Open and easy access to rare earth materials -- which are critical parts of electronics in everything from cars to computers -- is still more a dream than reality. One of the ways to address that anxiety is to harvest and reuse such material from used electronic components – in particular computer hard drives. More on Network World: Quick look: World’s largest e-waste dump + To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here MORE

He nodded his head to a point the local sports personality was making about the weekend's game. James Pattison sat in his car, listening to the radio. He'd been sitting in the same spot for nearly 5 minutes since he pulled into the parking lot at work. He didn't really care about the game, or the team for that matter. The little clock on his dash read 7:59. He just MORE

Just look at what happened this past November, when Comcast tried to post a snide remark on Facebook about Google Fiber losing connectivity during a televised sporting event. Amy Medeiros. Google Fiber seemingly started as an experiment - but it’s become clear it’s not going anywhere. Move over, Comcast and Time Warner. Google’s here to stay. It’s really no secret that the two biggest ISPs in the United States aren’t exactly well-liked by their customers. MORE

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KORE Software is hailing what it calls “a groundbreaking level of integration” through the world's first CRM-based transaction and payment processing integration with Archtics, Ticketmaster's season ticket sales application. It will greatly reduce the time it takes sales representatives to complete a ticket or premium inventory sale, since they will no longer need to leave the CRM platform. MORE

New Relic partners with Major League Baseball to highlight data and analytics in sports. Katie Kennedy. The following are some of the hot topics we are tracking in the technology ecosystem: Technology Ticker. Federal government to spend AU$5.95m on joint research with China - ZDNet. Get your cycler to Mars: Buzz Aldrin lays out his not-so-simple plan to settle Mars in 2040. The Air Traffic Control System: We all assumed it was vulnerable, but now we know. MORE

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These air vent nozzles looked exactly like the, for lack of proper wording, drinking nozzles on sports drink plastic bottles. Even I, a self confessed technology aficionado, can be confused by technology. Something as simple as an air vent nozzle on an airplane ceiling. I just recently saw them on a particular model of plane while flitting on an intercity jaunt. To take a MORE

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Meeker also delves into artificial intelligence, Snapchat brand integrations, changes to live sports viewing habits, car industry innovation and the rise of millennial consumers, among many other topics. Michael Johnson. MORE

They may seem unrelated, but there is actually a lot that the sport can teach us about making our enterprise software initiatives successful. Not only is football fun to watch, but it also can teach us a thing or two about ERP systems. Depending on the outcomes, both are exciting, stressful at times, exhilarating and can cause a great deal of heartache MORE

March Madness contest: Join GeekWire’s bracket for a chance to win tickets to our Sports Tech Summit. Katie Kennedy. The following are some of the hot topics we are tracking in the technology ecosystem: Technology Ticker. Matt Rahman Joins Tangible Security as Commercial Cyber Solutions SVP, GM. Menlo Ventures leads $14.5M round for Usermind, an enterprise business operations startup. Trifacta Expands Federal Market Presence to Accelerate the. Consumer Electronics Net. MORE

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IT has become integral to many aspects of business, from marketing and customer engagement to new product design. This requires a new way of organizing and engaging across functions. How important is this cross-functional engagement? It’s huge. Seventy-five percent of the 750 respondents to our global survey (see “The Leadership Edge in Digital Transformation,” from […]. MORE

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The demand for fantasy sports has been driven by fans' desire to get more involved with the sport they love and fueled by the availability of vast amounts of league and player data. Commissioner Goodell has thrown significant support behind the activity, including several strategic investments around analytic capabilities to empower the fantasy sports enthusiast. Double Delight for Sports Fanatics as the Fantasy Market Partners with Fantasy Data (listfree.org). MORE

Customers hold the power in their relationships with businesses. Today, it's not enough for businesses to deliver products. Customers expect them to deliver outcomes and success. To do this, businesses must understand who the customer is, what their pain points are in achieving their business goals, and must help them choose the right products to meet their goals. The relationship does not stop there. MORE

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The fake version sports the LOIC slogan, “When harpoons, air strikes and nukes fail,” and claims to be initializing once executed. While you may want to live long and prosper, you don’t want to be “kirked” – an extension added to files encrypted by the new Star Trek -themed Kirk ransomware. MORE

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) teams nabbed 260,000 counterfeit sports-related items during its annual, year-long Operation Team Player sting. MORE

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The average length of time in the commercial sector between a network security breach and when the detection of that breach is more than 240 days , according to Gregory Touhill , deputy assistant secretary of Cybersecurity Operations and Programs for the Department of Homeland Security. MORE

Look to sports games. Free mobile games sound like an advertiser’s dream. Smartphone owners like them because the applications download quickly, cost nothing, and are fun to play; marketers like them because they provide a huge, new space for promoting companies and services. Want to advertise athletic apparel? Want to sell cars? Look to games favored by young adults. But Swrve, a marketing firm specializing in mobile business, has reason to think otherw. To read more please log in. MORE

Video analytics for surveillance is already being put in use at places like airports, sporting venues, retails stores, banks, and more. Sporting events, for example, can track the movements of visitors, helping them determine how best to direct traffic and ensure smooth flow throughout the location. Rick Delgado. Any business hoping to enjoy success now and well into the future knows that big data is the way to go. MORE

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A new report from the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport found that fraudulent emails and ransomware were among the most common breaches at UK enterprises. Here's what you need to know MORE

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Antoniewicz , sporting a RUN DNS t-shirt reflecting his position with the Cisco Umbrella (formerly OpenDNS) team, dove into the topic of ransomware variants like Cerber as part of a broader talk on “An Anatomy of an Attack” and the elaborate ecosystem behind cyberattacks. MORE

A $1 billion Russia-based criminal gang has been bilking online advertisers by impersonating high-profile Web sites like ESPN, Vogue, CBS Sports, Fox News and the Huffington Post and selling phony ad slots, but that’s about to end. MORE