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• Twitter sues the US government for demanding it unmask an 'alt' account

  06-04-2017 23:05
  
  Twitter is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and alleging the government is misusing an investigative tool as part of an internal witch-hunt to uncover who is behind a Twitter account critical of the immigration service.The lawsuit, filed on Thursday in California, comes on the heels of a report that visitors to the U.S. could soon be routinely asked to hand over email and social media account passwords to the immigration service.In its lawsuit, Twitter says that U.S. Department of
  
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• Raspberry Pi roundup: The unbearable Pi-NAS of being; Pi takes rook; and a little teeny Mac

  06-04-2017 23:03
  
  If you haven’t read the story of the original mechanical Turk, you really should. This was a 1770s machine that appeared to use complicated mechanisms to play competent chess against even very good human players, and it has fired the imaginations of everyone from computing pioneer Charles Babbage to today’s steampunk nerds. Here’s a great summary from Atlas Obscura.The Turk has lent its name to many things over the years, including Amazon’s Mechanical Turk micro-job servi
  
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• AMD's Ryzen Balanced power plan for Windows promises to boost CPU performance

  06-04-2017 23:00
  
  AMD's new Ryzen Balanced power plan is offering an answer for early performance woes with its new CPU. The power profile tweaks how Windows 10 handles power states of the individual CPU cores and can bump performance from 3 percent all the way to 21 percent in many popular games, AMD said in a blog post on Thursday.To obtain and install the updated power plan, you can visit AMD's blog or download the zip file directly from AMD here.To read this article in full or to leave a c
  
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• Apache Struts 2 exploit used to install ransomware on servers

  06-04-2017 22:43
  Attackers are exploiting a vulnerability patched last month in the Apache Struts web development framework to install ransomware on servers.The SANS Internet Storm Center issued an alert Thursday, saying an attack campaign is compromising Windows servers through a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-5638.The flaw is located in the Jakarta Multipart parser in Apache Struts 2 and allows attackers to execute system commands with the privileges of the user running the web server process.This vulnerabi
  
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• Facebook's M assistant launches in US, will offer chat suggestions

  06-04-2017 22:16
  
  More than a year after introducing a virtual assistant in its Messenger app, Facebook is launching M to the masses. While it was originally conceived as a bot that users would chat with, M now only offers a set of suggestions that are supposed to help with the conversation being carried out.For example, when users are chatting about getting together for dinner, M will suggest that they create a shared plan that will remind them of the engagement as it approaches. The assistant will give them sug
  
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• Apple breaks with secrecy to rebut negative narrative

  06-04-2017 21:58
  
  In a very unusual move, Apple this week renounced its usual secrecy about future products to counter questions about its commitment to the Mac, analysts said today.At an invite-only meeting with a handful of Apple bloggers and reporters, two of Apple's top executives -- marketing head Philip Schiller and Craig Federighi, who leads software engineering -- acknowledged that the firm's strategy for the Mac Pro, the company's top-of-the-line desktop, had been a mistake. While a refreshed Mac Pro wil
  
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• U.S. seeks curbs on use of entry-level H-1B programmers

  06-04-2017 21:36
  
  The U.S. government is taking action that will likely increase the visa denial rates of H-1B programmers, a move that could help U.S. nationals, both in terms of wages and jobs.The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) wants programmers who offer skills that are specialized or unique. That means firms seeking to hire programmers at entry-level wages may see their H-1B visa requests denied.There's a reason the U.S. doesn't want entry-level visa workers.[ Further reading: 8 project mana
  
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• Expect prices for PCs and mobile devices to rise this year

  06-04-2017 21:20
  
  If you plan to buy a new PC or mobile device this year, you'll likely be shelling out more cash than in previous years. Prices are going up, and expensive devices are in demand.On average, the price of PCs and phones will go up by 2 percent this year, Gartner said in a research report released on Thursday. The calculations are based on U.S. dollars and average market sizes.Breaking those numbers down, PC prices are expected to go up 1.4 percent this year, while mobile phone prices will go u
  
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• 10 steps for creating a single view of your business

  06-04-2017 21:15
  
  The modern enterprise is data-driven. The capability to quickly access and act upon information has become a key competitive advantage. But business data is often siloed and fragmented. To gain a competitive edge from your information, you need a single view of your data.Most organizations today have a complicated process for managing their data, one that usually involves multiple data sources of variable structure, ingestion and transformation, loading into an operation database and supporting
  
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• Windows 10 data collection: What you need to know

  06-04-2017 20:51
  
  Microsoft has expanded its diagnostic data collection with Windows 10, making mandatory what had been a voluntary telemetry program.Windows 10 includes a telemetry and diagnostics service that cannot be fully disabled. In earlier editions of the OS -- including Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 -- Microsoft's data gathering was optional. Users had to agree to join the "Customer Experience Improvement Program," or CEIP, for telemetry to be collected and sent to the Redmond, Wash. company from those operating
  
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• Antivirus headaches that compromise browser security

  06-04-2017 20:23
  
  MIAMI -- Google is one company that lives and dies in the web, so for many reasons, they need to care -- a lot -- about browser security. That was the focus of engineering lead for Chrome Security at Google, Justin Schuh's keynote speech at this year's Infiltrate 2017 conference.There are three main reasons why Google needs to care. First, pretty much all of its revenue is funneled through the browser, "People need to feel that it's reasonably safe," Schuh said.Securing the web browser wasn
  
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• Nginx creates certified third-party module program

  06-04-2017 20:05
  
  Nginx has begun certifying third-party modules for use with its commercially supported, enterprise-level web server and load balancer. The modules add capabilities like security, device detection, and application serving.Nginx Plus Certified Modules are assured by the company to work with its Nginx Plus server. DeviceAtlas, Forgerock, Phusion, Ping Identity, Stealth Security, and Wallarm have already been certified after passing a test suite.[ The InfoWorld review: Microsoft's Nano Server offers
  
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• Alexa helps you shop on iOS but won't play Spotify

  06-04-2017 20:04
  
  Alexa, once confined to Amazon’s Echo devices, is going places. The popular virtual assistant is in cars, Huawei’s Mate 9 smartphone, the Lynx robot, an LG smart refrigerator, and Dish’s Hopper DVR, to name a few.As of this week, Alexa now exists within Amazon’s iOS shopping app, too. Which means Alexa lives in the same device as Apple’s Siri.I tested Alexa on my iPhone 7 Plus. Much of what it does on an Amazon Echo device, it did on my iPhone. Some examples include
  
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• BrandPost: Beginning your IT Transformation Journey

  06-04-2017 20:02
  
  Beginning your IT transformation journeyAs my colleague, Adeel Omer, pointed out in his recent blog, digital transformation is not theory or projection, it’s something that is happening now. To varying degrees, digital transformation is taking place in every organization, of every size, in every industry, and across every sector. Whether we choose to embrace it or not is a different matter.The technology that drives transformation is changing at a phenomenal rate, with capabilities increas
  
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• How to securely deploy medical devices

  06-04-2017 19:54
  
  In the wake of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issuing both “premarket” (2014) and “postmarket” (2016) guidance for improving security in the development and manufacture of connected medical devices, the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) has released a set of best practices for the secure deployment of those devices.As the report’s author and project leader, Christopher Frenz, puts it, “a medical device with all the security features in the
  
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• How to prepare for a clean install of Windows 10 Creators Update

  06-04-2017 19:48
  
  With the public release of the Creators Update for Windows 10 arriving Tuesday, April 11, it's time to start prepping for that "feature update" (aka version 1703). There are several steps that you can and should take to get your machines ready.Let's begin with a discussion of upgrade versus clean install of this new major Windows 10 release and an overview of the pros and cons for each approach.Clean install versus upgrade installThe fastest and easiest way to move up to the Creators Update is t
  
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• WD unveils its first portable SSD with internal drive speeds

  06-04-2017 19:27
  
  Western Digital today introduced its first portable SSD, the My Passport SSD.The new palm-sized SSD claims read/write speeds that rival those of internal SATA-attached SSDs -- up to 515MBps. The new drive uses a USB Type-C (reversible) connector and the USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gb/s) standard; it also comes with an adapter to use with the more traditional USB Type-A ports found on many computers. WDThe drive is 0.39-in x 3.5-in x 1.8-in in size and comes with a three-year limited warranty. It has a sugg
  
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• Your Pebble smartwatch will live on when Pebble's servers shut down

  06-04-2017 19:21
  
  Pebble owners are a devoted bunch, having crowdfunded the first big cross-platform smartwatch into existence and seeing it become the template that rival smartwatch makers would follow. But now that Pebble has been acquired by Fitbit and is presumably nearing the end of its life, Pebble users fretted that their watches would cease to work once Pebble dies. That’s not the case.Pebble just rolled out an iOS and Android update that frees its watches from cloud-based online servers. That means
  
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• US trade lobbying group attacked by suspected Chinese hackers

  06-04-2017 19:13
  
  A group of what appears to be Chinese hackers infiltrated a U.S. trade-focused lobbying group as the two countries wrestle with how they treat imports of each other's goods and services.The APT10 Chinese hacking group appears to be behind a "strategic web compromise" in late February and early March at the National Foreign Trade Council, according to security vendor Fidelis Cybersecurity.The NFTC lobbies for open and fair trade and has pledged to work with U.S. President Donald Tr
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How you can be the smartest cybersecurity expert in the room

  06-04-2017 19:06
  
  Every 10 years, something comes along in the world of IT that is so big, so important, that shrewd people build wildly successful careers on just that one event.  Past examples have included ERP system implementation, “Y2K”, and cloud computing.  The brass ring is coming around again and this time it’s called “cyber security”.Security is dominating the conversation
  This year we have been awash in headlines about major security breaches, hot new produc
  
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• Tableau switches to subscription pricing for its BI products

  06-04-2017 19:00
  
  Tableau is making a big change in the way it sells its business intelligence products. The company announced Thursday that all of its software will be available as a subscription, rather than a single license plus a service fee.Businesses will need to pay $70 per user per month for a license of Tableau Desktop Professional, and $35 per user per month for Tableau Server. That compares to the company’s boxed software prices of $2000 for Desktop, plus a $400 annual renewal fee for software up
  
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• Cisco targets digital business transformation with new certifications

  06-04-2017 18:57
  
  Cisco has rolled out new certifications and training for networking professionals looking to bolster their digital networking skillsets.“The workforce is changing and needs to evolve to handle a more software-centric, automated digital ecosystem,” Tejas Vashi, senior director, product strategy and marketing for Learning@Cisco.+More on Network World: Cisco issues variety of security warnings on wireless gear+Vashi said the digital network requires new skills and network engineers need
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Canonical kills Unity, MIR and Ubuntu phones

  06-04-2017 18:33
  
  In a surprising move, Canonical announced that it is pulling the plug on Unity, its in-house shell, and is going back to Gnome.Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and Ubuntu wrote about the move in a blog post:I’m writing to let you know that we will end our investment in Unity8, the phone and convergence shell. We will shift our default Ubuntu desktop back to GNOME for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
  The company is also withdrawing from its in-house display server Mir and Ubuntu phon
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: IT transaction success begins with setting expectations

  06-04-2017 18:32
  
  The current IT transaction paradigm is replete with challenges and, as is too often the case, outright failures. Why do so many IT integration initiatives fail? Why are so many projects late and over budget, without delivering the expected promises? Our tools are better, faster and more sophisticated; why haven’t our project successes matched our ever-increasing technological abilities?Peering into the abyss: The peril of a simple question with a not-so-simple answer
  In my prior role as CI
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How these three alternate payment models are driving healthcare IT

  06-04-2017 17:57
  
  To pursue the Triple Aim – improve the patient experience of care, improve the health of populations, and reduce the per capita cost of health care – the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has set a goal of tying 50% of Medicare fee-for-service payments to value through alternative payment models (APM) by 2018.APMs seek to deliver better care at lower cost. APMs require providers, payers, and others in the healthcare system to make fundamental changes in their day-to-day o
  
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• Get a $20 Discount If You Buy 3 Echo Dots on Amazon, For A Limited Time - Deal Alert

  06-04-2017 17:06
  
  Echo Dot is a hands-free, voice-controlled device that uses Alexa to play music, control smart home devices, provide information, read the news, set alarms, read audiobooks from Audible, and more. In fact, new Alexa "skills" are being created all the time. Tell Alexa to start your usual order at your favorite Starbucks. It will be paid for and ready to pick up in minutes. Amazon has quietly published a special code that will apply a $20 discount when you buy 3 Echo Dots. Just put them in your ca
  
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• Windows 3.1: Twenty-five years later, it's still a Microsoft milestone

  06-04-2017 16:59
  Happy Birthday, Windows 3.1Imagine a world without the Start button. No, I'm not talking about Windows 8. Dig deep into your memory, and you may recall a time when Windows 3.1 ruled the Earth.Twenty-five years ago this month, Microsoft released version 3.1 of its MS-DOS graphical-shell-turned-operating-system. Windows 3.1 became the first version of Windows to be widely distributed with new PCs, cementing the dominance of Microsoft's OS on the IBM PC platform and signaling the dawn of the Golden
  
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• Comcast takes another crack at being a mobile provider with new Xfinity Mobile service

  06-04-2017 16:58
  
  While we mainly hear about the four main wireless carriers whenever a new phone is released, there are many more providers out there than just Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile. Now an industry giant is looking to join the fray: Comcast.As first reported by The Wall Street Journal, the cable TV giant will finally jump into the wireless phone market with an Xfinity Mobile service that had been previously reported. The move comes at a time when the lines between cable and telecommunicat
  
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• F-Secure buys Little Flocker to combat macOS ransomware

  06-04-2017 16:55
  
  With attacks against Mac users growing in number and sophistication, endpoint security vendor F-Secure has decided to acquire Little Flocker, a macOS application that provides behavior-based protection against ransomware and other malicious programs.Little Flocker can be used to enforce strict access controls to a Mac's files and directories as well as its webcam, microphone and other resources. It's particularly effective against ransomware, spyware, computer Trojans and other malicious program
  
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• How a trucking company sped up mobile app development

  06-04-2017 16:41
  
  Employees want access to business applications from mobile devices, which is a conundrum for CIOs: Do they adapt legacy software designed to run on desktops and laptops to run on smartphones and tablets or buy a platform that enables such portability with minimal coding? Trucking conglomerate Paccar chose the latter option to help deliver mobile applications across the company’s DAF, Peterbilt, Leyland and Kenworth business units, says CIO Lily Ley.Paccar Paccar's CIO Lily Ley.To read this
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why did Deloitte acquire Day1 Solutions?

  06-04-2017 16:15
  
  Deloitte recently announced it acquired cloud consulting firm Day1 Solutions. Deloitte is one of the world’s largest service providers and has service relationships with most major U.S. enterprises. Day1 is a small firm. So, this raises the question: Why does Deloitte need Day1? And why should your enterprise care?Deloitte needs Day1 for the same reason Accenture needs Genfour, Genpact needs Rage Frameworks and Infosys needs Panaya. The problem for Deloitte and for every traditional servic
  
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• 29% off Zendure A8 26,800mAh Portable Battery Bank with LED Display - Deal Alert

  06-04-2017 16:04
  
  One of the world's highest capacity portable chargers. Charge Zendure while charging your devices at full speed with a single wall charger, a feature rarely seen in other power banks. The QC port outputs 5-6V/3.0A,6-9V/2.0A,9-12V/1.5A (18W Max) when connected to a compatible device. Charges an iPhone 6s 9 times and the Galaxy S6 over seven times. Durable, stylish, and built to retain 95% of its charge after 6 months without use. An LED digital display accurately shows the remaining capacity. The
  
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• Werkplekbeheer RDW gaat naar Fujitsu

  06-04-2017 16:00
  De Rijksdienst voor het wegverkeer en Fujitsu hebben een vierjarig contract getekend voor het werkplekbeheer van ruim 1.500 medewerkers met mogelijkheid tot verlenging. Fujitsu moet ervoor zorgen dat de medewerkers van RDW flexibel, efficiënt en gebruiksvriendelijk kunnen werken en dat de werkplekken... lees meer
  
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• Samsung targets the enterprise with Galaxy S8 and S8+

  06-04-2017 15:24
  
  Samsung has spent the last few years expanding its focus on the enterprise, realizing that there is no longer a line between business and personal devices. And most businesses would agree. IT departments have conceded to some form of BYOD, acknowledging it's difficult to stop employees from using personal devices for work.The Galaxy S8 and S8+ are set up to make the shift easier, by blending consumer and business features into one device. Samsung now emphasizes that business adoption is a part o
  
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• 5 reasons developers love containers

  06-04-2017 15:06
  
  Linux containers have been around for almost a decade, but it was only with the release of Docker four years ago that large numbers of developers began to adopt the technology.  Now it seems that containers are everywhere and their popularity continues to rise.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Unity is dead: Ubuntu ditches phone convergence dreams and returns to Gnome

  06-04-2017 14:59
  
  Ubuntu is giving up on the Ubuntu phone, and the controversial Unity desktop interface is being killed alongside Canonical's dreams of a smartphone/PC convergence."Ubuntu desktop is going back to Gnome for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS," Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth said in a blog post. That means Ubuntu will roll out with the Gnome desktop as the default interface in April 2018.Unity fans will still have a lot of time to enjoy the current default interface for Ubuntu. It's not clear if Unity wil
  
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• Trump repeals Obama era workplace protections

  06-04-2017 14:48
  
  Who wouldn't want fair pay and safe workspaces? Well, the President, apparently, since he made a big show of repealing some Obama-era protections for exactly that.On March 27, NBC News reports that Trump "revoked the 2014 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces order then-President Barack Obama put in place to ensure that companies with federal contracts comply with 14 labor and civil rights laws. The Fair Pay order was put in place after a 2010 Government Accountability Office investigation showed that co
  
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• BrandPost: Former CTO of Defense Agency Discusses Government IT Challenges

  06-04-2017 14:28
  
  Dave Mihelcic recently joined Juniper Networks to head the federal technology and strategy group after a long career in government IT, including the past 12 years as CTO of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). In this interview, Mihelcic discusses the unique challenges facing government IT, how automation can improve operational efficiency, and the importance of cybersecurity.What are the biggest technology management challenges facing DISA and the Department of Defense (DoD)?The first
  
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• Accenture, NBA's Warriors to reimagine the fan experience

  06-04-2017 14:00
  
  The Golden State Warriors basketball team broke ground on a new arena this past January in one of the last undeveloped portions of San Francisco, and when it goes fully online in 2019, it will have a variety of technology elements designed to "reimagine the fan experience," as the team puts it.The new facility, to be called the Chase Center, will be more than just an arena for basketball, concerts and other events. The complex, built in the Mission Bay region of southeastern San Francisco, will
  
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• Economy boosts CIO budgets, as AI helps IBM, says Morgan Stanley

  06-04-2017 13:24
  
  CIOs in the U.S. and Europe are increasing their IT budgets thanks to an uptick in optimism, said Morgan Stanley in a new report.IT budgets are expected to grow 4.5% this year, "a tick above the historical average," according to a survey 100 CIOs of large firms in the U.S. and Europe.[ Find in-depth reports, how-to advice and more on an array of topics in our Digital Downloads library ]The top spending priorities include cloud computing, security software, analytics tools, networking equipment a
  
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• Antsy Windows 10 users can grab Creators Update now

  06-04-2017 13:12
  
  Microsoft on Wednesday began letting antsy customers download Creators Update, the latest Windows 10 feature upgrade.Last week, the company had said it would make Creators Update available for manual download on April 5, about a week before it will pull the Windows Update trigger and start pushing the upgrade to most users.[ See Computerworld’s Review of Windows 10 Creators Update. ]To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• LG G6 Review: The right phone at the wrong time

  06-04-2017 13:00
  
  If the Galaxy S8 is a Ferrari 812 Superfast, the LG G6 is a BMW M760i. It’s sexy, but not as sexy. It’s fast, but not as fast. It can do a lot, but not as much.It’s almost a shame that the LG G6 is landing when it is. A year or even a few months ago it would have been an absolute show-stopper, but most people looking for the hottest new phone are likely going to gravitate toward the S8’s intoxicating design. From the processor to the screen and everything in between, the
  
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• What enterprises can learn in the aftermath of a phishing attack

  06-04-2017 12:45
  
  The problem: spearphishingImage by John Singleton Copley/National Gallery of ArtSpearphishing is a top attack vector used by cyber adversaries today. Consists of fraudulent emails that appear to be legitimate which target specific organizations, groups, or individuals to gain access to information systems. Targeted spear phishing also leverages social engineering which includes research about specific targets of interest. Organizations rely on email connectivity with the outside to function and
  
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• 3 ways to break your smartphone addiction and get back to work

  06-04-2017 12:30
  
  Few things have as much hold on our attention as our smartphones. Recent research found that an average user touches their mobile phone 2,617 times a day and a heavy user swipes, taps, and clicks more than 5,000 times per day! That’s nearly three to four hours a day of lost productivity.Luckily, there are a few tools that can help save you from yourself. Treat your smartphone addiction with these three apps.OffTimePCWorld OffTime lets you tailor your smartphone use—and its distractio
  
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• Aandeel cloud in ERP, HR en financiële oplossingen groeit

  06-04-2017 12:27
  Een vijfde deel van de bedrijfsvestigingen met 50 of meer werknemers maakt gebruik van financiële software in de cloud, zoals een financiële module van een ERP-oplossing of op zichzelf staande financiële software. Hierop duidt een analyse van Computer Profile.In 2014 had 35% van de genoemde... lees meer
  
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• Wish list: What I’d like to see in the new Mac Pro

  06-04-2017 12:00
  Now that we know that Apple really does care about the Mac and is working on a new Mac Pro, it’s no longer a useless exercise to dream a little bit and make a wish list of what we’d like to see in Apple’s top-of-the-line Mac.Apple says the new Mac Pro will hopefully ship next year. Once it does hit the market, here’s what I hope to find in the future Mac Pro.A practical tower case design
  There’s no denying that the current cylindrical Mac Pro is a design feat that&r
  
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• Trust issues: Know the limits of SSL certificates

  06-04-2017 12:00
  
  Certificate authorities (CAs) have given themselves a black eye lately, making it hard for users to trust them. Google stopped trusting Symantec after discovering the CA had mis-issued thousands of certificates over several years, and researchers found that phishing sites were using PayPal-labeled certificates issued by Linux Foundation’s Let’s Encrypt CA. Even with these missteps, the CAs play a critical role in establishing trust on the internet.To read this article in full or to l
  
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• Stay private and productive with 2 new Bluetooth headphones

  06-04-2017 12:00
  
  Headphones, once a product mainly for music fans or audio engineers, are now a daily sight in the office and on the street. Not just for listening anymore, they not only let you take phone calls but help you keep your concentration in the noisy open offices so beloved by many companies.I tried out two recently released Bluetooth headphones by well-known audio vendors: the Sennheiser MB 660 UC, which costs $445 (Amazon price) and the Plantronics BackBeat Pro 2, priced at $200 (Amazon price). Both
  
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• Six in 10 people believe their lives will improve with autonomous vehicles

  06-04-2017 12:00
  
  Six in 10 people believe connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) will improve their quality of life, according to a new study by Strategy Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).The study, commissioned by the U.K.-based trade association Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, also found half of drivers age 17 to 24 would use a connected, autonomous vehicle (CAV) today.[ Further reading: Here's why self-driving cars may never really be self-driving ]Among all those surveyed, the biggest
  
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• Python vs. R: The battle for data scientist mind share

  06-04-2017 12:00
  
  The boss’s boss looks out across the server farm and sees data—petabytes and petabytes of data. That leads to one conclusion: There must be a signal in that noise. There must be intelligent life in that numerical world—a strategy to monetize all those hard disks filling up with numbers.That job falls on your desk, and you must now find a way to poke around the digital rat’s nest and find a gem to hand the boss.[ Download the InfoWorld megaguide: The best Python frameworks
  
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