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• Toshiba’s memory biz sale attracts many, including Apple

  14-04-2017 22:10
  
  Apple may be considering partnering with its China-based supplier Foxconn to purchase a major stake in Toshiba’s semiconductor unit. That could prompt national security concerns for Japan, which would lose control of an important technology to a fierce rival.
  
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• Microsoft begins denying updates to some Windows 7 users

  14-04-2017 21:56
  
  Microsoft has begun blocking Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs equipped with the very newest processors from receiving security updates, making good on a policy it announced last year.
  
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• New NSA leak may expose its bank spying, Windows exploits

  14-04-2017 20:56
  
  A hacking group has released suspected U.S. government files that show the National Security Agency may have spied on banks across the Middle East.
  
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• Shape shifting bots could be the key to planetary exploration

  14-04-2017 20:17
  
  The robots are made from a number of rods and cables allowing them to easily adapt to moving through challenging terrains and making it much easier for them to be dropped onto the surface of planets than current rovers.
  
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• Samsung taps DOD tech veteran to head enterprise push

  14-04-2017 19:17
  
  Samsung Electronics has appointed the former CIO of the Department of Defense to help a global push to expand its mobile enterprise business.
  
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• Prices of SSDs and DRAM will crash in 2019, Gartner predicts

  14-04-2017 19:04
  
  Minor relief is in sight next year, when prices of memory and NAND flash will start to gradually decline. But prices will plummet big time in 2019, said Jon Erensen, research director for semiconductors at Gartner.
  
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• FCC's deregulation of business data lines could mean a price hike

  14-04-2017 17:02
  
  If you operate a small or medium-sized U.S. business, you can expect to pay more for broadband services in the near future because the U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to deregulate providers of business data lines, critics of the proposal say.
  
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• Google's Verily Unveils a Health Watch for Research - MIT Technology Review

  14-04-2017 15:01
  
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  Google's Verily Unveils a Health Watch for Research
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  The watch collects your heart rate and rhythms, but it only tells you the time and date. by Antonio Regalado; April 14, 2017. Verily's “Study Watch” is a health tracker designed for medical research. Verily Life Sciences, the health spinout of search ...
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• How will future cars stay up-to-date? Make them open like a PC

  14-04-2017 14:59
  
  The future may seem bright for the car. A whole host of technologies -- including self-driving systems – is set to reinvent the vehicle, and make it more computerized than ever.
  
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• In India, people can now use their thumbs to pay at stores

  14-04-2017 13:20
  
  In its bid to boost digital payments, India introduced Bhim, a smartphone app that lets users make cashless payments and transfer funds.
  
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• Devops is a secret weapon -- perhaps too secret

  14-04-2017 12:00
  
  A new survey finds devops brings plenty of benefits, but most companies still don't know what it is
  
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• Apple said to be targeting a stake in Toshiba's memory chip business

  14-04-2017 05:53
  
  Apple is the latest company to be linked with a possible bid for or an investment in Toshiba's sizable computer memory business, which is up for sale.
  
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