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• Rats! Sexism really is everywhere

  14-07-2016 23:52
  
  It's no secret that there's a diversity and inclusion problem in STEM fields. But apparently, it's worse than anyone thought -- it turns out, according to Wired and commentary from neuroscientist Jeffrey S. Mogil in Nature, that sexism extends all the way down to the rats used in clinical experiments.It turns out the rodents used in biomedical studies are male. Even though evidence indicates that women process pain differently than men, lab scientists who study ways of treating that pain still u
  
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• Microsoft downsizes OneDrive accounts, enforces restrictions

  14-07-2016 23:52
  
  Users of Microsoft's OneDrive have begun receiving notifications that their storage allotments have already, or will soon be, reduced to 5GB.
  The emails to OneDrive account holders were the first step in a process that Microsoft announced last year as part of a broader reduction in cloud-based storage allowances. The free amount was to be lowered from 15GB to 5GB, and another 15GB that many had -- the photograph-specific "Camera Roll" bonus that had been given to any who asked -- was to be eras
  
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• Telecom industry hails FCC move to open 5G spectrum

  14-07-2016 23:34
  
  Eleven gigahertz of high-frequency spectrum is now available for use in mobile broadband technologies, after the FCC on Thursday created the Upper Microwave Flexible Use service in the 28GHz, 37GHz and 39GHz band, along with a new unlicensed band, even higher up the spectrum, in the 64-71GHz range.
  The move was greeted with delight from the U.S. telecom industry, which said that the opening of new spectrum is a critical step on the road to 5G wireless technology. The millimeter-wave bands &ndas
  
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• Why ITSM is on the cusp of a major shift

  14-07-2016 22:55
  
  The IT service management (ITSM) community has been stepping up its collection of performance data from customer estates, but most providers have not taken the additional step from data collection to data-driven automation, according to a new study by ITSM platform specialist LOGICnow (recently acquired by SolarWinds MSP).While LOGICnow found only a few IT service providers (8 percent) have put in place automated processes for transforming data into actionable recommendations, those few are seei
  
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• 63% off Gadget Guard iPhone 6 Plus Screen Protector - Deal Alert

  14-07-2016 22:38
  
  Protect your investment with this highly rated screen protector from Gadget Guard. This Gadget Guard screen protector is specifically designed for the iPhone 6 Plus. It's made of optical grade tempered glass, a material that is both incredibly strong and scratch resistant. And it's specially treated to repel smudges. Right now Amazon indicates that its list price of $39.99 has been reduced by a significant 63% to just $14.70. If you have an unprotected iPhone 6 Plus, or know someone wh
  
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• What Silicon Valley doesn’t say in its Trump attack

  14-07-2016 22:35
  
  Donald Trump will be "a disaster for innovation," according to some of Silicon Valley's technology leaders. But the innovation disaster they're warning of is already ongoing in America.U.S. support for research is declining, and just last month China surpassed the U.S. in number of supercomputers on the Top500 list. Both countries are now in a race to build exascale systems (1,000 petaflops), a competition the U.S. is almost certain to lose based on published roadmaps.The U.S. has set 2023 as it
  
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• Atlassian buys StatusPage to offer outage notifications

  14-07-2016 22:30
  When an app or a website goes down, the most important thing a company can do — apart from fix it — is let its customers know what’s happening. Atlassian has bought a startup that helps do just that.The software vendor has acquired StatusPage, which provides a service that lets companies build hosted status pages where customers can be kept up to date about unplanned outages or scheduled maintenance.It could be a good fit for Atlassian, which already uses StatusPage for some of
  
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• 23% off Sony ICD-UX533BLK Digital Voice Recorder - Deal Alert

  14-07-2016 22:17
  
  This portable digital audio recorder from Sony has 4GB of internal flash memory capable of recording up to 1,073 hours of voice notes, lectures, music, or any other important moment with a 2-element stereo mic array that records every nuance with great clarity. It can record and playback in MP3, AAC, WMA, and WAV formats, and features a bright backlit display, a built-in USB for direct connection to your computer, and a microSD card slot to add memory. It boasts up to 30 hours of recording
  
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• Pokemon Go: What security awareness programs should be doing now

  14-07-2016 22:14
  
  Pokemon Go represents a tremendous security threat. As with all tremendous threats, it can also be your greatest opportunity.
  I have to admit that Pokemon Go took me by surprise. I had no idea why people just told me they were going out for no apparent reason. Younger people were more blatant, but it was not until early this week that I realized that it was a phenomenon that was impacting the workplace.
  People of all ages, including your coworkers, are playing at record rates. Most important, t
  
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• AWS buys Cloud9 IDE in snub to Google

  14-07-2016 22:07
  
  Amazon Web Services has bought Cloud9, a popular web-based developer environment that recently aligned itself with the Google Cloud Platform.Cloud9 is a browser-based IDE (integrated development environment) with a fairly rich feature set for building and deploying applications. Because it runs in a browser, developers can pick up their work from any machine, and Cloud9 has tools that let developers collaborate on projects.Along with Codenvy, it was one of the few remaining popular, independent
  
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• Salesforce1 update will leave many mobile devices out in the cold

  14-07-2016 21:57
  
  An upcoming update to the Salesforce1 mobile app will dramatically reduce the number of supported devices and effectively leave users of all but the latest and most popular devices out in the cold.With its Winter '17 release, due to arrive this October, Salesforce is dropping support for all Android phones except the Samsung Galaxy S5, S6, and S7 along with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Google Nexus 5X and Google Nexus 6P.All Android tablets are being dropped as well, with the exception of the Sams
  
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• Raspberry Pi 3 creator hopes for Windows 10 desktop OS support

  14-07-2016 21:42
  Raspberry Pi was originally aimed at students and hobbyists, and it can now function as a Linux computer.And if support for Microsoft's Windows 10 desktop OS is added to the latest Raspberry Pi 3, it could become a viable computer for millions of PC users who are not technically savvy.Support for Windows 10 desktop is on founder Eben Upton's wishlist for Raspberry Pi 3, which shipped in February. The mini computer already supports Windows 10 IoT Core, a stripped-down version of the OS for Intern
  
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• BrandPost: How the Cloud Fosters Smart, Connected Manufacturing

  14-07-2016 21:42
  
  Industry 4.0, Industries 4.0, or the fourth industrial revolution, is the automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies, creating what many refer to as a "smart factory.” Although analysts claim that less than one percent of all production data is ever used, the promise of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is the ability to analyze huge amounts of data to identify patterns like tool wear or equipment fatigue. This insight gives manufacturers the predictive capability th
  
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• Live streaming to take off at political conventions

  14-07-2016 21:15
  
  With presidential candidates looking to reach more viewers, especially younger voters, both the Republican and the Democratic national conventions this summer will be live streaming their events.
  Live streaming, while not a new technology, has become a hot communication tool and people heading up to the conventions are seeing it as a way to reach potential voters who might not watch the events on television or read about them in print or online.
  "It's vital," Andrew Binns, chief innovation offi
  
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• Patty Heemskerk in directie PBLQ

  14-07-2016 20:58
  Patty Heemskerk-van Holtz is als Directeur Advies toegetreden tot de directie van PBLQ om de advieskant van het bureau te versterken. Samen met de in april aangetreden Philip Hennemann, die de dagelijkse leiding heeft, vormt zij nu de directie.PBLQ is een adviesbureau dat zich richt op informatievraagstukken in de... lees meer
  
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• Mac shipments slump for third straight quarter

  14-07-2016 20:53
  
  According to the two largest technology research firms, Apple sold between 4.4 million and 4.6 million Macs in the second quarter, a year-over-year decline of between 5% and 8%.
  IDC and Gartner both pegged Mac global shipments in the quarter that ended June 30 at lower numbers than during the same period in 2015, even as several Windows PC makers grew theirs. Historically, Apple has grown Mac sales while the broader personal computer market has experienced an unprecedented slump.
  IDC estimated
  
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• Mt. Gox CEO Karpeles out on bail in Japan

  14-07-2016 20:49
  
  Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of the collapsed Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange, was released on bail on Thursday, just under a year since he was arrested by Japanese police.Japanese broadcaster Nippon TV showed video of Karpeles, 31, walking out of the Tokyo Detention House and getting into a waiting taxi. The broadcaster said he was freed on bail of ¥10 million ($95,000) and is prohibited from leaving Japan under the bail terms.In the pictures, Karpeles looked noticeably thinner than on Aug. 1 las
  
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• Micro thumb drive for Android and Apple devices has USB 3 speed

  14-07-2016 20:37
  
  A new USB thumb drive that can connect to Apple iPhones and iPads or Android mobile devices offers up to 512GB of external storage with 5Gbps data transfer speeds via USB 3.0.
  The Corsdrive thumb drive is being offered through an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, which has a $2,000 flexible goal. After one day, the 30-day campaign has already raised about $10,000.
  The flash drive is just a quarter-inch thick and is 1.25-in. long by .5-in. wide (13.25mm x 38mm x 6mm). The thumb drive's storage ca
  
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• $29.99 for the IT Security & Ethical Hacking Certification Training ($1,895 value) - Deal Alert

  14-07-2016 20:32
  
  If you’re looking to enter a rapidly growing field, snag this course bundle in IT Security & Ethical Hacking. Instructors walk you through training for three industry-recognized certification exams:
  CompTIA Security+Cisco’s CCNA SecurityCertified Ethical Hacker
  For a limited time, the bundle of courses is only $29.99--a steal considering it’s jam-packed with over 48 hours of courses and 50 hours of advanced training. If you wanted, you could finish all the material in only
  
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• Trump would be a 'disaster for innovation,' say Silicon Valley execs

  14-07-2016 20:05
  
  A group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, company founders, engineers, and investors have signed an open letter regarding Donald Trump. The gist: They don't like him and think his presidency would be a disaster for the business of innovation.The letter, published Thursday on Medium, accuses Trump of running a campaign based on fear of new ideas and new people, as well as anger, bigotry, and "a fundamental belief that America is weak and in decline.""We have listened to Donald Trump over the
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Software engineers are not cogs, so stop treating them that way

  14-07-2016 19:58
  
  In a previous post, we discussed the value of software and its role as the leading player in digital business creation and innovation. But make no mistake: Great software is inspired and defined by the human beings who create it. These team members are all too often treated like a commodity and deprioritized during the planning process, to ill effects.
  The cost of software engineering talent, first and foremost their salaries, continues to grow and can be rightly seen as an expensive resource.
  
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• New Locky ransomware version can operate in offline mode

  14-07-2016 19:31
  
  The creators of the widespread Locky ransomware have added a fallback mechanism in the latest version of their program for situations where the malware can't reach their command-and-control servers.Security researchers from antivirus vendor Avira have found a new Locky variant that starts encrypting files even when it cannot request a unique encryption key from the attacker's servers because the computer is offline or a firewall blocks the communication.Calling home to a server is important for
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How to make webinars valuable marketing tools

  14-07-2016 19:30
  
  If you’re looking for a way to differentiate your marketing efforts and create exceptional content that delivers lasting value in 2016, then webinars should be at the top of your list.However, don’t launch a webinar without a specific plan of attack. You need to make sure you know exactly what you’re doing.The Value of Webinars
  When companies first began investing in online marketing, it was so new that there was little focus on quality. Instead, everyone was simply trying to l
  
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• A smaller version of Raspberry Pi 3 is coming soon

  14-07-2016 19:25
  
  A smaller version of the popular Raspberry Pi 3 will go on sale in a few months.Raspberry Pi is developing a new version of its Compute Module, a single-board computer that plugs into specific on-board memory slots. The new Pi will be more like a mini-computer inside a computer, and it won't come with a power supply.The Compute Module will have similar circuitry to that of Raspberry Pi 3, a wildly successful computer that can be a PC replacement. But it will be smaller, with the memory, CPU
  
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• FCC hails 'monumental' vote opening new spectrum for 5G and IoT

  14-07-2016 19:04
  
  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has voted to open nearly 11 gigahertz of high-band spectrum to new wireless uses, hailing it as a "monumental step" that will greatly increase network capacity for 5G and the Internet of Things.The FCC on Thursday adopted new rules for spectrum above 24 GHz, in a vote that Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler described as one of the most important decisions commissioners will make this year."This is a big day for our nation," he said. "This is a big day
  
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• Paty Heemskerk in directie PBLQ

  14-07-2016 18:43
  Patty Heemskerk-van Holtz is als Directeur Advies toegetreden tot de directie van PBLQ om de advieskant van het bureau te versterken. Samen met de in april aangetreden Philip Hennemann, die de dagelijkse leiding heeft, vormt zij nu de directie.PBLQ is een adviesbureau dat zich richt op informatievraagstukken in de... lees meer
  
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• Nederland scoort hoger op innovatie

  14-07-2016 18:21
  Nederland blijft tot de Europese top-5 op innovatiegebied in Europa behoren volgens de meest recente editie van de European Innovation Scoreboard, een initiatief van de Europese Commissie gebaseerd op data van Eurostat.Ons land promoveert van de groep Strong Innovators naar de groep Innovation Leaders. Jan van den... lees meer
  
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• At MGM casinos, you can stay in your room and still lose everything

  14-07-2016 18:10
  
  For many folks, the thrill of a Vegas casino includes rubbing elbows with gamblers of all kinds at crowded gaming tables in smoky, cavernous rooms during the wee hours of the morning. And, of course, the free booze doesn't hurt. Others, however, simply want to enjoy all by their lonesome the possibility of instantaneous and obscene wealth. If you fall into the latter camp, MGM Resorts International has some wonderful news.
  Starting this week, guests at any of MGM's nine Las Vegas propertie
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: You carry their dead weight

  14-07-2016 18:08
  
  Staff turnover in consulting is a significant issue. Managed attrition -- consulting code words for "firing underperformers" -- runs from 15% to 20% in a good year. I have laid people off immediately for cause, but most of the time, I have had to follow the process of “counseling an employee out of the firm.”
  This counseling process is not therapeutic. Consulting firms do not put underperformers in the basement with red staplers and no paycheck, hoping that they will go away. Manage
  
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• Defective products could result from cyberattacks on industrial 3D printers

  14-07-2016 17:51
  
  Many 3D printers lack cybersecurity features, which presents opportunities to introduce defects as components are being built, a new study shows.
  The study, performed by a team of cybersecurity and materials engineers at New York University, concluded that with the growth of cloud-based and decentralized 3D printer production supply chains, there can be "significant risk to the reliability of the product."
  Additive manufacturing (3D printing) is creating a globally distributed manufacturing pro
  
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• Microsoft wins appeal over US government access to emails held overseas

  14-07-2016 17:44
  A U.S. appeals court has quashed a search warrant that would have required Microsoft to disclose contents of emails stored on a server in Ireland, in a case that has broad ramifications for privacy, diplomatic relations and the ability of American companies to sell web services abroad."We think Microsoft has the better of the argument," said Circuit Court Judge Sarah Carney, in an opinion written for a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York.The panel ba
  
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• Big Data and elections: The candidates know you – better than you know them

  14-07-2016 17:16
  
  With the presidential nominating conventions looming, the candidates are getting ready to add to the hundreds of millions they’ve already spent to tell you about themselves – but only what they want you to know about themselves.
  Meanwhile, they have also been spending millions of dollars collecting information about you – and you have no say in what is collected.
  Which means that, in the era of Big Data, if you’re a potential voter, they know a lot more about you than yo
  
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• When COWs fly: An AT&T drone experiment

  14-07-2016 16:24
  
  You might be familiar with the Cell on Wheels (COW) concept that carriers have deployed to bring temporary wireless service to busy venues or disaster relief areas. Now AT&T is giving the COW acronym a new high-flying meaning: Cell on Wings.The carrier at its Shape Tech Expo at AT&T Park in San Francisco this week provided an update on its drone (unmanned aerial vehicles) efforts, including what it calls flying COWs. John Donovan, chief strategy officer and group president for AT&T T
  
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• Microsoft’s midlife crisis

  14-07-2016 16:04
  
  Another week, another Microsoft "open mouth, insert foot" moment. Last week, Microsoft sent a recruiting email that opened with "Hey Bae interns" and careened downhill from there; finally crashing to a halt with, 'Hell yes to getting lit on a Monday night.'
  An apology was hastily composed and delivered, explaining that the email was "poorly worded and not in keeping with our values as a company."
  This is becoming something of a regular occurrence for Microsoft. March was an especially bad month,
  
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• Juniper patches high-risk flaws in Junos OS

  14-07-2016 15:53
  
  Juniper Networks has fixed several vulnerabilities in the Junos operating system used on its networking and security appliances, including a flaw that could allow hackers to gain administrative access to affected devices.
  The most serious vulnerability, rated 9.8 out of 10 in the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, is located in the J-Web interface, which allows administrators to monitor, configure, troubleshoot and manage routers running Junos OS. The issue is an information leak that could a
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Is Apple’s leather iPhone case worth buying?

  14-07-2016 14:00
  
  Apple’s official leather case for the iPhone is often considered as an option for folks with new iPhones. But it’s not the cheapest case around since it runs between $39 - $49 depending on which iPhone you own.For example, the black leather case for the iPhone SE is $39, the iPhone 6s leather case is $45 and the leather case for the iPhone 6s Plus is $49. Some folks might consider those prices to be a bit expensive, but I think that the cost of a leather case isn’t all that muc
  
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• IBM beta-tests secure cloud blockchain service

  14-07-2016 14:00
  
  IBM is cranking up the security on its cloud-based blockchain service.
  On Thursday it began beta-testing a new high-security service plan for IBM Blockchain, with dedicated infrastructure for each customer.
  Until now, it has offered only a starter cloud service for developers who wish to experiment with blockchain technology. That service runs in a multitenant cloud, with infrastructure shared among hundreds of blockchains.
  The new service plan is still cloud-based, but "you get your own resour
  
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• 5 easy ways to keep employees engaged in wellness

  14-07-2016 14:00
  
  During the past few years, many organizations received this memo: Healthy employees are good for the bottom line. Employee wellness benefits and fitness challenges that use technologies such as Fitbit trackers and mobile apps are the new normal.Giving away or subsidizing activity trackers has proven to effectively engage employees, and the trend should continue. By 2018, as much as 80 percent of wellness programs in the United States could involve fitness trackers, and they'll motivate up to a t
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 4 ways to market your project management skills

  14-07-2016 13:59
  
  Are you looking to make a big change in 2016? Is this the year you make a new PM start, or continue your project management career with another company because you aren't getting the opportunities you seek in your current organization? There are several ways you can get noticed. There are several ways to get your information out there. And certainly some of those involve just going to a career site and posting your resume. Places like Dice and Monster still exist and by all means, put yourself o
  
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• EU levels more charges against Google in the areas of comparison shopping and advertising

  14-07-2016 13:54
  
  The European Commission has added new antitrust charges against Google in the areas of search and advertising as it continues to investigate into the Internet search giant.On Thursday, the EC charged Google in a "statement of objections" that it has placed restrictions on the ability of certain third party websites to display search advertisements from the search giant's competitors. Google places search ads directly on the its search website but also as an intermediary on third party websites t
  
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• Ciber neemt ManpowerGroup over

  14-07-2016 13:18
  Ciber, een wereldwijd actief technologisch adviesbureau met 6.000 medewerkers, neemt de Nederlandse tak van ManpowerGroup over. De Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM) heeft ingestemd met de overname.
   
  Met de transactie verstevigt ManpowerGroup zijn ict-basis in Nederland en ondersteunt het bedrijf de... lees meer
  
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• One CIO offers keys to driving digital transformation

  14-07-2016 13:00
  
  Quest Diagnostics CIO Lidia FonsecaTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• How one CIO is driving business with digital transformation

  14-07-2016 13:00
  
  Quest Diagnostics CIO Lidia FonsecaTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• How to train new grads on corporate security

  14-07-2016 12:36
  
  Millennials bring a lot to the workplace, whether they're pushing the boundaries of company culture or forcing companies to modernize. But there are a few risks associated with hiring recent grads -- especially if it's their first job in the industry -- and one of those risks is data security.In a recent study from the Ponemon Institute in partnership with Experian, which surveyed over 16,000 people at companies with data protection and privacy training programs, 66 percent of respondents cited
  
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• Patiënteninfosysteem Alrijne beheerd door LUMC

  14-07-2016 12:09
  Het Alrijne Ziekenhuis gaat over op HiX, een patiënteninformatiesysteem, en laat  de infrastructuur en het beheer verzorgen door het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC).Het Alrijne Ziekenhuis, een fusie tussen het Diaconessenhuis Leiden en het Rijnland Ziekenhuis Leiderdorp/Alphen aan den Rijn, stapt... lees meer
  
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• How to become an offensive-minded company

  14-07-2016 12:03
  
  Focus to detectionImage by Christer van der MeerenThe industry is now moving from a focus on prevention, in which organizations try to make the perimeter impenetrable and avoid being hacked, to a focus on rapid detection, where companies can quickly identify and mitigate threats that are within the perimeter already.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• The threat hunter's guide to securing the enterprise

  14-07-2016 12:00
  
  It’s time to face facts: Attackers are stealthy enough to evade your monitoring systems. If you’re sitting back waiting for alarms to go off, there’s a good chance you’re already hosed.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Review: Acer Chromebook 14 for Work aims at corporate IT

  14-07-2016 12:00
  
  The Acer Chromebook 14 for Work is part of a new generation of Chromebooks. This isn't a low-end laptop aimed at budget shoppers, nor is it Google's Chromebook Pixel, which originally sold for $1,299 and was designed for people who work in the cloud and want hardware as good as anything Apple produces.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• FAA compromise bill drops key drone privacy provisions

  14-07-2016 09:47
  
  A Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that was passed by the Senate on Wednesday has excluded key privacy provisions, including a requirement that commercial and government users of drones must disclose if they collect personally identifiable information of a person.The bill, which is a compromise short-term extension to ensure continued funding at current levels to the FAA, was passed by the Senate and goes to President Barack Obama to be signed into law, two days before the cu
  
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• A surge of Pokemon Go-related apps is out to steal your data

  14-07-2016 02:35
  
  Privacy fears about the Pokemon Go app have been largely addressed, but dozens of other apps that piggy back on the popular game have raised further concerns.Since the game launched last week, a swarm of unofficial apps has emerged and is trying to capitalize on the title’s success. And many are hungry for your personal data.These unofficial apps have been offering cheats, tips and even songs from the hit game. But in exchange, they demand permission to access sensitive data on your phone,
  
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