Компания Eurostar Group представила «первый планшетник, предназначенный для женщин». Гаджет ePad Femme Tablet работает под управлением Android 4.0 ICS, стоит 163$ и оснащен целым рядом приложений, ориентированных на женщин. …
Sony подала довольно странную патентную заявку. Контроллер EyePad представляет собой нечто вроде планшета с игровыми кнопками по обеим сторонам. …
Samsung представит на Всемирном мобильном конгрессе смартфон на базе Tizen. Эта программная платформа является наследником мобильного Linux, Meego и других решений, которые разрабатывались на рубеже десятилетий, но так и не нашли широкого применения в практике. …
Бразильский филиал Apple не смог зарегистрировать и закрепить за собой торговую марку iPhone из-за того, что местный производитель гаджетов уже называет так свой телефон на Android. Зато местный регулятор считает, что Apple вполне может производить под этим брендом, например, одежду. …
Если ваши гаджеты постоянно разряжаются в самый неподходящий момент, то можно, например, воспользоваться портативными аккумуляторными зарядными устройствами или солнечными батареями, о которых мы не раз писали, а можно попробовать такое устройство, как Pocket Socket Hand Generator, позволяющее к тому же еще и руки размять. …
Похоже, производители мобильных устройств решили не останавливаться на 5,5-дюймовых экранах. Уже сейчас легко можно найти смартфоны с экранами диагональю 6 и больше дюймов. Но вместе с экранами растет и само устройство. …
Japanese police believe they have finally caught the man behind an extraordinary malware campaign that included taunting police in January by sending them clues on an SD card strapped to a cat. read more
The HBO Go app for iPhone and iPad scored a long-overdue update on Tuesday. As HBO's co-president Eric Kessler promised at the Dive Into D conference, the app–along with Cinemax's Max Go app–can now stream video wirelessly to the Apple TV. read more
Applications matter for platforms but Minecraft matters more than most. The Raspberry Pi was invented to encourage youngsters to take up coding, but having the hit indie game as a lure won’t hurt. read more
Samsung is tired of watching Apple run away with most of the money in mobile and is making a big play to become like Apple — a company that makes not only the hardware, but also the software and the store where you buy stuff. …
Opening its own brick-and-mortar retail stores could help Google sell more of its Chromebooks, Nexus tablets and other hardware, analysts said Friday, reacting to online reports that Google may soon be coming to the local shopping mall. read more
As an avid reader, and an especially big fan of ebooks, I thought subscribing to Amazon Prime seemed like a good idea. …
Facebook said Friday it had been the target of a sophisticated hacking attack but that it had no evidence any user data had been compromised. read more
For my recent column of predictions for 2013 I polled a huge number of IT people to see what they are expecting, and ended up getting more than 400 responses. …
Facebook is working hard to assure users that Graph Search, its new search engine designed to uncover all sorts of information buried within the site, does not compromise the privacy rights of minors. …
Intel's aim is to lead the way in creating the first exaflop supercomputer, so it is making architectural improvements to its processors with the hope to reach that goal between 2018 and 2020. read more
Intel's aim is to lead the way in creating the first exaflop supercomputer, so it is making architectural improvements to its processors with the hope to reach that goal between 2018 and 2020. …
The growing number of shareholders voicing opposition to Dell's US$24.4 billion plan to go private appears to be putting the company increasingly on the defensive, raising questions about the terms of the deal. read more
The popular PC gaming service Steam is now available for Linux, with 60 supported games in tow. read more
Microsoft is reminding customers that Windows 7's first edition, which shipped more than three years ago, will be dropped from support in early April. read more
With the release of the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone, the company once known as Research in Motion has staked its future on an ambitious bet: that it could craft a new "mobile user experience" that would, by itself, prove a strong attraction for buyers. read more
Having a great app or service doesn't guarantee success. How do you get your software or digital offering in front of buyers? read more
Facebook is working hard to assure users that Graph Search, its new search engine designed to uncover all sorts of information buried within the site, does not compromise the privacy rights of minors. read more
Network acceleration vendor F5's recent purchase of LineRate Systems, a startup specializing in software-defined networking technology, is both a near-term attempt to associate itself with a hot industry technology and a canny look ahead to the future, according to experts. read more
SAP is hoping to nail a slam dunk for its HANA in-memory platform through a partnership with the National Basketball Association on a new HANA-powered statistics website. read more
SAP is hoping to nail a slam dunk for its HANA in-memory platform through a partnership with the National Basketball Association on a new HANA-powered statistics website. …