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• Gartner: Weak back-to-school sales in US brought down Q3 PC shipments

  10-10-2017 23:54 via zdnet.com
  Worldwide PC shipments dropped 3.6 percent year-over-year, Gartner says, in the 12th consecutive quarter of declining shipments.
  
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• Get a Lenovo IdeaPad 710S Plus Touch for $700

  10-10-2017 22:40 via zdnet.com
  This powerful biz-savvy portable normally sells for over $1,200. And use this hack to shave another $56 off!
  
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• ​Smartphone manufacturing still a pipe-dream under Modi's India

  10-10-2017 22:12 via zdnet.com
  There have been many triumphant announcements concerning manufacturing, and specifically that of smartphones under the Modi government, but dangerously little traction to so far
  
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• IBM unveils new programming model for building serverless applications

  10-10-2017 22:00 via zdnet.com
  Composer from IBM should make it easier for developers to build serverless applications with languages they already use.
  
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• Equifax data hack affected 694,000 UK customers

  10-10-2017 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The credit reference agency says a data hack exposed some customers to "possible criminal activity".
  
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• Doogee BL7000 smartphone hands-on: An affordable phone with enterprise ambitions

  10-10-2017 20:41 via zdnet.com
  The Doogee BL7000 is an affordable, solid smartphone with a great camera and an extra long battery life.
  
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• Equifax says 693,000 UK residents affected by hack

  10-10-2017 19:48 via zdnet.com
  The company initially said 400,000 UK residents were at risk.
  
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• Alice, the making of: Behind the scenes with the new AI assistant from Yandex

  10-10-2017 19:38 via zdnet.com
  Did you ever wonder what it's like to build an AI personal assistant, or to bridge the language gap? Hint: There's big data and machine learning involved.
  
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• ​Purism Linux smartphone makes its $1.5 million crowdfunding goal

  10-10-2017 18:54 via zdnet.com
  Want a pure Linux smartphone, no Android? Purism has the cash it needs to give it a try.
  
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• ParentPay website unavailable for school meal payments

  10-10-2017 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Some parents say their children have been unable to buy school meals due to the glitch.
  
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• Dell outlines IoT strategy, plans to spend $1 billion on R&D over three years

  10-10-2017 18:42 via zdnet.com
  Dell Technologies says the Internet of things is forcing computing into a more decentralized model with more power at the edge.
  
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• GDPR’s impact on storage of personally identifiable data

  10-10-2017 18:15 via computerweekly.com
  Computer Weekly talks to Mathieu Gorge of Vigitrust about the practical impacts on data storage of the GDPR concepts of “personally identifiable data” and “the right to be forgotten”
  
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• More than three-quarters of global email protected by Dmarc

  10-10-2017 18:00 via computerweekly.com
  Support for email authentication among the world’s internet service providers has surged in the past two years, a two-year study has revealed
  
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• Intel, QuTech work on 17-qubit quantum computing chip, packaging

  10-10-2017 18:00 via zdnet.com
  Intel, along with IBM, Google, Microsoft and a host of others, are working to develop quantum computing breakthroughs and ultimately lead to a commercial system.
  
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• Microsoft: We'll have two-thirds of Office users in the cloud by fiscal 2019

  10-10-2017 17:54 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is running ahead of projections in terms of how quickly its Office users are moving to Office 365, says the head of Office. And more LinkedIn integrations are coming soon.
  
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• Consumers' personalised banking needs are not being met

  10-10-2017 17:45 via computerweekly.com
  Banks are failing to give customers the personal services they crave, leaving the door open to tech-savvy competitors
  
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• Your next massage could be given by Emma the robot masseuse

  10-10-2017 17:37
  
  It uses sensors to measure how stiff its clients’ muscles and tendons are, and AI to work out the pressure
  
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• Workday makes its big analytics bet, launches Prism Analytics, data-as-a-service, benchmarking

  10-10-2017 17:05 via zdnet.com
  Workday has integrated the technology behind Platfora and is betting that the ability to analyze new data sources will complement its people and financial information.
  
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• Snapchat's Context Cards let you book Ubers and tables

  10-10-2017 17:00
  
  Snapchat takes a leaf out of Google Maps with Context Cards
  
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• Mass extinctions are great news for rats, bad news for diversity

  10-10-2017 17:00
  
  By Matthew ReynoldsContinue reading...
  
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• Microsoft may have price increases in store for Windows 10 Pro Workstation, Win 10 downgrade customers

  10-10-2017 16:47 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is informing its PC maker partners of some coming changes to the way it will price and license Windows 10 for certain classes of users.
  
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• Nvidia’s Drive PX Pegasus is just the tip of its automotive plans

  10-10-2017 16:36
  
  Nvidia has its eye on becoming the engine under the hood of the autonomous future
  
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• Records of historical air pollution are hiding in sooty birds' feathers

  10-10-2017 16:33
  
  Black carbon levels peaked at the start of the 1900s, and the air at this time was more polluted than previously thought
  
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• EE apologises for voice call fault

  10-10-2017 16:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Customers around the UK reported problems making and receiving phone calls.
  
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• Net neutrality: Key zero rating decision made by Germany

  10-10-2017 16:26 via zdnet.com
  It's legal to provide free data for certain services, German regulator decides.
  
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• Walmart expects surge in online sales as its digital strategy ramps up

  10-10-2017 15:56 via zdnet.com
  The retail giant told investors Tuesday that it will continue to shift resources into building up its ecommerce business and digital technology stack.
  
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• Zuckerberg's social VR is a future nobody really wants or needs

  10-10-2017 15:47
  
  By Matt BurgessContinue reading...
  
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• Labour and Conservative use of Twitter and Facebook

  10-10-2017 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour is winning the race to reach some younger voters who rely on apps for their news.
  
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• Uber and Deliveroo’s UK bosses grilled by parliament’s business committee

  10-10-2017 15:07
  
  The business committee questions Uber, Deliveroo and Hermes on workers’ rights
  
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• The FBI has used records from VPN provider that claims not to keep logs

  10-10-2017 15:05
  
  The information helped lead to the arrest of a man last week in a cyberstalking case
  
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• UpGuard intros risk mitigation platform to boost vendor oversight

  10-10-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  The company's new CyberRisk platform aims address a lack of oversight and accountability when it comes to third party vendor relationships.
  
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• Accenture left a huge trove of highly sensitive data on exposed servers

  10-10-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  The four exposed servers had no password, but contained the "keys to the kingdom."
  
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• EE outage: Voice calls affected across the country

  10-10-2017 14:56
  
  EE's network is currently facing problems, with users across the UK reporting problems calling non-EE mobiles
  
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• EE outage: CEO apologises as network service is restored

  10-10-2017 14:56
  
  EE's network has fully recovered from a problem that stopped customers calling landlines
  
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• EE down: Voice calls affected by outage across the country

  10-10-2017 14:56
  
  EE's network is currently facing problems, with users across the UK reporting problems calling non-EE mobiles
  
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• ​Twitter is working on a 'save for later' button

  10-10-2017 14:46 via zdnet.com
  Twitter is developing a new feature for the service to allow users to privately save a list of tweets they want to come back to.
  
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• Google’s hoax problem runs deep, says the creator of Google News

  10-10-2017 14:23
  
  By Matthew ReynoldsContinue reading...
  
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• Arccos 360 review: Can an AI caddie improve your golf game?

  10-10-2017 14:21 via zdnet.com
  To become a solid golfer you need to gather data on your gameplay and use that data to make the best decisions. The new Arccos 360 system does the heavy lifting for you.
  
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• Nokia kills off Ozo high-end virtual reality cameras

  10-10-2017 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  The firm says the market in virtual reality video is growing at a slower pace than it expected.
  
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• What will you actually use Quantum Computing for?

  10-10-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  There's always a blue sky technology waiting in the wings, and for enterprise computing, quantum computing takes that role. With Satya Nadella convening a panel of Microsoft's best physicists at the end of his Ignite conference keynote, it's fair time to ask, what will this mean to the enterprise and how long will the adoption curve take?
  
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• Salesforce rolls out new Marketing Cloud integration with Facebook

  10-10-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Salesforce Lead Analytics for Facebook lets marketers measure the effectiveness of targeted ad campaigns.
  
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• Salesforce launches IoT Explorer, aims to bring sensor data to business users

  10-10-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Salesforce is integrating Internet of things data into its various clouds and providing orchestration tools and automated processes to business users.
  
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• AtScale 6.0 and Kinetica 6.1 announced; SAP gets NVIDIA GPU religion

  10-10-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  AtScale, Kinetica, SAP and NVIDIA tout their BI, Big Data, AI and GPU advances.
  
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• ​Microsoft just added Cortana to your Skype contacts

  10-10-2017 13:58 via zdnet.com
  Cortana searches your Skype chats to find answers and help set reminders.
  
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• ​Money pit to money maker: Making privacy and security a competitive advantage

  10-10-2017 13:54 via zdnet.com
  CIO Strategies: Spending money on data security and privacy can help you business, not hinder it.
  
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• Mum identifies child in sex abuse video

  10-10-2017 13:50 via bbc.co.uk
  German police take unusual step of releasing images of a four-year-old who had been abused.
  
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• Bathroom snob? Indulge in these high-tech products

  10-10-2017 13:40
  
  By Matt BurgessContinue reading...
  
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• This new BlackBerry smartphone is all screen, no Qwerty keyboard

  10-10-2017 13:36 via zdnet.com
  The BlackBerry Motion is the follow-up to the KeyOne.
  
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• Forgotten Office 365 accounts targeted by stealthy attack campaign

  10-10-2017 13:23 via zdnet.com
  'KnockKnock' attackers hope to fly under the radar by hacking rarely-used, high-privilege accounts.
  
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• North Korea 'hackers steal US-South Korea war plans'

  10-10-2017 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  North Korea allegedly stole secret documents last year, including a plan to kill its leader.
  
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