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• 23% off Sphero Star Wars BB-8 Droid - Deal Alert

  25-11-2016 19:48
  
  Meet BB-8 - the app-enabled Droid that's as authentic as it is advanced. BB-8 has something unlike any other robot - an adaptive personality that changes as you play. Based on your interactions, BB-8 will show a range of expressions and even perk up when you give voice commands. Set it to patrol and watch your Droid explore autonomously, make up your own adventure and guide BB-8 yourself, or create and view holographic recordings. It currently averages 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon (read re
  
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• Save Big on Amazon Products Now Through 11/28 - Deal Alert

  25-11-2016 17:46
  
  Amazon has released more deals on some of their most popular products and we have them all listed below. These discount runs through 11/28.$40 off Echo
  $40 off Tap
  $10 off Echo Dot
  $16.66 off 7" Fire Tablet (price will be $33.33 after reduction)
  $30 off Fire HD 8$20 off Fire Essentials Bundle when purchased separately (final price $51.31)To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Apple deals gift cards to lure Black Friday shoppers

  25-11-2016 16:56
  
  After a one-year absence, Apple today returned to Black Friday by offering gift cards worth up to $150 with the purchase of select company hardware.
  In some cases, only a line's older products were eligible for the accompanying cards.
  For example, a $50 Apple Store gift card was offered with the purchase of an iPhone 6S Plus or iPhone 6S, but the newer iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus were not included in the deal.
  Apple took the same approach with its newest MacBook Pro laptops. The models equipped
  
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• Up to 41% off Multiple Fitbit Tracker Models - Deal Alert

  25-11-2016 16:42
  
  Fitbit trackers come in various models and fitting each individuals fitness needs. Discounts are now being offered for many of these models.  Below are several of the models that are currently discounted on Amazon.Charge 2 Heart Rate + Fitness Wristbandh—Make every beat count with Fitbit Charge 2-the all-new heart rate and fitness wristband built for all-day, workouts and beyond. PurePulse continuous heart rate makes it easy to maximize workouts, better track calorie burn and get a sn
  
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• Up to 31% off Multiple Fitbit Tracker Models - Deal Alert

  25-11-2016 16:42
  
  Fitbit trackers come in various models and fitting each individuals fitness needs. Discounts are now being offered for many of these models.  Below are several of the models that are currently discounted on Amazon.Charge 2 Heart Rate + Fitness Wristbandh—Make every beat count with Fitbit Charge 2-the all-new heart rate and fitness wristband built for all-day, workouts and beyond. PurePulse continuous heart rate makes it easy to maximize workouts, better track calorie burn and get a sn
  
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• 20% off Nest Learning Thermostat - Deal Alert

  25-11-2016 15:16
  
  The Nest learning thermostat learns from you and programs itself, so it is cooling and heating more efficiently and saving you money. Plus, it can be controlled from anywhere on earth through your mobile device. So coming home from vacation no longer means coming back to a blisteringly hot house. Nest claims that on average people save 10% to 15% on heating and cooling bills, so this is one of those products that aims to pay for itself. Nest also works with "Alexa". It averages 4.5 out of 5 star
  
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• How you respond to election speaks volumes to employees

  25-11-2016 14:21
  
  The famous quote, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," has been on my mind a lot since November 9.
  In the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election, it's been difficult to figure out what exactly to do to oppose the administration that will be inaugurated in just a few short months. So, I've been signing petitions, writing and calling my congress people, figuring out how to attend protests and reaching out to my friends and neighbors to offer support.
  
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• Will AI usher in a new era of hacking?

  25-11-2016 14:00
  
  It may take several years or even decades, but hackers won't necessarily always be human. Artificial intelligence -- a technology that also promises to revolutionize cybersecurity -- could one day become the go-to hacking tool.  
  Organizers of the Cyber Grand Challenge, a contest sponsored by the U.S. defense agency DARPA, gave a glimpse of the power of AI during their August event. Seven supercomputers battled each other to show that machines can indeed find and patch software vulner
  
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• 4 grand gifts for techie travelers (video)

  25-11-2016 14:00
  
  Still waiting — not so patiently — for Apple's delayed AirPods? Well, wait no more, because an alternative exists. It's one of my four gift picks for tech-obsessed travelers this holiday season, along with a jacket that has pockets deep enough to store your entire office, a super-small laptop charger, and a travel bag that's unlike any other bag I've ever seen.
  Here's a quick overview of these four new or upcoming products. You can also see them in action in the video above.Henty Co
  
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• 12 holiday tech gifts your loved ones will use for years

  25-11-2016 14:00
  
  These presents for techies are guaranteed re-gift-proofImage by ThinkstockNobody likes giving or receiving impractical presents that no one will ever use. But we've all sent or received (at least) one such sorry gift. These top-notch gadgets are useful and practical, and some have been updated and released multiple times due to popular demand.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Oracle: ‘Het IT-landschap verandert significant’

  25-11-2016 13:29
  Bestaat er een volledig geïntegreerde cloud van één leverancier, die plaats biedt aan de kern-IT, terwijl intussen de business bediend wordt met best-in-class-applicaties? En daar bovenop een modern ontwikkel-platform om het plaatje te completeren? Jazeker, aldus René van Stiphout en Tino... lees meer
  
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• 6 reasons to love Angular 2

  25-11-2016 13:28
  
  If you build web applications, chances are you’ve heard of Angular, the popular JavaScript framework for building full-featured, client-side, browser-based applications. The recent release of Angular 2 (September 2016) brought Angular into the modern web and expanded its reach into mobile and desktop applications.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Japan plans superefficient supercomputer by 2017

  25-11-2016 13:15
  
  Japan plans to build a super-efficient computer that could vault it to the top of the world's supercomputer rankings by the end of next year.With a processing capacity of 130 petaflops, the planned computer would outperform the current world leader, China's Sunway TaihuLight, which delivers 93 petaflops. One petaflop is one million billion floating-point operations per second.Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) isn't just aiming to build the world's fa
  
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• How a social robot could make our leaders better

  25-11-2016 13:00
  
  It isn’t hard to think that the political system is broken in much of the world. In the U.S., in particular, satisfaction (approval) scores surrounding government tend to not only be low, but trend downward and the latest election felt more like a revolt than peaceful power transition. Neither party seems to be able to keep their own members happy and often seems more focused on squabbles with other politicians than making real and meaningful progress.Sadly, I’ve seen this same behav
  
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• Researchers work to tame deadly selfies

  25-11-2016 12:52
  
  Researchers are working on an app thatcould save people from being killed while taking dangerous selfies.
  Carnegie Mellon University announced that researchers there are working with colleagues at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology in Delhi, India to take on the issue of deadly selfies.
  People around the globe have been putting themselves in reckless situations - on railroad tracks, on cliff edges -- to grab a memorable selfie. Researchers found that individuals died falling from
  
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• How a video-gaming programmer created a popular VR surgical simulator

  25-11-2016 12:41
  
  A start-up led by a video game developer has created an app that allows medical students and doctors to practice minimally invasive surgeries using smartphones or tablets.
  Level EX developed the application, which is based on actual patient cases, to help surgeons develop the hand-eye coordination necessary to navigate a 3D setting prior to a patient procedure; the app has also been qualified as a surgical training tool for physicians to gain Continuing Medical Education credits from the Americ
  
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• Windows 10 annoyances and solutions

  25-11-2016 12:00
  
  If you think back just 10 years or so, we lived in an era where we simply couldn't rely on our PCs to work consistently for long periods of time. Snarl-ups and crashes would come with frustrating regularity. And if a PC were used heavily, reinstalls of Windows would usually need to be performed every year, if not more often.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Linux hardening: a 15-step checklist for a secure Linux server

  25-11-2016 12:00
  
  Gus KhawajaTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• 7 simple truths you should know about the hybrid cloud

  25-11-2016 12:00
  
  I'm about to tell you something that may shatter what you think about the cloud: The hybrid cloud does not exist.
  The enterprise cloud adoption manual puts hybrid cloud at the top of the list. But you cannot buy one off the shelf. It’s not one-size-fits-all.[ Want to know more about cloud? Learn more with Pluralsight, a technology learning platform. Save $100 now. ]
  Rather, the hybrid cloud is made up of models, processes, and multiple providers. The moment you start paying for a pub
  
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• ‘Doorbraak IoT vergt veel van bedrijven’

  25-11-2016 11:34
  Verschillende ontwikkelingen dwingen bedrijven tot het aanpassen van hun businessmodellen en het Internet of Things (IoT) is er één van. Dale Kutnick legt uit hoe ingrijpend het IoT kan zijn voor bedrijven en waar ze op moeten letten.Een doorbraak die te vergelijken is met de opkomst van e-commerce... lees meer
  
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