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• Trump pushes US government to the cloud with cybersecurity order

  11-05-2017 23:12
  
  President Trump has finally signed a long-awaited executive order on cybersecurity, which calls for the U.S. government to move to the cloud and modernize its IT infrastructure.
  
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• This Microsoft wearable is helping Parkinson's patients write again

  11-05-2017 22:42
  
  Emma Lawton is finally able to write her name again. The 33-year-old graphic designer was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease back in 2013. It's a movement disorder that took away her ability to draw and write -- until now.
  
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• Drug and alcohol education in schools using virtual reality technology - ABC Online

  11-05-2017 22:04
  
  ABC Online
  Drug and alcohol education in schools using virtual reality technology
  ABC Online
  How do you educate teenagers about the dangers of drinking and taking drugs in a way that isn't boring and doesn't involve long notetaking lectures from teachers? Key points: Game will be rolled out to 20 independent Catholic schools across Queensland ...
  
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• HPQ Silicon Resources to present at InvestorIntel's 6th Annual Cleantech & Technology Metals Summit - InvestorIntel

  11-05-2017 21:55
  
  InvestorIntel
  HPQ Silicon Resources to present at InvestorIntel's 6th Annual Cleantech & Technology Metals Summit
  InvestorIntel
  May 11, 2017 – HPQ Silicon Resources Inc. (TSXV: HPQ), making solar cheaper than fossil energy, is pleased to announce that they will be presenting at InvestorIntel's 6th Annual Cleantech & Technology Metals Summit (CTMS2017.com | @CTMS2017).and more »
  
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• Technology's Path From Creepy to Acceptance - Bloomberg

  11-05-2017 21:37
  
  Technology's Path From Creepy to Acceptance
  Bloomberg
  This week I had a sudden flashback to a line from "Star Trek": Resistance is futile. I was chatting with my Bloomberg Gadfly colleague Shelly Banjo about Amazon's latest Echo voice-activated home speaker. Shelly is a big fan of her Echo. But I can't ...and more »
  
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• HPE offers an escape from the aging HP-UX OS via containers

  11-05-2017 21:32
  
  Hewlett Packard Enterprises' HP-UX OS has been around for more than 30 years, and users may be looking to move on from the Unix-based OS.
  
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• SOAPBOX: Technology is great, but humans can do it better - The Sunshine Coast Daily

  11-05-2017 21:23
  
  The Sunshine Coast Daily
  SOAPBOX: Technology is great, but humans can do it better
  The Sunshine Coast Daily
  Every day at 5pm, I curse the two intersections at the Sunshine Mwy overpass between Buderim and Alexandra Headland. They're too close together, leaving cars in gridlock, hoping the green light doesn't turn before they clear the first intersection, and ...
  
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• The Google Cloud Platform won’t box you in

  11-05-2017 21:11
  
  Openness is a core differentiator, says Sam Ramji
  
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• New technology and old religion - The Hindu

  11-05-2017 21:00
  
  The Hindu
  New technology and old religion
  The Hindu
  The Oracle has spoken. His vision will soon become your personal gadget. In the latest F8 annual global developer conference last month, the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, announced his vision of new technologies. He wants to change our lives by ...
  
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• Twenty years after Deep Blue, what can AI do for us?

  11-05-2017 20:47
  
  On May 11, 1997, a computer showed that it could outclass a human in that most human of pursuits: playing a game. The human was World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov, and the computer was IBM's Deep Blue. Murray Campbell, one of Deep Blue's creators, talks about the other things computers have learned to do as well as, or better than, humans, and what that means for our future.
  
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• Basic Trafficker Technology Trumps Hi-Tech Authorities - Insightcrime.org

  11-05-2017 20:44
  
  Insightcrime.org
  Basic Trafficker Technology Trumps Hi-Tech Authorities
  Insightcrime.org
  Despite the use of advanced technology by authorities to combat drug smuggling to the United States, organized crime groups in Latin America are still using basic technology to elude them. Authorities in El Salvador say that drug trafficking groups ...
  
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• Microsoft now claims half a billion Windows 10 devices

  11-05-2017 20:42
  
  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella touted a new number for Windows 10, saying the operating system now powers 500 million devices.
  
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• Microsoft's new mobile app enables Windows developers to test on iOS

  11-05-2017 19:07
  
  Mobile developers building apps for iOS and Android have some new tools from Microsoft designed to make their lives easier. On Thursday, the company unveiled a series of apps and services, including one that’s designed to let Windows-based developers test iOS apps from their PCs.
  
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• Latest firmware updates for Asus routers fix CSRF security flaws

  11-05-2017 18:26
  
  Users of Asus RT-N and RT-AC series routers should install the latest firmware updates released for their models because they address vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to hijack router settings.
  
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• Microsoft focuses on engagement with Fluent Design System, UWP, and Windows 10 Fall Update

  11-05-2017 17:30
  
  Developers will get more tools to build applications that use Metro-like design language and work across device types
  
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• Airlines Are Letting Old Technology Abuse Their Customers - Backchannel

  11-05-2017 16:42
  
  Backchannel
  Airlines Are Letting Old Technology Abuse Their Customers
  Backchannel
  John Stanton, an attorney for the US Department of Justice, travels often for work. He's deaf, which he notes in his profile whenever he buys a plane ticket. Last year, when traveling to San Francisco via United Airlines, Stanton disembarked from his ...
  
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• Scandium International to present at InvestorIntel's 6th annual Cleantech & Technology Metals Summit - InvestorIntel

  11-05-2017 16:30
  
  InvestorIntel
  Scandium International to present at InvestorIntel's 6th annual Cleantech & Technology Metals Summit
  InvestorIntel
  May 11, 2017 – Scandium International Mining Corp. (TSX: SCY), developing the world's first primary scandium for advanced aluminum alloys, is pleased to announce that they will be presenting at InvestorIntel's 6th Annual Cleantech & Technology Metals ...
  
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• China explores carbon capture and storage technology - The Australian

  11-05-2017 16:21
  The Australian
  China explores carbon capture and storage technology
  The Australian
  China's top steelmaking companies are holding talks with Australian experts in Beijing this week on the introduction of carbon capture and storage technology as a crucial contribution towards helping the country meet carbon emission targets. Half of ...
  
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• Atos signs new contract with BBC for technology services - Nasdaq

  11-05-2017 15:47
  
  Atos signs new contract with BBC for technology services
  Nasdaq
  Paris, London, 11 May 2017- Atos, a leader in digital transformation, announces that it has signed a new five year deal with the BBC to provide technology services. Atos supports the BBC's digital transformation and will provide staff with simple to ...and more »
  
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• Puppet zeroes in on containers, cloud workloads

  11-05-2017 15:00
  
  The devops vendor also is upgrading its Enterprise edition and offering a service to tell users what they have running inside of Docker containers
  
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• Intel's Itanium, once destined to replace x86 in PCs, hits end of line

  11-05-2017 14:46
  
  It's the end of the line for Intel's Itanium chip, a troubled processor family that spawned many product delays and bad blood between HP and Oracle.
  
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• Watch the highlights of NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference keynote - Engadget

  11-05-2017 14:06
  
  Engadget
  Watch the highlights of NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference keynote
  Engadget
  NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference may be mostly aimed at developers and businesses, but the company still had a few exciting things to show off, including Project Holodeck (no, not that project holodeck), NVIDIA's take on high-end virtual reality ...and more »
  
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• Uber offers taxi service, not software as a service, says EU court official

  11-05-2017 12:38
  
  Uber operates a transport service, not a software service, and so can be subject to taxi licensing regulations, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has advised.
  
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• London will lose its European tech leadership status because of Brexit

  11-05-2017 10:45 via computerweekly.com
  
  London is at risk of being usurped as the tech capital of Europe because of the UK's impending withdrawal from the benefits of EU membership
  
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• Telstra says some of its NBN customers paid for unachievable speeds

  11-05-2017 08:52
  
  An analysis by Telstra has revealed that a small number of its customers with NBN services were on broadband plans with maximum speeds that were not achievable.
  
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• Intel concerned about name of John McAfee’s privacy phone

  11-05-2017 08:49
  
  Intel has told a court that MGT Capital Investments has gone ahead with the announcement of the “John McAfee Privacy Phone,” even though the company that proposes to change its name to “John McAfee Global Technologies” has previously said that it did not plan to launch products and services under the McAfee mark.
  
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• NEWSPORT DAILY-Cook Highway fatalities... will this new ... - Newsport

  11-05-2017 07:45
  
  Newsport
  NEWSPORT DAILY-Cook Highway fatalities... will this new ...
  Newsport
  Nissan has introduced a unique concept which they believe will overcome the mobile distraction while driving. Image: SUPPLIED. FREQUENT users of the ...and more »
  
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• Why India celebrates National Technology Day on May 11, and its theme for 2017 - YourStory.com

  11-05-2017 07:29
  
  YourStory.com
  Why India celebrates National Technology Day on May 11, and its theme for 2017
  YourStory.com
  On May 11, 1998, India successfully test fired the Shakti-I nuclear missile at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan in an operation led by aerospace engineer and late President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. Two days later, the country successfully ...
  National Technology Day of India: Why it is Celebrated on May 11News18all 31 news articles »
  
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• The future of high performance storage

  11-05-2017 06:24
  
  In the past 12 months, there’s been a lot of hype about new advancements in storage that include new forms of non-volatile memory (such as Z-NAND from Samsung and 3D Xpoint from Intel and Micron). There’s also been growing adoption of newer interfaces such as non-volatile memory express (NVMe) and more modern software, which seek to reduce the imbalance in data centre IT infrastructure created by CPU advancements of the past three decades.
  
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• Edward Snowden calls for ‘protocol level’ protection of human rights

  11-05-2017 06:00
  
  Famed exposer of the NSA’s secrets, Edward Snowden, is calling for the development of technology that enables the protection of personal information at a fundamental, system, level, claiming this is not only possible but essential if future generations are to enjoy the rights and freedoms of today’s democratic societies.
  
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• Counterparts Technology transforms business strategy for market relevance - ARNnet

  11-05-2017 05:52
  
  ARNnet
  Counterparts Technology transforms business strategy for market relevance
  ARNnet
  Sydney-based partner, Counterparts Technology, has boosted its core area of focus to include consulting, advisory, professional, and managed services - a major expansion from its initial market focus, which was primarily around procurement. As such ...
  
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• 58k premises hooked up to NBN every week

  11-05-2017 03:52
  
  On average 58,000 premises were connected to the National Broadband Network every week during the quarter ending 31 March, up from 26,000 premises at the same time last year.
  
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• Conservative group takes credit for anti-net neutrality comments

  11-05-2017 03:21
  
  A conservative group took credit for a barrage of anti-net neutrality comments posted on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's website this week, but it denied generating fake activism.
  
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• How HR can prepare for the rise of technology - Human Capital

  11-05-2017 03:20
  
  Human Capital
  How HR can prepare for the rise of technology
  Human Capital
  Jenny Dearborn, chief learning officer at SAP, talks about how to prepare for technological disruption and the benefits of informal learning. What are some of the key driving forces of the workplace of the future? There is a shift in the skills that we ...
  
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• St. Francis Xavier’s search for storage simplicity

  11-05-2017 02:00
  
  St. Francis Xavier College in Canberra has scrapped its SAN setup in favour of hyperconverged infrastructure.
  
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