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• Microsoft's "Holoportation" will virtually beam you into another room

  02-12-2016 23:51
  
  Using a combination of mixed reality displays and 3D cameras, users of Microsoft's "Holoportation" technology can interact with remote participants as if they were in the same physical space.
  
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• Russia claims it foiled a cyber attack from a foreign spy service

  02-12-2016 23:25
  
  The Russian government claims to have foiled a “large-scale” cyber attack from foreign intelligence services meant to destabilize the country’s financial system.
  
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• Obama Blocks Chinese Bid for Technology Firm Aixtron - Wall Street Journal

  02-12-2016 23:05 via wsj.com
  
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  Obama Blocks Chinese Bid for Technology Firm Aixtron
  Wall Street Journal
  President Barack Obama on Friday took the rare step of forbidding a foreign company from buying a firm with U.S. assets, telling a Chinese investment fund that it cannot complete a deal for German technology company Aixtron SE. Mr. Obama's move, only ...
  Obama to 'block' Chinese takeover of technology firm Aixtron on national security grounds: sourcesSouth China Morning Postall 53 news articles &ra
  
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• Stephen Hawking says technology will devastate the middle class - CNET

  02-12-2016 22:56 via cnet.com
  
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  Stephen Hawking says technology will devastate the middle class
  CNET
  Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives. Stephen Hawking Enlarge Image. The truth about the world is somber. Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images. Since the election, there seems to be little ...and more »
  
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• Intel's silence on Optane SSDs raises questions about launch and focus

  02-12-2016 22:30
  
  There's a lot of excitement about Intel's superfast Optane SSDs, but products won't be on shelves this year as the chipmaker had earlier promised.
  
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• Slim, speedy Svelte framework puts JavaScript on a diet

  02-12-2016 21:43
  
  The framework removes abstractions in order to produce vanilla JavaScript that runs much faster, particularly on mobile devices
  
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• Mozilla's revenue jumps 28% in first full year of Yahoo search deal

  02-12-2016 21:28
  
  Mozilla reported that revenue for 2015 was up 28% over the year before, the largest increase in three years.
  
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• Random iPhone 6s shutdowns due to faulty battery component, Apple says

  02-12-2016 20:31
  
  A problem with iPhone 6s products randomly shutting down comes from a battery flaw found in a small number of models, according to Apple.
  
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• Trends in Enterprise Cloud Adoption

  02-12-2016 20:02
  
  At the AWS re:Invent show in Las Vegas, Network World's Brandon Butler chats with WIlliam Fellows, co-founder of The 451 Group, about the latest cloud trends for enterprise companies.
  
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• How Amazon helps enterprises innovate in the cloud

  02-12-2016 20:01
  
  Network World's Brandon Butler speaks with Stephen Orban, head of enterprise strategy at Amazon Web Services, about how its cloud can help enterprises with innovation and new business opportunities.
  
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• Amazon offers new developer tools and DDoS protections for cloud users

  02-12-2016 20:01
  
  Blair Hanley Frank from the IDG News Service and Brandon Butler from Network World wrap up some of the announcements from Day 2 of the Amazon Web Services re:Invent show in Las Vegas. Highlights include new tools for developers to write easier applications for the Amazon cloud and protections against DDoS attacks.
  
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• Up close with Amazon Snowball: Cloud migration for the data center

  02-12-2016 20:00
  
  At the AWS re:Invent show, Network World's Brandon Butler takes a closer look at the AWS Snowball offering. The ruggedized appliance helps enterprises migrate very large amounts of data to Amazon's cloud.
  
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• A tour of AWS re:Invent

  02-12-2016 20:00
  
  Network World's Brandon Butler gives a quick tour of the Amazon Web Services re:Invent show floor, where companies are showing off products and services that support the AWS cloud.
  
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• Researchers find a way bypass the iOS activation lock

  02-12-2016 19:23
  
  Two researchers claim to have found a way to bypass the activation lock feature in iOS that's supposed to prevent anyone from using an iPhone or iPad marked as lost by its owner.
  
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• Remote management app exposes millions of Android users to hacking

  02-12-2016 17:44
  
  Poor implementation of encryption in a popular Android remote management application exposes millions of users to data theft and remote code execution attacks.
  
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• ‘Distributed guessing’ attack lets hackers verify Visa card details

  02-12-2016 16:42
  
  Add credit card fraud to the list of things that distributed processing can speed up.
  
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• Trump's First 100 Days: Technology, Privacy and Intelligence - Scientific American

  02-12-2016 13:02 via scientificamerican.com
  
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  Trump's First 100 Days: Technology, Privacy and Intelligence
  Scientific American
  President-elect Donald Trump's views on technology and tech policy were not prominent campaign features on his contentious path to the White House. However, his repeated calls to dismantle the Washington, D.C., establishment provide some clues to how ...and more »
  
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• What happens when a country cracks down on fake news? Ask China

  02-12-2016 13:00
  
  The current debate over fake online news has one country feeling vindicated: China. For years, its controversial censorship system has been cracking down on so-called "online rumors," and last week a state-controlled newspaper essentially told the U.S., "I told you so."
  
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• The digital opportunity for CIOs

  02-12-2016 12:00 via computerweekly.com
  CIOs have a unique opportunity to lead the digital strategy in their organisations, but they have to move quickly to make sure they have the right skills and infrastructure in place
  
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• AWS makes CI, microservices moves for devs

  02-12-2016 12:00
  
  AWS Code Build and AWS Step Functions help with software builds and complex distributed apps
  
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• Paralympian calls for extra support for Canberra assisted technology charity to keep operating - Brisbane Times

  02-12-2016 08:55 via brisbanetimes.com.au
  
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  Paralympian calls for extra support for Canberra assisted technology charity to keep operating
  Brisbane Times
  A former paralympic champion has urged the ACT government to help a local charity that creates assisted technology for Canberrans with a disability to keep operating. The organisation, Technical Aid to the Disabled ACT (TADACT), in July this year lost ...and more »
  
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• Twitter gets new product head and team from app startup Yes

  02-12-2016 08:07
  
  Twitter has swallowed social app developer Yes and is also getting a new product head as part of the deal.
  
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• Consumer Technology Association Reverses Negative Position On Trump Administration - Gizmodo Australia

  02-12-2016 05:02 via gizmodo.com.au
  
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  Consumer Technology Association Reverses Negative Position On Trump Administration
  Gizmodo Australia
  One of the most prominent tech industry trade groups has abruptly switched its position on US President-elect Donald Trump and is now supporting the incoming administration, declaring that it's "optimistic" about the future. CTA President and CEO Gary ...and more »
  
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• Procurement panel to help keep its govt’s Internet bill down

  02-12-2016 03:40
  
  The federal government hopes that a new telecommunications procurement panel will help departments minimise the costs of a range of telco services including Internet access.
  
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• NetSuite's going global under Oracle's flag

  02-12-2016 01:31
  
  As part of Oracle, cloud software provider NetSuite plans to localize its products for many more countries while expanding its data-center capacity, sales operations, partner channel and other assets to reach customers in those new areas.
  
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• Machine learning: A new cyber security weapon, for good and ill

  02-12-2016 00:48
  
  There’s a new weapon in the never-ending battle against cyber crime: Machine learning. It’s generating a great deal of interest, getting substantial backing from venture capitalists and even being billed as a must-have addition to the cyber-security arsenal.
  
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• AWS looks to take the drudge work out of data analysis

  02-12-2016 00:40
  
  The new service is designed to be a fully managed data catalog and ETL (extract, transform, load) system.
  
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• New technology to fast-track National Vendor Declarations - Beef Central

  02-12-2016 00:34 via beefcentral.com
  New technology to fast-track National Vendor Declarations
  Beef Central
  The livestock industry's move to a digital future is taking another positive step forward with an electronic National Vendor Declaration (eNVD) system now available to producers and participants in the value chain.and more »
  
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