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Category: News

Published: 12 July 2018

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Broadcom said it will acquire CA Technologies for $18.9 billion in cash in a move that broadens its reach into software.

According to Broadcom^[1], CA Technologies will add recurring revenue, make it a...

Read more: Broadcom acquires CA Technologies for $18.9 billion, adds software to portfolio

Written by: J D

Category: News

Published: 11 July 2018

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A Wednesday Congressional hearing on the Meltdown and Spectre chip vulnerabilities^[1] had all the technobabble and painful misunderstanding you might expect. But the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation also raised an important practical...

Read more: Senators Fear Meltdown and Spectre Disclosure Gave China an Edge

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Category: News

Published: 11 July 2018

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Video: Digital transformation explained

"We see in order to move; we move in order to see."

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— -- William Gibson

Movement is the

Read more: Flow-based organizational design accelerates digital transformation

Written by: J D

Category: News

Published: 11 July 2018

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Video: Intel's patches for Spectre variant 4 will slow your CPU

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The return of Spectre^[1] sounds like the next James Bond movie, but it's really the discovery of two new Spectre-style CPU attacks.

Read more: ​The return of Spectre | ZDNet

Written by: J D

Category: News

Published: 11 July 2018

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On the heels of delivering its long-promised Surface USB-C adapter^[1], Microsoft will be adding two other USB-C adapters to its Surface peripheral line-up.

As noted by Windows Central^[2] (via Reddit),...

Read more: Microsoft to add two new USB adapters to its Surface line-up starting August 2

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Category: News

Published: 11 July 2018

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Read more: Tools for sysadmins, Skype alternatives, improving Linux skills, 6 must-read RFCs, and more

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Category: News

Published: 11 July 2018

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Getty Images/iStockphoto Verily, Alphabet's life biotech division formerly known as Google life sciences, is teaming up with ResMed to study and explore treatments for sleep apnea.

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ResMed makes remote monitoring devices and software for sleep

Read more: Alphabet's Verily forms joint venture with ResMed to study sleep apnea

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Published: 11 July 2018

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Over the past few years, marketing segmentation has come on leaps and bounds, whether it’s building separate social audience clusters or sites adapting user journeys based on behavior. But, despite these ongoing improvements to content...

Read more: Gamification: here comes a new challenger

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Category: News

Published: 11 July 2018

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Lenovo Miix 630 There may be some life left in the tablet form factor, at least on the Windows side of things. Joining the new $399 Microsoft Surface Go^[1] is the Lenovo Miix...

Read more: Lenovo Miix 630 ARM-based 2-in-1 Windows tablet goes on sale for $900