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Alibaba upgrades anti-counterfeiting system following complaints

Foreign brands and a Chinese regulator have criticized Alibaba for allegedly promoting fake goods

Food delivery startup Sprig to turn driver contractors into employees

The changes come amid larger challenges facing on-demand startups

IBM's new $1B acquisition will help Watson 'see'

The addition of Merge's imaging data could advance personalized medicine, IBM says

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Dropbox security chief defends security and privacy in the cloud

Patrick Heim, head of Trust & Security at Dropbox, responds to queries about the security and privacy of cloud-based consumerized IT applications in the enterprise.

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Do cloud apps like Office365 and Salesforce need to be backed up?

Reddit bans racist communities, 'quarantines' other offensive talk

The site is also restricting access to some controversial message boards

IBM launches new services to help enterprises embrace Macs

Companies can order Macs and have them delivered directly to employees without the need for additional setup, imaging or configuration

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GE launches industrial Internet PaaS

GE's Predix Cloud is a purpose-built platform-as-a-service designed specifically for industrial data and analytics.

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Why are cloud prices starting to rise for the first time in recent memory?

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Amazon isn’t eating all of its own cloud dog food

The Wall Street Journal today takes a critical eye toward IaaS cloud providers like Amazon and Google who admit they are hosting some of their companies most sensitive workloads in private servers and not in their much-touted public...

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F5's Synthesis gets cloudy with Big-IP 12.0

With a new release of Big-IP, F5 provides a foundation for a cloud strategy.

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Alert Logic launches cloud-native vulnerability and configuration management tool

As applications become increasingly complex, application owners yearn for tools that give them deep and continuous perspectives on the security of their applications.

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What antivirus software is available with cloud-based administration?

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, August 5

China moving cops on-site at Internet companies... Do-Not-Track gets some bite...Lollipop lag shows Android is really fragmented

Samsung adds payments to its smart TVs

Users will be able to make in-app purchases in games

5 questions for a top machine learning expert

What exactly is machine learning and why is it important for businesses?

Microsoft levels up web version of Outlook for business customers

The new online email service offers a variety of new features and a design refresh

Salesforce taps Instagram's new API with tailored marketing tools

Marketing Cloud users now have easier access to Instagram's 300 million users

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Menlo Security enhances its isolation platform with Webroot intelligence

Web and email security are of ever-increasing importance. Menlo Security is an innovative company with an interesting approach towards security. They're beefing that up with a dose of collective intelligence.

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The cloud helps enterprises break chains shackling IT

Cloud pioneers Nordstrom and Oscar Insurance say IT shops can be faster, more agile and more business-focused if they move to hosted systems. Getting there isn't easy, though, and most companies aren't that far along.

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Intel’s big plan to seed the private cloud market

Intel’s made big bucks from supplying silicon for public cloud vendors, now it wants more private clouds so it can sell more chips.

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Checking in with Cisco’s Metacloud

Last year Cisco bought Metacloud to create an OpenStack Private Cloud division

Yahoo tackles large 'malvertising' campaign in its ad network

Ads with malicious code may have appeared across Yahoo's sites

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