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Earlier this year, we learned that Microsoft was working on a prototype operating system called Windows Cloud. This operating system has been rumored to require an internet connection for full functionality, acting as a basic operating system when in offline mode. Rumors indicated that Microsoft was allegedly referring to this operating system as Windows 365. Now, we are seeing some new details emerge about Windows 365, courtesy of two LinkedIn profiles of two project managers. The project in question is Windows 365, and we now know it has something to…

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Updated with Intel’s latest Xeon processors, DDR4memory, next-generation graphics technology from NVIDIA and AMD, and doubling the amount of memory from the previous generation[1], these powerful, scalable systems are optimized and independent software vendor (ISV) certified to run the most demanding applications. In addition, Dell is releasing a new version of the Dell Precision Optimizer v2.0[2], which automatically configures workstation settings to maximize application performance.     “From powering the designs of a leading surfboard maker to enabling the complex visual effects created by Academy Award-winning studio Framestore, , Dell Precision customers…

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PALO ALTO, Calif. — HP today announced HP Helion Managed Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Lean, a managed infrastructure-as-a-service solution that enables higher-quality service delivery and workload performance at a significantly lower cost. The cloud represents a massive generational shift in enterprise computing, one that is impacting companies around the world. This market is large, and business needs are diverse and wide ranging. HP’s new offering supports lighter workloads for mid-sized and enterprise-level businesses such as application development and test environments and workplace collaboration solutions, while also enabling quick onboarding times…

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Researchers who last year demonstrated they could harvest stray RF signals to power RFID tags have scaled-up their technology to power Wi-Fi devices. The University of Washington team is pitching their ultra low-power “backscatter harvesting” technology with the inevitable Internet of Things (IoT) tag, since if it could be commercialised the technology would help remove the battery from the battalions of sensors that IoT advocates imagine will one day rule our world. In previous research, the group got RFID tags to represent binary 1 and 0 states by either absorbing…

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Fornebu – August 4, 2014 – Telenor Group, in collaboration with the Nobel Peace Center, invites youth to explore how mobile and digital communication can bring social change and create opportunities for all. Telenor Group will host its Youth Summit, in association with the Nobel Peace Center, from Dec. 9-11, 2014, in Oslo. The event follows last year’s successful inaugural gathering (Telenor Youth Summit 2013 alumni and recommendations) and coincides with the Nobel Peace Prize festivities taking place the same week in Norway. The summit will bring together youth between…

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Computer problems with the U.S. State Department’s system for issuing passports and visas may have affected up to 200,000 people, it emerged Thursday, as the scale of the problem became clear for the first time. The problems began July 20 when engineers from Oracle and Microsoft applied a software patch to the State Department’s Consular Consolidated Database, which handles millions of passport and visa applications in the U.S. and at its embassies and consulates around the globe. The patch was intended to solve several months of instability but instead crashed…

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Although no market-sensitive data was compromised, the hackers stole personal information Hackers targeted the European Central Bank on Monday, stealing personal information data after requesting a ransom. The hacker, whose identity is not known, stole 20,000 email addresses, plus telephone numbers and addresses. The details are said to belong to people who registered for ECB events and although some of the data the company held was encrypted, email addresses, phone numbers and physical addresses were not. However, the personal data was held in a separate database to market-sensitive information that was…

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Earlier this year, Microsoft announced “Skype Translator”, a ground breaking feature which would allow two people speaking in different languages to have audio conversations. At the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference event, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a development to that project — Skype Translator now facilitates video conferencing as well. On stage, a Microsoft executive demonstrated the feature by speaking to a German person through a Skype Video call in front of 16,000 people and the CEO. The demonstration showed real-time audio translation from English to German, and vice versa. Nadella hopes…

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A Russian hacker group has attacked the news site CNET. It later said it stole usernames, encrypted passwords and emails for more than one million users.   CNET was informed about the hack attack via a Twitter conversation CNET said a representative from the group – which calls itself ‘w0rm’ – informed it about the hack via a Twitter conversation. A spokeswoman for CBS Interactive – the owner of CNET – said the firm had “identified the issue and resolved it”. According to CNET, w0rm offered to sell the database for 1…

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I’m pleased to announce that Microsoft has acquired InMage, an innovator in the emerging area of cloud-based business continuity. Our customers tell us that business continuity – the ability to backup, replicate and quickly recover data and applications in case of a system failure – is incredibly important. After all, revenue, supply chains, customer loyalty, employee productivity and more are on the line. It’s also very complicated and expensive to do. CIOs consistently rank business continuity as a top priority, but often don’t have the budgets or time to do…

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