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• 43% off TripWorthy 100-Piece First Aid Bag For Car, Camping or Travel - Deal Alert

  09-11-2016 23:05
  
  Be prepared for the unexpected emergency with this 100-piece 1st aid kit from TripWorthy that is lightweight, small and durable so you can take it wherever you go. Ideal for hiking, camping, hunting or anywhere you may travel. This #1 Best Selling item on Amazon averages 4.8 out of 5 stars on Amazon from over 500 people (88% rate 5 stars: read reviews) and its typical list price of $35 has been reduced to $20. See it on Amazon.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please
  
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• Intel's build-from-scratch drone kits to take off next month

  09-11-2016 22:53
  
  It's fun to buy a drone from a store, but perhaps more satisfying to build one from scratch. Intel in December will start shipping a fully loaded drone kit to let you do just that, with all the parts including the rotors, software, 3D camera and flight controller.
  Intel's Aero Ready to Fly Drone kit will go on sale on the company's website. An Intel spokeperson couldn't immediately provide a price. But it won't be cheap -- likely more than $600.
  The quadcopter kit has parts that Intel uses to b
  
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• Google punishes web backsliders in Chrome

  09-11-2016 22:43
  
  Google said it will deal with website recidivists that have dodged the company's punishments for spreading malware and spawning email scams.
  When Google flags sites for hosting malicious code or unwanted software, or running some kind of scam, users see warnings in Chrome and other browsers. The alerts appear as long as Google believes the site poses a threat.
  But after making changes to align their sites with Google's "Safe Browsing" terms, webmasters may ask Google to lift the virtual embargo
  
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• BrandPost: We’re All on the InfoSec Team

  09-11-2016 22:25
  
  A 2015 study showed “a disturbing rift in cyber security knowledge between those who make decisions and manage the budgets and those who have to implement and manage the security measures.”[1] What are the consequences of that gap, and what can you do about it? For enterprises to best defend against security threats, they need to reconsider corporate communication at all levels. With the accepted reality that a breach will happen for most companies, corporate security is no long
  
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• CMOs will outspend CIOs on technology in 2017

  09-11-2016 22:23
  
  Marketing tech budgets are on track to exceed the amount of money CIOs spend on technology in the coming year, according to new research from analyst firm Gartner.A survey of 377 marketers at companies with more than $250 million in annual revenue in North America and the U.K. found that marketing budgets (including paid media advertising) increased from 11 percent of company revenue in 2015 to 12 percent of revenue this year. And a majority (57 percent) of the marketing leaders surveyed, told G
  
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• BrandPost: Stay Alert: Security Awareness In the Office and At Home

  09-11-2016 22:15
  
  Does your security awareness training program offer everyday tips for staying safe online, at home and in the office? Maybe it’s time to think about making security personal and practical for everyday users, so that you can better protect your organization. Even if you tried, it would be a challenge to work and live off the grid. It’s just unreasonable to expect that people aren’t using multiple devices at every step—from the copy room to the soccer field. That’s wh
  
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• President Trump: An uncertain future for tech industry, digital rights

  09-11-2016 22:07
  
  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's vision for the country's economy-driving technology industry is largely a blank canvas, and when he's dipped his toe into IT issues, he's made people nervous.
  Trump's campaign was dominated by debates over illegal immigration, lost manufacturing jobs, and character issues. Silicon Valley firms largely opposed Trump, and one of his signature issues, rewriting free trade deals between the U.S. and other nations, likely will hurt U.S tech companies' ability
  
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• Election lights up Twitter with 75M tweets

  09-11-2016 20:43
  
  The presidential election brought in a wave of Twitter activity on Tuesday with 75 million tweets posted about it around the world.
  Twitter reported Wednesday that 75 million election-related tweets were sent between Tuesday morning and 3 a.m. ET on Wednesday, when Republican nominee Donald Trump declared victory.
  That’s a big jump from the 2012 presidential election when 31 million related tweets were posted on Election Day.
  In what some have hailed as the "Twitter Election," the Democra
  
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• Why senior managers are the most dangerous negligent insiders

  09-11-2016 19:58
  
  Hardly a day goes by that there isn't news of another vulnerability, another attack, another patch — and often the biggest, baddest of its kind.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Is Trump's unexpected victory a failure for big data? Not really

  09-11-2016 19:32
  
  Most election prediction shops and public polls in recent days foresaw Republican Donald Trump losing the U.S. presidential race to Democrat Hillary Clinton.They got it wrong, bigly. And the failed predictions could cast doubts on some hot technology sectors, including big data and customer relationship management.Not so fast, say some data experts. The problem with the polls and with forecasters like FiveThirtyEight may have more to do with data collection than data crunching, they say.Data ana
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Reviews: Razer Mechanical Keyboard Case for the iPad Pro

  09-11-2016 19:16
  
  When Apple released the iPad Pro it was hailed as a possible laptop replacement for some users. While the iPad Pro itself is a fantastic device, very few people could use it as a laptop replacement with just the on-screen keyboard. An external keyboard is definitely a must-have for the iPad Pro to get the most out of it.But which keyboard should you buy? The Razer Mechanical Keyboard Case is certainly worth considering, it sells for $169.99 at Amazon. Here's part of the official description of i
  
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• The future of Android: New compatibilty requirements push for a more unified Android experience

  09-11-2016 19:10
  
  Google wants to smooth out a number of different parts of the Android experience that right now are pretty fragmented.
  The company recently pushed out the latest version of the Android compatibility definition document, which outlines the rules Android manufacturers are supposed to play by. It reveals a lot about the many different ways Google is going to nudge everyone who makes hardware to play by the same set of rules.
  Why this matters: This Android document gives a lot of clues to the futur
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How to protect your marketing team amidst security threats

  09-11-2016 18:15
  
  Unfortunately, businesses have never been more exposed to threats of cyber-attacks than now. As more and more information is shared online, hackers are enhancing their efforts and targeting vulnerable businesses. The good news is that there are also more security solutions available than ever before. By implementing them in the appropriate manner, you can keep your marketing team protected.Seven ways marketing teams can stay safe
  While individuals and departments at every level of every organiza
  
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• Why mobile workers should download the Workfrom app

  09-11-2016 17:59
  
  The other day, I saw a guy in Starbucks typing away on an iMac. Yes, he set up a desktop computer in a café. Another dude at another Starbucks was painting on canvas, his art supplies sprawled across the table. And in yet another café, a naïve young man yelled his Amex credit card information into his cell phone, repeating it slowly several times, as everyone in the coffee shop watched, aghast.
  Working in a café can be vastly entertaining — and counter-productive
  
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• Outages at Delta and Southwest Airlines hold valuable management lessons

  09-11-2016 17:32
  
  Delta’s and Southwest’s planes are flying again, but the system outages both suffered last summer were painful for them. What can your company learn from their unfortunate experiences?
  Both airlines’ outages were massive, requiring days to fully recover. Both had to cancel thousands of flights and lost millions of dollars in revenue. Because airlines are highly dependent on IT, both companies undoubtedly had a disaster recovery plan (DRP) and a business continuity plan (BCP.)
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 16 difficulties to avoid when purchasing enterprise software

  09-11-2016 17:21
  
  Successful software purchases meet or exceed expectations; failures do not. Failures vary in degree from benign -- e.g. those that are delivered late -- all the way through to outright failures where the new software is dumped and the project may be restarted.In this article, we look at common factors that make purchasing enterprise software so difficult. Being aware of these difficulties before starting a project can help you reduce their corrosive effects on the success of your next enterprise
  
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• Schuberg Philis kiest platform van Software AG voor continuous assurance

  09-11-2016 16:28
  Dienstverlener van outsourcing services Schuberg Philis gebruikt het Digital Business Platform van Software AG om efficiënter om te gaan met internal controls en om zijn ambities inzake continuous assurance waar te maken.Voor aanbieders van outsourcing services is het essentieel om transparant te zijn voor... lees meer
  
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• Why Microsoft is going all-in on AI

  09-11-2016 16:14
  
  Microsoft is betting on artificial intelligence (AI) with the creation at the end of September of a new AI and Research Group. This newly formed group brings together Microsoft's research organization and more than 5,000 computer scientists and engineers focused on AI and is now the fourth major division in the company, on par with the Windows, Office and Cloud divisions.The job of the AI and Research Group will be to work on four overarching initiatives:Harnessing AI through agents such as Cort
  
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• GoPro issues complete recall for Karma, its first-ever drone

  09-11-2016 16:10
  While the world was watching to see the season finale of “America Votes,” GoPro had a little news of its own to share. Late Tuesday night, the company announced an official recall of its Karma drone, which rolled out in late October.
  The $800 flying device can apparently lose power during operation—presumably causing it to come tumbling out of the sky. GoPro says the issue affected only a “small number of cases.” Nevertheless, GoPro still felt it was serious enough
  
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• 23% off NuWave Infrared Countertop Oven and Turkey Cooker - Deal Alert

  09-11-2016 15:49
  
  This compact countertop oven from NuWave uses three different types of heating technology at once, allowing you to bake, broil, barbecue, roast, grill, steam, dehydrate, and air-fry all from one convenient appliance. It's 50% faster and uses 85% less energy than a traditional oven and easily cooks up to a 10 pound turkey, making it a gadget to consider for your upcoming turkey day. It accomplishes this by using conduction heat (think conventional oven), plus convection heat (circulating hot air
  
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• Why employee experience trumps company culture

  09-11-2016 14:07
  
  There's been a lot of talk about engagement in the workplace -- whether or not employees are happy and satisfied, and what that means for their work performance. In a two-year study of the American Workplace, Gallup found that as much as 70 percent of the U.S. workforce is not engaged at work. This isn't a recent trend, either. The report indicates that over the past 15 years, engagement has consistently held under 33 percent.Engagement is often tied to company culture -- the idea being that pro
  
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• Why Slack should worry about Facebook, Microsoft and Google

  09-11-2016 14:00
  
  Slack may soon be careening back to earth following a meteoric rise that saw the messaging app become one of the most popular and revered in business. That’s because in the last 30 days two of the world’s largest and most influential technology companies have set their sights on Slack and the burgeoning, increasingly crowded collaboration market.Workplace messaging and communications apps have been vying for enterprise adoption for years, but various macro trends have come together t
  
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• Trump tapped the viral anger over H-1B use

  09-11-2016 13:55
  
  President-elect Donald Trump realized early in his campaign that U.S. IT workers were angry over training foreign visa-holding replacements. He knew this anger was volcanic.
  Trump is the first major U.S. presidential candidate in this race -- or any previous presidential race -- to focus on the use of the H-1B visa to displace IT workers. He asked former Disney IT employees, upset over having to train foreign replacements, to speak at his rallies.
  "The fact is that Americans are losing their jo
  
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• There’s a war on for cybersecurity talent

  09-11-2016 13:49
  
  Filling cybersecurity jobs is getting so hard managers need to think outside the box if they hope to fill critical positions, experts say.
  That means redefining jobs, training human resources departments to screen resumes differently, seeking latent talent already inside the organization, and hiring bright, motivated people who can grow into critical roles, according to an expert panel speaking at the recent Advanced Cyber Security Center conference in Boston.
  +More on Network World: Phishing s
  
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• 10 hardest-to-find tech skills

  09-11-2016 13:31
  
  Rumors of Moore's Law's demise have been slightly exaggerated. Advances in computing power, data analytics, the cloud and other technologies just keep marching on -- albeit a bit slower. But as enterprises become more data-driven, it's not the hardware or the infrastructure that's at issue. It's the fact that tech pros with skills relating to organizing, analyzing and securing that data are increasingly harder to find.
  "We're all familiar with Moore's Law, and what we're seeing is that as comput
  
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• 5 secrets to creating the best project management resume

  09-11-2016 13:20
  
  Your resume is an extension of you professionally, and to some extent personally, and because you only have one chance to create that best first impression on paper, make sure it counts in a big way. Before you actually get an interview, an employer has to value your resume enough to want to pick up the phone. Here are a few secrets to the making of an eye-catching project management resume that will get employers calling.
  1: First pass the visual test
  First impressions start with a resume that
  
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• Robots present a cyber risk

  09-11-2016 12:37
  
  The prospect of an army of robots marching in unison to launch an attack on an unsuspecting city belongs in the realm of science fiction—as do most images of menacing autonomous machines wreaking all kinds of havoc on civilization.
  That’s not to say robotics is free from security and safety threats, however. In fact, experts say the growing use of robots by companies such as manufacturers, retailers, healthcare institutions and other businesses can present a number of cyber risks.
  T
  
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• What you need to know about microservices

  09-11-2016 12:10
  
  Black Friday and Cyber Monday are a shoppers’ delight and many retailers’ busiest time of the year. For Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), which owns and operates Lord & Taylor, Saks 5th Avenue and several other brands, last year’s holiday rush turned out to be the perfect time to try out new web site features.
  HBC uses a fairly typical Oracle WebLogic application server and an ecommerce platform named Blue Martini from RedPrairie. Basically the stack has been developed and
  
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• Los Angeles: Warm weather, movie stars -- and 100 million monthly cyberattacks

  09-11-2016 12:00
  
  Los Angeles is famous for its warm weather and movie stars. But what may not be as well known is that it's also one of the largest targets for cyber attacks in the world.
  The city's infrastructure in highways, water and power -- and all the data behind it -- supports 4 million residents in the nation's second largest city. The city also collects data about Los Angeles International Airport as well as about the largest shipping port in the western hemisphere, where 43% of imported goods enter th
  
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• Angular 3 is hot on the heels of Angular 2

  09-11-2016 12:00
  
  Fresh from the long-awaited release of its Angular 2 JavaScript framework in mid-September, Google will release Angular 3 in a few short months.
  Expected in March, Angular 3 will focus on improved tooling and a reduction in generated code, said Rob Wormald, of the Angular core team and a developer advocate at Google. It will feature a template compiler that provides feedback in an IDE on errors in a template, and it will generate 25 percent less code, thanks to improved compilation and changes
  
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• 2017 will be a bad year for pessimists

  09-11-2016 12:00
  
  I think that we can all agree that the 2016 presidential election cycle was brutal, an overwhelmingly negative attack on the attention spans of the global population. Call me a delusional optimist, but I forecast that despite all the sturm und drang of 2016, 2017 is going to be a bad year for pessimists.  
  One reason that I conclude that things are going to improve is that society may have passed peak negativity in 2016. Peak oil, says Wikipedia, is “that point in
  
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• BT investeert in diensten die cloud-overstap vereenvoudigen

  09-11-2016 10:54
  BT gaat versneld investeren in dynamische netwerkdiensten door een aantal technologieën te integreren waarmee klanten eenvoudiger, sneller en veiliger kunnen overstappen op een cloud-gebaseerd IT-consumptiemodel.De diensten zijn gebaseerd op technologie van de leverancier en zijn partners. Zo wordt Nuage... lees meer
  
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• Groei vraag IT’ers zwakt af

  09-11-2016 10:35
  Ofschoon de vraag naar IT-ers nog steeds groeit, neemt deze groei wel sterk af. In het derde kwartaal van dit jaar steeg de vraag naar hoogopgeleide professionals met 5% ten opzichte van 2015, terwijl in dat jaar de vraag nog met 60% steeg ten opzichte van 2014. Daarop duidt een analyse van recruitmentbureau Yacht.Er... lees meer
  
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• SURFnet selecteert acht cloud leveranciers voor Nederlands onderwijs en onderzoek

  09-11-2016 10:30
  Acht leveranciers gaan via SURFnet betaalbare en veilige Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) clouddiensten leveren aan het Nederlands onderwijs en onderzoek. Het gaat om Amazon, CloudSigma, Dimension Data, Interoute Communications, KPN, Microsoft, NTT Europe en Vancis. De dienstverleners gaan hun clouddiensten aanbieden... lees meer
  
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• Today Unlock An 80% Discount on Amazon Dash Buttons, Just $0.99 With Our Code - Deal Alert

  09-11-2016 09:05
  
  Today and tomorrow only (11/9 & 11/10), get Amazon Dash buttons for $0.99 instead of $4.99 when you use our code IDGDASH at checkout (limit 3 buttons on the deal). Amazon Dash is a simple Wi-Fi connected gadget that lets you order your favorite things with just the push of a button. Keep it by your washing machine, your pet food, or in the bathroom closet. When you notice you're running low, just press the button and Amazon ships it right out. Each button gets tied to a specific product
  
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• Microsoft is working on tools to help people use cloud-based FPGAs

  09-11-2016 02:25
  
  Earlier this year, Microsoft made a splash at its Ignite conference for IT professionals when it announced that it has been racking cards of programmable chips together with servers in its cloud data centers.
  The chips, called field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), can be reconfigured after being deployed to optimize them for particular applications such as networking and machine learning.
  Now, Microsoft is investing in tools that would allow customers to program the FPGAs, said Scott Gut
  
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• Facebook and AT&T herald a new day of open networking

  09-11-2016 02:24
  
  Modular and open-source are now the watchwords for network infrastructure, whether you’re delivering internet connections or VR cat videos.On Tuesday at the Structure 2016 conference in San Francisco, Facebook announced its most powerful modular data-center switch yet, and AT&T gave an update on its huge migration from dedicated servers to a software-based architecture.Once the same kind of hardware can do different things in a network, everyone gets more freedom to accomplish what nee
  
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• Microsoft patches 68 vulnerabilities, two actively exploited ones

  09-11-2016 00:59
  
  Microsoft has patched 68 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Edge, Internet Explorer and SQL Server, two of which have already been exploited by attackers and three that have been publicly disclosed.The patches are covered in 14 security bulletins, one dedicated to Adobe Flash Player which is upgraded through Windows Update in Windows 10 and 8.1. Six of the bulletins are rated critical and eight are rated important.Administrators should prioritize the Windows patches in the MS16-135 bulletin, be
  
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