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Swedish National Land survey has put its maps on Minecraft to promote its work

Accenture has promised to create more jobs in the US and invest $1.4bn in skills development

Windows 10 privacy issues remain as EU's top privacy watchdog group, the Article 29 Working Party, issues a second warning letter to Microsoft to simplify, clarify data collection.

Google Project Zero discloses a Windows vulnerability that passed the 90-day deadline. And it comes soon after Microsoft canceled its Patch Tuesday release.

After missing the monthly security update for 14 February, Microsoft has issued some patches but not for zero-day vulnerabilities despite the availability of exploit code

Forum to fill supplier relationship management gap opened up by growing centrality of IT to business, and transitions to cloud

National Trading Standards is warning consumers about a scam targeting those looking for help with printer problems

Microsoft vows GDPR compliance in all cloud services when enforcement of the new EU data privacy regulation begins in May 2018, but companies still must take action to avoid fines.

Cisco has introduced hardware that contains all the components for running virtual network functions. The new gear delivers Cisco VNFs in the data center and branch office.

One expert warned there can be a disconnect between what security remediation means to CISOs and what researchers announce because of divergent objectives.

Government executive Chris Townsend, who oversees the DCMS-run BDUK rural broadband programme, is to step down in April

Enterprise spending on public cloud service providers will increase almost 22% annually through 2020, depressing sales of data center switches from Cisco and other suppliers.

SHA-1 deprecation in browsers comes as researchers create hash collisions and Google offers website and developer tools to protect against malicious uses.

Flash shortage could slow price declines and constrain SSD supplies through the end of 2017 as manufacturers make difficult transition from 2D/Planar to 3D NAND technology.

Nexsan Unity arrays integrate optional secure compliance archive for petabytes of unstructured data. Data files written to primary storage are immediately copied to the archive.

Sigfox-based IoT network now covers 95% of Singapore, meaning enterprises can connect devices to the network nationwide

Businesses need to be aware of the value of their data, how that data is likely to be attacked, and how to defend against particular attacks, says leading UK cyber cop

A report has found that clinicians struggle with access to basic data and recommends a single online point of access for healthcare datasets

The government of New Zealand's capital city is looking for IT staff from around the world to address a skills shortage

In UC news, ShoreTel integrates its Connect platform with Google G Suite, while RingCentral Glip achieves HIPAA compliance for secure team chat in healthcare.

The Cloudflare bug in CDN is fixed after causing sensitive customer data to leak. Google Project Zero discovered the flaw, and users were warned to change passwords.

News roundup: U.K. authorities arrested a suspect in the Mirai malware attack on Deutsche Telekom. Plus, a judge denies a government request to collect fingerprints, and more.

Experts say codifying the Vulnerabilities Equities Process into law would increase transparency and trust regarding vulnerability disclosure by the government.