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• Analysts Bullish on Micron Technology Inc. - Investopedia

  13-02-2017 23:23 via investopedia.com
  
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  Analysts Bullish on Micron Technology Inc.
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  U.S. semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology Inc. (MU) has seen its shares surge approximately 120% year over year (YOY), trading at a price of $23.86 on Monday afternoon. Analysts and investors alike have applauded the firm's continued ...and more »
  
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• Analysts peer into Microsoft's rumored Windows 10 Cloud

  13-02-2017 23:04
  
  Talk of a new version of Windows 10, dubbed "Cloud," surfaced last week and many see the move as a way to rival Google's Chrome OS.
  
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• Adelaide Uni appoints new CIO

  13-02-2017 23:00
  
  The University of Adelaide has recruited SA Water’s chief information officer to be its second-ever CIO.
  
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• Google lets users get social with Maps

  13-02-2017 22:48
  
  Google is moving to make Maps more than just about getting to your destination. Maps is getting social.
  
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• HoloLens Spectator View makes it easier to show off AR creations

  13-02-2017 22:17
  
  Anyone who owns two HoloLenses can now offer a third-person view of augmented reality, thanks to a project that Microsoft released on Monday.
  
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• Experts worried about ransomware hitting critical infrastructure

  13-02-2017 22:14
  
  Expect ransomware to grow more aggressive in the coming years, including higher ransom payments and attempts to go beyond attacking data -- by shutting down entire computer systems to utilities or factories.
  
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• VW plans to use Mobileye sensing and localization technology - Automotive News (subscription) (blog)

  13-02-2017 22:07 via autonews.com
  
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  VW plans to use Mobileye sensing and localization technology
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  Mobileye Chairman Amnon Shashua with Volkswagen brand chief Herbert Diess. Their deal marks the first time an automaker is using Mobileye's mapping technology, known as Road Experience Management. Send us a Letter. Have an opinion about this ...and more »
  
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• Tokyo wants to make Olympic medals from old smartphones

  13-02-2017 22:05
  
  Japan will kick off a drive this week to collect old smartphones and other portable gadgets so that they can be turned into medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
  
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• Get ready to grab your Google I/O tickets

  13-02-2017 21:55
  
  If you're hoping to attend Google I/O in May, you can apply for tickets to the annual developer conference Feb. 22-27.
  
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• Acland breaks new ground in mining technology - Central Queensland news

  13-02-2017 21:32 via cqnews.com.au
  
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  Acland breaks new ground in mining technology
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  NEW Hope Group is breaking new ground in mining technology by trialling a diesel and natural gas hybrid truck at its New Acland Mine. The High Density Compressed Natural Gas truck was developed by Mine Energy Solutions and runs on an advanced ...and more »
  
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• Acland breaks new ground in mining technology - The Queensland Times

  13-02-2017 21:30 via qt.com.au
  
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  Acland breaks new ground in mining technology
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  NEW Hope Group is breaking new ground in mining technology by trialling a diesel and natural gas hybrid truck at its New Acland Mine. The High Density Compressed Natural Gas truck was developed by Mine Energy Solutions and runs on an advanced ...and more »
  
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• Acland breaks new ground in mining technology - Mackay Daily Mercury

  13-02-2017 21:27 via dailymercury.com.au
  
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  Acland breaks new ground in mining technology
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  NEW Hope Group is breaking new ground in mining technology by trialling a diesel and natural gas hybrid truck at its New Acland Mine. The High Density Compressed Natural Gas truck was developed by Mine Energy Solutions and runs on an advanced ...
  
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• Google crams machine learning into smartwatches in AI push

  13-02-2017 20:56
  
  Google is bringing artificial intelligence to a whole new set of devices, including Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches and the Raspberry Pi board, later this year.
  
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• Indian IT: Action shifting from traditional services to digital technology - Economic Times

  13-02-2017 20:50 via economictimes.indiatimes.com
  
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  Indian IT: Action shifting from traditional services to digital technology
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  Managing an array of services like business software systems support and maintenance, and supporting technology for large and small global corporations has been the staff of life for Indian IT. Now, as the market shifts from traditional ERP ...and more »
  
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• White House H-1B plan puts U.S. workers in front

  13-02-2017 20:09
  
  President Trump “has made clear” his interest in creating “a merit-based system where individuals coming into the country bring the kinds of benefits economically that will grow our economy and help lift up wages for everybody,” an adviser said on Sunday.
  
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• Stephen Hawking-style technology used so chorister can testify against his abuser - Telegraph.co.uk

  13-02-2017 18:49 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Stephen Hawking-style technology used so chorister can testify against his abuser
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  Stephen Hawking-style technology was used in a British criminal court for the first time last week by a motor neurone disease sufferer who testified against his abuser using only his eyes to speak. The victim, a former church chorister rendered ...and more »
  
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• Recent malware attacks on Polish banks tied to wider hacking campaign

  13-02-2017 18:11
  
  Malware attacks that recently put the Polish banking sector on alert were part of a larger campaign that targeted financial organizations from over 30 countries.
  
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• Intel now supports Vulkan on Windows 10 PCs

  13-02-2017 18:00
  
  Intel is bringing more options to improve gaming and virtual reality experiences on Windows PCs with official support for Vulkan.
  
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• Apple joins Wireless Power Consortium, charging up iPhone 8 rumor

  13-02-2017 17:45
  
  Apple has joined the consortium behind the Qi wireless charging system, supercharging rumors that owners of future an iPhone could live tangle-free.
  
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• Storage tank operator turns to IoT for energy savings

  13-02-2017 17:44
  
  Granular insight into energy usage at the sprawling facility, and emerging predictive capabilities, could lead to savings of up to 25%
  
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• One of Deutsche Bank's top technology bankers has just launched his own firm - eFinancialCareers

  13-02-2017 17:09 via news.efinancialcareers.com
  
  One of Deutsche Bank's top technology bankers has just launched his own firm
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  One of Deutsche Bank's most senior technology investment bankers in the U.S. has left the bank and kicked off his own advisory boutique targeting start-ups. Andrew Kass, who was a managing director in Deutsche's internet investment banking team based ...and more »
  
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• The CFO Imperative: Next-Gen Technology Drives Cost Optimization - Knowledge@Wharton

  13-02-2017 15:43 via knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
  
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  The CFO Imperative: Next-Gen Technology Drives Cost Optimization
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  A perennial challenge for CFOs is finding the right balance between spending and investing without hampering productivity and competitiveness. In the mobile age, this balancing act is more important than ever if companies want to stay one step ahead of ...
  
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• Is Magic Leap Lying About Its “Acid Trip” Technology? - Vanity Fair

  13-02-2017 15:18 via vanityfair.com
  
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  Is Magic Leap Lying About Its “Acid Trip” Technology?
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  Despite raising more than $1 billion since its 2011 founding, augmented reality start-up Magic Leap still doesn't have much to show for itself. What the company promises, a concept called “cinematic reality,” described by C.E.O. Rony Abovitz as a ...and more »
  
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• MobileIron: Corporate IT policy and mobile device security are mismatched

  13-02-2017 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  MobileIron report identifies a gap between security policy and the actual deployment of that policy on mobile devices
  
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• A New Angel Investing Platform Connects Deep Technology And Science Startups With Capital - Forbes

  13-02-2017 14:00 via forbes.com
  
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  A New Angel Investing Platform Connects Deep Technology And Science Startups With Capital
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  There are two stories that have come across my radar in the past year that have reinforced many of the things that frustrate me about tech startups and venture capital: the well-known story of Stanford-dropout Elizabeth Holmes and the implosion of ...
  
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• Technology puts 'touch' into long-distance relationships - Phys.Org

  13-02-2017 13:45 via phys.org
  
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  Technology puts 'touch' into long-distance relationships
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  SIAT graduate student Azadeh Foirghani demonstrates the Flex N Feel glove. Credit: Simon Fraser University. Long-distance couples can share a walk, watch movies together, and even give each other a massage, using new technologies being developed in ...and more »
  
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• How dangerous is technology? - OUPblog (blog)

  13-02-2017 12:38 via blog.oup.com
  
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  How dangerous is technology?
  OUPblog (blog)
  Technological advances have provided immense improvements in our lives, but often with a hidden cost. Even the historic skills of bronze and iron working were driven by a desire not only for ploughs and tools, but for better weapons of war. This is ...
  
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• NativeScript 3.0 lines up release with Angular 4

  13-02-2017 12:00
  
  Meanwhile, the framework for building native iOS and Android apps in JavaScript has improved debugging and Angular performance
  
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• Expert: Line between cyber crooks and cyber spies getting more blurry

  13-02-2017 11:12
  
  Cybercriminals acting on behalf of national governments and nation-backed espionage agents carrying out cybercrimes for cash on the side is the future of security threats facing corporations and governments, says the former top U.S. attorney in charge of the Department of Justice’s national security division.
  
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• Goalline technology fails during Toulouse vs. Bastia Ligue 1 game - ESPN FC

  13-02-2017 10:41 via espnfc.com.au
  
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  Goalline technology fails during Toulouse vs. Bastia Ligue 1 game
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  Questions over the reliability of goalline technology are being raised in France after an apparent failure in the system in a Ligue 1 game on Saturday. The top-flight encounter between Toulouse and Bastia was goalless when, after 17 minutes, Toulouse ...
  
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• Intel, McAfee dispute heads for settlement talks

  13-02-2017 08:34
  
  A dispute between Intel and security expert John McAfee over the use of his name for another company is headed for settlement talks, according to court records.
  
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• Technology shake-up for property - Business News

  13-02-2017 07:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
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  Technology shake-up for property
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  Disruptive technologies continue to gain traction in the property market, with more than 400 Western Australian agents expected to use online advertising portal HumblAbode by the middle of this year, while a Perth-based firm is taking a software ...
  
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• Cooling technology: US researchers develop zero energy “airconditioner” - The Fifth Estate

  13-02-2017 06:16 via thefifthestate.com.au
  
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  Cooling technology: US researchers develop zero energy “airconditioner”
  The Fifth Estate
  US researchers have developed a metamaterial they say could be used to help cool buildings without the use of energy or water. The glass-polymer hybrid film, developed by engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder, cools objects it is applied to ...
  Scalable-manufactured randomized glass-polymer hybrid metamaterial for daytime radiative cooling | ScienceScienceall 33 news a
  
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• Australia to get data breach notification regime

  13-02-2017 06:01
  
  Australia will finally get a mandatory data breach notification regime after a government bill was today passed by the Senate.
  
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• CTO to depart Qantas — and Australia

  13-02-2017 04:49
  
  Qantas has confirmed that its group chief technology officer, Chris Taylor, has tendered his resignation.
  
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• ANZ recruits key govt cyber security expert for CISO role

  13-02-2017 03:13
  
  Lynwen Connick will next month join ANZ as chief information security officer, the bank announced this morning.
  
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• City of Sydney prepares for digital push

  13-02-2017 01:56
  
  The City of Sydney has eliminated its manager, information services, role, replacing it with two new technology-focused leadership positions ahead of the launch of a new digital strategy.
  
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• UTS to launch programming environment for the quantum era

  13-02-2017 01:48
  
  ​When the first true quantum computer is one day realised, it will be completely useless. For it to prove its worth as a potentially world-changing problem solver, it will need to run software.
  
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• Apple Pay stoush: Banks focus efforts on getting iPhone NFC access

  13-02-2017 00:13
  
  A group of banks that have sought the right to act as a cartel in negotiations with Apple over the iPhone maker’s Apple Pay platform have narrowed the scope of their application to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
  
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