Netxtract: 2016

Saturday, 31 December 2016

7 things Silicon Valley needs to stop doing in 2017

Friday, 30 December 2016

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IDG Contributor Network: Twitter’s biggest problem: They’ve done too little about online abuse

IBM and Credit Mutuel Arkea beat banking legacy with blockchain

French bank explains what working with IBM on blockchain ledger technology means for customer identification

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Why would anyone use Digital Crown on an iPhone?

2016: The tech year in cartoons

And you thought that stuff has no business purpose

Computerworld's top 10 stories this year

Thursday, 29 December 2016

U.S imposes new sanctions on Russia over election hacking

New year's resolution for IoT vendors: Treat LANs as hostile

Changing other people's flight bookings is too easy

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Why soft skills outweigh hard skills for IT-business collaboration

Business critical, redefined

Top 10 desktop, tablet, smartphone and mobile device stories of 2016

2016 was the year Microsoft pushed out a major Windows update, Linux celebrated its 25th anniversary and female personae took over AI

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Wednesday, 28 December 2016

Critical flaw in PHPMailer library puts millions of websites at risk

IDG Contributor Network: Applying artificial intelligence to age prediction

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UKtech50: Laura Meyer, CIO, Harper Collins

In this video from Computer Weekly's 2016 UKtech50 event, Laura Meyer, CIO, Harper Collins shares her five tips for good leadership.

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UKtech50: Madhu Bhabuta, director of operational IT, shared services, Mitie

In this video from Computer Weekly's 2016 UKtech50 event, Madhu Bhabuta, director of operational IT, Mitie shares her five top tips for innovation

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UKtech50: Lee Edwards, CIO, British Library

In this video from Computer Weekly's 2016 UKtech50 event, Lee Edwards, CIO, British Library shares his five top tips for innovation

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UKtech50: Stuart McSkimming, CIO, Shelter

In this video from Computer Weekly's 2016 UKtech50 event, Stuart McSkimming, CIO, Shelter shares his five tips for good leadership.

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UKtech50: Gary Steen, CTO, Talk Talk

In this video from Computer Weekly's 2016 UKtech50 event, Gary Steen, CTO, Talk Talk speaks about Talk Talk's difficult year and shares his five tips for innovation.

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UKtech50: John Harris, global CTO, Aimia

In this video from Computer Weekly's 2016 UKtech50 event, John Harris, global CTO, Aimia shares his five top tips for innovation.

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UKtech50: Giles Pavey, former chief data scientist, Dunnhumby

In this video from Computer Weekly's 2016 UKtech50 event, Giles Pavey, former chief data scientist, Dunnhumby, talks about the importance of big data in firms and shares his five tips for innovation

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UKtech50: Christina Scott, CTO, News UK

In this video from Computer Weekly's 2016 UKtech50 event, Christina Scott, CTO, News UK shares her five tips for good leadership.

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UKtech50: Graeme Hackland, IT director, Williams F1

In this video from Computer Weekly's 2016 UKtech50 event, Graeme Hackland, IT director, Williams F1 shares his five tips for good leadership.

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Lenovo's popular ThinkPads speed up with Intel's Kaby Lake chips

Lenovo's ThinkPad T570 will have Intel's superfast Optane storage

South Korea slaps Qualcomm with $853M fine

Review: MakerBot Replicator+ 3D printer fixes some issues, but quality still lags

IDG Contributor Network: When the Big One hits Seattle, will cloud providers stay on?

10 companies with employee benefits you won't believe

UKtech50: Andrew Turner, CIO, Crossrail

In this video from Computer Weekly's 2016 UKtech50 event, Andrew Turner, CIO, Crossrail talks about the three year project to build Crossrail and shares his five tips for good leadership.

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Remember, always follow all vendor instructions

Tuesday, 27 December 2016

The top 5 Microsoft announcements you likely missed this year

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Priorities

Tips on shooting great video with your drone

With a drone, you can take videos that were never possible before -- at least not if you didn't have the budget for a crane or a helicopter. But having an unmanned aerial vehicle doesn't necessarily mean you'll end up with compelling video. You don't want all your shots to be free and erratic. Viewers are used to seeing certain types of shots, and these help tell a story.

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After a big 2016, next year may be A.I. tipping point

Monday, 26 December 2016

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Mozilla to scrap Firefox support on Windows XP and Vista in 2017

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IDG Contributor Network: Dollar Rentals' epic system failure -- technology should have solved this

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Corporate boards aren't prepared for cyberattacks

Tips for new tech devices

There's a time to brag, and...yeah, this is it

What it takes to be a great project manager

Saturday, 24 December 2016

The Netgear router flaw post mortem -- plenty of blame to go around

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Software is eating the food world

Friday, 23 December 2016

Amazing pictures from CES history

Facing layoff at Carnival, IT employee makes bold counteroffer

Free tools for your cyber-security efforts

There are more free information security tools out there than you can highlight with a fist full of whiteboard pointers. While many are trial ware-based enticements designed to lure decision makers to purchase the pricey premium counterparts of these freebies, many are full-blown utilities. A few important categories include threat intelligence tools, tools to build security in during the development stage, penetration testers, and forensics tools.

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Globalstar gets FCC approval after backing away from Wi-Fi

CIO interview: MoD’s DII replacement will feed Government as a Platform

Mike Stone, who will soon be leaving his position of CIO at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), explains how the MoD’s DII replacement will feed into Government as a Platform

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409920/CIO-Interview-MODs-DII-replacement-will-feed-Government-as-a-Platform

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Apple gives iOS app developers more time to encrypt communications

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7 really last minute gifts for Apple users

5 tips for succeeding with a virtual workforce

With the rise of technology, the availability of instant communication and collaboration tools that bring the virtual world into the boardroom, the face of the modern office is rapidly changing. According Gallup's most recent Work and Education poll, 37 percent of U.S. workers say they have telecommuted. And with GlobalWorkplaceAnalytics.com reporting that at least half of all jobs in the U.S. lend themselves to telecommuting that number is likely to continue to rise. Already, in Fortune 1000 companies, increasingly mobile employees “are not at their desk 50-60 percent of the time,” according to GlobalWorkplaceAnalytics.com.

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A.I. tools came out of the lab in 2016

Newest MacBook Pros fail to earn a Consumer Reports recommendation -- here's why

U.S. collects social media handles from select visitors

How NORAD's Santa tracker got started

9 Alexa tips and tricks

Isn't it nice to be wanted? (OK, maybe not...)

Thursday, 22 December 2016

Uber ships self-driving cars to Arizona after San Francisco spat

Group that hacked the DNC also infiltrated Ukrainian artillery units

IDG Contributor Network: 17 Unix tricks for a happy 2017

IDG Contributor Network: Who wins when California takes on Uber? None of us

Nokia files even more patent lawsuits against Apple

Should Google buy Slack to bridge messaging gap?

IDG Contributor Network: How to transfer everything from your old PS4 to your new PS4 Pro

Auticon: the IT consultancy that employs only autistic IT professionals

IT consultancy Auticon explains why and how it employs only autistic consultants and why diversity is beneficial for businesses

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409910/Auticon-the-IT-consultancy-that-employs-only-autistic-IT-professionals

How to get more from your security budget

Infosec budgets. They are small, they largely come from IT, and CISOs/CSOs often complain they are not nearly big enough.

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Encrypted messaging app Signal uses Google to bypass censorship

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Almost 90% of customers say social media availability affects brand loyalty

Customers expect to be able to contact brands via social media, with nine out of 10 claiming availability of a brand through their preferred social channel has an impact on their retailer loyalty

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409915/Almost-90-of-customers-say-social-media-availability-affects-brand-loyalty

Extra £440m to get superfast broadband to hardest-to-reach places in UK

Government announces extra funding for its superfast broadband roll-out, with 600,000 more premises expected to benefit

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Alibaba’s Taobao back on U.S. blacklist

2016's top trends in enterprise computing: Containers, bots, A.I. and more

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IDG Contributor Network: Job inequality and artificial intelligence in the enterprise

Honda in talks to collaborate with Waymo on self-driving cars

Uber puts breaks on self-driving cars in California

Uber relents and suspends self-driving car tests in San Francisco

Tech luminaries we lost in 2016

At least this call didn't come in at 4 a.m.

Trump threatens electronic rights, EFF warns

Top 10 state surveillance, investigatory powers and activism stories of 2016

This year saw the UK introduce the Snoopers' Charter, legalising some of the most extensive government surveillance powers in the world. Computer Weekly exposed state monitoring of Parliamentary emails, and reported on activist Lauri Love's legal battle to be tried in the UK over alleged hacking in the US

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450404654/Top-10-state-surveillance-investigatory-powers-and-activism-stories-of-2016

Wednesday, 21 December 2016

3D NAND set to dominate SSDs, kill off traditional flash

Nokia and Apple trade accusations in patent lawsuits

Five rock-solid Linux distros for developers

Developers love things their way and no other way. To that end, Linux stands to be the ultimate developer’s desktop environment. Linux is endlessly customizable, and it provides easy access to nearly all the software a developer might need. But a good Linux for developers must have other key attributes—like a comfortable work environment, good documentation, and useful features that a developer can benefit from generally.

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Q&A: Puppet CEO foresees DevOps going mainstream

Are strain, stress at Twitter driving out top execs?

IDG Contributor Network: Magisto: The machine-generated creativity you're looking for?

About Computerworld's Best Places to Work in IT

Nokia accuses Apple of infringing 32 of its patents

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Fraud detection firm outs $1B Russian ad-fraud gang

BrandPost: Assess Your Organization’s DevOps Maturity

VMware removes hard-coded root access key from vSphere Data Protection

IDG Contributor Network: 10 absolute best games of 2016

2017 UK IT budgets show increased CRM and business automation focus

CRM has emerged as the number one UK IT spending priority for 2017, in terms of packaged business applications. Beyond packaged, the top three software initiatives were business process automation, data quality and governance

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409860/2017-UK-IT-budgets-show-increased-CRM-and-business-automation-foci

How Shazam handles its data reserves

Chris Kammermann, senior infrastructure engineer at Shazam, explains how adopting the Splunk platform has helped the firm deal with legacy systems and data analysis

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409644/How-Shazam-handles-its-data-reserves

IDG Contributor Network: Data is your customer

Food for thought: 10 bits of Android analysis worth chewing over this holiday season

IDG Contributor Network: What can data visualization learn from punks?

Hyperscale datacentre growth sees demand for OEM hardware soar, research shows

Synergy Research Group lifts the lid on how the growth of hyperscale datacentre operators is developing around the world, as well as the impact this is having on demand for hardware from legacy IT suppliers

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409641/Global-hyperscale-datacentre-growth-sees-demand-for-OEM-hardware-soar-reveals-Synergy-Research

No more bulk communications data retention, top EU court tells U.K.

Panasonic angrily refutes report about hacking its airplane entertainment systems

What to expect from Apple in 2017

European court delivers blow to Snoopers’ Charter

Parts of the controversial Investigatory Powers Act relating to the bulk collection of communications data have been ruled unlawful by the European Court of Justice

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409635/European-court-delivers-blow-to-Snoopers-Charter

Doddle Parcels delivers for Christmas with NoSQL database

Parcel delivery company Doddle has turned to a NoSQL database to deliver on Christmas and set up more shops more quickly

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409602/Doddle-Parcels-delivers-for-Christmas-with-NoSQL-database

Review: Threat hunting turns the tables on attackers

Advanced Persistent Threats are able to slip past even the most cutting-edge security defenses thanks in large part to a diabolically clever strategy. The threat actors behind successful APTs research the employees, practices and defenses of the organizations they want to attack. They may try to breach the defenses hundreds or thousands of times, then learn from their mistakes, modify their behavior, and finally find a way to get in undetected.

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Don't be evil: Googler sues Google over restrictive confidentiality policies

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Tech companies like Privacy Shield but worry about legal challenges

Google sued by employee for confidentiality policies that 'muzzle' staff

Congressional report sides with Apple on encryption debate

Obama White House’s final tech recommendation: Invest in A.I.

Which part of Murphy's Law did you think they repealed?

The votes are in: Which mobile data provider is best?

Tuesday, 20 December 2016

IT Priorities 2017: Many ANZ CIOs don’t expect IT budget increase

There is still uncertainty over Australian CIO budgets in 2017 and many expect a reduction

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409555/IT-Priorities-2017-Many-ANZ-CIOs-dont-expect-IT-budget-increase

IT Priorities 2017: Quarter of Asean CIOs expect big IT budget increase

More than half of Asean IT leaders expect a budget increase next year, and a quarter of them anticipate a rise of more than 10%

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409557/IT-Priorities-2017-Quarter-of-Asean-CIOs-expect-big-IT-budget-increase

Mark Zuckerberg checks in on his year building A.I. for his home

Cutting the cord: GM tests wireless car chargers for EVs, self-driving cars

Google researchers help test cryptographic flaws

BlackBerry counts on cars to reverse decline in revenue

Midland News Association backs shared services for improved business agility

Midland News Association took home the Best of Show prize at the 2016 Best of VMworld Awards after cutting costs and boosting business agility by overhauling its IT infrastructure

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450404779/Midland-News-Association-backs-shared-services-for-improved-business-agility

IDG Contributor Network: Book review: Facebook for Seniors

IDG Contributor Network: Emails, politics and common sense

Ransomware became one of the top threats to enterprises this year

This Intel board computer can be a powerful Ubuntu 16.04 Linux PC

Cyberattack suspected in Ukraine power outage

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How the experts use Android: 2016's top Android Intelligence profiles

Digital Realty sets sights on loosening Equinix’s grip on global colocation market

Digital Realty's managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa sets out how the business is drawing on its recent datacentre acquisitions to take Equinix on in 2017

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409576/Digital-Realty-sets-sights-on-loosening-Equinixs-global-grip-on-global-colocation-market

IT error means 420,000 Scottish taxpayers not informed of new rates

National Audit Office report reveals how error in HMRC system led to thousands of taxpayers not receiving notification letters for Scottish Rate of Income Tax

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409574/IT-error-means-420000-Scottish-taxpayers-not-informed-of-new-rates

The essential AirPod user guide for iPhones, Macs.. and Android

IDG Contributor Network: Merry Linux to you!

Facebook 'misled' EU regulators over its takeover of WhatsApp

Mark Zuckerberg build A.I.-assistant named Jarvis

Must-have devops tools for Windows admins

Without automation, there would be no devops. How organizations implement automation -- from continuous delivery to automated testing to release pipelines -- differs wildly, but the fundamental divergence in approaches begins at the operating system. When it comes to Windows vs. Linux, devops is a bit different.

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Tech execs' boldest predictions for 2017 and beyond

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Uber admits its self-driving cars have issues with bike lanes

Privacy groups complain to FTC over Google’s 'deceptive' policy change

How it works -- and why it matters

Trump’s tariff threat may speed cloud adoption

Virtual reality is actually here

Monday, 19 December 2016

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Stingray use could be unconstitutional, House report finds

BlackBerry opens self-driving and connected-vehicle R&D center

Samsung upgrades Notebook 9 laptops with Kaby Lake chips

Waymo takes wraps off autonomous minivans

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Imagination plans new MIPS CPU, PowerVR GPU as it looks to bounce back

Mobile banking trojans adopt ransomware features

If you can't trust health-related wearables, can you trust sex robots?

IDG Contributor Network: Adventuring into the unknown with REI and CRM

HMRC slammed over tax probe into Newcastle datacentre campus investors

HM Revenue and Customs said it is committed to clamping down on abuses of the UK tax system, following criticism of its decision to recoup tax relief payments to datacentre investors

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409502/HMRC-slammed-over-tax-probe-into-Newcastle-datacentre-campus-investors

IDG Contributor Network: Final patches for Office, Windows and Adobe Flash for 2016

Intel ships Joule 550x computer, but initial units heavily overpriced

WUMT is a viable Windows Update alternative

WUMT is short for Windows Update MiniTool, a free software tool that handles Windows updates without requiring use of the built-in Update & Security facility in Windows 10. WUMT, which originally appeared on the Wilders Security Forums in October 2015, comes from an anonymous Russian translator who goes by "Mr. X." He maintains the tool on a Spanish language page on Blogspot, where he regularly updates the program, currently numbered 30.09.2016 (which corresponds to its release date at the end of September 2016). You can also download the tool from MajorGeeks.com.

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BMW runs first Innovation Lab for financial services division

Five startups take part in luxury car manufacturer’s first “innovation lab” to develop financial technology solutions

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Consumers prepare for Christmas broadband misery

Holiday pressure on already over-capacity broadband services is likely to leave consumers frustrated this Christmas, according to a survey

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409485/Consumers-prepare-for-Christmas-broadband-misery

Windows cracks under data access demands

The operating system fights for survival as workers demand cross-platform access to corporate data

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What does Tech Nordic Advocates network look like a year on?

Group set up to stimulate collaboration in the Nordic and Baltic IT communities to help them grow is a year old

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450404792/Tech-Nordic-Advocates-network-a-year-on

10 biggest hacks of user data in 2016

You take great pains to come up with a strong password when registering for an account on a website -- only to see your efforts go for naught when that site gets hacked. Several sites had their databases of user accounts not only breached but stolen this year, which include the necessary information for logins (i.e. username, password). The following sites are ranked starting at the fewest number of user accounts with passwords that were taken.

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Appeals against European Union's €13 billion Apple tax ruling take shape

LinkedIn skill-learning unit Lynda.com hit by database breach

Researchers create two-atom-sized radio out of pink diamond

Bright Little Labs launches first book to encourage kids into Stem

Children’s media company Bright Little Labs has released its first book aiming to teach children more about technology and encourage them to take an interest in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem)

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409476/Bright-Little-Labs-launches-first-book-to-encourage-kids-into-Stem

Solar power is becoming the cheapest form of new electricity

Still better than 'that long blue wiggly thing'

IDG Contributor Network: Human-less stores are now possible — and it might be the end of retail

Review of 2016: Top 10 CW Benelux articles

Here are the 10 most popular Benelux-focused Computer Weekly articles of 2016

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Top 10 CIO interviews of 2016

IT leaders from across the UK and Europe shared their plans, strategies and best practice advice with Computer Weekly

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450403681/Top-10-CIO-interviews-of-2016

Sunday, 18 December 2016

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Could blockchain revolutionise the Middle East?

The Middle East could pioneer the use of blockchain, transforming the processes used by organisations in the region

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450404690/Could-blockchain-revolutionise-the-Middle-East

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Saturday, 17 December 2016

Updates and more on the Netgear router vulnerability

Digital nomad survival tips you can use anywhere (Part 2)

Friday, 16 December 2016

California tells a defiant Uber to get self-driving cars off the streets

Microsoft opens MS MARCO dataset for teaching computers to talk

Obama vows to punish Russia over election hacks

Zinc launches tools to get workers on message

First look: IBM's Watson Analytics comes to the iPad

Samsung tricks out Gear S3 smartwatch with a 64-bit chip

GM to be the first to deploy self-driving cars on Michigan roads

Ofcom says 5% of UK properties still lack sufficient broadband access

Ofcom’s Connected Nations report highlights improvements in broadband speed and connectivity across the UK, as well as areas that are still ripe for improvement

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450404801/Ofcom-says-5-of-UK-properties-still-lack-sufficient-broadband-access

Worm on the sensor: What happens when IoT data is bad?

ARM tackles server compatibility issues with Allinea acquisition

Apple's macOS file encryption can be bypassed without latest fixes

Evernote CEO: 'We let our users down' with privacy policy change

Oracle Q2 2016-17 results: cloud growth but overall revenue flat

Oracle’s Q2 results for fiscal year 2017 indicate 70% growth in cloud revenue from $649m in same year ago quarter to $1.1bn, 12% of overall revenue, flat at $9bn

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450404777/Oracle-Q2-2016-17-results-cloud-growth-but-overall-revenue-flat

Case study: German protein supplier Gelita uses MDM to boost global workforce mobility

Collagen protein supplier Gelita picked up the award for best desktop virtualisation or mobility project at the 2016 Best of VMworld Awards. Find out why here

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450404768/Case-study-German-protein-supplier-Gelita-uses-MDM-to-boost-global-workforce-mobility

Life after Yahoo: How iOS users can stay safe online

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IDG Contributor Network: Aiming for resilience

2017 IT Priorities: Benelux IT leaders least confident of budget increase

Benelux-based IT decision makers expect to divert more of their IT budgets to cloud technology and services

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450404771/2017-IT-Priorities-Benelux-IT-leaders-least-confident-of-budget-increase

Amadeus turns to NoSQL to answer complex travel questions

Travel software and services company Amadeus has employed a NoSQL database technology to help travellers find answers to complex travel queries

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BlackBerry hands its brand to TCL, maker of its last smartphones

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It's slow, it's inconsistent -- but that's normal

8 big data predictions for 2017

Market research and advisory firm Ovum estimates the big data market will grow from $1.7 billion in 2016 to $9.4 billion by 2020. As the market grows, enterprise challenges are shifting, skills requirements are changing, and the vendor landscape is morphing. The coming year promises to be a busy one for big data pros. Here are some predictions from industry watchers and technology players.

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Tech Forecast 2017: Facts and figures for the year ahead in IT

Telecoms: Opportunities and challenges in 2017

The telecoms sector is undergoing profound change, particularly in terms of consumer demand and technology, says Angus Finnegan of law firm Taylor Wessing

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Smart machines primed to accelerate across business

Machine intelligence, artificial intelligence and cognitive computing are likely to become key components of business operations, says Gartner

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Evernote backs off from privacy policy changes, says it 'messed up'

Thursday, 15 December 2016

Russian-speaking hacker allegedly stole logins from a U.S. election agency

Feds want cars to talk to each other to avoid crashes

Google age-discrimination trial date is two years away

Citrix is building your workspace of the future

Citrix is a bit like the pachyderm in the proverb about the blind men and the elephant. How customers describe the company depends a lot on which of Citrix’s diverse products they touch. It’s a desktop and app virtualization company. It’s a networking company. A secure file sharing company, a mobility management firm.

Mobility and networking

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Oracle CEO Safra Catz joins Trump's transition team

Facebook turns to crowdsourcing, fact-checkers to fight fake news

IDG Contributor Network: Another consumer fights back against Windows 10 pushiness and wins

Ransomware-fighting coalition adds members and decryption tools

IDG Contributor Network: Technology needs to get out of its own way

Apple just made a compelling case for HomeKit in iOS 10.2

IDG Contributor Network: Instart Logic wants to offer Facebook’s ad-blocker-blocker to everyone

NASA installs VPN to protect Deep Space Network

Cisco confirms closure of Intercloud public cloud platform in 2017

Networking giant says change in cloud strategy indicates how users’ technology needs are evolving

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16 Android tips and tricks you shouldn't miss from 2016

FCC Chairman Wheeler to step down in January

Industry backs call for government action on 5G

The mobile industry has rallied around this week’s National Infrastructure Commission report on 5G and telecoms

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BMW Group uses IBM Watson to explore personalised driver systems

BMW and IBM are putting research teams together to investigate the use of IBM Watson to personalise the driver experience

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Nokia to buy network analytics vendor Deepfield to fight DDoS attacks

Privacy protections for wearable devices are weak, study says

5 things you should do following the Yahoo breach

Despite risk, 1,000 in tech pledge not to help Trump's data efforts

Typo allowed Russian hackers to access US Democratic Party emails

Typographical mistake in an email warning of a phishing attack on the US Democrats led to thousands of private emails being accessed and published by Russian-backed hackers

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Yahoo hacked: One billion users affected by August 2013 data breach, company confirms

Yahoo confirms details of a historic data breach, dating back to 2013, affecting one billion users

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The top 10 PC technologies and trends to watch in 2017

Imagination GPU tech next year could power Apple iPhone 8 graphics

New record! Yahoo hacked -- 1 billion user accounts compromised

Win-win: Open-source .Net pays off for devs

California mandates energy-efficiency standards for computers

California says Uber autonomous car test needs a permit first

Web-friendly Smalltalk gets some JavaScript upgrades

14 eyebrow-raising things Google knows about you

Yahoo breach means hackers had 3 years to abuse user accounts

So THAT'S who reads the furshlugginer manual!

Wednesday, 14 December 2016

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Trump, tech leaders avoid encryption and surveillance talk at summit

Here's what Congress should ask about the election hacks

Jury rejects Cisco damages claim against Arista

Yahoo reports massive data breach involving 1 billion accounts

BrandPost: Bringing Dev and Ops together

Microsoft sets Windows 10 PC requirements for tethered VR headsets

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Bye, privacy: Evernote will let its employees read your notes

Apple answers MacBook Pro battery gripes -- by yanking time-remaining estimate

Trump to tech CEOs: We're there for you

Evernote changes its privacy policy -- and once again alarms its users

IBM's plans to hire 25,000 U.S. workers aren't new

5 recovery environments for tricky Windows 10 repairs

If you work with Windows systems, especially on the client side, you’ll occasionally need to bring an inoperable system back to life. The causes of this lamentable system state are as varied as the symptoms, which can range from an inability to boot Windows to a non-functional keyboard or display (hard to do anything in Windows without input or output). Despite all the many potential causes and symptoms, the situation remains the same: For whatever reason, a Windows system won’t start up and run as it should.

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Ashley Madison to pay $1.6M settlement related to data breach

IDG Contributor Network: Are 4K optical discs really better than 4K streaming video?

IDG Contributor Network: Are carriers going 'soft'?

Docker releases Containerd, for running containers, as open source

IDG Contributor Network: With a McDonald’s case study in tow, Inkling scoops up cash

Malvertising campaign targets routers and every device connected to router

Adobe fixes critical flaw in Flash Player

Review: 7 Android apps that track your expenses

Microsoft to offer cloud users private network connections to UK datacentres

Software giant Microsoft expands on UK datacentre launch to give users private network access to its facilities

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Swedish Cider company upgrades to cloud ERP to keep up with growth

Apple-based product manufacturer moves to an industry-specific ERP system in the cloud

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Knowing the manager you really are

iPads are the 'new stethoscope' and every doctor needs one...

Review: Acer Chromebook R 13 -- a Chromebook with class

IT services advisory sector consolidates as ISG acquires Alsbridge

Significant robotic process automation skills included in ISG’s acquisition of Alsbridge

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Swedish trading venue Nasdaq Stockholm fined for cyber security failures

The Swedish financial services regulator FI fines Nasdaq Stockholm and its clearing operation for not managing its security supplier adequately

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Don't like Russian cyberspies? Tips to stop state-sponsored hackers

Amazon Prime Video expands to over 200 countries

John McAfee asks court to block Intel’s security spinoff

Tech Forecast 2017: 5 key technologies to double down on now

AWS opens UK datacentre region to meet "pent-up" demand for locally-hosted cloud

The UK managing director of AWS claims region opening will help existing customers meet their latency and data sovereignty requirements, and benefit the wider economy

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But at least he enforced programming standards!

10 tech toys to help kids learn as they play

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Tuesday, 13 December 2016

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Before Trump meeting, IBM CEO pledges 25,000 U.S. hires

Google publishes national security letters

Rick Perry, climate change skeptic, soon to oversee U.S. supercomputing

Cortana gets IoT integration, support for third-party skills

Google's taking Brillo into smart homes with Android Things

Why Microsoft added 6 years to Windows Server support

Google's driverless car project goes from research to business

7 ways to tighten enterprise social media security

Windows 10 Redstone: A guide to the builds

Microsoft's new service turns FAQs into bots

5 core topics Trump needs to address in Silicon Valley leaders meeting

IDG Contributor Network: How to stop Apple’s Activation Lock from ruining the holidays

IDG Contributor Network: Cleaning up your files

GP tests out connected stethoscope, cleared for NHS use

A digitally connected stethoscope from a Silicon Valley startup is now available in the UK and promises to change patient-doctor interaction

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IDG Contributor Network: And there she goes, HPE jettisons both OpenStack and Cloud Foundry initiatives

Apple launches late AirPods into immediate ship slip

Facebook helps companies detect rogue SSL certificates for domains

Metro Bank moves IT infrastructure to cloud

Metro Bank moves its IT infrastructure to a private Rackspace cloud platform, which will allow it to keep up with the latest technologies and reduce costs

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Is there a Dutch digital delusion?

To stand still is to decline. The Netherlands seems to be losing ground in the digital world, according to new reports

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How I Use Android: Android Wear and independent Google designer Virginia Poltrack

Skype, WhatsApp face increased privacy regulation in Europe

Netgear starts patching routers affected by a critical flaw

Dear engineers: Please build friendly robots

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Google, like Apple, will build a Car OS, not a car

AirMap, DigiCert to issue digital certificates for drones

IDG Contributor Network: Microsoft and Qualcomm bring x86 apps to ARM-based devices

Saudi Arabia enterprise IT trends for 2017

Computer Weekly look at the technologies that will dominate enterprise IT in Saudi Arabia next year

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Synaptics' new fingerprint sensor will mean smoother phone screens

Alphabet's self-driving car may keep the steering wheel after all

Google tables fully self-driving car project -- here's why

Dozens arrested in international DDoS-for-hire crackdown

NVMe over fabrics vs Fibre Channel, Ethernet, Infiniband

NVMe over fabrics takes the built-for-flash advantages of the PCIe-based protocol, and allows NVMe to be sent via Fibre Channel, Ethernet and Infiniband networks

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Tech industry big guns unite to create crash-free IT services and systems

Some of the tech industry's biggest names have come together to create the Zero Outage Industry Standards Association to help improve the uptime of IT systems and services

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KFC hacked: Customers urged to reset loyalty scheme passwords

Fast food giant has emailed all 1.2 million members of its loyalty scheme, urging them to change their passwords after its recent data breach

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Trump's margin up after Wisconsin recount over voting machine security

Sorry, no firsties here

Review: Microsoft Teams tries to do Slack one better

While it's become the standard productivity suite for many businesses, Microsoft Office has lacked a tool specifically built for group communication and collaboration.

Office integration

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European cloud adoption grows thanks to Microsoft Office 365 push

Google broke the mould with a cloud-based office productivity suite, but it now appears to be losing ground to Microsoft

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Monday, 12 December 2016

4 tips for job searching this holiday season

Qualcomm awakens and hopes to crush Intel at its own game

U.S. response to election hacks gets bogged down in politics

2016's top 10 tech stories: Post-PC, post-reality

Citrix: How the great survivor challenges the tech giants

In spite of Microsoft and VMware encroaching on its core product areas, Citrix is a company which seems to have “staying power”

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Sony's PlayStation VR bests HTC Vive in headset shipments

Disney IT workers, in lawsuit, claim discrimination against Americans

Microsoft brands new MacBook Pro 'disappointment,' touts boost in trade-ins for Surface

BrandPost: Audio Conferencing Finally Catches the Digital Transformation Wave

iPhone screen maker said to buy major OLED venture

Leaders as communicators

Get started with Azure Machine Learning

Machine learning is fast becoming the go-to predictive paradigm for data scientists and developers alike. Of the many tools available for tapping neural networks, Microsoft’s Azure ML Studio offers a quick learning curve that won’t take deep data or coding chops to get up and running.

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IDG Contributor Network: 10 most innovative games of 2016

Microsoft Ventures launches A.I.-focused fund

Gates, Bezos join others to launch clean energy tech VC fund

How iOS 10 Bedtime works

An unpatched vulnerability exposes Netgear routers to hacking

Ransomware may turn victims into attackers, infect 2 others and decryption is free

Now you can try Microsoft's supersized Surface Hub before buying

KPMG cautions CEOs against ignoring GDPR requirements because of Brexit

Professional services giant KPMG says UK businesses cannot afford to ignore incoming European data protection requirements if they want to continue to trade successfully with the continent in future

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Navigate to unified workspace success

To remove barriers to workforce mobility, CIOs need to deliver the right apps and information to the right user, on the right devices

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IBM MaaS360 delivers powerful, easy-to-use mobility management

Fiberlink MaaS360 won our Clear Choice test of mobile device management tools in 2011. IBM bought Fiberlink in 2013, so we wanted to see how the product has evolved over the years.

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5 enterprise-related things you can do with blockchain technology today

Trump, tech executives may try to untangle relationship

Nvidia debuts self-driving cars on California roads

Singapore’s ‘city brain’ project is groundbreaking -- but what about privacy?

Disaster recovery testing: technology systems to test DR

In this concluding part of a two-part series, Computer Weekly looks at ways of testing disaster recovery plans, with methods including array-based replication and hypervisor-based approaches

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Shiny new system, same old users

IDG Contributor Network: Amazon Go has tremendous potential — once it fixes a few things

Sunday, 11 December 2016

IT Priorities 2017: More than half of Middle East organisations will reduce spending on IT staff

Organisations in the Middle East face the challenge of gaining new IT skills despite IT staff budget cuts

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Saturday, 10 December 2016

Easily exploited Netgear router flaw discovered

Does Google listen in on your life?

10 top holiday phishing scams

Friday, 9 December 2016

Your own motion could one day power your cell phone

Michigan to allow cars without drivers or steering wheels on its roads

AirPods miss is not Apple's first holiday sales flub

Could politics pull Zuckerberg away from Facebook?

Intel, Microsoft going long distance with Cortana on Windows 10 PCs

Follow-up: MS-DOS lives on after all

Obama orders review of election hacks as Trump doubts Russia's role

IDG Contributor Network: Forget Nevada and California -- this state is more serious about autonomous cars

Ransomware attacks against businesses jumped 3X in 2016

Government Transformation Strategy to 'fundamentally' change the way departments operate

A background document seen by Computer Weekly outlines details of the forthcoming Government Transformation Strategy

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IT Priorities 2017: Nordic organisations to spend more on cloud services

The adoption of cloud computing in its many guises will be a top priority in the Nordic region in 2017

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Attackers use hacked home routers to hit 5 Russian banks

From Symbian to finance apps – Nokia expertise harnessed by banks

Banks in the Nordic region are taking advantage of the Nokia legacy left in Finland

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Merchant sites open door to Visa fraud

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IDG Contributor Network: Getting smarter and faster with vi

15 things you never knew about Apple’s ‘Get a Mac’ campaign

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Blackberry changes tack to secure enterprise internet of things

After dropping devices to concentrate on mobile device management, Blackberry is poised to take on IoT security under John Chen’s leadership

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IT Priorities 2017: Buyers look for network privacy, visibility tools

The 2017 Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities survey shows growing interest in network privacy, security and management, but SDN and NFV are still lagging

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IDG Contributor Network: 5 digital business predictions for 2017

U.S. mulls rules for airlines that plan in-flight Wi-Fi voice calls

Graphene and Silly Putty mix to create powerful sensors

Georgia says it's traced an attempted voter hack to DHS

AMD packs more horsepower into GPUs with new Radeon ReLive software

It's still the #1 most-demanded skill in IT

32 tips and tricks for Google Photos

Thursday, 8 December 2016

For a price, Microsoft will extend support for Windows Server, SQL Server 6 more years

BlackBerry unveils BlackBerry Secure for enterprise IoT mobile security

Cortana for iOS, Android now features quick access to common actions

Russian cyberspies likely behind DNC breach move on to German election

IEEE-USA wants Trump to end H-1B lottery

New Audis can now talk to traffic lights

IDG Contributor Network: Mobility's rise pulls value of HTML5, project management and CRM skills right along with it

IDG Contributor Network: Microsoft outlines IT tools in Windows 10 Creators Update

IDG Contributor Network: Mobility's rise pulls value of HTML5, project management and CRM skills right along with it

The father of Google Apps and Chrome OS has a new vision -- and it revolves around Android

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Cyberspies stole secrets from industrial giant ThyssenKrupp

PowerShell security threats greater than ever, researchers warn

Administrators should upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft PowerShell and enable extended logging and monitoring capabilities in the light of a surge in related security threats, warn researchers

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Cognizant acquires IT team at German steel giant Klöckner

Cognizant buys the IT operation of one of its customers to gain additional sector and technology knowledge

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IDG Contributor Network: 20 fastest growing tech skills -- no certification required

OpenVPN will be audited for security flaws

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AMD strengthens gaming and VR on Linux with graphics improvements

How Apple will make you really, really want an Apple TV

Moore's Law lives on with speedy 7nm mobile chips coming in 2018

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Security Think Tank: Simplify infosec messages: If not X, then Y and Z

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

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Networking tech is key to unlocking business productivity

An LSE report produced for Vodafone identifies three key levers that could unlock business productivity in the UK

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Samsung's bezel-free Galaxy S8: Rumor roundup and release date

U.S. and U.K. spy agencies have intercepted in-flight phone calls for years

4 top disaster recovery packages compared

Whether the disaster is a flood, a power outage or human error, IT departments have the critical role of getting business systems working again. And that requires reliable disaster-recovery software.

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Samsung still struggles with recovery of Note7 phones from users

Microsoft wants to enable cellular PCs, but will carriers bite?

Bluetooth 5 is out: Now will home IoT take off?

More than 2,000 TalkTalk routers hijacked by Mirai botnet variant

Security researchers are urging ISPs to issue emergency patches for Marai botnet infections after 2,374 TalkTalk routers were linked in a regional botnet

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As usual, everything we know is wrong

Mingis on Tech: Hot tech skills for 2017

Fighting ransomware: A fresh look at Windows Server approaches

Ransomware is evil, and it continues to prey upon thousands of businesses every year. Most infections are fairly quiet affairs: A small business gets infected, almost always by some employee opening an email attachment he or she mistakes as legitimate but that really contains the payload of a virus. Then several undetected hours later, all of the business' files -- at least those the employee had access to, which in a lot of businesses without good security and permissions policies is all of the files -- are encrypted, and demands for payment of a ransom in Bitcoin are made in exchange for the decryption key.

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Wednesday, 7 December 2016

The United Arab Emirates enterprise IT trends for 2017

The UAE is already a leader in areas such as smart city developments, and 2017 looks set to see organisations in the country increase its adoption of other transformational IT

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IT Priorities 2017: Quarter of Apac CIOs expect IT budget to rise by more than 10%

More than half of Apac-based IT decision-makers expect budgets to rise next year and cloud-related projects look the likely destination of the extra money

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With ARM server market fading, Qualcomm's new chip may be too late

Democrats push for probe of Russia's role in alleged election hacks

UKtech50 2016 - The most influential people in UK IT

Computer Weekly has announced the seventh annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK IT sector

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HP Inc: The difference a year makes

HP Inc is trying to invent its way to a new business. We speak to UK managing director George Brasher about its innovation mojo

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UKtech50: The most influential person in UK IT for 2016, Simon Segars, CEO, ARM

Computer Weekly has announced the seventh annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers driving the role of technology in the UK economy

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Smartwatch user dropout rate is still 29%, Gartner says

NASA forges ahead with robotic space mechanic

iPhone sudden shutdown problem expands as Apple reacts to Chinese watchdog

Nearly half of residential distributed solar power is owned by private companies

Microsoft pushes R, SQL Server integration

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Google and Slack deepen partnership in the face of Microsoft Teams

Few iOS apps in enterprises meet Apple’s new security mandate

Most iOS apps in the enterprise pose potential security risks, according to research by Appthority

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IT Priorities 2017: What will IT decision-makers be focusing on?

Each year, TechTarget looks at how CIOs and senior IT decision-makers will be investing in IT in the 12 months ahead

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8 free virtual appliances you’ll love

Despite the fact there’s no such thing as a free lunch, you can download the eight virtual appliances discussed in this article for free. That doesn’t mean you can use any of these in a high-end production environment, but it doesn’t mean you can’t, either. Some even have paid and supported versions should you choose to go that route.

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Fitbit scoops up rival fitness tracker maker Pebble

How the tech industry helped elect Donald Trump

Latest Android security update fixes Dirty COW, GPS vulnerabilities

Arago teaches an AI to play games, the better to manage IT systems

Millions of routers allegedly backdoored with malware that can’t be removed

SoftBank gives more details on $50B U.S. investment

'Boring' iPhone 7 builds 'strongest growth' for two years

IDG Contributor Network: Daatrics answers the call from over-anxious new parents

Tape backup: Often old and confused, but quite cheap

Survey results show those with tape are likely to have old tapes, multiple formats, including defunct ones, and no way of knowing what is on them. But tape is still quite cheap for most

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Security Think Tank: Communication is key to cyber security in digital era

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

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40 firms to trial IBM Watson cognitive computing for cyber security

Forty companies sign up to apply IBM’s Watson cognitive computing systems to cyber security, but threat intelligence experts caution against total reliance on such systems

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Samsung wins Supreme Court case in patent battle with Apple

Samsung has won the right to a review of the $548m it paid Apple for infringing iPhone patents

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Malicious online ads expose millions to possible hack

Top 10 most popular companies for job seekers

Supreme Court leaves gap in Samsung-Apple patent ruling

Google Wifi review roundup

10 hottest tech skills for 2017

IT Priorities 2017: Hybrid cloud set to dominate datacentre infrastructure buying decisions

The 2017 Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities poll suggests the next 12 months will see enterprise IT buyers move to increase the hybrid-readiness of their datacentre facilities

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It's insanely complex. How could MY code be wrong?

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Blow for Australian banks in Apple dispute

Australia's big banks might not be granted leave to collectively bargain with and boycott Apple over its Apple Pay service

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Internet of things gains momentum in Southeast Asia

IoT has been much hyped in Southeast Asia, and organisations in the region are testing the technology's potential

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CW Video: The digital opportunity for CIOs

Mark Lillie , global CIO programme leader at Deloitte, discusses how CIOs can take a leadership role in digital business transformation

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EU approves LinkedIn deal after Microsoft makes concessions

Interactive GIS map helps victims of Gatlinburg wildfires

China leads the world in solar power installations

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Trump’s plan for protecting IT jobs raises hopes, fears

Zuckerberg shows off upcoming Facebook features

Google will use 100% renewable energy in 2017

Common security mistakes in collaboration tools

Dailymotion breach prompts calls for password alternatives

The latest breach of millions of user details prompts fresh calls for better security of user data and an alternative to passwords

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