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• Draft bill would boost H-1B worker pay for big visa users

  10-06-2016 23:30
  
  Pay for H-1B workers may increase significantly if a draft bill authored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) gets the bipartisan backing it will need to pass Congress.
  The bill primarily relies on salary to distribute the visas. Firms that pay salaries well above the prevailing wage will have the best chance of getting a visa.
  Lofgren has been working with Rep. Darrel Issa (R-Calif.), whose support in the GOP-controlled House is critical.The measure is now being distributed to stakeholders for feedb
  
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• BrandPost: Manufacturing ERP Innovation: Only in the Cloud

  10-06-2016 22:55
  
  Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), wearables, mobility, big data, smart manufacturing. These trends don’t have to seem like some far off dream or science fiction in a distant future. Because it’s likely that some of your competitors are implementing these innovations now—and they’re changing the landscape of the manufacturing industry in the process. Will you be on the horizon with them or will you be scrambling to keep up?Having a cloud ERP strategy can ensure not onl
  
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• Slideshow: Here's a sneak peek at what's coming in the next Linux Mint

  10-06-2016 22:23
  
  Here's a sneak peek at what's coming in the next Linux MintImage by Linux MintThe beta version of Linux Mint 18 'Sarah' made its debut this week, and a final release won't be far behind. Here's a look at what's coming to this popular free and open-source operating system.A choice of desktopsImage by Linux MintTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Here's a sneak peek at what's coming in the next Linux Mint

  10-06-2016 22:23
  
  Here's a sneak peek at what's coming in the next Linux MintImage by Linux MintThe beta version of Linux Mint 18 'Sarah' made its debut this week, and a final release won't be far behind. Here's a look at what's coming to this popular free and open-source operating system.A choice of desktopsImage by Linux MintTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Why your next iPhone could have Intel inside

  10-06-2016 22:18
  
  Intel has missed out on the iPhone party until now, ceding big business to other chip makers in the process. But that could be about to change.Apple will use modems from Intel in some models of its next smartphone, replacing chips from Qualcomm, according a Bloomberg report Friday. An Intel modem will go into iPhones for the AT&T Wireless network in the U.S. and in some international versions, the report says.If true, it would be a big win for Intel, especially after its decision t
  
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• DHL's Parcelcopter is automated drone delivery in action

  10-06-2016 21:25
  
  Sending packages by airplane is nothing new, but the task could soon be taken over by drones.DHL recently completed of a three-month-long test of its automated drone delivery system, the Parcelcopter. It works with a combination helipad and mailbox dubbed Skyport, which can automatically load and unload the drone’s payload when it lands and store it in one of the station’s lockers.Testing took place between January and March of 2016 in Bavaria, Germany. The idea was to see if the dro
  
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• Industrial control systems vendors get careless about domain squatting

  10-06-2016 21:12
  
  Many companies protect their brands by registering domain names that are slight variations on their own, but manufacturers of industrial control systems don't seem to have followed suit, potentially leaving customers open to attack.Researchers from security consultancy Digital Bond have found 433 so-called "squat" domains whose names are similar to those of 11 industrial manufacturers, and which have been registered by unknown third parties. Some of the domains have been hosting scams, malicious
  
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• 29% off Braun Series 9 Electric Shaver with Cleaning Center - Deal Alert

  10-06-2016 21:07
  
  The Series 9 electric shaver from Braun is packed with features and claims to be its most efficient and comfortable shaver for skin. Its Syncrosonic shaving head pivots and adapts fully to your facial contours. It contains four specialized cutting elements that promise to remove more hair than any other shaver, aligning and cutting hair growing in all directions. It's 100% waterproof up to five meters, so you can use this in and out of the shower without a second thought. An integrated trimmer s
  
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• Moto Z and Moto Z Force phones all about Moto Mods

  10-06-2016 20:38
  
  Yesterday, I attended Lenovo's Tech World event at the iconic Masonic Theatre in San Francisco's Nob Hill 'hood, where the company debuted a bunch of new toys, including the world's first smartphone that supports Google's Tango augmented reality (AR) platform, the gigantor Phab 2 Pro, and Motorola's latest and greatest, the sleek Moto Z and rugged Moto Z Force phones. (Lenovo owns Motorola Mobility.)The most notable thing about the two new Moto devices is their support for Moto Mods, which are s
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 3 things healthcare can learn from PayPal

  10-06-2016 20:02
  
  On a recent overseas trip, I logged into PayPal to make a payment. I clicked a couple of wrong buttons and the system instantly locked me out due to “suspicious activity”. Fortunately, the resolution was quick and smooth. All I had to do was verify my identity through a couple of online transactions that would require access to my bank and credit card accounts – things that I was able to do easily. Though it was an annoyance at the time, I was grateful for the algorithms that q
  
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• Microsoft takes Windows 10 upgrade near nuclear line

  10-06-2016 19:59
  
  Microsoft has not gone for the nuclear option with Windows 10 -- forcing the new operating system on consumers and small businesses now running older editions -- but it has tiptoed close to that line.
  Five months ago, Computerworld laid out the steps Microsoft had taken to distribute Windows 10, but noted that it had not yet moved to the next logical phase: not only downloading and initiating the upgrade, but completing it without any explicit user approval.
  To recap, Microsoft kicked off the r
  
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• Microsoft analyzes web searches, finds clues for early cancer detection

  10-06-2016 19:18
  
  Analyzing online activities can provide clues as to a person's chances of having cancer, Microsoft researchers showed in a paper published this week.Specifically, the researchers demonstrated that by analyzing web query logs they were able to identify internet users who had pancreatic cancer even before they'd been diagnosed.[ Related: Biden says big data is key to fight against cancer ]The study suggest that "low-cost, high-coverage surveillance systems" can be created to passively observe sear
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How to survive a management audit

  10-06-2016 19:18
  
  This is a test. Which of the following are common occurrences during IT Management Audits?1.      Staff members quit.2.      Staff members break down in tears in front of the consultants.3.      Staff members fly into a screaming rage at the consultants.4.      Staff members lie to the consultants.5.      Staff members refuse to cooperate.6.      A
  
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• What Lenovo's Phab 2 Pro Tango phone means for AR

  10-06-2016 19:01
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Yesterday Lenovo made headlines in the tech world when it announced the world's first Android smartphone with support for Google's futuristic augmented reality (AR) platform, Tango, at its annual Lenovo Tech World event. The Lenovo Phab 2 Pro is slated for a September release, and it will be available unlocked via Lenovo's website — and, oddly enough, in Lowe's stores — for $499. (Lowe's created an AR app for Tango devices that lets customers visualize various h
  
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• How Google killed Nest and why acquisitions fail

  10-06-2016 18:41
  
  So a few years back Nest was the up-and-coming home automation company. It had an amazing thermostat that was designed like Steve Jobs’ designed Apple products, and a fascinating smoke detector. Google (now Alphabet) got so excited that it bought the company and amazing things were expected, but nothing really resulted. Now the founder has left, it has bled an impressive number of employees and Alphabet’s effort to create an Amazon Echo competitor called Chirp has been pushed to a ne
  
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• 4 ways Apple could fix Apple Music

  10-06-2016 18:33
  
  Apple Music, the company's streaming music service, is a confusing mess that aims to please everyone but wows no one. The app is bloated, yet it still lacks some of the most basic features of subscription music services. When Apple acquired Beats for $3 billion in May 2014, it got a well-designed, fun interface in Beats Music, but it threw it all away in favor of a cluttered, whitespace-heavy format that harkens back to iTunes, which was introduced 15 years ago.The design and spirit of Beats Mus
  
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• BrandPost: TBM at a Glance: The Most Important KPI You May Have Never Heard Of

  10-06-2016 17:09
  
  “How’s business?” That’s a question more appropriate for CIOs to answer than ever. We’re in the age of digital transformation, with IT moving away from its traditional role as cost center and responsible for a growing, increasingly influential budget. Today’s strategic CIOs and IT leaders are focused squarely on increasing efficiency, improving business processes, and delivering reliable IT services. As a result, they need to run IT as a business where creatin
  
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• Facebook adds video replies to its list of commenting options

  10-06-2016 16:46
  
  For those times when only a personal message will do, you can now upload videos to the comments section of any Facebook post by a person, page, group, or event. As of Friday, the new feature is available worldwide on Android, iOS, and the desktop. Facebook/Bob Baldwin
  Facebook’s new video commenting feature.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• PGA Tour bets big on Microsoft mobile, cloud services

  10-06-2016 16:35
  
  If you were to choose a company to embraceMicrosoft's mobile and cloud first strategy, you could do worse than picking the PGA Tour. The organization, which supports 100 tournaments a year, is building Windows 10 mobile applications that track player scores and analyze the trek of the ball, data that is eventually essential in scoreboards, television broadcasts and websites. It’s also using Microsoft Azure public cloud and the Office 365 productivity suite.PGA Tour CIO Steve Evans has boug
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How working remotely can be beneficial for business

  10-06-2016 16:14
  
  When was the last time you pinged your co-worker who was just 30-feet away, instead of walking up to them? As marketers, we have become so much tech savvy and addicted to our phones that we’d rather send a text to or DM a team member than get up and talk to them.Commuting to work has been another issue for a lot of people. “You know what? I love commuting to work every day” – said no one, ever. In fact, many of us even try to find a home closer to the office so that we ca
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why some Data Lakes are built to last

  10-06-2016 16:08
  
  Hadoop-based data lakes can be game changers: better, cheaper and faster integrated enterprise information. Knowledge workers can access data directly, where project cycles are measured in days rather than months, and business users can leverage a shared data source rather than creating stand-alone sandboxes or warehouses.Unfortunately, more than a few data lake projects are off track. Data is going in but it’s not coming out, at least not at the pace envisioned. What’s the chokepoin
  
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• Hands-on with Lenovo's Phab 2 Pro: The world's first Tango phone is big, bulky, and super neat

  10-06-2016 16:00
  
  There are numerous technologies that you always hear about, but don’t have access to. For me, Google's Project Tango and its augmented reality tricks have always been those elusive technology teases. I’ve seen how Project Tango is used on the International Space Station, and I've watched from the wings while others have used a development kit. But I never really processed that Project Tango would become legitimate, shipping consumer technology. Until now.To read this article in
  
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• Biden says big data is key to fight against cancer

  10-06-2016 15:46
  
  The way Joe Biden tells it, the fight against cancer is in great measure a big data problem.In remarks at an oncology convention in Chicago this week, the vice president delivered a message of open data and interdisciplinary collaboration as keys in the search for better cancer diagnosis and treatment.[ Related: Big data essential to cancer moonshot ]Biden took the occasion to announce the public availability of the Genomic Data Commons, a repository of the anonymized genomic and clinical data o
  
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• Twitter is notifying affected users after millions of login details leaked

  10-06-2016 15:30
  Users worried about being caught up in the recent leak of more than 32 million Twitter login credentials should already know if they’ve been hacked. Twitter confirmed on Friday that it was notifying users whose valid login credentials were recently being passed around on the so-called ‘dark web.’ The account credential leak became public after LeakedSource published the collection on Wednesday. LeakedSource maintains a database of nearly two billion online account credential l
  
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• RES en TOPdesk gaan samenwerken

  10-06-2016 14:49
  Werkplekspecialist RES gaat samenwerken met TOPdesk, leverancier van ITIL-gebaseerde servicemanagementsoftware.TOPdesk helpt bedrijven met het verwerken van serviceverzoeken, het optimaliseren van diensten, het verbeteren van serviceniveaus en het verminderen van de werkdruk. Met RES kunnen organisaties de... lees meer
  
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• Review: New Matter’s MOD-t 3D printer is ingeniously simple (with video)

  10-06-2016 12:30
  
  In a consumer market filled with entry-level 3D printers, startup New Matter was able to garner nearly twice its crowdfunding goals last year (and raise $6.5 million in a series A funding round) to begin production of its minimalist 3D desktop printer -- the MOD-t.
  So when offered the opportunity to review the MOD-t, which retails for $399 (Amazon price - What's this?), I jumped at the chance. And while I wasn't blown away by its value or quality, I was impressed with what I found to be a true
  
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• How to combat new college grads' lack of security awareness

  10-06-2016 12:21
  
  Welcome to the working worldImage by ThinkstockNew graduates aren’t just bringing their skills and experience to the workplace – they’re also bringing poor cybersecurity habits. Recent studies have shown Millennials are generally indifferent about data security. With many new grads choosing to use applications and devices that have not been approved by corporate IT, there is no easy way to monitor usage to ensure data remains secure.To read this article in full or to leave a co
  
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• The PC Hardware Nerd Quiz

  10-06-2016 12:00
  Separating the true nerds from the wannabesYou can tell from five feet away if a screw is used to install a power supply or an optical drive. You can recite how much cache was in a Northwood Pentium 4. If you’re that kind of nerd, you won't have any problem with our PC Nerd Quiz. Or will you? We’ve assembled a mix of challenging questions designed to separate the true nerds from the wannabes. Let's see how you do. Ready? First question... To read this article in full or to leave
  
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• Digitalisering verandert personele samenstelling banken

  10-06-2016 11:39
  Door de voortschrijdende digitalisering in de financiële sector hebben medewerkers bij Nederlandse banken steeds vaker een IT-achtergrond. Ruim een vijfde (22%) werkt voor de IT-afdeling, terwijl dit negen jaar geleden nog maar 12% was. Deze groep moet systemen in de lucht houden die vaak zelf zijn ontwikkeld.... lees meer
  
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• Twitter locks some accounts after passwords exposed

  10-06-2016 08:50
  
  Twitter said it had locked down and called for a password reset of some accounts after an unconfirmed claim of a leak of nearly 33 million usernames and passwords to the social network.
  The company said the information was not obtained from a hack of its servers, and speculated that the information may have been gathered from other recent breaches, malware on victim machines that are stealing passwords for all sites, or a combination of both.
  “In each of the recent password disclosures, w
  
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• New Mozilla fund will pay for security audits of open-source code

  10-06-2016 07:29
  A new Mozilla fund, called Secure Open Source, aims to provide security audits of open-source code, following the discovery of critical security bugs like Heartbleed and Shellshock in key pieces of the software.Mozilla has set up a US$500,000 initial fund that will be used for paying professional security firms to audit project code. The foundation will also work with the people maintaining the project to support and implement fixes and manage disclosures, while also paying for the verification
  
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• More Uber deliveries may be coming from your favorite online services

  10-06-2016 04:09
  
  Uber wants to be the default delivery service for small businesses in the United States. The car-hailing service/budding transport company just announced that any business can now use its UberRush application program interface (API).
  What that means for you is more deliveries from UberRush are likely headed your way from the online and mobile app-based services you use. If you live in one of UberRush’s delivery cities that is, which right now includes just Chicago, New York, and San Franc
  
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