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• N.C. wind farm goes live despite legislators' claims it's a national security threat

  09-02-2017 23:56
  
  The first utility-scale wind farm in North Carolina is now fully operational even though the state's top politicians wanted President Donald Trump to nix the $400 million project because they said it's a national security threat.
  Avangrid Renewables today announced the wind farm, sporting 104 turbines that are 50-stories tall, is now generating 670 megawatt hours (MWh), enough electricity for 61,000 homes. The wind farm is located in the northern part of the state and was built out across
  
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• Intel demotes PCs, giving data center chips first crack at new technologies

  09-02-2017 23:10
  
  With Intel’s forecasts projecting the PC could be the smallest moneymaker five years from now, the company has gone “data center first”—giving Intel’s server business first crack at new manufacturing technologies.
  It’s another sign of massive change within Intel, as the traditional PC business is shoved to the side. In a slide presented during Intel’s investor day on Thursday, the company showed off how the total available market (TAM) for its PC CPU bu
  
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• Microsoft hasn't moved the Windows 10 needle in months

  09-02-2017 22:28
  
  Microsoft has been stuck on the 400 million mark for Windows 10 for more than four months, as the head of the company's operating systems group yesterday repeated the milestone when he spoke to developers.
  "We now have over 400 million users all around the world. This is consumers, people in schools, people in the enterprise," Terry Meyerson, who leads all Windows efforts, said at a developer's day Wednesday that was also webcast by the company.[ Related: Windows 10 Redstone: A guide to the bui
  
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• 'Fileless malware' attacks, used on banks, have been around for years

  09-02-2017 22:16
  
  Fileless malware attacks, which were recently discovered in the networks of at least 140 banks, telecoms and governments, account for about 15% of known attacks today and have been around for years in different forms.
  "Fileless malware attacks are becoming much more common and circumvent most of the endpoint protection and detection tools deployed today," Gartner security analyst Avivah Litan said.
  A recent discovery of fileless malware was reported on Wednesday by researchers at Moscow-based K
  
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• Java framework builds microservices as Docker containers

  09-02-2017 21:26
  
  Implementing microservices in Java has become a top priority at Oracle, which is rebooting Java Enterprise Edition for microservices and cloud deployments. Meanwhile, another microservices effort for Java has emerged separate from Oracle.
  Attributed to Sixt, a rental car service operating worldwide, the lightweight java-micro framework enables developers to easily set up microservices in Java. Developers can build services as a Docker container or fat jar package, and they can configure environ
  
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• Your personal info might be as sick as you

  09-02-2017 21:20
  
  Sick as a dogImage by ThinkstockSince the beginning of 2016, several hospitals and healthcare institutions have fallen victim to ransomware attacks, including MedStar Health, Kansas Heart Hospital and Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. Personally identifiable information and medical records holds a value between 10 to 20 times more than credit card data.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Hospital devices left vulnerable, leave patients at risk

  09-02-2017 21:18
  
  A patient lies in a hospital bed waiting for a medical professional to conduct a blood gas analysis. Little does the patient know that his personal information is also undergoing a procedure.
  The database that stores patient data was found unencrypted, default passwords were used, and the nature of the exploit was basic, according to TrapX Security, which was called in later to recreate and diagnose the issues at the unnamed hospital. The technology research company recently released its findin
  
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• Android privacy assistant seeks to stop unwanted data collection

  09-02-2017 21:14
  
  Not sure what your phone is collecting about you? A free Android app is promising to simplify the privacy settings on your smartphone, and stop any unwanted data collection.The English language app, called Privacy Assistant, comes from a team at Carnegie Mellon University, who’ve built it after six years of research studying digital privacy.  “It’s very clear that a large percentage of people are not willing to give their data to any random app,” said CMU professor N
  
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• Microsoft lawsuit against indefinite gag orders can proceed

  09-02-2017 21:08
  
  A Microsoft lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice over indefinite gag orders attached to search warrants can proceed, following a federal judge’s ruling on Thursday.The tech titan sued last year to end the government’s practice of indefinitely blocking it from informing customers of search warrants for their information. Microsoft alleged that such orders violate its First Amendment frees speech rights and the Fourth Amendment privacy rights of its users.The Justice Departme
  
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• Intel works on next-generation Optane SSD, memory technologies

  09-02-2017 20:59
  
  "Every gamer is going to want to have 3D Xpoint. Every single gamer."Those were words from Intel's CEO Brian Krzanich when updating investors on the company's Optane technology, which the chipmaker believes could ultimately replace SSDs and DRAM in PCs and servers.Intel is now shipping the first-generation Optane but is also working on next-generation technologies as looks to increase density in this new class of storage and memory.Intel says Optane is significantly denser and faster than S
  
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• This year's iPhones expected to get wireless charging

  09-02-2017 20:39
  
  Apple's next three models of the iPhone -- the iPhone 8 and two updated versions of  iPhone 7 -- will sport a long-awaited feature: wireless charging, according to an industry analyst with a track record of being right about the company's plans.
  The new iPhone models, which are expected to come in 4.7-in, 5.5-in and 5.8-in form factors when released later this year, will also sport a new 3D Touch feature and an OLED display, according to Ming-Chi Kuo, a financial analyst for KGI Securities
  
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• BrandPost: Organizational Analytics Adoption: A Generation Away?

  09-02-2017 20:21
  
  Organizational Analytics Adoption: A Generation Away?A recent article titled “We Are Likely 3-5 Years Out From Advanced Analytics Being Critical To The Viability Of A Company” (and I thought my titles were too long) interviewed Walter Storm, the Chief Data Scientist at Lockheed Martin. The article offers some great perspectives such as:“There’s also a culture shift required - moving from experience and knee-jerk reactions to immersion and exploration of rich insights and
  
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• Intel: Cannonlake will be more than 15 percent faster than Kaby Lake

  09-02-2017 19:52
  
  Upgrading CPU performance hasn't been a priority for Intel in many years, but that could be changing.Intel's upcoming Cannonlake chips will deliver a performance improvement of more than 15 percent compared to its Kaby Lake chips, said Venkata Renduchintala, president of the Intel Client and Internet of Things businesses and Systems Architecture Group.Intel didn't provide exact numbers at the company's annual investor day Thursday, but the projection is based on the SysMark benchmark. Detai
  
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• 38% Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter - Deal Alert

  09-02-2017 19:32
  
  This Original OEM Apple USB Lightning Cable For iPhone connects your iPhone, iPad, or iPod with Lightning connector to your computer's USB port for syncing and charging or to the Apple USB Power Adapter for convenient charging from a wall outlet. Its typical list price of $79 has been reduced 38% to just $49. See it now on Amazon.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• BrandPost: How to Kickstart DevOps at Your Organization

  09-02-2017 19:10
  
  Portions of this post were originally posted on the Puppet blog, and are republished here with Puppet's permission.Maybe you know what DevOps could mean for your company: improved collaboration, fewer failures, faster recovery from those failures. But it takes more than knowing to change company culture.To actually implement DevOps, you need to make big changes across your organization — changes that take days, weeks and months. Changes that affect culture, processes and people.To read thi
  
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• Windows Trojan hacks into embedded devices to install Mirai

  09-02-2017 19:05
  Attackers have started to use Windows and Android malware to hack into embedded devices, dispelling the widely held belief that if such devices are not directly exposed to the Internet they're less vulnerable.Researchers from Russian antivirus vendor Doctor Web have recently come across a Windows Trojan program that was designed to gain access to embedded devices using brute-force methods and to install the Mirai malware on them.Mirai is a malware program for Linux-based internet-of-things devic
  
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• How a small film studio uses Facebook data to compete with Hollywood’s heavyweights

  09-02-2017 19:00
  
  MARINA DEL REY, Calif. -- One of Hollywood’s youngest and smallest film studios is holding its own against the big conglomerates by taking a fresh approach to movie marketing, and that has increasingly put the company in close partnership with Facebook. STX Entertainment, the three-year-old studio behind “Bad Moms,” “The Boy” and “The Gift,” is working with Facebook to iterate and brainstorm marketing strategies for the dramatic and fast-changing landsc
  
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• CSO50 2017: 50 forward-thinking security projects

  09-02-2017 18:47
  
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• CSO50 2017: A step ahead of the threats

  09-02-2017 18:46
  
  Each year, the CSO50 awards honor organizations for a security project or initiative that demonstrates innovation and outstanding business value in security. Winners will be recognized in a ceremony that will take place at the CSO50 Conference + Awards, on May 1-3, 2017 at The Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale, Ariz. Below is the list of our 2017 winners.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• CSO50 2017: IACI's neighborhood watch is a new approach to information sharing

  09-02-2017 18:44
  
  Each year, the CSO50 awards honor organizations who demonstrate innovation and outstanding business value in security.  Winners will be recognized in a ceremony that will take place at the CSO50 Conference + Awards, on May 1-3, 2017 at The Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale, Ariz. One of those winners is IACI. This is the story behind their award-winning project.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: AT&T open sourced the heart of their network

  09-02-2017 18:35
  
  Last year at the Open Networking Summit, AT&T announced (and released a white paper on) its Enhanced Control, Orchestration, Management & Policy (ECOMP). At that time, John Donovan, chief strategy officer and group president, technology and operations at AT&T, said that if there was enough interest by the networking community, they may open source the project.Fast forward a year and ECOMP has been open sourced and is now a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.To read this article
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 3 precautions to make your customer data ‘unbreachable’

  09-02-2017 18:31
  
  One of the biggest concerns businesses have in today’s information-centric landscape is the threat of a breach that leads to the loss of valuable data. Unfortunately, security breaches are becoming increasingly common and more severe.One of the extreme examples of a mass data breach happened not very long ago to Target. Everything from customer names, mailing addresses, phone numbers, emails and payment data was stolen — about 70 million customers were affected.To read this article i
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Are you the manager of projects or peace?

  09-02-2017 18:30
  
  My friend Steven, an IT project manager with that all important sense of humor, told me this week that he was considering adding to the job description on his business card.Now, it's not the first time that he has sent me an email like this, such is the lot of the project manager that quite often you end up doing things that you didn't necessarily sign up for. Steven always jokes that if he got paid for the extra roles he carried out, he could easily retire this time next year.His latest email g
  
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• Nokia makes bid for Comptel to boost its software business

  09-02-2017 18:26
  
  Network equipment vendor Nokia wants to buy a software company that helps customers make do with less hardware.The Finnish networking giant competes with the likes of Ericsson, Huawei Technologies, and Cisco Systems to sell networking equipment, software, and services to telecommunications operators and large enterprises.On Thursday, it offered to buy Finnish neighbor Comptel, which develops software to help network operators manage their networks and deliver additional services.Nokia said the d
  
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• Staalbankiers en CGI trekken beide aan kortste eind

  09-02-2017 18:14
  Door Anja Dekhuijzen – De Rechtbank Amsterdam heeft in januari 2017 uitspraak gedaan in een hooglopend conflict tussen Staalbankiers en CGI Nederland (voorheen Logica) over een volledig mislukte BPO.CGI won in 2010 een outsource tender om de back office van het bancaire platform van Staalbankiers te onderhouden... lees meer
  
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• How DevOps, agile spurred Slack enterprise adoption

  09-02-2017 17:47
  
  If Jennifer Manry has her way bots will automate much of the repetitive and onerous workplace activities that consume her Capital One colleagues' time and effort. But until then the bank's vice president of workforce technology is busy helping 40,000 employees get more comfortable with new software from Slack, which allows corporate workers to instant message each other and share documents, files and other content.Capital One deployed Slack in mid-2016 and it quickly become the preferred tool fo
  
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• Apple's iPhone declines in China, and this year could be a struggle

  09-02-2017 17:34
  
  Perhaps the next iPhone 8 will be Apple's next shot at achieving greatness in China.The current iPhones aren't helping Apple gain market share in China, according to Canalys. Markets like China and India are at the top of Apple's agenda to grow the iPhone business.China accounts for a third of worldwide smartphone shipments. Buyers in the market are leaning toward local brands like Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi, which formed the top four smartphone vendors in China in 2016, according to Canalys
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: A call for action -- the renaissance of enterprise IT

  09-02-2017 17:24
  
  Enterprise IT, a multitrillion-dollar business, is in the midst of a historical disruption driven by the digital revolution, an elevated CIO mandate, de-globalization and the cloud business. Yet, the revolutionary aspect of these forces hasn’t been fully appreciated by many — while new capability development is a top executive priority in the digital arms race, management and cultural elements of digital transformation are visibly lagging.Today, most enterprises rely on traditional I
  
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• Windows 10's Cortana adds Suggested Reminders to help you keep your promises

  09-02-2017 17:00
  
  Windows 10’s Cortana is already a dutiful digital assistant, providing answers, reminders, or other information when asked. But Microsoft has given her more power to take the initiative, automatically setting reminders for commitments you’ve already agreed to.
  Take an email, for example. You may have promised your boss that you’ll deliver a sales presentation by Friday. Just in case you’ve forgotten, Cortana will automatically issue what Microsoft is calling a “sug
  
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• Cisco Umbrella cloud service shapes security for cloud, mobile resources

  09-02-2017 16:55
  
  In these days of always-on, but zero trust enterprise applications, concerns over how to keep the bad guys out 24-7 is a huge IT challenge.
  In an attempt to address such anxieties Cisco today announced Umbrella, a secure, cloud-based gateway, based on technology from OpenDNS and other technologies it acquired such as CloudLock as well as existing Cisco security services that together ultimately promises to offer secure business access to resources even when users are not using the safety of a V
  
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• IT and C-level leaders point fingers at each other over cyber defense

  09-02-2017 16:50
  
  IT managers disagree with chief executives over who is responsible for a cyber security breach, according to a survey released Thursday.
  The survey -- of a group of 221 chief executive officers and other C-level executives and another group of 984 IT decision makers -- found that each group largely believes the other group is responsible in the event of a breach.
  In the survey, 35% of C-level respondents said IT teams would be responsible in a breach, while 50% of IT leaders think that responsi
  
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• Verizon announces its LG Sport watch rival, the LTE and NFC-enabled Wear24

  09-02-2017 16:33
  The first Android Wear 2.0 watches from LG and Google aren’t even on shelves yet, but the first competitor has already been announced. But it’s not from Huawei, Moto, or Asus. It’s from Verizon.
  Yes, you’ve read that right: Big Red is getting into the watch business. Called Wear24, presumably a reference to its all-day connectivity, the wearable competes directly with the LG Watch Sport, currently the top-of-the-line Android Wear 2.0 watch. According to CNet, the Quanta-
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: When one cloud may not be enough

  09-02-2017 16:23
  
  When it comes to the cloud, commitment isn’t always a good thing. With so much innovation happening with cloud providers today, the options may seem endless. That’s why more and more large companies are considering the shift to a hybrid cloud, which allows them to mix and match best-of-breed solutions to take advantage of the top option for every part of their business. They may use one cloud for staging, another for front-end development and keep the most sensitive information on an
  
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• Microsoft teases Windows 10's sleek new look for the future

  09-02-2017 16:09
  
  Microsoft’s planning a sleek visual refresh for Windows 10, and the company quietly teased its first official glimpse of what’s coming in the future during the Windows Developer Day keynote on Wednesday.
  There aren’t many details being shared about “Project Neon” right now—as the refresh was called in earlier leaks—but the new visual look will focus on animations and transitions. The basic concept is “to add fluidity, animation, and blur to a
  
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• 30% off Microsoft Foldable Keyboard for iOS, Android, and Windows devices - Deal Alert

  09-02-2017 15:05
  
  This folding keyboard from Microsoft pairs with any combination of 2 iPads, iPhones, Android, Windows tablets, and Windows Phones. It features a water repellent keyset and fabric to protect against accidents. Unfold to turn on, and fold to turn off. Pairs quickly and reliably with Bluetooth 4.0 technology. Its built-in rechargeable battery lasts up to 3 months on a single charge. It currently averages 4 out of 5 stars on Amazon (read reviews) from nearly 200 reviewers, and its list price of
  
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• LinkedIn looks to add Premium value

  09-02-2017 15:00
  
  LinkedIn is rolling out updates to its Premium subscription plans in a move to boost the value proposition and direct outcomes delivered through LinkedIn data on businesses, careers and education.The changes are designed to make better use of both existing data and the new datasets LinkedIn is gathering on salary, company details and the courses its users are completing on LinkedIn Learning, a new service the company repackaged in September following its 2015 acquisition of Lynda.com.“The
  
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• Cisco grows cloud menu, brings Microsoft Azure Stack into UCS

  09-02-2017 14:56
  
  Cisco today said it would expand its hybrid cloud offerings by integrating Microsoft Azure Stack into its Unified Computing System.
  The turnkey package, officially known as the Cisco Integrated Solution for Microsoft Azure Stack, grows Cisco’s Microsoft portfolio and let application developers and IT managers more easily deploy, manage and grow enterprise applications.
  Azure Stack expands Cisco’s hybrid cloud offerings for customers who want the advantages of a single API for privat
  
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• Everything you need to know about drive cloning in Windows 10

  09-02-2017 14:29
  
  Cloning a drive comes in handy for a variety of reasons, but primarily when you want to replace one drive on a PC with another that is either bigger or faster than the original drive, if not both.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• 10 apps you need to get your New Year's resolutions back on track

  09-02-2017 13:00
  
  It's February, and you know what that means: You've probably already given up on at least one of your New Year's resolutions.
  It's not just you. According to this (self-reported, so take it with a grain of salt) 2002 study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, over 35 percent of resolution-makers abandon their resolutions after a month.
  If you're already struggling with that resolution you made on January 1st, we're here to help. Your smartphone is always with you, so what better way
  
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• Can the FTC save the IoT?

  09-02-2017 12:55
  
  Nobody in the IT industry would argue that the Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming more secure. Pretty much the opposite.
  But not for lack of effort. There have been multiple, ongoing initiatives over the past decade, both public and private. There have been dire warnings, publication of various standards and best practices, technology improvements, legislation to encourage threat information sharing and exhortations from government agencies, congressional committees, security firms and confer
  
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• What cyberinsurance gotchas companies must be ready for

  09-02-2017 12:44
  
  Insurance challengesImage by ThinkstockBusinesses shelled out $2 billion in cyber insurance premiums in 2015 but current projections show that astronomical growth rates will result in a market of over $20 billion by 2025. The single biggest challenge faced by insurance companies today is the lack of actuarial data on cyber attacks which makes pricing these cyber insurance policies very difficult. As a result, insurance companies are increasingly resorting to other methods to assist them in more
  
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• 10 ways tech pros can take charge of their professional development

  09-02-2017 12:18
  
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• PHP vs. Node.js: An epic battle for developer mind share

  09-02-2017 12:00
  
  It’s a classic Hollywood plot: the battle between two old friends who went separate ways. Often the friction begins when one pal sparks an interest in what had always been the other pal’s unspoken domain. In the programming language version of this movie, it’s the introduction of Node.js that turns the buddy flick into a grudge match: PHP and JavaScript, two partners who once ruled the internet together but now duke it out for the mind share of developers.
  In the old days, the
  
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• Google's myriad messaging apps: Which are best for you?

  09-02-2017 12:00
  
  Is Google a good choice for communication? With the exception of email, Google is not considered a leader in person-to-person communication apps and services. Skype, owned by Microsoft, tops the video calling space. Facebook dominates social media. Slack leads business chat-room messaging. WhatsApp rules mobile messaging. And besides the big platforms from the big companies, hundreds of startups have created appealing and innovative communications apps and services.
  Google lags for a variety of
  
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• Apple proposes GPU API for 3D graphics on the web

  09-02-2017 12:00
  
  Apple is promoting the development of a standard API that would allow web browsers to access GPU features for 3D graphics. 
  The team behind Apple's WebKit browser engine proposed a community group at the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) called the W3C Community Group for GPU on the Web that would be charged with providing an interface between the web browser and modern 3D graphics and computation capabilities in native system platforms.[ Docker, Amazon, TensorFlow, Windows 10, and more: See
  
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• Trump turns to unlikely sources to ask what women want

  09-02-2017 11:03
  
  Ladies! Guess what? It seems we may soon have an answer to the age-old question "What do women want in the workforce?" And who better to deliver the answer to that question than … two men?No, really. Our new president met last Friday with business leaders to discuss (among other things) taxes, regulation and women's issues. Advising him on the latter were Walmart CEO Doug McMillon and EY CEO Mark Weinberger, the Wall Street Journal reports. Because at the top of my workplace wish-list is
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S8: What we know so far

  09-02-2017 10:52
  
  Samsung is expected to announce its next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8, in April, but it looks like we won't have to wait that long to see the final product. Evan Blass from VentureBeat, who has a reputation for reporting legitimate smartphone leaks, published images last week showing the designs of the two forthcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 models.
  Based on the images, it looks like past reports from The Guardian were correct: The new Galaxy S8 will be available in two sizes, featuring thin bez
  
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• Oracle settling with ex-worker over alleged fiddling of cloud accounts

  09-02-2017 08:10
  
  Oracle has informed a federal court that it is settling a lawsuit in which a former employee had charged that she had been terminated from her job for refusing to go along with accounting principles that she did not consider lawful.In a joint submission Wednesday to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, lawyers for Oracle and the former employee Svetlana Blackburn asked for the vacation of a case management conference scheduled for Thursday, while submitting a notice o
  
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• Zingbox launches IoT protection for business

  09-02-2017 06:01
  
  Zingbox, a cloud-based, internet-of-things security startup, is coming out with its first product that it says can tell good IoT behavior from bad and sends alerts when it finds activity outside the norm.
  Called Guardian, the solution consists of a virtual appliance that gathers and processes network traffic data and sends it to the Zingbox cloud, where it is analyzed for anomalies. When they are found, it can send alerts to security staff or intervene automatically via integration with firewal
  
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• Low-power IoT networks go global with a satellite backbone

  09-02-2017 03:06
  
  Inmarsat says it’s built a global IoT network by combining land-based low-power networks with its mesh of communications satellites, bringing data connections to things like cattle in Australia and reservoirs in Malaysia.
  The system will combine global reach with one of an emerging class of networks designed for small, low-power devices like sensors. With cellular-or-better range but slower speeds than LTE, these networks can be an economical way to connect widely dispersed devices that u
  
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