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• Elderly use of social media and technology on the rise as isolated pensioners get connected - ABC Online

  03-02-2017 23:53 via abc.net.au
  
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  Elderly use of social media and technology on the rise as isolated pensioners get connected
  ABC Online
  The number of older Australians embracing information technology is surging, research has found, with Skype, e-mail and even social media apps like Instagram becoming vital tools to keep the elderly connected. Griffith University socio-technology ...
  
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• Online card fraud up as thieves avoid more secure chip cards for in-store payments

  03-02-2017 22:35
  
  Deterred by more secure chip cards for in-store payments, thieves have resorted to stealing credit-card numbers and passwords or opening new accounts with false credentials to use in making online payments for purchases, according to recent studies.
  
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• Intel's Optane faces threat as Micron chases future QuantX tech

  03-02-2017 22:08
  
  Intel made waves at CES with Optane, a new class of memory and storage that will supercharge PCs and servers. But rival Micron's already looking to outclass Intel's Optane.
  
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• Microsoft helps Windows 10 support large Git repos

  03-02-2017 22:00
  
  The Git Virtual File System in Windows 10 and Visual Studio can cut cloning time from12 hours down to a few minutes
  
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• Mozilla zaps residue of Firefox OS as it shutters IoT group

  03-02-2017 21:06
  
  Mozilla is shuttering a group tasked with creating an operating system for the Internet of Things and will lay off an unspecified number of workers.
  
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• UK defense secretary urges NATO to fend off Russian cyberattacks

  03-02-2017 20:59
  
  The U.K.’s defense secretary is accusing Russia of using cyber attacks to “disable” democratic processes across the West, and he's demanding that NATO fight back.
  
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• Circuitex® Conductive Technology Advances Design Flexibility in Smart Apparel - Yahoo Finance

  03-02-2017 20:02 via finance.yahoo.com
  Circuitex® Conductive Technology Advances Design Flexibility in Smart Apparel
  Yahoo Finance
  SCRANTON, Pa., Feb. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Biomaterials, Inc., a global leader in conductive solutions for smart textiles applications, has collaborated with Bemis Associates to develop a seamless, conductive advanced material that allows for ...and more »
  
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• Microsoft will likely fix Windows SMB denial-of-service flaw on Patch Tuesday

  03-02-2017 19:48
  
  Microsoft will likely wait until February 14 to fix a publicly disclosed vulnerability in the SMB network file sharing protocol that can be exploited to crash Windows computers.
  
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• Toyota, Suzuki near technology partnership agreement: Nikkei - Reuters

  03-02-2017 19:39 via reuters.com
  
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  Toyota, Suzuki near technology partnership agreement: Nikkei
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  FILE PHOTO - Toyota Motor Corp's logo is pictured on a car in Tokyo, Japan, November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo. Japan's Toyota Motor Corp and Suzuki Motor Corp are nearing a partnership agreement to develop technology, ...and more »
  
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• This robotic barista never needs a coffee break

  03-02-2017 19:15
  
  Cafe X is the first fully autonomous coffee shop in the United States.
  
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• What's Trending: Technology in Pharmacy - Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)

  03-02-2017 19:00 via ajp.com.au
  
  Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
  What's Trending: Technology in Pharmacy
  Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
  New Internet developments have been transforming the pharmacy experience from the 1990s on, when the Internet first hit our shores. This year will be no exception, with the Internet continuing to deliver new services in the form of cloud computing. In ...and more »
  
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• What's Trending: Technology in Pharmacy | AJP - Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)

  03-02-2017 19:00 via ajp.com.au
  
  Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
  What's Trending: Technology in Pharmacy | AJP
  Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
  New Internet developments have been transforming the pharmacy experience from the 1990s on, when the Internet first hit our shores. This year will be no ...and more »
  
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• Driven by eSports, Micron fast-tracks superfast GDDR6 graphics memory

  03-02-2017 18:46
  
  Micron is rushing to release the latest GDDR6 graphics memory by the end of the year, and eSports is a major driver behind the plans.
  
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• Pioneering brain scanning technology could allow scientists to read people's minds - Mirror.co.uk

  03-02-2017 18:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Pioneering brain scanning technology could allow scientists to read people's minds
  Mirror.co.uk
  Brain scans could soon read minds and single out potential criminals before they commit any crimes, researchers claim. Other uses of functional magnetic resonance imaging could include lie detectors in courtrooms, and anti- terrorist screening ...and more »
  
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• Zero-day Windows file-sharing flaw can crash systems, maybe worse

  03-02-2017 17:35
  
  The implementation of the SMB network file sharing protocol in Windows has a serious vulnerability that could allow hackers to, at the very least, remotely crash systems.
  
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• PAC recalls ESN inquiry after Vodafone revelations

  03-02-2017 17:15 via computerweekly.com
  The Home Office officials in charge of delivering the Emergency Services Network have been questioned by the Public Accounts Committee after new information came to light concerning some of the existing subcontracts
  
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• American Submarine Technology for Spain, 1917 - Scientific American (blog)

  03-02-2017 16:01 via blogs.scientificamerican.com
  
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  American Submarine Technology for Spain, 1917
  Scientific American (blog)
  The U.S.-built “Isaac Peral” submarine being delivered to Spain. Note the small rowboat secured to the deck. Credit: Scientific American, February 3, 1917. Advertisement |. Report Ad. Spain was carefully neutral in World War One. Internal political ...
  
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• Space Technology, Global Warfare, The Pentagon “First Strike Attack Plans”. Growing US Military Presence in “Asia ... - Center for Research on Globalization

  03-02-2017 14:42 via globalresearch.ca
  Center for Research on Globalization
  Space Technology, Global Warfare, The Pentagon “First Strike Attack Plans”. Growing US Military Presence in “Asia ...
  Center for Research on Globalization
  My name is Bruce Gagnon and I work for the Global Network Against Weaspons & Nuclear Power in Space - this is our 25th year of operation. I specialize on space technology and the missiles that are used by the military today. Every thing the Pentagon ...
  
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• Ghost in the system: has technology ruined horror films? - The Guardian

  03-02-2017 13:40 via theguardian.com
  
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  Ghost in the system: has technology ruined horror films?
  The Guardian
  Nearly 12 years after The Ring Two – and 15 years after The Ring and 19 years after Ringu, the original Japanese horror movie that inspired it – Rings opens in theaters this Friday. The producers, Walter F Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, have stuck around ...and more »
  
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• How Does Snap Stack Up to Technology Rivals? - Bloomberg

  03-02-2017 13:20 via bloomberg.com
  
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  How Does Snap Stack Up to Technology Rivals?
  Bloomberg
  Mark Hawtin, investment director at GAM, discusses the business of Snap as it files for an IPO and looks at results from Amazon and Facebook. He speaks on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe." (Source: Bloomberg) ...
  
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• US technology startups panic over immigration ban - Reuters

  03-02-2017 13:07 via reuters.com
  
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  US technology startups panic over immigration ban
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  Demonstrators participate in a protest by the Yemeni community against U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson. By Heather Somerville and Kristina Cooke | SAN ...and more »
  
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• JavaScript spec adds async functions, shared memory

  03-02-2017 12:00
  
  ECMAScript 2017, due in June, also incorporates string padding and trailing commas
  
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• Apple to start assembling iPhones in Bangalore by April

  03-02-2017 08:58
  
  Apple plans to start assembling the iPhone in Bangalore by end April under a contract manufacturing arrangement with Wistron.
  
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• The uptake of technology will reduce the amount of tax we pay - 3AW

  03-02-2017 07:21 via 3aw.com.au
  
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  The uptake of technology will reduce the amount of tax we pay
  3AW
  Speaking on 3AW Drive, author and futurist, Steve Sammartino said the imminent move away from fossil fuels, and with the uptake of electric cars, will mean the government will no longer receive the petrol excise and GST. "Within 10 years there will not ...
  
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• Inabox picks up Hostworks

  03-02-2017 06:25
  
  Inabox has acquired cloud services and hosting provider Hostworks for $7 million, the company announced today.
  
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• Snap is paying Google $400M a year for cloud services

  03-02-2017 06:16
  
  Over the next five years, the company behind Snapchat will pay Google at least $2 billion in cloud bills, a filing revealed.
  
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• How SMBs can lead the innovation race with cloud technology - Techworld Australia

  03-02-2017 05:08 via techworld.com.au
  
  How SMBs can lead the innovation race with cloud technology
  Techworld Australia
  Small and medium sized businesses' (SMBs) increasing adoption of cloud-based enterprise technology is transforming the way they compete with larger firms, enter new markets, and drive higher levels of productivity and innovation. Australian SMBs have ...and more »
  
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• MapR Wins InfoWorld's 2017 Technology of the Year Award - CSO Australia

  03-02-2017 04:24 via cso.com.au
  MapR Wins InfoWorld's 2017 Technology of the Year Award
  CSO Australia
  MapR Technologies, Inc., the provider of the first and only converged data platform, today announced that MapR-FS, one of the core data handling technologies in the MapR Converged Data Platform, has been named an InfoWorld 2017 Technology of the ...and more »
  
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• HR Disruption: HR technology - The next wave - Human Capital

  03-02-2017 02:32 via hcamag.com
  
  Human Capital
  HR Disruption: HR technology - The next wave
  Human Capital
  HRD: What for you has been the biggest workplace technology game changer of the past decade? Stephan Scholl: Mobile and cloud are the biggest game changers I've seen as part of this digital transformation that's happening in every industry, from ...
  
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• AT&T extends NetBond service to secure IoT connections

  03-02-2017 02:22
  
  Enterprises can now connect cellular IoT devices to back-end systems via NetBond, a private network service from AT&T, instead of the Internet, the carrier announced this week.
  
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• ACCC to continue regulating Telstra’s wholesale ADSL service

  03-02-2017 01:59
  
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will continue to regulate Telstra’s wholesale ADSL service for another five years, it announced today.
  
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• RSA 2017: The Internet of Things security threat

  03-02-2017 01:30
  
  RSA Conference 2017 will take on the threat posed by the internet of things, something that was demonstrated last fall by the DDoS attacks that took down Dyn data centers and many of the high-profile Websites it supports.
  
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• ATO tech woes continue

  03-02-2017 01:11
  
  Australian Taxation Office assistant commissioner Colin Walker has warned tax professionals that the ATO’s tech woes are set to continue.
  
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• Vodafone first telco to use NBN for mobile coverage boost

  03-02-2017 00:57
  
  Vodafone has signed the first deal to use NBN’s long awaited Cell Site Access Service (CSAS) product, which will let telcos leverage National Broadband Network infrastructure to boost their mobile coverage.
  
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• AWS quarterly revenue continues to rise, but growth slows

  03-02-2017 00:30
  
  The rocketship of cloud growth continued at the end of 2016 for Amazon Web Services. The public cloud provider announced Thursday that brought in a little more than $3.5 billion during the fourth quarter of last year, up 47 percent from the same period in 2015.
  
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