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• 49% off Streamlight Rugged Long Lasting Battery Powered Lantern - Deal Alert

  01-09-2016 23:12
  
  The Siege lantern from Streamlight is sturdy, rugged and well-built. It's rated 5 out of 5 stars from over 1,400 people on Amazon (read reviews) and its typical list price of $62.42 has been reduced 49% to just $31.99. The Siege Lantern distributes light 360-degrees. It features four C4 power LEDs for extreme brightness, and one red C4 power LED to preserve night vision. There are five output modes, and a battery level indicator built into the on/off button. Its ergonomic handle makes it e
  
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• Raspberry Pi roundup: Now with additional cucumbers!

  01-09-2016 22:42
  
  The goal of technology is to make the world a better place. Sometimes, you can do that by making a gigantic breakthrough that solves a big problem in one fell swoop or opens major new horizons to the whole of humanity.
  Much more often, however, you can solve a much smaller problem right at home. That’s what Makoto Koite, a cucumber farmer in Japan, did when he used Google’s open-source AI software TensorFlow, an Arduino, and a Raspberry Pi to automatically sort his produce by size a
  
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• Google+ gets a makeover, but will anyone care?

  01-09-2016 22:09
  
  Google+ got a makeover and new features in a rollout that started Wednesday.
  The questionis whether social networking users will notice since Google+ has never gained much of a foothold in the social media world.
  Danielle Buckley, a product manager at Google, wrote in a post on her Google+ page that the company introduced a preview of the new look last November that will make it easier for users to find content and people.
  Now that new version is becoming the default option. With the rollout st
  
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• No let-up in devastating decline of Microsoft's browsers

  01-09-2016 22:03
  
  Microsoft's browsers continued to hemorrhage users last month, with no sign that the bleeding will stop.
  According to Internet analytics vendor Net Applications, the combined user share of Internet Explorer and Edge fell 2.2 percentage points in August, ending the month at 32.5%. It was the fourth month in the last six where IE + Edge lost more than 2 points, and the second-largest decline in the 11-year history of Computerworld's recording of Net Applications' data.
  The brutal erosion of Micro
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why Chromebooks are becoming more appealing than the iPad

  01-09-2016 21:17
  
  Acer has announced a 13" Chromebook that converts into a tablet, and is capable of running Android apps. Currently there are only three Chromebooks that officially support Google Play Store: Asus Chromebook Flip, Acer Chromebook R11 / C738T, and Google Chromebook Pixel (2015). Users have to enable beta/dev channels on these devices to install Android apps.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Take a look at the cool 2-in-1s and laptops from IFA

  01-09-2016 21:04
  
  See the cool laptops and 2-in-1s introduced at IFAAn impressive array of 2-and-1s and laptops were shown at this year's IFA show in Berlin. A common thread was innovation; devices with boom-or-bust features stood out. Sleeker laptops and 2-in-1s used Intel's latest Kaby Lake chips, which were launched just ahead of the show. Feast your eyes on our selection of IFA's best PCs.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• 33% off Energizer Ultra Compact DC to AC 100W Vehicle Power Inverter - Deal Alert

  01-09-2016 20:54
  
  On a road trip, camping, or during a power outage or emergency, this adapter plugs into your vehicle's power socket and, more or less, mimics a household wall power outlet. The fanless inverter quietly and safely delivers 100 watts of continuous power to your laptop, fan, DVD player, musical instrument, video game system and much more (just be mindful of the wattage requirements on your device). Dual USB ports are built-in, and with a max power output of 2.1A, the power inverter is als
  
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• Facebook Messenger beams live video into your chat conversations with Instant Video

  01-09-2016 20:46
  
  If there’s a feature that’s good for Snapchat, it’s bound to show up somewhere else. 
  The latest piece of inspiration is a new feature for Facebook Messenger called Instant Video. It allows you to host a video chat inside of an existing chat conversation. 
  This way, if you want to show off what you’re doing or just desire a more personal moment you don’t have to exit the chat and launch a separate video call.
  The feature is rather similar to a capability
  
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• SpaceX launch pad explosion also destroys Facebook’s satellite

  01-09-2016 20:39
  
  Two days before its scheduled launch, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and its commercial satellite payload, which Facebook planned to use to beam Internet connectivity, exploded today on the launch pad.The explosion occurred at 9:07 a.m. ET as SpaceX was testing its engines as part of the preparations for the Saturday morning launch. The rocket and satellite were sitting on the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.The vehicle and its entire payload were lost.Facebook had planne
  
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• Regular password changes make things worse

  01-09-2016 20:16
  
  Security experts have been saying for decades that human weakness can trump the best technology.
  Apparently, it can also trump conventional wisdom.
  Since passwords became the chief method of online authentication, conventional wisdom has been that changing them every month or so would improve a person’s, or an organization’s, security.
  Not according to Lorrie Cranor, chief technologist of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), who created something of a media buzz earlier this year whe
  
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• FairWare ransomware infects servers through exposed Redis instances

  01-09-2016 20:08
  
  Days after reports that a new ransomware attack was deleting files from web servers, security researchers determined that some of the affected servers were hacked through insecure deployments of the Redis database.Over the past week, reports popped up on support forums about web servers being wiped clean and hosting a ransom note through which attackers offered to return the deleted files in exchange for two bitcoins (around US$1,150). Experts from tech support forum BleepingComputer.com dubbed
  
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• Romanian hacker Guccifer sentenced to 52 months in US prison

  01-09-2016 19:46
  
  A Romanian hacker known as Guccifer has been sentenced to 52 months in prison after breaking into internet accounts of about 100 U.S. citizens, including government officials.The 44-year-old Marcel Lehel Lazar was sentenced on Thursday. He was extradited from Romania and brought to court in the U.S., where he pleaded guilty to the hacking-related charges in May.From Oct. 2012 to Jan. 2014, Lazar targeted the email and social media accounts of his U.S.-based victims, as a way to steal their perso
  
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• 23% off Tripp Lite 12 Outlet Surge Protector With Tel/Modem/Coax/Ethernet & 8ft Cord - Deal Alert

  01-09-2016 19:46
  
  Protect your home theatre equipment, computers, and other expensive equipment with Tripp Lite's TLP1208SAT surge suppressor. This highly rated model has 12 outlets, an 8-foot cord with space-saving right-angle plugs, and diagnostic LEDs. The unit has a surge suppression rating of 2880 joules to handle the strongest surges. Built-in RJ11, RJ45, and Type F coax jacks prevent surges from damaging your modem/fax/cable/satellite equipment. Coaxial jacks provide digital broadband quality and can handl
  
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• BrandPost: Like Everything Else, IT Service Contracts Ripe for Disruption

  01-09-2016 19:41
  
  The world of IT is changing at lightning speed, thanks to digital transformation, cloud adoption, issues of cybersecurity and shifts in customer expectations. As a result, many organizations have found that their third-party contracts are out of date and need to change: Contracts that are still based on the sale of uptime and break/fix, for example, need to be reimagined as business solution purchases. This is prompting many organizations to take a second look at their IT service contracts
  
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• Meet Withings Steel HR, the heart rate-monitoring activity tracker that looks like a classic watch

  01-09-2016 19:33
  
  French fitness tech company Withings makes a line of Activité activity trackers that look like classic analog watches. I’m a big fan, particularly of the Steel version, which ties in the Withings Health Mate dashboard on your phone and the Withings Bluetooth scale for surprisingly high-tech overview of your health.
  Withings is bumping up the prowess of its analog activity trackers with the launch of the Steel HR smartwatch. Like the Activité lineup, the Steel HR looks like a
  
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• Windows 10 growth slowdown has bright side

  01-09-2016 19:28
  
  Although Windows 10's growth slowed in August, the one-year-old operating system didn't slam on the brakes as expected, according to data from multiple analytics sources.
  The smaller-than-anticipated slowdown may signal the start of enterprise deployments, a move that would vindicate Microsoft's efforts to nudge businesses to adopt the OS faster than they had earlier editions.
  According to U.S.-based metrics vendor Net Applications, Windows 10 gained 1.9 percentage points of user share during A
  
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• Last.fm breach from 2012 affected 43 million users

  01-09-2016 19:21
  
  Stolen data obtained from music site Last.fm back in 2012 has surfaced, and it looks like hackers made off with accounts belonging to more than 43 million users.That's according to LeakedSource, a repository for data breaches that obtained a copy of the stolen data. Included in the trove are users' names, email addresses and passwords secured with an aging hashing algorithm called MD5, LeakedSource reported in a blog post on Thursday.Last.fm hasn’t responded so far to a request for co
  
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• NSX, and its new chief, take center stage at VMWorld

  01-09-2016 18:48
  
  July 23, 2012 was a big day for VMware. It was the day the company, which up until then had been known mostly for bringing server virtualization to the enterprise, entered the networking market. By spending $1.26 billion to buy startup Nicira, VMware got something else too: Martin Casado, considered one of the forefathers of the software defined networking movement.
  Fast forward to Feb. 24, 2016 and it was another big day for VMware. It was the day Casado left the company for a position at Vent
  
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• Survey reveals desire and constraints of enterprise network modernization

  01-09-2016 18:40
  
  There’s broad recognition among enterprises of the need for network modernization, but many decision-makers are constrained by the prospect of capital equipment outlays, proving a solid return on investment, or fear of being locked into a proprietary solution. Those are key findings in a soon to be published survey conducted by IDG Research Services.
  One third of IT decision-makers think it’s highly likely their organizations will modernize their network connectivity strategies over
  
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• Tableau hits Power BI as 'falling short'; Microsoft fires back

  01-09-2016 18:37
  
  Business-analytics vendor Tableau Software moved to stake out its turf now that Microsoft has entered the business intelligence (BI) market, criticizing the newcomer in what it says are "10 ways Power BI Falls Short."
  Tableau Chief Product Officer Francois Ajenstat said yesterday the aim is to "educate" IT and procurement executives who aren't necessarily end users of BI software but control an organization's BI budget.
  "Microsoft has a lot of [market] presence, and as a result people ask," Aje
  
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• Iris scans as ID grow in use

  01-09-2016 18:33
  
  Iris scanner technology is emerging in smartphones, including the new Samsung Note 7, but is expected to come soon to cars and ATM machines to verify a user’s identity.
  Experts say an iris scan can be more reliable than a fingerprint scan, which is a big reason it is expected to be used in more devices in coming years.Each iris, the colorful part of the eye that forms a ring around the pupil, is unique and therefore a good biometric indicator.
  Samsung’s Android 6-based Note 7, which
  
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• Apple's Cook calls European tax ruling 'total political crap'

  01-09-2016 18:19
  
  The European Commission's decision to force Apple to pay Ireland billions of dollars in back taxes is "total political crap" and a reflection of anti-U.S. sentiment, company CEO Tim Cook told the Irish Independent in an interview published Thursday."No one did anything wrong here," Cook said. "Ireland is being picked on, and this is unacceptable."The EC ruled on Tuesday that Ireland gave Apple illegal tax benefits by not collecting €13 billion (US$14.5 billion) in taxes owed to it over a 10
  
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• Apple gives a sneak peek of Siri's powers in iOS 10

  01-09-2016 18:18
  
  Some people use Siri all the time, but if you’re anything like me, you consider your iPhone voice assistant pretty useless. That’s about to change in iOS 10, which we expect to roll out this month, and Apple is highlighting all the ways Siri is going to change your life.
  OK, maybe the changes aren’t that dramatic, but Apple is opening Siri to third-party developers with iOS 10, and the company offered a preview this week of how early partners are putting your iPhone’s pe
  
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• Smartphone growth remains flat, with iPhones down 12% this year

  01-09-2016 18:09
  
  Growth in smartphones will only reach 1.6% for all of 2016, mainly because of sales declines in developed markets like the U.S., Japan and Western Europe, IDC predicted Thursday.
  The analyst firm also said that iPhone shipments for the entire year will decline by 12% globally compared to 2015, while Windows Phone shipments will decline by 75%. Sales of Android smartphones produced by a number of manufacturers will increase by 6.7%, and grab 85% of the global market for all of 2016.
  The iPhone d
  
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• DJI's handheld gimbal promises cinematic images from smartphones

  01-09-2016 17:54
  
  DJI says smartphone users will be able to shoot smoother, more cinematic video with a new handheld gadget that packs video stabilization technology used on the company's drones.The Osmo Mobile, which was announced at the IFA trade show in Berlin on Thursday, combines a three-axis camera gimbal with a larger handle and smartphone mount.In a demonstration, the device indeed produced much smoother shots than when shooting smartphone video handheld. And I could tell it was working to keep the s
  
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• Keezel's wireless device protects hotel Wi-Fi , home IoT connections

  01-09-2016 17:09
  
  In cryptography, the "man in the middle" is usually an attacker -- but when Keezel wants to get between you and the Wi-Fi connection in your hotel or your home, it's for your own good.After a long crowdfunding campaign, the company is getting ready to ship its Wi-Fi security device, also called Keezel, in October. Any orders it picks up at the IFA trade show in Berlin this week will be fulfilled from a second production run in November, said Keezel CEO Aike Muller.One problem Keezel aims to solv
  
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• Sony's impressive, insane new Walkman debuts at IFA

  01-09-2016 17:07
  
  If you're a music lover who still isn't satisfied with the audio from your smartphone, Sony has a couple of new Walkmans that might be just what you're looking for -- assuming you have deep pockets.
  They are the new NW-WM1A and NW-WM1Z models, due for sale later this year. The former is black and has an aluminum body while the latter is gold and crafted from "oxygen-free copper," according to Sony.Martyn WilliamsSony's NW-W1A and NW-WM1Z Walkman on show at IFA in Berlin on September 1, 201
  
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• Microsoft fixes Windows 10's Anniversary Update freezing

  01-09-2016 16:53
  
  Windows 10’s Anniversary Update is having its share of problems, but Microsoft has solved at least one of them.
  The company announced late Wednesday that it had released a patch to fix the login freeze issue. Anyone who was experiencing the issue can now upgrade to the latest version of Windows 10. The patch fixing the bug will be automatically applied when you move up to the Anniversary Update.
  The story behind the story: The login freeze issue was the first of three hardware problems th
  
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• 22% off JBL Flip 3 Splash Proof Portable Bluetooth Speaker - Deal Alert

  01-09-2016 16:40
  
  The all-purpose, all-weather companion JBL Flip 3 is the next generation wireless speaker in the award-winning Flip series. It is a comprehensive portable Bluetooth speaker that delivers surprisingly powerful, room-filling stereo sound everywhere. This ultra-compact speaker is powered by a 3000mAh rechargeable Li-ion battery that offers up to 10 hours of continuous playtime. Sporting a durable, splashproof fabric and available in 8 vibrant colors, Flip 3 is the all-purpose, all-weather comp
  
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• AMD thinks beyond Zen chips as it sets manufacturing goals

  01-09-2016 16:38
  
  AMD has set high hopes for its upcoming Zen PC chips, but the company has now offered some clarity on how it will manufacture successor chips.Current Zen chips will be made using the 14-nanometer process, but the next important process for AMD is 7-nm, the company said. AMD has renewed an accord with spin-off GlobalFoundries that may include manufacturing those chips using that process.The 14-nm and 7-nm processes "are the important nodes" for AMD, said a company spokesman in an email. AMD is pl
  
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• ZTE’s newest phone might have you seeing double

  01-09-2016 16:31
  
  It was surprising to hear ZTE would be revealing a new device at the IFA trade show after the company just released its flagship phone, the Axon 7. But the Axon 7 Mini is not so much a brand new phone as a different version of the Axon 7.Apart from its smaller 5.2-inch screen, the Axon 7 Mini looks almost identical to the 5.5-inch Axon 7. Both are equipped with dual front-facing speakers that support Hi-Fi playback and recording and a fingerprint sensor located on the back of the phone, right be
  
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• Qualcomm's all-in-one VR design aims for a sweet spot

  01-09-2016 16:30
  
  Hard-core virtual reality enthusiasts can shell out for a high-end display and a gaming PC, while casual users buy cheaper headgear that relies on their smartphones. Qualcomm thinks people are ready for something in between.At IFA in Berlin this week, Qualcomm Technologies is unveiling a reference design for head-mounted displays (HMDs) that use its Snapdragon mobile processor and are totally self-contained. They’ll deliver a better experience than phone-based systems and won’t have
  
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• Stay tuned for new robot, says Sony CEO

  01-09-2016 16:21
  
  Sony's much anticipated new robot is under development and customers should hang on a little longer to see it, CEO Kaz Hirai said on Thursday.Sony began working on a home robot in April this year and first disclosed existence of the project in June this year. Since then, it's been quiet on what exactly is under development.Hirai first hinted the company might be about to unveil the robot, while speaking during a news conference at the IFA trade show in Berlin."I actually have an update on this,"
  
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• Toshiba hopes cloudless smartphone backup will have a bright future

  01-09-2016 16:13
  
  What will back up all the data on your smartphone, but doesn't physically exist? No, it's not another cloud backup service, it's the centerpiece of Toshiba Storage Peripherals' booth at IFA.The as-yet-unnamed (and unfinished) product will be about the size of a small plate, to judge by the prototype in a glass case on the booth. It will have a USB connection to charge your smartphone and back up its contents to an included 500 GB hard disk. There will be no cloud servers involved, and no interne
  
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• What if you could fire your CEO?

  01-09-2016 15:52
  
  What if you could fire your CEO?At talent management and human resources company Haufe U.S., you can. CEO and co-founder Kelly Max -- along with most of the other C-level and executive leadership -- are elected, and each year employees vote on whether or not they stay or go.It sounds crazy, right? How could that possibly work? Wouldn't it be chaos? Wouldn't executives spend all their time campaigning and none of it actually running the company? These are all questions I had, too, but here's the
  
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• René Steenvoorden digitaal leider Randstad

  01-09-2016 15:32
  Oud-CIO van Rabobank René Steenvoorden start per 2 september als Chief Digital Officer van Randstad. Hij gaat bij de staffing & recruiting-gigant werken in een totaal nieuwe rol, die is gericht op de internationale uitrol van de digitale strategie. Naast de digitale focus vervult Steenvoorden tevens de... lees meer
  
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• Samsung stops Note7 shipments on reports of battery fires

  01-09-2016 15:29
  
  Yesterday I published a rather exhaustive review of Samsung's new Galaxy Note7 smartphone, in which I mostly gushed over the device. I called it a "fabulous phone with few flaws." But it looks like I may have been wrong on at least one account. Some Note7 units may have a serious fault: Exploding batteries. [ Related: Note7 iris scanner not quite ready for prime time (video) ]News broke early Wednesday morning that Samsung had ceased shipments of the Note7 in its home country of South Korea
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Interactive and zero-knowledge proofs for better patient interactions with blockchain technology

  01-09-2016 15:00
  
  Imagine for a minute all the healthcare situations where proof is required. Proof of a patient's healthcare coverage. Proof of a patient's name. Proof of a patient's medical history. Proof of a patient's prescription. Each question could be answered without the verifier (hospital receptionist, doctor or pharmacist) knowing anything except that the statement you told them was true. This is the power of zero-knowledge proofs.Ideation of zero-knowledge proofs
  In 1985, three researchers — Shaf
  
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• Detection and response, where to begin

  01-09-2016 15:00
  
  Cambridge, Mass. - As the threat landscape continues to evolve, cybersecurity experts rely more on detection and incident response, making security a collaborative exercise. But, where do they start? 
  Many security executives used the MASSTLC Conference as a launching point.
  Chris Poulin, research strategist of X-Force at IBM, said, "The problem is that it takes them understanding their environment. How much is too much data being downloaded or uploaded? SIEMs look at thresholds to underst
  
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• Why your smartphone is sicker than a room full of snotty toddlers

  01-09-2016 14:56
  
  If you thought your smartphone was safe(r) from the wild west of malware, spyware and other viruses compared with the PC space, think again. A new report from Nokia proclaims a “sharp rise in the occurrence of smartphone malware infections” in the first half of 2016.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Report: Smartphone infection rate doubled in first half of 2016

  01-09-2016 14:15
  
  Smartphone infection rates nearly doubled during the first half of this year, from 0.25 percent to 0.49 percent compared to the second half of 2015, according to a report released today by Nokia.
  Nokia provides endpoint malware detection services to major mobile carriers and covers 100 million devices around the world, with the exception of China and Russia, said Kevin McNamee, director of the Nokia threat Intelligence Lab at Nokia Group.
  Android is the most targeted device, accounting for 74 p
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Apple Watch 2: Does it need a bigger battery?

  01-09-2016 14:00
  The Apple Watch 2 has been the subject of numerous rumors as a possible September announcement looms. The latest rumor suggests that the 42mm Apple Watch 2 might have a significantly larger battery.Joe Rossignol reports for Mac Rumors:
  A purported photo of a larger 334 mAh lithium-ion battery destined for the Apple Watch 2 has surfaced on Chinese microblogging service Weibo, foreshadowing expected battery life improvements coming to the wrist-worn device.The battery is allegedly for the 42mm mod
  
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• Baidu to test autonomous vehicles in California

  01-09-2016 13:22
  
  Chinese Internet giant Baidu said it has received permission from authorities in California to test its autonomous driving technologies in the state.The tests on public roads in California, which the company said will start very soon, are part of its ambitious plan to expand in the area of autonomous vehicles both in the U.S. and its home country. On Thursday, Baidu also said it had tied with Nvidia for developing an autonomous car platform for companies in China and abroad.Baidu said the Califo
  
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• Storm Wave bereikt Azië

  01-09-2016 13:13
  De eerste volledig elektrische, modulaire tourmotor ter wereld, gebouwd door een team studenten van de TU/e is in Azië aangeland. Na het vertrek in Eindhoven ruim twee weken geleden is het Storm team eergisteren in Turkmenistan aangekomen.Afgezien van wat tegenspoed op de eerste dag is de kop van de tachtig... lees meer
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How can we plug the widening digital skills gap?

  01-09-2016 13:00
  
  As anybody tasked with the challenge of recruiting IT talent knows, there is a severe and widespread digital skills shortage, which is impacting on businesses’ ability to compete in a technology-driven world. Education technology (EdTech) is central to tackling this. EdTech in this context refers not to the digital tools that help deliver traditional curriculum elements, but to facilitating a new system of education, where we learn about technology rather than just making use of it.Teacher
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: FTC v. Wyndham and corporate cybersecurity

  01-09-2016 12:35
  
  The case of FTC v. Wyndham is one of the most important security and privacy cases decided in the last 10 years. The case affirms several important principles governing data security, and it is a must-read for business executives and attorneys. First, it cements the FTC’s authority to act as the nation’s privacy and security watchdog. Second, it identified a laundry list of privacy and security missteps. Third, it stands for the proposition that if a company was not on notice that i
  
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• The IT job hunter's playbook

  01-09-2016 12:30
  
  It's September, the psychological start to a new year. If your IT career spent the summer in the doldrums, maybe it's time to channel your inner student -- open up a fresh notebook, sharpen your proverbial pencil and get serious about launching an A+ job search.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Which countries have open-source laws on the books?

  01-09-2016 12:13
  
  As the institutional use of open-source software continues to expand like an octopus, the public sector remains a key target market.
  Government users like Linux and other open-source software for several reasons, but the most important ones are probably that total cost of ownership is often lower than it is for proprietary products and that open-source projects don’t vanish if the company providing them goes under.
  Government IT folks are likely quite familiar with the perils of proprieta
  
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• Why these victims decided not to pay the ransom

  01-09-2016 11:55
  
  Just say noImage by Andy ArmstrongWhen ransomware locks down a computer or an entire system at your organization, what do you do? If you get an email from a hacker threatening a DDoS attack that will level your website, how do you respond?To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Huawei picks new name, but no new technology, for 'Nova' phones

  01-09-2016 11:00
  
  Practical and reliable is the image Huawei Technologies is trying to project with two new smartphones unveiled at the IFA tradeshow on Thursday.The two phones are aimed squarely at the mid-market, and feature tried and trusted technologies, according to Kevin Ho, president of Huawei's handsets product line. So it's strange that, for phones with so little novelty, Huawei has decided on the name Nova.The Nova and Nova Plus are solid phones with rigid, confidence-inspiring aluminum cases. They run
  
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