The growth of the Internet of Things is only exacerbating the dangers of buying technology without a security-first approach. Photo: iStockphoto/Getty Images By Andrea M. Matwyshyn Updated March 12, 2017 11:06 p.m. ET 0 COMMENTS Companies are expected to spend more than $3 trillion on workplace technology this year, buying everything from traditional servers to […]
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Sunday, March 12, 2017 7:44 p.m. EDT By Jeremy Wagstaff SINGAPORE (Reuters) – In today’s so-called smart home, you can dim the lights, order more toothpaste or tell the kids to go to bed simply by talking to a small Wifi-connected speaker, such as Amazon’s Echo or Google’s Home. This voice-first market – combining voice
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AUSTIN—South By Southwest’s most overdressed speaker, like many others, came to talk shop about the internet. But Vint Cerf was better positioned than anybody else here for bandwidth banter: He co-wrote the internet’s core TCP/IP standard. The chief internet evangelist for Google (GOOG, GOOGL) made his first SXSW appearance as he does others: nattily attired
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In a world where tool wear and replacement is commonplace, the machine tooling is a prime candidate for the predictive maintenance that can be leveraged with the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). “We already see numerous examples of predictive maintenance. You can really foresee online if something’s going to change rapidly, and you can react,”
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Dividend stocks can be a great way to generate income from investments, and they can also be a great way to beat the market long term. Paying a dividend can force a company to consider cash flow a little more than those who don’t and may see their stock as currency with which to grow
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IPTV News Details WhaTech Channel: IPTV News Published: 13 March 2017 Submitted by Aspen Lite Viewed: 37 times The Internet of Things (IoT) has been stealing technology tradeshow headlines this year from CES to Mobile World Congress. The top line take-away is that IoT is now permeating every aspect of the digital spectrum and every
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The “Vault 7” leaks are the latest revelations to be published by the WikiLeaks website. The material reveals the CIA’s detailed descriptions of the vulnerabilities of smartphones, computers and other electronic devices. The corresponding hacker techniques are also expounded. Data and consumer protectionists are not surprised. For a long time now, they have seen the
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In the 20th century we got used to a certain way of thinking: if you needed something, you bought it. Cars, houses, records, you named it. Efficient manufacturing and logistics made it possible to create an unprecedented global overflow of stuff. Ownership quickly became about being someone; it was a way of defining who you are. All of this is
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On a November, 2015 morning in Bentonville, Arkansas, first responders discovered a corpse floating in a hot tub. The home’s resident, James Andrew Bates, told authorities he’d found the body of Victor Collins dead that morning. He’d gone to bed at 1 AM, while Collins and another friend stayed up drinking. This past December, The Information
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Published March 12 by Bob Ciura The technology industry changes rapidly. Innovation is critically important, to keep up with evolving trends. For an example of this, consider the cases of Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC). On the surface, they seem like very similar companies. Both Texas Instruments and Intel are large-cap tech stocks,
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