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• NSA won't say if it knew about KRACK, but don't look to this leaked doc for answers

  18-10-2017 23:54 via zdnet.com
  Given how the NSA has tried to hack anything it can, many looked to one top secret leaked document for answers.
  
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• Adobe targets 20 percent revenue growth for FY 2018

  18-10-2017 23:01 via zdnet.com
  The company's total addressable market will amount to about $83 billion by 2020, executives plan on telling financial analysts on Wednesday.
  
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• eBay's Q3 narrowly beats expectations

  18-10-2017 22:35 via zdnet.com
  eBay's shares fell after hours despite the generally in-line results.
  
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• EU: Privacy Shield works, but US can do more to protect non-Americans

  18-10-2017 22:17 via zdnet.com
  After reviewing the European-US pact, the European Commission urges US to enshrine protections for non-Americans in US law as it debates FISA renewal.
  
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• Global tech market will grow by 4 percent in 2018, reaching $3 trillion

  18-10-2017 20:39 via zdnet.com
  Forrester explores four major developments in the tech market for 2017 and 2018
  
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• ​Samsung launches Bixby 2.0 everywhere plan, consolidates IoT efforts: Will developers bite?

  18-10-2017 20:25 via zdnet.com
  Samsung outlined the next version of its Bixby digital assistant with an SDK and said it will unify its various IoT platforms in a move it hopes will woo developers.
  
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• Doogee S60 smartphone: Tough enough for your active lifestyle

  18-10-2017 19:22 via zdnet.com
  The S60 will not win any slim-line phone beauty parades but its waterproofing functionality and rugged good looks makes it a durable winner.
  
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• Giant robots clash in US-Japan battle

  18-10-2017 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The human-piloted machines fired weapons at one another.
  
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• YouTube star Casey Neistat criticises video site's leaders

  18-10-2017 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Award-winning vlogger Casey Neistat claims video creators could leave the service en masse.
  
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• Security flaws in children's smartwatches make them vulnerable to hackers

  18-10-2017 18:24 via zdnet.com
  It's another IoT security flaw - attackers can hack smartwatches to monitor the wearer's location, eavesdrop on conversations or even communicate with the child.
  
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• McAfee forges ahead with analytics, deep learning and AI

  18-10-2017 18:00 via computerweekly.com
  McAfee is forging ahead with its innovation efforts in advanced analytics, deep learning and artificial intelligence
  
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• What is the London T-Charge? How to check if your car passes the Euro 4 emissions test

  18-10-2017 17:34
  
  Everything you need to know about London's new congestion charge
  
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• Apple, GE partner to bring Predix apps to iOS

  18-10-2017 17:20 via zdnet.com
  The aim is to bring analytics from GE's Predix industrial IoT platform to Apple's iPads and iPhones.
  
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• AI, robotics, IoT, augmented and virtual reality to bolster ICT spending

  18-10-2017 17:19 via zdnet.com
  According to IDC, spending on new technologies will accelerate over the next five years and boost spending on information and communications technology overall.
  
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• CERT: These emerging technologies bring new risks

  18-10-2017 17:06 via zdnet.com
  CERT updates its list of potentially worrisome innovations.
  
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• Lego is celebrating the women of Nasa with four new figures

  18-10-2017 17:01
  Build the Hubble Space Telescope, develop software for space missions or launch the ISS
  
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• Windows 10 productivity tips: Making everyday tasks easier

  18-10-2017 16:59 via zdnet.com
  Ed Bott's extensive collection of Windows 10 tips, organized by category. This page includes the most popular tips for working smarter.
  
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• Windows 10 performance and troubleshooting tips: Run faster, smoother, longer

  18-10-2017 16:58 via zdnet.com
  Ed Bott's extensive collection of Windows 10 tips, organized by category. This page includes the most popular tips for performance and troubleshooting.
  
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• Windows 10 networking and security tips

  18-10-2017 16:57 via zdnet.com
  Ed Bott's extensive collection of Windows 10 tips, organized by category. This page includes the most popular tips for networking and security.
  
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• EU-US Privacy Shield data pact is working but needs improvement, says EC

  18-10-2017 16:55 via computerweekly.com
  European Commission’s first annual review of transatlantic data transfer deal highlights strengths and weakness of agreement
  
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• Get a Dell PowerEdge T30 mini-tower server for $329

  18-10-2017 16:44 via zdnet.com
  That's a whopping $220 off the regular price.
  
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• Amazon just added more Dash Buttons for you to press

  18-10-2017 16:44 via zdnet.com
  Now has over 100 of the Wi-Fi shopping buttons available in the UK.
  
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• Google Chrome can now spot even brand new phishing pages

  18-10-2017 16:34 via zdnet.com
  Google has rolled out two new tools to combat phishing, and upped Gmail security.
  
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• Focus needs to shift to breach impact, says McAfee researcher

  18-10-2017 16:15 via computerweekly.com
  Breach investigations commonly focus on the attackers and their motives, but a security researcher believes there needs to be more emphasis on business impact
  
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• Government opens dynamic purchasing system procurement for HSCN

  18-10-2017 16:06 via computerweekly.com
  The RM3825 Health and Social Care Network Access Services dynamic purchasing system procurement has been opened to supplier bids
  
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• Watch the world's first giant robot battle

  18-10-2017 16:03
  
  US team Megabots took on the Japanese team Suidobashi, and emerged victorious after three gruelling rounds
  
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• Openreach to open ‘grey’ fibre to broadband providers

  18-10-2017 16:00 via computerweekly.com
  Openreach is proposing to add a new feature to its optical spectrum access product to give broadband communication services providers more control over their networks
  
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• NFL tight end joins a company using VR to diagnose concussion

  18-10-2017 16:00 via zdnet.com
  The evidence of traumatic brain injury is overwhelming. The league is hoping technology can help.
  
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• iOS tip: The handy shortcut menu hidden on your iPhone or iPad

  18-10-2017 15:42 via zdnet.com
  Here's a simple trick that will make it much easier for you to find and use the buried features that you regularly use on your iPhone or iPad.
  
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• British Medical Journal CDO on using Amazon and Alibaba for its multi-cloud strategy

  18-10-2017 15:30 via computerweekly.com
  A year on from embracing DevOps and private cloud to help speed up its software development lifecycle, British Medical Journal CDO Sharon Cooper shares an update on how its multi-cloud move is going
  
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• Snapchat to make original TV-style shows

  18-10-2017 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  The social media app teams up with NBC to create a new studio where they plan to make original shows.
  
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• Adobe revamps Lightroom in major Creative Cloud update

  18-10-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Adobe unveiled a bevy of Creative Cloud updates at the Adobe MAX conference in Las Vegas.
  
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• HP launches ZBook X2, claims it's "world's most powerful detachable PC"

  18-10-2017 14:44 via zdnet.com
  The 14-inch mobile workstation is being introduced at Adobe's Max conference, and its top-notch specs and high price tag put it clearly in the same market as Microsoft's new Surface Book 2.
  
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• Nielsen is trying to crack the Netflix data mystery by eavesdropping on TVs

  18-10-2017 14:33
  
  The company will start measuring how popular shows are on Netflix, by listening to customers’ TVs
  
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• AppDynamics announces Business iQ updates, IoT and network visibility

  18-10-2017 14:30 via zdnet.com
  The updates are all aimed at giving CIOs the tools to contribute more to strategic business decisions.
  
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• This simple receiver could make your home broadband 30 times faster and stop providers throttling you

  18-10-2017 14:28
  
  The receiver sends signals direct to customers meaning they don’t have to share bandwidth with others on the network.
  
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• FDA selects Box to help it modernize IT infrastructure

  18-10-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  The deal is strategically important for Box as it grows its business in both the government and life sciences sectors.
  
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• This ransomware-spreading botnet will now screengrab your desktop too

  18-10-2017 13:50 via zdnet.com
  New payload bundled within Necurs botnet attacks allows those carrying out malicious campaigns to check if they're working and improve updates.
  
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• Twitter pledges tougher action against abuse

  18-10-2017 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  The social network says it will impose new restrictions on pornographic and hateful imagery.
  
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• Cloud pricing: Are per-second billing models really needed?

  18-10-2017 13:45 via computerweekly.com
  Clive Longbottom looks at the growing complexity of cloud pricing models, and weighs up the value of per-second billing
  
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• Raspberry Pi: Microsoft comes up with a cool idea to stop it overheating

  18-10-2017 13:31 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's 3D-printable design keeps the Raspberry Pi 3 cool even when running it at full throttle for lengthy periods.
  
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• Cloud service spending almost matches traditional IT outsourcing

  18-10-2017 13:28 via computerweekly.com
  Traditional outsourcing spending has plummeted in the latest three-month period, but spending on cloud-based IT services is going some way to filling the void
  
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• Google debuts additional identity protection services

  18-10-2017 13:15 via computerweekly.com
  Google has rolled out new identity protection features across its account base, including advanced protection for at-risk users
  
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• 'Future city' to be built in Canada by Alphabet company

  18-10-2017 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Google sister company Sidewalk Labs is to build a digital city on Toronto's waterfront.
  
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• An electric jet startup hopes to become the Uber of the skies

  18-10-2017 12:48
  
  An Israel-based startup hopes to make self-piloting air travel as cheap as a bus ticket
  
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• Google drops its calorie-counting Maps update following user backlash

  18-10-2017 12:46
  
  Measuring miles walked in mini cupcakes proved to be a rare Googly misstep
  
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• Google drops its calorie-counting Maps update after user backlash

  18-10-2017 12:46
  
  Measuring miles walked in mini cupcakes proved to be a rare Googly misstep
  
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• World's first floating wind farm starts generating electricity

  18-10-2017 12:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The five 175-metre high turbines have been installed 15 miles off the Aberdeenshire coast.
  
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• Open data, democracy and public service reform

  18-10-2017 12:30 via computerweekly.com
  Discussion around reforming public services is as important as better information sharing rules if government is to make the most of public data
  
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• Oracle swats 252 bugs in patch update

  18-10-2017 12:29 via zdnet.com
  Hundreds of different products are affected by a range of vulnerabilities tackled in the update.
  
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