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• Attention, cord-cutters: Here are the best internet video streaming services

  22-12-2016 22:27 via zdnet.com
  
  Internet streaming services, such as Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, and DirecTV Now are getting to be almost as expensive as cable services, but Amazon Video, Netflix, and Hulu are still bargains.
  
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• Here are Constellation Research's 2016 Enterprise Award Winners

  22-12-2016 21:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Our analyst team picked this year's winners and runners-up across a series of enterprise tech areas, along with some of 2016's biggest tech flops.
  
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• Hacks battered IT optimism in 2016; can 2017 enrich defenses

  22-12-2016 20:34 via zdnet.com
  
  Awareness, standards, innovation key pieces of formula that could deliver better identity, access management
  
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• Steam's Winter Sale is now live

  22-12-2016 19:36
  
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• Apple AirPods Review: Completely wireless earbuds that blow the competition away

  22-12-2016 19:18 via zdnet.com
  
  While critics are crying Apple is lacking true innovation, AirPods are a sign the company still has the "Apple" touch.
  
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• Virgin flight delayed by Galaxy Note wi-fi hoax

  22-12-2016 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A plane was delayed after a wi-fi device called 'Samsung Galaxy Note 7' caused disruption mid-flight.
  
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• Apple extends developer deadline for mandatory App Transport Security support

  22-12-2016 18:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple has backtracked on demands for all App Store app developers to use secure network connections by the beginning of 2017.
  
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• ​SK Hynix to spend $1.8 billion for new NAND flash memory fab

  22-12-2016 16:51 via zdnet.com
  
  SK Hynix, the world's second largest memory chip maker, will invest 2.2 trillion won (US$1.8 billion) to build a new fab for NAND flash memory to meet increasing global demand.
  
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• First ever solar panel road opens in France

  22-12-2016 16:50
  
  A village in Normandy has installed 2,800 square metres of solar panels on one road
  
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• Auticon: the IT consultancy that employs only autistic IT professionals

  22-12-2016 16:00 via computerweekly.com
  IT consultancy Auticon explains why and how it employs only autistic consultants and why diversity is beneficial for businesses
  
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• IT sector tops M&A activity in Brazil in 2016

  22-12-2016 15:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Local tech firms remain attractive to investors for the third year running
  
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• Lighting up London: Illuminated River wants to transform the Thames into a dazzling display

  22-12-2016 15:12
  
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• Overwatch could get new maps and more playable heroes in 2017

  22-12-2016 14:26
  
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• LG Tone Active+ hands-on: Integrated stereo speakers are perfect for an enhanced VR experience

  22-12-2016 14:21 via zdnet.com
  
  While the LG Tone Active+ is focused on the active listener, the unique integrated stereo speakers make it the headset you want for your Samsung Gear VR or Google Daydream VR headset.
  
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• Red Hat annual revenue grows 18 percent, misses estimates

  22-12-2016 14:05 via zdnet.com
  
  Red Hat continues to do well -- but its revenue didn't grow quite as fast as analysts had expected.
  
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• The future of robotics: 10 predictions for 2017 and beyond

  22-12-2016 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  IDC shares predictions for the coming year and beyond.
  
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• Tom Cruise's screams become a ringtone

  22-12-2016 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tom Cruise's screams in a remake of The Mummy go viral after an error in a trailer for the new film.
  
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• Raspberry Pi launches Pixel OS for PC and Mac

  22-12-2016 13:52
  
  Pixel OS can now be downloaded without having to buy a Raspberry Pi
  
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• Raspberry Pi makers release own-brand OS

  22-12-2016 13:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The makers of the Raspberry Pi computer have created a version of its graphical front end that can run on ordinary desktop computers.
  
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• Almost 90% of customers say social media availability affects brand loyalty

  22-12-2016 13:16 via computerweekly.com
  Customers expect to be able to contact brands via social media, with nine out of 10 claiming availability of a brand through their preferred social channel has an impact on their retailer loyalty
  
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• Uber woes, 2016's top cultural picks: Podcast 299

  22-12-2016 13:00
  
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• Honda and Google's Waymo discuss self-driving car tech plan

  22-12-2016 12:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Honda's cars could join Waymo's autonomous vehicle fleet.
  
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• How clouds form: watch a timelapse of a cirrus cloud being 'born'

  22-12-2016 12:38
  
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• Extra £440m to get superfast broadband to hardest-to-reach places in UK

  22-12-2016 12:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  Government announces extra funding for its superfast broadband roll-out, with 600,000 more premises expected to benefit
  
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• Honda in talks with Alphabet's Waymo over self-driving cars

  22-12-2016 12:16
  
  A collaboration could see Honda’s cars combined with Waymo’s software
  
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• Tesla will raise UK prices by 5% in the New Year

  22-12-2016 12:09
  
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• Encryption backdoors are against US national interest, say lawmakers

  22-12-2016 12:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Encryption is safeguard for our personal secrets and economic prosperity, says report.
  
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• Uber's self-driving cars taken off San Francisco roads

  22-12-2016 12:00
  
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• Rural UK properties to get superfast broadband boost

  22-12-2016 11:59
  
  The government has unlocked £440 million to provide extra connections for the Broadband Delivery UK scheme
  
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• Facebook lurking makes you miserable, says study

  22-12-2016 11:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spending too long on social media is likely to cause envy and dissatisfaction, suggests a study.
  
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• Groupon accounts hacked and thousands of pounds stolen from customers

  22-12-2016 11:18
  
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• 10 NHS patients to get cutting-edge bionic eyes

  22-12-2016 10:49
  
  Pioneering implants will restore some sight to blind patients
  
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• Nokia sues Apple for patent infringement

  22-12-2016 10:45
  
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• Nokia and Apple sign business agreement to finally bring an end to their lengthly legal battles

  22-12-2016 10:45
  
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• Raspberry Pi launches Pixel for PC and Mac. Here's how to get it

  22-12-2016 10:02
  
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• Top 10 state surveillance, investigatory powers and activism stories of 2016

  22-12-2016 10:00 via computerweekly.com
  This year saw the UK introduce the Snoopers' Charter, legalising some of the most extensive government surveillance powers in the world. Computer Weekly exposed state monitoring of Parliamentary emails, and reported on activist Lauri Love's legal battle to be tried in the UK over alleged hacking in the US
  
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• Top 10 software development stories of 2016

  22-12-2016 10:00 via computerweekly.com
  Among the trends Computer Weekly has followed in 2016 is how software development is becoming a core competency of IT
  
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• Top 10 business applications stories of 2016

  22-12-2016 10:00 via computerweekly.com
  Artificial intelligence and machine learning, along with the internet of things, have been the emerging elements in business applications in 2016. Cloud, too, has shaped supplier agendas
  
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• Broadband boost for remotest parts of UK

  22-12-2016 08:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government plans to use £440m to connect about 600,000 more premises to superfast broadband.
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for December 22

  22-12-2016 08:00
  
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• 'Amazing difference that little bit of light can make'

  22-12-2016 06:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  NHS England is rolling out bionic implants to 10 blind people, and one man says it changed his life.
  
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• ​Convenience trumps security with Australian public Wi-Fi habits: RMIT

  22-12-2016 05:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Around 2 million Australians are accessing internet banking on public Wi-Fi networks, a study by RMIT University has found.
  
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• Bulletproof expecting double-digit revenue boost for FY17

  22-12-2016 05:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Cloud services company Bulletproof is expecting to see 14 percent growth in revenue by the end of the 2016-17 financial year.
  
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• ​Austrade to promote Australia's cyber talent to the US

  22-12-2016 05:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Australia will be sending around 20 cybersecurity companies to the RSA Conference in San Francisco next year to showcase what the nation has to offer.
  
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• Uber halts California self-driving cars test

  22-12-2016 04:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Uber halts its self-driving car pilot in San Francisco after regulators say it needs a special permit.
  
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• Uber pulls self-driving cars from California roads

  22-12-2016 03:09 via zdnet.com
  
  California's DMV revoked the registrations of Uber's 16 self-driving cars, because it didn't obtain the proper permits, the state claims.
  
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• AGD warned proposed data re-identification laws could kill the data research canary

  22-12-2016 02:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Industry and government agencies have warned the Attorney-General's Department that the proposed data re-identification laws are too blunt to work.
  
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• Facebook received national security letter for customer details in 2015

  22-12-2016 02:13 via zdnet.com
  
  The number of requests for Facebook to hand over user data by governments around the world has risen in the first half of 2016, according to a new report by the social media giant.
  
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• Sex robots: Experts debate the rise of the love droids

  22-12-2016 01:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts say it is inevitable people will have sex with robots, but warn it will raise ethical issues.
  
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• 'I was there'

  22-12-2016 01:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of John Logie Baird's engineers, now aged 104, looks back on his part in the invention of the television.
  
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