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• Siblings arrested in Italy's worst cyberespionage operation ever

  12-01-2017 23:36
  
  The Tuesday arrest of Giulio Occhionero and his sister, Francesca Maria, has brought to light what appears to be the biggest, and highest-profile, hacking of institutional and corporate accounts ever reported in Italy.
  
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• Now it's AT&T's term to talk jobs, investment with Trump

  12-01-2017 23:16
  
  AT&T chief executive Randall Stephenson met with President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday to talk jobs and investment but the company's multi-billion takeover of Time Warner was not on the table.
  
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• Back from dead: Intel's Atom chip, in Panasonic's $2,189 Android tablet

  12-01-2017 22:19
  
  Intel is phasing out Atom chips from mobile devices and has scaled back Android development for such devices. But Panasonic has released a Toughbook with the chip and the OS anyways.
  
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• Amazon commits to hiring 100,000 U.S. workers

  12-01-2017 22:03
  
  While many of the jobs will be in warehouses, Amazon said the company will be looking for engineers and software developers in such areas as cloud computing and machine learning.
  
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• Aruba president Dominic Orr to step down at end of the month

  12-01-2017 21:33
  
  Dominic Orr, the president of Aruba, will retire at the end of January in order to spend more time with his family and pursue personal interests, the company announced yesterday.
  
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• Viptela taps former Cisco, Dell-EMC exec to lead SD-WAN charge

  12-01-2017 20:31
  
  Software-Defined WAN vendor Viptela today announced industry veteran and former Cisco and Dell EMC executive Praveen Akkiraju will become its new CEO as the company looks to increase its presence in the rapidly-budding market.
  
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• Clip Amazon Echo's ears with a home-brewed 'kill switch'

  12-01-2017 20:21
  
  Amazon's Echo is hearing you all the time, and that isn't necessarily a good thing. The device can randomly order items you don't want, record conversations, and has raised several privacy concerns.
  
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• EFF warily applauds Windows 10's data collection changes

  12-01-2017 19:44
  
  Recent concessions by Microsoft in the data its Windows 10 "phones home" to company servers won cautious praise from one critic this week.
  
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• GoDaddy revokes nearly 9,000 SSL certificates issued without proper validation

  12-01-2017 19:36
  
  GoDaddy, one of the world's largest domain registrars and certificate authorities, revoked almost 9,000 SSL certificates this week after it learned that its domain validation system has had a serious bug for the past five months.
  
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• Trump's CIA nominee grilled on his advocacy of surveillance database

  12-01-2017 19:21
  
  President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to head the CIA wants to create a massive surveillance database by resurrecting a U.S. telephone records collection program, but some senators questioned what limits he would accept.
  
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• Containers will be a $2.6B market by 2020, research firm says

  12-01-2017 18:38
  
  Application container technology has likely reached peak buzzword status but the actual market size is relatively modest now yet growing quickly. A rash of startups are competing with legacy vendors who are increasingly prioritizing the developer tool.
  
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• Microsoft launches StaffHub to connect deskless workers

  12-01-2017 18:00
  
  Microsoft is taking another step towards serving workers who aren’t at computers all day with a new Office 365 service launched Thursday. StaffHub, which is part of the company’s enterprise productivity offering, allows managers to set schedules for deskless workers like retail employees and service technicians.
  
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• Rudy Giuliani to coordinate regular cybersecurity meetings between Trump, tech leaders

  12-01-2017 17:46
  
  Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani says Donald Trump has tapped him to gather top cybersecurity leaders to meet with the administration regularly to share “all the information available in the private sector” with the goal of improving national cyber defenses “because we’re so far behind.”
  
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• Lessons for corporate IT from Geek Squad legal case

  12-01-2017 17:35
  
  The life of the corporate desktop team can turn into a legal nightmare quickly if end users haven’t agreed that it’s OK for techs to search their machines, something that has come to light in a California child pornography case involving Best Buy’s Geek Squad.
  
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• A rush to patent the blockchain is a sign of the technology's promise - The Economist

  12-01-2017 16:58 via economist.com
  
  A rush to patent the blockchain is a sign of the technology's promise
  The Economist
  FOR fans of bitcoin, a digital currency, the year got off to a volatile start. On January 5th one bitcoin changed hands for nearly $1,150—almost as much as the record set three years ago. It has since dropped by 33%. Elsewhere in the land of monetary ...
  
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• Lloyds Bank digital banking problems an industry warning

  12-01-2017 16:00 via computerweekly.com
  Lloyds Bank’s digital banking problems still unresolved after a second day
  
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• DARPA wants to create secure data-sharing tech

  12-01-2017 13:15
  
  Proposals needed to help secure shared data in remote areas on handheld devices
  
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• Hertz connects hourly rental cars to IoT

  12-01-2017 12:30 via computerweekly.com
  Car rental company Hertz chooses Orange Business Services to help support its 24/7 rental service with its Datavenue IoT service
  
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• NRAM set to spark a 'holy war' among memory technologies

  12-01-2017 12:02
  
  Nano-RAM, which is based on carbon nanotubes, is now being produced in seven fabrication plants in various parts of the world and is expected to challenge traditional memory and flash for dominance.
  
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• Go 1.8 goes for efficiency and convenience

  12-01-2017 12:00
  
  The latest release candidate for Go features HTTP2 Push support and an updated compiler back end for more efficient code
  
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• Princess Cruises to launch first-of-its-kind wearable technology in November - the AU review (blog)

  12-01-2017 10:36 via abroad.theaureview.com
  the AU review (blog)
  Princess Cruises to launch first-of-its-kind wearable technology in November
  the AU review (blog)
  Looks like app technology has caught up with the gentle wave of cruise ship holidays. Princess Cruises will be the first Carnival Corporation brand to feature the Ocean Medallion™, a wearable device powered by a first-of-its-kind interactive ...and more »
  
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• Alphabet says balloons beat drones for internet delivery

  12-01-2017 08:52
  
  Alphabet has shut down its Titan unit that was exploring the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for the delivery of internet services. The Google parent is instead focusing on its balloons-based Project Loon to provide access to remote areas.
  
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• Global SIM provider United Networks debuts on ASX

  12-01-2017 07:31
  
  Australian telco United Networks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange today following an IPO that raised more than $7 million.
  
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• Tourism Australia recruits Microsoft veteran for CIO role

  12-01-2017 04:25
  
  Tourism Australia has tapped Microsoft’s local enterprise mobility and security lead, Jason Flynn, to be the organisation’s new IT chief.
  
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• Open data demands a double-edged sword for fintechs, ANZ says

  12-01-2017 04:00
  
  Calls for Australia’s biggest banks to open up access to customer data could prove a double-edged sword for the fintech industry and further entrench the dominance of the ‘Big Four’, says ANZ’s general manager of data, Darren Abbruzzese.
  
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• Trump's push for cyber defense is sorely needed, experts say

  12-01-2017 03:00
  
  President-elect Donald Trump plans to consult "the greatest computer minds” for input on bolstering U.S. hacking defenses, as experts say an overhaul to the country's cybersecurity is badly needed.
  
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• Agree? Free Wi-Fi providers bamboozling users with T&Cs

  12-01-2017 02:49
  
  Free public Wi-Fi providers are bamboozling users with lengthy terms and conditions that fail to inform them of the security risks involved in access, according to RMIT University​ researchers.
  
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• 5 ways to be successful with open source software

  12-01-2017 01:08
  
  Because of my long-standing association with the Apache Software Foundation, I’m often asked the question, “What’s next for open source technology?” My typical response is variations of “I don’t know” to “the possibilities are endless.”
  
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• Panasonic's flexible battery will withstand twisting

  12-01-2017 00:55
  
  The lithium-ion batteries are intended for use in wearables and are thin enough to fit inside a credit card.
  
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• Holden to activate OnStar technology in Australia by 2020 - CarAdvice

  12-01-2017 00:51 via caradvice.com.au
  
  CarAdvice
  Holden to activate OnStar technology in Australia by 2020
  CarAdvice
  Holden plans to introduce the tech-laden OnStar technology package in Australia by 2020, according to a senior General Motors executive. OnStar technology has been available in US markets for some time now, but with extensive infrastructure required in ...
  
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• New consumer app to help navigate assistive technology market - Australian Ageing Agenda

  12-01-2017 00:46 via australianageingagenda.com.au
  
  Australian Ageing Agenda
  New consumer app to help navigate assistive technology market
  Australian Ageing Agenda
  A free tablet app has been released to support Australians with disability to identify the range of assistive equipment and technology options that could improve their independence and wellbeing. Through real life stories and a virtual world, the app ...
  
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• Expansion slated for NSW’s GovDC data centres

  12-01-2017 00:05
  
  Construction work to expand Metronode’s Silverwater and Unanderra data centres is set to begin early this year, the data centre operator announced today.
  
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