data transfer service, which has some new features, gives Google a compelling way to sell its cloud services to its existing advertising customers.

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Why the customer experience is the real driver of digital transformation

Sheryl Kingstone, research director at 451 Research, spoke with ZDNet about how companies must make the customer experience their ultimate differentiator in the marketplace.

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2017's best five TV media-streaming devices

Now, more than ever, to make the most from your TV you must include an internet streaming device with it.

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Walmart's online sales were up 50 percent in Q3

The world's largest retailer delivered another blockbuster quarter fueled by strong online sales growth and an uptick in its food business.

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CA Technologies plots big bet on DevSecOps

At CA World, CA Technologies launched a bevy of products and integrations that add up to what it hopes will be a software factory.

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NASA spent $1.4 billion on IT, but governance and security issues remain

NASA in its annual report recounted years of challenges with IT governance, security and the problems with managing about 500 IT systems.

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Oracle pushes emergency patch for critical Tuxedo server vulnerabilities

Two of the vulnerabilities have achieved a rating of 10 and 9.9 in severity.

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Ahead of GDPR, Segment sees growing pushback against third-party data sharing

The customer data platform is offering new features to comply with the impending rules, which fit into the platform's focus on first-party data.

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Best Buy Q3 solid, but later iPhone X launch dinged revenue upside

The November launch of Apple's iPhone X combined with hurricanes and natural disasters put the kibosh on stronger revenue gains, but Best Buy's omnichannel moves pay off.

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Parity shakes up wallet audits, but funds remain frozen

After a user accidentally stole and froze funds in over 500 wallets, a solution is yet to be found.

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Four startups that are poised to revolutionize e-commerce in 2018

The trend is moving in one direction: Everyone will be offering on-demand, no Prime membership required

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Singapore puts fintech in spotlight with AI investment, global partnerships

Monetary Authority of Singapore sets aside S$27 million to drive the adoption of artificial intelligence in the financial sector and inks global partnerships to facilitate fintech innovation.

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Microsoft releases first test build of Windows Server 1803

Microsoft is releasing to Insiders the first test build of the next Windows Server 'semi annual channel release.' Here's what's inside.

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Google gives developers new features, languages for Assistant

Among other things, developers can now build user experiences that start on Google's voice-activated assistant and move to a user's phone.

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What does the future look like? The Lazada story.

How do you retain a start-up company culture; drive collaboration and innovation within a fast growing, multi office organisation?

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McAfee's own anti-hacking service exposed users to banking malware

The purportedly safe link pointed users to a malicious Word document, laden with Emotet banking malware.

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NetApp beats Q2 expectations as all-flash business builds more momentum

NetApp's all-flash array annualized net revenue hit a run rate of $1.7 billion, up from $1.5 billion in Q1.

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Cisco tops Q1 earnings targets

Cisco's revenue by segment looks a bit different this quarter as the company completes its shift to recurring and subscription revenue models.

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Autodesk teams with Esri to integrate BIM, GIS tech

The companies said the integration will give joint customers the ability to synthesize information from both BIM and GIS software.

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Trump administration releases rules on disclosing security flaws

The White House's cybersecurity coordinator said the rules are "vital" to ensuring a balance between public disclosure and retaining flaws for intelligence operations.

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Sapho adds support for SAP Ariba, Concur Travel

Sapho's latest release adds more chart flexibility and support for SAP Ariba and Concur Travel.

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4G provision improves in Brazil

The country is ranking higher in terms of speed - but other Latin nations perform better in terms of availability, says study.

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Microsoft to integrate Visual Studio with AI services

Another piece of Microsoft's 'Open Mind Studio' falls into place: A new extension enabling developers to use AI services from inside Visual Studio.

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Microsoft's Visual Studio Live Share to improve developer collaboration

Microsoft plans to debut a new developer collaboration service in early 2018 that could make it easier for developers to work in tandem even when located remotely.

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Microsoft gets data-fabulous at NYC event

Microsoft announces Azure Databricks service, new Cosmos DB features, enterprise AI capabilities and more at its annual Connect(); event in New York

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Fileless attacks surge in 2017, security solutions are not stopping them

By 2018, they are expected to account for 35 percent of all cyberattacks.

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Windows 10 tip: Move your default data folders to a different drive

If you have more than one physical drive, keep your system (C:) drive from getting overwhelmed by moving default folders (Music, Pictures, Documents, and so on) to a secondary drive.

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A Windows 10 alternative: Microsoft should embrace, extend Linux on the desktop

I get it. The PC is too expensive to replace and you don't want Windows 10. Let me suggest another solution.

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The best iPad, laptop, desktop Black Friday deals from Sam's Club, BJ's Warehouse

The big box chains offer a handful of PC specials to member in their Black Fridays ads, including a $199.99 Lenovo N23 Windows 2-in-1 notebook doorbuster deal at BJ's.

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Just how fast is Firefox Quantum?

Can Mozilla's new Firefox Quantum browser unseat Google Chrome as the fastest browser?

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Adobe patches 67 vulnerabilities in Flash, Reader

The round of patches fixes critical issues, many of which lead to remote code execution.

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Don't be alarmed, but you're probably using the term AI wrong

It's more than semantics. Understanding what AI is and what it isn't will help you predict how your industry (and the world) is changing.

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Toshiba sells TV unit to Hisense in $114m deal

The firm's sale of a 95 percent stake will be sold to help deal with current financial losses.

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Forever 21 reveals potential data breach

The retailer says that some customer credit cards may have been compromised.

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Smartphone usage by the numbers via Deloitte

Smartphone usage and adoption has matured, but 47 percent of consumers want less of their devices.

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​Kubernetes vendors agree on standardization

Want to use Kubernetes, but worried about portability across clouds, containers, and vendors? Don't be. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation has you covered.

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DHS, FBI describe North Korea's use of FALLCHILL malware

The North Korean government has likely been using the malware since 2016 to target the aerospace, telecommunications, and finance industries, the US government says.

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ADT acquires Datashield, aims to blend physical and cyber security

The bet is that enterprises will use the same company to protect their physical locations to secure networks too.

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Apple Watch accurately detects hypertension and sleep apnea, study finds

The study was conducted by health startup Cardiogram and UCSF and followed more than 6,000 subjects.

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​Linux totally dominates supercomputers

It finally happened. Today, all 500 of the world's top 500 supercomputers are running Linux.

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Get an LG 43-inch 4K commercial monitor for $550

Normally $800, this expansive screen promises to boost productivity with its multitasking-friendly resolution and quartet of HDMI inputs.

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Stardock introduces Groupy windows-management tool for Windows 7, 8.1, 10

Stardock's new Groupy app, now in beta, is designed to make Windows desktops work like tabbed browsers.

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Enterprise, Education users get six more months of support for Windows 10 1511

Microsoft will continue to provide security updates to Windows 10 Enterprise and Education users still on 1511. Here's how and why.

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Elastic Search 6.0: not that new, but quite improved

Elastic Search is an open source platform that is about a lot more than just search. It entails a whole stack of solutions and is growing rapidly. Today its new version is out, and its CEO discusses the way forward.

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Poshmark raises $87.5 million Series D, eyes expansion

The fashion resale social network has raised over $160 million in the past six years .

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Dropbox, Autodesk expand partnership with AutoCAD integration

The companies will enable people using AutoCAD to open and save files stored in Dropbox without leaving the AutoCAD application.

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Google Cloud Spanner goes multi-region

Having opened cloud access to the global database platform behind AdWords a few months back, Google is now unleashing Spanner's full global cross-region capabilities.

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It's a race to the edge, and the end of cloud computing as we know it

Our whirlwind tour of the emerging edge in data centers makes this much clear: As distributed computing evolves, there's less and less for us to comfortably ignore.

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Twitter launches premium API effort starting with historical Tweet search

Twitter is building out its premium APIs for developers as it begins to grow its data business.

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Dreamforce 2017: 4 next steps for Salesforce Einstein

Salesforce Einstein Prediction Builder, Bots, Data Insights and a new data-explorer feature stand out as the big AI and analytics announcements. Here's what they'll do for your business.

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Microsoft readies preview of Skype Professional tool for online-centric small businesses

Microsoft's Skype Professional service will bring Skype together with a number of small-business-focused tools.

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House lawmakers admit to being 'held hostage' over surveillance reforms

Congressional leadership gave lawmakers an option: pass a weak surveillance reform bill, or nothing.

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Smartphone surveillance: Are you drunk?

Before the advent of smartphones you weren't under constant surveillance with an always-on network. Now an unholy trinity of smartphone, network, and artificial intelligence threatens to let the well-intentioned regulate every aspect of life. If you're drunk, will your smartphone let you drive?

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Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on your iPhone is going to get more cumbersome and overly complicated

Apple, a company once lauded for making the complex simple and easy to use, is making Wi-Fi and Bluetooth far more complicated than it needs to be.

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How criminals clear your stolen iPhone for resale

Criminals have dedicated themselves to compromising iCloud accounts to wipe clean stolen devices using a set of interesting tools.

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Investors bet big on company bringing scanning robots to Wal-Mart

The days of shop clerks with scanning guns are officially numbered

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Microsoft's Black Friday deals include discounts on its Surface Pro tablet, Windows laptops

The tech giant's online and brick-and-mortar stores will feature savings on its currently unavailable Surface Pro tablet as well as a half-dozen notebooks from Dell and HP.

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These Ukraine veterans fought Russia: Now they're being turned into software devs

A scheme teaching veterans to code helps them retune to civilian life and serve their country through technology.

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How Estonia recovered from ID card hack

750,000 citizens left vulnerable to identity theft.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM arrives after seven years of development

The promise of running serious Linux servers on ARM processors has been there for ages. Now, at long last, the reality is here.

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Nvidia expands new GPU cloud to HPC applications

With more than 500 high-performance computing applications that incorporate GPU acceleration, Nvidia is aiming to make them easier to access.

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The new long-term Linux kernel, Linux 4.14, has arrived

For the next six years, Android smartphones, embedded Linux devices, and Linux-based Internet of Things gadgets will use the newly released Linux 4.14 kernel.

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Brazilian banks lead in artificial intelligence planning

The number of institutions that see AI as important to their strategies is higher than other countries - but number of real case studies is still small.

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Missouri AG launches Google antitrust probe

Missouri's top law enforcement official is also investigating whether the internet giant violated the state's principal consumer protection statute.

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Decoding OtterBox and LifeProof cases for iPhone X

If you look at the two leading brands of protective enclosure for Apple's flagship smartphone, it's easy to be confused by all the models. Here's the distilled version to help you choose the right case.

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Dell EMC high performance computing bundles aimed at AI, deep learning

Dell EMC at SC 17 outlined a series of bundles designed to bring HPC to industries and enterprises.

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Micron doubles capacity of NVDIMM memory

Larger capacity NVDIMMs means dramatically increased throughput and improved total cost of ownership.

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Oracle and cloud: Success demands a customer-centric culture

Three top enterprise software industry analysts explain Oracle's plans and strategy. Learn what it means for Oracle customers and to your company.

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'Supercomputing for all' with AMD EPYC

AMD announces the availability of new, high-performance EPYC-based PetaFLOPS systems.

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Next year's iPhones: More X? More notch? Here are our predictions

Now that the Class of 2017 iPhones have been announced and are shipping, it's time to turn our attention to next year. Here, we present our predictions for next year's iPhones.

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Qualcomm rejects Broadcom acquisition offer

The US chip maker says the $130 billion deal "undervalues" Qualcomm and its future prospects.

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GE to hone digital efforts, leverage additive manufacturing as it focuses on core businesses

GE will focus on its core businesses--aviation, healthcare and power--and digital investment will follow.

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​UN to host discussion about AI in warfare

AI researchers warn world leaders that autonomous weapons shouldn't be allowed to make fatal decisions.

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iPhone X suffers first-generation teething troubles

It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that a device as ambitious as the iPhone X suffers some teething troubles out of the gate.

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IBM shares updates on DOE's Summit supercomputer

With expectations that it will be the world's fastest and most powerful supercomputer, Summit is expected to be completed in early 2018.

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10 days with the iPhone X: My joy of smartphones restored

I've used hundreds of handheld devices over the past 20 years and a select few have brought me sheer joy. The iPhone X arrived on November 3 and it has me as excited as I was 10 years ago when the first iPhone launched.

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Rackspace partners with HPE to introduce pay-as-you-go private cloud

By applying a public cloud payment model to dedicated infrastructure, Rackspace says it could bring a whole new range of enterprise workloads to private cloud.

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Samsung's Black Friday ad features deals on its laptops, Galaxy tablets

The electronics manufacturer has deals on its Chromebook Plus and Pro and Galaxy Book 2-in-1 that haven't been seen in other retailers Black Friday ads.

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A better blockchain: Bitcoin for nothing and transactions for free?

Imagine a blockchain-like protocol that promises to remove what is seen as the two biggest deficiencies in blockchain: inefficient mining and soaring transaction fees. IOTA makes this promise on the premise of the tangle, a graph data structure to replace the blockchain, and a different engineering and operational philosophy.

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Sex robot maker dismisses rival's creation as a toy

What does and doesn't constitute a robot? It's more nuanced than it seems.

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Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green on ad fraud, connected TV, China and the data marketplace

We caught up with Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green to talk shop, the data market and the future of digital advertising. Here are the highlights.

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Estonia's ID card crisis: How e-state's poster child got into and out of trouble

Estonia is built on secure state e-systems, so the world was watching when it hit a huge ID-card problem.

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Singapore to refine upcoming cybersecurity bill following public feedback

Government says it will clarify the definition of critical information infrastructures and duties of such operators as well as licensing requirements of service providers, in the new bill slated to be introduced in early-2018.

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Resilience to phishing attacks is failing to improve

The bad guys use phishing because it works, and it works because it exploits weaknesses in human psychology and organisational culture. We won't fix cybersecurity until we fix those things.

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The great data science hope: Machine learning can cure your terrible data hygiene

Data lakes didn't quite pan out so now it's all about an abstraction layer and machine learning to save the day. Hopefully, machine learning can cleanse your data on the fly since humans have proved repeatedly they aren't meticulous enough.

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More iPhone X, ZTE Axon M, Essential Phone, running with smartphones (MobileTechRoundup #413)

Kevin's iPhone X arrived so both of us were able to talk about our experiences with Apple's best iPhone. It wasn't an all-iPhone show though with other devices and wearables available for testing.

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Newegg releases 2017 Black Friday ad with laptop, desktop PC, tablet deals

The online tech superstore will start its sale early on November 20 with a pair of $169.99 Asus Chromebooks and a $219 Huawei MediaPad M3 Android tablet special.

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Alibaba breaks previous Singles Day sales record to hit $25.3B

Chinese e-commerce giant chalks up US$25.3 billion in gross merchandise volume on its November 11 online shopping festival, up 39 percent from last year, with 90 percent processed on mobile platforms.

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OpenStack adoption grows into multi-cloud formations

The open source cloud platform sees a rise in unique installations, as well as more integration with commercial clouds.

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UAG Apple iPhone X case roundup: Drop tested protection the best smartphone

Urban Armor Gear makes some of my favorite cases and its new iPhone X collection is now available. With the glass back and very high price, it makes sense to protect your iPhone with a case designed to survive accidental drops.

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Enterprise software slows down digital transformation, survey suggests

'In many companies with legacy enterprise applications, ERP still stands for Excel Runs Production.'

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Singapore opens up access to citizen data to facilitate business transactions

Commercial businesses can now access citizen data, such as mailing address and passport numbers, stored in the national MyInfo database, in a move the Singapore government says is aimed at improving service efficiency.

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How to get your smartphone, tablet or laptop battery to last for years

Here's how to get the longest, most trouble-free life out of the rechargeable battery inside your smartphone, tablet, or laptop (or anything else that contains a battery).

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HP's Black Friday ad filled with deals on its laptops, desktop PCs

With a 15-page ad for its online store, the computing giant isn't leaving holiday deals just to its retailing partners.

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No more Uber, Hertz, or even car owners: How Amazon and Apple will take us all for a ride

As driverless technologies improve, cars will likely become more of a membership perk than objects of ownership.

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Edge, core, and cloud: Where all the workloads go

The race to the edge, part 4: Where we are introduced to chunks of data centers bolted onto the walls of control sheds at a wind farm, and we study the problem of how all those turbines are collected into one cloud.

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Five tricks to make Google Chrome faster and better

Here are five tricks to help you speed up your browser and increase your productivity.

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IBM outlines 50 qubit quantum computing prototype

IBM continues to make strides in its effort to commercialize quantum computing.

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Office Depot and OfficeMax Black Friday 2017 ad leaks with numerous laptop, desktop deals

Doorbusters from the office supply chain include a $168 HP laptop and $250 Dell Inspiron 2-in-1 notebook.

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Putting data in the cloud may be an all-or-nothing proposition

Teradata CTO Stephen Brobst sees a hybrid future for most parts of information technology, but not for data stores.

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Nvidia's data center business hits $2 billion annual revenue run rate

The Volta ramp is just starting and deep learning and artificial intelligence with a dose of high-performance compute is driving some serious growth for Nvidia.

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Watch: This hypnotic robotic manta ray glides through water silently

Bio-inspired engineering is helping roboticists make hyper-efficient hardware

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Yoti aims to provide everyone with a biometric digital identity that works via a smartphone app

YOTI or Your Own Trusted Identity verifies who you are using biometrics on a free smartphone app. If it's widely adopted, it could be used for authentication purposes by clubs, supermarkets, websites, governments and other organisations, though it can also work on a peer-to-peer basis

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Fake news problem: Facebook is a media company run by engineers

Technologists struggle with the problem of fake news distribution - Pew Research survey shows even split

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Rimini Street reports 32 percent revenue increase in Q3

Rimini recently merged with the investment company GP Investments Acquisition Corp. in an effort to expand into broader services.

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Nvidia beats Q3 expectations as data center sales climbs

Data center revenue more than doubled year-over-year, while all other segments saw growth as well.

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Equifax spends $87.5 million on data breach, more expenses on deck

Equifax's third quarter earnings and revenue weren't all that bad considering its data breach debacle.

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​How to run Windows apps on your Chromebook

CodeWeavers' CrossOver, which has long enabled you to run Windows programs on Linux and macOS, now lets you run Windows programs on advanced Chromebooks.

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GoDaddy forms payment integrations with Square

The integrations are tied to GoDaddy's website builder tool GoCentral.

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Apple releases iOS 11.1.1, fixes autocorrect bug on iPhones and iPads

Have you been suffering from that annoying iOS bug where it won't let you type an "I"? Or maybe "Hey Siri" has stopped working? If so, this update is for you.

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Macy's, Kohl's feel brick-and-mortar squeeze as customers go online

Both department store chains are struggling to increase same-store sales, but ecommerce is showing gains.

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Best gifts: Practically indestructible gadgets

Looking for a gift that will cope with the rough and tumble of everyday? Try these gifts for the geek in your life.

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Research says Snapchat use with influencers down 33 percent

Influencers have changed their posting habits on Instagram and are moving away from Snapchat according to a new report.

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The drive-thru data center: Where an appliance runs your local cloud

The race to the edge, part 3: Where a fast food restaurant chain that can't always reach the cloud because its city is surrounded by a rain forest finds a way to move its data center into something like a refrigerator.

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FlexPool: Simplifying software licensing for application delivery services

A10 Networks' latest IT-as-a-service component makes it easier for enterprises and service providers to consume app delivery services by reallocating capacity across cloud and traditional IT infrastructure.

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Walmart 2017 Black Friday ad features $119 Chromebook, $249 iPad deals

The retail behemoth's PC sales also include a pair of HP laptops for under $200.

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Bitcoin Segwit2x hard fork suspended

Without full community support, the fork will not take place.

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7 Kickstarter projects that highlight the future of consumer robots

Primed for adoption or flash-in-the-pan? A robotics VC gave me a tour of Kickstarter

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Singapore healthcare providers must soon contribute to national electronic records

Expected to be introduced next year, the new bill will mandate all healthcare providers including private clinics and laboratories to participate in the country's national electronic medical database.

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Staples reveals 2017 Black Friday deals on laptops, tablets, desktop PCs

The office superstore offers its usual variety of specials on systems, including a $200 HP Stream notebook and a HP all-in-one PC for $299.99.

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Intel hires AMD's Raja Koduri to work on high-end, discrete graphics

Koduri, who joins Intel in December, led AMD's Radeon Technologies Group and oversaw the development of its Vega GPUs.

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Cornerstone OnDemand nets $300 million investment from Silver Lake, LinkedIn; reports strong Q3

Cornerstone said the funds will bolster its e-learning content, give it more balance sheet flexibility and drive growth.

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MINIX's creator would have liked to know Intel was using it

Few people knew MINIX was running in most Intel processors, including its creator.

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Twilio sets revenue record in Q3

The cloud communications company surpassed $100 million in quarterly revenue for the first time.

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Square reports strong Q3 results

Square's gross payment volume, a key metric for the payments company, ticked up 31 percent to $17.4 billion.

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Equifax, Yahoo fail to answer the most basic questions during Senate hearing

Senators were left frustrated as Yahoo didn't know how it was hacked, and Equifax still didn't know who.

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Get an eMeet M1 Bluetooth conference speaker for $125.99

Able to capture 360-degree audio from up to 26 feet away, this handy portable tool could make conference calls more tolerable.

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Microsoft adds 'Near Share' feature to new Windows 10 'Redstone 4' test build

Microsoft is testing a new option for sharing files, photos, URLs and more between nearby Windows 10 PCs with its latest Windows 10 test build, No. 17035.

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Microsoft to integrate third-party security information into its Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection service

Microsoft is partnering with Bitdefender, Lookout and Ziften to integrate their macOS, Linux, iOS and Android threat-detection offerings with Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection.

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São Paulo allows smartphone use in classrooms

Student from schools in the Brazilian state will be allowed to browse the web for "educational purposes"

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Match Group's Tinder emerges as cash cow courtesy of data science, dynamic pricing, paying off tech debt

Match Group has a serious growth engine in Tinder and the monetization is just starting. Here's a look at the moving technology parts.

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Microsoft Office 365 users to get LinkedIn-powered Resume Assistant

Microsoft is tying together LinkedIn Insights and Word to create a new Resume Assistant feature for Office 365 users.

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FBI vs. Apple, round two? Agency admits it can't access Texas gunman's iPhone

Apple and the FBI reportedly held "preliminary conversations" about the Texas gunman's iPhone, but no formal request for assistance has been made.

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Singapore moots stricter use of national ID, bill to ease data-sharing within government

Government wants businesses to limit their use of NRIC numbers, which is unique to each Singapore resident, and has proposed a new bill to ease data-sharing between government agencies.

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Microsoft introduces new secure firmware spec via the Open Compute Project

Microsoft is tackling the security piece of datacenter hardware with the latest phase of its OCP 'Project Olympus' efforts.

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Is your iPhone's battery life terrible on iOS 11.1? Here's a temporary workaround

Are you finding that your iPhone or iPad battery life to be terrible since you installed iOS 11.1? You're not alone.

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Who's automating the enterprise? Meet Amelia and the future of work

Imagine all enterprise functions automated by software and performed through a single point of access, which happens to be a virtual agent with cognitive capabilities. You can stop imagining and start thinking about the repercussions, because this is much closer than you may think.

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One in five Singapore firms use paper to manage privileged passwords

Some 22 percent of businesses in Singapore use paper-based logbooks to manage privileged account passwords, while 55 percent monitor only some privileged accounts or not at all.

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Best Buy Black Friday 2017 ad features pair of $100 laptops, $275 iPad mini 4 sale

The retailer offers either a Chromebook or a Windows notebook for under $100, the lowest price for a PC we've seen so far among Black Friday deals.

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Snapchat gets Android developer religion--better late than never

It's a bit of a headscratcher to hear Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel talk about how Android development will be critical to global growth. Why didn't Snapchat see this obvious fact sooner?

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Filling in the blanks on MongoDB 3.6

Having been in preview for several months, the outline of MongoDB 3,6 is hardly a mystery. Only three act release data (in December) still is. The core theme of the release around "speed": is a bit of a misnomer. The new release aims at plugging gaps in making the database more enterprise-grade.

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IoT devices are an enterprise security time bomb

The majority of enterprise players cannot identify IoT devices on their networks -- but that's only the beginning.

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Beating out blockchain and Bitcoin, this skillset tops list of fastest-growing opportunities for independent workers

Demand for automation know-how is exploding, but those jobs may not come with benefits or security

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Ethereum user accidentally exploits major vulnerability, locks wallets

Wallets are frozen while Parity works on a solution.

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Nutanix announces new storage, compute services

The new products support the company's bid to manage distributed cloud environments for enterprises.

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Marissa Mayer subpoenaed to testify before Senate on Yahoo breaches

The former Yahoo CEO only agreed to testify alongside current and former Equifax executives after the Senate compelled her to with a subpoena, according to reports.

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AWS launches new S3 encryption and security features

The new features include some for more secure cross-region replication.

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UPS joins blockchain alliance to spur standards development for shipping industry

UPS posits that blockchain technology will play a key role in the smart logistics network of the future.

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Apple finally beats Samsung in patent lawsuit... maybe

The Supreme Court declined to hear any more about Samsung wanting to invalidate Apple's patents, but that doesn't mean the fight's over yet.

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3D Systems outlines additive manufacturing strategy, aims for turnaround

3D Systems rolled out a series of systems, software and services aimed at targeting industries. Going vertical is key to the company's turnaround hopes.

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Google fixes KRACK vulnerability in Android

The KRACK vulnerability is said to be "exceptionally devastating" for Android users.

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Protecting Your Clouds: Business and IT Considerations (webinar)

In 2017, CBS Interactive's Tech Pro Research surveyed ZDNet and TechRepublic readers in the United States to engage them about their current cloud security operations and future priorities. Watch this webinar to learn more.

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Locky ransomware used to target hospitals evolves

The malware's authors have added a few new tricks to avoid detection.

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A data center with wings? The cloud isn't dead because the edge is portable

The race to the edge, part 2: Where we come across drones that swarm around tanker trucks like bees, and discover why they need their own content delivery network.

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Microsoft buys 'living photo' app maker Swing

Microsoft has purchased Swing Technologies, a photo app startup, and is merging its product and people into the Skype team.

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Facebook extends Messenger capabilities to business websites

With version 2.2 of the messaging platform, Facebook is introducing a customer chat plugin that enables cross-platform customer interactions.

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As local elections loom, voters drown in political text message spam

As local and state elections roll around, so do the unsolicited political text messages.

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Dell EMC launches all-Flash midrange systems

Dell EMC is also outlining a three-year customer satisfaction guarantee.

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FinancialForce zeroes in on the "as-a-service" economy

The ERP company is leveraging its alliance with Salesforce to bring AI capabilities to customers, as well as a new integration to meet the compliance challenges of service-based business models.

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Arbe Robotics raises $9 Million to prevent autonomous car crashes

Better radar could help bring crash-avoidance out of the realm of luxury vehicles and usher in affordable automation

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Singapore bank turns on AI to fight vice activities

OCBC Bank has been trialling machine learning technology to analyse corporate bank transaction data and identify suspicious activities, specifically, money laundering, at four times the accuracy rate.

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How Cloudflare uses lava lamps to encrypt the Internet

Cloudflare's encryption secret? Gelatinous floating blobs.

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Cisco patches DoS vulnerability in IOS XE

Exploiting the vulnerability can lead to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

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Razer raises $528M in Hong Kong IPO

Games hardware maker has reportedly raked in HK$4.12 billion (US$528.2 million) from its initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, which is oversubscribed by local retail investors.

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MINIX: ​Intel's hidden in-chip operating system

Buried deep inside your computer's Intel chip is the MINIX operating system and a software stack, which includes networking and a web server. It's slow, hard to get at, and insecure as insecure can be.

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Etsy reports solid Q3 as active buyer base reaches 31 million

The Brooklyn-based crafts vendor delivered another round of surprise profits this quarter.

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GoDaddy reports mixed Q3 results

The ​small business domain host missed EPS estimates but beat on revenue.

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Salesforce, Google Cloud Platform form integration, global infrastructure partnership

Salesforce will integrate Google's G Suite with multiple products and use Google Cloud Platform for international expansion.

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10 best smartphones: iPhone X bumps Galaxy Note 8 from top spot

Now that all of the flagship phones have been announced for 2017, a new model has moved into the top spot.

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iPhone X display is the best: Made by Samsung, improved by Apple

For a couple of years, Samsung has set the bar with the highest-rated smartphone displays. With a panel produced by Samsung, and optimized by Apple, the iPhone X raises the bar yet again.

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SaaS leads cloud services market growth in 2017

According to the ​latest data from IDC, the public cloud services market grew 28.6 percent in the first half of 2017.

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Have hyperscale, will travel: How the next data center revolution starts in a toolshed

The race to the edge, part 1: Where we discover the form factor for a portable, potentially hyperscale data center, small enough to fit in the service shed beside a cell phone tower, multiplied by tens of thousands.

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Intel turns to AMD for semi-custom GPU for next-gen mobile chips

It's been decades since AMD and Intel last collaborated, but pressure from Nvidia has the two chip giants teaming up once again.

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Apple's iPhone X gamble could be paying off

Seems like there's no shortage of people who want to pay over a thousand dollars for a smartphone.

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iOS 11.1 power user tips and tricks

Here's how to get the most from iOS 11.1 on your iPhone and iPad.

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Broadcom plots $130 billion buyout of Qualcomm for more industrial Internet, connected auto and 5G clout

Broadcom, which is the product of a series of acquisitions and mergers, wants to roll up two major communications chip vendors and compete with Samsung and Intel.

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Salesforce preaches customization, AI, enabling business execs with low-code approaches

Salesforce's plans at Dreamforce revolve around a few key themes. In broad strokes, Salesforce is aiming to make its Einstein AI platform more accessible and enable point-and-click customization.

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A serious Tor browser flaw leaks users' real IP addresses

The so-called TorMoil flaw stems from a bug in how Firefox handles local file-based addresses.

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Brazil tries to reduce fake news ahead of elections

The country will release its first set of guidelines for digital conduct to be expected from candidates in the presidential elections of 2018.

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Today's cheapest iPhone vs the PalmPilot: 20 years of handheld computing

As we welcome the innovative iPhone X, it's worth noting that you can buy a new iPhone for less than the original PalmPilot. Even Apple's lowest-end device is hundreds of thousands of times more powerful than handhelds from 20 years ago.

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How breakable is the iPhone X? Drop it and you'll find out

So, just how robust is your $1,000+ slab of glass? Not very.

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Salesforce debuts low-code mobile app development tool

mySalesforce should enable anyone to build a mobile app and easily list it in the App Store or Google Play within weeks.

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Salesforce enables more customized app development with updates to Lightning

With the introduction of myLightning, the app-building framework now lets customers create customized design elements, as well as dynamic page experiences for end users.

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Broadcom offers to buy Qualcomm in $130 billion deal

If the deal goes through it will be one of the largest acquisitions of its kind in history.

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European Space Agency, ViaSat partner to create high-speed broadband satellites

The pair plans to use satellites to boost the capacity and speed of home Internet services.

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Watch out: GIBON enters the ransomware space

The new ransomware strain is the latest to target your PC for cash.

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Legacy maker of tools for humans is automating its factories

Automation is now a matter of survival in a number of industries, and that's created an opening for startups offering automation stopgaps

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Target Black Friday 2017 ad features $250 Apple iPad deal

You can also get $120 off the 10.5-inch iPad Pro tablet, but the retailer isn't offering any discount on the iPad mini 4.

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Australia's war on encryption potentially 'reckless': Former US cyber advisor

Demands for more access to private data and control over personal communications devices 'sounds a lot like China', says Obama's director for Cybersecurity Policy.

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Juniper aims to grow telco business with enhanced Contrail Cloud Platform

By addressing the challenges service providers face deploying cloud environments, Juniper aims to broaden its Tier 1 telco business and reach more Tier 2 and Tier 3 companies.

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iPhone X hands-on, Kindle Oasis, HTC U11 Life, Apple Watch 3 (MobileTechRoundup #412)

There were a few new purchases in hand this week, along with a couple new evaluation phones so there is plenty of mobile tech to enjoy in the podcast.

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Caseology case roundup for the Apple iPhone X: Stylish drop protection for less than $15

Millions of people put their iPhones in cases and the smaller size, along with extremely high price, of the iPhone X makes it even more likely that people will use a case. Caseology offers eight affordable options for everyone.

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T-Mobile, Sprint call it quits on merger talks

The rivals and long-rumored merger partners ended speculation about a combination. The two wireless carriers will go it alone vs. Verizon and AT&T.

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UX needs to operate under a new set of rules within the Internet of Things

Internet of Things systems often don't have screens and other traditional outlets for the user experience. This makes development and design more complicated.

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Caudabe Apple iPhone X case roundup: Affordable, minimalist designs improve grip and protect

The new Apple iPhone X just arrived in the hands of buyers and there are already many case options available. Caudabe has a nice lineup to consider that still maintains the look and feel of the iPhone.

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iPhone X cheat sheets

Since Apple didn't give you a manual listing the gesture changes you have to get used to when you switch to the iPhone X, use this cheat sheet to familiarise yourself with what you need to know.

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US Court sides with Google against Canadian de-indexing order

A US federal court on Friday issued a preliminary injunction against a Canadian Supreme Court ruling, which asked Google to de-index certain search results on a global basis.

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Can computers detect emotion and predict how people will react?

The influx of AI into our everyday lives is bringing a raft of technologies that can analyze our emotions and predict how we will react.

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Bradesco launches online bank as fintechs raise stakes in Brazil

The banking giant launched a new digital offering to fend off competition from new entrants in the financial services sector.

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​The 10 best ways to secure your Android phone

Malware makers, phishers, they really are all out to get you. Here's how to stop them in their tracks.

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The San Francisco Fallacy, book review: Unconventional wisdom

Jonathan Siegel's book challenges the received wisdom about startup culture, and is a useful reference for anyone thinking of creating or joining a new business.

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Everything you need to know about charging your iPhone X or iPhone 8

Using the supplied cable and charger isn't the best way to charge your new iPhone X or iPhone 8. But it's also not the worst.

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Amazon gains share in declining tablet market, Apple's iPad still No. 1

Tablets remain tweener devices as the overall market continues to shrink, but Amazon's aggressive hardware strategy is paying off.

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Microsoft quietly announces end of last free Windows 10 upgrade offer

More than a year after ending its free Windows 10 upgrade program, Microsoft is getting ready to shut down the last official free upgrade extension. The news wasn't exactly shouted from the rooftops.

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What you need to know about Apple and the iPhone X launch

Apple's earnings conference call gives us a glimpse into how things are going within the company and where it might be headed over the coming months.

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How to install, reinstall, upgrade and activate Windows 10

Here's everything you need to know before you repair, reinstall, or upgrade Windows 10, including details about activation and product keys.

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The iPhone X contains a strange dual-cell battery

Doubling the number of cells allowed Apple to get creative in how it laid out the interior of the iPhone X.

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Mass surveillance: New law must be put to public vote, say Dutch

Activists think next year's vote will convince politicians to make major changes to a new mass-surveillance law.

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Synopsis to acquire security firm Black Duck Software in $565m deal

Synopsis hopes the deal will extend the firm's reach in the automated security market.

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T-Mobile reportedly makes Sprint a revised offer

The revived merger talks come just a few days after SoftBank ended negotiations over who would have majority control of the new company.

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Apple is getting better at selling iPads and Macs

iPad and Mac sales see a nice surge. iPhone not so much.

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Apple posts strong Q4 results and healthy outlook on eve of iPhone X launch

Apple's solid outlook for the current quarter suggests strong production and sales of the iPhone X.

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Earnings roundup: Tableau Q3 misses, Arista and Hortonworks beat

Tableau reported a net loss of $46.5 million, or 59 cents per share.

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Qualcomm sues Apple over software licensing, sharing code with Intel

Apple vs Qualcomm latest: Qualcomm alleges Apple could have shared source code with rival Intel.

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Cisco debuts the first voice-activated assistant built just for meetings

While virtual assistants are becoming increasingly common, Cisco argues its Spark Assistant will be the first one that's truly useful in the enterprise space.

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Windows 10 setup and configuration tips: Don't settle for default settings

Ed Bott's extensive collection of Windows 10 tips has been freshly updated for the Fall Creators Update. This page includes the most popular tips for getting Windows 10 configured exactly the way you want it.

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Alibaba says cloud sales increased 99 percent in 'outstanding' quarter

The Chinese internet giant breezed past analyst expectations or the September quarter, with revenue surging 61.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Enterprise Edition: Enhanced security added to the best business smartphone

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is today's most powerful business smartphone and yesterday Samsung revealed an unlocked enterprise edition focused on security and IT management features.

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VMware buys SDN startup VeloCloud

VMware is aiming to boost its SDN portfolio through VeloCloud's technology, intellectual property and customer base.

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The iPhone X doesn't save Apple from desperately needing a 'next big thing'

The distraction of $1,000 iPhone won't last forever.

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What's new in Microsoft's Windows 10 IoT Fall Creators Update release

Microsoft's Windows 10 IoT Fall Creators Update release includes a bunch of new and enhanced features, plus a couple of new capabilities still in preview.

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Google reduces Cloud latency with updated Andromeda SDN stack

By bypassing the hypervisor completely, Andromeda 2.1 reduces intra-zone latency on the Google Cloud Platform by 40 percent.

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The Apple products you shouldn't buy (and three that you can't buy anymore)

Just because Apple offers something for sale doesn't mean that it's a good idea to buy it! Here's a list of Apple products that you shouldn't buy, along with three that you can't buy anymore.

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Top Google Chrome extensions to enhance your productivity, security, and performance

If you are a Google Chrome user and you're not making use of extensions, then you are really missing out. Here is a selection of extensions aimed specifically at boosting your productivity and privacy. (Updated Nov 2017)

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Get a 1-year Dropbox Plus subscription for $60

That's $40 off the regular price, and you get a $25 Dell gift card on top of it.

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With a physical key, Google says it can protect you from nation-state hackers

When two-factor doesn't cut it against the most sophisticated adversary, Google thinks it has an answer.

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Facebook's plan to throw humans at security, manipulation issue won't work, equates to indictment on AI progress

Throwing humans at Facebook's fake news and security issues isn't likely to fix the company's issues. Facebook needs more AI and automation to correct ills before engagement falls.

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Under the Surface at Microsoft's Future Decoded

Peter Kyriacou heads up the program management team for all Surface devices. The secret to product perfection, he tells ZDNet, is to test lots of ideas, 'fail fast', and develop the good ones.

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Lenovo snaps up majority stake in Fujitsu PC business

The company also managed to beat analyst expectations in Q2 2017.

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IBM enhances Watson Data Platform, with an eye towards AI

IBM adds to its data preparation, catalog and governance services, and GAs its Hadoop/Spark service. And while that may sound like data-lake-de-rigueur, IBM says it's all about AI.

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Solve Gmail's biggest hassle for $59.99

ZDNet exclusive! Shift Advanced lets you juggle multiple Gmail, Calendar, and Drive accounts with ease and adds unified search.

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Costco 2017 Black Friday ads leak with deals on laptops, desktops, tablets

The warehouse chain isn't offering any eye-popping sales on PCs, but it is providing discounts on a number of solid systems for members looking for a new computer.

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Mozilla finds IoT optimism, privacy fears clash

A new study reveals that consumers worldwide are divided over the future of connected devices.

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Watch: This motorcycle-riding robot is no match for one of the most successful racers of all time

SRI and Yamaha teamed up to build an autonomous robot that rides an unmodified bike. Then they raced it against the fastest rider on Earth.

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WordPress patches SQL injection bug in security release

Webmasters should update immediately to prevent website takeovers.

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HTC announces U11 Life and U11: One is an affordable member of the family, the other lets you see inside

HTC added three new members to the U11 family with today's announcement. One comes to the US while another offers modern design elements to compete with the best.

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HTC U11 Life review: The U11's affordable cousin is one of the best mid-rangers

The HTC U11 is fantastic so releasing a less expensive version that checks all of the key boxes makes sense. The HTC U11 Life is one of the best in a growing sub-$400 mid-range smartphone market that challenges today's flagships priced at least twice as much.

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Here are the best Raspberry Pi alternatives

Here is a selection of single board computers for homebrew projects and automation, with prices starting at only $5.

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Brazil passes weaker version of mobility app bill

Drivers working for Uber and equivalent companies will have to comply with a number of rules; Lower House will give the final decision.

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Fitbit aims for device to data pivot: Can you monetize 90 billion hours of heart rate data, 85 trillion steps?

Fitbit has more than 1,300 enterprise customers and plans to embed into the healthcare ecosystem. Devices still matter, but data may ultimately matter more.

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Intuit names its first chief product and design officer

After 17 years at IDEO, Diego Rodriguez joins Intuit to lead its product management and design teams.

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Symantec gets boost from high profile data breaches, cyberattacks but cloud shift adds Q2 wrinkle

Ransomware attacks, the Equifax data breach and other cyberattacks have bolstered Symantec's standing in the enterprise. But a shift to cloud is making forecasting financials a bit tricky.

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Qualcomm beats Q4 estimates

The semiconductor giant's licensing business took a hit as its dispute with Apple continues, but its core business saw decent growth.

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Facebook delivers solid Q3 results as ad sales soar

CEO Mark Zuckerberg focused his prepared remarks around Facebook's response to the congressional investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

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Amazon CloudFront reaches 100 PoPs following latest Tokyo addition

Amazon CloudFront now has 89 Edge Locations and 11 Regional Edge Caches, with sites in 50 cities and 23 countries.

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Amazon brings augmented reality feature AR View to Amazon app

The in-app feature, built using Apple's ARKit, lets users visualize items inside their homes before making a purchase.

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Can you blow up your iPhone x/8 by placing it on a wireless charger pad while it's charging with a cable?

Are you going to run into problems if you put an iPhone X/iPhone 8 that's already charging down on an active charging pad?

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Google launches new program to foster AI startups

Traditional methodologies for launching a startup don't apply to AI-focused ventures, Google says. With Launchpad Studio, now backing four healthcare-focused AI startups, Google aims to build new methodologies.

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Powerful iOS and Android apps for IT pros

IT pros don't have to be chained to their desks! Here are a selection of apps that will allow them to get work done when out and about.

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The future of the future: Spark, big data insights, streaming and deep learning in the cloud

Apache Spark is hailed as being Hadoop's successor, claiming its throne as the hottest Big Data platform. What the founding fathers of Spark are saying and doing about its future and its positioning in the market has never been more timely.

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Windows 10 tip: Use the hidden repair option to avoid uninstalling an app

Windows 10 includes two panels where you can manage apps and desktop programs. If you dig deep enough, you'll find useful repair and reset buttons that can help you quickly fix a misbehaving app.

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Hilton agrees to $700,000 settlement over data breaches

The hotel chain's data breaches exposed hundreds of thousands of customer credit card numbers.

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Microsoft adds more business apps to Office 365 Business Premium subscriptions

Microsoft is continuing to add more apps to Office 365 Business Premium, and by extension, its Microsoft 365 Business bundle.

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C3 IoT lands Department of Defense deal for aircraft predictive maintenance

C3 IoT said that it was selected by the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx). DIUx is looking to use AI for predictive maintenance, asset availability and improving operations.

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Shopify's new POS feature aims to convert showroomers into online shoppers

It's called Buy Online for Shopify POS, and it allows businesses to offer an online purchase option to shoppers who've come to a brick-and-mortar store to try out products in-person.

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BitPay to shutter services during Segwit2x hard fork

The digital payment service will suspend its services due to the coming uncertainty.

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Dell's 2017 Black Friday deals include $130 Inspiron laptop doorbuster

The PC giant is the first tech retailer to announce its sales for the holiday shopping weekend, some of which will be available from November 1 to November 3.

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Oracle pushes out emergency fix for remote system hijack vulnerability

The vulnerability, as bad as it gets, allows attackers to remotely take over enterprise software without authentication.

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Under Armour cites change management woes with SAP implementation as digital transformation stumbles

Under Armour had challenges ranging from fast fashion to retail bankruptcies to moving to a direct-to-consumer revenue model. Add change management to the list too.

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Microsoft Azure, United Technologies to partner on IoT, field and customer service, smart buildings

United Technologies, which is behind brands such as Otis, Carrier and Pratt & Whitney, will use Microsoft's Azure platform and software as part of its digital transformation effort.

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Happy birthday ROS: A decade of open-source robotics

ROS, an open-source robotics middleware, has fueled a hardware revolution.

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Circle with Disney web filter riddled with vulnerabilities

The kid-friendly Internet filter protects children but did not shield family privacy.

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Should you upgrade your iPhone to iOS 11.1?

iOS 11.1 is out, but should you upgrade or should you wait and see if there are any potential pitfalls?

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