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• Dallas' emergency sirens were hacked with a rogue radio signal

  12-04-2017 23:05 via zdnet.com
  
  After an unknown hacker targeted the city of Dallas' emergency siren system, other cities may be vulnerable.
  
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• Tesla board 'too close to Elon Musk'

  12-04-2017 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group of major shareholders has questioned the independence of the electric carmaker's board.
  
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• Walmart will offer pickup discounts in latest jab at Amazon

  12-04-2017 22:14 via zdnet.com
  
  The hope with Pickup Discount is to lure shoppers into stores on the chance that they'll buy a few more things while they're inside.
  
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• Now you can fly selfie drones inside Apple stores

  12-04-2017 22:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Hover Camera Passport drones are now sold by Apple, and you can try them right inside a store.
  
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• Facebook Messenger says it has 1.2B monthly active users

  12-04-2017 21:28 via zdnet.com
  
  The messaging service now has as many monthly users as WhatsApp and twice as many as Instagram.
  
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• Software developers: We're on board with low-code (or even no-code) tools

  12-04-2017 20:51 via zdnet.com
  
  Do IT professionals see a place for citizen developers, or is this more fantasy than productive reality?
  
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• Dangers of 'reporting' open web and deep web chatter in the wake of terror attacks

  12-04-2017 19:52 via zdnet.com
  
  If media outlets, individual reporters, or simple watchers take the volume of open web or deep web chatter after terror attacks as evidence, then they will fall victim to bots and trolls -- and ultimately mislead their networks.
  
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• Virgin Media flaw caused Facebook glitch

  12-04-2017 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK broadband customers were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and Messenger.
  
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• Major internet lobbying group urges FCC to keep net neutrality rules

  12-04-2017 19:29 via zdnet.com
  
  Representing companies like Facebook, Google, and Salesforce, the Internet Association threw its weight behind the Obama-era rules that require the equal treatment of internet content.
  
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• 'World's worst drawer' stumps Google AutoDraw

  12-04-2017 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An artificial intelligence-powered illustration aid tries to recognise Rory Cellan-Jones' scribbles.
  
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• Qualtrics raises $180 million on $2.5 billion valuation

  12-04-2017 18:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Qualtrics is Provo, Utah-based SaaS startup that bootstrapped for a decade before taking $220 million in venture funding from Accel and Sequoia.
  
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• Microsoft touts new hybrid-cloud tools; rolls out Azure AD B2B authentication service

  12-04-2017 18:22 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is continuing to use its hybrid-cloud computing functionality as a cloud differentiator with its rollout of additional migration tools and its Azure Active Directory B2B authentication technology.
  
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• High street banks are failing and they only have themselves to blame

  12-04-2017 18:00
  
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• Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' 2017 annual letter: What decision-makers can learn

  12-04-2017 17:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Bezos' shareholder letter has become a must-read. Here are the takeaways for business and tech decision-makers.
  
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• How to tune storage performance for different workloads

  12-04-2017 17:45 via computerweekly.com
  
  We run the rule over what’s needed to get the best storage performance for databases, virtual servers and desktops, web and email servers and analytics use cases
  
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• Virtual reality headsets seek cord-free future

  12-04-2017 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  AMD is looking to cut the cords on VR with its investment in start-up Nitero
  
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• Microsoft confirms Spring launch is on for May 2 in New York City

  12-04-2017 17:37 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's May 2 New York City event will be focused heavily on the Windows Cloud version of Windows 10, which could give Microsoft a much-needed Chromebook-compete play.
  
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• Back to Evernote: Google Assistant update kills Keep shopping list integration

  12-04-2017 17:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Google experiments with different services and apps, then kills them in an attempt to try something else. I fell for it once again with Google Keep and am just going to stick with Evernote.
  
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• Windows XP: Why it won't die for years to come

  12-04-2017 17:16 via zdnet.com
  
  Old versions of Windows are sticking around longer than you might think, in unexpected places.
  
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• Recently patched Microsoft Word exploit was used by both governments and criminal hackers

  12-04-2017 17:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Researchers believe that the several attackers obtained the exploit from the same, original source.
  
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• Study reveals motion-sensor data can be treasure trove for hackers

  12-04-2017 16:51
  
  Passwords, PINs and bank details all up for grabs from simple smartphone hack
  
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• Commercial PC sales help to reverse IDC’s negative forecast

  12-04-2017 16:36 via computerweekly.com
  PC market defies experts by recording growth of 0.6% after five years of decline
  
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• Interview: Codecon – a platform for skills development through instant feedback

  12-04-2017 16:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  By providing programmers with instantaneous feedback, they are more likely to improve and develop the skills they’ll need for the corporate environment, says Codecon creator
  
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• Data breaches strip tens of millions off UK firms’ market value, study shows

  12-04-2017 16:15 via computerweekly.com
  Security experts say the fact that data breaches at FTSE 100 firms cost on average £120m in market value should be a wake-up call for boards to ensure they have an adequate cyber security strategy
  
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• Listen to the ancient sounds of Stonehenge: app transports you back to 3,000BC

  12-04-2017 16:06
  
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• Changing channels: How DevOps, shared infrastructure and smart hiring help ITV innovate

  12-04-2017 15:58 via computerweekly.com
  
  Tom Clark, head of Common Platform at ITV, explains how embracing agile thinking and shared infrastructure is helping the broadcaster stay one step ahead of its commercial competitors
  
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• Nike to investigate 'misuse' of logo in race hate merchandise

  12-04-2017 15:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US sportswear company responds after Amazon and eBay remove products with a Gypsy and Traveller racial slur.
  
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• Windows 10 Creators Update adds lots of new Bash/WSL features

  12-04-2017 15:38 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has made 'hundreds' of fixes and added a lot of new features to the Bash/Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 10 Creators Update. Here's what's new.
  
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• Star Citizen release date: Everything you need to know about the perpetually delayed space sim

  12-04-2017 15:29
  
  Will Star Citizen ever come out? We answer that question and more in our Star Citizen rundown
  
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• VMware acquires Wavefront to boost cloud management portfolio

  12-04-2017 15:28 via zdnet.com
  
  Wavefront ingests, stores, visualizes, and alerts on streaming metric data from clouds and applications.
  
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• J2060 - Business Development Manager, ICT Resellers - UK, NW Eng - Asset ... - Asset Finance International (press release) (blog)

  12-04-2017 15:20
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  Our client is seeking a Business Development Manager, ICT Resellers - UK, NW Eng (ref: J2060) to build and develop deep relationships in promoting their leasing proposition to the ICT channel. The position will require strong account management skills, ...
  
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• Pure Storage launches FlashArray//X with NVMe drives

  12-04-2017 15:15 via computerweekly.com
  
  FlashArray//X has NVMe drives but end-to-end storage-to-host NVMe connectivity will have to wait for an NVMe-over-fabrics (NVMf) version planned for release later this year
  
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• Workday lands retailer Target as HR customer

  12-04-2017 15:05 via zdnet.com
  
  Workday said Target will use its Human Capital Management system. The deal follows similar ones with retailers Amazon and Wal-Mart.
  
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• San Francisco's food delivery service by robot

  12-04-2017 15:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An autonomous robot company is offering a food delivery service in San Francisco.
  
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• Can Optane SSD DC P4800X allow Intel to keep its lead in the server storage market?

  12-04-2017 15:02 via zdnet.com
  
  Last year Intel was the top brand in the global server SSD market, holding a commanding 30 percent market share. Can the company maintain that in the face of competition from the likes of Samsung and Toshiba?
  
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• Urban Airship's Digital Growth Platform offers notifications anywhere

  12-04-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  With its open APIs that can leverage data from any marketing technology, Urban Airship allows customers to "future proof" their marketing stacks.
  
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• The hidden cost of Instagram Stories

  12-04-2017 15:00
  
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• Amazon's Parent Dashboard aims to help parents interact with kids in the digital age

  12-04-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The new feature is free for all Amazon FreeTime users.
  
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• Apple takes Swatch to court over 'Tick Different' ads

  12-04-2017 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech giant says the watchmaker's Tick Different slogan is too similar to its own marketing.
  
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• Huawei chief dismisses usefulness of smartwatches

  12-04-2017 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The chief executive is not a fan of the gadgets, despite his firm's own device launch.
  
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• BlackBerry wins $815 million arbitration settlement against Qualcomm

  12-04-2017 14:43 via zdnet.com
  
  The two companies had agreed to arbitrate a contract dispute over whether Qualcomm's royalty cap program applied to payments made by BlackBerry under a licensing deal.
  
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• Google Chrome's latest leap forward? Stopping those jarring page-load jumps

  12-04-2017 14:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Google works on a solution in Chrome to prevent ads causing you to lose your spot on a page.
  
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• Judge sacked for trolling people on online news stories

  12-04-2017 14:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A pseudonym was used to post comments on a newspaper website about cases he was involved in.
  
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• Foreign state DDoS attack may have crashed Brexit vote registration site

  12-04-2017 14:19
  
  Committee warns against cyber-interference in aftermath of EU referendum vote
  
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• Vodafone scraps roaming fees in much of Europe

  12-04-2017 14:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Roaming is now free in 40 countries, including some outside the EU, the telecoms firm says.
  
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• Growth of hyperscale operators risks squeezing smaller players out of cloud, research warns

  12-04-2017 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  As the hold of the hyperscale datacentre operators on the wider cloud market tightens, Synergy Research Group looks at the impact their influence is having on the wider IT market
  
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• A10 Networks' Harmony Controller brings per-app analytics to multi-cloud deployments

  12-04-2017 13:35 via zdnet.com
  
  A10's cloud-native controller will become the analytics and orchestration engine for the company's entire product line, and also includes useful support for open-source load balancers.
  
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• Saturn's moon Enceladus has all the ingredients needed for alien life

  12-04-2017 13:32
  
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• Nasa teases announcement about mysterious ocean worlds in our Solar System

  12-04-2017 13:32
  
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• Android apps on Linux PCs: Now Anbox tool runs smartphone software natively

  12-04-2017 13:27 via zdnet.com
  
  A lead software engineer at Ubuntu-maker Canonical has released a tool to run Android apps on Linux desktops without using emulators.
  
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