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• Whatever happened to Microsoft's plan to bring its unified search feature to Windows 10?

  26-03-2020 22:36 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is still intending to bring its unified Microsoft Search technology to Windows 10, but not until the end of this calendar year.
  
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• Progress Software reports mixed Q1 results

  26-03-2020 21:57 via zdnet.com
  
  The Bedford, Massachusetts-based company reported Q1 earnings of 76 cents per share on revenue of $109.7 million.
  
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• Lanmodo night vision system hands-on: Impressive vision assistance at a price

  26-03-2020 21:23 via zdnet.com
  
  The Lanmodo 1080p night vision camera is not a dashcam, but it will significantly aid your night time vision when driving down dark roads at night.
  
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• 7 ways to boost Wi-Fi speed and reliability in your home office

  26-03-2020 21:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Are you using your networks and home broadband to their fullest potential?
  
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• C3.ai, Microsoft help launch the C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute

  26-03-2020 21:00 via zdnet.com
  
  C3.ai and Microsoft are partnering with a handful of major universities to launch a new consortium focused on advancing digital transformation. Their first initiative takes on COVID-19.
  
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• Google says no APP users have been phished to date

  26-03-2020 20:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Google lauds its Advanced Protection Program (APP) that provides enhanced security features.
  
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• Microsoft extends retirement of key certifications by seven months to January 2021

  26-03-2020 20:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Citing the impact of COVID-19, Microsoft has granted an extension on its previously announced end date for MCSD, MCSE, MCSA certifications.
  
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• Huawei's P40+ smartphone is a 'camera-monster'. But without Google apps, can it break through?

  26-03-2020 20:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Five-, four- and three-camera arrays are on offer, plus superb zoom and low-light features, but no Google Mobile Services.
  
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• Huawei launches photography-focused P40 smartphone series

  26-03-2020 20:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Five-, four- and three-camera arrays are on offer, plus superb zoom and low-light features, but no Google Mobile Services.
  
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• Micron highlights how COVID-19 pandemic is shifting IT demand

  26-03-2020 19:31 via zdnet.com
  
  Data center demand is strong as are remote work tools such as notebooks. Smartphones and consumer electronics demand is weak, according to the storage and memory giant.
  
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• States of shock: Assessing the depths of our new tech recession

  26-03-2020 19:15 via zdnet.com
  
  In a healthy economy, the purpose of technology can safely be to “deliver experiences.” Today, technology's best use is to deliver populations from catastrophic illness. We lost our comfortable perch in the blink of an eye.
  
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• Building a YouTube studio: Battle of the quick-release adapters

  26-03-2020 18:35 via zdnet.com
  
  If you’re filming a lot of video, rigging your gear can be incredibly time-consuming. We’ve got a quick shoot-out that results in a recommendation for some gear that can save you time and frustration.
  
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• Coronavirus: NHS uses tech giants to plan crisis response

  26-03-2020 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon and Microsoft are among those helping with a dashboard to model where ventilators should go.
  
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• Coronavirus: How one team switched 4,000 staff to remote working in just a week

  26-03-2020 17:52 via zdnet.com
  
  Linux laptops, long hours and a good sense of humour were key to one organisation making the change from office-bound to working from home in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Here's how they did it.
  
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• Google to resume Chrome updates it paused last week due to COVID-19

  26-03-2020 17:34 via zdnet.com
  
  Google Chrome 81 to be released next month, on April 7.
  
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• Is Google down? Users reporting sporadic outages

  26-03-2020 17:18 via zdnet.com
  
  UPDATED: Starting around 11 AM Eastern Time, Google services, including Gmail, YouTube, Hangouts, and Docs, began having problems in the Eastern US.
  
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• Why isn't AI helping us today with COVID-19?

  26-03-2020 17:00 via zdnet.com
  
  As America teeters on the edge of a medical catastrophe, you may wonder if Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help. The bad news: today, not much. The good news: tomorrow's doctors will be supercharged with the expertise of millions of cases. But how do you train an AI agent without its mistakes killing real people?
  
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• Microsoft buys cloud-based 5G services vendor Affirmed Networks

  26-03-2020 16:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is continuing its push to work with telcos on managing 5G workloads from the cloud with its latest acquisition of Affirmed Networks.
  
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• Make your iPad Pro even better

  26-03-2020 16:19 via zdnet.com
  
  Got an iPad Pro? Here's how to make it even better.
  
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• The inside story of the UK’s biggest coronavirus symptom tracker app

  26-03-2020 15:59
  
  ZOE was planning to help you eat more healthily. Then coronavirus happened
  
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• The three best home office purchases to keep you out of pain

  26-03-2020 15:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Working from home is a whole new thing for many people. Even if you've worked at home on nights and weekends, you may not realize what a full week of working at home can do to you. We make three simple recommendations that can reduce strain and physical stress.
  
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• Best home office equipment: Top three things I couldn't live without

  26-03-2020 15:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Working from home is a whole new thing for many people. Even if you've worked at home on nights and weekends, you may not realize what a full week of working at home can do to you. We make three simple recommendations that can reduce strain and physical stress.
  
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• Coronavirus: The sports turning to gaming during lockdown

  26-03-2020 15:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From boxing to Formula 1, sports are reinventing the way they are played during coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Huawei P40 Pro: Hands-on with the new flagship

  26-03-2020 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Huawei reveals its new smartphones - but they lack Google's apps and services.
  
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• Dremio raises a $70M Series C and Aerospike Cloud launches, as data companies maintain their momentum

  26-03-2020 15:22 via zdnet.com
  
  Data virtualization contender Dremio raises $70M in Series C funding and says it's hiring across the company. Aerospike launches its new cloud offering. Socially distanced or not, these data companies aren't slowing down.
  
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• Kubernetes 1.18: Buffing up the leading container orchestrator

  26-03-2020 15:03 via zdnet.com
  
  There are no new major features in this Kubernetes release, but many users will be just fine with that.
  
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• Slack hits user milestone amid remote work boom

  26-03-2020 15:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Slack said simultaneously connected users increased from 10.5 million on March 16 to 12.5 million on March 25.
  
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• Coronavirus home working: Broadband speeds plunge over 40% in these three US cities

  26-03-2020 14:52 via zdnet.com
  
  And broadband speed tests explode across the world amid widespread lockdowns.
  
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• Can't find the 'work from home' equipment you need on Amazon? Try this

  26-03-2020 14:50 via zdnet.com
  
  A lot of people have found themselves working from home over the past few weeks, and some are finding it hard to find the equipment they need from Amazon.
  
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• Huawei P40 flagship phones launch amid Covid-19 crisis

  26-03-2020 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts say demand outside of China is likely to be weak because of the virus pandemic and absent apps.
  
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• Huawei’s P40 Pro is for early adopters only – for now

  26-03-2020 14:29
  
  Huawei's three new P40 phones have an App Store that goes some way to offering an alternative to Google - if you're willing to get stuck in
  
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• Why are we all Zooming and not Skyping?

  26-03-2020 14:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Once upon a time, people Skyped. Now they are Zooming. What happened?
  
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• Rare BadUSB attack detected in the wild against US hospitality provider

  26-03-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Hackers use snail-mail to send target company an envelope with a malware-laced USB thumb drive.
  
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• 4G networks vulnerable to denial of service attacks, subscriber tracking

  26-03-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Don’t think you’re protected on upcoming 5G networks, either.
  
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• Coronavirus and 3D printing: How makers are stepping up to supply vital medical kit

  26-03-2020 13:50 via zdnet.com
  
  With supplies of key medical equipment running low, the 3D printing industry is helping healthcare staff get the kit they need. Could it signal a long-term change in the industry?
  
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• Coronavirus: UK’s WhatsApp bot working after false start

  26-03-2020 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The service, provided by the government, failed to respond to some users when launched on Wednesday.
  
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• Half of firms have spotted a cyberattack - and here is the most common one you will face

  26-03-2020 13:39 via zdnet.com
  
  Organisations are detecting higher numbers of phishing emails than before, while detection of malware and ransomware have halved.
  
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• Cybersecurity: This attack is the most common threat you will face

  26-03-2020 13:39 via zdnet.com
  
  Organisations are detecting higher numbers of phishing emails than before, while detection of malware and ransomware have halved.
  
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• New Windows 10 preview: This 'tablet posture' experience for 2-in-1 PCs is back

  26-03-2020 13:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is slowly rolling out a newish 2-in-1 PC tablet posture that's more consistent with desktop mode.
  
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• Coronavirus: Government orders 10,000 ventilators from Dyson

  26-03-2020 13:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The engineering firm developed a new type of ventilator in response to calls on behalf of the NHS.
  
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• How to set the stage for a successful work from home performance

  26-03-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Performing at a high level while working from home starts with maximizing your home office experience. Karen Mangia, a member of Salesforce's Work From Home Task Force, offers simple tips that can help transform your experience.
  
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• Apple iOS users served mobile malware in Poisoned News campaign

  26-03-2020 12:56 via zdnet.com
  
  As we all devour online news sources in the current climate, cyberattackers are waiting to spring.
  
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• Google's Chrome will give you an 'always show full URL' setting

  26-03-2020 12:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Google will give Chrome users the choice to have the browser display the www of a website's address.
  
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• Sharp, NEC launch joint venture to prepare for a future 8K, 5G display market

  26-03-2020 11:35 via zdnet.com
  
  The collaboration will merge an NEC subsidiary with Sharp.
  
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• As COVID-19 data sets become more accessible, novel coronavirus pandemic may be most visualized ever

  26-03-2020 11:00 via zdnet.com
  
  COVID-19 data sets are becoming widely available and more importantly packaged for consumption, visualization and analysis. We're all amateur epidemiologists now.
  
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• Singapore most exposed, but also most prepared in cybersecurity: Deloitte

  26-03-2020 07:34 via zdnet.com
  
  With a high internet adoption rate, the city-state faces the highest cybersecurity risk in Asia-Pacific, but also is the most prepared to deal with it in terms of policies and organisational readiness, according to Deloitte's Cyber Smart Index, which assesses 12 markets across the region.
  
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• This is why Germany’s coronavirus death rate seems so low

  26-03-2020 07:00
  
  Despite recording over 35,000 coronavirus cases, Germany has just 181 deaths – fewer than the UK or France. It all comes down to a combination of demographics, testing, and chance
  
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• This is the data that shows why the UK had to go into lockdown

  26-03-2020 07:00
  
  When everyone was told to work from home, plenty of people did. But this data shows for many people life went on as normal
  
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• Reddit’s wedding planners have pivoted to Covid-19 crisis comms

  26-03-2020 07:00
  
  The biggest wedding planning subreddit has become a source of detailed information on coronavirus for frustrated couples whose dream days have been derailed by the pandemic
  
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• How to use the internet during the coronavirus crisis

  26-03-2020 07:00
  
  Seven rules (plus one) to be online in the age of pandemic and self-isolation
  
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