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• United Airlines Experiences Another Technology Glitch - Wall Street Journal

  08-02-2017 23:54 via wsj.com
  
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  United Airlines Experiences Another Technology Glitch
  Wall Street Journal
  United Continental Holdings Inc. said it suffered its second technology glitch in just over two weeks on Wednesday, resulting in delays to about 500 flights, or about 10% of its daily schedule. The Chicago-based airline said that early Wednesday ...
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• Gartner dials down IoT forecasts

  08-02-2017 23:44
  
  ​Gartner has dialled back its forecasts for the expected number of Internet of Things devices shipped, and the amount spent on them in 2020.
  
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• After Ryzen, AMD has no immediate plan to purge its other PC chips

  08-02-2017 22:35
  
  An AMD Athlon or Sempron chip may not drum as much excitement as Ryzen, but loyalty has helped those brands stick around for more than a decade.
  
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• Microsoft taps Touch Bar in Mac Office preview

  08-02-2017 21:49
  
  Microsoft has released a refreshed beta of Office 2016 for Mac that includes support for Apple's latest hardware innovation, the Touch Bar on newer MacBook Pros.
  
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• AT&T, IBM, Nokia join to make IoT systems safer

  08-02-2017 21:44
  
  Some big players in security and the internet of things, including AT&T and Nokia, are joining forces to solve problems that they say make IoT vulnerable in many areas.
  
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• Facebook shareholders would have uphill climb ousting Zuckerberg from board

  08-02-2017 21:17
  
  A move by a watchdog group and a small group of shareholders to oust Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg from his post as chairman would be an uphill battle that would be unlikely to succeed and could hurt the company, analysts said.
  
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• Microsoft launches new Azure intellectual property protections

  08-02-2017 21:16
  
  Microsoft wants to help its cloud customers feel better protected from intellectual property lawsuit threats. To that end, the company is launching a new feature that’s designed to give them additional shielding.
  
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• Panera surges to record as Wall Street eyes payoff from technology - Reuters

  08-02-2017 21:02 via reuters.com
  
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  Panera surges to record as Wall Street eyes payoff from technology
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  The sign on the hood of a delivery truck for Panera Bread Co. is seen in Westminster, Colorado February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking. SAN FRANCISCO Shares of Panera Bread (PNRA.O) surged to a record high on Wednesday and were on track for ...and more »
  
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• Intel repeats Obama-era pledge to invest billions in a new factory

  08-02-2017 21:02
  
  Intel CEO Brian Krzanich's meeting with new U.S. president Donald Trump was followed by a big announcement: The company will invest $7 billion over the next three to four years to complete a factory to make 7-nanometer chips in Chandler, Arizona.
  
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• Sean Spicer: Coal will be one of the cleanest uses of technology that we have - The Independent

  08-02-2017 20:42 via independent.co.uk
  
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  Sean Spicer: Coal will be one of the cleanest uses of technology that we have
  The Independent
  White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that the US would produce "clean coal" and that rolling back regulations from coal plants would be done in a way that was "environmentally friendly". He told reporters that the Environmental Protection ...and more »
  
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• Hasta la vista, Vista

  08-02-2017 19:52
  
  Microsoft will end all support for Windows Vista in two months when it issues final patches on April 11.
  
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• Cinematographers Deploy Innovative Technology to Create Better Images - Variety

  08-02-2017 19:03 via variety.com
  
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  Cinematographers Deploy Innovative Technology to Create Better Images
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  As always, technology and technique intertwined with personal artistic sensibilities and stories to drive changes in filmmaking. New markers were laid down on the road to the future with high-tech endeavors like “The Jungle Book,” lensed by Bill Pope ...and more »
  
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• Cognizant Technology shakes up board under activist pressure - MarketWatch

  08-02-2017 19:02 via marketwatch.com
  
  Cognizant Technology shakes up board under activist pressure
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  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., under pressure from activist investor Elliott Management Corp., said Wednesday it would replace three members of its board. The IT operations company CTSH, +4.95% also announced plans to expand its adjusted ...and more »
  
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• Accenture wants to help businesses secure their blockchains

  08-02-2017 18:37
  
  Accenture wants to help businesses use blockchain technologies more securely by locking away the encryption keys they use to sign transactions.
  
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• Here's how Evernote moved 3 petabytes of data to Google's cloud

  08-02-2017 18:28
  
  Evernote decided last year that it wanted to move away from running its own data centers and start using the public cloud to operate its popular note taking service.
  
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• 13 tech jobs that pay $200k salaries

  08-02-2017 17:36
  
  Which IT roles earn the biggest salaries? Thirteen tech jobs can pull in salaries of $200,000 or more, according to new data from IT staffing firm Mondo.
  
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• How Technology Transforms Dreamers Into Economic Powerhouses - Forbes

  08-02-2017 17:18 via forbes.com
  
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  How Technology Transforms Dreamers Into Economic Powerhouses
  Forbes
  Want more jobs, not just here but around the world? Easy! Give dreamers the tools to become doers. Photo by The Videographers courtesy of Makerarm. Back in 2013, Zaib Husain, a Muslim, Pakistani-born, Austin-based, female founder started work on a ...
  
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• Hard-to-detect fileless attacks target banks, other organizations

  08-02-2017 17:13
  
  A wave of attacks that have recently affected banks and other enterprises used open-source penetration testing tools loaded directly into memory instead of traditional malware, making their detection much harder.
  
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• HPE’s Mesosphere reseller agreement heats up container management market

  08-02-2017 16:54
  
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise has signed a reseller agreement to distribute a container management platform from startup Mesosphere. That’s a pretty big deal for the smaller company, and could signal the heating up of the application container market.
  
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• Time to energise the study of physics, technology and maths - The Australian

  08-02-2017 14:01 via theaustralian.com.au
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  Time to energise the study of physics, technology and maths
  The Australian
  It's always been about the sky for third-year physics student Kirsten Banks. “In primary school I was really interested in weather, in meteorology,'' the 19-year-old says. “But then my grandfather helped me pursue my love of problem-solving, introduced ...
  
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• Open source users: It’s time for extreme vetting

  08-02-2017 12:00
  
  Cybersecurity strategist at Red Hat focuses on vetting and open source as part of the supply chain
  
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• Microsoft plugs continuous delivery into Visual Studio, Azure

  08-02-2017 12:00
  
  The Continuous Delivery Tools for Visual Studio extension sets up an automated build, test, and release pipeline
  
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• Inmarsat and Actility build IoT network for remote applications

  08-02-2017 12:00 via computerweekly.com
  Network suppliers team up to deliver a low-power wide area network to support corporate internet of things deployments in remote areas
  
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• “Technology is not about breakthroughs”: Alysha Naples on what your startup can do to avoid creating just another ... - StartupSmart

  08-02-2017 07:24 via startupsmart.com.au
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  “Technology is not about breakthroughs”: Alysha Naples on what your startup can do to avoid creating just another ...
  StartupSmart
  When Henry Ford or Karl Benz were first developing the ideas that would spurn their businesses, they could never have imagined their cars would one day be filled with angry people stuck in traffic jams nearly everyday around the world. “This is an ...
  
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• Google Cloud Search helps enterprise users find data quickly

  08-02-2017 07:15
  
  Google is building out its enterprise productivity features with the forthcoming launch of a service called Cloud Search that’s designed to help employees find the information they need.
  
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• Senate backs scrutiny of Centrelink data-matching program

  08-02-2017 06:22
  
  The Senate has backed an inquiry into Centrelink’s widely criticised data-matching program, which is intended to claw back welfare overpayments but whose accuracy and impact on welfare recipients has been condemned.
  
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• ATO hits back over claim tax time under threat from IT failures

  08-02-2017 02:17
  
  Commissioner of Taxation Chris Jordan has condemned as “without foundation” a report that tax return lodgement and processing for FY17 could be delayed due to the Australian Taxation Office’s recent IT outages.
  
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• Data retention: Privacy watchdogs urge caution over ‘metadata’ in lawsuits

  08-02-2017 01:43
  
  Australia’s Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, and his Victorian counterpart, Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) David Watts, have both warned against any rush by the government to allow the use in lawsuits of data kept as part of the data retention regime.
  
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• NBN Co's new lab will scope out future technology - Telco/ISP ... - iT News

  08-02-2017 00:41 via itnews.com.au
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  NBN Co's new lab will scope out future technology - Telco/ISP ...
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  NBN Co appears set to create a skunkworks technology lab to “uncover the intersection between emerging technologies and the future of NBN”. The network ...and more »
  
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• NBN Co's new lab will scope out future technology - iT News

  08-02-2017 00:41 via itnews.com.au
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  NBN Co's new lab will scope out future technology
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  NBN Co appears set to create a skunkworks technology lab to “uncover the intersection between emerging technologies and the future of NBN”. The network builder last week revealed plans to bring on board a general manager for the lab who will be ...and more »
  
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• 4 million premises hooked up to NBN

  08-02-2017 00:36
  
  NBN has announced a new milestone in the rollout of the National Broadband Network: Some 4 million premises are now able to order a service on the new network.
  
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• World's leading communications technology thinker Faris Yakob among speakers revealed for CommsCon - MuMbrella

  08-02-2017 00:01 via mumbrella.com.au
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  World's leading communications technology thinker Faris Yakob among speakers revealed for CommsCon
  MuMbrella
  One of the world's foremost experts on the the meeting point between communications strategy and technology is to open Mumbrella's CommsCon conference in Sydney next month. commscon_isentia_logo_rgb_horizontal. Faris Yakob, author of the book ...
  
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