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• Q/V-Band Technology Allow Faster High-Throughput Satellites Advances - Aviation Week

  28-02-2017 23:58
  
  Aviation Week
  Q/V-Band Technology Allow Faster High-Throughput Satellites Advances
  Aviation Week
  As demand for broadband internet grows, communications satellite manufacturers and operators are looking to higher frequencies in a bid for more bandwidth. The problem is that Ka-band, which only entered widespread use over the past decade, ...
  
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• Ready For Takeoff: Sydney Teacher Buzzing Over Drone Technology - Women Love Tech (press release) (blog)

  28-02-2017 23:32
  
  Women Love Tech (press release) (blog)
  Ready For Takeoff: Sydney Teacher Buzzing Over Drone Technology
  Women Love Tech (press release) (blog)
  Kerry Wallace-Massone has always had yearning to steer her career path to new heights. After working in administration for a number of years, she made an abrupt turn and went into teaching, at one point studying alongside her daughter at university.and more »
  
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• Facebook releases 'Prophet' -- its free forecasting tools -- for Python and R

  28-02-2017 23:01
  
  Prophet is aimed specifically at business problems such as computer infrastructure capacity planning.
  
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• Laid-off IT workers worry US is losing tech jobs to outsourcing

  28-02-2017 22:24
  
  Sixty-three-year-old Bob Zhang is worried about the future of tech jobs in the U.S. Will the high-paying positions be a thing of the past?
  
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• New US FCC chairman: Net neutrality rules were a 'mistake'

  28-02-2017 22:06
  
  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules passed two years ago were a "mistake" that caused uncertainty for the broadband industry, the agency's new chairman said.
  
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• New FCC chairman: Net neutrality rules were a 'mistake'

  28-02-2017 22:06
  
  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules passed two years ago were a "mistake" that caused uncertainty for the broadband industry, the agency's new chairman said.
  
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• Mobile devices get a new spec to ensure quality 4K HDR video

  28-02-2017 22:02
  
  The group that set standards for 4K on high-definition TVs has now set up specifications for 4K and HDR (high-dynamic range) screens and video on mobile devices.
  
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• THE DAILY BUZZ | Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - Western Advocate

  28-02-2017 22:00
  Western Advocate
  THE DAILY BUZZ | Wednesday, March 1, 2017
  Western Advocate
  Thanks to Terrence Cass for this morning's photo. If you have a photo for the Daily Buzz email [email protected]. See your ad here. What's happening in Bathurst. Good thai restaurant. Good morning everyone, I'm looking for a good local ...and more »
  
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• AWS failure hits web sites and apps

  28-02-2017 21:33
  
  The Associated Press, Mashable and others have reported problems as a result.
  
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• Microsoft adds Store app-only restriction as option in Windows 10

  28-02-2017 21:13
  
  Microsoft has added a setting to Windows 10 that lets users restrict new software installation to apps hosted in the Windows Store.
  
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• HTC’s Netflix-esque VR subscription costs $6.99 per month

  28-02-2017 20:06
  
  HTC is giving users of its Vive virtual reality headset access to a Netflix-like subscription service. Everyone who currently owns a Vive will get a free trial for a month, and the service will cost $6.99 a month thereafter.
  
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• Sydney man to face court for allegedly 3D printing replica firearms

  28-02-2017 20:00
  
  NSW Police have arrested and charged a Sydney man for allegedly manufacturing firearms using a 3D printer.
  
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• Sydney man to face court for allegedly 3D printing firearms

  28-02-2017 20:00
  
  NSW Police have arrested and charged a Sydney man for allegedly manufacturing firearms using a 3D printer.
  
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• Qantas to add agility to legacy IT with APIs

  28-02-2017 20:00
  
  Qantas is working on placing API layers in front of its legacy IT systems as part of a wide-ranging digital transformation program Australia’s largest airline has undertaken over the last two years.
  
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• NBN sees potential for more pricing changes

  28-02-2017 20:00
  
  NBN is continuing to explore opportunities for changes to its pricing model, the company’s chief customer officer, John Simon, told a Senate Estimates hearing yesterday.
  
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• Man to face court for allegedly 3D printing firearms

  28-02-2017 20:00
  
  NSW Police have arrested and charged a Sydney man for allegedly manufacturing firearms using a 3D printer.
  
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• Intel will change its approach to PC chip upgrades

  28-02-2017 19:54
  
  Intel is changing its view on how it upgrades chips.
  
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• Dyson Expands in UK With New Technology Campus - Bloomberg

  28-02-2017 19:45
  
  Bloomberg
  Dyson Expands in UK With New Technology Campus
  Bloomberg
  Dyson Ltd., the U.K. maker of high-end vacuum cleaners and hand dryers, said it's creating a new 517-acre campus in the English countryside to expand its research and development of robotics, batteries, vision systems and artificial intelligence.
  Dyson shrugs off Brexit fears with massive UK expansion planThe Guardian
  New Dyson technology campus will create “world class products and jobs”The Engineerall 39 news artic
  
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• How 'smart city' technology is connecting Europeans - euronews

  28-02-2017 19:28
  
  euronews
  How 'smart city' technology is connecting Europeans
  euronews
  Urban sprawl is the reality for two out of three people living in Europe. This edition of Real Economy comes from the Spanish city of Valencia. As we move to urban economic powerhouses for jobs and opportunities we also have to deal with critical ...and more »
  
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• Oppo's new technology can now fit 5x dual camera zoom into a smartphone - Tech Guide (blog)

  28-02-2017 19:23
  
  Tech Guide (blog)
  Oppo's new technology can now fit 5x dual camera zoom into a smartphone
  Tech Guide (blog)
  Oppo didn't unveil a new device at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona but it did reveal new technology – the world's first 5x dual-camera zoom for a smartphone. With photography now a central part of the modern smartphone, the ability for a device's ...
  Oppo's 5x dual camera system pushes smartphone camera technology forward at Mobile World CongressAusdroid
  Oppo shows off impre
  
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• Moscow’s smart tech includes 160,000 cameras to detect traffic violators

  28-02-2017 18:46
  
  Moscow now has one of the largest municipal camera installations in Europe, a system that is already generating revenue from increased fines for traffic violations.
  
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• Trend Micro report: Ransomware booming

  28-02-2017 18:24
  
  The profitability of ransomware made it the top cyber threat last year in two categories: the number of attacks and the amount of money generated for crooks, according to a Trend Micro lookback on data it collected from its customers.
  
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• AI scheduling startup launches subscription for businesses

  28-02-2017 18:21
  
  Setting up meetings can be a pain, since they often require folks to send emails back and forth figuring out a time before finally sending off a calendar invitation to block everyone’s schedule. A New York startup called x.ai wants to simplify that with a helpful bot, and they just launched a product aimed at serving businesses.
  
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• MediaTek will sit out the ARM race for Windows 10 PCs

  28-02-2017 18:15
  
  Despite a turbulent past, Windows PCs with ARM are making a grand return later this year with only Qualcomm chips.
  
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• Roborace: When software engineers are the heroes

  28-02-2017 18:11
  
  It's rare that software engineers are lauded as the heroes of anything, but Roborace CEO Denis Sverdlov wants to change that.
  
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• This tool can help you discover Cisco Smart Install protocol abuse

  28-02-2017 17:49
  
  Cisco's Talos team has released a tool that allows network owners to discover switches on their networks that might be vulnerable to Cisco Smart Install (SMI) attacks.
  
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• Cisco Jasper grows Internet of Things reach, breadth

  28-02-2017 17:06
  
  Nearly a year after it bought Jasper for $1.4 billion, Cisco this week strengthened the company’s Internet of Things reach by adding support for an emerging low-power WAN technology and expanding its partner programs further into automotive and healthcare.
  
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• Augmented reality – how the technology behind Pokemon Go could find its way to the courtroom - The Conversation UK

  28-02-2017 16:14
  
  The Conversation UK
  Augmented reality – how the technology behind Pokemon Go could find its way to the courtroom
  The Conversation UK
  Mehzeb Chowdhury does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond the academic appointment above.and more »
  
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• Meizu technology can charge a smartphone in 20 minutes - CIO Australia

  28-02-2017 15:38
  
  CIO Australia
  Meizu technology can charge a smartphone in 20 minutes
  CIO Australia
  Chinese smartphone maker Meizu claims its Super mCharge technology can recharge batteries in as little as 20 minutes. To prove its point, the company demonstrated the superfast charging capabilities during a press conference on the show floor of Mobile ...and more »
  
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• Wal-Mart's latest technology play takes aim at Target and Amazon - CNBC

  28-02-2017 15:26
  
  CNBC
  Wal-Mart's latest technology play takes aim at Target and Amazon
  CNBC
  Wal-Mart's latest digital upgrades could deliver a one-two punch to its biggest competitors. Next month, the world's largest retailer will begin rolling out two features to its mobile app that take aim at Target and Amazon's weaknesses. The first ...and more »
  
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• Meizu technology can charge a smartphone in 20 minutes

  28-02-2017 15:23
  
  Chinese smartphone maker Meizu claims its Super mCharge technology can recharge batteries in as little as 20 minutes.
  
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• Here’s a new way to prevent cyberattacks on home devices

  28-02-2017 14:50
  
  Homeowners worried about cybersecurity attacks on IP-connected devices like lights, baby monitors, home security systems and cameras, will soon be able to take advantage of a $200 network monitoring device called Dojo.
  
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• Enterprises enter the 5G spotlight at MWC

  28-02-2017 14:09
  
  Enterprise uses of 5G are the focus for many participants at this week's Mobile World Congress, a shift from flashy promises of mobile broadband speeds a year ago. The key enterprise benefits worth exploring, vendors say, are high reliability, low latency and longer IoT battery life through more efficient networks.
  
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• Technology 'could cut JSF cost 15 per cent' - The Australian

  28-02-2017 14:03
  The Australian
  Technology 'could cut JSF cost 15 per cent'
  The Australian
  The cost of Australia's F-35 joint strike fighters could be cut by about 15 per cent to $US80 million ($104m) each as major advances in technology and production processes take effect, a senior US Air Force official said yesterday. Lieutenant General ...and more »
  
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• Australia can learn from Israel's chutzpah on farm technology - The Australian Financial Review

  28-02-2017 13:48
  
  The Australian Financial Review
  Australia can learn from Israel's chutzpah on farm technology
  The Australian Financial Review
  Australia has great potential in agricultural technology. But the big brown land could also learn from a very small agricultural nation that is also perennially short of water: Israel. Famed for revolutionising irrigation with drip technology and ...
  
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• UK fintech investment down in 2016

  28-02-2017 13:15 via computerweekly.com
  Investment in UK fintech went down in 2016 but is still ahead of 2014 numbers, according to figures from FinTech Global
  
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• First look at Mirvac and CBA's future at Australian Technology Park - The Australian Financial Review

  28-02-2017 13:09
  
  The Australian Financial Review
  First look at Mirvac and CBA's future at Australian Technology Park
  The Australian Financial Review
  Mirvac has unveiled the first close-up images of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's future home at the $1 billion Australian Technology Park redevelopment in inner-city Sydney. Deep in construction phase, Mirvac will produce three buildings for CBA ...
  
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• Visa, Mastercard beef up mobile payment tech at Mobile World Congress

  28-02-2017 12:53
  
  Visa on Monday announced one of the most unusual approaches, one that relies primarily on older QR code technology through its mVisa payment service.
  
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• Huawei's new smartwatch doesn't need a phone

  28-02-2017 12:15
  
  The company's high-end Watch 2 model comes with 4G connectivity allowing users to leave their phone at home.
  
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• Relax: This phone measures your blood pressure

  28-02-2017 12:00
  
  This Swiss electronics company is on a mission: to stop millions of people dying of ignorance each year.
  
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• Brendan Eich: Tech giants could botch WebAssembly

  28-02-2017 12:00
  
  The JavaScript founder is concerned that companies behind the effort might let competitive concerns might hinder the standards effort
  
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• Magellan's Hamish Douglass: Technology will Trump uncertainty - The Australian Financial Review

  28-02-2017 11:13
  
  The Australian Financial Review
  Magellan's Hamish Douglass: Technology will Trump uncertainty
  The Australian Financial Review
  Hamish Douglass stays true to technology theme in the face of upheaval in US policy. Wayne Taylor. Share on twitter. by James Frost. Magellan co-founder and chief investment officer Hamish Douglass has said his firm's technology-heavy portfolio will ...
  
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• This tiny chip could revolutionize smartphone and IOT security

  28-02-2017 10:10
  
  Engineers at South Korea's SK Telecom have developed a tiny chip that could help secure communications on a myriad of portable electronics and IOT devices.
  
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• Southampton midfielder calls for introduction of video technology - Outside90

  28-02-2017 10:00
  
  Outside90
  Southampton midfielder calls for introduction of video technology
  Outside90
  Southampton's Oriol Romeu wants video technology in English football after a wrongly disallowed goal in his side's 3-2 League Cup final loss to Manchester United. Manolo Gabbiadini's early strike on the end of a Cedric Soares cross was incorrectly ...and more »
  
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• Alibaba calls for tougher Chinese laws against counterfeiters

  28-02-2017 07:58
  
  Under pressure from the U.S. government and vendors in various markets to crack down on counterfeiters, Alibaba has called on the Chinese authorities for clearer laws and higher penalties.
  
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• New technology allows a woman with cerebral palsy to play music with her eyes - SBS

  28-02-2017 04:49
  
  SBS
  New technology allows a woman with cerebral palsy to play music with her eyes
  SBS
  At a backyard pool party ten years ago, Dr Jordan Nguyen decided to attempt an especially creative jump from the diving board. Lacking control, he careered head-first into the water and felt a “massive crunch” in his neck as his head hit the bottom of ...
  
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• Smart teddy bears involved in a contentious data breach

  28-02-2017 03:08
  
  If you own a stuffed animal from CloudPets, then you may have been hacked. The company’s toys -- which can receive and send voice messages from children and parents -- have been involved in a serious data breach dealing with more than 800,000 user accounts.
  
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• PSV Eindhoven goalkeeper Jeron Zoet rages at goal-line ... - The Sydney Morning Herald

  28-02-2017 02:26
  
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  PSV Eindhoven goalkeeper Jeron Zoet rages at goal-line ...
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  PSV Eindhoven goalkeeper Jeron Zoet has lashed out at goal-line technology after conceding a bizarre own goal in a 2-1 Eredivisie defeat by Feyenoord that ...
  VIDEO: Did it cross the line? Technology secures huge win for Feyenoord over PSVGoal.com
  PSV goalkeeper blames 'f***** up' Hawk-Eye technology after extraordinary own-goal howlerTelegraph.co.uk
  PSV keeper completely misses the po
  
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• PSV Eindhoven goalkeeper Jeron Zoet rages at goal-line technology after costly own goal against Feyenoord - The Sydney Morning Herald

  28-02-2017 02:26
  
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  PSV Eindhoven goalkeeper Jeron Zoet rages at goal-line technology after costly own goal against Feyenoord
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  PSV Eindhoven goalkeeper Jeron Zoet has lashed out at goal-line technology after conceding a bizarre own goal in a 2-1 Eredivisie defeat by Feyenoord that all-but-ended their title hopes on Sunday. The 26-year old custodian safely fielded a header from ...
  VIDEO: Did it cross the line? Technology secures huge win for Feyenoord over PS
  
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• Qualcomm details plans for Windows 10 PCs with Snapdragon 835

  28-02-2017 02:13
  
  Qualcomm has big plans to bring back ARM to Windows 10 PCs, and there is a chance that its Snapdragon 835 could support Windows Holographic for VR headsets.
  
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