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• Microsoft announces internally its new 'commercial and consumer' sales model

  03-07-2017 20:04 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is reorganizing its sales force around new models, with a focus on digital transformation. Here's what's changing.
  
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• The students forging a path towards the future of VR

  03-07-2017 19:54
  
  Ambitious, exciting and a whole lot of money, Project Myron is what VR really needs right now
  
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• Stockport student charged over global cyber attacks

  03-07-2017 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jack Chappell has been charged in connection with a string of high-profile global cyber attacks.
  
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• This $1,699 "secure PC" will self-destruct if tampered with

  03-07-2017 18:16 via zdnet.com
  
  The hardened PC also comes with Windows, Ubuntu, or the security-focused Qubes OS.
  
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• NHS trust’s data sharing deal with Google firm is illegal, finds ICO

  03-07-2017 18:00 via computerweekly.com
  UK data protection watchdog has found an NHS data sharing deal with Google DeepMind failed comply with data protection law
  
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• Microsoft won't deliver Timeline as part of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

  03-07-2017 17:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft won't be delivering a new automatic application-resume capability -- one of the bigger new features expected to be in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update -- this Fall, after all.
  
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• Tesla boosted ahead of Model 3 electric car launch

  03-07-2017 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The electric car maker's founder Elon Musk says the lower cost Model 3 car will be ready this week.
  
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• ICO: DeepMind-NHS deal broke data laws

  03-07-2017 17:08
  
  Privacy watchdog finds data handling shortcomings
  
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• Security Think Tank: Nine key elements to an effective patching regime

  03-07-2017 16:58 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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• AA Shop investigating 13 gigabyte data breach

  03-07-2017 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Security experts said the data includes some information about customers and payment cards.
  
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• Corvid secures email, takes users out of firing line

  03-07-2017 16:35 via computerweekly.com
  Email is insecure, yet it is still the main means of business communication, with many companies relying on employees as the first line of defence, but that is unfair, says Corvid
  
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• ​Growth predicted for IT investments in Brazil

  03-07-2017 15:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Companies are predicted to resume their investments in technology in 2017 following a slowdown prompted by the recession, says study.
  
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• Prepare yourself to sit the PMP and CAPM certification exams with this study guide (​ZDNet Academy)

  03-07-2017 15:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Develop your management skills and broaden your career opportunities.
  
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• Google DeepMind NHS medical trial broke UK privacy law

  03-07-2017 15:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More should have been done to let patients know what was being done with their data, says a watchdog.
  
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• Google DeepMind NHS app test broke UK privacy law

  03-07-2017 15:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More should have been done to let patients know what was being done with their data, says a watchdog.
  
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• How to add a microSD card slot to your iPhone or iPad

  03-07-2017 15:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Running out of space for photos? Tired of paying Apple big bucks for storage when Android users get to enjoy the convenience of a microSD card slot? Here how you can add a microSD card slot to your iPhone or iPad.
  
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• Ultra-fast broadband fund launched by UK government

  03-07-2017 15:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government provides £400m to connect buildings to the internet via "full-fibre" connections.
  
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• Robots are milking scorpions for venom that can be used in cancer research

  03-07-2017 14:57
  
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• Microsoft 'may shed thousands of jobs in cloud refocus'

  03-07-2017 14:52
  
  Another July reorganisation is rumoured for Microsoft, this time to strengthen cloud sales
  
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• Drone causes Gatwick Airport disruption

  03-07-2017 14:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating after the runway was closed twice and five flights were diverted on Sunday.
  
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• Garmin VIRB 360 review: Rugged, waterproof 360 camera with voice control, GPS, and four mics

  03-07-2017 14:21 via zdnet.com
  
  Most consumer level 360 cameras are ready for light duty conditions, but the Garmin VIRB 360 takes it to the next level with a 10 meter waterproof rating and rugged design for action in harsh environments.
  
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• Cyber security comes down to culture, say Dutch security experts

  03-07-2017 14:15 via computerweekly.com
  
  IT security can no longer be seen as just a technical matter. People, education and management matter too, but culture is the overarching and binding element, says security executive at Dutch bank
  
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• Linux just got one of its biggest kernel updates yet says Linus Torvalds

  03-07-2017 14:09 via zdnet.com
  
  One of the bigger updates to the Linux kernel has arrived. Go out and use it, says Torvalds.
  
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• Footsteps power lights on London's smart street

  03-07-2017 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An electricity-generating pavement is one of the innovations being trialled on a new "smart street".
  
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• This student wants to make podcasts more tangible

  03-07-2017 14:03
  For those that find pressing play too easy
  
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• NHS DeepMind deal broke data protection law, regulator rules

  03-07-2017 13:50
  
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• 2017 hits a new low as Donald Trump discovers the GIF

  03-07-2017 13:47
  
  A GIF of Donald Trump punching a man with the CNN logo for a head will now be part of the presidential archives
  
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• H&M reinforces commitment to datacentre heat reuse with 1MW Stockholm datacentre build

  03-07-2017 13:30 via computerweekly.com
  The 1MW facility could potentially generate enough heat for 2,500 residential apartments in Stockholm when completed in 2018
  
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• Government’s Digital Infrastructure Fund for broadband up and running

  03-07-2017 13:26 via computerweekly.com
  Government officially launches £400m Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund to encourage more construction of FTTP networks
  
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• Linux Mint 18.2 arrives: Here's what to look out for

  03-07-2017 13:16 via zdnet.com
  
  I've been running the beta release for some time now, here is what I have found out so far.
  
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• Aston Martin is making its first all-electric model – the RapidE

  03-07-2017 13:11
  
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• Etihad flights to and from US avoid laptop ban

  03-07-2017 13:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thorough checks on gadgets mean passengers can use laptops from Abu Dhabi to the US, the airline says.
  
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• Want to see Trump's airport vision in action? Israel already has you covered

  03-07-2017 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Israel's eye-watering security standards could soon become the norm for passengers traveling to the US.
  
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• Dutch bank cuts compliance data retrieval from weeks to hours

  03-07-2017 12:47 via computerweekly.com
  
  Rabobank has moved from tape libraries and robotic arms to a platform-based storage and retrieval system to help it comply with regulations
  
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• Matt Hancock: '£400m fund for ultra-fast broadband'

  03-07-2017 12:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government launches a fund to offer more UK premises one gigabit per second broadband speeds.
  
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• ​Windows 10: Microsoft will now prompt you to install the Creators Update

  03-07-2017 12:35 via zdnet.com
  
  The first version of Windows 10 is at end-of-service; users will get a prompt to update now.
  
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• The Office: Life after a virus

  03-07-2017 12:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ukrainian companies are still struggling with the after-effects of the recent cyber-attack.
  
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• Microsoft set to cut thousands of jobs worldwide

  03-07-2017 12:22
  
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• First Tesla Model 3 production models to land on Friday, says Elon Musk

  03-07-2017 11:44
  
  By: Libby PlummerContinue reading...
  
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• ​Microsoft is shutting down one of its Windows app building tools

  03-07-2017 11:39 via zdnet.com
  
  Developers using Windows App Studio will need to transition to the new Windows Template Studio.
  
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• Judge defers ruling in Apple Irish datacentre case until end of July

  03-07-2017 11:01 via computerweekly.com
  Apple must wait until the end of the month to hear if its bid to build a datacentre in Athenry, County Galway, will get the go-ahead
  
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• Tencent: Gaming app rations child access to hour per day

  03-07-2017 10:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese media say there is rising concern over the time children spend playing games online.
  
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• China's latest rocket launch fails to get to orbit after 'anomaly'

  03-07-2017 10:41
  
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• Technology and Commuting: Ford's 7,000 bike launch in San Francisco; Espin is a new spin on eBikes...

  03-07-2017 10:07 via zdnet.com
  
  Bike-share networks are a missing link along the multi-mode commuting routes of millions of people and could potentially be a time-saver. I ran a test...
  
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• Samsung's Note 7 Fan Edition is a less explosive phablet

  03-07-2017 10:06
  
  Currently a South Korean exclusive, but it may come to other markets
  
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• WIRED Awake July 3: Rogue drone disrupts flights at Gatwick

  03-07-2017 08:36
  
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• Australia's ambitious plan to win the quantum race

  03-07-2017 07:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Professor Michelle Simmons thinks Australia has what it takes to be the first to the finish line in the international quantum computing race.
  
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• Spark announces LoRa IoT network rollout across New Zealand

  03-07-2017 05:58 via zdnet.com
  
  Spark has partnered with Actility to build a LoRa IoT network across the country by 2018, with plans to also construct narrowband and LTE-M1 mobile-based IoT networks.
  
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• Samsung salvages Galaxy Note 7 parts for new phone

  03-07-2017 04:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  S Korean firm says it will "minimise the environmental impact" of its high-profile recall.
  
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• ​Refurbished Galaxy Note 7 to begin sales in Korea on Friday

  03-07-2017 04:44 via zdnet.com
  
  Samsung will sell a limited 400,000 units of the refurbished phone, dubbed the Galaxy Note Fan Edition (FE), in South Korea.
  
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