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• Intuit says sales of TurboTax software are flat in early tax season update

  21-02-2019 23:22 via zdnet.com
  Intuit also released its second quarter financial results on Thursday.
  
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• HPE beats Q1 earnings estimates with growth in "intelligent edge"

  21-02-2019 22:31 via zdnet.com
  Shares were up in after-hours trading, as the company also raised its FY 2019 EPS outlook
  
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• Dropbox reports solid Q4 as it boosts average revenue per paying customer

  21-02-2019 22:14 via zdnet.com
  Dropbox ended the fourth quarter with 12.7 million paying subscribers, up from 11 million a year ago.
  
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• K2 claims victory over zero-day attacks

  21-02-2019 21:43 via zdnet.com
  K2 says it has a future-proof method of stopping all attacks on unknown and unpatched vulnerabilities in applications.
  
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• How a second screen separates Samsung from the fold

  21-02-2019 21:38 via zdnet.com
  The folding display on the inside of the Galaxy Phone rightly gets all the attention, but the phone would be far less compelling without its narrow cover screen.
  
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• Galaxy S10's Infinity-O display really is special. Here's why

  21-02-2019 21:12 via zdnet.com
  Samsung's latest display has more to offer than some colorful pixels.
  
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• Redis Labs drops Commons Clause for a new license

  21-02-2019 20:52 via zdnet.com
  Redis Labs has given up on adding Commons Clause on top of the Apache license in favor or a new available-source code license: Redis Source Available License.
  
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• Windows, dual-screen devices and shells: Piecing together Microsoft's Chromebook-compete strategy

  21-02-2019 20:40 via zdnet.com
  It's Microsoft codename-apalooza time. How do Lite, Centaurus, Pegasus, WCOS and now, Santorini, all fit into what seems to be Microsoft's evolving Chromebook-compete strategy? Read on.
  
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• Betrayal by CGI: Almost half of Gen Y and Z don't know they're following a bot

  21-02-2019 19:53 via zdnet.com
  What if the influencer you had been following on Instagram -- whose choices you admired, and whose social causes that you believed in -- turned out to be a robot?
  
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• Google Cloud updates AI-powered speech tools for enterprises

  21-02-2019 19:52 via zdnet.com
  Google's Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech products are getting more voices, more languages and lower prices.
  
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• Laundry-folding robots and recipe-suggesting fridges among our most desired smart tech

  21-02-2019 19:45 via zdnet.com
  The emergence of various technology has enabled individuals to spend less time on mundane everyday tasks within the workplace as well as their own home.
  
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• Ultimaker readies its cloud service with more 3D printing workflow capabilities

  21-02-2019 19:40 via zdnet.com
  The Ultimaker Cloud is set to launch on March 19.
  
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• A third of all Chrome extensions request access to user data on any site

  21-02-2019 19:32 via zdnet.com
  Eighty-five percent of all Chrome extensions don't have a privacy policy.
  
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• Budget constraints are biggest barrier to innovation at many organizations

  21-02-2019 18:28 via zdnet.com
  New EY study looks at plans to adopt cloud, IoT, and AI technologies.
  
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• Why IoT devices pose a bigger cybersecurity risk than most realize

  21-02-2019 17:51 via zdnet.com
  Unsecured IoT devices provide an easy gateway for criminals looking to get inside a network. Danny Palmer discusses why businesses and consumers should think twice before connecting.
  
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• Singtel and Optus make 5G AR call with Ericsson and Oppo

  21-02-2019 17:01 via zdnet.com
  Using 5G technology from Ericsson and a prototype 5G phone from Oppo, Singtel and Optus have made a Singapore-to-Australia 5G augmented reality call.
  
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• Qlik to Acquire Attunity for $560M

  21-02-2019 16:54 via zdnet.com
  Qlik, the self-service BI contender, is flexing its acquisitive muscles again. This time the Philly area-based analytics player has announced it will acquire Attunity, a player in change data capture-based data integration.
  
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• IBM to retailers: We'll manage your cloud, no AWS required

  21-02-2019 16:00 via zdnet.com
  IBM's hybrid approach to cloud aims to help retailers make the cloud leap without necessitating a major infrastructure overhaul.
  
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• HTC launches VIVE Focus Plus, a standalone enterprise VR system

  21-02-2019 15:29 via zdnet.com
  Perhaps the biggest perk of the VIVE Focus Plus is that companies can easily port their PC VR based content to HTC's new system.
  
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• iPhone, iPad, Mac apps merging? Apple SDK will create iOS apps that work on Mac

  21-02-2019 15:02 via zdnet.com
  Apple's incoming software development kit will reportedly initially let devs publish iPad apps that work on Mac.
  
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• Whither the disk drive?

  21-02-2019 15:01 via zdnet.com
  Beginning in 1956, with the IBM RAMAC - 4.4MB, $50k! - disk drives rapidly became the cranky workhorses of data storage.But the glory days of disk drive are fading fast. Will the cloud rescue disks?
  
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• The Galaxy folds. At last, Samsung didn't

  21-02-2019 14:15 via zdnet.com
  Samsung's Unpacked event was less a dramatic reveal than a desperate statement of intent.
  
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• Windows 10's new free Office app: Microsoft Store PWA now open to all

  21-02-2019 13:44 via zdnet.com
  Office progressive web app, or PWA, replaces the pre-installed MyOffice app.
  
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• Robots at Work: Meet the non-engineer who automated his small business

  21-02-2019 13:25 via zdnet.com
  Small business owners are creating and customizing their own automation solutions to increase productivity and save money.
  
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• Sony’s future engineers will focus on chips for IoT, automotive technologies

  21-02-2019 13:09 via zdnet.com
  Sony says that a substantial proportion of new hires will focus on image sensor and chip technologies.
  
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• Twitch: How Ninja was unseated as most-subscribed streamer

  21-02-2019 12:54 via bbc.co.uk
  How Ninja has gone from a high of 200,000 Twitch subscribers to around 30,000 in only 10 months.
  
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• Drupal critical flaw: Patch this remote code execution bug urgently, websites warned

  21-02-2019 12:49 via zdnet.com
  Site admins running Drupal should disable all web services until security updating is complete.
  
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• Brexit: Danger signs for UK's early-stage tech startup investments?

  21-02-2019 12:33 via zdnet.com
  The landscape for tech startup funding has shifted significantly since the 2016 Brexit vote.
  
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• Metro Exodus reviewed

  21-02-2019 12:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Marc Cieslak looks at Metro Exodus, the first-person shooter video game developed by 4A Games.
  
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• Google says 'hidden' microphone in Nest product never intended to be a secret

  21-02-2019 12:22 via zdnet.com
  An error it may be, but invasive it certainly is.
  
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• O2's 5G rollout plan will start with these four cities

  21-02-2019 12:02 via zdnet.com
  Limited 5G rollout kicks off later this year says mobile operator, with more to follow when 5G smartphones arrive in larger quantities.
  
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• Move over HR: Why tech is taking charge of company culture

  21-02-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  As companies are engulfed by change, maybe techies can help staff make sense of it all.
  
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• Here's everything Samsung announced at its epic Galaxy Unpacked launch

  21-02-2019 11:50
  
  Are you ready for some Samsung? Because here are a lot of new phones and wearables
  
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• Your next personal trainer could be a robot

  21-02-2019 11:00 via zdnet.com
  A new study from Zurich demonstrates that people learned new rowing skills faster when a robot taught them how to do it.
  
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• Microsoft touts coming Dynamics 365 services and apps for iOS, Android, HoloLens

  21-02-2019 10:26 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is readying new Dynamics 365 AI- and mixed-reality-centric services and applications for remote-assistance, customized bots and more.
  
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• Apple iPhone sales took a nosedive in 2018: Gartner

  21-02-2019 09:30 via zdnet.com
  Smartphone sales stalled at the end of last year and Apple was one of the worst affected.
  
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• Thursday briefing: Neptune's latest moon finally has a name

  21-02-2019 08:37
  
  Twenty years after it was first imaged, Neptune's smallest moon has a name; Samsung has shown the release version of its folding phone to the world
  
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• The wild physics of the passenger plane that just hit 800 mph

  21-02-2019 07:00
  
  Boosted by an unusually strong jet stream, a Virgin Atlantic flight reached almost unheard of speeds on its journey from LA to London
  
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• The stateless limbo of Shamima Begum opens a nasty can of worms

  21-02-2019 07:00
  
  In retaliation against her leaving the UK to join Islamic State, the Home Office has revoked Shamima Begum's British citizenship. But she's not the first UK citizen to be left stateless, and this is unlikely the end of this battle
  
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• Five of the top far-right figures are British. We're world leaders in hate

  21-02-2019 07:00
  
  Britain dominates the top ten list of leading far-right influencers according to a new report by Hope Not Hate, with much of their success being driven by followers outside the UK
  
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• Despite Brexit, London will remain the VC capital of Europe

  21-02-2019 07:00
  
  Leaving the EU will be bad for tech, but there are some reasons for optimism
  
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• Microsoft publishes security alert on IIS bug that causes 100% CPU usage spikes

  21-02-2019 06:10 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft releases updates to fix bug that froze systems when IIS handled malformed HTTP/2 requests.
  
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• SK Telecom and Deutsche Telekom to collaborate on blockchain ID

  21-02-2019 04:45 via zdnet.com
  The two telcos will collaborate to create a "borderless" blockchain ID.
  
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• Galaxy Fold with 5G launching in May in South Korea

  21-02-2019 04:37 via zdnet.com
  Samsung Electronics will launch its foldable smartphone the Galaxy Fold with 5G in May in South Korea, the company's mobile boss says, and vows to sell more than a million units globally.
  
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• Toyota Australia confirms 'attempted cyber attack'

  21-02-2019 02:56 via zdnet.com
  The Australian arm of the Japanese car giant says it does not believe any employee or customer data was accessed.
  
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• 5G needed to ease 4G LTE congestion: OpenSignal

  21-02-2019 02:00 via zdnet.com
  OpenSignal has compared average speeds and fastest hour speeds on 4G LTE networks globally, with Australia pulling in fifth and seventh rankings, respectively.
  
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• MYOB boosts online subs as earnings flatline for 2018

  21-02-2019 01:56 via zdnet.com
  Revenue was up 7 percent year on year as the number of subscribers jumped by 57 percent to 628,000.
  
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• Cisco patches a couple of root access-granting security flaws

  21-02-2019 01:02 via zdnet.com
  Cisco releases 15 security updates, with Cisco HyperFlex receiving two very important fixes.
  
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• Nestle and Epic pull YouTube ads over abuse claims

  21-02-2019 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Several big firms pull ads after they appear next to sexualised comments left on children's videos.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S10, S10+, S10e pricing in Australia

  21-02-2019 00:41 via zdnet.com
  Australian pricing for the new Samsung Galaxy S10 series range from AU$64 per month on Optus to AU$1,849 outright from Amazon, with Telstra offering unlimited data for AU$199 a month.
  
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