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• Discounted CleanMyMac 3 with Gemini 2 Space Saving Bundle - Deal Alert

  25-04-2017 23:06
  
  CleanMyMac 3 with Gemini 2 in tow is like a professional cleaning team for your Mac. The all-new CleanMyMac 3 will clean, optimize, and maintain your Mac. It scans every inch of your system, removes gigabytes of junk in just two clicks, and monitors the health of your Mac. Gemini 2 finds duplicate files and wipes them away. It's smart, laser accurate, and recovers tons of space on your Mac. Right now, when purchased together, the bundle will be discounted 10%. See this deal now on MacPaw (s
  
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• See Sedric drive: Volkswagen shows off first autonomous concept car

  25-04-2017 22:58
  
  Earlier this year at CES, Toyota and Honda revealed their vision of an autonomous, connected, companion car, and now Volkswagen is entering the mix with Sedric. Sedric is Volkswagen's first crack at a fully autonomous car, and as such, it doesn't have pedals or a steering wheel. Instead, the concept car is summoned by pressing a button and "driven" by a voice-controlled AI agent. Passengers pile into its spacious interior through two sliding glass doors and can enjoy a movie on the car's OL
  
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• Report: Apple poached augmented reality expert from NASA to work on glasses

  25-04-2017 22:46
  
  All signs are pointing to Apple’s work on an augmented reality device of some sort, and now Apple has a new addition working on that effort: NASA’s Jeff Norris.According to Bloomberg, Apple hired Norris away from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, where he founded the Mission Operations Innovation Office, to work on its augmented reality products earlier this year.Jeff Norris Jeff Norris testing Microsoft's HoloLens in microgravity environments.To read this article in full or to leave
  
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• Cisco Jasper package manages everything enterprise mobile

  25-04-2017 22:22
  
  Cisco today announced an enterprise management package designed to help users monitor and control the data usage operation of the tons of mobile devices in their networks.Cisco Jasper’s Control Center for Mobile Enterprise is an extension of Jasper’s overarching Control Center IoT service platform, now directed at letting enterprise customers turn up services more quickly, and since it ultimately will be integrated directly into service provider networks will allow for real-time usag
  
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• 3D NAND to make up half of all flash memory production

  25-04-2017 22:02
  
  3D NAND, which stacks layer upon layer of flash cells atop one another like a microscopic skyscraper, will become the prominent technology for all flash memory this year, according to a new report.According to DRAMeXchange's latest forecast, NAND flash manufacturers have focused their efforts on converting fabrication plants to 3D NAND, which is denser, faster and less expensive to produce than traditional 2D (planar) NAND. Toshiba BiCS (Bit Cost Scaling) is the vertical stacking or 3D technolog
  
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• This is the closest thing Intel has built to a discrete GPU

  25-04-2017 22:01
  
  Intel doesn't make its own discrete GPU but has built something that specializes in processing 4K graphics. But that product isn't powerful enough to run Crysis, if you were wondering.The chipmaker showed off its Intel Visual Compute Accelerator 2 at the NAB show in Las Vegas this week. It has the build of a GPU but is designed for server applications and not for PCs.The VCA 2 is aimed at cloud streaming 4K video, graphics, and virtual reality content. Servers with the graphics ac
  
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• Microsoft cuts off 40 percent of Windows phones with Creators Update shift

  25-04-2017 21:04
  
  Our review of the Creators Update for Windows 10 Mobile may have shown it to be a half-hearted update at best, but a substantial portion of Microsoft's base of installed phones won't even have a chance to experience it.A report by AdDuplex, an ad network running on top of Windows devices, found that four of the top ten Windows phones won't be allowed to upgrade to Microsoft's latest feature update. That works out to about 40 percent of all Windows phones already in the hands of users. AdDuplex O
  
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• Google will try to combat fake news using search and user feedback

  25-04-2017 20:34
  
  Google might not be as responsible for the spread of fake news as social media, but the search giant is still doing something about it: burying known sources of fake news, and letting users weigh in, too.Google frequently tweaks the algorithms that return relevant search results, sometimes privately, and other times publicly. In this case, Google announced Tuesday that about 0.25 percent of all daily search results have been returning “offensive or clearly misleading content,” and th
  
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• Box revises platform pricing to ease developer adoption

  25-04-2017 20:31
  
  Box is trying to give developers who want to use its platform more pricing consistency with a new  announced Tuesday.Customers will now pay on the basis of how much active use they're getting out of the Box Platform, which offers cloud storage and content management capabilities for third-party applications. Companies can purchase packages from Box that include a set number of active users, API calls, bandwidth, and storage use.The first package costs US$500 per month and includes 100
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why you should worry about API security, but not panic

  25-04-2017 20:25
  
  API security has gathered significant attention recently.For example, The Economist featured an ominous cover story: “Why computers will never be safe.” It’s a common worry. Since APIs by definition govern access to important data, any concerns about data security lead inevitably to questions about API security. This focus will continue to become increasingly top of mind as more APIs are created, published and used in the growing API-first world.A recent survey from Postman--th
  
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• What to expect from OpenStack Summit Boston

  25-04-2017 20:14
  
  It's nearly time for another OpenStack Summit, the twice-yearly event where the community for the open source cloud platform meets to discuss progress, use cases, challenges and new features. This time round it'll be held in Boston.There has been a general climb in users of OpenStack, and the word of the day will likely continue to be around containers.Agatha Poon, research director for the APAC region at 451 Research, says she expects to see "a lot more real-world examples" of OpenStack deploym
  
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• BrandPost: Eliminate Data Center Complexity

  25-04-2017 19:36
  
  In a digital world, the number one enemy of data center efficiency is complexity. Cisco Nexus switches can help your organization build a next-generation automated data center—achieving the agility, flexibility, and efficiency necessary for today’s digital data centers. Our team of experts has put together a video detailing the benefits of installing the Cisco Nexus 9000 in your data center.You’ll learn how the Cisco Nexus 9000 can help reduce complexity, man-hours needed to ma
  
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• Pluribus recharges, expands software-defined network platform

  25-04-2017 19:33
  
  Looking to simplify what it calls the complexity associated with current Software Defined Networking controllers and proprietary protocols that require significant changes to customer network architecture and operations, Pluribus has refreshed and expanded its own SDN offering to address those challenges.+More on Network World: Cisco talks 2017 SD-WAN predictions+Customers looking to SDN to change and improve legacy network constraints have found many times that the SDN implementation has been n
  
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• BrandPost: Addressing Virtualization Challenges with SDDC

  25-04-2017 19:19
  
  The rise of virtualization has shifted focus and control away from physical hardware, initially for servers, and eventually for storage and networking. A study by MarketsandMarkets predicts that the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) market will surpass $77 billion by 2020. SDDC is an important concept because it virtualizes, abstracts, and automates all major IT infrastructure, enabling far more flexibility and eliminating much of the complexity in configuring and making changes. SDDC all
  
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• Startup claims 3D printers create metal parts faster, more cheaply

  25-04-2017 19:01
  
  A two-year-old startup today unveiled two new 3D metal printing machines, one of which can create prototypes and the other production parts faster and cheaper than existing technology, the vendor says.Desktop Metal, based in Burlington, Mass., demonstrated the Desktop Metal (DM) Studio System, which it calls an "office-friendly" metal 3D-printing system for rapid prototyping, and the DM Production, a manufacturing-class printer it claims is 100 times faster than today's laser sintering machines.
  
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• IBM applies AI to factory QA

  25-04-2017 18:41
  
  IBM's Watson artificial intelligence technology has found plenty of white-collar work in places like hospitals and banks, but soon it will be off to get its hands dirty on the factory floor.Working with ABB, a maker of industrial plant, IBM has developed a new AI assistant to help factory workers spot manufacturing defects on the production line.Connected to an existing industrial monitoring system, ABB Ability, it will help manufacturers improve speed, yield, and uptime, according to ABB.The Co
  
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• Cisco switch taps into Time Sensitive Ethernet; software bolsters industrial network mgmt.

  25-04-2017 18:26
  
  Cisco this week took the wraps off three products aimed at increasing the speed of communications while controlling and analyzing the substantial data stream of the factory floor.The products build on Cisco’s Connected Factory portfolio which offers a variety of technologies from networking and security to analytics the company says will help customers quickly and more securely integrate industrial automation and control with business systems while improving industrial and manufacturing op
  
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• How your company needs to train workers in cybersecurity

  25-04-2017 17:50
  
  With workplace cyberattacks on the rise, industry experts are pressing businesses to train their workers to be more vigilant than ever to protect passwords and sensitive data and to recognize threats.“It is imperative for organizations of all sizes to instill among employees the critical role they play in keeping their workplace safe and secure,” said Michael Kaiser, executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance, a group that promotes education on the safe and secure use
  
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• Many businesses are just beginning their digital transformation journeys

  25-04-2017 17:48
  
  Are CEOs understanding the importance of digital transformation? If digital transformation is a journey, then how many organizations have started it and can we infer how far industries are in their transition to become digital businesses? What are some of the benefits being realized by those that have delivered outcomes from digital transformation?If digital is a strategic priority, are CIOs stepping up to their new leadership role, digital charter, and added responsibilities to grow digital bus
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Apple Stores: Angela Ahrendts’ dumb ideas will ruin them

  25-04-2017 17:37
  
  When Steve Jobs first launched Apple’s retail stores, many people scoffed and thought that they would never amount to much. Some people flat out predicted that Apple’s stores would fail, and those critics were proven wrong in a big way.However, Steve Jobs is long gone now and Apple is preparing to make some very big changes to its stores. Angela Ahrendts, the Vice President of Retail, is leading these changes.Ahrendts recently spoke with CBS News:
  In 100 of its biggest stores, like t
  
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• Amazon Will Comp You A Dash Button When You Buy 2, and Then $4.99 Once You Use It - Deal Alert

  25-04-2017 17:17
  
  This deal on Amazon will net you 2 Dash Buttons for the price of 0, making this a no-brainer if you've been thinking about trying Dash out. Right now if you buy two Dash Buttons, Amazon will give you one of them for free, and then a $4.99 credit the first time you actually use it (list price on a Dash Button is $4.99). 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
  
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• FCC chairman to announce plans to repeal net neutrality

  25-04-2017 17:07
  The chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected to announce plans to repeal the agency's 2015 net neutrality rules on Wednesday.Chairman Ajit Pai, a Republican, will likely announce a plan to reverse course on the 2-year-old regulations and end the agency's classification of broadband as a regulated, common-carrier service. In a Wednesday speech, Pai will reportedly announce that he is scheduling a vote for the FCC's May 18 meeting to begin the process of repealing th
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why bi-modal IT doesn't really work

  25-04-2017 16:53
  
  On paper, bi-modal IT may make sense. But this practice is not my reality. Transforming IT is a team sport and dividing teams into “old & slow vs. new & fast” does more harm than good. The fact is IT has to chew gum and walk at the same time. According to analysts, “Bimodal IT is the practice of managing two separate, coherent modes of IT delivery, one focused on stability and the other on agility. Mode 1 is traditional and sequential, emphasizing safety and accura
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: What would a woman in tech do about the gender gap?

  25-04-2017 16:49
  
  The tech industry has done a lot of soul- and talent-searching in recent years to try and improve upon its dismal track record of hiring and promoting women.According to a McKinsey & Co. study, “only 37% of workers in entry-level positions are female... and women make up only 19% of tech senior vice presidents and 15% of CEOs.” Finding like those have many of the male-dominated boards and leadership teams at tech companies asking, “What should we do?”My answer? Let&rs
  
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• Get 42% off The Grillbot Automatic Grill Cleaning Robot - Deal Alert

  25-04-2017 16:49
  
  If you're running out of ideas for Father's Day gifts, then consider this: The Grillbot. Grillbot is the first automated grill cleaning robot. Focus on your prep-work while it scrubs away in 10, 20 or 30-minute cleaning cycles. Grillbot has a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, removable dishwasher-safe brushes, and works with virtually all grill types. Grillbot averages 4 out of 5 stars from over 145 people on Amazon, and its list price of $129.95 is reduced right now 42% to $75.28 in red (other
  
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• Webroot deletes Windows files and causes serious problems for users

  25-04-2017 16:19
  
  Users of Webroot's endpoint security product, consumers and businesses alike, had a nasty surprise Monday when the program started flagging Windows files as malicious.The reports quickly popped up on Twitter and continued on the Webroot community forum -- 14 pages and counting. The company came up with a manual fix to address the issue, but many users still had problems recovering their affected systems.The problem is what's known in the antivirus industry as a "false positive" -- a case where a
  
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• 16% off MOCACuff Bluetooth Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor, iOS/Android Compatible - Deal Alert

  25-04-2017 15:58
  
  Place MOCACuff on your wrist and let it do all the work, measuring heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Results are displayed on-screen with corresponding American Heart Association's blood pressure standards. A simple button press syncs results to your iOS/Android device. Receive expertly curated health recommendations via MOCACARE's app to improve or maintain your health, and visualize health trends and see how your health is improving over time. The device is FDA-cleared, C
  
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• CIO Quick Takes: What you need to know about women in tech

  25-04-2017 15:40
  
  Only 19 percent of CIOs at top 1,000 companies in the U.S. are women, according to a study released last year by Korn Ferry, an advisory firm.  (In case you're curious that's better than the number of CEOs and CFOs, which come at  5 percent and 12 percent, respectively. However, it trails the number of CMOs and CHROs, which come in at 29 percent and 55 percent, respectively, according to Korn Ferry data.)While the roughly 1 out of 5 average is not particularly impressive in terms of di
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: When will science create ethical robots?

  25-04-2017 15:00
  
  Your bed isn’t able to move between rooms automatically with only a wireless phone request. Your toaster can’t make a bottle of water. Your garage door doesn’t wash itself. The bed, the toaster and the garage door each perform a specific function well — the function we need — nothing more nothing less.But, what if on Monday your bed sensed that you should be at the gym at 9 a.m. and vibrated to force you to get up. Then the toaster didn’t turn on because it de
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: AI is about to open the door to a new role for CIOs: Explorer

  25-04-2017 15:00
  The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into businesses is no longer new. Task automation and chatbots are rapidly becoming the norm, cropping up across industries seeking increased efficiencies. But AI’s potential extends far beyond menial tasks, and companies are now looking to leverage AI in a way that yields a competitive edge.That’s where the CIO can come in as a coach to the rest of the company, an explorer of AI and its possibilities. The CIO, much more than just the I
  
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• 6 things to look for in a cloud consultant

  25-04-2017 14:47
  
  We all know personal hygiene habits that we’re supposed to have, but probably don’t practice consistently (did you really floss three times yesterday?).  And there are social behaviors that we really look out for – and probably even judge people on. But when it comes to IT habits, most organizations don’t seem be screening consultants for key behaviors and policies.This is not a good state of affairs because IT habits and internal policies make a material difference
  
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• Why we need the FTC to police ISP privacy practices

  25-04-2017 14:41
  
  Critics of the recently scrapped federal privacy regulation for internet service providers (ISPs) argued that the rules were overreaching, and that broadband providers should be held to the same privacy framework as application and content providers.The only catch is, they can't.Terrell McSweeny, a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), laments that her agency lacks the same oversight authority over ISPs that it exerts in the general consumer internet space, where it has brought pri
  
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• How Myers-Briggs can create a stronger IT team

  25-04-2017 13:09
  
  The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is the most widely used personality test in the world today. More than 1.5 million people take the assessment each year. CPP, the company that owns the assessment, makes about $20 million from it annually.But how useful is the test and what value does it have in the IT world? While it has been widely criticized for lack of scientific rigor and general ineffectiveness as a recruiting, screening and hiring tool, some CIOs use the assessment as a team-building
  
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• Google Maps vs. Waze: Which should be your go-to map app?

  25-04-2017 13:00
  
  For a long time, it was unthinkable that there would be a better mapping solution than Google Maps.It was so dominant, that when Apple switched over to its own mapping software with iOS 6, many went into a downright panic. It made the Android all that more appealing.Then, along came Waze. The Israeli startup innovated in several ways that made Google Maps feel stale. Real-time traffic alerts from actual humans. Routing that can more intelligently direct you around backups. And a few drops of fun
  
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• Enterprise showdown: 5 ways the iPhone beats the Galaxy S8

  25-04-2017 12:54
  
  The Samsung Galaxy S8 is an impressive smartphone thanks to its high-end design and Super AMOLED Infinity Display. But, while the S8 does a lot of things better than the iPhone 7 Plus, there are still plenty of reasons why the iPhone 7 Plus is better for the enterprise.While you can't go wrong with either device, businesses might want to consider these five reasons to adopt the iPhone 7 plus instead of the Galaxy S8.iMessage
  The most glaring difference between the latest iPhone and Galaxy models
  
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• How CISOs find their perfect job

  25-04-2017 12:49
  
  It’s a good time to be a CISO. In a market where analysts say there are over 1 million unfilled job openings, and with demand expected to rise to 6 million globally by 2019 -- according to the Palo Alto Research Center, if you do a good job other opportunities are sure to follow.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update review: The future is increasingly uncertain

  25-04-2017 12:35
  
  Microsoft’s Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update rides the coattails of the desktop OS, heavily leaning on improvements in Cortana and Edge to nudge Microsoft’s nearly comatose mobile platform further ahead.As the free upgrade rolls out Tuesday, our review of the Creators Update can't help but conclude that it's even less of an improvement than the Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update. We can tell you that Windows’ new ability to buy and read ebooks within Edge represent
  
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• 9 questions to ask when selecting application security solutions

  25-04-2017 12:05
  
  Buying decisionsImage by ThinkstockThere are many factors to consider when making an application security purchasing decision, and the pressure is on organizations now more than ever to improve their security risk management preparedness. In fact, more than 80 percent of security attacks target software applications, with application vulnerabilities as the No.1 cyber-attack target. Organizations need a comprehensive application security toolkit to stay secure throughout the product lifecycl
  
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• Rooby language unites Go, Ruby

  25-04-2017 12:00
  
  The Go and Ruby languages are partnered in the Rooby language intended for efficient development of microservices.The object-oriented language has Ruby's syntax and is written in Go. It's for developing microservices that should be performant and easy to write. But the language does not constitute a Ruby upgrade. "Having full support of Ruby's [features] will be a huge effort and that would be a wrong way to go," according to the language's documentation.[ Also on InfoWorld: Tap the power of Goo
  
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• How NASA's A.I. moonshots idea could help your enterprise

  25-04-2017 12:00
  
  Every few weeks, a group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., finds an empty conference room where the participants sit down to talk about how they can use artificial intelligence to make what might seem like crazy ideas a reality.This is the JPL's informal A.I. moonshots group.The group isn't talking about the moon, but is taking ideas that might seem like science fiction and figuring out how to use artificial intelligence to make them work.These A.I. experts are focused on
  
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• 42% off Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands - (XBOX ONE, PS4) - Deal Alert

  25-04-2017 11:45
  
  Today you'll see the price drop an extra 42% on Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands. Experience total freedom of choice in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, the ultimate military shooter set in a massive open world setting.  The Santa Blanca drug cartel has transformed the beautiful South American country of Bolivia into a perilous narco-state, leading to lawlessness, fear, and rampant violence. With their corrosive influence growing, the cartel plagues the citizens of Bolivia but al
  
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• Oracle plans ‘startup organization’ focused on cloud computing, AI and VR

  25-04-2017 07:02
  
  Oracle is hiring people for a "new startup organization" inside its North America operation that will focus on key technology trends, including cloud computing, internet of things, artificial Intelligence, and augmented and virtual reality.The Solution Engineering organization the company is setting up will consist of Solution Engineering Centers in Reston, Virginia and Denver, Colorado.The database and enterprise software company has previously indicated its interest in investing in some of the
  
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• Hipchat resets user passwords after possible breach

  25-04-2017 03:08
  
  HipChat has reset all its users' passwords after what it called a security incident that may have exposed their names, email addresses and hashed password information.In some cases, attackers may have accessed messages and content in chat rooms, HipChat said in a Monday blog post. But this happened in no more than 0.05 percent of the cases, each of which involved a domain URL, such as company.hipchat.com.HipChat didn't say how many users may have been affected by the incident. The passwords that
  
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• ONUG gets closer to making SD-WANs talk to each other

  25-04-2017 02:46
  
  A group of networking engineers and vendors is making progress toward an API that would help enterprises merge SD-WANs from different vendors.The Open SD-WAN Exchange (OSE) initiative was launched last year by the Open Networking User Group (ONUG) to solve a shortcoming of software-defined wide-area networks: They often can't talk to each other. On Tuesday at the ONUG Spring 2017 conference in San Francisco, OSE will make public the work it's done so far.SD-WANs control links to branch offices a
  
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• Cars will get superior digital vision with ARM's camera chip

  25-04-2017 01:00
  
  Cars are turning into computers with a unique set of requirements.One of the more important components is a camera, which is a secondary feature in PCs. Cameras are aiding mirrors in allowing cars to self park, and they will serve as the eyes for autonomous cars, helping capture and analyze images.The number of cameras on cars will only grow as drivers seek a better view of the vehicle's interiors and exteriors. For car makers, the next big goal is to bring context and understanding to thos
  
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• Microsoft finds another use for LinkedIn with CRM integration

  25-04-2017 00:56
  
  The moment Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff was dreading has arrived: Microsoft is wielding LinkedIn against Salesforce in the battle for the CRM market. Starting Tuesday, salespeople will get LinkedIn Sales Navigator data alongside other information in the Dynamics 365 Sales dashboard.Users who have both systems will see information from LinkedIn profiles inside the lead, contact, account and opportunity pages of Dynamics 365 Sales. Dynamics and LinkedIn Sales Navigator will sync their information e
  
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