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• Privacy groups claim FBI hacking operation went too far

  10-02-2017 23:48
  
  Privacy advocates are claiming in court that an FBI hacking operation to take down a child pornography site was unconstitutional and violated international law.
  
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• On land and in space, IoT networks can now cover the planet

  10-02-2017 23:24
  
  At Mobile World Congress later this month, Nokia will show off what it calls WING (worldwide IoT network grid), a virtual global infrastructure that may include multiple carrier networks and satellite systems
  
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• On Cultivating Meaningful Connections With Customers or Why Technology Is The Path To The Dark Side - Customer Think

  10-02-2017 22:30 via customerthink.com
  Customer Think
  On Cultivating Meaningful Connections With Customers or Why Technology Is The Path To The Dark Side
  Customer Think
  What does it take to build a connection between you and your customer? Forget the talk, look at what businesses are actually doing. What are they doing? On what are the folks spending money and effort? Are they not investing big sums of money on ...
  
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• 5 Radically Different Approaches to Technology in Schools - Huffington Post

  10-02-2017 22:27 via huffingtonpost.com
  
  5 Radically Different Approaches to Technology in Schools
  Huffington Post
  Not long ago, I was checking email when a Google doc notification popped up. It was from my son Will, who was then in second grade. The document he was sharing was a school project about the ancient Romans. I had no idea my 7-year-old knew how to ...
  
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• Ford to pump US$1B into AI for driverless cars

  10-02-2017 21:17
  
  Ford plans to spend $1 billion over the next five years on the development of an artificial intelligence system for driverless cars.
  
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• Ford to pump $1B into AI for driverless cars

  10-02-2017 21:17
  
  Ford plans to spend $1 billion over the next five years on the development of an artificial intelligence system for driverless cars.
  
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• New technology center to unlock North Sea oil and gas - WorldOil (subscription)

  10-02-2017 20:26 via worldoil.com
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  New technology center to unlock North Sea oil and gas
  WorldOil (subscription)
  ABERDEEN -- Today, Lord Dunlop, UK Government Minister for Scotland and Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Scottish Government Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy opened the new £180-million Oil & Gas Technology Center in Aberdeen. They joined ...
  New Oil, Gas Technology Center Opens in AberdeenRigzone
  Aberdeen Oil and Gas Technology centre opensBBC News
  New £180m Oil and Gas Technology Centre
  
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• Microsoft unveils a bonanza of security capabilities

  10-02-2017 19:00
  
  Companies concerned about cybersecurity have a fleet of new Microsoft tools coming their way. The company announced a host of new security capabilities Friday morning as part of the run-up to the massive RSA security conference next week in San Francisco.
  
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• Intel researches tech to prepare for a future beyond today's PCs

  10-02-2017 18:26
  
  Intel realizes there's a limit to Moore's Law and is already investing in technologies to drive computing beyond today's PCs and servers.
  
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• Recent WordPress vulnerability used to deface 1.5 million pages

  10-02-2017 18:23
  
  Up to 20 attackers or groups of attackers are defacing WordPress websites that haven't yet applied a recent patch for a critical vulnerability.
  
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• Hands-on: EVGA's sensor-laden iCX technology revolutionizes graphics card cooling - PC World

  10-02-2017 18:12 via pcworld.idg.com.au
  
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  Hands-on: EVGA's sensor-laden iCX technology revolutionizes graphics card cooling
  PC World
  Graphics cards aren't what they used to be—and that's a good thing. Nvidia's ferocious GeForce GTX 1080 blows the pants off its predecessor in sheer, overwhelming performance while actually drawing slightly less power, and generating only slightly ...
  EVGA's iCX technology takes GPU cooling to the next levelPC Gamer
  EVGA iCX Technology - Adding Thermal Sensors and Improved ...PC Perspective
  
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• US chipmaker plans new factory in China

  10-02-2017 15:11
  
  GlobalFoundries will open a new factory to make cheap wireless chips in Chengdu, China, next year.
  
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• MWC 2017: 4G still has plenty of mileage, say mobile analysts

  10-02-2017 14:20 via computerweekly.com
  
  5G is likely to be a hot topic at this year’s Mobile World Congress, which kicks off at the end of February, but operators should be paying more attention to getting more out of their 4G networks
  
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• Crazy questions asked in banks' technology interviews - eFinancialCareers

  10-02-2017 12:49 via news.efinancialcareers.com
  
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  Crazy questions asked in banks' technology interviews
  eFinancialCareers
  This doesn't mean banks' tech teams are easy to get into. Despite some suggestions that banks pose easier coding challenges than top tech firms, banks still want impressive programmers and banks' technology interviews are as – if not more – challenging ...
  
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• Slimmer, nimbler Visual Studio 2017 will ship March 7

  10-02-2017 12:00
  
  A multitude of improvements are planned for coding, startup and testing
  
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• Trinity Anglican College principal backs Finnish expert's take on education - The Border Mail

  10-02-2017 08:05 via bordermail.com.au
  
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  Trinity Anglican College principal backs Finnish expert's take on education
  The Border Mail
  A Border principal has backed an international expert's call for more conversation and less screen time when it comes to educating our children. Justin Becket, the principal of Trinity Anglican College at Thurgoona, said moderation was the key to ...
  
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• Assistant minister for innovation launches “world-first” trademark technology developed by Queensland startup - StartupSmart

  10-02-2017 07:16 via startupsmart.com.au
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  Assistant minister for innovation launches “world-first” trademark technology developed by Queensland startup
  StartupSmart
  The Australian government agency for intellectual property rights has teamed up with a Queensland startup to launch a “world-first” trademark solution to make it easier for businesses and entrepreneurs to protect their logos and brands. Craig Laundy ...
  
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• CEFC warns against risky investment in 'clean coal' technology - The Guardian

  10-02-2017 04:47 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian
  CEFC warns against risky investment in 'clean coal' technology
  The Guardian
  The chief executive of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Oliver Yates, says coal-fired power would be 'an inappropriate investment to expose taxpayers to'. Photograph: Bloomberg/via Getty. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email
  
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• Intel's priciest chip has 24 cores and sells for $9k

  10-02-2017 03:45
  
  Intel's got some high priced chips, but none is as expensive as the new Xeon E7-8894 v4 server processor.
  
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• Intel's priciest chip has 24 cores and sells for $8,898

  10-02-2017 03:45
  
  Intel's got some high priced chips, but none is as expensive as the new Xeon E7-8894 v4 server processor.
  
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• The dangers of the technology blame game: Peter Moon - The Australian Financial Review

  10-02-2017 03:29 via afr.com
  
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  The dangers of the technology blame game: Peter Moon
  The Australian Financial Review
  Don't play the blame game - tech glitches are everyone's problem, says Peter Moon. RichVintage. by Peter Moon. Here's a fact: technology sometimes breaks. It could be our tech, or your tech, or tech in between like the internet or a banking website ...
  
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• Muru-D takes on 'more mature' start-ups with new funding model

  10-02-2017 03:02
  
  Start-up accelerator muru-D is taking on a cohort of 'more mature' companies following a change to its funding model.
  
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• Is technology helping teaching and learning? - The Weekly Review

  10-02-2017 02:53 via theweeklyreview.com.au
  
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  Is technology helping teaching and learning?
  The Weekly Review
  In the past decade, mobile technology has advanced at such an exponential rate, it's now a part and parcel of everyday life. Laptops, smartphones, tablets, phablets, apps and social media have become part of the vernacular, connecting us and our ...
  
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• Apple's iCloud saved deleted browser records, security company finds

  10-02-2017 01:30
  
  Apple’s iCloud appears to have been holding on to users’ deleted internet browsing histories, including records over a year old.
  
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• Stop talking shit about broadband speeds, ACCC tells ISPs

  10-02-2017 00:22
  
  Internet service providers should provide consumers with accurate information about typical busy period speeds that the average end user on a particular broadband plan can expect to receive, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says.
  
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