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  5. THE political masters of the world are gathering in a Paris traumatised by terror to consider another sort of emergency, climate change; and they are not, of course, starting from scratch. As always happens with summits, there have been months of deliberation by technocrats who have mapped out possible breakthroughs. The unusual thing about this gathering is that mankind's religious guardians have also been preparing for it; their voices have been rising in a crescendo of moral concern. And surprisingly enough, this spiritual activism has been fostered by François Hollande, the socialist president of a secular republic who has firmly renounced the Catholic faith in which he was raised. "I respect all [religious] confessions. Mine consists of not having any," he once said. At least one champion of faith, Pope Francis, needs no blessing from any worldly leader, although he is happy whenever he gets one. The pontiff is currently on a tour of Africa, where people have been impressed by the modesty of his transport (pictured) and his habit of carrying his own bag. In Nairobi, he said it would be "catastrophic" if the summit in France were to fail because of "particular interests" eclipsing the common good. Picking up themes from his green encyclical, issued in June, Francis used his Kenya speech to link climate change with other global woes such as forced migration, human trafficking and bonded labour. He called for a "new energy system" which minimised fossil fuels. Today he is visiting the Central African Republic, one of the most volatile parts of a region where ecological blight has exacerbated ethnic and religious conflict. Despite some scratchy moments between France and the Holy See (which baulked at accepting an openly gay diplomat as French envoy to the Vatican), the green pronouncements of the pope and other spiritual luminaries have been warmly encouraged by Mr Hollande, say faith-and-religion campaigners. This owes something to Nicolas Hulot, an environmentalist and film-maker who advises the president on climate change. Mr Hulot has a cinematographer's sense that to interest the public in global warming, something more than dry statistics is needed; people need to be touched and inspired, and religion can do that. When the French president toured typhoon-stricken areas of the Philippines in February, he brought along Patriarch Bartholomew, the "first among equals" in the Orthodox Christian world and a veteran campaigner for the planet. Then in July, Mr Hollande hosted an eye-catching "summit of conscience" that involved faith leaders of many stripes; they ranged from the Orthodox Patriarch to Sufi Muslim sages; from Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana (speaking for the pope) to indigenous people from fragile parts of Latin America. The co-organisers included R20, an environmental and green-energy movement started by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former governor of California, and Alliance of Religions and Conservation, a British-based NGO launched by Prince Philip. That meeting produced one impressive result: a compendium of snappy videos in which men and women of different faiths and cultures answer the question "why do I care?". In other words, they were challenged to say, to camera and very briefly, what they felt about the planet's [CENSORED]ure and how that related to their beliefs. As a piece of communication, it works vastly better than long sermons or theological treatises. Recently there was an unexpected followup; President Hollande decided to address the same challenge to fellow leaders at the climate-change summit; they too have been invited to make short sharp statements about the planet, addressing the issue as "a matter of conscience" rather than technical detail. Mr Hollande found time to do this on November 18th, just a few days after the terrorist attacks which plunged Paris into crisis. In most cases, the political leaders' answers won't be explicitly religious, but the fact that they are being prodded to speak in lofty moral terms is an indirect outcome, at least, of all those eco-religious discussions. Egged on by an unusual array of actors, from the House of Windsor to an actor also known as The Terminator, the most secular of French presidents has grasped the point that man (or at least ecological man) does not live by bread alone. Although both he and his papal namesake would probably agree that bread is pretty important too.
  6. Mark Zuckerberg will put 99 percent of his Facebook Inc (FB.O) shares, currently worth about $45 billion, into a new philanthropy project focusing on human potential and equality, he and his wife said Tuesday in a letter to their newborn daughter. The plan, which was posted on the Facebook founder and chief executive officer's page, attracted more than 570,000 "likes," including from singer Shakira, former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Melinda Gates, wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. The Gates and other high-profile billionaires such as Warren Buffett have set up foundations of their own to dedicate their massive fortunes to philanthropic endeavors. Zuckerberg, 31, who will control the new initiative jointly with his wife, Priscilla Chan, while remaining in charge of the world's largest online social network, said he would sell or give up to $1 billion in shares in each of the next three years. Zuckerberg will keep a controlling stake in Facebook, valued at $303 billion as of Tuesday's close, for what the company called the "foreseeable [CENSORED]ure." According to Facebook's most recent proxy statement, Zuckerberg owned 4 million Class A shares and 422.3 million Class B shares, which have 10 times the voting power of A shares. Combined he held 54 percent of the voting power of the company's shares. Zuckerberg said he plans to remain CEO of Facebook for "many, many years to come." Zuckerberg's new project, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, is not his first in the world of philanthropy. When he was 26, he signed the Giving Pledge, which invites the world's wealthiest individuals and families to commit to giving more than half of their wealth to philanthropy or charitable causes over their lifetime or in their will. "Mark and Priscilla are breaking the mold with this breathtaking commitment," Buffett said on Facebook. "A combination of brains, passion and resources on this scale will change the lives of millions. On behalf of [CENSORED]ure generations, I thank them." Melinda Gates chimed in, "The first word that comes to mind is: Wow. The example you're setting today is an inspiration to us and the world." Buffett himself pledged shares of his Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) company that were then worth $31 billion to Gates' foundation in 2006, and at the time ranked as the largest single gift. A YOUNG PHILANTHROPIST Zuckerberg is relatively young to commit so much of his wealth. Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) co-founder Gates was 45 in 2000, the year he and his wife founded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett was 76 in 2006 when he committed to give away all of his Berkshire Hathaway stock to philanthropic organizations. About $350 billion is given away each year in the United States by charities, said Stacy Palmer, editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She said Zuckerberg and his wife's announcement was remarkable not just because of the size of the donation, but because of their ages. "Our lists of the top donors are usually dominated by people in their 70s or 80s," she said. "This is a message to other young people who are deciding what to do with their great wealth." In welcoming the birth of his first child on his Facebook page, Zuckerberg posted a photo of himself, his wife and their daughter, Maxima, nicknamed Max, along with a post entitled "A letter to our daughter." (on.fb.me/1MVnGOj) In the 2,220-word letter, Zuckerberg and Chan, a pediatrician, touched on issues including health, education, Internet access and learning before announcing the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which aims to "advance human potential and promote equality." They plan to give away 99 percent of their Facebook shares over their lifetimes to advance the initiative, which was formed as a limited liability company. It will begin by focusing on curing disease, Internet connectivity, community building and personalized learning - the idea that technology can help students learn at different paces. Maxima Chan Zuckerberg was born early last week — though Facebook did not specify her birth date — and weighed 7 lbs 8 ounces (3.4 kg) at birth. Last month, Zuckerberg announced he would take two months of paternity leave after the birth. Chan and Zuckerberg have so far committed $1.6 billion to their philanthropy. They have given several donations this year, including to public schools, initiatives to bring better wireless Internet access and to San Francisco General Hospital, where Chan works as a pediatrician. Zuckerberg and Chan said they will share more details when they return from their maternity and paternity leaves. Zuckerberg has started his leave, a Facebook representative said, and will be available if "absolutely needed." Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer, and Mike Schroepfer, chief technology officer, will run the company in Zuckerberg's absence. (Reporting by Yasmeen Abutaleb in San Francisco; Additional reporting by Abhirup Roy in Bengaluru; Writing by Bernard Orr; Editing by Stephen R. Trousdale, Bill Rigby, Lisa Shumaker and Leslie Adler) Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla are seen with their daughter named Max in this image released on December 1, 2015.
  7. Rising seas are claiming a vulnerable nation. Linber Anej waded out in low tide to haul concrete chunks and metal scraps to shore and rebuild the makeshift sea wall in front of his home. The temporary barrier is no match for the rising seas that regularly flood the shacks and muddy streets with saltwater and raw sewage, but every day except Sunday, Mr. Anej joins a group of men and boys to haul the flotsam back into place. “It’s insane, I know,” said Mr. Anej, 30, who lives with his family of 13, including his parents, siblings and children, in a four-room house. “But it’s the only option we’ve got.” Standing near his house at the edge of a densely packed slum of tin shacks, he said, “I feel like we’re living underwater.” Worlds away, in plush hotel conference rooms in Paris, London, New York and Washington, Tony A. deBrum, the foreign minister of the Marshall Islands, tells the stories of men like Mr. Anej to convey to more powerful policy makers the peril facing his island nation in the Pacific as sea levels rise — and to shape the legal and financial terms of a major United Nations climate change accord now being negotiated in Paris. Mr. deBrum’s focus is squarely on the West’s wallets — recouping “loss and damage,” in negotiators’ parlance, for the destruction wrought by the rich nations’ industrial might on the global environment. Many other low-lying nations are just as threatened by rising seas. In Bangladesh, some 17 percent of the land could be inundated by 2050, displacing about 18 million people. But the Marshall Islands holds an important card: Under a 1986 compact, the roughly 70,000 residents of the Marshalls, because of their long military ties to Washington, are free to emigrate to the United States, a pass that will become more enticing as the water rises on the islands’ shores. The debate over loss and damage has been intense because the final language of the Paris accord could require developed countries, first and foremost the United States, to give billions of dollars to vulnerable countries like the Marshall Islands. Senior Republicans in Congress are already preparing for a fight, they say on behalf of the American taxpayer. “Our constituents are worried that the pledges you are committing the United States to will strengthen foreign economies at the expense of American workers,” 37 Republican senators wrote last month. “They are also skeptical about sending billions of their hard-earned dollars to government officials from developing nations.” Mr. deBrum is undeterred. “It does not make sense for us to go to Paris and come back with something that says, ‘In a few years’ time, your country is going to be underwater,’” Mr. deBrum said in an interview at his seaside home in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands. “We see the damage occurring now. We’re trying to beat back the sea.” Sea walls on the eastern side of Majuro Island in Majuro Atoll. In the global fight over climate change, leaders of vulnerable low-lying island nations have long sought to draw attention to their plight. They have staged symbolic events like an underwater cabinet meeting, gone on hunger strikes and delivered anguished speeches to the United Nations. Those efforts have had little impact on the substance of the energy and economic policies that dictate governmental response to climate change. In the meantime, Mr. Anej and millions like him cope with the fallout while stranded on disappearing shores. “I’m the oldest — I can’t leave my parents,” he said. “But I don’t want my kids to drown here.” Within the world of high-level climate negotiators, however, Mr. deBrum has made inroads. He manages to get into meetings of the Major Economies Forum, a group of 17 world powers convened by Secretary of State John Kerry to talk energy policy ahead of the Paris meeting. He is widely credited with either introducing or significantly strengthening crucial points in the draft accord set to emerge from Paris — in particular, putting a price on the destruction caused by climate change. He has pressed to require meetings every five years after the Paris summit meeting to ratchet up the stringency of international carbon-cutting policies. Mr. deBrum notes that the environment minister of Brazil, one of the world’s largest carbon polluters, has cited the tiny Marshall Islands’ plan to reduce its carbon footprint as an influence on Brazil’s ambitious plan to do the same. For Mr. deBrum, a warming planet is not abstract. As the burning of fossil fuels increases heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, the planet warms, and the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets melt into the oceans. Sea levels are projected to rise one to four feet across the globe by the end of the century, a series of major international scientific reports have concluded. Most of the 1,000 or so Marshall Islands, spread out over 29 narrow coral atolls in the South Pacific, are less than six feet above sea level — and few are more than a mile wide. For the Marshallese, the destructive power of the rising seas is already an inescapable part of daily life. Changing global trade winds have raised sea levels in the South Pacific about a foot over the past 30 years, faster than elsewhere. Scientists are studying whether those changing trade winds have anything to do with climate change. But add to this problem a [CENSORED]ure sea-level rise wrought by climate change, and islanders who today experience deluges of tidal flooding once every month or two could see their homes unfit for human habitation within the coming decades. In neighborhoods like Mr. Anej’s, after the sewage-filled tides wash into homes, fever and dysentery soon follow. On other islands, the wash of saltwater has penetrated and salinated underground freshwater supply. On Majuro, flooding tides damaged hundreds of homes in 2013. The elementary school closed for nearly two weeks to shelter families. That same year, the airport temporarily closed after tides flooded the runway. Such travails, voiced by Mr. deBrum, have meaning in Washington because what happens on the Marshall Islands affects the United States — on immigration policy, national security and taxpayer dollars. The two countries have a complicated history. During the Cold War, the United States military detonated 67 nuclear bombs on or close to the nearby Bikini Atoll and Enewetak Atoll — after first relocating the Bikini Islanders to different locations around the Marshalls. At age 9, Mr. deBrum was fishing with his grandfather when he saw the flash of one of the tests on the horizon. “Within seconds, the entire sky had turned red, like a fishbowl had been put over my head, and blood poured over it,” he recalled. The deal offered: an open door to the Marshallese and Bikini Islanders. That bargain has already fostered communities of thousands of Marshall Islanders in Springdale, Ark., and Salem, Ore., fleeing a deluged [CENSORED]ure. That 1986 compact also established a United States government fund to support Bikini Islanders — as long as they continued to live in the Marshall Islands. Now the Bikini Islanders want to use that fund to move to the United States. In the first decades of his career as a public official, Mr. deBrum, 70, worked as a diplomatic envoy to help his country recover from the impact of the nuclear testing. Now his focus has shifted to recouping the costs of climate change. “Tony’s clearly been a very big player on the issue of loss and damage,” said Todd Stern, the United States’ top climate change negotiator. “He has a lot of credibility in these negotiations.” As Mr. Obama seeks a legacy on climate policy, officials in his administration have quietly encouraged Mr. deBrum to put the Marshall Islands forward as a symbol of the perils of climate change. The Obama administration may have boosted some of Mr. deBrum’s efforts, but it has stopped short of backing language that would hold rich countries legally liable for loss and damage. In March, Mr. deBrum hosted Esther Kia’aina, the Obama administration official who oversees the government’s relationship with the islanders, showing her the impact of sea-level rise on his home country. And last month in Washington, he met with members of Congress, urging them to support the Bikini Islanders’ request. The efforts are showing some results. On Oct. 20, Ms. Kia’aina sent a letter to Congress, asking lawmakers to pass a bill that would allow the Bikini Islanders to restructure the terms of their fund to move to the United States. On defense matters, the Marshall Islands’ strategic value to the United States no longer rests on the Pacific nuclear testing grounds but on Kwajalein, the largest of the Marshall atolls, which is home to the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site. The 1,200 Americans who live on the base launch missiles, operate space weapons programs and track NASA research, supported by an annual budget of $182 million. About 900 Marshallese workers take a ferry to the base every day to support them. The Pentagon, which has a lease on Kwajalein until 2066, has commissioned scientific studies on the impact that rising sea levels will have on the base’s mission. In 2008, a tidal wash flooded the base and destroyed all the freshwater supplies on the island. The military responded with expensive desalination machines and heavy-duty sea walls made of riprap, a fortified granite used in hydraulic engineering. That is the kind of adaptation Mr. deBrum wants to see on the islands where his people live, and it would not be cheap. Among the most contentious terms to be negotiated in Paris will be a pledge, put forth during the 2009 climate change summit meeting in Copenhagen by Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state at the time, that rich countries would mobilize $100 billion annually by 2020 to help poor countries control their greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the punishing impacts of climate change. Countries have already established a “Green Climate Fund” to receive contributions. Mr. Obama has pledged an initial United States donation of $3 billion. “We’ll be among the first 15 countries in line,” Mr. deBrum said. He envisions elevating Marshallese cities as much as six feet and building resilient new drainage systems. “That could buy us at least 20 years,” he said. For now, on Majuro, the Marshall Islands’ capital, the adaptation to sea-level rise is lower tech. In the neighborhood of Jenrok, a seaside cemetery has been eroded by the rising waves — about 10 rows of coffins and headstones have washed out to sea. To adapt, the Marshallese encase their dead in aboveground concrete tombs, but the rising waves have started to lap at those, too. At the western tip of Majuro, in the lush, verdant community of Laura, farmers like Kakiana Ebot grow breadfruit to sell in the island’s central market. But Ms. Ebot’s breadfruit tree recently rotted away and died, she said, the victim of saltwater soaking into the soil and seawater spray on the leaves, she believes. With the loss of the tree, she said, comes the loss of about $30 a day from selling its fruit. At a government-run farm, Steve Lipton, a crop production official for the Marshall Islands’ Ministry of Agriculture, is experimenting with salt-resistant hybrids of crops such as taro and cassava. “We make the soil saltier and see what will survive, since we know it’s getting worse,” he said. At international gatherings, from the Major Economies Forum to the United Nations General Assembly, Mr. deBrum frequently speaks of his island’s dying breadfruit crop, to convey the surprising but concrete ways that rising sea levels are affecting lives and economic growth. But for all his diplomatic acumen, Mr. deBrum’s advocacy for a small island nation being swallowed by a vast ocean does not always rise above the roar of the surf. At a recent conference convened to draft the Paris accord, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar of India listened to his pleas, then responded brusquely, “So what?”
  8. The online quiz culture is here! There are tons of different personality, culture, and logic/science quizzes with simple answers available on all corners of the Web, and they’re growing in po[CENSORED]rity due to the gratification they deliver. I’m mostly talking about the “tests” that many people take to discover a modicum of information about themselves that may or may not be accurate, sharing the results on major social media sites which, in turn, draws others to take these same tests. While they all generally look the same, some of them might appear as applications that require certain permissions on Facebook for you to proceed. This presents significant privacy concerns, and it’s about time I explain what they are and how one could be more prudent to prevent allowing their information to be sold. How Quizzes Can Threaten PrivacyTo begin to understand how privacy can be an issue with online quizzes, you first have to know what they do to get your information. Since Facebook quizzes are the biggest culprit, I will be using the social network as a frame of reference. First of all, no private information belonging to you can escape the Facebook ecosystem into an application without your permission. Your address, your phone number, and other details about you that you choose to make private will not be accessible to outside entities unless you allow it Since quizzes that come in the form of Facebook apps use the Facebook API to interact with you, they have to deal with this restraint. Something like the following will show up when the quiz asks for your permission to access information. Of course, most people’s first instinct is to click “Okay” and skip the boring process of reviewing everything in the dialog. This could lead to serious consequences where information such as your address and phone number are immediately relayed to a third party you don’t know if you can trust. The consequences are an increased likelihood of junk mail, sales calls, and lots of spam. Some untrustworthy entities create these quizzes to lure people in to giving away their info, relying on their need for instant gratification overpowering their desire to stop and review what information they are providing. They then sell this information to third party spammers. A couple thousand of these emails can cost $50. Consider what these entities earn when they have 100 million emails to sell. How to Protect YourselfRemember the screenshot above? There’s a link labeles “Edit the info you provide.” There you’ll find a repository of everything the application wants from you, giving you the possibility of opting out. Above, you see the information that the “Brilliant” app asked me to provide. Most of it is innocuous, but I’d rather it not know who my friends are and what my email is. The top two check marks should be cleared. After that, I am perfectly fine with giving away my birthday, educational history (which I leave blank intentionally anyway), and my current city. If you’re not OK with giving anything away, you can clear all of the check marks in this list. Just make sure you review this at all times!
  9. Lenovo’s Superfish scandal earlier this year was arguably the worst security flaw since the Sony rootkit debacle of ten years ago. Multiple IdeaPad product lines were shipped with a self-signed HTTPS certificate that could be used to spoof the secure connection that using HTTPS is supposed to guarantee. In simple terms: Laptops with Superfish installed couldn’t actually verify if the banking sites or e-commerce destinations they connected to were actually the sites they claimed to be. There was no simple way to remove the software, and users were forced to jump through multiple hoops to resecure a system. Now, Dell appears to have done something similar, though the investigation is still ongoing. According to programmer Joe Nord, Dell is shipping a self-signed certificate called eDellRoot. It expires in 2039 and is intended to be used for “All” purposes. Further poking revealed that the user has a private key that corresponds to the certificate, as shown below: This is a serious problem. In order for cryptography to work, there must be two keys — a public key and a private key. The public key is used to encrypt messages transmitted to the server, while the private key is used by the server to decrypt those messages. The entire concept of public-key cryptography relies on the private key remaining private. Because it’s computationally impractical to derive the private key from analyzing public keys, public keys can be distributed everywhere, while the private keys used to decrypt the information remain under lock and key. Shipping a computer with a private key already installed means that the key can be extracted and used to sign fraudulent websites. Dell computers with the eDellRoot certificate installed will not recognize that these websites are fraudulent, because the key that they rely on to do so has told the system that they aren’t. What’s missing from this picture is any sense of why the eDellRoot key is installed on Dell laptops in the first place. In Lenovo’s case, it compromised user security and broke the entire HTTPS model to ship a lousy bit of adware that supposedly enabled “Visual search.” Lenovo later claimed that the revenue it earned from Superfish was tiny, which made sense, but didn’t explain why the company had broken HTTPS security in order to earn a trifling bit of cash. Dell’s eDellRoot certificate doesn’t seem tied to any specific service or capability. It’s not linked to malware or customer complaints the way Superfish was, and it’s not clear how many systems have shipped with the certificate installed. So far, we’ve seen reports that at least some Inspiron 5000 models are affected. These are Windows 10 machines shipping nine months after Superfish. The world of OEM systems is cutthroat, with thin margins and aggressive product positioning, but this isn’t exactly a feature anyone asked Dell to copy from Lenovo. It’s not clear yet how large the problem is, but testing has shown that systems with the eDellRoot certificate installed will establish connections to clearly fraudulent sites. Wondering if your own Dell machine has this problem? This test site is designed to test if your system has eDellRoot installed — if your Dell connects to the link without error when using IE or Chrome, you’ve got an eDellRoot problem. According to Ars Technica, Firefox still reports that the site has certificate issues. Researchers have also apparently told Ars that this certificate can be used to sign applications, bypassing malware checks. We’ve reached out to Dell, who provided the following statement: Customer security and privacy is a top concern for Dell. We have a strict policy of minimizing the number of pre-load applications and assessing all applications for their security and usability. Dell has an extensive end-user security practice that develops capabilities and best practices to best protect our customers. We have a team investigating the current situation and will update you as soon as we have more information. TechNewsWorld > Computing > Hardware | Next Article in Hardware HP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Go Separate Ways Print Email By David Jones • E-Commerce Times • ECT News Network Nov 2, 2015 4:55 PM PT hewlett-packard-enterprise-hpe The long-awaited split of HP's personal computer and enterprise operations has taken place, and CEO Meg Whitman, who oversaw the transition of the massive, listing ship, clearly faces the most challenging crisis of her career -- trying to save a legacy business from being buried by the sands of time and progress. HP, which struggled for more than 15 years to compete in a modern age of mobile computing and cloud services, on Monday began its first official business day as a house divided into two brand new US$50 billion enterprises. Whitman is now president and chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which offers cloud services and data center infrastructure to the HP corporate customer base. Despite having served just three years at HP, Dion Weisler, who was executive vice president of the company's printer and personal systems unit, has been named chief executive of the new HP, which will focus on those core businesses. The split is another symbol of the company's failure to adapt to the rapid changes taking place in the increasingly cloud- and mobile-dominated technology industry, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group. The failure to react to those changes resulted a disastrous series of failed acquisitions, only to be followed by a rescue deal involving a new dance partner that failed to materialize, he told the E-Commerce Times. "They were trying to package the company to be bought by EMC," Enderle said. "They instead opened the door for Dell to buy EMC, creating perhaps the biggest failure since Meg Whitman took over HP. In terms of catastrophic outcomes, this overshadows even the Palm and Autonomy moves." New Opportunities The move will streamline management of HP's printer and personal computer business and help it adjust to the rapid changes taking place in the personal computing space, observed Ryan Reith, program director of mobile device trackers at IDC. However, HP may have acted too late. "I think this will certainly help the company become more nimble and [give it] flexibility to pivot as needed," he told the E-Commerce Times. "The challenge is that a lot of the HP business has needed to move -- mainly into mobile -- a few years back. So despite these efforts, they are still playing catch-up in some aspects of today's computing world." Shifting its personal computer business away from standalone desktops and laptops and toward detachable tablets and 2-in-1 hybrid models is a good strategy, Reith noted. "They will continue to do battle with the same guys [as] in the PC space -- including Dell, Lenovo and Apple," he said. However, "with Microsoft seeming to double down on its hardware investment with the updates to Surface and now Surface Book, if I were a PC OEM, I would be questioning what the longer-term strategy is," added Reith. The enterprise business strategy will allow the company to provide customized solutions for its various business partners, Whitman said at an analysts' meeting last month. "We all live in a hybrid world with applications across a blend of public and private cloud, as well as traditional IT, and that's why infrastructure isn't one size fits all anymore," she remarked. "It isn't just in the data center. It isn't just in the cloud. Infrastructure has to be everywhere at the right cost, with the right management at the right scale." Transition Period Both Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP will have to go through a period of difficulty as each new company works to position itself to compete in a new competitive environment. At the end of the day, a streamlined pair of HP companies will have better resources to face challenges head on, said Jeff Kaplan, managing director of THINKstrategies. "Both companies are going to face organizational issues, including restructuring their operations and reorienting their go-to-market strategies and tactics," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Until they resolve these internal challenges, they will lose momentum in the marketplace," Kaplan cautioned. "Their ability to overcome these challenges will determine if they are able to resurrect their competitive positions in their respective market segments and preserve Meg Whitman's legacy as a bold leader."
  10. The long-awaited split of HP's personal computer and enterprise operations has taken place, and CEO Meg Whitman, who oversaw the transition of the massive, listing ship, clearly faces the most challenging crisis of her career -- trying to save a legacy business from being buried by the sands of time and progress. HP, which struggled for more than 15 years to compete in a modern age of mobile computing and cloud services, on Monday began its first official business day as a house divided into two brand new US$50 billion enterprises. Whitman is now president and chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which offers cloud services and data center infrastructure to the HP corporate customer base.
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  12. Are racing car drivers an endangered species? If so, then Roborace could be the beginning of the end. Slated to kick off next year, this new racing championship will pit driverless electric cars against each other in a round-the-world series. The aim is to provide a competitive platform for the autonomous driving technology that is being developed by automotive and tech firms, as well as universities. Roborace is being developed in a partnership between the electric racing series Formula E, which is currently in its second season, and investment firm Kinetik. It will form part of the support package for the Formula E Championship, with races taking place at the same circuits prior to each Formula E race. Ten teams will compete in the Roborace championship, each with two driverless cars. The running of one team will be crowdsourced by a community of software and technology enthusiasts, and experts from around the world. All the teams will use the same car , but will be able to alter its software to gain a competitive advantage over the course of one-hour races. Formula E says the aim of Roborace is to demonstrate the capabilities of autonomous driving technology, even in extreme conditions, while Kinetik's Denis Sverdlov says it will help to show that we can co-exist with such technologies. CEO of Formula E Alejandro Agag describes the new series as "an open challenge to the most innovative scientific and technology-focused companies in the world." The Roborace series is scheduled to debut in the 2016-17 season, with further details about its teams and technologies to be announced early next year.
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  19. Due to the results of a recent study, researchers stress that people can save a lot of money and preserve their well-being by living a healthy lifestyle. The study examined various aspects of healthy living as well as the rates by which men experienced myocardial infarction (MI) or a heart attack. An estimated 1.5 million cases of MI occur in the U.S. each year. This condition leaves the muscle tissue in the heart irreversibly damaged, according to Medscape. The study's aim was to examine the benefit of a combined low-risk diet with healthy lifestyle practices on MI occurrences in men. To explore this goal, the researchers reviewed detailed questionnaires filled out by men regarding their diets and lifestyles. Medical records were also examined, which included checking the men's history for cancer, cardiovascular disease, hypertension and high cholesterol levels. The participants included more than 20,000 Swedish men ages 45 to 79, whom were observed over an 11-year period. Low-risk behaviors included five factors: a healthy diet, moderate alcohol consumption, no smoking, frequent exercise and having no abdominal adiposity, or excessive belly fat. Almost four out of five men could have prevented their heart attacks by practicing low-risk behaviors Published Sept. 22 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the results revealed that 166 of 1,724 men who did not practice any of the five healthy behaviors had heart attacks. In addition, only 212 of the men practiced all five healthy behaviors, of which only three had heart attacks. Based on the findings, the study's authors suggest that practicing all five healthy behaviors together could prevent 79% of first heart attacks in men. Beyond that, performing each behavior by itself could reduce the overall risk for a heart attack. Eating a well-rounded diet of fruits, vegetables, nuts, reduced dairy and healthy whole grains was associated with a nearly 20% when compared to those participants who didn't practice any of the healthy behaviors. "People looking for a magic pill or a modern new technology to prevent heart disease need to be reminded how important lifestyle factors are," said Dr. R. Curtis Ellison, professor of medicine and public health at Boston University School of Medicine. Practicing healthy habits can save you A LOT of money in the long run, scientists stress Experts say while it is uncommon to die of a first heart attack, those cases typically suffer from more heart problems in the [CENSORED]ure, highlighting that preventing the first one is incredibly crucial, according to a U.S. News & World Report. "The study also adds to the potential dramatic reduction in cardiovascular events and deaths and the cost savings that would occur with a primordial prevention po[CENSORED]tion approach to lifestyle beginning in childhood and continuing into adulthood," noted researchers. The study's lead author Agneta Akesson added, "there is a lot to gain and money to be saved if people had a healthier lifestyle." Unfortunately, less than 2% of the American po[CENSORED]tion actually practices what is defined as "ideal cardiovascular health." Another reminder that eating processed foods filled with synthetic ingredients, toxic preservatives and artificial flavors does not come without a price. Despite Big Pharma's advertisements, a pill cannot cure damaged caused by living an unhealthy lifestyle, particularly when heart damage has occurred. "It is important to note that these lifestyle behaviors are modifiable, and changing from high-risk to low-risk behaviors can have great impact on cardiovascular health," said Akesson. "However, the best thing one can do is to adopt healthy lifestyle choices early in life."
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