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• Actual business value of DevOps and Agile practices still elusive, survey suggests

  11-05-2017 23:52 via zdnet.com
  
  Intuitively, DevOps and Agile seem like winning strategies. But few know how much their businesses are winning -- all they know is how much faster things are going out the door.
  
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• CA Technologies, Talend report earnings

  11-05-2017 23:06 via zdnet.com
  
  CA Technologies' Q$ revenue was flat, while Talend saw Q1 net losses exceed expectations.
  
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• If we're living in a simulation, this UK startup probably built it

  11-05-2017 22:55
  
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• Microsoft to add support for SUSE, Fedora Bash shells to Windows 10

  11-05-2017 22:44 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is continuing to bring more Linux shell options to Windows 10, Windows Server and its Azure Portal.
  
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• What I love and hate about Samsung DeX as a business user

  11-05-2017 21:22 via zdnet.com
  
  A platform that turns your phone into a computer is equal parts surprising and frustrating.
  
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• Trump's cybersecurity executive order met with mixed reviews

  11-05-2017 21:12 via zdnet.com
  
  The order asks for a full review of all cyber capabilities in an effort to strengthen federal systems, but that might be tough — if not impossible — given the timeline.
  
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• The truth about Blue Whale: what you need to know and online support networks

  11-05-2017 20:42
  
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• Blue Whale is targeting vulnerable children. What you need to know and how to get help

  11-05-2017 20:42
  
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• Here's how to add a microSD card slot to your iPhone or iPad

  11-05-2017 20:33 via zdnet.com
  
  Tired of paying Apple big bucks for extra storage when Android users get to enjoy a microSD card slot? Here how you can add a microSD card slot to your iPhone or iPad.
  
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• Man to pay $300,000 in damages for hacking employer

  11-05-2017 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A former private security officer in California manipulated payroll records and stole confidential data.
  
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• From HoloActive Touch to 'pod-topia', we glimpse at the future of mobility from BMW's rad°hub

  11-05-2017 19:01
  
  The BMW rad°hub events seek to master the mobility challenges that lie ahead
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• How music can help with strokes, autism and Parkinson's

  11-05-2017 18:32
  
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• AI, IoT and the end of Moore's Law add to US national security worries

  11-05-2017 18:23 via zdnet.com
  
  US intelligence experts set out their list of potential threats - with technology risks high on the list.
  
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• Cisco buys AI startup MindMeld

  11-05-2017 18:10 via zdnet.com
  
  MindMeld ​is known for its Deep-Domain Conversational AI platform, which can capture domain knowledge on any application.
  
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• Cisco adds AI to Spark collaboration platform with MindMeld buy

  11-05-2017 18:00 via computerweekly.com
  Cisco plans to use MindMeld’s AI platform to enhance its Spark platform and other enterprise collaboration solutions
  
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• NASA's Mars mission includes a year-long trip around the moon

  11-05-2017 17:34
  
  NASA has a two-stage plan for making a “deep-space gateway” to Mars
  
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• Openreach asks comms providers how to improve broadband access

  11-05-2017 17:30 via computerweekly.com
  Openreach is to consult with its communication services provider customers on exploring the case for fibre-to-the-premises broadband and universal coverage
  
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• New Files On-Demand feature brings OneDrive placeholders back to Windows 10

  11-05-2017 17:30 via zdnet.com
  
  It's taken nearly three years, but one of the signature features of Windows 8.1, cut from Windows 10 well before its initial release, will return in the Fall Creators Update. Here's how the Files On-Demand feature will work.
  
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• Microsoft's new plan for mobile relevance: Use Windows to make other devices better

  11-05-2017 17:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's new motto: "If you can't beat them in mobile, join them." The coming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and some under-the-cover developer technologies are key to trying to make this happen.
  
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• Microsoft reveals new Windows 10 features coming in fall update

  11-05-2017 17:30 via zdnet.com
  
  On day 2 of its Build 2017 developers conference, Microsoft announced a name for its fall release of Windows 10 and showed off a few new features that will be in that update. The most eagerly awaited is the return of OneDrive placeholders.
  
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• UpVote episode 3: fake news and AI factchecking, with Full Fact director Will Moy

  11-05-2017 17:05
  
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• Verizon wins bidding war for Straight Path Communications

  11-05-2017 17:03 via zdnet.com
  
  According to reports, Verizon has bested ​AT&T's $1.6 billion buyout bid announced last month.
  
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• 'Keylogger' found on several HP laptops

  11-05-2017 17:01 via zdnet.com
  
  A security researcher says an audio driver is recording every keystroke entered, accessible to any person or malware that knows where to look.
  
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• Banking Trojan tests new attack techniques against high-profile targets

  11-05-2017 16:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Major banks targeted as hackers employ redirection attacks against the financial sector.
  
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• How to stop cold callers ringing your mobile number

  11-05-2017 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Top tips on how to stop yourself from getting unwanted phone calls.
  
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• It's 80 years since Los Glaciares was made a national park – but global warming is destroying it

  11-05-2017 16:08
  
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• It's 80 years since Los Glaciares was made a national park. Global warming is destroying it

  11-05-2017 16:08
  
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• Immerse yourself in The Players Championship with these live 360 and VR Twitter streams

  11-05-2017 16:05
  
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• In the grey area between espionage and cyberwar

  11-05-2017 15:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Understanding the intentions in the cat-and-mouse online battle is getting harder.
  
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• Made.com trialling real-time chat for customer advice

  11-05-2017 15:45 via computerweekly.com
  Online retailer Made.com has partnered with Hero so showroom staff can chat live with online shoppers to help with queries and shopping decisions
  
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• Google: We want more Android users to set up work profiles on their personal phones

  11-05-2017 15:29 via zdnet.com
  
  Google is encouraging more Android owners in enterprises to carve out space for a work profile on their personal device.
  
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• Met Police use of Indian hackers probed by watchdog

  11-05-2017 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Police watchdog has launched an investigation following an anonymous tip-off.
  
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• Paymentless retail could be the future, says Barclaycard VP of strategy and innovation

  11-05-2017 15:15 via computerweekly.com
  The ideal in-store customer experience would be for payments to be an invisible part of the shopping process, says Barclaycard’s vice-president of strategy and innovation
  
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• European court aide rules Uber is a transport company

  11-05-2017 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The adviser's ruling has implications for the way the ride-sharing company operates across Europe.
  
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• This smart exoskeleton predicts when the elderly are going to fall and keeps them on their feet

  11-05-2017 15:00
  
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• Ransomware: Now available with slick marketing

  11-05-2017 14:37 via zdnet.com
  
  Ransomware vendors are advertising their wares with ever-greater polish and skill.
  
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• Nuisance call firm Keurboom hit with record fine

  11-05-2017 14:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Keurboom Communications is ordered to pay £400,000 after making 100 million unsolicited calls.
  
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• What manufacturers don't want you to know: The truth about 3D printer maximum print areas

  11-05-2017 14:31 via zdnet.com
  
  When it comes to the size of what you can print on a 3D printer, don't believe what the manufacturer (any manufacturer) tells you.
  
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• Garmin Forerunner 935 review: Advanced multi-sport GPS watch built to help you improve

  11-05-2017 14:21 via zdnet.com
  
  The Garmin Forerunner 935 is the successor to the FR 735XT and is basically a lighter, plastic, and less expensive version of the Garmin Fenix 5 that was just released a couple of months ago.
  
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• New York Philharmonic puts Toscanini archive online for worldwide audience

  11-05-2017 14:04 via computerweekly.com
  The New York Philharmonic is digitally archiving millions of documents and making them available online
  
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• Chinese hackers must pay $9m over insider trading scam

  11-05-2017 14:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The men stole confidential information that helped them profit on the stock market, prosecutors say.
  
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• Teradata doubles down

  11-05-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  In its turn-around strategy, Teradata is making a sensible move to focus on the high-end customers who are at the core of its addressable market. But its services-heavy revenue mix prompts questions as to whether it is turning into a consulting company.
  
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• Please, stop it with the "smartphone is dead" nonsense

  11-05-2017 13:55 via zdnet.com
  
  If you think that the "smartphone is dead," I challenge you to show me what's going to replace it.
  
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• Windows 10 Edge, IE: We're now blocking sites signed with SHA-1 certs, says Microsoft

  11-05-2017 13:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft drops browser support for HTTPS certificates signed with the SHA-1 hashing algorithm.
  
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• What is Alabama Rot and what are the symptoms? WIRED explains

  11-05-2017 13:46
  
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• Alabama rot map plots the worrying spread of the dog disease across the UK

  11-05-2017 13:46
  
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• Russian Pokemon Go player found guilty

  11-05-2017 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A court says he insulted religious believers over a video of himself playing the game in a church.
  
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• Quick poll: Do you want online voting?

  11-05-2017 13:41
  
  The General Election is coming but still no sign of the e-vote. Isn't it time?
  
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• BT to cut 4,000 jobs in digital transformation plan

  11-05-2017 13:30 via computerweekly.com
  BT is to cut 4,000 jobs as it tries to realign Global Services business for a digital world and recover from a massive corruption scandal
  
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