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• Technology's sinister side - Townsville Bulletin

  19-01-2017 23:53 via townsvillebulletin.com.au
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  Technology's sinister side
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  MORE than two people a week were charged with violent or sexual offences, mostly against children, in Townsville last year. Child Protection Investigation Unit figures reveal 117 people were charged with 915 violent and sexual offences for the year.and more »
  
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• Inside Intel's bold plan to personalize live 3D sports broadcasts

  19-01-2017 23:11
  
  Viewers may soon see a big change coming in the way they experience the chills and thrills of live sports broadcasts. It'll customizable, interactive, and it will put them at the center of the experience.
  
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• Assange seeks to discuss his US extradition with the feds

  19-01-2017 23:06
  
  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said he stands by an earlier pledge to face trial in the U.S., but he is first urging federal investigators to name the exact charges against him.
  
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• Mozilla's new corporate logo evokes URL lingo

  19-01-2017 22:29
  
  Mozilla yesterday unveiled a new logo for the company and foundation that includes typographical elements of a standard URL.
  
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• Robot reporter gets first article published in China

  19-01-2017 21:57
  
  We're at "the beginning" of human jobs being replaced by robots, one analyst says.
  
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• Developers invited to try out Rust Language Server alpha release

  19-01-2017 21:31
  
  The server enables IDEs and other tools use Mozilla's Rust programming language
  
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• Avaya says bankruptcy is a step toward software and services

  19-01-2017 21:08
  
  Networking and collaboration vendor Avaya declared bankruptcy on Thursday, calling the move part of its transition from a hardware to a software and services company.
  
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• As with PCs, you can now customize Raspberry Pi-like computers

  19-01-2017 20:20
  
  The Raspberry Pi 3 is a great product, but it can't be customized. People may desire more storage or a faster processor, but have to settle for what's on the board computer.
  
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• Encrypted email service ProtonMail is now accessible over Tor

  19-01-2017 20:17
  
  The creators of encrypted email service ProtonMail have set up a server that's only accessible over the Tor anonymity network as a way to fight possible censorship attempts in some countries.
  
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• China Oceanwide, IDG Capital agree to acquire IDG

  19-01-2017 17:20
  
  China Oceanwide Holdings Group and China-based IDG Capital have agreed to acquire tech journalism pioneer International Data Group, publisher of PCWorld, Computerworld, and hundreds of other tech publications worldwide.
  
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• EU antitrust regulators praise audiobooks deal from Apple, Amazon

  19-01-2017 17:17
  
  Antitrust regulators from the European Union have welcomed an agreement between Apple and Amazon and Audible to end exclusivity deals for audiobooks.
  
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• Attackers start wiping data from CouchDB and Hadoop databases

  19-01-2017 16:17
  
  Researchers are reporting data wiping attacks hitting openly accessible Hadoop and CouchDB deployments.
  
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• Switches coming out this year will drive open networking forward

  19-01-2017 15:00
  
  Two moves by open networking vendors this week are likely to chip a little bit more off the monolith of proprietary, appliance-like equipment that still moves most packets around enterprise data centers.
  
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• LinkedIn overhauls its desktop website

  19-01-2017 15:00
  
  LinkedIn’s desktop interface is getting a fresh coat of paint. The professional social network unveiled Thursday the largest overhaul to the desktop version of its website since the service launched.
  
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• Realm revives object database for mobile dev

  19-01-2017 14:30
  
  The Realm Mobile Platform brings the object database's ease of use to mobile apps
  
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• Facebook plans new data center in Denmark

  19-01-2017 14:15
  
  Facebook has chosen Odense in Denmark as the site of its third data center outside the U.S.
  
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• Meet me in the parking lot: Walking meetings hit their stride

  19-01-2017 13:00
  
  Prolonged sitting is part of the job for many people in the tech world. Walking meetings can help energize people and spark creativity.
  
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• Trump turns to H-1B advocates for advice

  19-01-2017 12:00
  
  President-elect Trump has assembled a 16-member team of CEO-level executives to advise him on job creation, including many from firms that send jobs overseas.
  
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• CIA updates rules for collecting and retaining info on US people

  19-01-2017 08:38
  
  The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency on Wednesday updated rules relating to the collection, retention and dissemination of information of U.S. persons, including putting a limit of five years on holding certain sensitive data and introducing restrictions for querying the data.
  
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• Beware augmented reality's cool-factor and get past the gimmick, say agencies

  19-01-2017 03:35
  
  Auggd’s Rob Lang has a sweet business card. As you might expect for the CEO of an augmented reality agency, it features a pop-up holographic representation of himself. But he probably won’t let you see it. Not yet.
  
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• CMOs reveal their technology clout and martech plans for 2017 - CMO

  19-01-2017 02:34 via cmo.com.au
  
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  CMOs reveal their technology clout and martech plans for 2017
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  Technology budgets are converging across organisations and marketers are looking to become their organisation's top technology influencers and spenders once again this year, if four Australian CMOs are any sign of the times. In line with its infamous ...and more »
  
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• Telstra prevails in ‘metadata’ case

  19-01-2017 01:45
  Telstra has won a court case that could potentially have seen the telco forced to hand over significant amounts of data to individual customers when requested.
  
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