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• LastPass fixes serious password leak vulnerabilities

  22-03-2017 22:21
  
  Developers of the popular LastPass password manager rushed to push out a fix to solve a serious vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to steal users' passwords or execute malicious code on their computers.
  
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• The anatomy of a powerful desktop with an ARM chip

  22-03-2017 21:43
  
  When he was growing up, a dream of Linux pioneer Linus Torvalds was to acquire the Acorn Archimedes, a groundbreaking personal computer with the first ARM RISC chips.
  
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• iPhone, Mac owners: How to stymie hackers extorting Apple, threatening to wipe devices

  22-03-2017 21:23
  
  Hackers claiming to have hundreds of millions of iCloud credentials have threatened to wipe date from iPhones, iPads and Macs.
  
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• Wal-Mart launches emerging tech incubator

  22-03-2017 21:17
  
  Wal-Mart Stores is creating what it's calling a technology incubator in Silicon Valley that's focused on technologies that will change how people shop.
  
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• Google cites progress in Android security, but patching issues linger

  22-03-2017 20:08
  
  The chances of you installing malware on your Android phone is incredibly small, according to Google.
  
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• Via's 360-degree VR cameras ship for under $100

  22-03-2017 18:06
  
  Via Technologies is now shipping new 360-degree cameras for under $100, making it more affordable for users to capture and play virtual reality content in headsets.
  
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• Vodafone prepares an LTE moon shot

  22-03-2017 18:04
  
  Thanks to Vodafone, the Taurus-Littrow Valley will get its first mobile phone base station next year.
  
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• Hackers threaten to wipe millions of Apple devices, demand ransom

  22-03-2017 17:43
  
  A group of hackers is threatening to wipe millions of iOS devices in two weeks if Apple doesn't pay them US$150,000.
  
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• Cisco closes AppDynamics deal, increases software weight

  22-03-2017 17:42
  
  Cisco today closed its approximately $3.7 billion deal for application analytics specialist AppDynamics.
  
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• The top-secret X-37B space plane is about to break another record

  22-03-2017 17:36
  
  The U.S. Air Force's top-secret autonomous space plane, the X-37B, is days away from breaking its own longevity record. The aircraft, which looks like a mini Space Shuttle, is on schedule next week to spend its record-setting 675th day in orbit, but we still don't know much about what it's doing up there.
  
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• US lawmakers question police use of facial recognition tech

  22-03-2017 16:33
  
  U.S. lawmakers plan to introduce legislation to limit the FBI's and other law enforcement use of facial recognition technology after concerns about the mass collection of photographs in police databases.
  
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• Double Agent attack can turn antivirus into malware

  22-03-2017 15:06
  
  An attack discovered by Cybellum called Double Agent can take over antivirus software on Windows machines and turn it into malware that encrypts files for ransom, exfiltrates data or formats the hard drives.
  
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• LinkedIn's Trending Storylines aims to broaden users' news horizons

  22-03-2017 14:05
  
  LinkedIn wants to be its users’ professional news feed, and the company just launched a new feature aimed at providing them with a broad set of perspectives on relevant business news.
  
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• Technology: bigger uses for smaller drones - The Australian

  22-03-2017 14:03 via theaustralian.com.au
  The Australian
  Technology: bigger uses for smaller drones
  The Australian
  Could intelligent drones patrol the skies, predict crimes and “disable” criminals before they act? It's the theme of Robert Sheckley's 1953 story Watchbird, adapted for a television series in 2007. Watchbirds were intelligent, talking, listening drones ...
  
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• Trello connects to HipChat, BitBucket, Jira and Confluence

  22-03-2017 14:00
  
  Trello is getting hooked into the entire Atlassian ecosystem with a series of integrations unveiled Wednesday. The new “power-ups” for the project management software connect it with BitBucket, Jira, HipChat and Confluence, to help customers get their work done more efficiently.
  
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• Three may consider legal action if spectrum imbalance persists

  22-03-2017 13:46 via computerweekly.com
  Three boss Dave Dyson says he may consider mounting a legal challenge if Ofcom does not change how spectrum holdings are regulated and controlled
  
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• Rust, React, JavaScript, Python top Stack Overflow survey

  22-03-2017 11:00
  
  The programming community's survey also finds that many developers are newcomers to the field
  
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• Proptech: Investa concedes to Equiem in the building portal technology game - The Australian Financial Review

  22-03-2017 09:45 via afr.com
  
  The Australian Financial Review
  Proptech: Investa concedes to Equiem in the building portal technology game
  The Australian Financial Review
  Future user of the building portal powered by Equiem technology: Investa's $750 million 60 Martin Place, centre. Supplied. Share on twitter · Share on Google Plus. by Michael Bleby. Investa Office Management has given in to Lorenz Grollo's Equiem in ...
  
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• Airbnb adopts new brand name Aibiying in China

  22-03-2017 08:17
  
  Airbnb will rebrand its short-term home rental service in China as “Aibiying” and triple the size of its workforce in the country as it tries to woo a large but complex market for foreign tech companies.
  
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• Musafir.com launches technology centre in Pune - Economic Times

  22-03-2017 07:49 via economictimes.indiatimes.com
  
  Economic Times
  Musafir.com launches technology centre in Pune
  Economic Times
  PUNE: Online travel firm Musafir.com said that it had launched a technology centre in Pune, and that it would invest $10 million in the new facility. This is the UAE-based company's third tech center globally, following one in Mumbai and UAE each. The ...and more »
  
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• Livingston Co. Police Testing High Speed Chase Technology - My Twin Tiers.com

  22-03-2017 05:38 via mytwintiers.com
  
  My Twin Tiers.com
  Livingston Co. Police Testing High Speed Chase Technology
  My Twin Tiers.com
  LIVINGSTON COUNTY, N.Y. (NBC NEWS) - There's new technology that can stop high speed police chases and it could help save lives. It's a new GPS tracking system, called Starchase technology, that is being used by the Livingston County Police ...and more »
  
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• Ag Technology: Remote monitoring lifts performance in water medication systems - Beef Central

  22-03-2017 05:30 via beefcentral.com
  
  Beef Central
  Ag Technology: Remote monitoring lifts performance in water medication systems
  Beef Central
  TECHNOLOGY is helping lift the performance, reliability and flexibility of water medication systems, used widely to supplement livestock in extensive and some intensive cattle operations. Medication equipment manufacturer Promatic has developed an App ...
  
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• L.A. and NYC still rank behind smaller cities in wireless performance

  22-03-2017 05:02
  
  The two biggest cities in the U.S. continue to rank well below many smaller U.S. cities in overall wireless performance, according to RootMetrics.
  
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• Drone technology to help save lives - The West Australian

  22-03-2017 04:49 via thewest.com.au
  
  The West Australian
  Drone technology to help save lives
  The West Australian
  A drone's view of Albany Sea Rescue and Albany Surf Life Saving Club volunteers in action at Salmon Holes. Picture: Brad Harkup/Albany Aerial ImagingPicture: Pictures: Brad Harkup/Albany Aerial Imaging, ABC Great Southern and Tim Edmunds.
  
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• Government pushes ahead with work on Centrelink payment system

  22-03-2017 03:31
  
  Accenture has been chosen as the lead systems integrator for the first part of a program to overhaul Centrelink’s payment system.
  
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• NSW government to legalise driverless car trials

  22-03-2017 01:33
  
  The New South Wales government plans to introduce legislation to facilitate safe and legal trials for connected and automated vehicles.
  
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• Bank heist ruined by Adobe technology - AdNews

  22-03-2017 00:37 via adnews.com.au
  AdNews
  Bank heist ruined by Adobe technology
  AdNews
  Adobe has released a new spot which depicts the efficiency of its Experience Cloud through a failed bank robbery. From Goodby Silverstein & Partners, 'The Heist' pushes Adobe's technology which is able to detect who a customer is when they walk into a ...and more »
  
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• ​Insync Technology deploys Surface Hub devices to Queensland Council - ARNnet

  22-03-2017 00:16 via arnnet.com.au
  
  ARNnet
  ​Insync Technology deploys Surface Hub devices to Queensland Council
  ARNnet
  Insync Technology has capitalised on the growing need for collaboration across expansive regional areas, through rolling out eight Microsoft Surface Hub devices to Queensland Council. With the help of Telstra, the Microsoft Gold Partner deployed ...and more »
  
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• Technology Has Made So Many Old Movies Impossible To Watch - Huffington Post Australia

  22-03-2017 00:11 via huffingtonpost.com.au
  
  Huffington Post Australia
  Technology Has Made So Many Old Movies Impossible To Watch
  Huffington Post Australia
  One of the greatest joys of writing anything set in the late '80s and early '90s is that you don't have to deal with technology. And please don't think this is going to be a rant about how amazing everything was before the Internet and associated ...
  
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• Twilio's enterprise play: Champion devs, woo their bosses

  22-03-2017 00:00
  
  ​Twilio’s APIs are behind some of the essential features of Australia’s most popular apps. Increasingly, when a developer wants to add SMS functionality (like when an Uber driver messages that they are waiting outside) or the ability to voice call (like with Airtasker) into their software, they have used Twilio’s building blocks to do so.
  
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