25-летний британский блоггер Джим Чепмен основал очередное повальное безумство под названием «Extreme Shampooing» («Мытьё головы в экстремальных условиях»), которое стремительно охватывает весь Туманный Альбион. …
Такое предположение было озвучено на ежегодном заседании комитета Международного проекта по электромагнитным полям. …
Грядет волна 8-дюймовых Android-планшетов. …
Периодически в Сети появляются сомнительного качества фотографии задних крышек смартфона Nokia EOS. Недавно появлялась белая крышка, а вот сейчас – желтая. …
Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked information about U.S. government mass surveillance programs, has been charged by the U.S. with espionage, the Washington Post reported Friday. …
A bug on Facebook leaked email addresses and phone numbers provided by some 6 million people on the site to certain other users, the company revealed Friday. …
Linux developers were once just that, developers. But their role is changing says the Linux Foundation, which is expanding its training options to help them. …
Rackspace is now offering hosted versions of the MongoDB data store, using MongoDB management technologies it acquired from its purchase of ObjectRocket in February. It also has contracted with 10gen, the company shepherding the open source MongoDB, to provide advanced support for the service. read more
Africa's Regional Internet Registry, AFRINIC, is having trouble getting senior government officials involved in establishing strategy, a problem that may be hampering the organization's ability to effectively set and implement policy decisions and organize security campaigns. read more
Apple and Samsung have both released new laptops that utilize the power management capability of Intel’s latest chip, but high prices could dampen sales. …
For the better part of a year, Oracle has touted the "pluggable database" feature in its upcoming 12c database release as a significant architectural shift that will usher in major performance and efficiency improvements and also make cloud-based applications more secure. read more
For the better part of a year, Oracle has touted the "pluggable database" feature in its upcoming 12c database release as a significant architectural shift that will usher in major performance and efficiency improvements and also make cloud-based applications more secure. …
Christie’s today said it hopes to sell a working Apple-1 computer for as much as half a million dollars in a special online-only auction that starts next week. …
Once-mighty America Online appears to be working on a new RSS reader product, with about a week to go before Google pulls the plug on its own Reader. read more
Intel is now looking to the Android operating system as it breaks away from years of optimizing its top line of Core PC processors, including the recently launched Haswell processors, chiefly for Windows. read more
More secret NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden suggest that the U.S. agency’s British counterpart intercepts petabytes worth of communication data daily from fiber-optic cables. …
A U.K. regulatory group is giving Google 35 days to delete what remains of the data collected by its Street View cars in the U.K., and is using the threat of legal action to compel the company to comply. read more
Availability of affordable connectivity and an increase in online criminal activity has pushed many African countries to ramp up cybersecurity efforts. read more
Gartner is giving the thumbs up to Windows 8.1, crediting the operating system refresh with overcoming the major downsides of Windows 8. read more
The Samsung Galaxy S4 and the HTC One are two of the hottest smartphones on the market today. Here are 5 reasons the GS4 might be right for you. read more
The capabilities enabled by machine-to-machine communication and advanced analytics stand poised to dramatically change the world around us. read more
Against a backdrop of market tumult, enterprise software companies this week reported mixed quarterly results. read more
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) can retain communications of U.S. citizens or residents potentially indefinitely if those communications are encrypted, according to a newly leaked secret government document. read more
Доверенные источники сообщили, что в последнее время Microsoft активно вела переговоры о покупке финского мобильного гиганта Nokia. Переговоры велись в текущем месяце, но неожиданно были свернуты. Предполагается, что Microsoft отказалась от идеи поглощения Nokia из-за предложенной стоимости и ее падении спроса за последнее время. Сделка могла быть схожа на приобретение …