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• SURFnet koppelt ICT start-ups aan onderwijsinstellingen

  15-02-2016 19:59
  ICT-dienstverlener voor het universitair onderwijs en onderzoek SURFnet is een nieuw initiatief begonnen, het Start-up Podium, om start-ups in de ict in contact te brengen met onderwijsinstellingen. Het initiatief is een experiment waarmee start-ups met innovatieve ICT-technologieën en nuttige producten en... lees meer
  
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• T-Mobile is taking an ax to wireless rivals -- and I know why

  15-02-2016 18:36
  
  I have had the pleasure (or lack thereof) of using AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile all in a period of less than a year, and the experience has given me some first-hand knowledge about how the carriers are doing -- and what they're doing wrong. I first left AT&T for Verizon in 2015 because of AT&T's absurd pricing, $140 a month for my data plan and another $25 to $40 a line (though now that price has been cut by AT&T to $15 per line). So with five lines, I was paying about $280 a mont
  
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• Microsoft's new Lumia 650 emphasizes its new business focus, but without Continuum

  15-02-2016 18:13
  
  More and more, Microsoft seems to transitioning Windows Phone into a business-oriented device. So it’s a little odd that its new phone, the Lumia 650, appears to have launched without support for Microsoft's Continuum Display Dock.
  Microsoft’s Lumia 650 is decidedly a midrange to low-end phone: according to Microsoft’s specifications, it’s powered by a low-end Qualcomm Snapdragon 212, with just 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, as well as a 5-inch, 1280x720 disp
  
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• Samsung will show a new wearable at Mobile World Congress: A shoe

  15-02-2016 16:53
  
  Samsung Electronics will play host to a new wearable device on its stand at Mobile World Congress next week: a smart shoe.The sole of the Iofit sneaker is loaded with accelerometers and pressure sensors that communicate with a mobile app, making it easier for coaches to provide personalized tips for different sports.Samsung Electronics The companion app to the Iofit smart sports shoe displays the wearer's weight distribution in real timeTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please
  
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• Russian cyberspy group uses simple yet effective Linux Trojan

  15-02-2016 14:33
  A cyberespionage group of Russian origin known as Pawn Storm is infecting Linux systems with a simple but effective Trojan program that doesn't require highly privileged access.Pawn Storm, also known as APT28, Sofacy or Sednit, is a group of attackers that has been active since at least 2007. Over the years, the group has targeted governmental, security and military organizations from NATO member countries, as well as defense contractors and media organizations, Ukrainian political activists and
  
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• Nice SaaS, Amazon Web Services tells Italian software developer

  15-02-2016 14:21
  Amazon Web Services has agreed to buy Nice, an Italian vendor of high-performance computing software and services to extend its as-a-service offering.It's Amazon.com's second acquisition within six months of a software vendor that can put its cloud computing platform to new uses. The last was Elemental Technologies, in September. Nice is a niche outfit, with customers numbering in the hundreds, not thousands. Companies and research institutions in the aerospace, automotive, energy, life sci
  
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• CIOs aren’t ready for Docker and container technology

  15-02-2016 13:23
  
  Containers are all the rage among developers, who use the open source software to build, test and run applications. But the technology, offered by companies such as Docker and CoreOS, isn’t on the radar of most Fortune 500 CIOs, suggesting that it has a ways to go before it gains traction in large enterprises. That will change as CIOs swap legacy environments for cloud infrastructure and refashion their IT departments under agile and DevOps principles, experts say.
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• IDG Contributor Network: Is Apple's software quality really in decline?

  15-02-2016 13:22
  If you've been following media reports about Apple's "decline in software quality" you'd think that the company had completely lost its ability to delight users. And you might wonder what has gone wrong inside of Apple to allow this terrible situation to happen in the first place.But has Apple's software quality really gone downhill? Or is it just a case of various drama queens in the media shouting into their own echo chamber, and reinforcing each other's perspective?I'll share my thoughts belo
  
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• Polls, stats and parodies: The 10 must-follow websites of the 2016 presidential election

  15-02-2016 13:11
  
  You could call the 2016 presidential election a lot of things, but you couldn’t call it boring. Don’t miss any twist or turn as the race moves toward Super Tuesday and beyond. We’ve found 10 sites that will keep you well-informed.1. FiveThirtyEightNate Silver and the Fivethirtyeight team deliver general political news and opinion, and even sports analysis and predictions. The real reason to keep tabs on the site during election year, however, is its excellent statistical forec
  
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• Who’s in charge of AI in the enterprise?

  15-02-2016 13:00
  
  Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to disrupt the workplace as applications powered by machine-learning algorithms begin to permeate enterprises at every level.Just who’s doing that disrupting – and to whom do they report? Data scientists, business architects and quantitative analysts (also known as quants) are most often the professionals exploiting the burgeoning technology – sometimes under the mantel of the IT department, but often not.“Unfortunately, IT budgets
  
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• Identifying the security pitfalls in SDN

  15-02-2016 12:30
  
  Software-defined networks can be a boon to savvy organizations, offering opportunities to cut administrative costs while increasing network agility. But SDN technology can also create security risks, and how you manage those risks can mean the difference between a successful implementation and a disastrous one.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Inside the strategy team at Cisco

  15-02-2016 12:23
  
  When your company is known for innovation, the role of Chief Strategy Officer is a pretty daunting job.  Hilton Romanski was elevated to that position right before Chuck Robbins took over as CEO last July.  Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently caught up with Romanski to get an inside view of how the Cisco strategy engine runs.Different companies seem to define strategy jobs differently, so let’s start with how it works at Cisco.CISCO Cisco Chief Strategy Officer Hilton
  
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• The surprising truth about Facebook's Internet.org

  15-02-2016 12:15
  
  You may have heard that Internet.org is a nonprofit organization launched by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and dedicated to bringing Internet access to people who can't access it, or can't afford it.But this isn't true -- not any of it.The realities of Internet.org came into question last week when India banned it from the country. If the Internet is good, and Internet.org simply exists to get people on it, why was it banned?Let's start with a basic question.What is Internet.org?
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• Eye-opening optical research projects that could supercharge the Internet

  15-02-2016 12:02
  
  Nikola Alic, a photonics research scientist at the University of California’s Qualcomm Institute in San Diego, argues that optical research offers the best hope for helping the Internet accommodate the ever growing flow of multimedia services.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• 11 great virtual reality apps that you should try out right now

  15-02-2016 12:00
  Be in the actionIf a picture is worth a thousand words, then virtual reality must be worth a million. That’s because unless you are present on the spot, there’s no way a single photo or video can convey the desperate squalor of a refugee camp or the weightless sensation of floating in space. As a passive observer, you merely witness; with VR, you’re where the action is.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Do agile certifications mean anything?

  15-02-2016 10:00
  
  How do CIOs know their IT talent has the skills, knowledge and experience to get the job done? Certifications can provide a valuable benchmark that can demonstrate expertise with just a glance. But how can you certify competence and proficiency with a methodology like agile?
  "Certifications get a bad rap. The arguments against certification exist for almost every certification, whether that's Java, Oracle, Microsoft -- and now agile. It's not something my clients are specifically asking for, the
  
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• Apple wants court to rule if it can be forced to unlock an iPhone

  15-02-2016 07:15
  Apple has requested a court in New York to rule finally whether it can be compelled to assist investigators to break the passcode of an iPhone 5s belonging to a defendant in a criminal case.The Department of Justice, citing a statute called the All Writs Act, tried to get help from Apple to bypass the security of the phone in government possession.Apple's lawyer said in a letter to U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York that the comp
  
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• Malware targets all Android phones -- except those in Russia

  15-02-2016 06:03
  
  A malware program for Android seen advertised on Russian underground forums in the last few months appears to have made its first big debut.MazarBOT can take full control of a phone and appears to be targeting online banking customers, wrote Peter Kruse, an IT security expert and founder of CSIS Security Group, based in Copenhagen, which does deep investigations into online crime for financial services companies."Until now, MazarBOT has been advertised for sale on several websites on the Da
  
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• 10 tips for integrating NoSQL databases in your business

  15-02-2016 03:29
  
  Data is driving innovation and growth for business, but only for businesses prepared to handle data effectively.While relational databases have their place, today's data complexity, volume and demand make them ill-suited to certain applications. In many of these cases, NoSQL technologies are stepping in to fill the gap. Still, implementing NoSQL systems into your organization may not be easy.It's worth the effort, but it requires careful planning and organizational buy-in — a critical piec
  
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• Attackers try to compromise Magento with a fake patch

  15-02-2016 02:38
  Attackers are still trying to find Magento installations that haven't patched a particularly bad vulnerability, this time trying to trick people into downloading a fake patch.The bogus patch purports to fix a flaw known as the Shoplift Bug, or SUPEE-5344, wrote Denis Sinegubko, a senior malware researcher with Sucuri."While the patch was released February 2015, many sites unfortunately did not update," he wrote. "This gave hackers an opportunity to compromise thousands of Magento powered online
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The problem with how we measure project progress

  15-02-2016 01:00
  
  "I'm 92 percent done with my project tasks."
  Have you ever heard that statement made by your project team members?
  As project managers we often live and die by the percent complete of the tasks on our project schedules.  We obsess over them and compare the tasks to the calendar dates. Are we as far along as we should be?  Is my assigned resource making progress?  And what, exactly, does 43 percent complete really mean?  What does it look like?  If you're me it looks abo
  
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