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While business travelers spend hours on planes traversing the world, there is a phase of the trip where one travels to and from the airport. The latest update to TripIt provides costs and travel times for various options.
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The Japanese firm is in serious need of cash to make up for losses within its US nuclear division that could reach several billion dollars.
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The latest Windows 10 Creators Update test build for PCs, 15019, adds new privacy settings and gaming features to Microsoft's coming Windows 10 feature release.
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The Poof pet activity tracker will track your pet's activities and could help you find your lost pet - if you have an army of Poof users living nearby.
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Group responsible for carrying out highly-sophisticated attacks against banks ATMs.
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By joining the Partnership on AI, Apple is looking to shed the perception that it's a laggard on artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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Federal law actually requires private email server use. White House email expert David Gewirtz sets the record straight, and details the true risks of the President's use of Android and Twitter.
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Don't bother with antivirus, it does more harm than good, warns former Mozillian.
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A handy way to test for rogue, counterfeit or badly designed USB-C devices before they cause something to let out the magic smoke.
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Microsoft is working on a variety of robotics-related projects, some public, some not, across the company.
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The ZenPad 3S 10's excellent design, processor and screen are offset by somewhat disappointing battery life, but it's still great value for money.
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Using disappearing messages in government could be a "recipe for corruption," says one expert.
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Availability and durability play very different roles in data preservation. Availability refers to system uptime, while durability refers to long-term data protection. Poor durability makes RAID arrays a poor choice for archives. Here's what you need to know.
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Google is ramping up its efforts to make HTTPS ubiquitous on the web, by issuing new warnings in Chrome and launching its own root-certificate authority.
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A well-priced Android smartphone with great performance, good looks, and an easy user interface.
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KDE developers have helped build a laptop designed to give users a headache-free Linux experience.
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The rise of fake news creates a critical confusion that extends buying cycles and devalues trust in all institutions. Corporations have trillions of dollars tied up in trusted brand value...
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The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission finds evidence of insider trading, conflicts of interest, 'blatant and visceral' disregard of advice, and a 'million dollar sham' that cost taxpayers up to AU$240 million.
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Amazon Web Services has opened up the directory that powers its Cognito and Organizations products to the US, Ireland, Singapore, and Australian datacentres.
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The growth will be driven by VR offerings from mobile phone vendors, a resurgence in VR startups, and more varied content, according to the research firm.
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You may think that President Trump is all set to crush the H1B visa program, but things may not be so bad after all for Indian IT.
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Chorus has announced the second phase of its ultra-fast broadband footprint, with an additional 200,000 New Zealand premises to be provided with a full-fibre connection.
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Tesla is accusing Sterling Anderson of stealing data to benefit of Aurora, the startup he's launching with Chris Urmson, former CTO of Google's self-driving car project.
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While all eyes are on Microsoft's cloud-growth progress, the company had a surprisingly good Windows quarter for Q2 fiscal 2017.
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The run of outs for LG Electronics' mobile division has continued, with it failing to post a profitable quarter in 2016.
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The more than 20 million users of Cisco's WebEx Chrome extension need to update again, as a way to bypass the changes made earlier this week.
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Following Telstra's announcement almost a year ago, Optus has launched voice over LTE across its network, enabling customers with compatible devices to make calls using Wi-Fi.
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Hint: Simply saying "please copy and paste instead of sharing" doesn't cut it.
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VMware delivered solid revenue growth as it lands more hybrid cloud deals amid a partnership with AWS.
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The San Jose, Calif.-based payments company reported revenue of $2.98 billion.
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The chipmaker's IoT group posted double-digit growth in revenue for the fourth quarter, while revenue from the data center and PC units also grew year-over-year and sequentially.
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Who doesn't like getting more data without your monthly bill going up?
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Advertising remains a steady revenue source for Alphabet.
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The second quarter included a few days of revenue from LinkedIn. Generally, Microsoft topped expectations.
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A notable leaker has posted launch details and an image of Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S8 phones. And, guess what, there's a headphone jack!
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Top law enforcement officers, FBI director James Comey and Trump's nominee for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions, are supportive of giving law enforcement means to sidestep encryption.
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The site obtained a massive hack of over 400 million AdultFriendFinder accounts last year.
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If developers want their apps discoverable via Google Play VR or Daydream home, the apps need to meet certain criteria.
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A security key is a USB-based device that generates an encrypted, one-time security code for use in two-factor authentication systems.
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Cisco will need to show integration that reduces work for infrastructure & operations staff and delivers value throughout the enterprise.
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Social media giant worked with browser teams to improve caching, sees web page downloads improve as a result.
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Apple's earnings for 1Q17 are out next week, and here are five things to keep an eye on.
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Ordering lunch for a group or office using an AI chatbot, searching for recipes online, or using a virtual assistant to control your home with AI. AI chatbots are becoming indispensable - whether we like it or not.
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Hands on with four more Linux distributions on my ASUS X540S - including both Linux Mint 18.1 and Linux Mint Debian Edition.
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Spending extra money on antivirus software isn't enough to stop cyberattacks and data breaches
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CEO Brian Roberts said Comcast is seeing "great traction across all three of the customer segments that we serve: small, medium, and enterprise."
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The fake news epidemic is a direct result of our failure to create a stable business model for professional news media. And this situation is going to get much worse.
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Research from Bloglovin' reveals what brands need to know to build successful influencer marketing programs. Spoiler: Authenticity is key.
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Microsoft has rolled out a new security feature for Office 365, designed to neutralize common tactics used by advanced hackers.
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Windows 10's Reset option allows you to remove apps, settings, and drivers, effectively giving you a clean install without the hassles of a regular setup. You can keep your files if you're planning to reuse the PC, or wipe everything if you're selling or giving away the device.
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Yes, it's a Microsoft rant. But it's a Microsoft rant with potentially dangerous but workable advice.
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Oracle Data Cloud is a powerful resource for marketers, but its potential as an engine for AI Apps and conventional apps outside of the CRM realm remains on the horizon.
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Microsoft is taking a classic IT vendor approach to automakers, promising to partner, not compete. But Cortana is emerging as a protected crown jewel.
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IBM said that Google's open source TensorFlow machine learning and neural network software is getting enterprise traction.
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Could cross-species organ growth solve human shortages?
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Apple has a new display choice in JDI's bendable plastic LCD if it wants to make a curved-screen iPhone 8.
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Getting security right is about more than technology: getting people to understand the issues is just as important.
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The Google competition could give the group a ticket to the moon's surface.
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With a new policy after the US election, Google reveals the results of its actions to limit fake news sites.
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Showing off a couple of practical uses for its new narrowband Internet of Things service, Norwegian mobile operator Telia reckons the tech will open up many original applications.
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The latest update encourages developers to use HTTPS by letting users know when data is collected, but not protected.
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The new plant will help the tech giant reach its goal to use only sustainable energy.
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But opinions have shifted since the FBI sued Apple to build a backdoor in a terrorist's iPhone.
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Asian country has began investing in quantum technology and is at a similar starting point with other economic powers in this field, says Shanghai-born Turing Award winner Andrew Yao.
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Western Digital joins Seagate as enterprise storage players benefiting from the cloud buildout.
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The e-commerce added two million active buyers across its platforms for the quarter and saw strong growth in revenues from StubHub.
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The company, which automates workflows, is gunning for $4 billion in revenue in 2020.
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A day after Verizon disappointed with its financial results, AT&T delivered in line earnings for the fourth quarter.
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Cisco is paying a hefty premium but will gain important new technology in return.
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One of Qualcomm's key revenue streams is in question as Apple is suing the company in China.
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Micro-influencer marketing has been embraced by enterprise marketers with this partnership between Synthesio and Octoly.
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What is streaming in big data processing, why you should care, and what are your options to make this work for you?
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Microsoft officials said the company's migration of Outlook.com to its Office 365 infrastructure is finally, really almost done.
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The deal allows Chase customers to link their bank accounts to Intuit's cloud accounting products without turning over their Chase-affiliated user names and passwords.
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CERT presents a list of potentially troublesome areas.
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Survey on UX attitudes finds 'shift toward getting user insights earlier and more frequently during development.'
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Charger ransomware threatened victims with selling their data if they didn't pay the Bitcoin ransom.
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US still has more than 42,000 websites vulnerable to the flaw, which can allow an attacker to steal data directly from websites and users.
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Dropbox says sorry for stuffing users' folders with files it was meant to have deleted permanently years ago.
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The latest recall is due to "fire and burn hazards" and is in addition to a 41,000 battery recall in June.
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Shipments of traditional PCs in EMEA slid by six percent last year, but while desktops tumble, businesses are still buying notebooks.
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GoDaddy says GoCentral allows users to create a complete website from a mobile device in under an hour.
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The global over supply of NAND flash and DRAM looks to get worse for vendors: Tsinghua Unigroup plans a $30B chip plant. That's about 6x the cost of most new fabs today. That's good news for consumers, but can China's economy support it?
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Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner has called on Microsoft to stop trying to foist Edge on Windows 10 users.
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In the near future, where goods are made will have no real bearing on where the jobs are.
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Devices that help you find lost items via Bluetooth already exist, but Pixie shows the potential of AR outside of gaming.
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Roberto Rebouças will lead B2B and B2C sales, marketing and business development in the Latin country.
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Second Sight's human-implantable devices allow patients with vision loss to supplement their own sight with images generated by an electrode array implanted into their brain.
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Are users really in love with Windows 7? Or are they clinging to old habits as Windows 10 rolls out? Three popular data sources offer very different answers. Regardless of which one you choose, take that data with a heaping helping of salt.
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CenturyLink's recent announcement of a new Big Data cloud service built around Cloudera shows that there is plenty of choice between Hadoop cloud services that go way beyond brand. It's another sign that enterprises are expecting cloud providers to offer the same diverse menu of options that they expect of strategic IT technology providers.
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D-Wave's new and improved quantum computer is dubbed the 2000Q, representing the number of qubits in its quantum processor.
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Over 200,000 messages were compromised due to a security flaw.
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Alex Gibney's documentary tells the story of the malware that was designed to take out Iran's nuclear capability, and advocates the need for open debate about the new breed of cyber weapons.
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The city's mayor has called for the renegotiation of council's contract with TechnologyOne after he learned the project was experiencing lengthy delays and a potential cost overrun of up to AU$60 million.
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The CSIRO has found that the majority of Android VPN apps are not transparent enough about how a user's information and traffic is handled.
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Eight years after first filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Nortel Networks has finally been ordered to pay its creditors the $7 billion it raised by selling off its business segments.
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The addition of AppDynamics gives Cisco more software heft and a larger analytics play.
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Cloud Cruiser already provides cloud-consumption analytics software for HPE's Flexible Capacity business.
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Want to run that one Windows app you can't get rid of on a Linux desktop or a Mac? The latest release of Wine 2.0 may be just what you need.
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The Fake News epidemic is a direct result of our failure to create a stable business model for professional news media. And this situation is going to get much worse.
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The popular Chinese selfie-editing app admits that it collects certain user data, but claims it only uses it to optimize app performance and enhance consumer engagement.
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The state authority will begin using the bank's capital markets blockchain platform prototype for secure transactions via a virtual 'cryptobond'.
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While Google is adding more integrations to Google Home, it has a long way to go to catch up to Amazon's Alexa-powered Echo.
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Solaris Unix will not be seeing any significant upgrades, but Oracle will continue to support it for years to come.
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The new marketing campaign features a 60-second TV ad, outdoor advertising, and targeted digital and social media advertising encouraging customers to use the NBN for home, business, education, and healthcare.
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Android Wear 2.0 will officially launch in early February. You can download and test out the latest developer preview and connect it to your iPhone.
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GoPro, Sonos, and Fitbit all pioneered categories where smartphones didn't play. But all are now heading up against the breadth of their customer appeal.
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256-bit AES XTS hardware encryption security at entry-level pricing
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Apple also released beta updates for macOS, tvOS, and Xcode.
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Chinese internet giant revises its full-year forecast upwards to a 53 percent revenue growth, following a strong third-quarter showing that saw record sales from the Singles Day online shopping festival.
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The Spark Board, competing with the Microsoft Surface Hub and Google's Jamboard, is the first video-capable device that Cisco has shipped that's only connected to the cloud.
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Microsoft is rolling out the latest piece of its unified OneDrive sync client story: The ability to sync OneDrive for Business and SharePoint.
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The real-time collaboration tool gets a makeover for faster access to notes, either from the web or your desktop.
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Kevin Scott, the head of infrastructure for LinkedIn, is now Microsoft's chief technology officer and a member of its inner circle of management leaders.
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The appeals court was split 4-4, ensuring a previous ruling in Microsoft's favor remained intact.
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The largest US wireless provider said fourth quarter IoT revenues, led by telematics, increased 21 percent to $243 million.
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The iPhone 7 Plus has an excellent camera. But can we make it better?
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Google has seen success in classrooms with its Chromebook line, now it continues its efforts with two new Chromebook convertibles.
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Using the OnePlus 3T for an extended review period has been a pleasure. If you're looking at flagship smartphones from the leading vendors, you'd do well to consider more affordable OnePlus 3T too.
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Microsoft's 'Office 365 Germany' is generally available to European users from Microsoft's managed German datacenters.
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AI will significantly disrupt the way organizations win, serve, and retain customers... eventually.
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While many say ransomware is a serious threat, others believe they're too small to be targeted. They're wrong.
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Microsoft is working to shore up its Windows in education strategy with a new version of its Intune management service honed for schools, plus some new low-cost Windows 10 PCs from partners.
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Live testing of Google's Instant Apps effort is underway and business technology decision makers should watch carefully--especially support for mobile can be simplified.
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Most large enterprises can save at least 25 percent on their IT costs over five years, the analysis shows.
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Qlik is making its SaaS solution available to small businesses, groups and teams. Meanwhile, Kinetica adds in-database user functions, allowing ML library calls right from its GPU-accelerated analytics platform.
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Researchers show how an attacker can crack your Android pattern lock from a distance and that complex patterns are the easiest to identify.
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Enterprise software giant now has 5,400 S/4HANA customers, while its move to generate more cloud revenues continues to gain momentum.
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One of the pioneers for the inside approach to analyzing the social media firehose, DataSift reboots with a new LinkedIn partnership that extends social media analytics from consumer to the professional sphere.
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Microsoft has outlined how its new security app, due in the Creators Update, will bring together all Windows 10 security information and won't prevent you from using third-party antivirus.
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Software vendor says its cloud subscriptions and support revenue in the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, climbed 43 percent for its fiscal 2016, where its total revenue hit US$3.59 billion.
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Face-recognition, speech-to-text translation, and sentiment analysis are among tools that could be coming to the Pi.
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With federal elections scheduled for late September in Germany, momentum is building behind using anti-botnet laws against automated social-media accounts that churn out disinformation.
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Robert Hannigan will stay on only until a successor is found.
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The N300 series has been designed and for optimized for the performance, reliability, endurance and scalability requirements of 24/7 operation
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ZDNet caught up with Mars CIO Vittorio Cretella to talk about scaling a consumer product goods company and the technology and data behind the scenes.
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Google has kicked off a limited test of Instant Apps, offering Android users a native experience without downloading the whole app.
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The censorship state wants to enforce government control over software which can circumvent China's Great Firewall.
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Firms are paying five-figure ransoms after being tricked into thinking they have been hit by ransomware.
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Singapore telco says OTT services led to a 2 percent drop in service revenue while its net profit dip of 16.1 percent was the result of lower international call and roaming revenues.
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PagerDuty aims to help companies get the help they need when systems go down.
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Aiming to build an economic lifeline for its largely young, tech-literate population, Gaza Sky Geeks is raising funds for its own coding academy.
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All it takes is exploiting some exposed code to take control of any video on the social network.
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Japan has called the TPP 'meaningless' without US involvement amid its attempts to persuade Trump, with Turnbull saying the trade deal should be pushed through without American participation.
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The consultancy giant will probe the taxation office and table its report in March on the cause of the unplanned system outage that plagued the ATO for over a week.
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The ACMA has introduced a series of tax incentives for satellite licences in an effort to encourage more efficient use of spectrum and greater availability of Ka-band services.
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Pokémon Go has officially launched in South Korea months after the global phenomenon died down, following speculation that the delay was caused by the government denying map access to Google.
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The purchase of Yahoo's operating business by Verizon has been pushed back to the second quarter of 2017, as the company made a net earnings loss of $214 million for FY2016.
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The Chinese telco hardware maker is considering upgrading the specs for its crowdsourced smartphone Hawkeye after learning of disappointed Kickstarter backers.
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Ajit Pai, a Republican and FCC member, doesn't believe in net neutrality at all.
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Physicists at the university have created complex holographic images in infrared.
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Optus has continued its small cell rollout across Australia, with 11 new locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory getting improved mobile coverage.
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Almost half of Samsung Electronics' FY16 profit was attributable to its semiconductor business, overshadowing its once dominant mobile business.
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As part of its acquisition deal, Sprint mobile customers will gain access to exclusive content, while Sprint provides a marketing fund for artists and its CEO gets a seat at the Tidal board.
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The prime minister will take his political opponents through a cyber defence training session next month in a bid to ready the country for a cyber attack.
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Over 20 millions users were vulnerable to a remote code execution bug, and now, they are only vulnerable if Cisco falls foul of XSS.
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Meta built a search engine for the scientific community that parses through millions of academic research papers and presents the latest and most relevant results to users.
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This simple advice will help to protect you against hackers and government surveillance.
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Apple released a small update for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch on Monday, alongside tvOS 10.1.1 and macOS 10.2.13.
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Google Voice users had every reason to believe the company had forgotten the service even existed until today.
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Bucking the normal trend of announcing its latest flagship smartphones at the end of February, Samsung has said not to expect the S8 next month.
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Blades make it easier to power and mount multiple Raspberry Pis to create more powerful hardware.
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The bill would limit but not block law enforcement use of so-called cell site simulators in New York state.
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Big Blue says the deal will give decision makers a deeper understanding of cyberattacks and the risk they pose.
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For those with a very narrow set of needs, the Netgear Arlo camera system is a win. For everyone else, maybe not so much.
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The included black rubber Gear S3 strap is functional, but thankfully there are affordable leather band options in various colors and styles. Strap Studio brings high quality leather bands for just $30 and $40.
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The new São Paulo-based facility will employ thousands of staff to cover technical requirements from customers and drivers.
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How does Airbnb ensure its massive site operates without failure or interruption? We learn the secrets directly from someone on the Site Reliability team.
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This is the 10th year of the CRM Watchlist, and the contest gets harder every year. Yet every year, not only do some of the expected win, but some lose and new winners emerge. Suspense killing you? Read on...
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Sales acceleration may become a technology market you need to know. Dun & Bradstreet's purchase of Avention highlights the possibilities. D&B CEO Bob Carrigan explains.
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I have installed three more Linux distributions on my Asus X540S. The results have surprised me!
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Reports suggest a large-scale DDoS attack from overseas blocked Lloyds, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland customers from accessing online services.
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While Samsung may have dropped the ball with the Galaxy Note 7, there's little reason to worry about battery safety.
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After engaging with business leaders, Arxan's Mandeep Khera is convinced that Washington should step in now to regulate certain IoT verticals.
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Samsung set out to begin the process to win back consumers as it outlined what went wrong with the Galaxy Note 7. Samsung's transparency is helpful to the company's long-term brand prospects.
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A new robotics trial could give fresh hope to those with weak or failing hearts.
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The service shut down in 2013 after refusing to hand over encryption keys which would compromise user privacy.
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The cybersecurity firm has once again been left red-faced after issuing insecure certificates.
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The Community and Public Sector Union has said the Centrelink fiasco is leaving staff battling extraordinary stress due to the agency's under-staffed workforce.
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In Korea, the name of the game is speed. The findings of the Galaxy Note 7 investigation show beyond a doubt that super-fast Samsung needs to slow down and show itself as a mature tech company.
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Optus will provide managed communications and contact-centre-as-a-service solutions for Flight Centre under a new five-year, AU$75 million deal.
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The IT issue, which has since been resolved, grounded all domestic flights on Sunday evening.
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The Galaxy Note 7's 3,500 mAh monster battery capacity, 500mAh higher than its predecessor, was not the root cause of the fires, stressed Samsung's mobile boss.
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Yahoo is expected to be probed by the commission on whether it took too long to disclose data breaches to its investors.
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The company, which will launch 200 miniature satellites through Virgin's LauncherOne in order to provide mobile coverage to those living in remote areas worldwide, has finished building its first three test nano-satellites.
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Samsung's four-month internal investigation finds irregular sized batteries were to blame for the Galaxy Note 7 explosions that forced the firm to end the ill-fated smartphone.
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The Western Australian government has signed the three tech players as suppliers of IT infrastructure in a bid to reduce annual IT costs by up to AU$80 million.
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Walking the pooch along a great beach in fabulous weather is a time where the mind wanders, reflecting, grieving and celebrating the year that was, getting ready for the new year ahead
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President Trump will use one of his first Executive Orders to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, leaving China to freely pursue its own trade deal with Asia-Pacific nations.
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Oracle is firing numerous employees, mostly from its hardware SPARC division. SPARC, and its Unix-based Solaris operating system, appear to be done.
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The fate of Windows 10 lies in the hands of users that are still deeply in love with Windows 7.
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The banking giant has taken an additional 5 percent ownership in QuintessenceLabs, with the partnership expected to expand the security products used by Westpac.
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Many of the iPhone cases designed to hold credit cards are folio style cases. The Q Card Case includes a card holder on the back with a design that lets you prop it up for media.
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