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Thursday, 07 August 2014

Yahoo poaches Netflix VP to bolster streaming, custom content delivery

Andrew Harrer Yahoo has hired former VP of IT Operations Mike Kail as its new CIO and SVP of infrastructure. Philip Beadle, Contributer Yahoo Inc. has hired from to head the company's data and infrastructure team as CIO and senior VP of infrastructure. He was most recently Netflix Inc.'s vice president of IT operations. Being able to collect, analyze and effectively use data has become paramount in the tech industry, as more companies recognize that the massive amounts of information users give...

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More Photos Of The iPhone 6 Just Leaked, Possibly Showing Its Camera, Home Button, And More Business Insider

A new leak claims to show the rear shell of Apple's iPhone 6, providing yet another look at what could be the iPhone's redesigned body. The new images published by Feld & Volk, a company that adds luxurious modifications to iPhones, seems to be consistent with previous leaks. The photos were...

For Lease: Up To 10,000SF In Beautiful Silicon Alley Office Business Insider

Your team will love the roof deck! Business Insider has an extra floor in our new world headquarters and we're looking to lease up to half of it to another fast-growing company. We're making up to 10,000 square feet available immediately for a term of one to two years. The office is open,...

Real Transformers? Self-assembling paper robots invented CBC

Researchers have created complex machines that transform themselves from little more than a sheet of paper and plastic into walking automatons....

Sophisticated 'Turla' hackers spying on European governments, say researchers The Guardian

For six years, a mysterious and highly skilled group of hackers have been targeted governments across Europe and the US - and are still at large, say experts at Black Hat Researchers at the Black Hat hackers’ convention in Las Vegas revealed new details about a mysterious and powerful group of...

GSK-linked investigators stand trial in China in closely watched case Reuters

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A British investigator and his American wife will stand trial in Shanghai on Friday in a case that is seen as key to a bribery investigation against GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L) and has unnerved the growing community of corporate sleuths in China. Peter Humphrey and his colleague...

'Doctor Who' takes a 'Deep Breath' in season 8 premiere CNET

Peter Capaldi describes his twelfth Doctor as "funny, joyful, passionate, emphatic, and fearless" in the new series. by 7 August 2014 10:17 pm BST facebook twitter linkedin googleplus more more + email tumblr stumble delicious reddit pinterest digg presented by New Doctor Peter Capaldi flies the...

Chicago man gets 5 years for $1M phone thefts The News & Observer

NEWARK, N.J. — A Chicago man who admitted he stole more than $1 million worth of iPhones and iPads from Verizon Wireless...

Bitcoin Momentum Grows in Emerging Markets Huffington Post

By Min-Si Wang [Image via Shutterstock] Bitcoin is gradually making progress as a medium of exchange in developing countries. While it can be volatile as an investment asset, it has real utility as an instrument for payment and money transfer, especially in places where conventional payment systems...

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