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• The first 10 Apple TV games you should play

  31-10-2015 16:50
  Apple's own consoleThe new Apple TV looks pretty similar to the previous version, and does most of the same things—but now it’s a game console, too. With the App Store included, now you can download a bunch of games, including iOS favorites and ports from the Mac and dedicated home consoles. And in many cases, if you already bought a game for the iPhone and iPad and it’s compatible with Apple TV, you’ll have it there free of charge. To read this article in full or to
  
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• Facebook changes 'real names' policy to provide context for chosen names

  31-10-2015 16:47
  
  Starting in December, you will be able to change your Facebook name to match whatever identity you want—if you have a good enough reason.
  On Friday, BuzzFeed reported that Facebook will soon start making changes to how it enforces its “real names” policy. Facebook users who want to use a name other than their legal name will be able to provide context and additional details as to why. Secondly, Facebook users who are reporting a profile name they believe to be fake will h
  
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• Good news for hackers: People still plug found USB sticks into their computers

  31-10-2015 16:46
  
  Of 200 USB sticks distributed at public places in Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., earlier this year, 17 percent wound up plugged into computers – some of them by IT pros - where they could have done all sorts of damage had they been loaded with malware.
  Not only were they plugged in, the finders followed instructions on them to email a specified address and include what they did for a living, according to a study by the IT industry association CompTIA.
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• Frequent Microsoft OneNote enhancements make it a real Evernote rival

  31-10-2015 13:00
  
  Seemingly every month, Microsoft makes its OneNote note-taking app more compelling.
  Most recently, Microsoft updated its free Office Lens Android app, a document scanning app that connects to OneNote. The update gives Office Lens the ability to scan business cards using the camera on a Android smartphone or tablet. Once captured, cards can be saved to OneNote, as well as to your Google contacts.
  The feature works fairly well, in my experience, but in a few cases it took 15 minutes or more
  
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• Beware the 'black swans' in your supply chain

  31-10-2015 00:09
  Enterprises know that merely having a supply chain involves a certain amount of risk, but few do enough to protect against the one-off, extreme incidents that can disrupt them.That's according to Yossi Sheffi, an MIT professor who is director of its Center for Transportation & Logistics."Events that rarely happen but wreak havoc pose the most dangerous threat to corporate health," Sheffi wrote in an article this week in The Wall Street Journal.Such events -- sometimes referred to as "black s
  
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