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• Apple sues Qualcomm over patent licensing and $1B in payments

  20-01-2017 23:23
  
  A nasty spat between Apple and Qualcomm broke into public view on Friday when the smartphone maker accused the chip supplier of charging "exorbitant" licensing fees for its cellular technology.
  
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• New details emerge about Intel's super-small Euclid computer for robots

  20-01-2017 23:04
  
  Intel is getting proficient at developing small computers. First came the Compute Sticks and then credit-card Compute Cards. But there's nothing like the super-small Euclid computer for robots and more details have emerged on its features.
  
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• Microsoft will soon end Office 2013 distribution through Office 365

  20-01-2017 22:51
  
  Get ready, Office 365 administrators: Microsoft is ending support for the Office 2013 client apps that it previously distributed through its cloud-based productivity service.
  
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• Researchers propose a way to use your heartbeat as a password

  20-01-2017 22:46
  
  Researchers at Binghamton State University have proposed a model that uses patients' heartbeats as an encryption key for electronic records.
  
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• Augmented reality is more than just holograms

  20-01-2017 22:31
  
  The AR in Action conference redefines augmented reality to include many diverse technologies.
  
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• How does China respond to US chip threats? With a $30 billion factory

  20-01-2017 21:30
  
  U.S. and China don't see eye-to-eye when it comes to technology, and the battle over chips is getting more intense between the countries.
  
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• Microsoft to retire original Windows 10 on March 26

  20-01-2017 20:56
  
  Microsoft has set March 26 as the end date for support of the original Windows 10 edition that arrived in July 2015.
  
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• Spanish police nab suspected hacker behind Neverquest banking malware

  20-01-2017 20:03
  
  Spanish police have arrested a suspected Russian hacker of developing the Neverquest banking Trojan, a malware targeting financial institutions across the world.
  
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• Kotlin 1.1 beta adds JavaScript compilation

  20-01-2017 19:37
  
  The new version of the language also adds experimental support for coroutines on the JVM, Android, and JavaScript
  
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• Trump’s phone replaced with more secure device

  20-01-2017 17:41
  
  President-elect Donald Trump has turned over the Android phone he used for tweeting and will use a more secure phone with encryption capabilities that was approved by the Secret Service, according to news reports.
  
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• Trump nominee suggests IRS cybersecurity and staffing boosts

  20-01-2017 17:02
  
  Steven Mnuchin, a former CIO and executive vice president for Goldman Sachs, told senators on Thursday that he is “very concerned about the lack of first-rate technology at the IRS” as well as staff cuts in recent years.
  
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• Google pushed developers to fix security flaws in 275,000 Android apps

  20-01-2017 16:51
  
  Over the past two years, Google has convinced developers to patch security issues in over 275,000 Android apps hosted on its official app store.
  
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• ANZ tests new technology in a war room - Herald Sun

  20-01-2017 12:19 via heraldsun.com.au
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  ANZ tests new technology in a war room
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  HOW are smartphones changing the way you carry out the most simple and mundane of banking tasks? ANZ group executive for Australia Fred Ohlsson wants to know. Facing a raft of bold technology companies that want to break into financial services, ...and more »
  
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• iPhone 7 Plus accounts for bigger piece of U.S. pie

  20-01-2017 12:00
  
  U.S. iPhone buyers significantly shifted purchase preference to the larger 7 Plus in 2016, a research analyst said Thursday.
  
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• Microsoft’s standing to sue over secret US data requests in question

  20-01-2017 08:29
  
  Microsoft’s lawsuit objecting to the indiscriminate use by U.S. law enforcement of orders that demand user data without the opportunity to inform the customer may run into questions about the software giant's standing to raise the issue on behalf of its customers.
  
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• Dalby farmer Kim Bremner is utilisting Infrared weed spot spray technology to reduce herbicide costs in his mixed ... - Queensland Country Life

  20-01-2017 07:17 via queenslandcountrylife.com.au
  
  Dalby farmer Kim Bremner is utilisting Infrared weed spot spray technology to reduce herbicide costs in his mixed ...
  Queensland Country Life
  Dalby farmer Kim Bremner, Werrina Downs, Bowenville is utilisting Infrared weed spot spray technology to reduce herbicide costs in his mixed cropping operation. Share · Tweet · Aa. Dalby farmer Kim Bremner has greatly reduced his cropping country ...
  
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• Why billionaire shopping centre owners are not fazed by technology - The Australian Financial Review

  20-01-2017 06:53 via afr.com
  
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  Why billionaire shopping centre owners are not fazed by technology
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  Steven Lowy, Frank Lowy and Peter Lowy at Westfield World Trade Center. Steven Lowy has said Australian retailers are "not investing sufficiently in technology", however the family is still a major shareholder in Scentre, which owns Westfield in Australia.
  
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• Pioneering medical research institute seeking CIO

  20-01-2017 05:46
  
  ​The Garvan Institute of Medical Research – home of Australia’s first clinical whole-genome sequencing service – is seeking a new CIO.
  
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• FGR to Gain Controlling Interest in New Energy Storage Technology - Finfeed

  20-01-2017 03:40 via finfeed.com
  
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  FGR to Gain Controlling Interest in New Energy Storage Technology
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  First Graphite Limited (ASX: FGR), on Thursday announced an exciting partnership in pursuit of supercapacitor technology commercialisation. First Graphite, an innovative $34 million ASX-listed company, entered into a binding Heads of Agreement Kremford ...and more »
  
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• Telstra’s rivals warn about changes to telco competition law

  20-01-2017 02:36
  
  Vodafone and Optus have both warned the government about potential negative impacts on the telecommunications market from a move to scrap telco-specific competition laws.
  
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• New Senate bill seeks sweeping H-1B changes

  20-01-2017 02:27
  
  Among many other provisions, the legislation "explicitly prohibits" the replacement of American workers by visa holders.
  
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• Why You Absolutely Need Exposure to Technology - Money Morning Australia

  20-01-2017 02:21 via moneymorning.com.au
  
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  Why You Absolutely Need Exposure to Technology
  Money Morning Australia
  The World Wide Web was a strange concept to investors at first. Many had their doubts. They thought it was just going to be for universities to share information. In 2017, the Web is such a normal, easy to grasp concept. But in 1990, that wasn't so.
  
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