Tuesday 31 January 2017

How to make PC security alerts better? Make them twirl, jiggle

Daimler to supply Uber with self-driving cars

Meet the $114,725 Ubuntu server with eight Nvidia Tesla P100 GPUs

Apple missed deadline to pay $14.5 billion in Irish back taxes

BrandPost: The business case for continuous delivery

Trump stresses cybersecurity but postpones executive order

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Tech companies come out swinging against immigration ban

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Fitbit to lay off 6% of its work force, cut expenses after soft holiday sales

IDG Contributor Network: 5 gadgets for the best Super Bowl party ever

If you want privacy you need to run Linux

IDG Contributor Network: The Adoptly app to ‘swipe right’ on a baby adoption was all a fake

Apple's diversity commitment faces test at shareholder meeting

Financial analysts forecast flat Mac sales

IoT network firms sign up partners for small devices

Slack finally launches its enterprise edition

Easy-to-exploit authentication bypass flaw puts Netgear routers at risk

The unlikely company behind Android's most improved app

Trump to sign cybersecurity order calling for government-wide review

Data breach costs exceed 20% of revenue

The cost of data breaches topped 20% of revenue in the past year as cyber attacks became more sophisticated and defenders struggled to keep pace, the latest Cisco security report shows

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Gigaclear wins Northamptonshire BDUK contract

Rural fibre broadband supplier Gigaclear has been awarded a Stage Three BDUK contract covering remote parts of Northamptonshire

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HMRC aims to ease transition to digital tax returns for UK businesses

HM Revenue & Customs sticks to 2018 deadline despite warnings from MPs, but three-year transition will cost firms £1bn before savings kick in

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How AI is disrupting the role of call centres and call centre staff

Artificial intelligence could eliminate many white-collar jobs in coming decades. Its effects are already being felt in the call centre industry, but there is still no substitute for the human touch

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Open source cloud community condemns President Trump immigration ban

Tech leaders from several major open source cloud initiatives condemn President Donald Trump's travel ban, and claim it could harm diversity and hinder the tech industry's wider innovation potential

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More than a million Netgear routers feared vulnerable to hijack

At least 10,000 and possibly more than a million Netgear routers are vulnerable to hijack by attackers, warn security researchers

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New leaders in insurance industry drive digital innovation

Insurance companies are investing in digital innovation, with a new breed of leaders formalising enterprise strategies

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Retail tech training – an opportunity to drive employee retention?

A job in retail is often the first employment many people will have, so could technology training increase the retention of store staff?

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iPads ‘more secure than voting systems’ - claim

SonicWall CEO talks of life after Dell spinout

SonicWall has been through it all. The San Jose, CA-based security company began as a hot start up, went public, then private, was acquired by Dell and then spun off to a private equity firm as part of the massive Dell/EMC merger in 2016. In the wake of that change, SonicWall also got a new CEO, Bill Conner, a long-time security and tech industry leader, who took the helm in November.

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Read CW’s January / February digital magazine!

Download the latest edition of the Computerworld Digital Magazine!

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IT Resume Makeover: Gaining a new perspective

The last word you want to use to describe your resume is "generic," but that's exactly how Shepherd Book, whose name has been changed for this article, felt about his own resume. "It looked like a shopping list -- even though it included my latest list of duties, it really highlighted nothing," he says.

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Nokia: IoT's payoff is in the big picture

Amazon, Expedia tell U.S. court Trump immigration order affects business

Twitter will roll out new features to counter abuse

Trump unlikely to reduce IT from India

The fact that Donald Trump's labour secretary has previously offshored IT work to the Philippines could ease IT services fears, particularly in India

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411943/Donald-Trumps-labor-secretary-is-an-IT-outsourcer

SAP aims to clarify S/4 Hana, cloud apps roadmaps for customers

The SAP board has launched an initiative to publish and clarify roadmaps, especially in respect of S/4 Hana and its cloud applications, and one product of which is a new technology choice tool

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Just because it fails doesn't mean it's a failure

4 mini projectors: A show wherever you go

If you're on the road and want to give a presentation to your clients, you're not going to impress them if they have to squint over your shoulder at a laptop screen. But with the latest generation of mini projectors, most small enough to sit in the palm of your hand, you can carry the equivalent of a big-screen display around with you.

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MindFlix lets you control Netflix with your thoughts

NHS trusts vulnerable to cyber attack due to irregular app testing

Many NHS trusts are failing to scan internal apps for security-related defects or scan web perimeter apps regularly, potentially exposing patient data to cyber breaches

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Monday 30 January 2017

Australian organisations forced to take cyber insurance seriously

The take-up of cyber security insurance in Australia remains low, but it could increase if data breach notification regulations come into force

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Uber, Amazon and Tesla ramped up their U.S. lobbying in 2016

Only 49% of marketers are pushed to reinvent customer service due to technology

Technology is causing disruption in most markets, but only 49% of marketers believe they are pressured to develop their customer service as a result of disruptive technology

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'Made in China' chip on the way as country boosts home-grown tech

Facebook looks to revamp password recovery by supplanting email

Privacy worries are on the rise, new poll of U.S. consumers shows

Ahead of Apple earnings, analysts focus on next iPhone

Study: 62% of security pros don’t know where their sensitive data is

Ask organizations today about the value of data and you’re likely to hear it measured in terms of competitive advantage, customer experience and revenue generation. As Dante Disparte and Daniel Wagner put it in a December 2016 HBR article, data is “becoming a centerpiece of corporate value creation.”

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Police lost 8 years of evidence in ransomware attack

Privacy Shield threat overshadowed by US immigration row

EU citizens’ rights under the Privacy Shield Act are not directly affected by President Trump's executive order on public safety, according to international law firm Hogan Lovells

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Dropbox highlights productivity enhancements in new services

Google strengthens Android relationship with Intel in IoT

10 new UI features coming to Windows 10

The next major upgrade for Windows 10, dubbed the Creators Update, will be released in April. It will add new programs for creating content (like new music composing and painting apps), but there will be many additions addressing the ways you interact with the core OS itself. Here are the most noteworthy, based on what’s we’ve seen in the Insider Preview builds.

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IDG Contributor Network: New York Times tech editor is Google bound

How to set SMART career goals

IDG Contributor Network: Book review: Invent You Own Computer Games with Python

Ransomware disrupts Washington DC's CCTV system

Report blames human and legacy system failure for Yorkshire hospital problems

Old technology and human error combined to cause major IT outage at Yorkshire NHS trust, review finds

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Many firms in the dark on cyber security investment

UK businesses need to adopt a risk-based approach to cyber security spending to ensure the best ROI and most appropriate data protection, says industry expert Michael Dieroff.

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411926/Many-firms-in-the-dark-on-cyber-security-investment

German consumer groups sue WhatsApp over privacy policy changes

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How to use Guided Access to secure your iPad or iPhone

IDG Contributor Network: Who owns the data from the IoT?

Bellway Homes signs Hyperoptic for Welwyn Garden City development

Developer Bellway Homes chooses FTTP broadband supplier Hyperoptic to supply ultrafast services to new homes in Welwyn Garden City

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Hybrid cloud strategy offers best of both worlds

More and more businesses are adopting a hybrid cloud strategy for their datacentre needs. Computer Weekly looks at what’s on offer

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Want a phone you can wash with soap? Now you can have one

Consumers do not trust companies with personal data, survey shows

UK firms still have much work to do in preparing for GDPR compliance, minimising the risk of identity theft and regaining trust, according to law firm Winckworth Sherwood

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Alt Twitter government accounts spring up to challenge Trump

About 150 Delta flights in the U.S. canceled after systems outage

Priorities

Review: 3 services for managing all your cloud storage accounts

IDG Contributor Network: Could web rental efficiency gut DIY chains?

Sunday 29 January 2017

Friday 27 January 2017

Union to fight CSC job cuts that threaten NHS services

Union to fight a planned 22% cut to CSC's UK workforce, which could impact customers including the NHS

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LeakedSource's shutdown deals a blow to amateur hackers

Intel pursues Moore's Law with plan to make 7-nm chips this year

Ford device lets older cars connect to smartphones, become Wi-Fi hotspots

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Trump’s unsecure Android phone highlights common security dilemma

Five arrested for hacking into ATMs and stealing $3.2 million

Microsoft gets unexpected bump in Windows revenue

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Fragmentation nixed a Cisco-Android network partnership

Trump, May agree to take on ISIS in cyberspace

Toshiba sells off a stake in its memory business to WD

Apple collaborates with rivals to advance A.I. research

GDPR highlighted on Data Protection Day

Businesses dealing with EU citizens' data urged to ensure they are on track to comply with the GDPR in less than 16 months, as the world marks Data Protection Day 2017

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411814/GDPR-highlighted-on-Data-Protection-Day

NHS Digital picks peering exchange provider for HSCN

The development of the new Health and Social Care Network is moving ahead as NHS Digital signs Redcentric to provide peering exchange services

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Cisco starts patching critical flaw in WebEx browser extension

Trump’s executive order won’t destroy Privacy Shield, says EU

IDG Contributor Network: 3 ways businesses are saving time with A.I.

Post Office facing group litigation over Horizon computer system after watershed decision

The group action against the Post Office that alleges sub-postmasters have been wrongly punished for accounting errors gets a green light from the High Court of Justice

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411786/Game-on-for-group-litigation-against-Post-Office-after-watershed-decision

Microsoft to teach more than 560,000 people digital skills

Technology giant Microsoft announces a programme designed to boost digital skills and tech job prospects across the UK

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Bett 2017: Knowing what edtech to invest in a challenge for schools

Minster Rob Halfon has urged those building use cases for tech in schools should help others choose the right technology for use in the classroom

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411790/BETT-2017-Knowing-what-edtech-to-invest-in-a-challenge-for-schools

BT profits plunge after Italian accounting scandal

BT’s pre-tax profit drops 37% as the telecoms giant comes to terms with the extent of massive corruption at its Italian business

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411779/BT-profits-plunge-after-Italian-accounting-scandal

Cloud gives financial boost to Alphabet, Microsoft and Intel

Cloud computing is making significant contributions to driving the revenues for companies in the technology sector, according to quarterly results posted by Alphabet, Microsoft and Intel

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A.I.-based typing biometrics might be authentication's next big thing

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Apple’s Siri chief joins Partnership on A.I. board

Intel ships first Optane memory modules for testing

Trump administration is giving us a good lesson on Twitter security

Explore tab makes discovering new things on Twitter easy

Growing UK's tech skills base will make or break prime minister's industrial strategy, panel claims

Speakers at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology's industrial strategy debate demand greater clarity on how the government intends to tackle the UK tech and science sector's skills, diversity and regional inequalities

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Trump eyes an H-1B visa aimed at ‘best and brightest’

Right answer, wrong question

#techmums uses corporate partnerships to reach a million mums by 2020

Not-for-profit #techmums hopes to give technology skills to one million mothers by 2020 through partnerships with corporate firms

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411723/techmums-uses-corporate-partnerships-to-reach-a-million-mums-by-2020

Thursday 26 January 2017

Mixed feelings on Australian enterprise app market

The enterprise mobile app development market is attracting big money despite a lack of corporate appetite

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411704/Mixed-feeling-on-Australian-enterprise-app-market

Cloud growth boosts Microsoft's financials

Alphabet Q4 earnings surge on mobile, YouTube

MoD accelerator launches Enduring Challenge tech contest

Enduring Challenge seeks to bring innovative technology to the front line for the UK’s armed forces and security services

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411724/MoD-accelerator-launches-Enduring-Challenge-tech-contest

IDG Contributor Network: Why the lack of physical buttons on the Samsung Galaxy S8 could be an issue

The world's largest battery storage substation is now live

Nasuni CEO: ‘We’re going to liberate you from the bottleneck around your files’

When it comes to file systems, scale is the enemy, according to Andres Rodriguez, CEO of Nasuni. And the best weapon in the battle for scale is the cloud. Nasuni claims to have developed the first cloud-native file system, delivering not only virtually unlimited scale in the cloud but rapid access to files from locations around the world.

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Google wants to add A.I. to Raspberry Pi gadgets

N.Y. okays largest U.S. offshore wind farm off Long Island

Gmail will block JavaScript attachments, a common source of malware

IDG Contributor Network: Microsoft's big data-like study on sleep proves what doctors already know

IDG Contributor Network: 14 ways to keep your data safe on Data Privacy Day

Seagate's roadmap includes 14TB, 16TB hard drives within 18 months

Self-protection is key to Linux kernel security

Linux has quietly taken over the world. The operating system now powers the large datacenters that make all our cloud applications and services possible, along with billions of Android devices and internet-connected gadgets that comprise the internet of things (IoT). Even the systems that handle the day-to-day operations on the International Space Station run Linux.

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Face-off: Oracle vs. CA for identity management

Employees come and go, or switch departments, so IT managers seek an automated way to give (or deny) them access privileges to corporate systems. Two of the top software products for identity and access management (IAM) are Oracle Identity Manager and CA Identity Manager, according to IT Central Station, an online community where IT professionals review enterprise products.

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Apple will post iPhone sales gains next week, ending a 9-month slump

5 top IoT security nightmares

The IoT security market will reach a valuation of $36.95 billion by 2021, says data from a Marketsandmarkets.com analyst report. Where the cyber security mayhem grows, so flows the security market money.

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Report: Trump still uses his unsecured Android phone to tweet

Trump still uses his unsecured Android phone to tweet

8 useful Google apps you probably aren't using

Facebook ups security with Fido U2F two-factor authentication

Social media giant is enabling users to increase the security of their logins with Fido U2F USB security keys

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Human-centric technologies will dominate next three years

Accenture says businesses will develop technology and services to match human behaviour in the next few years

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Apple thinks different about AI, will cooperate with others

10 questions to ask IDaaS vendors before you buy

Identity as a service (IDaaS), also known as identity and access management as a service, uses a cloud infrastructure for securely managing user identities and access enforcement. At its most basic level, IDaaS enables single sign-on (SSO) for systems in the cloud or on-premises, but it goes well beyond that to include access provisioning and deprovisioning, governance and analytics.

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Password-free security uses voice, user behavior to verify identity

IBM brings Google's AI tools to its Power hardware

Facebook appoints Xiaomi exec Hugo Barra to head VR business

Is Elon Musk actually going to build a tunnel under L.A.?

Virtual Instruments to add cloud storage monitoring by end of 2017

Storage performance and monitoring provider Virtual Instruments leverages Xangati functionality to add cloud storage monitoring to existing SAN and NAS capabilities in Virtual Wisdom

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411692/Virtual-Instruments-to-add-cloud-storage-monitoring-by-end-of-2017

Microsoft’s cloud privacy battle may go to US Supreme Court

The US Department of Justice is considering going to the Supreme Court after an appeals court refused to revisit its July 2016 landmark ruling blocking government access to Microsoft servers in Ireland

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411690/Microsofts-cloud-privacy-battle-may-go-to-US-Supreme-Court

It's not whether it's fixed, it's WHAT got fixed

Review: Huawei plays "The Price Is Right" with Mate 9, Honor 6X (with video)

Wednesday 25 January 2017

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Qualcomm CEO slams Apple for lawsuits 'without merit'

Spyware on a Chromebook

Pipenv project promises packaging panacea for Python

Apple to build 200MW solar farm to power data center

Controversial Park Service tweets arose from old Twitter passwords

Apple takes patent fight with Qualcomm to China

BrandPost: The industry’s largest survey of IT practitioners and managers

IDG Contributor Network: GoDaddy introduces super easy website builder. Because, for GoDaddy, hosting is where the money is

Accenture adds voice and VR to data analytics for RBS Six Nations

Accenture, in the sixth year of its tech partnership with the RBS Six Nations rugby championship, adds voice interface and more virtual reality to data analytics effort

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411626/Accenture-adds-voice-and-VR-to-data-analytics-for-RBS-Six-Nations

US man jailed for hacking into celebrity accounts

Edward Majerczyk is jailed for 9 months and ordered to pay $5,700 compensation for hacking iCloud and Gmail accounts and stealing celebrity nude photos

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Emergency Services Network will not be ready in time, says PAC

A Public Accounts Committee examination of the Emergency Services Network concludes that the controversial project may need more testing and assurance than its delivery date allows for

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411632/Emergency-Services-Network-will-not-be-ready-in-time-says-PAC

Reminder: Secret Service is monitoring social media; 2 women in hot water over posts

IDG Contributor Network: Here’s why President Mark Zuckerberg is such a bad idea

Survey: IT workers worried about U.S. net neutrality repeal

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Kaspersky Lab employee reportedly arrested in Russia on treason charges

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Society urged to nurture cyber talent at Microsoft security conference

Cyber security investigative reporter Brian Krebs urges society to cultivate more “hackers for good” in today’s age of internet supervillains

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NetApp: Solidfire to get some Snap functionality but not NVMe

NetApp Solidfire execs talk of roadmap SnapMirror and SnapVault functionality in Solidfire, but NVMe will have to wait until customers are ready to pay for it

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Norfolk pub becomes first Vodafone Ciss programme hub

The Wortwell Bell in Harlestone, Norfolk, becomes the first “community hub” to receive indoor 3G mobile coverage through Vodafone’s Community Indoor Sure Signal scheme

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Maersk Line underpins shipping operations with network management

Container shipping company Maersk Line signs a five-year deal with Riverbed to monitor business-critical apps and services and troubleshoot network performance bottlenecks

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Outdated IT budget models slow enterprise cloud adoption, CIO research suggests

Research from IT services provider Trustmarque suggests the way that enterprises run their IT budgets is out of step with how they consume and pay for cloud

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Apple's plans for manufacturing in India gain momentum

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Apple’s iOS 10.3 is a very, very, important upgrade

Challenges of complying with the Investigatory Powers Act

Despite opposition by civil liberties groups and technology companies, the UK government has passed the controversial Investigatory Powers Act, adding a host of security and contingency requirements that UK businesses need to consider

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Challenges-of-complying-with-the-Investigatory-Powers-Act

Twitter botnet has cyber security implications, say reseachers

A researcher is urging the security community to consider the implications of massive botnets of fake Twitter accounts

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411611/Twitter-botnet-has-cyber-security-implications-say-reseachers

HoloLens tested for bridge inspections

Cambridge University is investigating how augmented reality could help improve safety and lower the cost of inspecting large structures, such as bridges

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Nordic CIO interview: Peter Krantz, Sweden’s national library

Making information accessible for hundreds of years is the challenge facing the CIO at Sweden’s Kungliga Biblioteket

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5 teams aim to land spacecrafts on the Moon to win Google Lunar XPrize

Consumer safety agency wants better standards for batteries

Name game

Mingis on Tech: 'Alexa, what's in the news?'

50, and proud of it

At the start: Pat McGovern and the birth of Computerworld

Tuesday 24 January 2017

Cisco snatches AppDynamics from IPO market for $3.7B

Cyber criminals avoid fraud within their own ranks with new site

Microsoft's OneDrive for Business gets Mac client, shared folder sync

8 data storage and recovery tips

Today, small businesses have as many (or nearly as many) options for data storage as much larger businesses. But with so many data storage options, how do you choose the right one for your business? Here’s how can you ensure your critical data will be available in the event of a disaster.

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ARM to battle Intel in Chromebooks and Windows 10

GPG Suite updated for secure email on OSX Sierra

D-Wave doubles down on its qubits

Lenovo tunes N23 Yoga Chromebook for Android apps

Inside LinkedIn's data centers

Cloud monitoring: Users review five top tools

Cloud technology is becoming a “staple” in the enterprise -- 70% have at least one application in the cloud – and may become the “default option” for software deployment by 2020. That makes it even more important that systems administrators can monitor, manage and optimize data-processing workloads in the cloud.

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Boutique browser maker to Microsoft: 'Stop stealing the default' in Windows 10

U.S. solar industry passes oil, coal and gas for job creation

Cisco's all-in-one Spark Board puts the cloud on a wall

Post Office offers banking for all UK accounts as bank branch closures continue

Customers of all UK banks can receive branch services through the Post Office after a deal agreed last year takes effect

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Executive interview: Kirk Bresniker, chief architect, HPE

HPE has developed a concept computing architecture which it says will power future generations of applications. We find out how it will change IT

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Box launches standalone Notes app to help teams collaborate

HP recalls 101,000 more laptop batteries for fire hazard

Google desperately needs a simple messaging strategy

Cloud services accounted for half of revenue growth at SAP in 2016

Court denies U.S. government appeal in Microsoft overseas email case

SAP 2016 results: cloud revenue almost €3bn, 5,400 S/4 customers

SAP declares full-year 2016 revenue of €22bn, of which nearly €3bn was cloud – almost 14%

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TechUK outlines its Brexit negotiation priorities

IT industry body TechUK outlines what it believes are the Brexit negotiation priorities for the UK IT sector

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Stockholm offers sustainable datacentre safe haven to hyperscale cloud firms

Sweden's capital city looks to capitalise on recent country-wide tax breaks for datacentre operators, to encourage cloud and colocation firms to set up shop in its new environmentally-friendly business parks

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Apple is teaching Siri to learn new tricks

Microsoft expands FastTrack migration service

Want to run your own Amazon 'region'? Stratoscale shows you how

Stratoscale is a small company with a very big ambition: to turn your data center into an Amazon Web Services (AWS) region. Forget OpenStack, forget VMware. Stratoscale aims to help IT shops get beyond device-level virtualization and deliver the same app-friendly building blocks AWS provides. In the process, the company promises to cut the cost of operating data centers by more than 80 percent.

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IDG Contributor Network: Microsoft to release Windows Defender Security Center in April

Pompeo sworn in as CIA chief amid opposition from surveillance critics

Asus' Tinker Board: Can it rival Raspberry Pi?

GDS signals intent to move public sector off PSN

Government Digital Service’s Technology Leaders Network determines that the internet is an adequate solution to support the vast majority of public sector work

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CIO interview: Bas Anneveld, Gumtree

When your parent is the internet phenomenon eBay, how do you make a difference?

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Thanks for the heads-up, pal!

Galaxy Note7's battery fiasco won't soon be forgotten

Face-to-face without frustration: The HP Elite Slice for Meeting Rooms

Videoconferences can reduce an organization's travel expenses and make people more productive by virtually bringing far-flung employees together, but -- as we all know -- they can be frustrating to set up and conduct.

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Bromium mobilises endpoints to fight cyber attacks

Bromium evolves its micro-virtualisation security technology to gather threat intelligence from endpoints and automate checks and responses across an enterprise

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Monday 23 January 2017

Singapore bank offers online chat banking

POSB launches automated customer service platform that understands spoken language

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Singapore and Indonesia stand out for IT spend in Apac banking sector

Singapore is the top spender on IT for banking of all developed economies in the Apac region, while Indonesia has the fastest growth rate in IT spending

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Apple quashes bugs in iOS, macOS and Safari

Trump taps net neutrality foe Ajit Pai to lead the FCC

Samsung gets 2016 profit jump despite Note 7 debacle

Yahoo pushes back timing of Verizon deal after breaches

Trump’s federal hiring freeze won’t kill government IT hiring

Energy storage will increase 40-fold in developing countries

Government industrial strategy proposes £170m investment in tech institutes to boost Stem skills

The Prime Minister has claimed technology training and skills will be one of the key areas the government will focus on in its bid to boost the economy post-Brexit

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Microsoft revives free Windows 10 upgrade for SMBs

White House Comments Line says try Facebook Messenger

China goes after unauthorized VPN access from local ISPs

IBM Security to buy risk-visualization firm Agile 3 Solutions

Users greet Avaya bankruptcy with shrugs

DOT designates 10 new U.S. proving grounds for self-driving cars

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The essential guide to anti-malware tools

It's a sad fact of life in IT nowadays that some form of preparation for dealing with malware is part and parcel of what systems and network administrators must do. This goes above and beyond normal due diligence in warding off malware. It includes a proper appreciation of the work and risks involved in handling malware infections, and acquiring a toolkit of repair and cleanup tools to complement protective measures involved in exercising due diligence. It should also include at least two forms of insurance – one literal, the other metaphorical – that can help avert or cover an organization against costs and liabilities that malware could otherwise force the organization to incur.

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Government reaffirms broadband funding in Industrial Strategy plan

The government reaffirms previous commitments to further funding of rural broadband roll-out and 5G mobile networking in its post-Brexit industrial strategy plan

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Lululemon turns to digital transformation to support consumer community

Athletic apparel retailer’s executive vice-president of digital explains how the brand has used digital transformation to support its core value of a community ecosystem

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Hugo Barra quits Chinese phone maker Xiaomi to return to Silicon Valley

Schroders staff to complete daily tasks on mobile devices

The asset management company wants to make it easier for its staff to complete everyday tasks by linking mobile devices to enterprise systems

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WikiLeaks urges hackers to leak Trump's tax returns

Windows 10 Redstone: A guide to the builds

IDG Contributor Network: CES: The Car Electronics Show?

Amazon v. Apple: Home game grudge match

No silver bullet for business IoT security

Good application design, adapting existing IT security and adopting some new ideas can protect firms from IoT threats

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Lloyds Bank hit by massive DDoS attack

It has emerged that UK banks have been targeted by a DDoS campaign that affected services intermittently only at the Lloyds Banking Group

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Saudi Arabian bank enables customers to print their own debit cards

Fingerprint scan at self-service units will authorise Al Rajhi Bank customers to print debit cards, statements and other documentation

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IDG Contributor Network: The place of apps in the enterprise

Samsung blames batteries from two makers for Note7 explosions

Silicon Valley speaks up against intolerance

30 tasty tips for Android Nougat

Google's new Instant Tethering feature: Can you get it?

That's one way of reducing your comms footprint

Dublin, New York officials cite smart-tech challenges and successes

Hydrogen refueling stations for cars to reach 5,000 by 2032

IDG Contributor Network: Amazon enjoys a very happy holiday season

Friday 20 January 2017

Researchers propose a way to use your heartbeat as a password

Apple sues Qualcomm over patent licensing and $1B in payments

Details emerge about Intel's super-small Euclid computer for robots

Microsoft will soon end Office 2013 distribution through Office 365

Trump likely to see the birth of an exascale system

China responds to U.S. chip threats with a $30 billion factory

Samsung puts blame on battery size, suppliers for Galaxy Note7 fires

Microsoft to retire original Windows 10 on March 26

The state of the IT contractor job market in 2017

In 2017, strong demand for IT talent will continue in several roles and industries. Understanding how to wring business value from vast stores of data, knowing how to protect that data from increasingly sophisticated threats and navigating the murky waters of freelancing will characterize the tech job market.

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7 (more) security TED Talks you can’t miss

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Spanish police nab suspect behind Neverquest banking malware

Pay rises tipped for IT security and data analysis roles in 2017

Increase in high-profile data breaches and the need for data insight are seen as contributory factors in salary rises for IT security and data analytics staff

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Trump’s phone replaced with more secure device

Google pushed developers to fix security flaws in 275K Android apps

Trump nominee suggests IRS cybersecurity and staffing boosts

ICO sets out plans to issue GDPR guidance

Information Commissioner’s Office encourages business to review guidance on the General Data Protection Regulation as it is published to identify what areas need to be addressed in 2017

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NRF 2017: The key to success is not taking yourself too seriously, says Richard Branson

Serial entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson tells the audience at NRF 2017 to fail fast, pay it forward and to stop taking themselves so seriously

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International Olympic Committee embarks on 12-year cloud partnership with Alibaba

Chinese cloud services provider Alibaba agrees to supply the Olympic Games organisers with cloud infrastructure and services until 2028

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IBM results show shift to AI and cloud business focus

IBM’s Watson cognitive, artificial intelligence technology and its cloud strategy are overtaking core product areas in terms of revenue

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Apple and the US: It’s emotional

Wait for it: Apple planning 3 new iPads for second half of 2017

IDG Contributor Network: Is PaaS dead?

Microsoft’s standing to sue over secret U.S. data requests in doubt

DDoS protection provider alleged to be Mirai botnet creator

Investigative journalist Brian Krebs believes distributed denial of service mitigation firm owner is the author of malware designed to enable massive IoT botnet-enabled DDoS attacks

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SSP Worldwide blames engineers at London datacentre for new cloud outage

Insurance software provider says latest service outage was caused by power problems at third-party datacentre site

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C'mon, how long do you need that for, anyway?

iPhone 7 Plus accounts for bigger piece of U.S. pie

How to really customize your Alexa Flash Briefing

If you've got an Amazon Echo, Dot, or other Alexa-enabled device, you've probably discovered Flash Briefings. (For those not yet talking to Amazon devices, a Flash Briefing is a customized audio news report.)

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Thursday 19 January 2017

New Senate bill seeks sweeping H-1B changes

Data shows Tesla vehicle crashes dropped 40% with Autopilot

Wikileaks' Assange wants to discuss extradition with the feds

China reminds Trump that supercomputing is a race

Mozilla's new corporate logo evokes URL lingo

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As with PCs, you can now customize Raspberry Pi-like computers

Robot reporter gets first article published in China

Encrypted email service ProtonMail is now accessible over Tor

Autonomous robots are about to deliver your lunch in D.C. and Silicon Valley

10 Evernote tips to organize your info in 2017

Tips on where to start in managing risk

Avaya files for chapter 11 bankruptcy

Networking supplier has filed voluntary petitions under chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy code

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Hybrid cloud 101: Using the cloud as a storage tier

We look at what’s possible when it comes to hybrid cloud, what types of data and what hybrid cloud architectures can combine on-premise and cloud storage capacity

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IDG Contributor Network: Ransomware takes a nasty turn

How Android One could complete Google's grand Android plan

EU antitrust regulators praise audiobooks deal from Apple, Amazon

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China Oceanwide, IDG Capital to acquire Computerworld-parent IDG

BrandPost: DevOps salaries: Puppet’s report reveals salary trends are up

IDG Contributor Network: Greenpeace announces its latest report about the environmental impacts of cloud

Cloud-based contracts make up a third of IT outsourcing contracts in 2016

Traditional outsourcing contracts reduce in number and are being replaced by cloud-based services

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Viasat builds IoT network for connected vehicle insurance

Satellite connectivity services supplier’s worldwide internet of things network will support customers operating connected vehicles

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IT failures contributed to failed HMRC outsourcing contract

IT delays and failures contributed to a failed HMRC outsourcing contract, finds NAO investigation

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National crime survey figures show growing cyber crime

Cyber crime is on the up and is now included in official crime figures

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Facebook to build third datacentre in Europe to underpin virtual reality push

Social networking giant hails country's cool climate as one of the many reasons it has decided to site its latest server farm in Denmark

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How CIOs trap themselves by recycling the same talent

Research pointing to talent standing in the way of CIOs achieving their objectives suggests a lack of innovation. It’s now time to think differently

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Southampton FC signs up to cloud-based e-commerce

The cloud-based system by Advanced supports fan engagement and is able to handle peaks in traffic on Southampton FC’s website

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Carbanak shows how attackers hijack legitimate tools

Criminal gang’s abuse of Google services highlights the trend of attackers using legitimate tools to launch and manage attacks

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HPE buys hyper-converged pioneer Simplivity for $650m

Hardware giant pays out for hyper-converged market number two, and says it will keep existing Simplivity products, moving them all to its ProLiant servers by the end of 2017

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Attackers start wiping data from CouchDB and Hadoop databases

IDG Contributor Network: Loneliness: The problem technology elevated but hasn’t yet solved

Switches coming out this year will drive open networking forward

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LinkedIn overhauls its desktop website

Facebook plans new data center in Denmark

Apple's AR-ready iPhone 8 will know your face

CIA updates rules for collecting and retaining info on Americans

You still can’t turn off Windows 10’s built-in spyware

Want to crash anyone's iPhone? Send this text

Mac malware is found targeting biomedical research

UK firms struggling to manage cyber threats, survey shows

Businesses want security suppliers to offer more complementary products and collaborate more effectively as they struggle to manage data protection in the light of new laws, a survey shows

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How culture change has to underpin success in digital transformation

Digital transformation has been in vogue in recent years. Success depends as much, if not more, on deep-set culture change, as RSA and The Economist Group have discovered

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One manager at a time

Trump turns to H-1B advocates for advice

Wednesday 18 January 2017

How Singapore can help Southeast Asia reach its digital potential

Singapore could play a vital role in supporting the digital transformation of its Asean partners in the Asian Century

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Slack finally launches threaded replies

New $29 Pine64 takes on Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3

Expanding Doddle picks Cradlepoint to ease pressure on host networks

Click-and-collect service Doddle has implemented a cloud-based all-in-one network model to support its expansion, and be a better neighbour to its host organisations

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GDS declares public cloud secure enough for "vast majority" of public sector

Government Digital Service moves to allay public sector concerns about using off-premise services in a bid to speed up cloud adoption beyond Whitehall

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After first week, A.I. system is beating human poker players

AMD tries to drum up support for 32-core Zen server chip

Fraud for online holiday sales spikes by 31%

Failure to patch known ImageMagick flaw for months costs Facebook $40k

IDG Contributor Network: Alexa revisited: Reflections on living with Amazon's assistant

U.S. alleges systemic employment discrimination at Oracle

At Davos, modern warfare could include death-dealing drones and illegal parking

'Consumer Reports' retests MacBook Pro, adds it to 'Recommended' list of laptops

Snowden allowed to stay in Russia longer

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IDG Contributor Network: Is voice the 'killer app' for consumer IoT?

Lack of diversity risks creating big gaps in AI

A panel discussion at the World Economic Forum has highlighted the need to widen the artificial intelligence developer skills pool

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Oracle patches raft of vulnerabilities in business applications

Interactive inauguration map would help crowds visiting Washington

No bezels? No thanks

PizzaExpress UAE upgrades customer Wi-Fi and adds analytics platform

UAE-based restaurant chain has upgraded its Wi-Fi and introduced a platform to help it understand customer behaviour

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MasterCard offers remedies to watchdog fears over VocaLink acquisition

MasterCard and VocaLink respond to Competition and Markets Authority’s concerns over proposed merger

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2017 may be crisis year for DDoS attacks, warns Deloitte

The proliferation of IoT devices and IoT exploit kits may make 2017 a turning point in DDoS attacks requiring new defence tactics, warns Deloitte

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Russia extends Snowden’s asylum to 2020 instead of ‘gifting’ him to Trump

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Microsoft buys Simplygon to simplify rendering VR and AR models

IDG Contributor Network: Microsoft tries (again) to get people off Windows 7

How to get beyond Finance vs. IT

“Hey Siri, why don’t you have an offline mode?”

Toshiba considers spinning off its memory business

IDG Contributor Network: 6 ways the digital-physical blur is affecting your money

IDG Contributor Network: At last, DocuSign finds itself a new CEO

Researchers create memory chips that store and process data

HPE to buy SimpliVity for $650M to boost hyperconvergence

WikiLeaks’ Assange confident of winning 'any fair trial' in the U.S.

6 startups from CES to watch in 2017

EE hit with £2.7m fine for overcharging roaming customers

A failure to properly implement changes to how its system managed international dialling codes has seen EE fined £2.7m for incorrectly charging roaming customers

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Obamacare repeal could hurt the gig economy

Think having a pager is bad? Try NOT having one

Facebook chief reveals real cost of Oculus in court testimony

Testifying in an IP-theft case against Facebook-owned Oculus, Mark Zuckerberg reveals the acquisition cost $3bn, not $2bn as originally announced

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Oracle trumpets cloud applications progress at start of 2017

Oracle reports a new wave of customer take-up of its cloud offerings and announces new datacentres and increased IaaS availability of its Database Cloud Service

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Tuesday 17 January 2017

Google with LG is getting ready to debut two new smartwatches

FTC hits Qualcomm for anticompetitive chip tactics

DDoS attack against Whitehouse.gov eyed as a valid protest

Obama commutes sentence for WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning

Microsoft labels Windows 7 'outdated' as it stumps for 10

How to handle security vulnerability reports

If there’s a flaw in your IT security — and there probably is — you can’t assume that someone in your organization will be the first to find it. But if you’re lucky, instead of ending up with ransomware or a data breach, you might hear about it from a security researcher or even a smart customer who’s spotted the problem and wants to warn you. Are you ready to listen?

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A.I. should help, not replace, workers, say CEOs of IBM and Microsoft

Access tokens and keys found in hundreds of Android apps

Microsoft's first tethered Windows 10 VR headsets to ship in March

IDG Contributor Network: 25 fastest growing tech certifications right now

Windows 10 Redstone: A guide to the builds

Terrorists are winning the digital arms race, experts say

Blockchain can cut investment bank infrastructure costs by 30%

Investment banks can make huge cuts to their IT infrastructure costs through blockchain, according to analysis

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Oracle commits to expanding UK datacentre footprint in 2017

Database software giant’s renewed commitment to the UK market is part of a wider push to ramp up its cloud presence worldwide

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Backup 101: Incremental vs differential vs synthetic full backup

Backup methods pros and cons: Full, incremental, differential, synthetic full, incremental forever, and reverse incremental. We set out the advantages and drawbacks of each

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IT and the forever revolution

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Low-end Android phones could get VR with new Imagination GPU

Is MacBook Pro the future of the Apple desktop?

Security Think Tank: Look to security best practices to secure DNS

What are the main security risks associated with DNS and how are these best mitigated?

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Smartphone screen size linked to e-commerce sales uplift

Screen size really does matter to retailers, with bigger mobile screens leading to more consumers shopping on their devices

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Private and public cloud fuelled Emea infrastructure sales in Q3, shows IDC data

Demand for traditional IT hardware slumps, as sales of private and public cloud-enabling technologies soar, shows IDC data

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HSBC appoints technology advisers to keep pace with IT changes

Bank hopes to gain knowledge about technologies such as artificial intelligence and biometric security through its new technology advisory board

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UK business at risk due to severe security skills shortage

Job site Indeed urges the UK’s tech sector to pull together to attract more people into cyber security roles, as a study shows the UK skills gap is among the worst in the world

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How information security professionals can help business understand cyber risk

Information security is continually moving up business and board agendas, but information security professionals find it challenging to help business leaders to understand fully the cyber risks across increasingly digital businesses.

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Artificial intelligence critical to business growth

There are many hurdles to overcome before the full benefits of AI can be realised by organisations

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This Wi-Fi alternative rides on LTE rails

Baidu names former Microsoft Office head Qi Lu as its COO

Mark Zuckerberg to testify in $2bn VR theft claim case

Mark Zuckerberg is expected to argue Facebook-owned Oculus made VR technology a reality without help of IP ZeniMax Media claims it stole

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Aldo uses Salesforce to drive ‘customer delight’

Luxury retailer is using Salesforce to drive engagement, a seamless experience and customer loyalty

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4 reasons Microsoft Teams will kill Slack… and 4 reasons it won’t

Microsoft Teams is nearing its official debut. Designed as a hub for teamwork, the cloud-based Teams gives employees access to content, tools, people and conversations within the Office 365 environment. Groups and subgroups can communicate and collaborate using text-based chat, file sharing, and video and voice chats.

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The reason behind the Galaxy Note 7 fires comes as no surprise

Five workforce management trends to watch in 2017

Retail CIO improves project management for POS push

Intel thinks IoT will have a firm place in the stores of the future

Indian privacy case against WhatsApp gains momentum

Crate and Barrel works to balance online and offline sales

Well, it DID get his attention

The war for cybersecurity talent hits the Hill

Monday 16 January 2017

Australian government technology suffers failure after failure

Former government IT leader says Australia’s IT is so bad that if the government were a private sector organisation, it would fail

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China camps down on app stores

Mont-Blanc HPC project alpha tests Cavium ARM module

The consortium is working on building low-powered HPC based on 64-bit ARM chips

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3D printing proves a disruptive force in Asean manufacturing

3D printing adoption is set to accelerate in Southeast Asia after a delayed start

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Hacker says he can get phone numbers on Facebook which are not supposed to be public

Critical flaw lets hackers take control of Samsung SmartCam cameras

CIO interview: Alexandra Drevenlid, Tieto

Tieto has replaced the position of CIO with chief digital officer. The first person to hold the position and its creator explains what this means to the Nordic IT services giant

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Network overhaul speeds up business for motor racing venue

Rockingham Motor Speedway in Northamptonshire beefs up network infrastructure to support expansive business plans

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Facebook to deploy fake news reporting tool in Germany

Shopping goes high tech (and hassle-free) with Intel tech

Make great movies fast on your iPad with iMovie Trailers

Security Think Tank: DNS, the underdog in cyber security strategy

What are the main security risks associated with DNS and how are these best mitigated?

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Raspberry Pi's new Compute Module 3 goes on sale

TeenTech City 2017 – using practical demos to encourage Stem careers

By giving students access to practical demonstrations of technology uses in business, TeenTech City show aims to encourage more children to pursue science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) careers

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Meet IoT security challenges head-on

Securing internet-connected devices should be a priority for IT leaders. We pinpoints the key areas that need to be targeted

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England’s largest NHS trust investigates cyber attack

A cyber attack on England's largest NHS trust has underlined the importance of cyber security at healthcare organisations and has raised renewed fears about NHS legacy IT systems

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With change to cumulative Windows updates, Microsoft admits IE's fading role in the enterprise

Raspberry Pi's new Compute Module 3 goes on sale

IDG Contributor Network: What is behind far too many security leaks? Laziness

Which part of 'dead zone' wasn't clear?

Career Roadmap: Systems admin role isn’t dead

Sunday 15 January 2017

The evolution of smart Dubai

Aisha Bin Bishr, director general at Smart Dubai Office, discusses how Dubai is evolving as a smart city with the support of local telecoms provider Du.

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5G spectrum squatting case leads to $100M FCC fine

Friday 13 January 2017

7 IT recruiting predictions for 2017

The 22 best changes in Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15002

How much is a data breach going to cost you?

The CSO guide to top security conferences

There is nothing like attending a face-to-face event for career networking and knowledge gathering, and we don’t have to tell you how helpful it can be to get a hands-on demo of a new tool or to have your questions answered by experts.

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It's time to start planning for SQL Server on Linux

Bringing SQL Server to Linux is one of the bigger steps in Microsoft’s plan to help developers build any app for (and from) any platform. And despite the fact that it was only announced in spring 2016, you shouldn’t think of SQL Server on Linux as being a subset of the full Windows offering, says Rohan Kumar, general manager of the Microsoft database systems group.

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Microsoft slates end to security bulletins in February

Here's how much Tesla will require EV owners to pay to charge up

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Is 2017 the year IoT standards finally make sense?

Security Think Tank: Use DNS proxy services to bolster security

What are the main security risks associated with DNS, and how are these best mitigated?

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Facebook under fire for WhatsApp security backdoor

A security researcher has discovered a vulnerability in the way WhatsApp implements encryption, raising concerns that it will be exploited by governments to spy on users

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IDG Contributor Network: MongoDB ransomware attacks and lessons learned

After MongoDB attack, ransomware groups hit exposed Elasticsearch clusters

How serverless computing could help enterprises cut cloud complexity

As some enterprises find the reality of cloud fails to live up to the hype, Clive Longbottom explains why serverless computing could help firms attain the operational benefits they're looking for

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Obama administration relaxes NSA data-sharing rules

Civil liberties organisations express concern at US move to disseminate raw NSA communications surveillance to 16 other government agencies

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European legislators debate robot rights for autonomous vehicles

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With Finie, Apple’s Siri could transform banking

Review: DigitalOcean keeps the cloud simple

The cloud is a big place, and it’s getting bigger as everyone moves more and more computation out of their server rooms into the large data centers. Amazon is the dominant force in the cloud, but it is far from the only choice. When the market grows this big, niches can develop. DigitalOcean is a company that has found a fertile niche by branding itself as the developer’s choice.

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IDG Contributor Network: New Windows 10 build is a monster update

Apple must face claims of monopoly in iPhone app market

Snapchat's universal search bar solves a problem

Suspected NSA tool hackers dump more cyberweapons in farewell

Guccifer 2.0, alleged Russian cyberspy, returns to deride U.S.

Siblings arrested in what may be Italy's most severe case of cyberespionage

Demand for datacentres in "edge" countries tipped to fuel next wave of colocation M&A

451 Research predicts developing countries will be the source of increased colocation market revenue in the years to come, and fuel a fresh wave of takeovers

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Security Think Tank: Add risk of DNS attack to business continuity plan

What are the main security risks associated with DNS and how are these best mitigated?

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Davos: Technology poses new risks to jobs, economies and society

Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by technology to jobs, political stability and cyber security at the World Economic Forum in Davos

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Will Trump's policies increase IT employment?

IT: It's not just a job, it's a rollover accident

14 tips to land the job you want in 2017

Thursday 12 January 2017

Now it's AT&T's term to talk to Trump on jobs, investment

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Back from dead: Intel's Atom chip, in Panasonic's $2,189 Android tablet

Amazon commits to hiring 100,000 U.S. workers

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Clip Amazon Echo's ears with a home-brewed 'kill switch'

GoDaddy revokes nearly 9,000 SSL certificates issued without proper validation

Trump's CIA nominee grilled on his advocacy of surveillance database

EFF warily applauds Windows 10's data collection changes

IDG Contributor Network: Artificial Intelligence: Transparency isn’t just a trend

I don’t expect Energous wireless charging in iPhone 8

Microsoft launches StaffHub to connect deskless workers

Samsung's real Galaxy S8 challenge

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Political climate chills IT spending forecast

Some organisations are likely to adopt a wait-and-see approach to IT investments in 2017, but others will use political uncertainty as a driver for business change

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