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• Telstra unveils 'network as a service'

  14-05-2017 22:45 via zdnet.com
  
  The Telstra Programmable Network will enable customers globally to access its networks, cloud platform, datacentres, SDN, and NFV capabilities on one platform.
  
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• Crazed Star Wars fans naming their babies after Kylo Ren? - CNET

  14-05-2017 22:45 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: Figures show that the name Kylo enjoyed the largest increase of all boy names in the US. Are these people thinking straight?
  
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• Sprint, T-Mobile holding informal merger talks again: Report

  14-05-2017 22:09 via zdnet.com
  
  The wireless market could consolidate from four big players to three, if regulators allow it.
  
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• NHS cyber-attack: More ransomware cases 'likely on Monday'

  14-05-2017 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More disruption could follow, possibly on "a significant scale", the UK cyber-security agency warns.
  
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• 'Rick and Morty' discover how to defeat 'Alien' facehuggers - CNET

  14-05-2017 20:34 via cnet.com
  
  Turns out all that drinking and drugging Rick's done over the years has a positive side when battling space monsters.
  
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• Paul McCartney sails the seas in new 'Pirates of the Caribbean' - CNET

  14-05-2017 20:30 via cnet.com
  
  Yo-ho, yo-ho, it's a pirate's life for the former Beatle, who tweeted out a poster of himself in full costume.
  
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• SNL's Donald Trump kisses Sean Spicer, web swoons - CNET

  14-05-2017 20:00 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: Melissa McCarthy's Sean Spicer returns to "Saturday Night Live" with angst, anger and a touch of homo-eroticism.
  
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• Cyber-attacks highlight growing vulnerability of us all | Letters

  14-05-2017 20:00
  
  Who’s to blame for the ransomware attacks? Readers suggest Microsoft, Whitehall and the NSA among othersIn 2010, an agreement between Microsoft and the NHS to provide almost all Microsoft software to the service for one single fee and to keep the software updated with new releases was not renewed by the incoming coalition government (NHS targeted in global cyber-attack, 14 May). It cost a few billion, but the budget for it was there, and it saved many billions more. Microsoft also liked it
  
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• SNL brutally mocks Trump for Comey firing and, well, everything - CNET

  14-05-2017 19:30 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: "Saturday Night Live" re-creates Trump's NBC interview and assails his firing of FBI Director James Comey. But it doesn't stop there.
  
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• Brilliant 'SNL' parody invents an Amazon Echo for old people - CNET

  14-05-2017 18:55 via cnet.com
  
  If you can't remember the name Alexa and really want to know how Satchel Paige is doing, this might be the device for you.
  
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• Google marks Mother's Day with loveable cactus mom doodle - CNET

  14-05-2017 18:50 via cnet.com
  
  Animated doodle takes us through various stages of motherhood, from pregnancy through to proud mama of grown cacti.
  
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• Apple acquires AI startup Lattice.io - CNET

  14-05-2017 18:49 via cnet.com
  
  Data intelligence company uses machine learning to transform unstructured data into more usable information.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Phone Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  14-05-2017 18:13 via cnet.com
  
  Rumored to have two cameras on the back and a stylus with a built-in speaker, this will be one of Samsung's most important phones ever.
  
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• Surf fan who loves pizza: anonymous hero who halted cyber-attack

  14-05-2017 18:03
  
  Known on Twitter as Malware Tech, the 22-year-old is a self-taught computer expert who reveals little about his true identity His online avatar is a cat in sunglasses, he drools over surf pictures from Cornwall and orders three takeaway pizzas for lunch. But unlike other home-based computer whizzes trawling the internet for amusing Twitter memes and the latest hacking strategies, the 22-year-old known only as Malware Tech this weekend stopped a potentially devastating international cyber-attack
  
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• Ransomware cyber-attack threat escalating - Europol

  14-05-2017 15:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The EU police chief warns that more people could find themselves affected on Monday morning.
  
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• Cyber-attack: Firms 'must patch before Monday morning'

  14-05-2017 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Europol director Rob Wainwright said there was an escalating threat worldwide.
  
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• Cyber-attack could escalate as working week begins, experts warn

  14-05-2017 15:19
  
  Europol and NHS fear further disruption when workers switch on computers for first time since spread of ‘ransomware’NHS chiefs and Europol have warned of possible fresh disruption from the global cyber-attack when workers switch on their computers for the first time at the start of the working week.The pan-EU crime-fighting agency said the threat from the attack was escalating and predicted the number of “ransomware” victims was likely to grow across the private and publi
  
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• CRISPR kills HIV and eats Zika 'like Pac-man'. Its next target? Cancer

  14-05-2017 15:00
  
  By:Victoria Woollastonand Nick StocktonContinue reading...
  
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• Become a Google Chrome power user

  14-05-2017 14:45 via zdnet.com
  
  Do you want to become a Google Chrome power user? Read on!
  
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• Third Eye Blind celebrates eponymous debut album 20 years later - CNET

  14-05-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  We sat with Stephan Jenkins before an intimate hometown show to kick off the upcoming "Summer Gods" tour, where 3EB will play its "Third Eye Blind" album front to back.
  
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• KitchenAid Pro Line Series Blender review - CNET

  14-05-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The high-end KitchenAid Pro Line blender brings the power, but it's also too fussy.
  
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• Mozo accessories for Surface Pro, laptop, and Apple iPhone 7 Plus: hands-on

  14-05-2017 13:21 via zdnet.com
  
  Mozo is a mobile tech accessory creator from Finland an offers compelling accessories for a variety of phones and laptops. It is an official partner of Microsoft, Fujitsu, Moomin Characters, Nokia and Eve-Tech
  
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• Moving home? These proptech startups are dragging bricks and mortar into the digital age

  14-05-2017 13:00
  
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• From Leia to Ripley: Happy Mother's Day to sci-fi moms we love - CNET

  14-05-2017 13:00 via cnet.com
  
  When your son turns to the Dark Side, that can make for an uncomfortable Mother's Day brunch.
  
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• Toyota 'backs flying car project' in Japan

  14-05-2017 12:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Skydrive car uses drone technology, and has three wheels and four rotors.
  
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• Asus AsusPro B9440UA

  14-05-2017 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As the consumer laptop market starts to fizzle out and vendors look elsewhere to maintain profitability, there has been renewed interest in the enterprise/corporate market with the likes of MSI and Microsoft deploying business-friendly devices in a bid to improve their margins.And you may not be familiar with it, but popular laptop manufacturer Asus does have a professional range – aptly named AsusPro – and its latest flagship model, the B9440UA, has just gone on sale.Announced earli
  
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• Coalition confirms Australian business affected by global malware attack

  14-05-2017 11:14
  
  Dan Tehan says the government received reports of the private sector being impacted but not commonwealth organisationsAn Australian business has fallen victim to a global malware attack and there are investigations into two other reports, the federal government says.The so-called ransomware has wormed its way into thousands of computer systems in an apparent extortion plot, shutting users out unless they coughed up a payment. Continue reading...
  
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• Follow the data: does a legal document link Brexit campaigns to US billionaire?

  14-05-2017 09:00
  
  We reveal how a confidential legal agreement is at the heart of a web connecting Robert Mercer to Britain’s EU referendumOn 18 November 2015, the British press gathered in a hall in Westminster to witness the official launch of Leave.EU. Nigel Farage, the campaign’s figurehead, was banished to the back of the room and instead an American political strategist, Gerry Gunster, took centre stage and explained its strategy. “The one thing that I know is data,” he said. “
  
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• Cyber-attack sparks bitter political row over NHS spending

  14-05-2017 09:00
  
  Labour and Liberal Democrats claim Conservatives’ austerity squeeze has left service with unprotected IT systemsThe cyber-attack that disrupted NHS systems and forced operations to be cancelled throughout the UK on Saturday has become a bitterly contested election issue, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats blaming the crisis on the government’s failure to upgrade hospital computers.A Cobra emergency ministerial meeting held on Saturday afternoon heard that 48 NHS organisations &nda
  
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• Malware attack: How to protect yourself online

  14-05-2017 07:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Chris Foxx has three tips to keep you and your information secure.
  
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• Singapore university breaches reveal wider attack surface to safeguard

  14-05-2017 03:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Government's increasing industry collaboration and research efforts suggest Singapore needs a cybersecurity strategy that goes beyond limiting internet access, as two universities fall prey to APT attacks.
  
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• Make your own 'Garden Spicer' to add a press secretary to your shrubs - CNET

  14-05-2017 01:35 via cnet.com
  
  Hide White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer in the bushes of your own backyard with this easy craft.
  
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• Massive ransomware attack halted for the price of a couple of lattes - CNET

  14-05-2017 00:41 via cnet.com
  
  A security researcher who still lives at home stopped a billion-dollar hack attack from spreading, says a report. The tab? $10.69.
  
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