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• Western Digital delivers strong quarter on enterprise demand

  25-01-2017 23:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Western Digital joins Seagate as enterprise storage players benefiting from the cloud buildout.
  
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• eBay meets Q4 expectations after solid holiday season

  25-01-2017 23:05 via zdnet.com
  
  The e-commerce added two million active buyers across its platforms for the quarter and saw strong growth in revenues from StubHub.
  
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• ServiceNow projects strong 2017 growth as expansion pays off

  25-01-2017 22:57 via zdnet.com
  
  The company, which automates workflows, is gunning for $4 billion in revenue in 2020.
  
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• AT&T Q4 earnings on target, says 2016 transformational

  25-01-2017 22:37 via zdnet.com
  
  A day after Verizon disappointed with its financial results, AT&T delivered in line earnings for the fourth quarter.
  
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• Cisco places $3.7 billion bet on AppDynamics: What it means

  25-01-2017 22:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Cisco is paying a hefty premium but will gain important new technology in return.
  
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• Qualcomm misses Q1 revenue targets as Apple legal battle looms

  25-01-2017 22:14 via zdnet.com
  
  One of Qualcomm's key revenue streams is in question as ​Apple is suing the company in China.
  
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• Synthesio and Octoly measure the value of influencer marketing with partnership

  25-01-2017 20:22 via zdnet.com
  
  Micro-influencer marketing has been embraced by enterprise marketers with this partnership between Synthesio and Octoly.
  
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• This AI can spot skin cancer as accurately as a doctor

  25-01-2017 19:00
  
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• Connected cars will become the next big weapon

  25-01-2017 19:00
  
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• Streaming hot: real-time big data architecture matters

  25-01-2017 18:50 via zdnet.com
  
  What is streaming in big data processing, why you should care, and what are your options to make this work for you?
  
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• Microsoft: Migration to the new Outlook.com is 99.9 percent done

  25-01-2017 18:24 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft officials said the company's migration of Outlook.com to its Office 365 infrastructure is finally, really almost done.
  
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• Intuit, JPMorgan reach agreement over sharing financial data with software vendors

  25-01-2017 18:18 via zdnet.com
  
  The deal allows Chase customers to link their bank accounts to Intuit's cloud accounting products without turning over their Chase-affiliated user names and passwords.
  
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• Which technologies present the most risk in 2017?

  25-01-2017 18:12 via zdnet.com
  
  CERT presents a list of potentially troublesome areas.
  
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• Adobe is bringing its Creative Cloud Android apps to Chromebooks

  25-01-2017 18:02
  
  Adobe CC Android apps are coming to the latest version of Chrome OS
  
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• The best coding kits for kids are put to the WIRED test

  25-01-2017 18:00
  
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• Accenture adds voice and VR to data analytics for RBS Six Nations

  25-01-2017 17:30 via computerweekly.com
  Accenture, in the sixth year of its tech partnership with the RBS Six Nations rugby championship, adds voice interface and more virtual reality to data analytics effort
  
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• What is the Internet of Things? WIRED explains

  25-01-2017 17:21
  
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• User experience now top of mind, even before software is conceived

  25-01-2017 17:16 via zdnet.com
  
  Survey on UX attitudes finds 'shift toward getting user insights earlier and more frequently during development.'
  
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• Badlands on Twitter: US park climate change tweets deleted

  25-01-2017 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US national park posts a series of tweets about climate change science that are later removed.
  
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• US man jailed for hacking into celebrity accounts

  25-01-2017 17:00 via computerweekly.com
  Edward Majerczyk is jailed for 9 months and ordered to pay $5,700 compensation for hacking iCloud and Gmail accounts and stealing celebrity nude photos
  
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• Bad drones: the race to develop effective counter-drone security is on

  25-01-2017 17:00
  
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• Data-stealing Android ransomware removed from Google Play store

  25-01-2017 16:06 via zdnet.com
  
  Charger ransomware threatened victims with selling their data if they didn't pay the Bitcoin ransom.
  
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• Heartbleed bug still affects thousands of sites

  25-01-2017 16:01 via zdnet.com
  
  US still has more than 42,000 websites vulnerable to the flaw, which can allow an attacker to steal data directly from websites and users.
  
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• British shoppers spent £133bn online in 2016

  25-01-2017 15:52
  
  Sales up 15.9% year-on-year, and it’s mostly driven by the small screen
  
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• Emergency Services Network will not be ready in time, says PAC

  25-01-2017 15:44 via computerweekly.com
  A Public Accounts Committee examination of the Emergency Services Network concludes that the controversial project may need more testing and assurance than its delivery date allows for
  
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• HP expands battery recall to 101,000 more laptops

  25-01-2017 15:34 via zdnet.com
  
  The latest recall is due to "fire and burn hazards" and is in addition to a 41,000 battery recall in June.
  
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• Dropbox bug kept users' deleted files on its servers for six years

  25-01-2017 15:34 via zdnet.com
  
  Dropbox says sorry for stuffing users' folders with files it was meant to have deleted permanently years ago.
  
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• Last year was tough for the PC, and Windows 10 didn't help much

  25-01-2017 15:29 via zdnet.com
  
  Shipments of traditional PCs in EMEA slid by six percent last year, but while desktop sales tumble, businesses are still buying notebooks.
  
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• GoDaddy launches mobile friendly website builder tool GoCentral

  25-01-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  GoDaddy says GoCentral allows users to create a complete website from a mobile device in under an hour.
  
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• Trump's inauguration breaks live streaming records

  25-01-2017 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president's inauguration breaks live stream audience records, highlighting the medium's rise in popularity.
  
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• Government's Industrial Strategy promises AI and robotics investment

  25-01-2017 14:51
  
  It will aso offer up funding to further STEM education and make the UK more competitive
  
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• China's $30 billion memory chip plant: Boom and bust?

  25-01-2017 14:20 via zdnet.com
  
  The global over supply of NAND flash and DRAM looks to get worse for vendors: Tsinghua Unigroup plans a $30B chip plant. That's about 6x the cost of most new fabs today. That's good news for consumers, but can China's economy support it?
  
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• Windows 10's Edge must stop stealing the browser default, says Vivaldi CEO

  25-01-2017 14:12 via zdnet.com
  
  Vivaldi's Jon von Tetzchner has called on Microsoft to stop trying to foist Edge on Windows 10 users.
  
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• Made in China or the USA? It won't matter: These jobs are going to robots

  25-01-2017 14:10 via zdnet.com
  
  In the near future, where goods are made will have no real bearing on where the jobs are.
  
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• Pokémon Bank update means you can finally catch 'em all on Pokémon Sun and Moon

  25-01-2017 14:00
  
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• Hands-on with Pixie Points: A fun, interactive accessory that uses AR to find lost items

  25-01-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Devices that help you find lost items via Bluetooth already exist, but Pixie shows the potential of AR outside of gaming.
  
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• Society urged to nurture cyber talent at Microsoft security conference

  25-01-2017 13:45 via computerweekly.com
  Cyber security investigative reporter Brian Krebs urges society to cultivate more “hackers for good” in today’s age of internet supervillains
  
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• Kaspersky Lab appoints new Brazil director

  25-01-2017 13:38 via zdnet.com
  
  Roberto Rebouças will lead B2B and B2C sales, marketing and business development in the Latin country.
  
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• Norfolk pub becomes first Vodafone Ciss programme hub

  25-01-2017 13:30 via computerweekly.com
  The Wortwell Bell in Harlestone, Norfolk, becomes the first “community hub” to receive indoor 3G mobile coverage through Vodafone’s Community Indoor Sure Signal scheme
  
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• NetApp: Solidfire to get some Snap functionality but not NVMe

  25-01-2017 13:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  NetApp Solidfire execs talk of roadmap SnapMirror and SnapVault functionality in Solidfire, but NVMe will have to wait until customers are ready to pay for it
  
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• Windows 10 versus Windows 7: Whose numbers do you trust?

  25-01-2017 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Are users really in love with Windows 7? Or are they clinging to old habits as Windows 10 rolls out? Three popular data sources offer very different answers. Regardless of which one you choose, take that data with a heaping helping of salt.
  
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• This brain-implanted hardware could be the next step in restoring lost sight

  25-01-2017 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Second Sight's human-implantable devices allow patients with vision loss to supplement their own sight with images generated by an electrode array implanted into their brain.
  
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• Android Wear 2.0 with iOS support has launched. Here's how to download it

  25-01-2017 13:00
  
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• Android Wear 2.0 preview with iOS support has launched. Here's how to download it

  25-01-2017 13:00
  
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• Android Wear 2.0 launches with iOS support, Android Pay and Google Assistant

  25-01-2017 13:00
  
  By:Amelia Heathmanand Victoria WoollastonContinue reading...
  
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• Android Wear 2.0 is coming to more smartwatches from Hugo Boss, Diesel and Movado

  25-01-2017 13:00
  
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• Zuckerberg dismisses presidential bid rumours

  25-01-2017 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg says he has no plans to run for president of the US.
  
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• Zuckerberg denies presidential ambitions

  25-01-2017 12:53
  
  However, he may use charity to influence government policy
  
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• It begins: Trump tells the EPA to hide its climate change information

  25-01-2017 12:46
  
  So much for that open-mind the new President claimed to have
  
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• Amazon launches $20-a-month STEM toy subscription service

  25-01-2017 12:30
  
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