Researchers in the U.S. have managed to spoof GPS (Global Positioning System) signals to send a yacht hundreds of meters off course, while fooling the crew into thinking the yacht was remaining perfectly on course. …
Marvell joined the crowd of vendors throwing their support behind Googles TV streaming device, Chromecast, saying its hardware powers the new device. …
Intel has shipped its first "open source PC," a bare-bones computer aimed at software developers building x86 applications and hobbyists looking to construct their own computer. …
Corning has had much success in getting its Gorilla Glass adopted by smartphone and tablet makers. Now it’s aiming for laptops. …
Researchers in Silicon Valley have managed to observe electrical switching that is thousands of times faster than transistors used in today's computer chips. Their work could lead to a better understanding of how transistors work at the atomic level and in turn help to enable more powerful computers. read more
An Android tablet brought back from North Korea by a tourist has provided a glimpse at some of the restrictions placed on IT users in the famously secretive country. read more
Intel has shipped its first "open source PC," a bare-bones computer aimed at software developers building x86 applications and hobbyists looking to construct their own computer. read more
Microsoft today said that Windows 8.1, slated for release this fall, will use the same lifecycle support timeline as 2012’s Windows 8, meaning that it will be supported until early 2023. …
Facebook today announced a pilot program aimed at helping developers take their mobile games global. …
For ARI CEO Carl Ortell, real-time information delivery is key to strong relationships with customers and employees. …
This CIO wants IT employees who are dedicated to the company's mission of using IT to fight healthcare fraud and waste. …
Is Google getting ready to dump Android for Chrome OS? Plus: Tox promises secure and private messaging. Duke Nukem 3D Megaton for Linux goes beta. read more
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology never sought a federal prosecution of Aaron Swartz, the programming prodigy who was charged with stealing millions of academic papers from an online archive at MIT, according to a report by the institute. read more
Hoping to strengthen its services for mobile users, Facebook has created a new program to encourage third-party developers to build games that will run on the company's mobile clients. read more
Oracle has settled a lawsuit it brought last year against a former partner it alleged was providing third-party support for its PeopleSoft application in an illegal fashion. read more
Lenovo will open its Reach consumer cloud service beta to anyone who wants to sign up later this quarter in North America, which could boost the Chinese company's hardware sales by tying that portfolio to the cloud service. read more
Samsung is reportedly in talks to acquire German organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology developer Novaled. read more
Easing the path for organizations to launch big data-styled services, Red Hat has coupled the 10gen MongoDB data store to its new identity management package for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution. read more
Хоть все устройства корпорации Apple считаются моделями “премиального” сегмента (пока не появились бюджетные версии iPhone), это не мешает им время от времени испытывать аппаратные или программные проблемы. Очередной неисправностью стала проблема с новым поколением ноутбуков MacBook Air. На официальном сайте Apple появились многочисленные сообщения, говорящие о наличии проблем с экраном, …
Salesforce.com has expanded the number of mobile application development tools it supports and also created a series of templates aimed at helping coders create mobile applications faster. read more
SoftBank's net sales increased by over 21 percent in the second quarter as the company saw handset sales and subscriber numbers increase. read more
Alcatel-Lucent's second-quarter revenue grew 1.9 percent year on year, driven by strong growth in sales of IP networking equipment, one of the markets on which the company is pinning its future. read more
Пользователи устройств на базе операционной системы Google Android больше не нужно лично посещать для изменения пары опций в системе по первому требованию бабушек, дедушек, знакомых или друзей, слабо разбирающихся в мобильных девайсов. Теперь это можно сделать дистанционно, достаточно предварительно установить в Android-устройства приложение Zikk. Это простое приложение, позволяющее одному смартфону …
Крупнейший производитель высокотехнологической оперативной памяти и NAND накопителей ADATA Technology анонсировал сегодня свою последнюю разработку – серию планок разогнанной оперативной памяти XPG V2, работающие на частоте 3100 Мегагерц. Новинка разработана специально для обеспечения высокой производительности в игровом процессе в совокупности с процессорами Intel Core четвертого поколения и последней платформы Z87. ОЗУ XPG 3100 …
I've been pretty down on Kickstarter as a funding source for games lately, but here's a project that turned out quite nicely. read more
Sprint Nextel made a net loss of US$1.6 billion for the second quarter, swollen by the cost of shutting down its Nextel wireless network, but the company is more optimistic about future profitability. read more