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• CEOs rate productivity 'very low' from emerging tech

  24-04-2017 23:07
  
  CEOs and other senior enterprise managers rated four breakthrough technologies "very low" in terms of productivity improvement in the next five years, according to a Gartner survey.
  
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• 7 patch management practices guaranteed to help protect your data

  24-04-2017 22:59
  
  With these fairly simple practices in mind, you can stay on top of patch updates and safeguard your virtual data environments
  
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• AMD shows off Vega's ability to handle 8K graphics at NAB

  24-04-2017 20:31
  
  AMD is giving a demonstration of the brute force of its upcoming Vega GPU, showing its ability to handle 4K and 8K graphics.
  
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• Deep dive on AWS vs. Azure vs. Google cloud storage options

  24-04-2017 20:18
  
  In reality, the world of cloud storage has many facets to consider. Each of the three major public IaaS cloud vendors – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform – have a variety of storage options and in some cases complicated schemes for how much it costs.
  
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• ZTE's Quartz smartwatch: A good idea hindered by its OS

  24-04-2017 19:41
  
  ZTE's Quartz smartwatch packs 3G connectivity and a big battery in a more affordable package, but an underdeveloped network and operating system are keeping the watch from reaching its full potential.
  
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• IBM Tests Watson Technology to Keep Eye on Traders - Wall Street Journal (subscription)

  24-04-2017 19:39
  
  IBM Tests Watson Technology to Keep Eye on Traders
  Wall Street Journal (subscription)
  NEW YORK—International Business Machines Corp. is piloting its Jeopardy-winning Watson technology as a tool for catching rogue traders at large financial institutions, executives said in an interview Monday. The company's Watson Financial Services ...and more »
  
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• Read all about IT: CEOs see IT as more important than ever

  24-04-2017 19:11
  
  As IT rises up the list of business priorities, CEOs are more likely to read about new technologies than they are to ask their CIOs for information, a Gartner survey found
  
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• AMD's new Polaris-based Radeon Pro Duo is slower than its predecessor

  24-04-2017 18:11
  
  AMD's new Radeon Pro Duo graphics packs two of the company's fastest GPUs, but surprisingly, is slower than its predecessor released last year.
  
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• Google and Yi Technology Unveil New $17000 Jump Camera for 3D VR Videos - Variety

  24-04-2017 18:00
  
  Variety
  Google and Yi Technology Unveil New $17000 Jump Camera for 3D VR Videos
  Variety
  A year after first announcing its partnership with Chinese action cam maker Yi Technology, Google officially unveiled the company's newest virtual reality (VR) camera at NAB in Las Vegas Monday. The Yi Halo, as the camera is being called, will sell for ...
  YI Technology and Google Unveil YI HALO at NAB 2017Business Wire (press release)
  Google, Yi Technology Unveil $17000 VR CameraTheStreet.comall 30 new
  
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• Motorola brings big data digital evidence service to UK police forces

  24-04-2017 17:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  Motorola is launching a digital evidence management service to UK police forces, backed off into AWS cloud infrastructure
  
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• Bring Your Own Authentication is upending online security practices

  24-04-2017 16:37
  
  BYOA allows consumers and businesses to employ a variety of authentication methods that are simple to setup and convenient to use
  
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• Consortium hopes to drive autonomous car from London to Oxford

  24-04-2017 16:26 via computerweekly.com
  
  The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles has awarded an £8.6m grant to back a consortium attempting the UK’s first Level 4 autonomous vehicle test run, to take place within the next two-and-a-half years
  
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• Agriculture tech: There is opportunity in technology for livestock graziers - Weekly Times Now

  24-04-2017 16:04
  Weekly Times Now
  Agriculture tech: There is opportunity in technology for livestock graziers
  Weekly Times Now
  While most technology and software programs previously focused on precision agriculture, Mr MacLeod said livestock grazing had room for improvement. “By and large the margins in livestock are lower ... so there was a belief there was not as much room ...
  
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• Russian man receives longest-ever prison sentence in the US for hacking

  24-04-2017 15:44
  
  A 32-year-old Russian hacker was sentenced to 27 years in prison in the U.S. for stealing millions of payment card details from U.S. businesses by infecting their point-of-sale systems with malware.
  
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• Reducing down to one-third of thermal resistance by WOW technology for 3-D DRAM application - EurekAlert (press release)

  24-04-2017 15:09
  
  EurekAlert (press release)
  Reducing down to one-third of thermal resistance by WOW technology for 3-D DRAM application
  EurekAlert (press release)
  Researcher team led by Professor Takayuki Ohba at Tokyo Institute of Technology, ICE Cube Center, in collaboration with the WOW (Wafer-on-Wafer) Alliance(term 2), an Industry-academic collaborative research organization consisting of multiple ...and more »
  
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• Mobile Technology, Its Importance, Present And Future Trends - Finextra (blog)

  24-04-2017 14:44
  
  Finextra (blog)
  Mobile Technology, Its Importance, Present And Future Trends
  Finextra (blog)
  Mobile technology is a form of technology that is mostly used in cellular communication and other related aspects. It uses a form of platform where by many transmitters have the ability to send data at the same time on a single channel. This platform ...and more »
  
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• 6 ways that 'Big Brother' technology in 'The Circle' is already happening - USA TODAY

  24-04-2017 14:06
  
  USA TODAY
  6 ways that 'Big Brother' technology in 'The Circle' is already happening
  USA TODAY
  It isn't easy to make a movie about technology taking over/ruining the world — particularly because it takes at least two years to get a movie from script to screen, allowing Silicon Valley time to create the very thing that futuristic films are ...
  
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• Amazon Forms Team to Focus on Driverless Technology - Wall Street Journal (subscription)

  24-04-2017 14:03
  
  Automotive News (subscription) (blog)
  Amazon Forms Team to Focus on Driverless Technology
  Wall Street Journal (subscription)
  Amazon.com Inc. has created a team focused on driverless-vehicle technology to help navigate the retail giant's role in the shake-up of transportation, according to people briefed on the matter. Amazon quietly formed the team, which has comprised about ...
  Amazon builds team for autonomous vehicle technologyAutomotive News (subscription) (blog)all 21 news articles &r
  
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• The Coming Technology Policy Debate - Project Syndicate

  24-04-2017 13:19
  Project Syndicate
  The Coming Technology Policy Debate
  Project Syndicate
  STANFORD – What do the leaks of unflattering email from the Democratic National Committee's hacked servers during the 2016 US presidential election campaign and the deafening hour-long emergency-warning siren in Dallas, Texas, have in common?and more »
  
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• NFL players grab a data equalizer in era of wearable technology - ESPN (blog)

  24-04-2017 13:03
  
  ESPN (blog)
  NFL players grab a data equalizer in era of wearable technology
  ESPN (blog)
  Even at the dawn of the wearable technology era, NFL receiver Andrew Hawkins could see where it was all headed. There would come a day, Hawkins said, when player evaluation and even contract negotiations would hinge on the presumably objective ...and more »
  
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• Danish bank group first to offer mobile payments with Dankort

  24-04-2017 12:20 via computerweekly.com
  A group of banks in Denmark are working together on a mobile payments service
  
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• Can technology transform chronic disease management? - Medical News Today

  24-04-2017 12:16
  
  Medical News Today
  Can technology transform chronic disease management?
  Medical News Today
  Implementing best practice care for patients with chronic diseases is one of the greatest challenges currently facing primary care providers. Although digital health technology is hailed for all its potential, could it improve the ability of primary ...
  
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• Oracle floats Java hardware acceleration proposal

  24-04-2017 12:00
  
  Project Trinity would enhance Streams with data processing hardware features for greater efficiency
  
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• QuintilesIMS in Deal to Use Salesforce.com's Cloud Technology - Wall Street Journal (subscription)

  24-04-2017 11:30
  
  QuintilesIMS in Deal to Use Salesforce.com's Cloud Technology
  Wall Street Journal (subscription)
  Quintiles IMS Holdings Inc. aims to provide its clinical-trial and prescription-drug data through the cloud-based technology developed by Salesforce.com, in an effort to integrate the various data used by drug-company clients in a single software ...and more »
  
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• L&T Technology Services to develop smart campus in Israel with Microsoft - Economic Times

  24-04-2017 10:32
  
  Economic Times
  L&T Technology Services to develop smart campus in Israel with Microsoft
  Economic Times
  PUNE: L&T Technology Services (LTTS) today announced that it would develop a smart campus in Israel for a leading technology company in collaboration with Microsoft. The smart office campus will use IoT- enabled sensors and predictive analytics.and more »
  
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• Australia, China pledge cyber cooperation

  24-04-2017 09:11
  
  Canberra and Beijing will share information to assist in the fight against cyber crime, according to a joint statement issued in the wake of the inaugural Australia-China High-Level Security Dialogue.
  
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• New technology in plant - The South Burnett Times

  24-04-2017 07:03
  
  The South Burnett Times
  New technology in plant
  The South Burnett Times
  The South Burnett councillor's with RHDHV's Rosalie Posink and Maxcom Aquatech's Greg Johnston. Michael Nolan. Popular Stories. Cold snap on the way for the South Burnett · Fisherman's chilling find at the bottom of Borumba Dam · Boy, 12, drives solo ...
  
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• The pros and cons of adopting a DevOps model

  24-04-2017 03:51
  
  In today’s digital era, mastering the customer experience through a continuous delivery of applications is a must.
  
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