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• Beta JetBrains IDE moves Kotlin apps out of the JVM

  06-11-2017 23:40
  The Kotlin/Native preview’s supported target platforms include MacOS, iOS, Ubuntu Linux, and Raspberry Pi
  
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• Technology making the group insurance experience better - Super Review

  06-11-2017 23:22 via superreview.com.au
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  Technology making the group insurance experience better
  Super Review
  When MLC Life Insurance's tech innovation team started designing our new digital platform for group insurance, LifeView, we wanted to develop a platform that would give members control and complete visibility of their life insurance, and at a time and ...
  
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• It’s AI versus AI in the cybercrime arms race

  06-11-2017 22:28
  Security experts are warning that the rising use of artificial intelligence by criminals will reduce both the time taken to breach a system and the interval between breach and exfiltration of sensitive data, and increase the effectiveness of phishing exercises by enabling the crafting of more personalised messages.
  
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• Lunduke's Theory of Computer Mockery — no technology is sacred - Network World

  06-11-2017 22:21 via networkworld.com
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  Lunduke's Theory of Computer Mockery — no technology is sacred
  Network World
  I call that Lunduke's Theory of Computer Mockery. (Yes, I named it after myself. Because… why not?) The more important the technology, the more ruthlessly and brutally it will be mocked. It helps if the technology was, itself, a bit flawed when new ...
  
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• Can Technology Improve Workplace Diversity? - DynamicBusiness

  06-11-2017 21:36 via dynamicbusiness.com.au
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  Can Technology Improve Workplace Diversity?
  DynamicBusiness
  I don't know that the technology sector has a greater or lesser demand for diversity despite recent headline grabbing issues like 'the Google email incident'. However, according to a recent report by Australia's Chief Scientist, women currently ...
  
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• OpenStack helps deliver data insights at CBA

  06-11-2017 20:00
  OpenStack, together with a substantial array of other open source projects, is aiding the efforts of the Commonwealth Bank’s data scientists to build a culture of experimentation at CBA.
  
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• Brand new technology with a wow factor for shed business - Gladstone Observer

  06-11-2017 19:34 via gladstoneobserver.com.au
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  Brand new technology with a wow factor for shed business
  Gladstone Observer
  NEW GADGET: KJP Haulage director Kirk Porter, The Shed Company Gladstone manager Tim Churchill and design consultant Kit Rudolph show off the new augmented reality app in The Shed Company's Gladstone office. Caroline Tung. Use this content.
  
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• Virtual reality technology brings real-life rewards - The Queensland Times

  06-11-2017 19:06 via qt.com.au
  Virtual reality technology brings real-life rewards
  The Queensland Times
  SPRINGFIELD company Fountx has topped off a great year with a win at the 2017 Ipswich Business Awards. A subsidiary of TAE Aerospace, Fountx won the Innovation category at the Civic Centre on Saturday. The company developed a product known as ...
  
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• IT Distribution moves full circle to VAD: WatchGuard's Randy Johnson

  06-11-2017 17:46
  WatchGuard Technologies continues its steadfast focus on delivering integrated, multi-function threat management appliances. A provider of network security appliances, the company has overhauled its distributor ecosystem as and when to ensure a profitable channel that caters to the changing security needs of the organizations globally. ChannelWorld India spoke exclusively to Randy Johnson, Director, Worldwide Distribution, WatchGuard on his recent India visit on the current state of network secu
  
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• Architects Must Up-Skill on Technology and Soft Skills - Sourceable

  06-11-2017 17:29 via sourceable.net
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  Architects Must Up-Skill on Technology and Soft Skills
  Sourceable
  Australian Architects are being urged to develop technology and 'soft' skills in order to thrive in a changing environment. Releasing its latest Quarterly Report, recruitment firm Hays says the market overall has shifted away from needing large ...
  
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• Offshore-technology.com: our journey in pictures - Offshore Technology

  06-11-2017 17:14 via offshore-technology.com
  Offshore-technology.com: our journey in pictures
  Offshore Technology
  Offshore-technology.com was launched in 1996 and since then, much like the industry it represents, the website has ebbed and flowed while adapting to better capture every movement in this exciting field. In its latest incarnation we have revamped the ...
  
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• Beyond the finish line - The Verge

  06-11-2017 16:33 via theverge.com
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  Beyond the finish line
  The Verge
  It's a literal road to nowhere. Stretching out from a roundabout outside the Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster, a small village in Northern England, it's a wholly unremarkable stretch of slowly cracking pavement, bushes, and weeds, an idle strip of ...
  Blind Runner's Wearable Technology Gets Off to Complicated StartNew York Timesall 5 news articles »
  
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• How Is Technology Evolving Over Time? - Singularity Hub

  06-11-2017 16:00 via singularityhub.com
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  How Is Technology Evolving Over Time?
  Singularity Hub
  What was humanity's first invention? Some say it was the wheel, while others say it was fire. But perhaps it was our invention of communication. Without this, no tool can be conceptualized, built, replicated, and improved upon by others over time. Over ...
  
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• How To Determine If You Should Invest In A New Technology - Forbes

  06-11-2017 15:00 via forbes.com
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  How To Determine If You Should Invest In A New Technology
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  Elite CIOs, CTOs & execs offer firsthand insights on tech & business. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Post written by. Arnie Gordon. President of Arlyn Scales. Arnie Gordon ,. Shutterstock. Determining which technologies are ...and more »
  
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• Can technology aid social change? - ACS

  06-11-2017 14:33 via ia.acs.org.au
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  Can technology aid social change?
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  Adrian Grenier has directed, produced and starred in hit movies and television shows alongside some of the biggest names in Hollywood. But his focus now rests on using entrepreneurial initiatives and innovative technologies to create positive social ...
  
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• The technology building Sunshine's newest hospital - Star Weekly

  06-11-2017 14:19 via starweekly.com.au
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  The technology building Sunshine's newest hospital
  Star Weekly
  A new wave of innovative technology is guiding the construction of a maternity and paediatric hospital in Sunshine. The Joan Kirner Women's and Children's Hospital will have 20 labour delivery rooms, 39 special care nursery cots, 64 women's inpatient ...and more »
  
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• Why openness, not technology alone, must be the heart of the digital economy - The Conversation UK

  06-11-2017 13:42 via theconversation.com
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  Why openness, not technology alone, must be the heart of the digital economy
  The Conversation UK
  Rufus Pollock is an Associate of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge; the Founder and non-executive President of Open Knowledge International (https://okfn.org), a not-for-profit dedicated to creating ...and more »
  
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• CIO interview: How River Island is using cloud to fend off its fast fashion competitors

  06-11-2017 12:30 via computerweekly.com
  River Island CIO, Doug Gardner, on how embracing cloud, online and mobile devices is driving sales in its high street stores
  
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• Bank of Scotland tests artificial intelligence on customer iPhone app

  06-11-2017 12:20 via computerweekly.com
  Service will initially be available to 50,000 customers, with app giving access to a software robot trained to answer common questions
  
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• Bank of Scotland testing out artificial intelligence on customer iPhone app

  06-11-2017 12:20 via computerweekly.com
  Bank of Scotland pilots artificial intelligence within its iPhone banking app.
  
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• Is Technology About to Decimate White-Collar Work? - MIT Technology Review

  06-11-2017 12:01 via technologyreview.com
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  Is Technology About to Decimate White-Collar Work?
  MIT Technology Review
  Kai-Fu Lee, the former head of Google research in China and a top tech investor, sees a huge opportunity to automate routine office work. by Will Knight; November 6, 2017. Kai-Fu Lee, one of China's best-known technologists and investors, thinks ...and more »
  
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• What’s next for Visual Studio Code

  06-11-2017 12:00
  Microsoft’s 2018 roadmap focuses on performance, editor, workbench, JavaScript, and TypeScript improvements
  
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• No master chefs in food technology, just good science | Video - Central Western Daily

  06-11-2017 08:36 via centralwesterndaily.com.au
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  No master chefs in food technology, just good science | Video
  Central Western Daily
  FOOD SCIENTISTS: Orange High School students Gabrielle Aggett and Bradley McNabb relax after finishing a HSC exam on Monday. Photo: DECLAN RURENGA 1106drfoodies. Four weeks of Higher School Certificate (HSC) exams will come to a close for ...
  
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• Innovative technology brings the future to aged care - Talking Aged Care

  06-11-2017 06:47 via agedcareguide.com.au
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  Innovative technology brings the future to aged care
  Talking Aged Care
  New standards are being set with the introduction of laser beams and robots to support resident safety and wellbeing at a new aged care facility in Sydney's west. Posted 16 hours ago. Industry · Caring & Carers · Dementia · Technology. Paro the robotic ...
  
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• THIS WEEK: Historic engines on display at Turon Technology Museum - Western Advocate

  06-11-2017 04:44 via westernadvocate.com.au
  THIS WEEK: Historic engines on display at Turon Technology Museum
  Western Advocate
  The doors of the Turon Technology Museum will be open on Saturday, as members of the public will be able to see steam and internal combustion engines. Located at 5833 Sofala Road, the museum illustrates the technology behind the impressive power ...
  
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• Westpac pushes first home loans through new Customer Service Hub

  06-11-2017 04:20
  Westpac has processed the first home loans on its new Customer Service Hub, a major component of the bank’s push to enable a “one bank multi-brand operating model” across its business.
  
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• Village Roadshow fires new salvo in war on pirates: Targets streaming app

  06-11-2017 02:12
  Village Roadshow and a group of movie studios are pushing for a Federal Court injunction to compel Internet service providers to block more online services that the company claims are linked to online piracy.
  
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• Optus launches Google Assistant service

  06-11-2017 01:01
  Most Optus customers with postpaid mobile plans will be able to use Google Home or Android smartphones equipped with Google Assistant to get details about their account.
  
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