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• NBN hooks up 6 million homes and businesses

  22-08-2017 22:00
  Some 6 million households and businesses are able to connect to the National Broadband Network, NBN announced this morning.
  
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• Cairns business believed to be first outside capital city with technology - The Cairns Post

  22-08-2017 21:03 via cairnspost.com.au
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  Cairns business believed to be first outside capital city with technology
  The Cairns Post
  CUTTING-EDGE technology will help a longstanding Cairns steel fabricator boost productivity, employ staff and go head-to-head with its big-city competitors. CSF Industries aims to have a new, fully-automated steel fabrication system in operation by ...and more »
  
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• VMware partners with Google to manage Chrome devices

  22-08-2017 17:59
  VMware's AirWatch subsidiary is joining with Google to enable enterprise-wide management of all Chrome devices via a single cloud portal.
  
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• Cambridgeshire firefighters get rugged tablets for frontline work

  22-08-2017 17:30 via computerweekly.com
  Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue is deploying ruggedised Panasonic tablets across its service to help personnel access vital information in an emergency
  
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• Flash memory and OLED shortages will hit smartphone sales

  22-08-2017 15:25 via computerweekly.com
  Analysts at Gartner have warned that a components shortage will affect sales of high-end smartphones
  
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• Stuart Sackman Re-Thinks Innovation As The Head Of Product And Technology At ADP - Forbes

  22-08-2017 15:06 via forbes.com
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  Stuart Sackman Re-Thinks Innovation As The Head Of Product And Technology At ADP
  Forbes
  ADP has been referred to as one of the original cloud companies, as it has long run other companies' payroll off-premises as a service. Now, the $12 billion human capital management company has become colossus in the industry. It does not lack for ...
  
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• Sydney Startup Hub misses the deeper technology opportunity - The Australian Financial Review

  22-08-2017 15:01 via afr.com
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  Sydney Startup Hub misses the deeper technology opportunity
  The Australian Financial Review
  Petra Andrén is the chief executive of Cicada Innovations, home to 70+ deep-technology start-ups. by Petra Andren. The soon-to-exist Sydney Startup Hub has been pre-emptively hailed a "quantum leap forward" that will help the city "compete on a global ...
  
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• UNSW joins with government and business to keep quantum computing technology in Australia - The Australian Financial Review

  22-08-2017 15:00 via afr.com
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  UNSW joins with government and business to keep quantum computing technology in Australia
  The Australian Financial Review
  UNSW quantum pioneer Michelle Simmons (right) with the chair of the new Silicon Quantum Computing company, Stephen Menzies. Louie Douvis. Share on twitter · Share on Google Plus. by Tim Dodd. Governments, business and universities have joined ...
  
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• Prototype technology for unearthing minefields with fire developed by team - Phys.Org

  22-08-2017 14:53 via phys.org
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  Prototype technology for unearthing minefields with fire developed by team
  Phys.Org
  Only 5,000 landmines out of the original 20,000 anti-personnel and 5,000 anti-tank landmines have been cleared in the Falkland Islands. Credit: Imperial College London. Engineers have developed prototype technology that uses controlled burning to ...and more »
  
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• IBM wants to make blockchain good enough to eat

  22-08-2017 14:53
  After addressing information security in its cloud-based, permissioned blockchain, IBM is now turning to food security.
  
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• Legal Technology and Smart Contracts: Contract Construction (Part II) - Forbes

  22-08-2017 14:00 via forbes.com
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  Legal Technology and Smart Contracts: Contract Construction (Part II)
  Forbes
  We continue our discussion with Mark Oblad on his work within the contracts, smart contracts, and blockchain space in the second of a five-part weekly series. Not all types of contractual relationships have been reduced to fill-in-the-blank documents ...
  
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• Kenyan opposition to tell court that technology enabled election fraud - Reuters

  22-08-2017 13:57 via reuters.com
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  Kenyan opposition to tell court that technology enabled election fraud
  Reuters
  NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's opposition will argue before the Supreme Court that technology enabled rather than curbed election fraud, as it seeks to overturn a vote this month won by President Uhuru Kenyatta. Opposition leader Raila Odinga's National ...and more »
  
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• Axalta inaugurates its new Technology Centre in Vadodara - ETAuto.com

  22-08-2017 12:58 via auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com
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  Axalta inaugurates its new Technology Centre in Vadodara
  ETAuto.com
  New Delhi: Axalta Coating Systems a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, today opened its expanded Technology Centre at Savli in Vadodara, Gujarat. The technology investment signals Axalta's commitment to delivering innovative coating ...and more »
  
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• Can Technology Help Prevent Improper Pell Payments? - RealClearEducation

  22-08-2017 12:37 via realcleareducation.com
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  Can Technology Help Prevent Improper Pell Payments?
  RealClearEducation
  Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of Education disclosed the fact that it had made over $6 billion in improper payments across its vast portfolio of student loans and grants. The department's revelation was both alarming and multifaceted ...
  
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• How Google is speeding up the Internet

  22-08-2017 12:00
  Google has developed an algorithm that speeds up TCP/IP, the internet’s primary data transmission protocol, by up to 14%.
  
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• Why embracing new technology is key to successful IT service desks

  22-08-2017 11:57 via computerweekly.com
  IT was slow to support bring your own device (BYOD). Now chatbots and digitisation are rewriting IT service management best practices
  
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• Simplicity, mobile data key to Vodafone’s NBN offerings

  22-08-2017 11:30
  Vodafone is gearing up for the “imminent” launch of an internal National Broadband Network pilot ahead of a broader rollout of NBN services.
  
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• The Center for Rehabilitation Engineering Science & Technology (CREST) - Clarkson University News (press release)

  22-08-2017 10:41 via clarkson.edu
  The Center for Rehabilitation Engineering Science & Technology (CREST)
  Clarkson University News (press release)
  Medical devices, biosensors, and bio-nanotechnology are just some of the exciting areas of biomedical engineering science and technology at Clarkson University. Biomedical engineering is the application of engineering principles to the human body ...and more »
  
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• Comunet technology bears fruit for growing SA workforce - The Advertiser

  22-08-2017 09:32 via adelaidenow.com.au
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  Comunet technology bears fruit for growing SA workforce
  The Advertiser
  ADELAIDE-BASED technology firm Comunet is helping one of South Australia's largest fruit-picking workforces increase productivity and accountability. Fruit and vegetable growers Costa Group engaged the company to introduce mobile equipment and ...
  
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• Students to tackle Technology Challenge - Fraser Coast Chronicle

  22-08-2017 09:23 via frasercoastchronicle.com.au
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  Students to tackle Technology Challenge
  Fraser Coast Chronicle
  Technology Challenge - Maryborough High School year 9 "Wild Hogs" - driver Kynan Watson with (L) Eli Harold, Matthew Souvlis, Darcy Schofield, Ryan Ward, Reuben Humbert, Harrison Browning and Bailey Eckert and their Trisled vehicle. Alistair ...
  
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• SMS Management and Technology profit crashes ahead of ASG acquisition - CRN Australia

  22-08-2017 08:35 via crn.com.au
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  SMS Management and Technology profit crashes ahead of ASG acquisition
  CRN Australia
  SMS Management and Technology has reported a $42.1 million net loss ahead of its $124 million acquisition by ASG. Revenue was down $24.2 million to reach $304.5 million for the financial year ending 30 June 2017. Earnings fell from a positive $15.7 ...and more »
  
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• To save India's forests, equip foresters with right technology - Hindustan Times

  22-08-2017 07:22 via hindustantimes.com
  Hindustan Times
  To save India's forests, equip foresters with right technology
  Hindustan Times
  Geographical Information System is a valuable tool for managing natural resources. Surveillance with the help of remote sensing and drones can lead to better results. opinion Updated: Aug 22, 2017 10:52 IST. Parveen Kaswan and Akash Deep Badhawan.
  
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• UK considers internet ombudsman to deal with abuse complaints - The Guardian

  22-08-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com
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  UK considers internet ombudsman to deal with abuse complaints
  The Guardian
  Internet ombudsman agencies are already being developed in France and Australia. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA. Internet. UK considers internet ombudsman to deal with abuse complaints. Other measures being explored include levy on social media ...and more »
  
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• Wearables on the rise in the Middle East

  22-08-2017 06:00 via computerweekly.com
  The take up of wearables in the Middle East is growing mainly as a result of consumer demand for smartwatches
  
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• Hackers Are the Real Obstacle for Self-Driving Vehicles - MIT Technology Review

  22-08-2017 06:00 via technologyreview.com
  MIT Technology Review
  Hackers Are the Real Obstacle for Self-Driving Vehicles
  MIT Technology Review
  Out-of-work truckers armed with “adversarial machine learning” could dazzle autonomous vehicles into crashing. by Simson Garfinkel; August 22, 2017. Before autonomous trucks and taxis hit the road, manufacturers will need to solve problems far more ...
  
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• OPINION: Marveling at technology's progress - Warwick Daily News

  22-08-2017 03:51 via warwickdailynews.com.au
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  OPINION: Marveling at technology's progress
  Warwick Daily News
  Over the years they have made some amazing discoveries about our solar system and as we speak, they continue to do so. The spacecraft are now heading out into interstellar space. You can follow them on the NASA website but roughly speaking they are ...
  
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• KuangChi says parent invests $600 million for 1.88 percent of Unicom

  22-08-2017 03:31
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - KuangChi Science Ltd said its parent has invested 4 billion yuan ($600.3 million) in a 1.88 percent stake in China United Network Communications Ltd, becoming one of its strategic investors under a mixed ownership reform plan.
  
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• ACCC issues warning on NBN scammers

  22-08-2017 03:26
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch service has so far this year received more than 300 complaints about National Broadband Network-related scams.
  
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• Fujitsu to sell mobile phone operations: Nikkei

  22-08-2017 02:32
  (Reuters) - Fujitsu Ltdis looking to offload its mobile operations as the Japanese information technology company faces stiff competition from bigger rivals in a highly lucrative mobile phone market, the Nikkei business daily reported.
  
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• St Joseph's Catholic High School: Up to date for STEM technology - Illawarra Mercury

  22-08-2017 02:18 via illawarramercury.com.au
  Illawarra Mercury
  St Joseph's Catholic High School: Up to date for STEM technology
  Illawarra Mercury
  Ready for the 21st Century: A renovation at St Joseph's Catholic High School will create a modern, learning environment for their students and teachers. St Joseph's Catholic High School is undertaking a redesign and development of its design and ...
  Children's Learning With Tablet Technology is Often Too PassiveUT News | The University of Texas at Austinall 2 news articles »
  
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• IARI soil-testing technology tweaked, private firm has monopoly - The Indian Express

  22-08-2017 01:58 via indianexpress.com
  The Indian Express
  IARI soil-testing technology tweaked, private firm has monopoly
  The Indian Express
  As both IARI and IISS continued refining their respective products, procurement under the soil health card scheme gathered steam when the government sanctioned setting up over 6,000 mini labs in 2016-2017. 115. Shares. Share. Written by Jay ...and more »
  
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• CNN launches daily news show on Snapchat

  22-08-2017 00:04
  (Reuters) - CNN on Monday began streaming "The Update," a daily show on Snapchat featuring at least five news stories each episode from reporters and bureaus around the world, to attract younger viewers.
  
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