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• Government awards academics £16m for 5G trial network

  06-07-2017 23:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  Experts from three major technology research institutions have been awarded a government grant to develop a 5G test network
  
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• Symantec to buy Israeli cybersecurity firm Fireglass

  06-07-2017 23:17 via zdnet.com
  
  Fireglass' claim to fame is its browser isolation technology that helps businesses combat ransomware, malware and phishing threats.
  
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• Meizu M5c hands-on: A low-cost phone with great performance

  06-07-2017 22:37 via zdnet.com
  Meizu has released its latest M-series affordable phone -- aimed at capturing the international mobile user base
  
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• Google adds G Suite security tool to protect data from third party apps

  06-07-2017 22:34 via zdnet.com
  
  Following this year's Gmail phishing attack, Google introduces a way for its enterprise customers to better secure which third-party apps can get access to user data.
  
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• Amazon effect: QVC buys HSN for $2.6 billion

  06-07-2017 22:30 via zdnet.com
  
  The combined company will generate $7.5 billion in online sales and $4.7 billion in mobile sales, putting them behind only Amazon and Walmart.
  
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• Motorola announces July 25 event in New York City

  06-07-2017 21:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Waiting for Motorola's 2017 flagship smartphone? You likely won't have to wait much longer.
  
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• Microsoft to cut 'thousands' of jobs

  06-07-2017 21:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The firm is focusing on its cloud computing division, which has shown strong growth in recent months.
  
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• Samsung Notebook 9 Pro hands-on: A laptop for creative and business users alike

  06-07-2017 20:33 via zdnet.com
  
  Samsung's latest 2-in-1 laptop features an S-Pen, Samsung's Windows software suite, and a solid battery life.
  
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• Microsoft changes behavior of OneDrive on non-NTFS drives

  06-07-2017 20:04 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has changed the way OneDrive allows users to store files, but the sudden 'remedy' has left many unpleasantly surprised.
  
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• New attack can now decrypt satellite phone calls in "real time"

  06-07-2017 19:54 via zdnet.com
  
  The paper advances earlier research from 2012, which reverse engineered a popular satphone encryption.
  
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• Amazon, Dish reportedly discussing wireless partnership

  06-07-2017 19:46 via zdnet.com
  
  After spending the past decade acquiring airwaves, Dish is reportedly looking for a partner to help it finally deploy a wireless network.
  
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• Google funds automated news project

  06-07-2017 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Computers will write thousands of local news stories every month in the Press Association project.
  
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• Skype backlash: 'Worst update ever'

  06-07-2017 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new version of Skype is receiving very poor reviews on app stores.
  
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• Germany busts Elysium child sex abuse website

  06-07-2017 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  German police make arrests and shut down a secret site used by about 87,000 people worldwide.
  
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• One year on, who still plays Pokémon Go?

  06-07-2017 18:32
  
  By: Victoria TurkContinue reading...
  
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• Microsoft to lay off 'several thousand' employees

  06-07-2017 18:05 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is cutting 'several thousand' employees, mostly in its sales organization, following a reorganization earlier this week.
  
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• Tegile launches Intelliflash tiered all-flash arrays with NVMe

  06-07-2017 18:00 via computerweekly.com
  Hybrid flash turned all-flash maker Tegile adds tier of NVMe to SAS-connected flash with all drives encrypted and an all-NVMe array planned for later in 2017
  
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• Enterprise UX techniques are learned by the seat of the pants, survey shows

  06-07-2017 17:46 via zdnet.com
  
  Businesses stand to lose more than $1 trillion in sales due to poor user experience. However, UX proponents have a lot of work and learning to do to convince their organizations to do better.
  
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• Three customers can now stream without losing data

  06-07-2017 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mobile network provider Three launches new tariff that lets customers use multiple streaming sites without data charges.
  
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• Let's Encrypt brings free wildcard certificates to the web

  06-07-2017 17:30 via zdnet.com
  
  The CA's new certificate option will give webmasters another tool to encrypt the internet.
  
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• Lifetime access to VPN Unlimited is under $50 (​ZDNet Academy)

  06-07-2017 17:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Encrypt your browsing and keep your personal information private.
  
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• Roam like at Home will prompt European telco consolidation

  06-07-2017 17:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  Mobile users are understandably looking forward to an era of low phone costs now they can roam freely around the European Union, but it is very possible that they will be disappointed
  
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• You're about to get lots more control over your Facebook and Google data

  06-07-2017 16:48
  
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• Amazon uncorks its own wine range

  06-07-2017 16:32
  
  Amazon’s food and drink ambitions continue with announcement it is helping to make wine
  
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• Amazon uncorks a new wine range

  06-07-2017 16:32
  
  Amazon’s food and drink ambitions continue with announcement it is helping to make wine
  
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• Use of WhatsApp in NHS 'widespread', say doctors

  06-07-2017 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Internet-based messaging apps are a key way for doctors to send patient information, the BBC has learned.
  
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• Cheryl Yeoh: 'It was sexual harassment at the highest level'

  06-07-2017 16:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tech entrepreneur Cheryl Yeoh on speaking out against a high profile Silicon Valley investor.
  
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• Blame shoddy security for UK parliament hack, says report

  06-07-2017 15:47 via zdnet.com
  
  Without two-factor authentication, there was nothing stopping hackers from using stolen passwords.
  
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• Debian GNU/Linux: Jessie is out, Stretch is in, Buster is started

  06-07-2017 15:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Debian 9.0 Stretch is now the stable release, and Buster is the testing release.That means other Linux distributions that are based on Debian will be upgrading in the near future as well.
  
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• Sainsbury’s Group sales grow as Argos boosts performance

  06-07-2017 15:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  Group reports 8% increase in online grocery business and 10% rise in online Argos sales as total like-for-like sales jump 2.3% in first quarter
  
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• Uber puts the brakes on in Finland until 2018

  06-07-2017 15:17 via computerweekly.com
  App-based car transportation company has stopped providing one of its services in Finland until next year
  
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• ​Dell targets SMBs with new virtualisation suite

  06-07-2017 15:01 via zdnet.com
  
  The technology giant has announced a new appliance, thin client, and software solutions for its desktop virtualisation suite.
  
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• HP Colour LaserJet Managed MFP E77830 review: Fast, capable and secure

  06-07-2017 14:42 via zdnet.com
  
  A Samsung-derived engine turns this A3 LaserJet into a fast and very capable multifunction printer/copier with lots of new security features to keep would-be printer-hackers at bay.
  
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• MyRepublic should look beyond Singapore, will face challenges in mobile plans

  06-07-2017 14:14 via zdnet.com
  
  MyRepublic will offer mobile services in Singapore later this year via an MVNO model before doing likewise in Indonesia and ANZ, but it faces challenges in differentiating itself in markets that already have established players.
  
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• Lenovo Moto X4 to feature 5.2-inch display, dual cameras: Report

  06-07-2017 14:11 via zdnet.com
  
  A new report accompanied by leaked images show what is believed to be Lenovo's Moto X4, set to launch by the end of 2017. It's said to be supported by Google Project Fi.
  
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• Young people without workplace skills fear competition from robots

  06-07-2017 14:05 via computerweekly.com
  Young people are worried they will not have the skills necessary to set themselves apart from robots when leaving education
  
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• TomTom and Cisco to address real-time comms for autonomous cars

  06-07-2017 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  Navigation firm teams up with network giant to develop low-latency, real-time traffic services for autonomous vehicle management
  
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• Tape here to stay, says Spectra Logic with LTO-8 2x capacity gain

  06-07-2017 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  LTO-8 tape to boost capacity by leveraging HDD head read technology TMR. Spectra gets in early with offer to customers, “buy LTO-7, get LTO-8 when it ships”
  
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• Disk here to stay, says Spectra Logic with LTO-8 2x capacity gain

  06-07-2017 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  LTO-8 tape to boost capacity by leveraging HDD head read technology TMR. Spectra gets in early with offer to customers, “buy LTO-7, get LTO-8 when it ships”
  
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• Petya ransomware: Companies count the cost of massive cyber attack

  06-07-2017 13:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Health and hygiene firm Reckitt Benckiser warns ransomware attack could cost it £100m in revenue.
  
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• Russian 'Humpty Dumpty' hacker Anikeev jailed for two years

  06-07-2017 13:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Vladimir Anikeev's group targeted the email accounts of high-profile figures in the Kremlin.
  
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• The extra thumb you never knew you needed

  06-07-2017 13:38
  
  A student’s graduate project could give you an extra digit
  
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• CERN's charming new particle discovery could open a 'new frontier' in physics

  06-07-2017 13:11
  
  By: Abigail BeallContinue reading...
  
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• Why smartphone and laptop batteries explode, and what can you do to protect yourself

  06-07-2017 12:50 via zdnet.com
  
  Make no mistake, a faulty lithium-ion battery is incredibly dangerous, and it can explode. Thankfully, explosions and fires don't happen all that often.
  
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• John McAfee settles Intel legal action over name

  06-07-2017 12:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The technology entrepreneur had sued after Intel warned him against using his own name commercially.
  
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• Does this small island's smart lighting point way ahead for New York, London, Beijing?

  06-07-2017 12:07 via zdnet.com
  
  Tapping into advances in sensors, automation and internet connectivity, one island's approach to intelligent public lighting could offer lessons for big urban communities.
  
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• Why GDPR is so relevant to the business

  06-07-2017 12:00 via computerweekly.com
  The GDPR is not only relevant to CISOs and DPOs, and has a massive impact on businesses
  
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• IDC: On-premise infrastructure spend will continue to fall in 2017 as cloud demand soars

  06-07-2017 12:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  IDC's latest quarterly cloud infrastructure spending forecast shines a light on how the dwindling demand for on-premise technologies is shaking up IT investments
  
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• Nominet Trust invests £600,000 to help young people acquire digital skills

  06-07-2017 11:37 via computerweekly.com
  
  Tech for good funding firm launches programme to fund several organisations with the aim of increasing digital skills among young people in the UK
  
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• The EU wants to stop gadgets having glued-in batteries

  06-07-2017 11:29
  
  Recommendations from the European Parliament take aim at the business models of Apple and Samsung
  
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