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• Intel Xeon chips rebranded to sound like credit cards

  04-05-2017 23:02
  
  After around half a decade, Intel is wiping the confusing E5 and E7 monikers off the Xeon chips, and rebranding them to bring more clarity on the performance and features that come with the processors.
  
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• Telstra's IoT strategy revealed: All your IoT are belong to us

  04-05-2017 22:00
  
  With analysts, such as Gartner predicting the number of devices connected to the Internet will exceed 20 billion by 2020, from just over 8 billion today, it’s clear we are on the cusp of a new era when it comes to computing.
  
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• Microsoft asks Windows 10 Enterprise customers to test new anti-exploit tech

  04-05-2017 21:58
  
  Microsoft wants customers to test Windows Defender Application Guard, a new anti-malware, anti-exploit technology in Windows 10's baked-in browser.
  
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• China adds a quantum computer to high-performance computing arsenal

  04-05-2017 21:02
  
  China already has the world's fastest supercomputer and has now built a crude quantum computer that could outpace today's PCs and servers.
  
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• Financial cybercrime group abuses Windows app compatibility feature

  04-05-2017 20:05
  
  The FIN7 financially motivated cybercrime group is abusing the Windows Application Compatibility Infrastructure, a feature that makes it possible for enterprises and developers to quickly resolve incompatibilities between their applications and new Windows versions.
  
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• Extreme offers glimpse of integrated Avaya, Brocade technology future - Techworld Australia

  04-05-2017 18:40
  
  Extreme offers glimpse of integrated Avaya, Brocade technology future
  Techworld Australia
  In detailing its third quarter 2017 financial discussion Extreme CEO Ed Meyercord said the company was “locked and loaded” as it worked toward combining and integrating the two companies – Avaya and Brocade it is in the process of purchasing. Extreme a ...and more »
  
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• Qualcomm may consider asking US to ban iPhone imports

  04-05-2017 18:02
  
  Qualcomm, in a smartphone chip licensing spat with Apple, will reportedly ask a U.S. government agency to ban the import of iPhones into the country.
  
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• Using Salesforce to access SAP? Pour yourself a stiff drink

  04-05-2017 17:59
  
  The week after a U.K. court favored SAP in a US$70 million licensing dispute, the software developer took another customer to arbitration in the U.S., this time seeking damages of over $600 million.
  
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• The BlackBerry KeyOne - a surprising phone with a hardware keyboard

  04-05-2017 15:00
  
  For the first time the iconic BlackBerry hardware keyboard has been married with Android in the BlackBerry KeyOne.
  
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• Open-source chip mimics Linux's path to take on closed x86, ARM CPUs

  04-05-2017 15:00
  
  Tired of the domination of x86, ARM, and other closed chip architectures, researchers created the open-source RISC-V architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2010.
  
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• Alkane Resources to present at InvestorIntel's 6th Annual Cleantech & Technology Metals Summit - InvestorIntel

  04-05-2017 14:51
  
  InvestorIntel
  Alkane Resources to present at InvestorIntel's 6th Annual Cleantech & Technology Metals Summit
  InvestorIntel
  Ian Chalmers to present “Hafnium – Cleaner power and transport. Faster, more energy efficient next gen devices”. May 3, 2017 – Alkane Resources Ltd. (ASX: ALK | OTCQX: ANLKY), a multi-commodity miner explorer, is pleased to announce that they will be ...
  
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• Java module system may stall platform’s next release

  04-05-2017 13:01
  
  Objections raised by IBM and Red Hat could delay the upgrade's release, planned for late July
  
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• Homebrew MacOS package manager gets easier to use

  04-05-2017 12:00
  
  Homebrew 1.2.0 deprecates a number of repositories to improve ease of use and software quality
  
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• India’s Supreme Court hears challenge to biometric authentication system

  04-05-2017 08:57
  
  Two lawsuits being heard this week before India’s Supreme Court question a requirement imposed by the government that individuals should quote a biometrics-based authentication number when filing their tax returns.
  
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• Active Launceston launches Active Technology at East Tamar Primary School - Tasmania Examiner

  04-05-2017 08:45
  
  Tasmania Examiner
  Active Launceston launches Active Technology at East Tamar Primary School
  Tasmania Examiner
  ACTIVE KIDS: Bitlink project manager Troy Merritt and Healthy Tasmania managing director Lucy Byrne with East Tamar Primary School students Wade Harris, Magenta Soper, Dakota Loader, Josh Artis. Picture: Phillip Biggs. See your ad here ...
  
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• NAB beds down PBOP

  04-05-2017 04:45
  
  During the first half of FY17 National Australia Bank finished bedding down its Personal Banking Origination Platform, with NAB boosting PBOP’s functionality, group CEO Andrew Thorburn said today.
  
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• Sneaky Gmail phishing attack fools with fake Google Docs app

  04-05-2017 02:28
  
  Google Docs was pulled into a sneaky email phishing attack on Tuesday that was designed to trick users into giving up access to their Gmail accounts.
  
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• 'Evolution-bending' gene editing technology—do the potential benefits outweigh the risks? - Australian Academy of Science

  04-05-2017 01:46
  'Evolution-bending' gene editing technology—do the potential benefits outweigh the risks?
  Australian Academy of Science
  The Academy has released a discussion paper on new gene-editing technologies that override natural selection. 'Gene drive' technology allows scientists to manipulate the DNA of small plants or animals in a way that forces or 'drives' inheritance of ...
  
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• Now Slack search can look for knowledgeable users and channels

  04-05-2017 00:16
  
  How do you find someone in an organization who can answer a burning question? That’s what Slack is trying to answer with an update to its search feature that was released for larger teams on Wednesday.
  
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