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• Video technology confirmed for 2018 World Cup - beIN SPORTS AUSTRALIA

  26-04-2017 23:52 via beinsports.com
  
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  Video technology confirmed for 2018 World Cup
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  After a number of successful trials, video assistant referees are to be used at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed. FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed that video assistant referees (VAR) will be ...
  Video technology to be used for World Cup 2018, says FIFA chief Gianni InfantinoThe Indian Express
  Video technology set to grace English football at STAR
  
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• Ransomware attacks are taking a greater toll on victim's wallets

  26-04-2017 22:57
  
  The hackers spreading ransomware are getting greedier. In 2016, the average fee to free computers hit with the notorious infection rose to $1077, up from $294 the year before, according to security firm Symantec.
  
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• New CIO takes reins at Aurora Energy

  26-04-2017 22:30
  
  Philip Lane has taken the top IT post at Tasmanian energy retailer Aurora Energy.
  
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• How HP reclaimed the title of world's top PC maker from Lenovo

  26-04-2017 21:39
  
  In late 2015, HP was reborn as a PC maker following a split of the parent organization, Hewlett-Packard. At the time, HP was a lost cause, and its double-digit decline in PC shipments was a main reason for the split.
  
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• Companion mobile app exposed Hyundai cars to potential hijacking

  26-04-2017 21:09
  
  The mobile application that accompanies many Hyundai cars exposed sensitive information that could have allowed attackers to remotely locate, unlock and start vehicles.
  
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• FCC chairman plans to 'reverse the mistake' of net neutrality

  26-04-2017 20:36
  
  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will vote May 18 to kick off a proceeding to "reverse the mistake" of the agency's 2-year-old net neutrality rules, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said.
  
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• Microsoft adds another layer to the Windows 10 patching onion

  26-04-2017 19:28
  
  A new update will occur monthly, or sometimes more often.
  
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• Google becomes first foreign internet company to launch service in Cuba

  26-04-2017 18:07
  
  Google servers inside Cuba are now live on the Internet, marking a major milestone in the country's communications evolution and promising faster access to Google's services for Cuban users.
  
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• Clean Technology Innovation Is in Decline - MIT Technology Review

  26-04-2017 17:33 via technologyreview.com
  
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  Clean Technology Innovation Is in Decline
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  The last two years have been slow for green energy patents, and plans to cut federal R&D could make that a real problem. by Jamie Condliffe; April 26, 2017. These last two years, we've been having fewer green technology ideas.and more »
  
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• German court upholds WhatsApp-Facebook data transfer ban

  26-04-2017 16:37
  
  Facebook must obtain the permission of German users of WhatsApp before processing their personal data, a German court confirmed on Tuesday.
  
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• McAfee: Wave of Shamoon cyberattacks being coordinated by a single group

  26-04-2017 15:19
  
  The latest campaigns are bigger, more sophisticated, and causing far more damage as the attackers learn new techniques and collaborate with other groups
  
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• Building an app-centric Infrastructure Performance Monitoring system

  26-04-2017 15:17
  
  How to continuously capture, correlate and analyze system-wide heterogeneous infrastructure data so you can compare it to established response time, utilization and other metrics
  
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• DIY tablets bring tech to next generation - Courier Mail

  26-04-2017 13:28 via couriermail.com.au
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  DIY tablets bring tech to next generation
  Courier Mail
  WHEN teenage wunderkind Taj Pabari tells kids the world is their oyster, he speaks from experience. The 17-year-old has been running his tech company Fiftysix Creations since he was just 14, and since finishing school splits his time between Brisbane ...
  
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• Linkerd 1.0 helps cloud services communicate

  26-04-2017 12:00
  
  Open source project provides infrastructure for service discovery, load balancing, failure handling, instrumentation, and routing to all interservice communication
  
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• Earphone technology enables external noises - Sky News Australia

  26-04-2017 10:48 via skynews.com.au
  
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  Earphone technology enables external noises
  Sky News Australia
  The 'In-Ear and Off-Ear' headphones - to be launched by Conduit- have the option to enable or disable external noises while listening to music. The idea behind the development came about after a friend of the founder Stefan Bisits Bullen had an ...and more »
  
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• Progress Appoints Dmitri Tcherevik to Chief Technology Officer - CSO Australia

  26-04-2017 09:52 via cso.com.au
  Progress Appoints Dmitri Tcherevik to Chief Technology Officer
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  SYDNEY, Australia — April 26, 2017 — Progress (NASDAQ: PRGS) today announced the appointment of Dmitri Tcherevik to the role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In his new role, Dmitri will lead Progress' technology vision, strategy and evolution ...and more »
  
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• Security fears over new technology being rolled out across NSW - Newcastle Herald

  26-04-2017 08:33 via theherald.com.au
  
  Security fears over new technology being rolled out across NSW
  Newcastle Herald
  SMH News story by, Lucy Cormack. The end of the Government solar feed back tarrif. Photo shows, Solar user, Michael Kwan at his Killarney Heights home. He has decided on installing a smart meter, which will allow him to switch to a metering system on ...
  
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• Canberra frog watchers using baby-monitoring technology to keep eye on mother nature - ABC Online

  26-04-2017 08:13 via abc.net.au
  
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  Canberra frog watchers using baby-monitoring technology to keep eye on mother nature
  ABC Online
  Frog watchers no longer have to sit for hours by lakes or rivers with clipboards, thanks to a new invention drawing on mobile phone and baby-monitoring technology. In Canberra, frog monitoring is a serious business, not just to keep an ear on the ...
  
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• Tencent adding five data centers to target cloud users outside China

  26-04-2017 08:10
  
  Tencent Holdings has opened a data center in Silicon Valley with four more planned outside China as part of its bid to grow its cloud business outside the country.
  
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• BuildingIQ receives US patent for the underlying technology of its 5i Intelligent energy management platform - RenewEconomy

  26-04-2017 05:27 via reneweconomy.com.au
  
  BuildingIQ receives US patent for the underlying technology of its 5i Intelligent energy management platform
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  SYDNEY & SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– BuildingIQ (ASX: BIQ) today announces that it has received a United States Patent for Predictive Energy OptimizationTM (PEO) technology that serves as a cornerstone for its 5i Platform. The platform ...
  
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• Japan's radical policy to fight ageing with Australian technology - The Australian Financial Review

  26-04-2017 03:56 via afr.com
  
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  Japan's radical policy to fight ageing with Australian technology
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  Japan, with its rapidly ageing population, has an obvious interest in developing regenerative medicine technology. Tmohiro Ohsumi. Share on twitter. by Angus Grigg. Bold, world-leading reform is not something usually associated with Japan or its latest ...
  
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• Japan's radical policy to fight ageing - The Australian Financial Review

  26-04-2017 03:56 via afr.com
  
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  Japan's radical policy to fight ageing
  The Australian Financial Review
  Japan, with its rapidly ageing population, has an obvious interest in developing regenerative medicine technology. Tmohiro Ohsumi. Share on twitter. by Angus Grigg. Bold, world-leading reform is not something usually associated with Japan or its latest ...
  
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• HEALTH BREAKTHROUGH | Revolutionary technology - Fairfield City Champion

  26-04-2017 03:00 via fairfieldchampion.com.au
  
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  HEALTH BREAKTHROUGH | Revolutionary technology
  Fairfield City Champion
  NO-BRAINER: Dr Yossi Buskila and Dr Paul Breen from the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development built the Braincubator. Picture: Simon Bennett. See your ad here. What's happening in Fairfield & Liverpool. Fed up with my neighbour's dog.
  
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• Russian hackers use OAuth, fake Google apps to phish users

  26-04-2017 02:54
  
  The Russian hacking group blamed for targeting U.S. and European elections has been tricking victims into handing over login credentials with fake Google security applications.
  
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• Palantir to pay US$1.7 million to settle racial hiring bias claim

  26-04-2017 01:30
  
  Data analytics company Palantir will pay US$1.7 million in back pay and stock options to settle charges that it routinely discriminated against Asian job applicants. In addition, it must also hire eight people from among those it allegedly discriminated against.
  
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• Old Windows Server machines can still fend off hacks. Here's how

  26-04-2017 01:11
  
  Keeping a computer up-to-date, with the latest OS and software patch, is one of the best things you can do to stay safe from cyber threats.
  
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• Huawei, Google supercharge Android with new Raspberry Pi-like board

  26-04-2017 00:00
  
  Prepare to run Android at blazing fast speeds on a new Raspberry Pi-like computer developed by Huawei.
  
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