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• Slack adds screen sharing for video calls

  16-05-2017 22:36 via zdnet.com
  
  The feature is available to teams signed up for Slack's paid plans using the latest versions of the Slack for Mac and Slack for Windows desktop apps.
  
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• In encryption push, Senate staff can now use Signal for secure messaging

  16-05-2017 22:19 via zdnet.com
  
  Senate staffers can now use what is widely considered the world's most secure messaging app.
  
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• ​SAP tackles indirect access 'anxiety', updates corporate pricing and licensing

  16-05-2017 19:54 via zdnet.com
  
  In response to the anxiety indirect usage of software licences is causing its customers, SAP introduced new licensing scenarios and options.
  
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• Eight ways the HTC U11 beats the Google Pixel

  16-05-2017 19:40 via zdnet.com
  
  The Google Pixel is one of the best Android phones available today. While it is also manufactured by HTC, the new HTC U11 beats the Google Pixel for several reasons.
  
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• Microsoft to update SharePoint with deeper personalized search support

  16-05-2017 19:36 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is readying new smarter SharePoint search capabilities, as well as several other new features for SharePoint customers.
  
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• VMware's Horizon Cloud will support workloads on Microsoft Azure

  16-05-2017 19:06 via zdnet.com
  
  The move is part of VMware's push to offer managed desktops across multiple public clouds.
  
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• What is ransomware and how can you avoid it?

  16-05-2017 19:00
  
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• You can now send your loved one's ashes into orbit on a SpaceX rocket

  16-05-2017 18:48
  
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• Farpoint review: In space you’ve never needed a PlayStation VR Aim Controller so badly

  16-05-2017 18:40
  
  Farpoint finally shows PlayStation VR can create blockbuster experiences – it just has to keep it up
  
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• TripAdvisor resets passwords after some accounts were improperly accessed

  16-05-2017 18:24 via zdnet.com
  
  The travel booking site wouldn't say how many users were affected.
  
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• Report: Apple to discontinue iPad Mini

  16-05-2017 18:20 via zdnet.com
  
  If true, the move makes sense as phones continue to gain larger displays, eliminating the need for a more portable tablet.
  
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• HTC U11 beats Google Pixel for highest-rated camera? I doubt it

  16-05-2017 18:16 via zdnet.com
  
  DxOMark is often promoted as a standard to consider when choosing your smartphone for camera output. In my experiences, real world testing hasn't shown the same results.
  
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• NXP launches Google Android Things modules as voice AI proliferates in smart home

  16-05-2017 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  NXP is creating modules so hardware makers can embed Android Things and Google support into multiple devices.
  
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• It's time to prepare yourself for 'VR panic'

  16-05-2017 18:00
  
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• Google Cloud IoT Core lands NXP support, guns for smart city use

  16-05-2017 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Google Cloud IoT Core bundles a series of technologies into a managed service for smart city deployments. NXP, which has chips in the field in many smart cities, is on board.
  
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• HPE unveils 'world's largest' single memory computer

  16-05-2017 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise's prototype computer, called The Machine, has 160TB of memory.
  
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• Users should stay grounded while ERP suppliers take to the cloud

  16-05-2017 17:45 via computerweekly.com
  
  User organisations are advised to keep their heads while suppliers show signs of cloud intoxication
  
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• Customer experience transformation at Macquarie bank brings legacy system retirement as a bonus

  16-05-2017 17:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  Australia’s Macquarie bank builds a data layer on top of legacy IT systems to transform customer experience
  
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• HPE increases ‘The Machine’ memory pool 20-fold

  16-05-2017 17:25 via computerweekly.com
  The Machine is HPE’s proof-of-concept next-generation hardware architecture that aims to overcome the limits of today’s IT by using large memory arrays
  
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• Most younger shoppers want to buy goods directly through social media

  16-05-2017 17:23 via computerweekly.com
  
  Shoppers aged 20 and under are increasingly interested in buying goods directly through social media, as well through subscription-based retail services and voice-activated devices
  
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• Colt extends high bandwidth network into Finland

  16-05-2017 17:15 via computerweekly.com
  
  Network and datacentre provider will expand its high bandwidth IQ Network to Helsinki to offer pan-Eurasian and local connectivity
  
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• Google makes Cloud Spanner generally available

  16-05-2017 17:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The globally distributed relational database has garnered "tremendous interest" so far, Google says.
  
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• Space Nation buys “office space” on the International Space Station

  16-05-2017 16:53
  
  Finnish startup Space Nation also become the first space tourism affiliate member of the UN World Tourism Organisation
  
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• Open source for hybrid cloud success: Is it an open and shut case?

  16-05-2017 16:35 via computerweekly.com
  Quocirca’s Clive Longbottom ponders whether enterprises need to adopt an open source-first strategy for hybrid cloud success
  
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• Samsung Pay hits the UK

  16-05-2017 16:28
  
  Better late than never – but no MST payments at launch
  
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• SAP now offering multicloud option with AWS, Azure, Google

  16-05-2017 16:23 via zdnet.com
  
  The multicloud offering will see customers able to use cloud services from Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, in addition to the SAP Cloud Platform.
  
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• Clothing giant Brooks Brothers hit by year-long credit card data breach

  16-05-2017 16:23 via zdnet.com
  
  The company wouldn't say how many customers were affected, but the breach affected over 220 stores.
  
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• Try Hitler's 'unbreakable' cipher: Germany's WWII Lorenz crypto machine is now online

  16-05-2017 16:08 via zdnet.com
  
  The Virtual Lorenz machine lets you try a replica of the cipher system Hitler used to communicate in secret with his top generals.
  
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• Neo4j looks forward to IPO as graph database market grows

  16-05-2017 16:02 via zdnet.com
  
  The Panama Papers were "a lightning strike" for the graph database market that have unlocked "tremendous value", Neo4j CEO Eifrem believes.
  
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• Rimini Street merges with investment firm, will be publicly traded

  16-05-2017 15:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Rimini Street will get an enterprise value of $837 million in a merger with GP Investments Acquisition Corp. and become publicly traded when the deal closes in the third quarter.
  
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• What the Lib Dems' manifesto means for technology, science, business and innovation

  16-05-2017 15:31
  
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• What the Green Party's manifesto means for business, science, and innovation

  16-05-2017 15:31
  
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• What the Green Party's manifesto mean for business, science, and innovation

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• What the Conservative manifesto means for technology, science, business and innovation

  16-05-2017 15:31
  
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• What the Conservative, Labour and Lib Dem manifestos mean for tech, science, and innovation

  16-05-2017 15:31
  
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• What Labour's manifesto means for technology, science, business and innovation

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• ​SAP sends Leonardo digital innovation system into full swing

  16-05-2017 15:31 via zdnet.com
  
  Leonardo has been expanded to combine machine learning, IoT, big data, analytics, and blockchain on the SAP Cloud Platform.
  
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• DUP has made a deal with the Conservatives. Here's where it stands on major policies

  16-05-2017 15:31
  
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• DUP has formed a coalition with the Conservatives. Here's where it stands on major policies

  16-05-2017 15:31
  
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• SAP's Cloud Platform adds multi-cloud support, business semantics

  16-05-2017 15:30 via zdnet.com
  
  SAP's Cloud Platform, the company's platform-as-a-service effort, is aimed at current customers and higher-end customized apps.
  
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• SAP plots more integrations with Google Cloud Platform

  16-05-2017 15:30 via zdnet.com
  
  The move is part of a broader strategy to be multi-cloud at the infrastructure level and utilize technologies from multiple partners.
  
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• Samsung Pay finally hits the UK

  16-05-2017 15:28 via computerweekly.com
  Mobile payments app available in the UK nearly two years after its launch
  
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• Ransomware attack: How a nuisance became a global threat

  16-05-2017 15:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Ransomware has evolved to take on bigger targets, and has become more dangerous along the way.
  
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• 7 clever 404s to make broken web pages less sad

  16-05-2017 15:14
  
  The art of the dead-page Easter egg
  
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• Toxic data: What it is and how to find it and deal with it

  16-05-2017 15:04 via computerweekly.com
  In this podcast, Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust, looks at the management of legacy data and how to find and deal with toxic data that could expose your organisation to compliance breaches
  
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• UK government sees collaboration as key to cyber security success

  16-05-2017 15:03 via computerweekly.com
  The UK government believes collaboration between the public and private sectors is critical to success in cyber security
  
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• Instagram moves ever closer to Snapchat with Face Filters and an eraser tool

  16-05-2017 15:00
  
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• Instagram adds Location and Hashtag Stories to its Explore tab

  16-05-2017 15:00
  
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• HPE unveils memory-driven computing prototype with 160 TB of memory

  16-05-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The prototype is the next step in turning The Machine research project into a product. Here's a look at HPE's memory-driven efforts.
  
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• Farpoint PSVR review: VR gaming matures in this dazzling and terrifying FPS

  16-05-2017 15:00
  
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