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• Beyond sensors: RFID and wearables

  22-06-2017 23:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Warehouses, retail outlets, and other industries are using RFID tags and wearable devices for ERP and supply chain management.
  
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• Indian teen celebrates as Nasa sends satellite to space

  22-06-2017 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tiny satellite was designed by Rifath Sharrook, 18, and manufactured using a 3-D printer.
  
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• Barclays UK CEO responds to today's Ofqual Computing/ICT Figures - FE News (registration)

  22-06-2017 22:55
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  Barclays UK CEO responds to today's Ofqual Computing/ICT Figures
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  “Employees with advanced digital skills are vital to businesses today, and so this fall in the numbers of students enrolling for GCSE ICT and Computer Science is worrying. “The Barclays Digital Development Index shows that the UK is lagging behind ...en meer »
  
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• Google pitches new legal framework for cross-border data handling

  22-06-2017 21:47 via zdnet.com
  
  The current legal ambiguity concerning cross-border law enforcement requests for data has slowed down investigations and leaves consumer privacy at risk, Google argued in Washington, DC.
  
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• Sensory perception in the enterprise

  22-06-2017 20:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Initial forays into the IoT involve sensors on everything from appliances to HVAC systems. Here's how IT departments are embracing IoT hardware and consuming IoT data streams.
  
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• Yahoo closes internet prodigy's news app

  22-06-2017 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three years after its high-profile launch, Nick D'Aloisio's News Digest app is being shut down.
  
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• Red Hat moves into remote offices with Hyperconverged Infrastructure

  22-06-2017 18:52 via zdnet.com
  
  Red Hat's new Hyperconverged Infrastructure brings datacenter capabilites into your branch offices.
  
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• Virtual, augmented reality developers gravitate to HTC Vive, Oculus Rift

  22-06-2017 18:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Behind games and entertainment, training and education and branded experience were most common use cases for augmented, virtual and mixed reality.
  
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• GPUs: Key to success for oil and gas companies

  22-06-2017 18:26 via zdnet.com
  
  More powerful computing enables businesses to gain value from the huge amounts of data they're collecting.
  
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• Cloud firm gets Infinidat hybrid flash to save £250,000 on storage

  22-06-2017 17:45 via computerweekly.com
  Brightsolid replaced EMC and NetApp storage with 1.2PB of Infinidat hybrid flash to help win council contract that saw local authority save £250,000 in yearly storage costs
  
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• Siri storm caused by economist's comments

  22-06-2017 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He apologises for causing any offence after saying he finds a male voice more trustworthy on Siri.
  
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• In an uncertain world, security lies in your own fingerprints

  22-06-2017 17:26
  
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• Best of VMworld Awards 2017 nominations now open until 18 August

  22-06-2017 17:11 via computerweekly.com
  Read the criteria for the Best of VMworld Europe User Awards and find out how to submit your nomination
  
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• US gets false alarm about deadly earthquake

  22-06-2017 16:59
  
  Sometimes, computers do lie
  
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• British Army draws on infrastructure refresh and automation to power DevOps drive

  22-06-2017 16:59 via computerweekly.com
  Army opens up about how a move to adopt a software-defined datacentre setup has helped DevOps to take hold in the organisation
  
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• Learn the general-purpose programming language, Python, for under $25 (​ZDNet Academy)

  22-06-2017 16:57 via zdnet.com
  
  This bundle comprises four courses covering the general essentials of programming with an emphasis on Python and, to a lesser extent, JavaScript.
  
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• AI is hurtling forwards like a rocket but no one is behind the controls

  22-06-2017 16:47
  
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• Most SAP users plan to stick with older ERP due to costly Hana migration

  22-06-2017 16:10 via computerweekly.com
  
  Survey finds many SAP users are considering augmenting their existing enterprise resource planning with cloud applications rather than go to S/4 Hana
  
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• Moving mobile support to the cloud

  22-06-2017 16:00 via zdnet.com
  
  With your users spread all over the world, it's time to consider a cloud-based mobility management solution.
  
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• Amazon opens smart home camera control to Alexa developers

  22-06-2017 15:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Smart home cameras from Nest, August, Amcrest, EZViz, IC Realtime, Vivint, Ring, and Arlo will be compatible with the touchscreen Echo Show.
  
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• Ucas reworks university admissions access with API

  22-06-2017 15:45 via computerweekly.com
  Over the next few years, the existing access to Ucas' systems will be switched off. Universities will need to use new APIs, powered by MuleSoft
  
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• Amazon accuses Walmart of bullying in cloud computing clash

  22-06-2017 15:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Clash follows reports of Walmart asking IT suppliers not to use Amazon's cloud computing service.
  
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• Mario in augmented reality looks like a Nintendo-fuelled acid trip

  22-06-2017 15:26
  
  A developer has made the first level of Super Mario Bros. for Microsoft HoloLens
  
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• WannaCry: Why this ransomware just won't die

  22-06-2017 15:25 via zdnet.com
  
  As Honda and speed cameras in Austalia have found out, WannaCry is still capable of infecting networks and could be for years to come - here's why.
  
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• WannaCry: Why it's ransomware that just won't die

  22-06-2017 15:25 via zdnet.com
  
  As Honda and speed cameras in Austalia have found out, WannaCry is still capable of infecting networks and could be for years to come - here's why.
  
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• Donald Trump just discovered the benefits of solar power

  22-06-2017 15:23
  
  Renewable energy comes in handy when it can dig you out of a hole of your own making
  
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• Windows 10 S is the future (but not the present) of the desktop PC

  22-06-2017 15:07 via zdnet.com
  
  It's easy to focus on all the things that the latest edition of Windows 10 can't do. But in a world defined by security holes and data breaches, maybe a locked-down Windows isn't such a bad idea after all.
  
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• How containers will transform Windows 10 in the next three years

  22-06-2017 15:07 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft Azure is full of container technology. In the next few years, containers are going to play a key role in how you use Windows on the desktop.
  
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• A closer look at what Windows 10 S can and can't do

  22-06-2017 15:07 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is being remarkably coy about its newest Windows edition, so I went digging. Here are a few details you won't find anywhere else about what you get with the locked-down configuration of Windows 10 S.
  
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• NSA's use of 'traffic shaping' allows unrestrained spying on Americans

  22-06-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  By using a "traffic shaping" technique, the National Security Agency sidestep legal restrictions imposed by lawmakers and the surveillance courts.
  
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• Microsoft claims Fireball malware enterprise threat 'overblown'

  22-06-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has cast doubt on Check Point's claims that Fireball has a hold in one in five corporate networks.
  
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• IT glitch brings rail ticket machines down in the UK

  22-06-2017 15:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  A failure related to a single software and systems supplier meant thousands of commuters in the UK were unable to buy tickets
  
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• Apple iPad Pro Review: A superb tablet waiting for its time to shine

  22-06-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  It's hard to review the new iPad Pro without peering into the future and thinking of its true potential once iOS 11 is released.
  
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• China's 'straddling bus' hits its final roadblock

  22-06-2017 14:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It seemed like a vision of the future - but China's "straddling bus" is being scrapped for good.
  
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• New Surface Pro: It's prone to random sleep issues too, say some users

  22-06-2017 14:50 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's hardware efforts continue to be haunted by sleep-bug issues and random shutdowns.
  
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• Here's a look at Lenovo's master plan for grabbing data center share

  22-06-2017 14:38 via zdnet.com
  
  Lenovo revamped its data center strategy, launched a bevy of products and set out to be the No. 1 supercomputing vendor. Here's a look at the plan.
  
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• Some government departments lost up to 40% of IT contractors after IR35 changes

  22-06-2017 14:15 via computerweekly.com
  Differing approaches to IR35 tax reforms meant some Whitehall teams were harder hit than others by the changes introduced in April 2017
  
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• The flip phone's resurgence: Samsung's Galaxy Folder 2 is the latest retro handset release

  22-06-2017 14:02
  
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• Red Hat launches open source hyper-converged infrastructure

  22-06-2017 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  Infrastructure bundles OS, hypervisor and storage software components from the open source distributor and is aimed at SMEs and remote office use cases
  
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• Insurance industry transformation will mirror travel sector through insurtech

  22-06-2017 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  Insurtech is gaining momentum, and companies in the sector of all sizes and ages can learn from startups
  
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• IBM launches Microservice Builder for cloud, on-prem environments

  22-06-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The new tool is part of IBM's ongoing effort to assist and encourage developers who are creating and managing apps built with microservices.
  
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• Sega debuts free classic games on mobiles

  22-06-2017 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Launch sees five titles made available but more will appear every fortnight.
  
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• Voice biometrics still relatively unheard

  22-06-2017 13:46 via computerweekly.com
  Authentication system could help reduce UK fraud by making it hard for fraudsters to glean information from contact centres
  
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• 10 hottest products for Millennials – Woolet Smart Wallet

  22-06-2017 13:33
  
  The final frontier of smart technology – for the person who wants smart everything
  
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• RatMat not only rhymes, but keeps rodents away for good

  22-06-2017 13:30
  
  The invention is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter
  
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• Steve Jobs was driven to create iPhone by obnoxious Microsoft guy with stylus

  22-06-2017 13:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Former Apple exec Scott Forstall reveals the story of the hostility that gave birth to the iPhone's design.
  
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• Foxconn set to discontinue Brazil manufacturing operations

  22-06-2017 13:12 via zdnet.com
  
  The firm appears to be giving up on the country following promises of $12bn investment.
  
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• Security Think Tank: Ad hoc patching is inadequate

  22-06-2017 12:59 via computerweekly.com
  How should organisations address the need to keep software up to date with security patches without it costing too much or being too labour intensive?
  
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• Windows 10: Microsoft's monster Insider update is packed full of new features

  22-06-2017 12:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has doubled down on new features and improvements in the latest preview of the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
  
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• This smart urn grows a tree from the dead

  22-06-2017 12:48
  
  The Bios Incube is a sensor-laden urn that nurtures a tree from a loved one’s ashes
  
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