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• Intel eyes safety of self-driving cars, robots with IoT acquisition

  05-04-2016 23:00
  Intel has its eyes on making self-driving cars, robots and industrial equipment safer with a new acquisition.
  The chip maker has acquired Italian company Yogitech, which provides circuits and software tools for IoT devices to automate decision-making based on data patterns. Intel declined to comment how much it paid to buy the company.
  Intel will put Yogitech's technology to work in its IoT products, with an emphasis on safety for automated devices. The technology is designed to keep circuits f
  
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• What users love (and hate) about 4 leading APM tools

  05-04-2016 15:40
  
  Application Performance Management(APM) is the monitoring and management of performance and availability of software applications. An APM solution finds and diagnoses complex application performance problems in order to maintain an expected level of service. An APM solution translates IT metrics into business value, so it is crucial for a company to choose the right solution for their needs.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Why you shouldn't completely unplug on vacation

  05-04-2016 14:01
  
  Ah, vacation! Time to set up your "out of office" notification, shut down your computer, turn off your phone and forget about work -- or, maybe not.You've seen lots of articles explaining how you can disconnect while on holiday, but some people share a different view.
  Not staying connected to the office while on vacation can set you up for a much more stressful return, and can even impact the waning days of your time off if you're dreading the thought of coming back to an overflowing email inbox
  
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• VMware goes after Outlook with Boxer email app for Airwatch

  05-04-2016 14:00
  
  It seems like every major tech company needs to have an email app these days, and VMware is no exception. The company launched a new version of the Boxer iOS app on Tuesday for companies using VMware to manage their employees' mobile devices.The resulting app, appropriately called VMware Boxer, is now available for AirWatch and Workspace One customers. It's designed to replace Apple's built-in Mail app on the iPhone and iPad, in part because it's packing some key additional features.Boxer includ
  
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• How to become a trailblazer at your new job

  05-04-2016 13:51
  
  Your first job in tech is the first impression you'll make on your career -- the job that will hopefully define your career trajectory. The connections you make in the industry and the colleagues you work with will all be a major part in your future success -- so it's important to remember that just because you're new on the job scene, it doesn't mean you can't be a trailblazer.Bill Peppler, managing Partner at Kavaliro, an IT staffing firm, has seen plenty of millennials head into their first j
  
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• What cloud computing means for your applications

  05-04-2016 13:45
  
  I’ve written a number of times about the sea change in technology that is occurring and how it’s affecting enterprise IT organizations. Most recently, I wrote about how open source is eating the technology industry and how that will affect these organizations. It’s no exaggeration to say that IT is witnessing more change now than it has ever before seen. I expect more innovation – and turmoil – in the industry over the next five years than in the past 20. And a
  
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• Mobile-only banking startup bets on bots

  05-04-2016 13:00
  
  Microsoft made headlines when Tay, the chatbot designed to engage with millennials, was exploited and began tweeting what the company described as “wildly inappropriate and reprehensible words and images.”[ Related: Microsoft 'deeply sorry' for Tay chatbot, will bring it back when 'vulnerability' is fixed ]But other companies are quietly implementing similar artificial intelligence technology to interact with current and future customers. Atom Bank, a startup, mobile-only bank based
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Star Wars: The Force Awakens is on iTunes, but I still won’t watch it

  05-04-2016 13:00
  
  Star Wars: The Force Awakens was a bit hit at the box office, and now it has finally arrived on iTunes. Usually when a big movie like this hits iTunes, it’s a cause for celebration as iTunes users flock to buy and download the flick.But when I found out that Star Wars: The Force Awakens was available for purchase on iTunes, I simply yawned and promptly forgot about it. Yes, I’m one of those few luddites who doesn’t care about Star Wars and who won’t be buying the movie fr
  
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• Don’t let embarrassment about a data breach cost you even more

  05-04-2016 13:00
  
  Nobody likes to be embarrassed. That goes for company executives. This fact of human nature helps explain why the breach-disclosure laws that have been adopted by many states can be leveraged by data thieves for even more profit than they could realize before.
  Companies have always been reluctant to admit to data breaches. A lot of that reluctance can be attributed to simple embarrassment: We’ve been telling our customers that our security would keep their sensitive data safe, even when w
  
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• Denial Syndrome: Consumers don’t think they’ll get hacked

  05-04-2016 12:51
  
  Most people say they care about their online security and privacy. Poll after poll confirm what one would expect: They don’t want their identities stolen, phones hacked, credit cards compromised or bank accounts drained. They don’t welcome government or anyone else conducting surveillance on them, especially in their private lives.
  But those polls also show that an alarmingly small percentage of those same people don’t seem to be willing to make much effort to do wha
  
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• HP laptop-tablet hybrid is the first with AMD's 'Bristol Ridge' chip

  05-04-2016 12:30
  
  A new hybrid from HP gives an indication of what you can expect with laptops with AMD's new 7th Generation chips, code-named Bristol Ridge.HP announced the Envy X360 hybrid, essentially a laptop with a 15.6-inch screen that can fold into a big tablet, on Tuesday. It will be available with AMD's FX 9800P quad-core processor and integrated Radeon R7 graphics. Buyers can also choose Intel's Skylake chips.The FX 9800P is part of AMD's "7th Generation" lineup of chips, code-named Bristol Ridge, unvei
  
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• Hands-on with HP's Spectre 13.3, the world's thinnest laptop

  05-04-2016 12:30
  Someone call Guinness! HP’s new luxurious Spectre 13.3 ultraportable could now be the thinnest laptop in the world.
  The new Spectre 13.3, with its fancy cabinet-style, piston-driven hinges, and hand-polished gold trim, is just 10.4mm thick, HP says. To put that into perspective, I compared the Spectre’s z-height against various other notably svelte laptops and tablet-with-keyboard combos, and the Spectre is thinner-er than them all.Our comparison chart of laptops and table
  
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• Facebook takes a guess at what's in pictures to help visually impaired

  05-04-2016 12:27
  
  With images an ever-growing proportion of what we share on social networks, Facebook fears that users with visual impairments may be missing out.
  Beginning Tuesday, the company is tweaking its timelines so that users of screen readers can hear not just the text on a page, but also a brief description of what any images may contain. Until now, they've heard only the name of the person who posted the photo.
  To describe the images, Facebook built a computer vision system with a neural network trai
  
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• This startup uses math to show whether your network is safe

  05-04-2016 12:00
  
  How do you know your network is safe from attacks and failures? Veriflow, a startup with backing from the U.S. Defense Department, says it can make sure.
  Veriflow applies a practice called formal verification, used in preparing Mars missions and military gear, to figure out ahead of time what could go wrong on a network. Using that information, it helps enterprises apply policies to prevent problems from starting or spreading.
  If this sounds more at home in a lab than in a data center, it may b
  
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• Ineffectieve cybersecurity kost bedrijven miljoenen

  05-04-2016 12:00
  Een meerderheid van CIO’s bij bedrijven en organisaties in Europa geeft toe dat zij ineffectieve infrastructuur voor beveiliging inzet en daardoor veel geld verspilt, en dat de organisatie wordt blootgesteld aan nieuwe bedreigingen. Driekwart denkt dat hun innovatiestrategie kan worden ondermijnd door... lees meer
  
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• Gov't researchers develop wireless car chargers that are faster than plug-ins

  05-04-2016 12:00
  
  The U.S. Department of Energy has demonstrated a 20,000 watt (20KW) wireless car-charging system that offers three times the efficiency of today's plug-in systems for electric vehicles (EVs).
  And all you have to do is park your vehicle on top of it.DOEThe U.S. Department of Energy has demonstrated a 20,000 watt (20KW) wireless car-charging system that offers three times the efficiency of today's plug-in systems for electric vehicles.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please cli
  
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• AMD's new 7th Generation laptop chips will take on Intel's Skylake

  05-04-2016 11:30
  
  AMD hopes to provide stiffer competition to Intel's Skylake with its new "7th Generation" processor for laptops and desktops.The new AMD processors, code-named Bristol Ridge, will initially ship in dual-core and quad-core configurations. A Bristol Ridge processor will first appear in HP's Envy X360 laptop, and PCs with FX and A-series chips will follow later this year.The chips will succeed last year's PC processors code-named Carrizo. Bristol Ridge's architecture is similar to that of Carrizo,
  
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• Refurbished and old models of iPhones only way for Apple to crack Indian market

  05-04-2016 08:20
  
  Apple’s strategy to sell refurbished and older models of its iPhone in the Indian market may be the only way the company can sell its phones in volumes in the country.Indian users are very price-sensitive and the market for the high-end phones sold by Apple cannot be large, said Kiranjeet Kaur, research manager at IDC Asia-Pacific.The Chinese experience cannot be replicated in India because per capita incomes are not very high in the country, Kaur said. Import taxes on smartphones are also
  
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• Laptops, tablets could pack more DDR4 memory with Samsung breakthrough

  05-04-2016 05:23
  
  Samsung wants to cram faster and more power-efficient DDR4 DRAM in laptops and hybrids with new memory chips it introduced on Monday.
  The South Korean company has started mass production of DDR4 memory chips based on the cutting edge 10-nanometer class process. The first 8-gigabit chips will also go into servers.
  The new DRAM is faster and more power-efficient than DDR4 memory made using the older 20-nm class process, the company claims.
  DRAM is critical to computing systems. It is where d
  
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• Supercomputing shifts from power to purpose

  05-04-2016 04:38
  
  The era of the one-size-fits-all supercomputer is over.
  Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE), the market leader in this space, is now producing high performance computing systems for specific needs. The shift is being driven, in part, by the increasing desire for systems that can process data efficiently.
  HPE on Monday announced a series of new systems targeted at specific processes such as "deep learning." This is a branch of machine learning used, in particular, to analyze images and sound.
  For d
  
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• Trump Hotels investigating possible payment card breach

  05-04-2016 03:47
  
  The Trump Hotel Collection said on Monday it is working with the Secret Service and FBI to investigate a possible payment card breach, its second one in less than a year.
  The luxury hotel group is run by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his family. 
  "Like virtually every other company these days, we are routinely targeted by cyber terrorists whose only focus is to inflict harm on great American businesses," said Eric Trump, one of the candidate's sons, in an email stateme
  
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• Salesforce buys AI specialist MetaMind to avoid being ‘flanked'

  05-04-2016 02:15
  
  Salesforce.com's automation efforts got a boost Monday with the news it has acquired AI startup MetaMind.
  Salesforce will integrate MetaMind's technology into its own services for new marketing-automation and personalization capabilities, according to a blog post from MetaMind founder Richard Socher.
  "We'll extend Salesforce's data science capabilities by embedding deep learning within the Salesforce platform," Socher wrote.
  Socher's personal Web page now lists his title as chief scientist at t
  
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• Why Nest’s Revolv hubs won’t be the last IoT devices knocked offline

  05-04-2016 01:05
  
  Owners of the Revolv connected-home hub are about to experience what may become a growing hazard of the Internet of Things: abandoned Things.
  The hubs they use to control devices around their homes through a smartphone app will stop working on May 15. It seems that Nest, the division of Alphabet that acquired Revolv in 2014, thinks it has a better way to do this. So the service connected to Revolv hubs will end and the devices, which sold for a list price of US$299, will be deactivated.
  "As of
  
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• Windows 10 hits the top of Steam's usage charts

  05-04-2016 01:00
  A version of Windows 10 is now the operating system of choice—or maybe, not by choice—for Steam users.
  According to Valve’s Steam hardware and software survey for March 2016, Windows 10 (64-bit) is installed on 36.97 percent of all devices running Steam. That’s a gain of 2.96 percent from February, and it pushes the OS past Windows 7 (64-bit), which fell to 32.99 percent last month.
  Overall, Windows 7 still has a slight edge if you factor in both 64-bit and 32-bit instal
  
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• Brocade buying Ruckus Wireless for $1.2 billion

  05-04-2016 00:42
  
  Networking hardware vendor Brocade announced today that it would add a wireless infrastructure club to its bag in the form of Ruckus Wireless, as part of a deal with a net value of $1.2 billion.
  The objective, according to Brocade’s public statement, is to broaden the company’s enterprise networking stable and boost profits, since wireless is a growth area. Like any merger of this type, the idea seems to be to offer a unitary set of products and services.
  +ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD: HTT
  
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