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• Best Black Friday Tech Deals: TVs, Laptops & more

  27-11-2015 18:42
  TechBargains is working hard this Black Friday to make sure you get the best deals before they sell out. We've picked out the the best deals in TVs, Laptops, and electronics & gadgets.These deals are hot and sellout risk is high during this time of year so stock may come in and out. If you want to feel the rush of Black Friday, Amazon is running new lightning deals EVERY 5 minutes.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• CIODAY2015 compilatie

  27-11-2015 17:49
  Heb je de elfde editie van CIODAY gemist? Deze compilatie geeft een aardig beeld. Met het VIP Dinner, de Opening, Keynotes, Sessies, de CIO of the Year Award-verkiezing en alles daartussen, aan elkaar gepraat door dagvoorzitter Joost Hoebink.
  
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• Arnoud Klerkx CIO of the Year 2015

  27-11-2015 16:51
  Arnoud Klerkx van Sanoma Learning is winnaar van de CIO of the Year Award 2015. Klerkx dankte zijn uitverkiezing aan zijn cruciale rol in de verregaande digitale ontwikkeling van zijn bedrijf. De organisatie hield daarmee vast aan het credo dat de rol van de deelnemers dit jaar belangrijker is dan hun... lees meer
  
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• Microsoft enables potential unwanted software detection for enterprise customers

  27-11-2015 15:50
  
  It’s time to throw adware, browser hijackers and other potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) off corporate networks, Microsoft has decided. The company has started offering PUA protection in its anti-malware products for enterprise customers.The new feature is available in Microsoft's System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) and Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) as an option that can be turned on by system administrators.PUA signatures are included in the anti-malware definition updat
  
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• Blending coffee and software

  27-11-2015 15:23
  Jacobs Douwe Egberts is een joint venture van een softwareontwikkelaar en koffiebrander Douwe Egberts, een pure play marktleider in 18 markten wier producten verkrijgbaar zijn op 80 markten. Terwijl technologie een steeds belangrijker rol speelt op de koffiemarkt, van het productieproces tot het koffiezetten door de... lees meer
  
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• 16 of the best traditional holiday movies now streaming

  27-11-2015 14:56
  Traditional holiday favorites (and instant classics)Whatever the weather outside, everyone loves to cuddle up inside and watch a great movie or six over the Thanksgiving holiday. It's become part of our celebration. Unlike our hectic real lives, movies provide a glimpse and a wonderful reminder of just how innocent and peaceful the holidays once were, and possibly could be again.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Life in the fast lane: What gigabit Internet makes better

  27-11-2015 14:55
  
  I was one of the very first DSL customers of what was then called US West—later, its name became Qwest, then CenturyTel, and now CenturyLink. I upgraded in 1998 from dual-channel bonded ISDN, a whopping 128Kbps, to 1.5Mbps downstream and 768Kbps upstream ADSL. It was a huge improvement, and one I assumed was just the first step in achieving LAN-like speeds of 10s and then 100s of Mbps.
  Almost 20 years later, I was stalled on 18Mbps/3Mbps from Comcast Business. But with the press of a few
  
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• Microsoft zaps dodgy Dell digital certificates

  27-11-2015 14:53
  Microsoft has updated several of its security tools to remove two digital certificates installed on some Dell computers that could compromise data.
  The updates apply to Windows Defender for Windows 10 and 8.1; Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows 7 and Vista; and its Safety Scanner and Malicious Software Removal tool, according to postings here and here.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• How to get the best Black Friday deals on your Android phone

  27-11-2015 14:51
  
  Another Black Friday is here, and this time you’ll swear there’s no chance you’ll sucked into the craze. Before you know it, you’re shivering in the cold on the day after Thanksgiving waiting for the electronics store to open. 
  Enough with the denial. No matter your philosophical objection to the chase-after-the-bargains madness, there are usually deals that might line up with your holiday wish list. 
  So get your phone ready, because with the right apps and ser
  
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• Van managed firewalls naar managed hosting

  27-11-2015 14:42
  CEO en oprichter van Sentia Ian Zein startte 15 jaar geleden met secure managed firewalls en bouwde deze activiteit uit tot een managed hostingbedrijf met 30 werknemers. Drie jaar geleden besloot hij de zaak te veranderen naar aanleiding van zijn investeringen in startups en trok private equity party Waterland aan,... lees meer
  
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• Kalinin nuclear power plant's new neighbor will be a data center

  27-11-2015 13:38
  
  Kalinin nuclear power plant's new neighbor will be a data center.The plant, near the city of Tver, is close to fiber-optic lines between Moscow and St Petersburg, providing the future data center with the double advantage of reliable power and fast communications links.When completed, the data center will be the largest in Russia, with a capacity of up to 10,000 racks, the company claims.Construction work will begin shortly, plant director Mikhail Kanyshev said Monday. The first phase is due to
  
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• Welcome to the Internet of stupid (hackable) things

  27-11-2015 13:00
  
  It’s easy enough for technology writers to get breathless when writing about the Internet of Things. The headlines almost write themselves – a gee-whiz technology that takes “dumb” everyday objects, puts a chip into them, and makes them “smart.” And when everything is connected to and communicating with everything else, our lives will be immeasurably easier, infinitely more efficient and productive … yadda yadda yadda. Except, maybe, the Internet o
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: iOS 9: Reset your keyboard dictionary

  27-11-2015 13:00
  
  iOS 9 has a useful auto-correct dictionary that keeps tracks of the words you use. Unfortunately, the dictionary will sometimes learn incorrect words and then those words will show up again via Auto-Correction. This can be very annoying when you see the same incorrect word appear time and time again via Auto-Correction.But don't worry, I'll show you how can quickly reset your keyboard dictionary in iOS 9.How to reset your keyboard dictionary in iOS 9To read this article in full or to leave a com
  
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• Bouwen voor de toekomst

  27-11-2015 12:57
  CIO Madelein Smit van de Intertrust Group, een in Nederland gevestigde facilitator voor internationale handel, vertelt op de elfde editie van CIODAY over haar strategie. Haar opdracht is helder: bouwen voor de toekomst – geen kostenbesparing. In de praktijk betekent dat van ruim 40 datacenters naar onder de 10 in... lees meer
  
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• Running out of Internet addresses: What IPv4 exhaustion means for you

  27-11-2015 12:00
  
  We reached the end of an Internet era just a few weeks ago. The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), the body that distributes Internet addresses in North America,announced it had exhausted its pool of numbersbased on the IPv4 standard. Though invisible to users, IPv4 played a huge role in creating the Internet as we know it by facilitating the connection of millions of computers, smartphones, tablets, and smart devices.
  That was its ultimate—and perhaps inevitable—undoing
  
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• Innovators in gezondheidszorg aan het woord

  27-11-2015 11:43
  In de gezondheidszorg voltrekt zich een ware revolutie waarbij patiënten, zorgaanbieders zoals RadboudUMC en hardware-leveranciers zoals Philips het traditionele landschap overhoop halen. De zorgsector is een van de laatste bastions waar gegevens van patiënten, in feite klanten, maar mondjesmaat worden... lees meer
  
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• Hoe om te gaan met dilemma’s?

  27-11-2015 11:14
  Beslissingen aan de bestuurstafel zijn nogal eens complex en stellen betrokkenen voor lastige dilemma's. Managers houden er niet van en organisaties schieten er niks mee op. Om die reden moeten ze zo snel mogelijk uit de wereld geholpen worden. Dat is gemakkelijker dan het lijkt, mits je daar de juiste methoden en... lees meer
  
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• Ruim baan voor autonome voertuigen?

  27-11-2015 11:13
  In minder dan vijf jaar tijd van tekentafel naar showroom: de ontwikkeling van autonome voertuigen gaat heel snel. Nu het er nog maar heel weinig zijn, bestaan er nog nagenoeg geen problemen. Waar het straks goed fout kan gaan, is op oudere secundaire wegen en in dorpen en steden, waar een voertuig te maken heeft met... lees meer
  
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• Corporates moeten innoveren om startups te lijf te kunnen

  27-11-2015 11:13
  In zijn openings-keynote op de elfde CIODAY riep Jeff Schumacher, directeur van het Digital Ventures programma binnen Boston Consulting Group, zijn publiek op om de handschoen op te nemen tegen startups. Startende bedrijven lijken een voorsprong te hebben als zij uit onverwachte hoek en met een vernieuwende inzet van... lees meer
  
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• VPN bug poses privacy threat to BitTorrent downloaders

  27-11-2015 02:43
  
  A bug affecting some VPN services can be used to figure out a computer's real IP addresses, including those of BitTorrent users, which could pose a huge privacy and possibly a legal risk.
  The vulnerability affects those services that allow port forwarding, according to VPN provider Perfect Privacy, which wrote about the issue on Thursday.
  A successful attack requires a couple of conditions to be met: the attacker must be on the same VPN network as the victim, who also has to be lured into conne
  
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