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SpaceX successfully launched its first unmanned rocket into low earth orbit, after a fiery failed launch attempt in September 2016.
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The bookseller's latest attempt to compete with Amazon's Kindle Fire tablets suffers a major setback as reports of the charging adapter breaking force the company to halt selling its new $50 slate.
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The small Unity&Variety team will help add creative and visual elements to Quip's productivity tools.
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Former agency head gets the top role at the microblogging service
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This year's flagship smartphones will be water and dust resistant with an IP68 rating.
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Microsoft has made some changes to its monthly patch rollups for Windows 7, 8.1, Windows Server 2008 and Server 2012, with more tweaks to come in February. Here's what's happening.
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Is digital transformation something you can just buy into? No, but it is a data-centric process, and having the right products and people in place makes all the difference, according to Stratio.
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Yeah, the bad guys are back. This time they're embedding entire scripts in URLs, stealing passwords, and using a bit of psychology to snag your secrets. You've been warned.
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European security agency says more needs to be done to make autonomous cars secure.
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Still holding out hope that a third horse will enter the mobile race between iOS and Android and break up the duopoly? Give it up -- it's never going to happen.
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Microsoft has acquired Montreal-based deep-learning startup Maluuba for an undisclosed amount.
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"Tried and tested" contingency plans are being used to ensure patient care is "not affected" says Barts Health group of hospitals.
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Carnival is introducing machine learning via a wearable device it will distribute to cruise ship passengers later this year on the Regal Princess. Here's what you need to know.
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No, the next iPhone won't be transparent, despite what you might have read on the internet.
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Never again get stuck with a 'page not found', thanks to a new Wayback Machine extension for Google's Chrome browser from the Internet Archive.
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Researchers are now able to indentify 99 percent of users through a new browser fingerprinting technique.
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That's one man's plan. Put all the web's data on thin, optically-readable ceramic plates, and store them in the world's oldest salt mine. It's not a bad idea. Could it work?
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Robots could be given 'electronic person' status, says report, which argues a legal framework is urgently needed for robots and self-driving cars.
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A year after it was first announced, Samsung has released its Gear S app for iPhone users.
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If you use Google services, and you don't want anyone raiding or wrecking your account and services--not to mention your life--Google two-step verification security is for you.
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Hundreds of unsecured Elasticsearch servers have been wiped in the past few hours in what could be a repeat of the recent mass ransom attacks on MongoDB databases.
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Phishing emails contain names and telephone numbers of targets.
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A powwow of researchers will gather at Harvard to present research and ponder the role of augmented and virtual reality as it applies to education.
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The military wants to begin cleaning up after operations and to stop leaving such a stain on the environment.
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The Israeli security firm, popular with governments, has had a taste of its own medicine.
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The EPA says that Fiat Chrysler has violated the same laws that landed Volkswagen with a fine of $4.3 billion.
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As leaders converge in Davos, the call for responsive and responsible leadership should be met with a commitment to adopt the 5 core traits of the dynamic leadership model.
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Samsung heir-apparent Lee Jae-yong was questioned by South Korean investigators as part of the national scandal involving the president.
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Shareholders of US auto parts maker Harman have filed a class lawsuit opposing its $8 billion merger with Samsung Electronics, alleging that the terms were unfavorable
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Freemium Twitter alternative App.net will finally remove itself from the internet on March 14 after development work stopped in May 2014.
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The publication initially refused to recommend the new laptops, after finding wild variations in its battery life.
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Windows 10 test build 15007, with more new features for both PC and Mobile, hits the Fast Ring just days after the latest Insider preview.
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The analyst firm is expecting IT spending in Australia to increase by 2.7 percent year on year.
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The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a group of iPhone owners may proceed with their class action suit, alleging anti-competitive behavior.
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The bill would specifically prevent the government from forcing tech companies to help build the so-called registry.
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You can now book Uber rides from within Google Maps. The feature is rolling out globally.
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AWS is partnering with the charity The Prince's Trust and the UK Ministry of Defence to help young adults and veterans develop cloud skills.
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Activists asked President Obama to limit the government's surveillance powers before Trump takes office. Instead, the outgoing president expanded them.
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Microsoft is adding a new staff-management application to several of its Office 365 business plans.
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After Android 7.0 Nougat was first released in August 2016, Samsung is rolling out the update to its flagships.
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Tired of having to plug a cord into your iPhone to charge it? The days of having to do this may be numbered.
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The former New York mayor will advise Trump's administration on cybersecurity. But it's not clear what he actually knows to support the role.
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Samsung is planning an initial run of 100,000 units, a report said. Rival LG has similar plans.
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Many of the positions are for fulfillment gigs, but tech positions abound too. Amazon joins the trend of corporations touting hiring plans ahead of the Trump Administration.
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Big Blue believes the secure transfer of medical information can be achieved through technology associated with Bitcoin.
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Opera has released a concept browser called Neon to showcase what it believes the desktop browser will be in five years' time.
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Applications networking and security company hopes recent acquisition will give it an edge in delivering cloud solutions.
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Victims of this cyberattack can have online activities monitored, data stolen, and their machine hijacked to carry out DDoS attacks.
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Here's a roundup of annual predictions from around the Big Data industry. Key themes include artificial intelligence/machine learning, cloud adoption, demand for data scientists and the growing importance of the Internet of Things.
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After being disappointed by my tests with SuSE Linux, I'm hoping for more satisfying results with other distributions.
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While Google has its own agenda with Apache Beam, could it provide the elusive common onramp to streaming?
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Google is using machine-learning technology to display higher-resolution images on Google+ for mobile but using much smaller file sizes.
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Power users lose another tool to the simple needs of the masses, but for now you can get it back by editing the registry.
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Country's central bank carries out inspection on major Bitcoin exchanges in Beijing and Shanghai, triggering a dip in the digital currency's value.
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A billion mobile users abandoned Nokia, but that's not about to happen to the iPhone, argues mobile analyst Horace Dediu.
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The march of the home helper robots is underway. You just know this is going to result in a management headache for the amateur IT person.
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Founder and CEO Lei Jun says "worst is over" and outlines the smartphone maker's target to hit 100 billion yuan in revenue this year, focusing on areas such as internet finance and artificial intelligence.
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HTC is moving away from it's flagship unibody aluminum designs and integrating glass panels in brilliant colors. The HTC U models sport the best of HTC audio and photography.
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The unsustainable levels of VC investments in 2015 have come down to a more normal level according to the latest VC Pitchbook and MoneyTree reports. Surprisingly – cybersecurity is one of the big losers.
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Apple's regular end-of-year bounce in market share is going much better than it was 12 months ago, Kantar has said.
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LG Electronics has confirmed that its next flagship phone the G6 will be unveiled at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in February after releasing a teaser video.
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Hertz has signed up to Orange's IoT connectivity service that will enable it to centralise the management of its fleets' SIM cards.
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The state government has signed with Metronode to add considerable capacity to its two GovDC datacentres.
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The 'relatively late and relatively general' explanation from the US for why it forced Yahoo to scan all user emails under a secret court order has been deemed unsatisfactory by the EU's justice commissioner.
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The Community and Public Sector Union has said the Centrelink debt recovery system has left the Australian public with a 'bad taste in their mouth', in response to the Coalition continuing to claim the system is 'working well'.
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Global shipments fell once again in Q4 2016, but the market seems to be stabilizing.
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After many delays, Google's wearable platform will receive a major update in February according to an email sent to developers.
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Alphabet is turning its focus to cheaper options -- like Google X's Project Loon.
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Along with end-to-end encryption, ZeroKit offers user authentication and zero knowledge key management.
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I laughed at the white AirPods hanging from people's ears and made jokes about how they looked on Twitter. I judged too early and they are actually perfect for my two hour daily commute.
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These are the key functional areas a small/medium business should be addressing with the cloud this year.
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JetBlue's "Fly-Fi" is now available "on every aircraft from the departure gate to the arrival gate" -- free for all passengers.
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Workday said Walmart, which has an estimated 2 million employees, has purchased a subscription to four key Workday products.
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The others aren't even close. One time market-leader Microsoft Windows' Internet Explorer is a distant third.
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The seven companies will receive workspace and guidance at the new Cheltenham Cyber Innovation Centre in an effort to help deliver 'the next generation of cybersecurity systems".
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Vulnerabilities in connected devices spell potential trouble for product manufacturers.
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New survey of more than 2,100 IT managers by F5 Networks finds cloud dominating application plans, while DevOps is still emerging.
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For PayPal, the Discover deal offers the same exposure for direct checkout as its previously announced partnerships with Visa and MasterCard.
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The move is designed to court more enterprises in regulated industries that need to control their encryption keys.
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Think that you'll have Apple-branded AR glasses attached to your face before 2017 is out? I wouldn't hold my breath.
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Ahead of Mobile World Congress' start on Feb. 27, HMD Global is ready to take the wraps off its next Nokia smartphones.
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With cyberattacks scaling, courtesy of Internet of Things devices, the tech industry needs to partner to lock end points down.
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Between a high return percentage and a recent software update, the Note 7 debacle is nearing an end.
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Do you have the most recent update to Windows 10? Finding the answer takes a little digging and a secret decoder ring that maps detailed version information to update numbers.
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Tech firms also need to take more responsibility for the disruption caused by their innovations as society struggles to keep pace with technological change, says Global Risks Report 2017
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Microsoft looks to be building its own next-generation talent-engagement applications that will handle HCM needs 'from hire to retire.'
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Rival AI research groups are jostling to be the makers of the first program to beat professional poker players.
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In our omnichannel world, customers have many ways to reach out when they're not happy. The best way to ensure that unhappiness is to misrepresent, dissemble, ignore all those channels, and not deliver. And lo, we have a case study of what not to do.
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The federal agency is partnering with the data management and visualization firms to make its vast troves of data more publicly accessible.
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The StoreVirtual 3200 is an entry-level, hybrid cloud-based storage system.
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Unified communications vendor wants to lead the segment locally, plans local acquisitions
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What do hackers want? Mostly, money.
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Google's Go language has been the focus of a huge rise in interest among developers, according to the long-running Tiobe Index.
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New processors in the next batch of smartphones will enable native machine learning to some degree to make devices smarter even when they aren't connnected.
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Nokia bought French health device manufacturer Withings earlier this year to take on the IoT healthcare market. What's next for the company?
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Microsoft has a new build of Windows 10 for the Anniversary update, which irons out a number of bugs that could hinder office productivity.
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Chinese e-commerce giant is looking to privatise department store chain, Intime, with an estimated US$2.6 billion, in a move it says heralds a "new form of retail in China".
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The Australian Medical Association has published a position statement urging the government to improve access to affordable and reliable high-speed broadband for Australians living in regional and remote areas so they can take advantage of telehealth solutions.
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Adelaide has put out the call for infrastructure, services, and connectivity providers for the construction of its 10Gbps fibre broadband network, and will also roll out smart parking and upgrade its free Wi-Fi network in 2017.
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For now, only Samsung Galaxy S7 users can gain access to Singtel's upgraded 4G network enabling 450Mbps speeds, while the telco is also undertaking 1Gbps tests with Ericsson.
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Adobe and its security-troubled Flash player have continued the code-executing pattern of behaviour set for the web content platform many years ago.
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Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong has been called in for questioning for Thursday by special prosecutors over bribing allegations involving the South Korean president.
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Suing companies for the potential of a data security breach would stifle IoT innovation, the firm representing D-Link against the FTC's lawsuit has argued.
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Tata Group plans to build a datacentre in South Korea to prepare for the rise of connected cars, according to a report.
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Mighty AI, formerly Spare5, will use the $14 million it raised from Intel, Accenture, and Google to extend its AI training platform and hire new staff.
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The US would 'abdicate' its leadership in the Asia-Pacific region and deliver it 'into China's arms' if it abandons the TPP, a speech by current Trade Representative Michael Froman has warned Trump.
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The 5.7-inch smartphone codenamed 'Ocean Note' could be unveiled at HTC's event on January 12.
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The creator of Apple's Swift language will join the car maker as vice president of Autopilot Software.
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The integration offers any online Wix Store the ability to accept both online and in-person payments through Square via mobile device based POS.
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You send your laptop to the Geek Squad for repairs, not a search. But the FBI has paid Geek Squad techs to inform on customers - a search with no warrant. Can the government ignore the Constitution by getting private firms to do its bidding?
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AT&T is trying to move long-time subscribers off its grandfathered unlimited data plan that is no longer offered to new customers.
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Apple launched Swift in 2014 to give developers new ways to craft apps for Apple's software. Lattner made the earliest versions of Swift in 2010.
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The $27M fund is the latest major effort to grapple with the profound implications of the development of artificial intelligence.
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Foxconn has posted its first sales dip since going public in 1991. Apple, which makes up more than half of the company's total business, experienced slowing iPhone sales in 2016 due to a stagnant market.
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JDA, which powers a bevy of retailers with its software, announced that it's relying on Google Cloud for its customers' digital turn.
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Salesforce takes apps-first approach with Einstein AI. It's a contrast to public cloud AI offerings and a lesson learned from Salesforce Wave.
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After Consumer Reports found wild variations in the new MacBook Pro's battery life, Apple blamed the problem on a Safari bug.
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Why 360 VR was so impressive at CES 2016.
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It's easy to dismiss a $200 brush-tracking hairbrush as extravagant folly, but even such workaday smart products have long-term potential.
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In the past year, regulators and privacy advocates have taken potshots at Microsoft over its data collection policies. Today, Microsoft announced some new privacy-related initiatives, including a significant change to the way Windows 10 collects telemetry data.
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Cotten most recently served as general manager of Rackspace's fast-growing new line of business, Fanatical Support for AWS.
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Verizon will force heavy data users on its legacy unlimited plans to move to a limited plan -- or they'll be disconnected.
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It appears that hearts can be hacked, after all.
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The H2 from Chinese electronics manufacturer Changhong is the first smartphone with a built-in molecular scanner to identify the chemical composition of most objects.
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Fake email notices from prosecutors infect victims with ransomware and personal data-stealing DiamondFox malware.
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The school says outside security experts advised them to do so.
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The iconic photography company also has plans to spin off the in-house startup Kodakit, which gives businesses a way to connect with photographers.
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As a confluence of new apps and devices steadily flow into the enterprise, they're encountering a growing sense that the digital workplace has become too complex and fragmented to be properly effective. What can organizations do?
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The company reportedly wants to boost smartphone manufacturing capacity in the country.
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Version 12 of TeamViewer retains its simplicity and ease of use, adding the ability to do remote control among Android, iOS and Windows 10 Mobile devices, among other embellishments.
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Google will partner with museums around the world to give visitors a taste of its Tango augmented-reality phones.
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Oracle's latest Java Enterprise Edition community survey shows developers want to open the framework up to the cloud, containers.
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Techstars has kicked off its Asia Pacific expansion, choosing Adelaide to launch its first startup accelerator in the region.
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Neglected no more: Google Voice is finally getting new features. Sadly, Google isn't saying what they are.
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The new man in the hot seat, Kalyan Krishnamurthy, now has the headache of battling a rampaging Amazon while building and sustaining consumer, investor, and employee confidence. He hasn't done too badly so far though.
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NAB has said it is working with the owner of an email account that received the personal information of 60,000 customers incorrectly to ensure the security of its customers.
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Rumored talks indicate the parent company of Google is offloading a $500 million acquisition it made just three years ago.
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LG Electronics' next phone will have industry's first 18:9 ratio 5.7-inch QHD+ liquid crystal display (LCD), says LG Display.
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Optus' wholesale HFC product is now available following a successful commercial trial, and Optus is also now offering state-based access to NBN's 121 POIs through AGVCs in eight datacentres.
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If passed, this bill would require the government to get a warrant before digging up your old email.
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Health Team Australia will be using CSIRO Data61's telehealth solution Coviu to connect healthcare practitioners to up to 20,000 Australians living in rural or remote areas.
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Following the closing of the Yahoo acquisition by Verizon, Yahoo will operate under the new moniker of Altaba Inc.
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Windows is still No. 1, but as the PC market continues to decline, it only has less than half of the market.
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The cloud-based file sharing company announced a series of new customers in the areas of healthcare and medical research.
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The voice agent has stepped up its brand grab. But competitors such as Google have assets that Amazon can't match.
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Microsoft's latest Windows 10 test build for PC Insiders includes the ability to pause updates for up to 35 days, but not for Home users. Here's what else is new in Build 15002.
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National Security Strategy committee calls for evidence on potential "exploitation of the cyber domain by other states" and more.
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Citrix plans to deliver two new ways to virtualize Microsoft software with XenDesktop Essentials and XenApp Essentials later this calendar quarter.
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With investment and technology capabilities from Chinese equivalent Didi Chuxing, the Brazil-based services company plans to become a local ridesharing leader
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The Amazon Echo and Alexa have some serious momentum right now, but challenges remain
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Ford says autonomous vehicles will be concentrated in smart cities, which will manage the transportation system centrally with a core operating system.
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Trello will give Atlassian another team collaboration approach, more integration and expansion into new use cases.
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Read on, Macduff, for my take on the Internet of Things, Salesforce looking at B2C, and what you can expect from the Watchlist this year.
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A move by Nokia in Europe suggests it may be building its own digital assistant, called Viki, for mobile devices.
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Every time you buy a consumer electronics device, the seller tries to foist a warranty program on you. Most of the time, it's just a way for the vendor to increase profits. But what about when you buy an iPhone?
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Nintendo's app isn't on Android yet -- but cybercriminals are looking to exploit people who can't wait to download it.
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The general idea of the partnership is to cut the expense and time required for cancer researchers to interpret genetic variants across 170 genes.
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Some think it's remarkable that the processor and graphics chips in the latest iPhone 7 are 120 and 240 times faster than those found in the original iPhone. That's cool, but what's really remarkable is how little battery capacity has changed over the ten years.
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Samsung's long-awaited release of an iOS app for its Gear S watches was finally released this weekend. I took the Gear S3 Frontier and Apple Watch Series 2 for a run in the freezing cold weather to see if one stood out from the other.
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The CIO of an iconic American brand explains how this 200-year old retailer is rethinking customer relationships across brick-and-mortar stores, e-commerce, and mobile.
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SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), openSuSE Leap 42.2, and openSuSE Tumbleweed are all now available for the Raspberry Pi 3. I'm giving each of them a whirl.
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GPD is planning to launch a seven-inch Windows 10 laptop that it says will fit in your pocket.
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Does Android or Apple make the grade when it comes to work? Tech chiefs give their views.
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What will the iPhone of 2027 look like? Will there even be an iPhone in 2027?
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Real time data let's us know more about our cars than our bodies, executives at CES 2017 lamented -- that's about to change.
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Even autonomous cars have to learn to drive, so the Computer Vision Center in Barcelona has been busy developing its simulation system for training self-driving vehicles.
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Over a quarter of MongoDB databases left open to the internet have been ransacked by online extortionists.
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The open-source tool can be used to search for secret keys used to access networks.
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The critical vulnerability left Android devices open to denial of service and privilege escalation attacks.
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The hosting provider was struck by a DDoS only days into the New Year.
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Government says broadcast act will be updated this year to ensure streaming sites, such as Netflix, meet Singapore "standards" and cybersecurity bill will enable audits to be carried out.
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The Commonwealth Ombudsman has opened an investigation into the issue-plagued Centrelink debt recovery system the Australian government believes is 'working well'.
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The ACCC has announced its draft pricing for non-NBN wholesale broadband services with speeds of more than 25Mbps, with pricing to match NBN pricing over the next five years.
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Taiwanese hardware manufacturer HTC has reported that there was only one month during 2016 when its sales increased compared to 2015.
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The Chinese telecommunications hardware maker is reportedly eliminating 5 percent of its 60,000-strong global workforce.
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Cupertino is a victim of its own success and is fully responsible for creating the Chinese Android monster.
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LG Electronics will adapt machine learning and big data analytics technology to offer remote after-sales (AS) services for its smartphone users starting this year.
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A few years ago, thanks to Valve and Steam, Linux looked like it was going to become a major game platform. That didn't happen. But, the threat may have forced Microsoft to improve its Windows game support.
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Baidu and BAIC have formed a strategic partnership that will see the companies collaborating on the advancement of autonomous vehicles in China.
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The Californian startup will be making data on its 2 billion trips available to third parties in a bid to help improve urban planning.
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On the CNET Stage at CES 2017, ZDNet and TechRepublic editors wrapped up the show with a discussion of the most important trends and product categories at this year's CES.
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The new Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 beta enables companies to migrate their existing RHEL 6 workloads into container-based applications for deployment on RHEL 7, RHEL Atomic Host, and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.
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How long can Apple continue to play it safe before it has to once again start taking big, disruptive risks?
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Apple's iPhone made its debut 10 years ago. Here's a look at how it has impacted business and the enterprise.
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The NSW government has announced that free Wi-Fi will be provided in a trial across 50 buses, using a network provider that openly collects a vast amount of user data and passes it onto third parties.
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