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• RIP Paper, the ad-free Facebook News Feed app no one used but me

  30-06-2016 23:40
  
  I knew it was coming. The last time Facebook updated my favorite app, a little-used, under-the-radar gem called Paper, was in March. March of 2015. But the news today that Facebook has pulled Paper from the App Store still stings, because it was Facebook’s finest work.If you never used Paper—and you certainly weren’t alone—think of the app as the most gorgeous version of your Facebook News Feed combined with all your favorite news outlets. At the top of your News Feed was
  
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• June 2016: The month in hacks and breaches

  30-06-2016 23:05
  
  News hit over Memorial Day weekend of a massive breach of the social network Myspace. Usernames and passwords of 360 past and present users were stolen. This may end up being the largest data breach of all time, according to Sophos researchers.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• DNC hacker Guccifer 2.0 denies Russian links and mocks security firms

  30-06-2016 23:00
  
  The hacker who claims to have breached the Democratic National Committee’s networks is trying to beat back accusations that he’s linked with the Russian government.The intrusion, which stole confidential files from the DNC, was his “personal project,” hacker Guccifer 2.0 said in a Thursday blog post.Security firms and the DNC may be trying to blame the attack on Russia, but “they can prove nothing!” Guccifer 2.0 added.“All I hear is blah-blah-blah,
  
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• 23% off Segway miniPRO Personal Transporter, Now Shipping - Deal Alert

  30-06-2016 22:00
  
  Forget hoverboards. The Segway miniPRO is a smarter, stronger and safer personal transporter, UL 2272 Certified for the highest standards of electrical and fire safety requirements established by Underwriter Laboratories. The miniPRO has large air-filled tires suitable for almost any terrain. Its innovative knee bar makes steering easy and precise, and its powerful lithium-ion battery will take you up to 14 miles on a single charge at speeds of up to 10 miles per hour. Automatic head
  
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• Hackers are coming for your healthcare records -- here’s why

  30-06-2016 21:54
  
  Data stolen from a bank quickly becomes useless once the breach is discovered and passcodes are changed. But data from the healthcare industry, which includes both personal identities and medical histories, can live a lifetime.
  Cyberattacks will cost hospitals more than $305 billion over the next five years and one in 13 patients will have their data compromised by a hack, according to industry consultancy Accenture. Accenture
  And a study by the Brookings Institution predicts that one
  
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• This new model for quantum circuits is like a 5-decker sandwich

  30-06-2016 20:46
  
  One of the challenges on the way to realizing the benefits of quantum computing is finding a way to compactly assemble and then precisely control enough quantum bits to deliver on the technology's enormous processing potential.Researchers at Penn State University said they've made a big advance.Quantum bits, or qubits, are the quantum equivalent of the bits used in traditional computing. While today's bits typically represent data as 0s or 1s, qubits can be both 0 and 1 at the same time through
  
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• Rumor check: Everything we think we know about the Galaxy Note 7

  30-06-2016 20:09
  
  Updated 06/30/16: Added more information about the official name, and information about the new TouchWiz improvements.
  It’s hard to believe that it’s been five years since Samsung’s first phone-tablet hybrid device launched the phablet movement. And it’s still going strong: The Galaxy Note 7 rumors have begun ramping up across Android fan sites and technology blogs, and we’re joining in the fun. We’re curious to see what the Korean electronics giant will reve
  
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• Microsoft expands cloud management licensing to include on-premises tools too

  30-06-2016 19:16
  
  Microsoft Monday announced that customers can now purchase a joint licensing agreement for its cloud-based Operations Management Suite and its on-premises Systems Center infrastructure manager.
  Packaging these separate but related management platforms will encourage customers to use public cloud resources and make it easier to manage hybrid clouds.
  +MORE AT NETWORK WORLD: Why Brexit could be a data management headache for US companies | Microsoft appears to be building a business app marketplac
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Highlights from the W3C blockchain workshop at MIT

  30-06-2016 19:06
  
  Do you have technology teams already involved in the W3C? Is your organization participating in a company or university innovation lab? You should. Through collaboration, innovation grows.The W3C blockchain interoperability workshop at MIT is an incubator for inspiration and a source for new perspectives. The workshop might have even answered some questions. But we all know asking questions is more fun.As you read the workshops highlights, ask yourself as a leader three questions:Is my company a
  
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• Android N name revealed: It's Nougat

  30-06-2016 18:53
  
  After months of calling the next release simply “Android N,” Google has finally settled on a name.
  The company revealed Nougat on its Snapchat channel and Twitter, which included uncovering the latest statue to grace the Google campus. 
  The time has arrived! #AndroidNReveal pic.twitter.com/vtbSOjQvWh— Android (@Android) June 30, 2016
  Google names its Android versions after what it calls “sweet treats.” Though the first two releases had no corresponding name, t
  
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• Critics denounce Windows 10 upgrade changes as PR ploy

  30-06-2016 18:51
  
  Commenters have scoffed at Microsoft's backtracking from a widely-criticized practice to trick users into upgrading to Windows 10, arguing that it was nothing more than a public relations ploy employed when the free upgrade was just weeks from expiring.
  "People have been complaining about GWX [Get Windows 10] since last October. To finally admit there's a problem 1 month before the end of the promotion (and it'll be another week before everyone has this update) is really sad," wrote someone ide
  
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• Dell stops selling Android devices

  30-06-2016 18:46
  
  Dell has stopped selling Android devices as it steps away from slate-style tablets to focus on Windows 2-in-1 devices.The company isn't refreshing the Venue line of Android tablets, and will no longer offer the Android-based Wyse Cloud Connect, a thumb-size computer that can turn a display into a PC. Other Android devices were discontinued some time ago."The slate tablet market is over-saturated and is experiencing declining demand from consumers, so we’ve decided to discontinue the Androi
  
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• Google Calendar crashes Thursday morning

  30-06-2016 18:24
  
  Google Calendar, the company's time-management and scheduling app, was down for many users for about two hours today.
  And for some, it's still down.
  At 9:47 a.m. ET, Google reported on its Apps Status Dashboard page that Calendar users were getting a "Server Error" page when trying to access the app from either the desktop or mobile devices.
  Google said its engineers were investigating the issue.
  At 11:33 a.m., the company reported, "Google Calendar service has already been restored for some us
  
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• How the internet of things is revolutionizing retail

  30-06-2016 18:16
  
  Throughout all industries, a majority of large companies (those with 1,000 employees or more) are using or planning to use IoT technologies, according to Forrester Research’s 2015 Global Business Technographics Networks and Telecommunications Survey. Those enterprises are hoping to gather data that can be leveraged to improve efficiency, serve customers better and gain insights into new ways of doing business.But IoT technology is already reshaping and revolutionizing the retail industry,
  
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• IBM and Cisco will make Watson into a virtual workmate

  30-06-2016 18:12
  
  Watson might schedule your meetings someday if a partnership between IBM and Cisco Systems bears the fruit they’re hoping to grow.In the meantime, the companies hope to save employees from some of the meaningless tasks they have to carry out just to work with their colleagues.IBM’s Verge email platform and Connections collaboration suite are a good match for Cisco products like the Spark messaging app and WebEx conferencing service, so the two vendors have found ways to integrate the
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: A Red Hat wedding

  30-06-2016 17:51
  
  On the second day of the Red Hat Summit this week, attendees found themselves invited to a wedding during one of the general sessions.
  The groom was Matt Hargrave, a Red Hat client from Texas, and, it probably goes without saying, a huge fan of the company. The bride was Shannon Montague, a sign language interpreter.
  Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst acted as the ring bearer and Red Hat EVP, technology and products, Paul Cormier officiated.
  Cormier told the couple that, “a successful marriage fo
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Jim Whitehurst: "If it's important to the Linux community, it's important to Red Hat"

  30-06-2016 17:48
  
  Red Hat was founded just two years after Linux was announced. Since then, company has continued to evolve and stay a leader in many areas — and with everything fully open source? What your secret sauce?
  Part of our secret sauce is that we are open and we're passionate about it. That does several things. First, it allows us to attract the best open-source talent. People want to come to Red Hat because they know everything we do is open. We release all of our code. Period. There's nothing p
  
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• Time is short to stop expansion of FBI hacking, senator says

  30-06-2016 17:45
  
  The U.S. Congress has a small window of time to stop proposed changes in federal court rules that will expand the FBI's authority to hack into computers during criminal investigations, a senator said Thursday.The rule changes allowing expanded FBI searches of computers, approved by the Supreme Court in April, go into effect in December unless Congress votes against them, and getting Congress to move in a contentious election year will be difficult, said Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat
  
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• Kaspersky: Ransomware that encrypts is booming

  30-06-2016 17:45
  
  Over the past year the number of machines hit by ransomware that encrypts all or part of the hard drive is five-and-a-half times what it was the year before, according to Kaspersky Lab.
  The number in 2014-2015 was 131,111 compared to 718,536 in 2015-2016, according to the company’s report Ransomware in 2014-2016.
  + ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD: Finally reason to hope in fight against ransomware | 5 things to know about ransomware +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click
  
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• Over 100 DDoS botnets built using Linux malware for embedded devices

  30-06-2016 17:36
  LizardStresser, the DDoS malware for Linux systems written by the infamous Lizard Squad attacker group, was used over the past year to create over 100 botnets, some built almost exclusively from compromised Internet-of-Things devices.LizardStresser has two components: A client that runs on hacked Linux-based machines and a server used by attackers to control the clients. It can launch several types of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, execute shell commands and propagate to other sys
  
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• Sensoria's smart workout clothes could be literal life-savers

  30-06-2016 17:20
  
  Sensoria makes a line of workout gear, including men’s T-shirts and women’s sports bras, that are fitness trackers on their own. The fabrics include electrodes and heart rate monitors, which communicate with Sensoria’s smartphone app via Bluetooth. I’ve tested the sports bra and Sensoria’s Bluetooth socks in the past, and while smart clothes sound cool in theory, they’re expensive and only marginally useful in practice. But Sensoria is refreshing its heart ra
  
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• BrandPost: CIO Interview with Albert Ma, CIO and Vice President at Toyota Financial Services

  30-06-2016 17:05
  
  Financial technology, along with healthcare tech, is one of the fastest growing sectors as regulatory and privacy needs are finally being met. Toyota Financial Services CIO and Vice President Albert Ma shares his insights into how technology is changing the very traditional world of financial services.  
  What is your main goal at Toyota Financial Services? 
  Our goal is to be the Partner of Choice for our customers and our dealers. Within IT, we’re strategically focusing on
  
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• HP sells PCs in a new way as it tries to speed up upgrades

  30-06-2016 16:43
  
  As the PC upgrade cycle slows down, HP is making a new devices-and-services pitch in an effort to revive sales. HP's device-as-a-service program, announced Thursday, gives companies the option of buying PCs, support and services via a monthly charge instead of paying for everything upfront.With many businesses waiting five or six years to upgrade PCs, the new plan could push users to refresh hardware at a faster pace. The offering is similar to the software-as-a-service model popularized by
  
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• Integration projects that went terribly wrong

  30-06-2016 16:33
  
  Large IT modernization projects often failImage by ThinkstockAccording to the 2011 Institute for Defense Analysis report, business transformation projects are routinely “over budget, behind schedule, and have not met performance expectations.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• CIOs combat messaging overload with mobile 'micro apps'

  30-06-2016 16:19
  
  Thanks to cloud and mobile applications, companies have eliminated tedious paper shuffling but this has created a new problem -- application fatigue. Enterprise software is cramming email inboxes with messages prompting workers to manage expense reports, purchase orders and other business processes. The very software designed to enhance your productivity is taking more of your time than was originally intended.The situation is especially challenging for managers who oversee hundreds or even thou
  
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• Landlords, ISPs team up to rip off tenants on broadband

  30-06-2016 15:21
  
  Who would have thought that handing out free coffee and donuts in an apartment house would lead to Comcast reprimanding the building owners? That's exactly what happened in Norcross, Ga., when cruller-baring Google representatives recently tried to tell residents about the company's new fiber, high-speed Internet service.The landlord in question was reminded that he, like apartment building owners in many states, has an exclusive deal that deems Comcast the only company that can provide broadban
  
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• Dell Latitude 7370 business ultrabook doesn't sacrifice style

  30-06-2016 15:13
  
  Touted as the world's smallest business-class laptop with a 13-inch display, the Dell Latitude 13 7000 series is an evolution of the popular consumer-centric Dell XPS 13 family, with enhancements designed for businesspeople. The machine is slim compared to the average bulky business laptop, and it sports Dell's InfinityEdge display and weighs just 2.48 pounds.
  Our Latitude 7370 review unit came with 128GB of storage and 8GB of RAM, with a 1.1GHz Intel Core M processor (m5-6Y57) under the hood [
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Simplify the way your business handles complex data

  30-06-2016 14:13
  
  Data’s impact on business is only gathering momentum. Key trends in business intelligence for this year include a focus on the Internet-of-Things (IoT), highly improved cognitive solutions and the rise of insight-driven organizations. With such growth in potential uses, sources and types of data, enterprises of all sizes are now facing increasing complexity when it comes to collection, management and analytics. Increased complexity, in turn, makes for new challenges for decision-makers and
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 9 good reasons to start the project late

  30-06-2016 14:00
  
  No one likes to delay the start of a project. No project manager likes to break the news to the customer that the customer – or the deliver organization – is not ready to start yet. It can set a bad first impression that is difficult to recover from. But not ready is not ready. And you'll never be sorry delaying the start of a project till everyone is ready. Success is much easier to achieve that way.That said, let's consider my list of nine good reasons to delay the start of a proje
  
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• 10 must-have apps for your Android Wear watch

  30-06-2016 13:00
  
  Without these apps, your Android Wear watch isn't living up to its potentialImage by Ryan WhitwamAndroid Wear has been on our wrists for two years now, and in that time Google has learned a lot. Android Wear is vastly more capable now than it was at launch, but some extra apps can still make it even better. In just a few minutes, your Android smartwatch can become smarter, easier to use, and more capable. These are the apps you need to install to make that happen.To read this article in full or
  
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• How to enhance protection of your surveillance system against cyber attacks

  30-06-2016 12:52
  
  Turning the tables on youImage by ThinkstockSurveillance video is a valuable data asset, and like any other sensitive data, video data can be used for many nefarious purposes. Criminals can observe stolen video to identify high-risk asset areas, follow VIP patterns or even use it to disrupt operations via camera sabotage. Tampering, vandalism and denial of video service are other potential threats.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Modern meetings: How to share your screen to your conference TV

  30-06-2016 12:00
  
  Go to almost any meeting these days and you'll see a sea of laptops around the table and sometimes some iPads or other tablets. That lets people look up information, take notes, and do on-the-fly research during the meeting.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Google age-discrimination lawsuit may become a monster

  30-06-2016 11:48
  
  Just over a year ago, two job applicants filed a lawsuit against Google. They claimed they were rejected because of their age. Both were over 40.A federal court in San Jose, Calif., is now being asked to decide whether many others who sought jobs at Google and were also rejected can join this case.On Wednesday, a motion for conditional certification of collective action status was filed. This motion, similar to a class action, seeks to include "all individuals who interviewed in-person for any s
  
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• Microsoft appears to be building a business app marketplace

  30-06-2016 08:10
  
  Microsoft appears to be building a business app store. The company put online a test version of a service called AppSource that’s designed to help businesses find software that augments the Microsoft products they already use, such as Power BI and Dynamics AX.
  The AppSource site was available Tuesday night at appsource.microsoft.com), but is down now. A description on its homepage said that users would be able to use the site to find software-as-a-service offerings from Microsoft and sele
  
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• 2016 college grads: Prepare for a cutthroat job market

  30-06-2016 01:32
  
  Get your game face on, class of 2016, because according to the quarterly U.S. Hiring Trends Report from talent acquisition solutions provider iCIMS, the job market is getting increasingly more competitive.
  The research, which covers hiring trends from Q1 to Q4 2015 based on user data from 3,200 iCIMS customers, showed the already tight talent market constricting even more, and highlighted just how cutthroat the IT job market can be.Supply and demand
  In Q4 2015, in the Information sector -- which
  
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• What not to ask a woman in a job interview

  30-06-2016 01:25
  
  Job interviews are nerve-wracking enough without being asked discriminatory questions. Seriously, it's 2016 and, based on the sheer number of articles, tips and advice columns that pop up when I Google "illegal interview questions," it seems hiring managers, recruiters and even executives still don't seem to grasp what's appropriate to ask a candidate - especially a female candidate.
  The Elephant in the Valley study from 2014 polled approximately 200 women with at least 10 years of experience. T
  
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• IT Resume Makeover: How to show employers the real you

  30-06-2016 00:28
  
  Joshua Jacobs, a senior security systems administrator, was once told by a hiring manager that when looking at his resume, he assumed Jacobs was "just another sys admin," but after interviewing him, he realized he was much more than that. That's when Jacobs knew it was time to work on his resume. We heard Jacobs plight and teamed him up with Andrew Ysasi, president of Admovio and executive director of Kent Record Management, who took on the task of reformatting Jacobs' resume to reflect his impr
  
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• Box Shuttle makes it easier to ditch on-prem file storage

  30-06-2016 00:27
  
  Businesses that want to get their files out of on-premises data centers and into the cloud now have a new option from Box. On Wednesday, the company launched Box Shuttle, which includes tools and consulting services to help businesses move potentially terabytes of data from legacy applications into the Box cloud.Box will work with customers to develop a migration plan for getting their data out of private data centers into its cloud service. It will help figure out what content customers should
  
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