На днях компания Mercedes-Benz опубликовала интересный видеоролик, на котором демонстрируется управление парковкой автомобиля при помощи iPhone. Выглядит очень интересно, необычно и, что самое главное, безопасно. …
Арбитражный суд Санкт-Петербурга и Ленобласти взыскал 750 тысяч рублей с крупнейшей социальной сети “ВКонтакте” за незаконное размещение десяти фонограмм певца Григория Лепса, сообщили РИА Новости в суде. …
Microsoft готовится прекратить поддержку популярной операционной системы Windows Server 2003. Многие компании уже обновили свои компьютеры или собираются это сделать в ближайшее время, а тех, кто будет по-прежнему пользоваться устаревшей платформой, рискуют потерять большие деньги. Этому посвящена публикация в издании TechRepublic. …
Компания AMD выпустила серьёзное обновление пакета графических драйверов Catalyst. Версия 15.7 WHQL принесла много новшеств, в первую очередь, официальную поддержку нового API DirectX 12 и поддержку адаптивной синхронизации FreeSync для систем CrossFire X. …
Компания Nokia использовала квадрокоптеры Telco со смартфонами на борту для анализа загруженности сотовой сети в Дубае на стадионе Дубай Спортс Сити. Пресс-релиз опубликован на сайте компании. …
Microsoft’s Windows Server 2003 has its Windows XP moment coming very soon, and that’s bad news for IT leaders who have been dragging their feet. The company will end extended support for the 12-year-old operating system on July 14. That will leave users without security patches and other updates for …
There’s been no end in sight to the parade of BI tools appearing on the horizon, and on Friday a new one made its debut, this time with a focus on SMBs. Combining tailored analytics and cloud technology, Quatrro’s new BI Tool is designed to bring business intelligence and financial …
Ellen Pao is resigning as Reddit’s interim chief executive after a week of tumult on the online message board with many users calling for her ouster. Pao is resigning under a mutual agreement with Reddit’s board, the company announced. She will be succeeded by Steve Huffman , Reddit’s co-founder and …
Ellen Pao is resigning as Reddit’s interim chief executive after a week of tumult on the online message board with many users calling for her ouster. Pao is resigning under a mutual agreement with Reddit’s board, the company announced. She will be succeeded by Steve Huffman , Reddit’s co-founder and …
While augmented and virtual reality are often associated with video games, Microsoft has highlighted enterprise plans for HoloLens, its augmented reality headset. In one HoloLens video, Microsoft shows the self-contained computer being used to review building plans and design a motorcycle as well as to play Minecraft. Before HoloLens appears …
The FCC’s radiation standards for your smartphone date back to the 1990s. But that’s OK. You use a belt clip, don’t you? That hallmark of turn-of-the-century tech fashion is largely forgotten these days. That is, until you look at product manuals for some of the newest smartphones on the market. …
Windows Phone users who have been testing Microsoft’s Windows 10 Mobile beta operating system were given a little present heading into their weekend with the release of a new build Friday. Build 10166, which was pushed out to early adopters in the Windows Insider Program, doesn’t promise new features. Instead, …
President Obama and presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) this week announced separate initiatives to help low- and middle-income Americans afford solar power. The White House announced an initiative to increase access to solar energy for all Americans, especially those in low and moderate-income communities, while expanding opportunities to join …
IT service providers placed significant focus on staffing up their offshore delivery centers during the previous decade. However, over the past five years, outsourcing providers have revved their U.S. domestic delivery center activity, according to recent research by outsourcing consultancy and research firm Everest Group. It’s interesting to note that …
One of four co-founders, Parker Harris has been a quietly powerful force in the success of Salesforce.com, which has grown to nearly $7 billion and earned a top spot in the CRM market since launching in 1999. Harris leads all product development, data centers and technology for the cloud company …
Skittish about the impact of Windows 10, including the free upgrade-from-Windows-7-and-8.1 offer, computer makers drew down inventories and sent PC shipments plummeting in the June quarter, IDC said today. The quarter was among the worst ever for personal computers, according to the research firm, which estimated the year-over-year contraction at …
NEW YORK — Amazon Web Services continues to pile on the new features and services for its enterprise customers. Speaking to a keynote audience in New York City today at its AWS Cloud Summit, Werner Vogels, chief technology officer and vice president of Amazon.com, said enterprises are beginning to look …
The director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management resigned on Friday, a day after her agency announced hackers had stolen information on 21.5 million current, former and prospective government employees and their families. Katherine Archuleta said she had informed President Barack Obama of her plans to step down, and …
Nope. Hell hasn’t frozen over, nor has winter arrived yet. But Microsoft has emerged as the ‘leading’ sponsor of the OpenBSD Foundation, becoming the first ‘Gold’ contributor for 2015. OpenBSD Journal wrote: “The OpenBSD Foundation is happy to announce that Microsoft has made a significant financial donation to the Foundation. …
The director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management resigned on Friday, a day after her agency announced hackers had stolen information on 21.5 million current, former and prospective government employees and their families. Katherine Archuleta said she had informed President Barack Obama of her plans to step down, and …
How many ways can Microsoft fail with mobile technology? There was Windows CE — a failure. Windows Mobile — a flop. And, more recently, Windows Phone — a fiasco. Do we begin to see a pattern here? Failure, flop, fiasco — Microsoft has earned a big F. Let’s take a …
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission may require the country’s telecom carriers to warn residential and business customers about their plans to abandon old, copper telephone networks for IP-based systems. A proposal from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler would also require telecom carriers retiring their copper networks to offer customers the option …
A push to allow Internet voting in elections is growing stronger along with advances in the underlying technology, but systems are not yet secure enough to use with relative certainty that the vote counts will be accurate, according to a new report. Still, while “no existing system guarantees voter privacy …
A push to allow Internet voting in elections is growing stronger along with advances in the underlying technology, but systems are not yet secure enough to use with relative certainty that the vote counts will be accurate, according to a new report. Still, while “no existing system guarantees voter privacy …
Microsoft will continue to manufacture smartphones for its Windows 10 Mobile operating system, but the company has thrown in the towel on the devices strategy pursued by its former CEO and will probably give up entirely unless Windows 10 reverses years of missteps in mobile, analysts said. After Microsoft wrote …