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ELECTRONICS 
April 6, 2016 This Company Lets You Share Your Fitness Data for an Apple Watch or Cash
You know you need to exercise more, but there’s always next week, or the week after? To entice you to stop procrastinating, your company or insurer might soon reward you for wearing a fitness device to track your steps, heart rate and more. For instance, in one program expected to be announced Wednesday, some workers […]
COMPUTERS April 4, 2016 New 5-Dimensional Storage Pushes Bounds of Digital Data Archiving
Opening a new era of eternal data archiving, scientists at University of Southampton have developed the recording and retrieval processes of five dimensional (5D) digital data using ultrafast laser writing in nanostructured glass. The storage allows unprecedented properties including 360 TB (terabyte)/disc data capacity, thermal stability up to 1,000 degree Celsius and virtually unlimited lifetime […]
NEWS 
March 30, 2016 Japan’s NTT Data Agrees to Buy Dell’s IT Services Unit for $3 Billion
Japan’s NTT Data Corp said on Monday it has agreed to buy Dell Inc’s information technology consulting division for over $3 billion to expand in North America and bolster its services business. The move will allow US computer maker Dell to trim some of the $43 billion in debt it is taking on to fund […]
COMPUTERS 
March 30, 2016 Dell Nears Sale of IT Services Unit to Japan’s NTT Data: Report
Dell Inc is set to announce an agreement on Monday to sell its non-core information technology consulting division to Japan’s NTT Data Corp for $3.5 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. The move will allow US computer maker Dell to trim some of the $43 billion in debt it is taking on […]
COMPUTERS March 14, 2016 Code.org Hacked: Emails and Locations Data of Volunteers Compromised
Code.org suffered a security breach on its website this week, the non-profit has confirmed. A firm based in Singapore managed to access some personal data on Code.org website leveraging a client-side vulnerability. As a result, Code.org says, more than 12,000 volunteer email addresses, and some locations data were compromised. On Saturday, Code.org began to inform […]
ALL DEALS March 11, 2016 France Clears Bill That Could Force Apple to Unlock Terror Data
French lawmakers backed a plan to impose penalties including jail time on technology executives who deny access to encrypted data during a terrorist investigation, giving security services and prosecutors the power to force companies such as Apple to cooperate. An amendment providing the new power was submitted by the opposition Republicans and, while the government […]
ALL DEALS March 9, 2016 US Appeals Ruling on Accessing Data in New York iPhone Case
Calling a New York judge’s ruling “an unprecedented limitation” on judicial authority, the Justice Department asked a Brooklyn federal court on Monday to reverse a decision that said Apple Inc. wasn’t required to pry open a locked iPhone. The government’s 45-page brief comes a week after US Magistrate Judge James Orenstein issued his decision in […]
ALL DEALS 
March 4, 2016 Wipro Ventures invests Rs9.78 crore in big data start-up Altizon Systems
Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint Bengaluru: Wipro Ltd’s corporate venture arm Wipro Ventures has picked up a minority stake in Pune-based big data start-up Altizon Systems Pvt. Ltd. Wipro’s Rs.9.78 crore investment in Altizon allows it to have “a minority holding, not exceeding 20% of the outstanding share capital of the company”. It expects to close its […]
ALL DEALS February 25, 2016 10 Tips to Cut Down Your Mobile Data Bill
Is your smartphone running up huge bills on data usage and throwing your budget out of control? We’ve all been there, and here are a few simple tips that you can follow to save some money. These are ideas we’ve tried out ourselves, and can tell you that they work. What’s more, you won’t just […]
