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• Ericsson CEO launches innovation centre in Melbourne

  24-10-2018 23:35 via zdnet.com
  Ericsson has launched an innovation centre in Melbourne, with the networking giant working alongside carriers, universities, startups, entrepreneurs, and customers on technology development and trials.
  
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• New Windows 10 19H1 test build expands search to all folders and drives

  24-10-2018 23:18 via zdnet.com
  ​With test build 18267 of Windows 10 19H1, users can now search all their folders and drives, rather than a subset
  
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• Google drops plans for Berlin campus after protests

  24-10-2018 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The US firm had faced strong local opposition and will now give the space to charities.
  
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• AMD's Q3 sales, Q4 outlook disappoint

  24-10-2018 22:54 via zdnet.com
  The company missed third quarter revenue targets and issued lower-than-expected fourth quarter guidance.
  
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• Citrix, ServiceNow beat Q3 expectations

  24-10-2018 22:43 via zdnet.com
  Meanwhile, PTC and F5 Networks posted solid fourth quarter financial results.
  
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• Microsoft's Q1 strong as commercial cloud hits $34 billion annual revenue run rate

  24-10-2018 22:10 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's move to add LinkedIn's commercial revenue and services to its commercial cloud helped turbocharge results. Windows 10 upgrades and Office 365 also added fuel to the first quarter fire.
  
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• Bremont's new Supersonic watch is built using parts of Concorde

  24-10-2018 22:00
  
  The £9,495 watch was inspired by the Concorde and uses metal from 1974's Alpha Bravo plane as part of its construction
  
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• Check Point buys security startup Dome9

  24-10-2018 21:55 via zdnet.com
  Check Point CEO Gil Shwed said the company plans to use the acquisition to bolster its Infinity cloud protection architecture.
  
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• Intel-backed startup Nyansa chases the total problem in the AI of network monitoring

  24-10-2018 21:16 via zdnet.com
  Anand Srinivas, a networking industry veteran, makes the case that his startup, Nyansa, doesn't need the most cutting-edge deep learning algorithm to make use of AI in networking monitoring; all it needs is a better understanding of the problem than competitors such as Cisco.
  
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• HPE CEO Neri says company will bet on edge computing, its own transformation

  24-10-2018 21:14 via zdnet.com
  HPE has simplified its plans with an aim of profiting from edge computing. Here's a look at the plan.
  
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• Microsoft sees 25 percent rise in US law enforcement requests

  24-10-2018 20:50 via zdnet.com
  Law enforcement requests numbers stayed the same at the global level, but saw a spike in the US.
  
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• NetApp makes its cloud, 'data authority' pivot

  24-10-2018 19:50 via zdnet.com
  NetApp outlined a series of products and an architecture designed to manage data as much as store it. NetApp's ace: Integration partnerships with the three big cloud providers.
  
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• Google makes it easier to clear your recent Search activity

  24-10-2018 19:33 via zdnet.com
  Over the next year, Google will add direct access to privacy controls from other products including Maps.
  
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• Google makes it easier clear your recent Search activity

  24-10-2018 19:33 via zdnet.com
  Over the next year, Google will add direct access to privacy controls from other products including Maps.
  
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• A laptop that only a writer could love

  24-10-2018 19:30 via zdnet.com
  Most potential customers will write off the FreeWrite Traveler since it costs as much as a solid midrange Windows notebook that can do much more. But the product's excellent keyboard and outdoor-ready e-ink display can help those who need to maximize their written output.
  
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• Google Pixel 3 review: Excellent camera, pocketable form factor, and Google software are compelling

  24-10-2018 19:00 via zdnet.com
  In a world of massive smartphones, there are still a few that comfortably fit in your hand and pocket. The Google Pixel 3 is the best small Android smartphone, but it's not quite perfect.
  
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• Camera lens made of ice takes cool photos

  24-10-2018 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Photographer Mathieu Stern made a camera lens from a chunk of an iceberg.
  
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• Meet the malware which turns your smartphone into a mobile proxy

  24-10-2018 18:52 via zdnet.com
  The proxies can be used to circumvent internal network security controls.
  
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• ​What's the deal with Microsoft's open-source friendly patents?

  24-10-2018 18:33 via zdnet.com
  In the aftermath of Microsoft joining the Open Invention Network Linux-friendly patent consortium, many questions remained, and at Open Source Summit Europe, some of them were answered.
  
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• On the dangers of DNA data: Genealogy tests, Elizabeth Warren, and the end of privacy

  24-10-2018 17:35 via zdnet.com
  Many of us simply want to know more about our family heritage. Yet, genomics and big data may be making it possible to weaponize DNA. Is this another nail in the coffin of personal privacy?
  
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• Video game recreates horrors of World War One

  24-10-2018 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Actor Elijah Wood voices a main character in the first video game made by Aardman Animations.
  
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• Facebook removes 8.7m child nudity images in three months

  24-10-2018 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  The firm has developed new software which automatically flags potential sexualised images of children.
  
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• Apple's Tim Cook: Our personal data is 'weaponized against us' by you-know-who

  24-10-2018 15:47 via zdnet.com
  Apple's Tim Cook calls on the US to introduce equivalent laws to Europe's GDPR privacy regulations.
  
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• Your broadband could soon be 100 times faster

  24-10-2018 15:26
  
  Brand new fibre optic cables have the potential to hugely increase internet speeds
  
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• Most enterprise vulnerabilities remain unpatched a month after discovery

  24-10-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  More bugs are being squashed by the enterprise, but the time it takes to do so leaves organizations at risk.
  
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• AT&T reports mixed Q3 results as pay TV business declines

  24-10-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  AT&T lost a net 346,000 pay TV subscribers as viewers continue to choose streaming video services like Netflix and Hulu over cumbersome cable packages.
  
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• Mozilla will match all donations to the Tor Project

  24-10-2018 14:54 via zdnet.com
  Mozilla gives back to the Tor Project after it embedded multiple Tor Browser features into Firefox.
  
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• It's time for Microsoft to bring Windows 10 Mobile back from the dead

  24-10-2018 14:52 via zdnet.com
  Recent antitrust developments in the EU could present an opportunity for a third mobile platform that never really had a chance to mature and develop an ecosystem when it first released.
  
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• The Google News app on Android is gobbling your mobile data

  24-10-2018 14:39
  
  Users lumped with excess data charges thanks to Google's app downloading hefty amounts of background data
  
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• The government's £7bn won't be enough to save science after Brexit

  24-10-2018 14:36
  
  "I can't tell you how depressed our young scientists are about all the messages that are coming out of government. This is just awful."
  
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• This botnet snares your smart devices to perform DDoS attacks with a little help from Mirai

  24-10-2018 14:32 via zdnet.com
  Chalubo is a new botnet which is being used in attacks against servers and IoT devices.
  
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• Google: We've just hit Android ​fraudsters raking in millions by faking human traffic

  24-10-2018 14:11 via zdnet.com
  Sophisticated ad fraud network made millions with Android apps, which Google says it has removed.
  
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• Apple and Samsung fined by Italian authorities over slow phones

  24-10-2018 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The firms have been accused by Italian authorities of building "planned obsolescence" into devices
  
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• How WhatsApp is being abused in Brazil's elections

  24-10-2018 13:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Software is being used to scrape phone numbers and send thousands of messages in minutes.
  
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• 88% of Android apps syphon personal data to Facebook, Google and more

  24-10-2018 13:12
  
  "Data slurping" from third-party apps is helping tech giants build highly personal profiles of users
  
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• Facebook: You think Messenger is too cluttered, so we've just made it simpler

  24-10-2018 13:06 via zdnet.com
  Facebook's simplified Messenger 4 cuts tabs and doubles down on Stories.
  
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• Pocket iNet ISP exposed 73GB of data including secret keys, plain text passwords

  24-10-2018 12:17 via zdnet.com
  The Washington-based ISP's bucket exposed everything from passwords to internal corporate data.
  
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• Finally, an unpowered device that can make you a better runner

  24-10-2018 12:13 via zdnet.com
  Researchers just passed an elusive benchmark: Making a wearable device that reduces metabolic rate while running.
  
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• Nvidia’s self-driving safety report aims to prove just how safe self-driving cars are

  24-10-2018 12:05
  
  Nvidia hopes it can help shape legislation by outlining just how safe self-driving cars can be
  
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• Oracle needs multi-cloud strategy, wider datacentre footprint in APAC

  24-10-2018 12:03 via zdnet.com
  Software vendor currently lacks a clear multi-cloud strategy in Asia-Pacific, where more enterprises are expected to deploy across different cloud environments, and needs to expand its regions to better compete against the likes of AWS.
  
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• Phishing attacks: Why is email still such an easy target for hackers?

  24-10-2018 12:00 via zdnet.com
  The majority of cyber attacks begin with one simple phishing email. So will it ever be possible to close this door to hackers, once and for all?
  
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• Huawei Mate 20 Pro review: Feature-packed flagship joins the smartphone elite

  24-10-2018 11:44 via zdnet.com
  The Mate 20 stands out from the smartphone crowd with features like 3D face unlock, an in-screen fingerprint reader, three cameras at the back and a new proprietary external storage format.
  
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• Tim Cook blasts 'weaponisation' of personal data and praises GDPR

  24-10-2018 11:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The Apple boss also praised the EU's new data protection regulation GDPR, in a speech in Brussels.
  
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• Yahoo agrees to pay $50 million to settle data breach lawsuit

  24-10-2018 11:18 via zdnet.com
  The company will also provide free credit monitoring services to roughly 200 million people impacted by the cyberattacks.
  
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• Motorola joins right to repair movement with DIY repair kits

  24-10-2018 11:00
  
  Motorola now lets users fix their own phones instead of sending it off for repair
  
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• Braidio announces WorkStreams platform to optimise enterprise productivity

  24-10-2018 10:36 via zdnet.com
  Platforms today need to thread all necessary information, knowledge, and business tools into a single point of productivity.
  
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• My Health Record opt-outs now sit at over 1.1 million

  24-10-2018 08:41 via zdnet.com
  An additional 200,000 Australians have opted out, but it is sitting under ADHA's 5 percent target.
  
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• Wednesday briefing: Hard US borders are making a fortune for tech firms

  24-10-2018 08:01
  
  Companies including Amazon, Microsoft and Palantir are profiting from the expansion of harsh US anti-immigration measures, Y Combinator invites geoengineering startups to try to save the planet
  
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• These are the best new films coming out in 2019

  24-10-2018 08:00
  
  Get ready to save these dates as we take look at the most anticipated new movies coming out in 2019
  
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• The science behind how Heathrow lands one plane every 45 seconds

  24-10-2018 08:00
  
  Heathrow handles 475,000 planes every year, but the pressure is on to squeeze in even more landings. Getting that right – and doing so safely – is a precise science
  
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