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• Augmented reality: Field service proof points in the enterprise

  12-06-2017 23:45 via zdnet.com
  
  A compelling AR demonstration at Oracle's Modern Customer Experience conference shows why augmented reality is here to stay in the enterprise. Watch AR help repair a slot machine in Las Vegas.
  
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• Is Apple bringing drag-and-drop to the iPhone? It's possible

  12-06-2017 23:33 via zdnet.com
  
  With just a few tweaks, the currently iPad-only drag-and-drop feature can be enabled for an iPhone running iOS 11.
  
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• Surprise! Tech transparency reports aren't all that transparent

  12-06-2017 23:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Context is everything, and raw data demands don't tell the full story.
  
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• Microsoft to drop support for Parature customer-service offering by May 2018

  12-06-2017 22:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is giving users of its Parature customer-service SaaS offering a year to migrate to Dynamics 365 before the service is terminated.
  
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• Microsoft Surface Laptop review: Finally, a laptop from Microsoft

  12-06-2017 21:12
  
  Surface Laptop is the answer to many critics' prayers. But its not quite the machine everyone wanted Microsoft to make
  
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• Uber loses another top executive Emil Michael

  12-06-2017 21:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Emil Michael, a close ally of boss Travis Kalanick, has left Uber, employees are told.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: How Momentum HQ perfected social media outreach

  12-06-2017 20:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We go inside Momentum headquarters to find out firsthand how they used social media to encourage young people to vote for Jeremy Corbyn.
  
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• Happy 200th birthday to the bike

  12-06-2017 20:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  To celebrate, here's a look at some of the weirder two-wheelers to hit the streets in the last 200 years.
  
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• Different Flavors of Private Cloud

  12-06-2017 17:50 via zdnet.com
  
  "Private Cloud" doesn't necessarily mean on-premises infrastructure. We'll explain how co-location and hosted-but-dedicated models work, and advise where security measures have to be deployed and who's responsible for them.
  
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• Pakistan court sentences man to death for blasphemy on Facebook

  12-06-2017 16:59
  
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• Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (2017) review: Great design and all-day battery life

  12-06-2017 16:51 via zdnet.com
  
  There are question marks over screen resolution and touch support, but Lenovo's flagship ultraportable is otherwise hard to beat.
  
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• Want a fully-loaded iMac Pro? Better sit down. At more than $17K, this is gonna hurt

  12-06-2017 16:50 via zdnet.com
  
  Once you factor in the Apple tax of more than 80 percent on upgrades from the base machine, the cost seems excessive. But this is a very welcome machine for certain professional users who need all the power they can get.
  
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• NHS ransomware cyber-security hero: I was panicking

  12-06-2017 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The cyber-security expert who defeated the Wannacry attack briefly feared he had helped it spread.
  
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• If architects designed a sci-fi future, it would look like this

  12-06-2017 16:13
  
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• Refugee routes: map traces the 21st century's mass exodus

  12-06-2017 16:00
  
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• Last refuge: the online communities of lost migrants

  12-06-2017 16:00
  
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• Russian malware 'likely' to blame for Ukrainian power grid attack

  12-06-2017 15:58 via zdnet.com
  
  Eset researchers call the malware a "wake-up call" for other electrical systems around the world.
  
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• Six Ways Advanced Analytics Will Change Business

  12-06-2017 15:55 via zdnet.com
  
  From customer experience management to heavy manufacturing, big data, analytics, and the Internet of Things are changing traditional business models, increasing efficiency, and adding to the bottom line. If you're not already investigating, now's the time to figure out how your business will benefit from advanced analytics.
  
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• Sharp sues Hisense over 'shoddily' made TV sets

  12-06-2017 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The electronics company claims its brand could be "destroyed" by TV sets that break US rules on electromagnetic emissions.
  
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• Huawei's Honor 9: It's now out officially, with 12MP and 20MP dual cameras

  12-06-2017 15:06 via zdnet.com
  
  Huawei launches the Honor 9 in China, with a European unveiling expected later this month.
  
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• London Tech Week: Brexit won’t harm London tech sector, says city’s mayor

  12-06-2017 15:00 via computerweekly.com
  London mayor Sadiq Khan opens London Tech Week and says Brexit will not hold back the city's growing tech sector
  
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• Hortonworks adds GUI for streaming data, "Flex Support" for hybrid cloud

  12-06-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A day before its DataWorks summit kicks off in San Jose, Hortonworks announces a new GUI for streaming data flows and a support subscription that's portable between on-prem and cloud environments.
  
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• Custom Xbox One controllers are finally coming to the UK

  12-06-2017 15:00
  
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• Wickes customers hit by ‘system-wide’ online ordering problems

  12-06-2017 14:59 via computerweekly.com
  
  Computer Weekly understands a “system-wide” issue is affecting the home improvement firm's online delivery bookings, as well as its click-and-collect services
  
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• Oracle Brazil appoints new head

  12-06-2017 14:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Rodrigo Galvão gets promoted to the top position in the country as the firm aims to boost its local client portfolio within the medium-sized business segment.
  
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• Telematics firm on track for growth with managed SIMs and IoT

  12-06-2017 14:38 via computerweekly.com
  Fleet-tracking company Protrack is using a managed SIM card and internet of things services to improve its customer services posture and enter new markets
  
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• Microsoft Office malware: Banking trojan downloads if you hover over PowerPoint hyperlink

  12-06-2017 14:19 via zdnet.com
  
  Malware gangs add mouse-hover downloads to their arsenal of social engineering tricks to infect PCs.
  
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• Tech industry stereotyping risks scaring off junior engineering talent, it is claimed

  12-06-2017 14:15 via computerweekly.com
  
  Slack software engineer, Carly Robinson, says technology firms need to build empathetic and inclusive working environments to retain junior talent
  
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• Slack: Tech industry stereotyping risks scaring off junior engineering talent

  12-06-2017 14:15 via computerweekly.com
  
  Slack software engineer, Carly Robinson, says technology firms need to build empathetic and inclusive working environments to retain junior talent
  
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• The multi-dimensional universe hiding inside your head

  12-06-2017 14:00
  
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• GE updates Predix to optimize utilities, enable smarter energy trading

  12-06-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A new layer in GE's Predix platform will focus on utility optimization and connecting data from the Internet of things and operations to traders.
  
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• Worth the price?

  12-06-2017 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newsbeat gets the opinions of four key people at E3 in Los Angeles to tell us what they think of the Xbox One X.
  
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• This Kickstarter play dough promises to teach children (safely) about electricity

  12-06-2017 13:45
  
  Dough Universe lets children make circuits with conductive dough
  
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• Islamic State piggybacks Baaz's social mega-feed

  12-06-2017 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An outlet linked to the militants is spreading propaganda via San Francisco-based Baaz's service.
  
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• Virgin Media patches routers after researchers find flaw

  12-06-2017 13:30 via computerweekly.com
  Virgin Media has patched its wireless routers to fix a flaw that could allow attackers to gain unauthorised administrative-level access to the devices
  
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• Data Lakes: Insights From The Deep

  12-06-2017 13:27 via zdnet.com
  
  The next generation of big data technology will lead to insights and correlations that reveal new strategies and even new business models.
  
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• The Xbox One X is Microsoft's love letter to hardcore gamers

  12-06-2017 13:11
  
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• Ransomware-as-a-service schemes are now targeting Macs too

  12-06-2017 12:54 via zdnet.com
  
  MacRansom is the first known instance of ransomware-as-a-service targeting OS X.
  
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• Uber boss Travis Kalanick may be headed for leave of absence

  12-06-2017 12:52
  
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• Uber boss Travis Kalanick is taking an extended leave of absence

  12-06-2017 12:52
  
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• Linux server attack: Patch Samba or risk cryptocurrency mining malware

  12-06-2017 12:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Criminals hit Linux servers to mine cryptocurrency at someone else's expense.
  
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• Algolia gives your app mobile search super powers

  12-06-2017 12:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Contextual search may not be the most exciting aspect of mobile application development, but it is a highly essential service and extremely difficult to implement.
  
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• The best announcements of E3 2017 (so far): news and trailers

  12-06-2017 12:40
  
  From a new Bioware game to Fallout 4 VR, here's our pick of the most interesting announcements at E3 2017
  
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• The best announcements of E3 2017 (so far): Mario, Beyond Good and Evil 2, Anthem, Xbox One X

  12-06-2017 12:40
  
  From a co-op prison break to Fallout 4 VR, here's our pick of the most interesting announcements at E3 2017
  
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• The best announcements of E3 2017 (so far): Beyond Good and Evil 2, Anthem, Xbox One X

  12-06-2017 12:40
  
  From a co-op prison break to Fallout 4 VR, here's our pick of the most interesting announcements at E3 2017
  
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• The best announcements of E3 2017: Mario, Beyond Good and Evil 2, Anthem, Xbox One X

  12-06-2017 12:40
  
  From a co-op prison break to Fallout 4 VR, here's our pick of the most interesting announcements at E3 2017
  
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• This hypnotic, terrifying map charts cyberattacks in real-time

  12-06-2017 12:35
  
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• Game-maker blackmailed after design files stolen

  12-06-2017 12:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Extortionists threaten to release files for CD Projekt's next game, Cyberpunk 2077.
  
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• 'Facebook blasphemer' given death penalty

  12-06-2017 12:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 30-year-old is accused of posting insulting comments about the Prophet Muhammad.
  
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• Apple 10.5-inch iPad Pro review: iPad Pro 2 is the fastest tablet we've ever seen

  12-06-2017 12:16
  
  The fastest, smallest laptop replacement you can buy, Apple's 10.5-inch iPad Pro is a compact powerhouse
  
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