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• Taiwan tells firms to seek approval for trading with ZTE: Nikkei

  27-04-2018 20:41
  (Reuters) - The Taiwanese government has ordered all of the island's companies that sell to Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp to suspend shipments until they obtain approval, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday.
  
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• Amazon ad sale boom could challenge Google-Facebook dominance

  27-04-2018 20:12
  SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's expanding business of selling space on its site to merchants helped it double profits on Thursday, and some see the move as a step toward taking advertising dollars from Google and Facebook Inc.
  
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• Bitcoin frenzy settles down as big players muscle into market

  27-04-2018 20:02
  LONDON/NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - After bouncing up, falling down and keeping investors on the edges of their seats, bitcoin may be maturing into a period of relatively boring stability, experts say.
  
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• Government extends ‘superfast broadband’ regulation while legislation languishes

  27-04-2018 07:06
  The federal government has launched a public consultation on extending a licence condition for telecommunications carriers that is intended to protect the commercial viability of the National Broadband Network.
  
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• South32’s new CTO to join miner in August

  27-04-2018 05:10
  Australian miner South32’s next chief technology officer has confirmed she will commence the role in August.
  
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• Court orders ISPs to block access to illicit Android-based streaming service

  27-04-2018 04:56
  Roadshow Films has been successful in its Federal Court application to have Telstra, Optus, Vocus and TPG block their subscribers from accessing a streaming service associated with an Android app.
  
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• Blackmores and Fonterra trial Alibaba food provenance blockchain

  27-04-2018 03:07
  ​Odourless fish oil and dairy products are among the first products to be ordered from Australia using Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba’s blockchain based ‘Food Trust Framework’.
  
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• Medical technology at the hub of good health - UQ News

  27-04-2018 02:37 via uq.edu.au
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  Medical technology at the hub of good health
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  A new research hub is set to transform Australia's medical technology sector by developing cost-competitive technologies for the rapid production of medical devices. Researchers from The University of Queensland's Faculty of Engineering, Architecture ...
  Advanced manufacturing research hub to transform medical technology sectorManufacturers' Monthlyall 2 news articles »
  
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• Foxtel wants to make it cheaper to block pirate sites

  27-04-2018 02:00
  Foxtel is seeking to block another 15 websites it claims are linked to piracy, with the pay TV company today telling a Federal Court hearing that it was eager to finds ways to reduce the costs of applications for site-blocking injunctions.
  
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• Gender parity in computer science could take 280 years

  27-04-2018 01:20
  It will take close to three centuries for gender parity to be achieved among academics working in computer science unless action is taken to fix the imbalance, according to new research from the University of Melbourne.
  
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• Intel soars after brighter forecast for data centers, memory

  27-04-2018 01:12
  ​Intel has beat earnings expectations for the first quarter and raised its full-year revenue and profit forecasts, driven by the biggest-ever quarterly jump in its data center business and small-but-steady growth in its personal computer business.
  
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• Visual Studio 2017 roadmap: The new features you can expect

  27-04-2018 00:00
  Microsoft adds capabilities to the Visual Studio IDE almost every month. Here's what you can expect for the rest of 2018.
  
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