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• Freshdesk raises $55m in Series F round to roll out new products

  01-11-2016 23:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Sequoia Capital India and Accel Partners have invested $55 million into customer engagement software company Freshdesk.
  
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• Roli Blocks can help turn anyone into a musician

  01-11-2016 21:00
  
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• Silencio! You can now control your phone with Harry Potter spells

  01-11-2016 19:38
  
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• How to become an entrepreneur - and why you're never too young to start

  01-11-2016 19:00
  
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• Google's Daydream View VR headset ships November 10

  01-11-2016 18:56 via zdnet.com
  
  The $79 headset works in tandem with compatible Android smartphones to provide an immersive virtual reality experience.
  
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• Microsoft attacks Google's Windows hack alert

  01-11-2016 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Microsoft attacks Google's decision to flag a bug in Windows that has yet to be fixed.
  
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• Computer virus attack forces hospitals to cancel operations, shut down systems

  01-11-2016 18:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust hit by virus attack.
  
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• Professional drone racing is coming to Alexandra Palace in June 2017

  01-11-2016 18:00
  
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• Philip Hammond goes on the attack to target cyber threat to UK economy

  01-11-2016 18:00 via computerweekly.com
  Speaking at the Microsoft Future Decoded event in London, the Chancellor revealed how Britain would take an offensive stance to protect infrastructure
  
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• How to automate the enterprise: Your guide to getting started

  01-11-2016 17:51 via zdnet.com
  
  A look at the easiest way for businesses to start automating away inefficiencies and saving money.
  
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• Research: Automation of low-level IT tasks is already widespread

  01-11-2016 17:49 via zdnet.com
  
  In a recent poll by Tech Pro Research, 74 percent of respondents said their companies were already automating, or planning to automate work.
  
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• How robots are filling worker shortages, replacing 'bad' jobs, and making work more rewarding

  01-11-2016 17:47 via zdnet.com
  
  From manufacturing warehouses to dairy farms, robots have become woven into the business workflow. Here are lessons from four companies using blends of human and machine to get work done.
  
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• How to do automation right

  01-11-2016 17:44 via zdnet.com
  
  Automating manual or inefficient processes is the bread and butter of any technology organization. Here are nine considerations for approaching process automation tasks the right way, and ultimately delivering successfully.
  
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• Zhuhai air show: China J-20 fighter jet in public debut

  01-11-2016 17:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China showcases its long-awaited J-20 stealth fighter jet in public for the first time, with a display at the Zhuhai airshow.
  
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• What is the IP Act and how will it affect you?

  01-11-2016 17:31
  
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• Snooper's Charter is nearly law: how the Investigatory Powers Bill will affect you

  01-11-2016 17:31
  
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• Mobile browsing just overtook the desktop for the first time

  01-11-2016 17:08
  
  The decline of the desktop just passed a major milestone
  
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• YouTube's seven-year stand-off ends

  01-11-2016 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  YouTube clinches a deal with a rights body, making thousands of blocked clips available in Germany.
  
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• From smog-eating towers to ocean-cleaning barriers, how design is inspiring innovation

  01-11-2016 17:00
  
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• Thomson Reuters to axe multiple IT roles

  01-11-2016 16:46 via computerweekly.com
  Thomson Reuters is to make 2,000 redundancies worldwide, many of them in its IT function
  
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• Microsoft Translator: New tech can handle group chats in real time

  01-11-2016 16:27 via zdnet.com
  
  New Microsoft Translator tech can translate conversations involving multiple speakers using nine different languages in real time.
  
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• Uber 'discriminates on gender and race'

  01-11-2016 15:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A two-year study suggests that ride-hailing apps may discriminate on gender and race.
  
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• No Man's Sky company Hello Games say it's Twitter account was hacked

  01-11-2016 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A gaming company says a tweet posted on its account which read "No Man's sky was a mistake" was a hack.
  
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• Microsoft debuts Project Olympus to boost open source datacentre hardware development

  01-11-2016 15:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  Microsoft wants to give open source datacentre hardware developers earlier access to its designs to speed up the time it takes to bring new products to market with Project Olympus
  
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• UK government cracks down on tax cyber-fraudsters

  01-11-2016 14:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's chancellor reveals how cyber-fraudsters using spoofed email addresses have been tackled.
  
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• AWS public cloud is twice as big as Microsoft, Google, IBM combined

  01-11-2016 14:42 via zdnet.com
  
  A new report into revenue for the third quarter shows what a significant lead Amazon Web Services has in the public cloud market.
  
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• UK 'must retaliate against cyber-attacks'

  01-11-2016 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK must have the capability to respond in kind to hack attacks says its chancellor.
  
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• Canadian grandmother accused of pirating zombie game

  01-11-2016 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An 86-year-old woman has denied accusations that she illegally downloaded a shooting video game.
  
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• Check in

  01-11-2016 14:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People are "checking in" on Facebook to support North Dakota pipeline protesters.
  
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• Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla close in on making web run as fast as native apps

  01-11-2016 14:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Rival browser vendors move one step closer to introducing the new WebAssembly runtime to bring near native performance to the web.
  
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• ​SonicWall splits from Dell to become independent security vendor

  01-11-2016 14:02 via zdnet.com
  
  Dell Technologies has officially spun out its software group after the EMC acquisition left a $67 billion dent in its purse.
  
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• Tintri adds VMware and Flocker persistent container storage

  01-11-2016 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  VM-native storage array maker Tintri will allow customers persistent storage for Docker containers via planned VMware vSphere 6.5 functionality or via bare metal/host OS
  
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• Robert Rauschenberg: A 20th-century artist for our 21st-century world

  01-11-2016 13:47
  
  Ahead of a major exhibition of the famous 20th-century artist at the Tate Modern, we look at why Rauschenberg is relevant today
  
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• Path to telco revenues lies through improved user trust, says KPMG

  01-11-2016 13:45 via computerweekly.com
  Report suggests that half of UK adults would switch telecoms and broadband provider in the event of a security breach, and identifies revenue opportunities in building trust among consumers
  
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• Momentum 16: EMC Documentum gets upgrade for upcoming owner OpenText

  01-11-2016 13:41 via computerweekly.com
  EMC’s enterprise content division puts its best foot forward with upgrades in time for OpenText ownership
  
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• Hillary Clinton leads the way on Tinder's Swipe the Vote

  01-11-2016 13:13
  
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• Microsoft unhappy as Google reveals vulnerability in Windows 10

  01-11-2016 13:02
  
  Although Adobe has worked to fix flaws found by Google, Microsoft has yet to act
  
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• Step aside Dubsmash, there's a new lip-syncing app in town

  01-11-2016 13:00
  
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• After its giant explosion, SpaceX hopes to launch again this year

  01-11-2016 13:00
  
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• ​Chrome on Windows 10: Google gains 15 percent speed boost using Microsoft tech

  01-11-2016 12:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Google says it's used Microsoft's PGO technology to make its Chrome browser load pages faster on Windows.
  
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• UK will 'strike back' if it comes under cyberattack, says government

  01-11-2016 12:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Chancellor Philip Hammond warns that the country must take "greater steps" to defend itself in cyberspace.
  
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• UK government re-announces £1.9bn cyber security spend

  01-11-2016 12:06 via computerweekly.com
  Five-year cyber security spending increase announced by Chancellor Philip Hammond 12 months after George Osborne did so
  
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• Philip Hammond unveils £1.9 billion plan to tackle hackers

  01-11-2016 11:52
  
  Hammond said the UK will “strike back” if it faces cyber-attacks
  
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• Philip Hammond to unveil £1.9 billion plan to tackle hackers

  01-11-2016 11:52
  
  Hammond said the UK will “strike back” if it faces cyber-attacks
  
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• Controversial Thirty Meter Telescope project could be moved to the Canary Islands

  01-11-2016 11:48
  
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• Using cross-industry collaboration on open standards to address big data in the datacentre

  01-11-2016 11:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  Efforts are under away across the industry to create open standards to ensure datacentre hardware is equipped to cope with the amounts of information datacentres are required to process in real time
  
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• Artificial intelligence: Why we must learn from climate-change disasters to stop AI becoming the next big catastrophe

  01-11-2016 11:25 via zdnet.com
  
  We didn't properly prepare for climate change, but we can learn from those mistakes.
  
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• SingPost opens $130M e-commerce logistics facility

  01-11-2016 11:16 via zdnet.com
  
  Touting the new hub as its "biggest e-commerce logistics investment" so far, Singapore Post says the S$182 million (US$130.85 million) site can process up to 100,000 parcels a day.
  
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• Lancaster University hails potential of AI software to cut datacentre power consumption

  01-11-2016 11:15 via computerweekly.com
  Lancaster University reveals details of its work to create an AI-based, self-assembling software system that could improve the efficiency of datacentres
  
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• Twitter scam promises account verification, but just steals your card details

  01-11-2016 11:05
  
  Beware of phishy promoted tweets promising that blue tick
  
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