Netflix lets users watch videos offline -- no DVDs required

2016 will be 1 second longer: Google can help you cope

What's up with RStudio's 2 high-profile hires?

Here's what your hardware needs for the AWS Greengrass IoT service

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Amazon will literally truck your data into its cloud

Enterprises start to migrate critical legacy workloads to the cloud

New supercomputer will unite x86, Power9 and ARM chips

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SSD adoption in laptops exceeds expectations

Microsoft declares summer's Windows 10 upgrade fit for business

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Amazon accelerates and simplifies its cloud infrastructure offering

AWS comes out swinging with A.I. services

Google gets into the low-code enterprise app development biz

Gooligan malware snares access to more than 1M Google accounts

Senators fail to block rules allowing U.S. law-enforcement hacking

AWS launches FPGA-based cloud instances to accelerate complex applications

AWS launches cloud-based accelerators to speed apps

Transport Scotland turns to IoT mapping to keep roads clear in cold snap

Scottish transport authority is using Esri’s location technology to keep tabs on its gritters in icy weather

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IDG Contributor Network: 25 tech certifications earning the highest cash premiums right now

The real effect Google's Pixel phone is having on Android

Bad (internet of) things

Who's on your IT security dream team?

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Blockchain-based gold trading planned for 2017

Thousand-year-old organisation The Royal Mint is the latest financial services business to harness blockchain technology

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HPE fleshes out IoT strategy

HPE is moving from IT to operational technology with a set of products and tie-ups to target industrial internet of things applications

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Firefox zero-day can be used to unmask Tor browser users

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Smart everything: Apple’s next product transition

HPE rolls out products to enable IoT adoption

IDG Contributor Network: Unix tip: Making umask work for you

IDG Contributor Network: How No Man’s Sky resurrected itself from no man’s land

Mastercard uses artificial intelligence for transaction approval

Mastercard is using artificial intelligence to reduce the number of transactions that are wrongly declined, while maintaining security

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Marriott Hotels offers virtual site tours

Hotel chain has enlisted London mobility startup GoInStore to offer visitors to its website virtual facility tours

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CityFibre targets underserved businesses with fibre broadband

Urban fibre supplier CityFibre is to connect 500 business parks across its 40-city UK network footprint to full-fibre services

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IDG Contributor Network: Splunk goes down-market and leverages AWS' market dominance

Now you can spend even more time on Facebook with Instant Games

Review: GitLab rocks version control

If you’ve spent any time evaluating software version-control systems, you have undoubtedly looked at GitHub Enterprise and Bitbucket Server, two big names that offer both on-premises installs and a SaaS option. You also should have run into GitLab, an open source project backed by the company of the same name.

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Study warns of human rights risks from censoring online terror content

Wisconsin recount will not be entirely by hand

Tech Forecast 2017: IT sharpens its focus

Tech executives are optimistic as they head into 2017. One of the biggest reasons for the hopeful outlook is the fact that business and IT are finally on the same page, with planned technology projects and overall strategic business goals closely aligned for the upcoming year.

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Thousands of National Lottery accounts hacked

National Lottery operator Camelot says the log-in details of thousands of people who do the lottery online have been stolen

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Disaster recovery testing: A vital part of the DR plan

Disaster recovery provision is worthless unless you test out your plans. In this two-part series, Computer Weekly looks at disaster recovery testing in virtualised datacentres

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Security Think Tank: Managing cyber risk requires genuine understanding

How can information security professionals help businesses to understand the cyber risks across increasingly digital businesses?

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'No possibility,' redefined

BP to go all-in on public cloud to cut datacentre upkeep costs

Oil giant BP uses first day of AWS Re:Invent to outline how it is cushioning itself against falling oil prices by using cloud to cut costs

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The new Mirai strain has spread far beyond Deutsche Telekom

A year after separation, HP and HPE are still trying to shed rust

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New partner programs for AWS are aimed at growing Alexa, IoT and more

Internet Archive, after Trump win, looks to create alternate site in Canada

Sanders launches new attack on offshore outsourcing

Intel races to put autonomous cars on streets

U.S. auto regulators want to block mobile apps while driving

Microsoft's decision to retire security tool is myopic

Raspberry Pi 3 gets low-bandwith LTE with add-on chip

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The Queen signs off on UK internet surveillance law

BT and Openreach to split: but what will change as a result?

The telecoms industry has welcomed Ofcom’s decision to legally split BT and Openreach, but what, if anything, will actually change?

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Growing multi-cloud demand means providers must diversify to survive, warns 451 Research

Two reports from analyst house 451 Research suggest cloud providers must consider adding support for competing services to their portfolios in order to survive in the hybrid, multi-cloud era

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Senators plan last-ditch push to curb US law-enforcement hacking power

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IDG Contributor Network: Samsung may exit PC business, split in two

HPE sees Synergy in hybrid cloud infrastructure

Your iPhone 8 could have a curved OLED display

How to get rid of iCloud calendar spam

Group litigation against Post Office in Horizon system dispute prepares for next stage

Postmasters’ legal case against the Post Office claims that computer system is to blame for losses, not false accounting or theft

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Finnair digitises core business processes via Apple and IBM

Finnair is working with IBM to bring user-friendly apps to its internal workforce

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How a London club enhanced its facilities with wireless charging

The Clubhouse, a London-based business club and meeting space, introduces wireless charging technology from startup Chargifi at its St James’ location as it bids to attract new clients

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HPE demos memory-driven architecture for next-generation IT

HPE aims to push the limits of computing by moving the memory bottleneck it claims is limiting the performance of application software

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Deutsche Telekom botnet attack underlines infrastructure vulnerabilities

German telco says its broadband outages are linked to a botched attempt to hijack routers, which security experts say further underlines the cyber threat to internet connected infrastructure

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How industrial IoT is making steel production smarter

A new project between General Electric and Gerdau, a large steel manufacturer in Brazil, had a simple objective: Improve productivity by reducing equipment failure and related problems. Early indications suggest that goal was achieved with flying colors.

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Hands on: AT&T's DirecTV Now provides a reason to cut cable TV

Your iPhone 8 could have a curved OLED display

San Francisco Muni says server data not accessed in ransomware hit

Ofcom to legally separate BT and Openreach

Telecoms regulator Ofcom is to push ahead with plans to require the legal separation of BT and Openreach

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Samsung Electronics considers split

Samsung Electronics is considering a proposal to simplify its structure under pressure from shareholders as it tries to deal with fallout from the Galaxy Note 7 recall

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Never EVER underestimate an irritated user

Review: 2 ultraportables from Acer and Dell add speed, efficiency

10 resume do’s and don’ts for developers

Commercial Bank of Dubai to launch digital-only bank

Dubai bank is set to launch a digital-only bank that will be based on mobile phones

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IBM blamed for Australian census website crash

Computer giant reportedly pays $30m to Australian government as reports are released from two inquiries into DDoS attacks on census website

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Measures to boost digital economy announced in Malaysia budget 2017

Malaysia’s latest budget reflects the country’s aim to boost the digital economy

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Singapore Power deploys IoT platform

Singapore Power is moving to a more advanced digital platform that will enable it to develop IoT-based services

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AT&T launches streaming TV service to compete with Vue, Sling

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Best practices to fight corporate security risks

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Upgraded Mirai botnet disrupts Deutsche Telekom by infecting routers

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2016 by the numbers

20 ways to hate Windows 10 less

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How Trump will attack the FCC's net neutrality rules

Best small to midsized cities to land a cybersecurity job

Surrey County Council extends BT PSN contract for two years

Council’s contract for Unicorn network, which provides a fully managed and integrated voice and data communications service, extended to 2021

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How to combat software auditors

Software audits can be a huge waste of time and resources for IT departments

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1 million broadband customers offline in Germany; 'external influence' blamed

IT career roadmap: IT project manager

10 reasons to love the USB-C ports on the new MacBook Pro

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Do you have what it takes to be a great CIO?

CIOs have the potential to become business leaders – it’s a matter of nurturing the right skills, talent and relationships, according to Deloitte

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Was software piracy behind the San Francisco Muni transit system ransomware infection?

8 most significant tech gadgets of 2016: Winners and losers

Every year, tech companies come up with fantastic ideas for cutting edge, futuristic products. Some of these products turn into huge hits. Others end up bombing. And still others become precursors or inspirations for the next generation of innovations. Here’s our list of eight products that caught our eye this year.

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San Francisco transport system hit by ransomware attack

San Francisco's transport agency appears to be the latest target of cyber criminals using encryption malware to hold organisations to ransom

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HMRC blocks 500,000 phishing emails in 2015

HMRC is the first public sector department to implement technology to block phishing emails as part of government’s active cyber defence programme and self-testing strategy

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To the cloud! Real-world container migrations

We hear a lot from vendors and service providers about the wisdom of migrating applications and workloads to the cloud. The potential benefits include lower capital costs and increased flexibility.

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Japanese government denies report that its defense forces were hacked

Open source has won, and Microsoft has surrendered

San Francisco’s Muni transit system reportedly hit by ransomware

Video pays off in the enterprise

Fresh off a multi-year acquisition spree, the Dutch company Cimpress is embracing video in a big way.

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Petition to force MPs to consider debate on surveillance bill

Open Rights Group has called on parliament to debate the Investigatory Powers Bill and review it in light of pending court actions, after petition against the bill tops 100,000 signatories

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Future of the server operating system

We look at the evolution of the server operating system, and how the next generation is moving into the cloud

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It seemed like such a clever answer at the time...

IDG Contributor Network: Walmart's better tracking for recalled items is a wonderful first step

Three urges consumers to pressure Ofcom over spectrum

Three joins forces with TalkTalk, CityFibre and others to urge consumers to put pressure on Ofcom over mobile spectrum capping

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Linux hardening: A 15-step checklist for a secure Linux server

Will A.I. usher in a new era of hacking?

Wisconsin to recount U.S. presidential election vote after hack concerns

Why you should start using Google Keep right away

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Third of bank staff expect Brexit to force employer out of UK

A third of workers in the financial services sector think there is a strong chance their employer could move operations out of the UK after Brexit.

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Boots SAP centre of expertise helps take back control

Walgreens Boots Alliance has built an SAP centre of expertise to take back control of the strategic direction of its IT organisation from its previously outsourced structure

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Apple deals gift cards to lure Black Friday shoppers

Apple products will be rented like Apple Music, analyst claims

Is the infomation security supplier market really consolidating?

Mergers and acquisitions continue at pace in the information security market, but these are not necessarily signs of consolidation, writes Martin Kuppinger

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One in four Wi-Fi hotspots vulnerable to attack, study finds

At least one in four Wi-Fi hotspots are open to attack, a study by Kaspersky Lab reveals

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Teens should focus on data and cyber careers, says fintech expert

CEO and founder of Streets Consulting, Julia Streets, claims teenagers should look towards data scientists and cyber security roles to ensure a job for life

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CW500 video: Laura Bennett discusses enterprise collaboration for a mobile workforce

How can mobile enterprise collaboration improve workforce productivity and morale

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Japan aims for superefficient supercomputer by 2017

Researchers work to tame deadly selfies

How a video-gaming programmer created a popular VR surgical simulator

CBRE: Cloud drives Q3 demand for colocation space in Frankfurt and London

CBRE’s third-quarter datacentre market tracker highlights soaring demand for colocation capacity in Frankfurt and London, as cloud providers court European enterprises

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UK firms neglecting cyber security, say 74% of IT managers

Most UK firms lack the time and resources to ensure adequate cyber security and data protection, according to a survey of IT managers

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CW500 video: Sahil Rekhi discusses enterprise collaboration for a mobile workforce

How mobile collaboration can improve productivity and employee morale

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System administration -- the Genghis Khan way

Windows 10 annoyances and solutions

If you think back just 10 years or so, we lived in an era where we simply couldn't rely on our PCs to work consistently for long periods of time. Snarl-ups and crashes would come with frustrating regularity. And if a PC were used heavily, reinstalls of Windows would usually need to be performed every year, if not more often.

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10 smartphone trends to watch for in 2017

5 burning questions about AMD's Zen chip

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Everyone is a role model, says Jacqueline de Rojas

All women in the tech industry are role models for those around us, whether or not we want to be, according to Jacqueline de Rojas

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Customer data integration a market opportunity, says CXP Group consultant

Technology and service providers should focus on customer data integration to help businesses improve customer satisfaction, says CXP Group consultant Nicole Dufft

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Competition authority wants feedback on open banking plan

The government’s Competition and Markets Authority is asking for feedback on its proposals to introduce competition in the retail banking sector

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Review: Why you need the BBC’s amazing Story of Life app

Gigya is consumer identify leader, finds KuppingerCole

Gigya, Ping Identity, Salesforce, ForgeRock are the current leaders in the consumer identity and access management market, according to a report by KuppingerCole

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How InterContinental Hotels connects with real-time marketing

InterContinental Hotel Group’s European marketing manager, Charlie Aspey, tells Computer Weekly how the firm has deployed dynamic email marketing across all its hotel brands

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CIO Interview: Jim Fowler, GE

Imagine if your boss was a CEO pioneering a digital revolution in a company over 120 years old, connecting industrial machines to the internet

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Colocation laggards warned about dangers of ignoring needs of hyperscale cloud giants

Steve Wallage, managing director of datacentre-focused analyst house Broadgroup Consulting, says operators that take the time to forge closer ties with customers stand to benefit from the rise in demand for colocation from hyperscale cloud giants

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Bletchley Park to teach teenagers to become cyber experts

A cyber security college is to be set up at Bletchley Park, home to the men and women who decoded German cyphers during the Second World War

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A single, integrated consumer ID system is best, says Martin Kuppinger

A bi-modal, integrated IAM system will help avoid the pitfalls associated with other approaches to consumer identity, according to Martin Kuppinger

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Whitehall, GDS and town halls must back a digital revolution in local public services

Some 80% of public services are delivered by local councils - but Whitehall policy, GDS strategy and devolution plans are not giving sufficient focus on local digital needs

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AWS challenger Alibaba Cloud opens German datacentre to woo European enterprises

Chinese cloud services firm Alibaba outlines plans to shake-up the European cloud market with German datacentre launch

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Overtime will never be this much fun again

Are Asean organisations ready for blockchain technology?

Blockchain promises to increase the efficiency and security of transactions in industries way beyond its financial services roots. But what does it mean in the Asean region?

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Getting started with the Ubiquiti AmpliFi mesh router

Case study: How the RAC is digitising roadside assistance

The RAC, an organisation steeped in tradition, is on a modernisation drive. We look at how Microsoft Azure is helping it digitise older cars

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ZoneSavvy taps big data to help SMBs find best sites for businesses

Trump tells Apple CEO to build iPhones in the U.S.

Senator asks FTC to investigate Office Depot PC tech practices

IDG Contributor Network: Wicked Cool Shell Scripts

Pelosi says UC IT workers are in ‘untenable position’

IDG Contributor Network: Love it or hate it, HelloSign helped deliver that election result

Government offers five-year tax holiday on new fibre networks

In his Autumn Statement, Chancellor Philip Hammond confirms a massive cash injection for broadband and 5G, and announces business rate cuts for new fibre broadband network builds

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What the IR35 reforms, coupled with a hard Brexit, could mean for the UK tech sector

Colin Morley, professional services director at recruitment firm Harvey Nash, spells out the possible consequences of the forthcoming IR35 tax reforms and the prospect of a “hard Brexit”

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Voting security experts tell Clinton to demand recount

IDG Contributor Network: Should enterprise CTO’s implement MLS systems?

Scalpers try to cash in on MacBook Pro shortage

Nasscom lowers sales growth prediction for India’s IT industry

Nasscom lowers the rate at which it expects revenues for the Indian IT services industry as a whole to grow, citing domestic and global issues in its revision

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EE calls on competitors to commit to clarify coverage

EE CEO Marc Allera calls on his competitors to get behind a new proposal to offer better information on the geographical extent of mobile coverage around the UK

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Nationwide breaks norm and opens branch because of technology

Nationwide Building Society is bringing a bank branch back to Glastonbury to try out new technology on customers

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IBM, HPE and T-Systems compete for Europe-wide €5.3m hybrid cloud contract

European research groups confirm details of who made it through to next stage of their hybrid cloud procurement process

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Axa offers on-demand insurance via mobile app

Insurance company launches app that offers quick and easy insurance cover for individual items owned by customers

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HPE focuses on hybrid IT and IoT as revenue drops

CEO Meg Whitman continues on her quest to refocus Hewlett Packard Enterprise as the company posts its fourth-quarter results

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Budget busters: Three ways for CIOs to fund digital initiatives

The business wants IT to innovate, but CIOs find their budgets are frozen. Who you gonna call?

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How Apple Watch can help you lose the Thanksgiving flab

Make companies pay full cost of breaches to restore trust in the internet, says ISOC

First look: Visual Studio for Mac is here at last, almost

Visual Studio for Mac is something that many Microsoft developers have sought for more than a decade. As Mac OS X became interesting in the early 2000s, coders who spent most of their days working in Visual Studio on Windows wondered why they couldn’t use the same languages, frameworks, and tools for the Mac, rather than needing to learn Objective-C, Cocoa, and Xcode, all of which were substantially different from the languages and tools for Windows development.

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The rocket engine that breaks the laws of physics

Facebook said to create censorship tool to enter China again

AWS is cutting and simplifying its storage prices

U.S. says cybersecurity skills shortage is a myth

High-assurance identity top priority for government and finance

The UK government and financial sector is working together to meet the need for high-assurance identity globally

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Customer identity evolves over time, says Gigya

Customer identity evolves through a series of interactions to enable richer data for improved marketing and customer experiences, says Gigya co-founder Rooly Eliezerov

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Now THAT'S password security!

Computerworld's holiday gift guide 2016: Nifty tech for $35 to $150

Alibaba to open datacentre in Australia

Alibaba Cloud will open a datacentre in Sydney by the end of 2016 as part of its global expansion

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Middle East bank to launch AI for customer support

Middle East bank Emirates NBD is piloting artificial intelligence to automate customer services

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How to make IoT in the home more secure: Assume the worst

How to dodge those Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping hackers

More than half the world's people still off the Internet

Apple returns to Black Friday

Open-source hardware makers start certifying products

IDG Contributor Network: How to cheaply and easily improve Windows 10 performance

Google acquires AWS training vendor Qwiklabs

Tesla flips switch on U.S. island now powered entirely by solar energy

Apple's exit from wireless routers will have consequences

HP's EliteBook 705 laptops pack AMD's latest Pro chips

What we talk about when we talk about 5G wireless

IBM will open the first of four new UK data centers next month

HumanOps: Etsy on how unclear workplace expectations contribute to staff burnout

IT managers risk "normalising" bad workplace behaviour and contributing to employee stress by responding to emails out of hours and staying late unnecessarily, warns Etsy web operations manager

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Using AI to cut humans out of the datacentre sustainability equation

As the idea of using artificial intelligence to reduce energy use by datacentres gathers momentum, does this spell the end of human intervention on sustainability matters?

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Windows 10 Redstone: A guide to the builds

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Alibaba brings public cloud to the Middle East

Alibaba has opened a datacentre in Dubai to attract businesses in the Middle East to its public cloud services

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Consumer identity key to digital transformation

Customer identity and access management has benefits for consumers and service providers alike, but is key to digital transformation, says KuppingerCole

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Derbyshire Constabulary picks O2 and Airwave to mobilise police officers

Derbyshire Constabulary is to outfit its frontline police officers with smartphones and applications in an attempt to improve visibility and efficiency

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Alleged hacker Lauri Love’s ‘life will be destroyed’ under Trump regime

Supporters fear for activist Lauri Love if his extradition to face hacking charges to the US goes ahead

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How to supercharge your Android phone's fingerprint scanner

iPhone crashing ‘prank’ video bug and our uncertain security future

Dutch IT ministry needed to take digital lead

Whenever the media covers a failed Dutch government IT project, the question is always asked whether the government should have a ministry of IT

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3 security reports about shopping online for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

OnePlus 3T finally available: Specs, price and how to buy one

Trump appoints critics of net neutrality rules to FCC transition team

Chancellor to pledge £400m for FTTP broadband roll-out

The chancellor is set to announce a major investment in the UK’s broadband infrastructure in the upcoming Autumn Statement

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Barclays pilots contactless cash withdrawals

Barclays bank is piloting technology to enable customers to withdraw cash by just tapping their smartphone or contactless card on a reader

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Future Fifty and Upscale – some of the initiatives behind the ever-growing tech scene

The UK technology scene is growing rapidly, and initiatives such as Tech City UK’s Future Fifty and Upscale are helping put tech startups on the map

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The reason Y

Holiday shopping by mobile phone? Beware fake apps and bad Wi-Fi hotspots

Bloomberg says Apple is getting out of the router business

On first day in office, Trump to attack visas that ‘undercut the American worker’

Future of Apple Pay Australia still unresolved

There are still uncertainties over Apple Pay among Australia’s big banks, but smaller finance firms are looking at ways to offer the payment service to their customers

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Singapore central bank tests blockchain for bank-to-bank payments

Singapore's central bank is overseeing a project that could lead to a single blockchain system being used for banks to transact with each other

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IBM to triple size of UK datacentre footprint by opening four new sites in 2017

Big blue claims datacentre expansion plans represent its largest country-specific cloud datacentre investment to date

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Car buyers more willing to share data -- if they get something back

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Microsoft puts quantum computing higher on its hardware priority list

5 things to know about fake news on Facebook, Google

U.S. sets plan to build two exascale supercomputers

IDG Contributor Network: Microsoft is looking to build quantum computers

Symantec acquisition has lawsuit-filled past

IBM pushes to offer IoT from development to production

Poachers and fish beware, the Flexrotor ocean drone is watching

Windows 10 quick tips: Get the most out of Cortana

Microsoft's digital assistant Cortana is one of the major additions to Windows 10 -- and it's a winner. Turn it on and Cortana alerts you to upcoming meetings; searches your PC and the Web; tells you about the weather, news and sports; and a lot more.

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Network managers should make a list and check it twice

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IDG Contributor Network: Sumo Logic and the state of modern applications in AWS

Apple says Wi-Fi isn’t interesting anymore

Oracle to buy cloud infrastructure provider Dyn

6 ex-CIOs reveal lessons learned, biggest regrets

Regrets? These former CIOs have a few. In exit interviews, six ex-CIOs say they wish they’d spent more time engaged with business strategy, studied human psychology or gotten an MBA.

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Fight against Investigatory Powers Bill may not be over

Labour's shadow home secretary Diane Abbott says that wider society must now debate the controversial Investigatory Powers Bill, despite Parliamentary approval

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Facebook to hire 500 more people in the UK

Facebook is increasing its UK workforce by 50%, with highly skilled engineers high on its wish list of new recruits

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Ofcom to block BT-EE from spectrum bid

Ofcom opens a new consultation on the delayed auction of ex-MoD radio spectrum for mobile broadband, but hopes to bar BT-EE from bidding for parts of it, citing competition concerns

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UKISUG 2016: 5% of SAP customers are using S/4 Hana

On the opening day of Connect, the 2016 SAP UK & Ireland User Group conference in Birmingham, it was revealed that 5% of customers are using S/4 Hana, and 12% have not heard of the ERP system

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Linux versus Unix hot patching

We examine the current state of play in the ongoing competition between the Linux and Unix server operating systems

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Reprinting the Middle East in 3D

3D printing is being used in the UAE in a number of industries, and is becoming a regional hub for a technology that could help rebuild war-torn parts of the Middle East

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Ultimate guide to setting up a small business Wi-Fi network

A peek inside a typical small business today will likely reveal lots of wireless devices, with little, if any, wired hardware in evidence. Problems could occur, however, if the small business deploys consumer-centric access points targeted at home users.

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Half of surveyed US businesses admitted to suffering a ransomware attack

Symantec will acquire identity protection firm LifeLock in $2.3B deal

The IRS wants to ID every U.S. Coinbase user from 2013 to 2015

Facebook working with fact-checkers to weed out fake news

Apple will replace the battery of your iPhone 6s that keeps shutting down

Apple offers new battery for iPhone 6s phones that suddenly shut down

Master Class: Digital Edge 25 honorees pioneer the digital-centric enterprise

Foot Locker to roll out ‘best fit’ recruitment software after productivity hike

Sports retailer to adopt online software to identify best job candidates worldwide after its use led to double-digit productivity growth in US stores

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Now that you mention it...

IDG Contributor Network: Macy's China experiment shows the potential — and limits — of retail VR

Michael Flynn, Trump's NSA pick, is a cybersecurity hawk

Amazon Discounts Kindle E-Readers Up To $30 Through 11/28 - Deal Alert

How lifelogging will become easy and automatic

Hands on: 15-in. MacBook Pro delivers on speed and design – for a price

Verizon IoT, Swiftmile pilot smart bike-sharing in Santa Clara

With choice for CIA chief, Trump picks a foe of Silicon Valley's encryption stance

When Airbnb asked users to pledge to treat people equally, a lot refused

Case study: Elekta turns to workforce analytics to inform board decisions

Board executives at healthcare company Elekta are analysing workforce data to make better strategic decisions

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Alabama to build its largest solar farm, with enough power for 15K homes

Aerovironment's Quantix drone is all about the data

This new Ubuntu Linux laptop has a 4K screen and Nvidia Pascal GPU

Three breach highlights several security issues, says (ISC)2

Customer data breaches continue to demonstrate that companies are still not treating cyber risk like every other business risk," says Adrian Davis of (ISC)2

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Nestlé picks Telefónica to build IoT for coffee machines

Nestlé’s professional business services unit will incorporate internet of things technology into its coffee machines in pursuit of greater efficiency and customer satisfaction

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Consider diversity when making hiring decisions, says Fujitsu chairman

Michael Keegan, chairman and head of product business for Fujitsu in EMEIA, urges hiring managers to ensure they are seeing a diverse range of candidates when hiring for tech roles

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IDG Contributor Network: Ubuntu Mate, Windows 10 and macOS Sierra: A marriage of 3 OSs

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7 cybersecurity best practices that regulated industries deal with

10 tech skills that will boost your salary

8 awesome gifts for PC gamers

HCL completes integration of Volvo Group IT services

Deal sees 2,560 Volvo Group staff transferred to HCL, bringing mainframe expertise to Indian IT services firm

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T-Systems talks up post-Brexit benefits of new UK datacentre

IT services arm of Deutsche Telekom opens UK datacentre to help enterprises grappling with private cloud and SAP migrations

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7 reasons cloud migrations fail (free online course)

Cloud migrations can fail for a variety of reasons, such as a cloud strategy that isn’t aligned with business goals, cultural resistance or lack of a viable cloud security plan. Managing these migration risks is the focus of a free online course presented by training company Logical Operations Inc., in partnership with IDG Enterprise.

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US iPhone factories: Designed in California, made by machines

European security industry has failed users, says expert

Cryptology expert Bart Preneel says the European security industry must commit to secure communication for the masses and open source is the key to secure infrastructure

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Ordnance Survey to lay groundwork for UK 5G networks

The government has asked Ordnance Survey to develop a planning and mapping tool to help determine the future locations of 5G mobile network infrastructure

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Telenor IoT strategy required core software change

Norwegian telco is expanding its internet of things business, which packages all the components its customers require to offer IoT-based services

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U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to delay enhanced government hacking powers

Without tech industry guidance, U.S. may resort to weakening encryption

Look what GE can do with industrial IoT

AWS roundup: Hybrid deployments with Amazon's cloud get a boost

Xiaomi's Mi Mix Nano: What we know so far

Apple offers to repair iPhone 6 Plus devices with 'touch disease'

Hackers arrested in Three mobile upgrade scam

Three men arrested in connection with mobile handset upgrade fraud enabled by unauthorised access to customer data

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And that's how IT gets done in the real world

Computerworld's holiday gift guide 2016: Top-notch tech for $150 or more

Computerworld's holiday gift guide 2016 (with video!)

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Research chip modeled after the brain aims to bring smarts to computers

Azure October Roundup: Price drops, data analysis, and more

Intel chases A.I. with new chips, but still lacks a potent GPU

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SAP offers cash for referrals in new cloud channel program

Microsoft really has changed, Linux Foundation chief says

IoT gear will need better security to win a Z-Wave badge

Intel to invest $250M in self-driving cars

Republicans kill FCC plan to cap prices for business data lines

Chinese smartphone vendors show sales gains as Apple, Samsung sales decline in Q3

Going back to a small phone is a really big deal

Smart meter benefits millions of pounds less than first thought, admits BEIS

The gross financial benefit from the national smart meter rollout could be hundreds of millions of pounds less than first thought, but the costs of the programme are still rising

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Self-driving cars could be steered towards business use cases

Autonomous vehicles may have largely been framed for a consumer future, but their real business value could lie in industrial applications. SA Mathieson takes his life in his hands in Milton Keynes

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Children should be taught resilience and problem-solving to deal with digital disruption

Education system needs to refocus its efforts to ensure the next generation will have the necessary skills to deal with digital disruption in the workplace

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IDG Contributor Network: Tech skills earning the highest cash premiums -- no certification required

Dutch bank ING to spend millions ‘disrupting’ its own business

Dutch bank ING used digital technology to reinvent itself following the financial crash, and is about to reinvent itself again, says its global CTO, Brendan Donovan

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One million cyber attacks on UK retailers forecast for Christmas

Cyber attacks on internet shopping are expected to increase in the run up to Christmas, with a million attacks targeted at UK retailers alone

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What IT admins love/hate about 8 top network monitoring tools

Network monitoring systems typically look for slow, overloaded, failing or crashed servers, routers, switches and network connections – and alert network administrators to the problem. According to the IT Central Station user community, the most important criteria to consider when choosing network monitoring software are scalability, flexibility and multi-tenancy.

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Lending platform pioneer Zopa aims to become a UK bank

Zopa, the company that pioneered the peer-to-peer lending sector with its tech platform, looks to add more disruption to the retail banking market

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Home Office confident in Emergency Services Network delivery despite risks

The Public Accounts Committee has begun its inquiry into the controversial Emergency Services Network, taking evidence from suppliers, emergency services and the Home Office

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Investigatory Powers Bill looks set to become law

Rights groups have vowed to continue to oppose the controversial Investigatory Powers Bill, which is now just two steps away from becoming law

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Citibank Australia to go cashless as digital technology takes hold

Citibank will no longer handle cash at its six branches in Australia as digital channels reduce demand for cash transactions

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Security Think Tank: Cyber insurance may not provide cover where it is most needed

What should organisations consider if they are to prepare for cyber insurance?

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ISPs ordered to block LinkedIn in Russia

Next year's premium smartphones may get Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 chip

University's IT outsourcing could trigger discrimination lawsuit

Facebook acquires facial image analysis startup FacioMetrics

SpaceX wants to blanket the Earth in high-speed internet

Intel's drones will draw Disney animations in the sky

A.I. beating humans? Not in my lifetime, says Google's cloud chief

Does Apple really want to kill Automator, AppleScript?

ASA calls for clarity on broadband speed claims

The Advertising Standards Agency turns its attention to how broadband providers advertise the speed of their packages, amid fears that consumers may be misled

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Whatever happened to all those dot-coms, anyway?

IDG Contributor Network: Intercom integrates with Twilio, jumps on the developer ecosystem bandwagon

SharePoint 2013 cheat sheet

Although many organizations are making their way to SharePoint 2016, a large number are still using SharePoint 2013 as their major corporate collaboration tool. This story is for you.

Uploading and interacting with documents

Integrating SharePoint content with Outlook

Five advanced SharePoint 2013 tips

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Power to the people: Solar panel sales to soon surpass leasing

The state of solar power looks bright in 2017 (+video)

Barnsley Council maximises adoption of mobile apps though staff consultation

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is rolling out SAP Fiori apps in HR initially, and learning how to adapt to user needs from surgeries and workshops

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IT users review 6 software test management tools

Software teams use test management tools to plan and track the quality assurance (QA) process — whether the tests are manual or automated — and then manage projects to eliminate the software defects uncovered by the tests.

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U.S. lawmakers balk at call for IoT security regulations

Every version of SQL Server 2016 now gets its full feature set

Digital transformation not a finite process, says Martin Kuppinger

Security, privacy and identity are key to digital transformation, which is an evolutionary process, according to Martin Kuppinger

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F5 readies ADCs for public cloud

The next versions of Visual Studio are here on Windows -- and Mac

Hacker can backdoor your computer and router in 30 seconds with $5 PoisonTap device

Microsoft and Google bury the hatchet in one small way

Microsoft doubles down on Linux love, joins foundation

Digital disruption “unstoppable” but not to be feared, says Fujitsu’s Duncan Tait

Fujitsu’s senior executive vice-president urges firms not to be scared of digital transformation, as the disruption caused by new technologies is “unstoppable”

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UK almost bottom of OECD pile for ICT investment

The UK ranks low in terms of how much it invests in the ICT infrastructure as a proportion of GDP

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Hiring cyber security and big data experts named top priority for IT recruiters in 2017

Research suggests IT professionals with expertise in cyber security and big data could find themselves in high demand in 2017

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5 great Apple Watch accessories

IDG Contributor Network: Dashlane ups the 'password manager for business' ante

Altnet broadband customers tend to be happier, says Cable

A consumer broadband study by Cable reveals that customers of smaller providers and altnets tend to be more satisfied with their service

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Business needs AI defence against AI attacks, says Darktrace

Cyber attackers are turning to machine learning to create smarter attacks and defenders will require similar technology to detect them, warns Darktrace

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Finland’s Automatia launches real-time platform

Finnish ATM network operator launches a mobile payments platform that banks and service providers can offer their customers

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SSP Worldwide under fire over cloud outage communication failings

Insurance brokers blast SSP Worldwide over its approach to crisis communications during recent cloud outages

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IBM’s Watson supercomputer brought to Finnish healthcare

Authorities in Finland are working with IBM to improve healthcare through cognitive computing

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Five things A.I. can do better than us

Snapchat parent reportedly headed for an IPO

Google's PhotoScan make digitizing old photos easy

Laid-off IT workers fight University of California outsourcing

Coop Denmark replaces NetApp with VMware software-defined VSAN

Scandinavian retailer Coop simplifies virtual server storage with VMware Virtual SAN software-defined storage and sidesteps bandwidth bottlenecks on NetApp Metro Cluster replication

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Security Think Tank: Ensure cyber insurance is right and helps reduce risk

What should organisations consider if they are to prepare for cyber insurance?

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Adobe uses shared responsibility to meet security challenges

Adobe discovers ways of addressing security challenges of scalability, diverse technology stacks and business criticality

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GE pushes ahead into the software market

GE’s stated policy is to become a top 10 software company by 2020. The company set out its action plan at the start of its Minds + Machines conference in San Francisco

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Will Trump let China beat the U.S. in supercomputing?

Mingis on Tech: Show-and-tell with the new MacBook Pros

Yeah, DEFINITELY sounds like a snail-mail problem

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3D printer owners rate the best 14 machines

Reprisals against Apple in a U.S.-China trade war would be indirect

Google adds new services to its cloud machine-learning products

Intel's latest Xeon chips based on Skylake due next year

Intel packs more horsepower into its monster 22-core processor

12 steps to lower your espionage risk

"What company would not like to know exactly what its competitor is doing?"

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iPhones in China are randomly shutting down, owners say

IDG Contributor Network: Machine learning: The deplorable state of deployment

Asana takes a swing at Trello with support for project boards

Android's App Shortcuts are held back by Apple's influence

GSMA calls for global 5G agenda

As advanced preparations begin for the next World Radiocommunication Conference in 2019, the GSMA calls on governments to work together on a global spectrum plan for 5G

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Google to deliver VR tech training to a million UK schoolchildren

Internet giant is launching a programme to introduce virtual reality technology to UK schools and teach children how to use it

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Cut legacy IT costs to drive digital business initiatives, says Hackett Group study

Hackett Group's research shows that CIOs must become more ruthless with culling legacy systems if the business is to fully embrace digitisation

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Identity for online gambling industry a potential market opportunity

Identity for online gambling presents a potential market opportunity, because no suppliers are meeting the industry's consumer identify requirements

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OpenAI will use Microsoft's cloud, as Azure gains more features

IDG Contributor Network: No, Twitter -- a mute button for hate speech won’t work

GE is on an IoT buying spree

Online identity needs to be fixed, says Microsoft’s Kim Cameron

Software giant’s identity architect calls on enterprises to professionalise the way they relate to customers to help replace online identity infrastructure that is not fit for purpose

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Sisense brings its analytics platform to chat bots

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Even Apple’s new book uses ‘special’ paper

TalkTalk bouncing back a year on from cyber attack, says CEO

A year after a major data security breach laid waste to its reputation, TalkTalk boss Dido Harding says things are turning around

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Cloud set to net a larger share of enterprise IT budgets in 2017, predicts 451 Research

451 Research's cloud and hosting market review suggests enterprise IT decision makers are preparing to ramp up with use of cloud and hosting services in 2017

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It's time for companies to stand for something, says Marc Benioff

HP's power-packed Z2 Mini desktop takes on Apple's aging Mac Mini

Microsoft, Nvidia work to speed up AI platform powering Cortana

Apple said to be eyeing wearable AR glasses

Google, Facebook will not place ads on sites distributing fake news

IDG Contributor Network: Penetration testing for you little guys

Vodafone softens Brexit stance

Mobile network operator does not expect the UK leaving the EU to have a significant impact on its ability to carry out business as usual

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Amber Rudd orders Lauri Love extradition to US to face hacking charges

Engineering student Lauri Love faces trials in three US states and a possible 99-year jail sentence for allegedly hacking into US government computer systems as part of a political protest, despite concerns over his health

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Google taps into your life to personalize its streaming music

Can you see me now? WhatsApp introduces video calling

Healthcare, retail industries give blockchain a try

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services hopes to put a new technology to use in its ongoing effort to improve the health and well-being of Americans. The technology in question isn't something one might expect to see in the healthcare IT toolkit; rather, it's blockchain, the technology that underpins cryptocurrency and has primarily been associated with bitcoin. HHS sees blockchain as a potential salve for ills that plague the increasingly complex world of digital health records.

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Trump’s coal revival plan won’t work; clean energy tech is already cheaper

At least SOME things about a reorg are predictable

The long decline of online freedom

Malware attack starts with a fake customer-service call

Keeping pace with the evolving millennial consumer in Southeast Asia

Businesses are revamping their technology and omnichannel strategies to keep pace with the millennials

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As AMD mulls GPU for 32-core Zen chip, it develops software tools

37% of IT pros to look for new jobs in 2017

IDG Contributor Network: 3 things GrubHub's CEO should've considered before sending an anti-Trump email

China hints at retaliation against Apple and iPhones if trade war goes hot

GE buys ServiceMax for $915M to boost its IoT power

U.K. approves hacker's extradition to the U.S.

IDG Contributor Network: Kaspersky founder calls out Microsoft for AV shenanigans

Cisco names 10 cities using its cloud-based smart service

Where are the wearables you wear elsewhere?

Cray aims for the 500-petaflop mark with XC50 supercomputer

IDG Contributor Network: How a Trump presidency might affect IoT

IDG Contributor Network: How a Trump presidency might affect IoT

IDG Contributor Network: The risk of data theft -- here, there and everywhere

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Small businesses now get CRM tool with their Office subscription

CIO interview: Marc Touitou, the World Health Organisation

Ebola was a wake-up call. Marc Touitou joined the World Health Organisation as the outbreak started and set about being a catalyst for change

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The top 12 overused IT terms

DoS technique lets a single laptop take down an enterprise firewall

Biggest hack of 2016: 412 million FriendFinder Networks accounts exposed

Insurance brokers hit by second SSP Worldwide cloud outage in less than a week

Insurance software house comes under fire from users again, after they run into problems with its cloud service for the second time in a week

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Cloud firm dumps Dell, DotHill and NetApp for Tintri hybrid flash

Cloud service provider Stratogen struggled with reliable performance in legacy block and file environment, so moved to Tintri hybrid flash with VMware-native file access boxes

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China still has the two most powerful supercomputers in the world

Samsung boosts audio, connected car businesses with $8B Harman buy

The internet of things data explosion and storage and compliance

Vigitrust's Mathieu Gorge reports from Web Summit 2016 on the explosion of data that comes with the internet of things and its implications for data storage and compliance

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First look: The 13-in MacBook Pro's Touch Bar wows

Samsung buys Harman to take on the Apple Car

Best bookmark managers for Google Chrome

Recently, while going through my bookmarks in Chrome to determine which ones I wanted to keep, I accidentally deleted all of them. Rather than panic, I felt an odd sense of . . . relief. I realized that I had collected several hundred bookmarks over the years, and that managing them was difficult.

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Facebook vows again to fight fake news post-election

As Watson matures, IBM plans more AI hardware and software

HyperGrid launches HyperCloud containerised hybrid cloud platform

Hyper-converged appliance maker HyperGrid promises full two-way workload portability between on-premise hardware, private cloud and public cloud services in HyperCloud launch

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Security Think Tank: Lower insurance premiums through security certification

What should organisations consider if they are to prepare for cyber insurance?

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412 million user accounts exposed in FriendFinder Networks hack

Another huge data breach has exposed poor security of user details and continued poor user password practices

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Apple's bezel-free iPhone 8 -- what to expect

412 million FriendFinder Network accounts said to be exposed in hack

That private network on the Wi-Fi band? Won't happen

Zuckerberg says fake news on Facebook didn’t tilt the elections

Trump's election sets stage for H-1B reform

The 20 percent solution

IDG Contributor Network: Disputing Citi’s dispute change

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Gulf Cooperation Council’s local companies eye regional shared services

Enterprises indigenous to the Gulf region are taking their first step into business and IT shared services through internal developments

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Another HNAP flaw in D-Link routers

IDG Contributor Network: Check your Facebook account right now, you might be dead

Security Think Tank: Six key factors in cyber insurance

What should organisations consider if they are to prepare for cyber insurance?

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CIO interview: Eva Listi, Systembolaget

The new CIO of alcohol retailer Systembolaget tells Computer Weekly how she addresses the challenge of running IT at the state-owned company

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Trump election win creates uncertain future for IT services sector

The IT services sector looks set to face a period of business uncertainty following Donald Trump's win to become US president

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National Cyber Security Centre to trial cyber defence initiatives on government

NCSC technical director Ian Levy details some of the initiatives being pursued as part of its Active Cyber Defence Programme

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GDS strategy aims to 'take digital transformation further'

An early draft of the new Government Digital Transformation Strategy, seen by Computer Weekly, aims to tackle the challenge of breaking down civil service IT siloes

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GDS aiming for 25 million users of Gov.uk Verify by 2020

Early draft of new GDS strategy reveals an ambitious target for its identity assurance service

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Early adopters seem to like the new MacBook Pro Touch Bar

Copenhagen fintech hub opens its doors

Copenhagen gets a financial technology startup co-working venue as the city attracts more digital entrepreneurs

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White space spectrum to bring wireless broadband to Isle of Arran

Suppliers Nominet and Broadway Partners collaborate to trial the use of TV white space spectrum to improve broadband coverage on the Isle of Arran in Scotland

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Russian banks hit by IoT-enabled DDoS attacks

DDoS attacks on Russian banks have been linked to IoT botnets, further confirming this worrying trend and highlighting the need for IoT suppliers to improve security capabilties

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10 hardest-to-find tech skills

Women in UK tech earn 9% less than male counterparts

Research from recruitment firm Hired found a 9% gender pay gap in tech in the UK, but could not find a reason why this should be the case

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Cloud datacentres to house 92% of workloads by 2020, predicts Cisco

Networking giant Cisco’s latest Global Cloud Index shines a light on how the growth of off-premise services is affecting the datacentre market

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Tech industry is ‘eating itself’ through automation and lack of skills, says Harvey Nash survey

As IT jobs become increasingly automated, continuous skills development is the only way to prevent the tech industry from “eating itself”, according to a Harvey Nash survey

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24 cyber criminals arrested in Europol operation

Romanian police arrest 24 members of a card skimming and cloning operation and identify 47 other suspects

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You wanna see busy? Then that's what you'll get

Facebook hits 20Gbps in tests for internet drone data transmission

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IDG Contributor Network: Online risks can mean real-world consequences

What's the Mac mean to Apple, the Surface to Microsoft?

A CIO rejects, for now, university’s IT offshoring plan

The best messaging apps with end-to-end encryption

Suspected Russian hackers target U.S. think tanks after election

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GDPR will require 75,000 DPOs worldwide, study shows

The General Data Protection Regulation is likely to help boost the data protection profession, with 75,000 data protection officers needed worldwide for organisations to comply with new EU rules

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Government calls for input on inclusive smart energy policy

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has launched a consultation on the future of the smart energy sector

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IDG Contributor Network: Windows, Office and Flash Player updates for this Patch Tuesday

Windows 10 Redstone: A guide to the builds

Hacker shows how easy it is to take over a city’s public Wi-Fi network

How to use Google Photos as a screensaver on Android TV

Tech groups push policy priorities for the Trump administration

Siemens deploys Syncplicity for global file sharing on private cloud

A roll-out to 350,000 staff was achieved at break-neck speed, thanks to a carefully-prepared deployment process

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