Groups representing major IT companies have warned President Obama again not to go through with measures that would thwart encryption technologies. Such policies would undermine privacy and compromise the security of tech products and services, they said. In a letter sent to Obama on Monday, the Information Technology Industry Council …
Alibaba – the Chinese ecommerce giant – is expanding its IaaS cloud offering named Aliyun into the United States and in doing so will take on America’s largest ecommerce company, Amazon and its cloud computing division Amazon Web Services. Alibaba and Amazon each dominate their countries ecommerce markets, and they …
Two years after the first leaks by Edward Snowden about U.S. surveillance programs, the country’s tech companies are still worried about a backlash from other governments. Several foreign governments continue to push policies requiring that data generated in their countries be stored within their borders, said Yael Weinman, vice president …
Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service has been growing fast in China, but a company executive has warned that the government’s changing tech policies could slow its momentum. Authorities here have been crafting new regulations, and the government’s position on tech “can change at any time,” Gary Sun, president of Microsoft’s …
Alibaba, the Chinese ecommerce giant, is expanding its IaaS cloud offering named Aliyun into the United States and in doing so will take on America’s largest e-commerce company, Amazon, and its cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services. Alibaba and Amazon each dominates its country’s e-commerce markets, and they both lead …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a trader residing in Canada has agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle charges that he shorted U.S. stocks in companies planning follow-on offerings and then illegally bought shares in the follow-on offerings to lock in significant profits with little …
Одной их характерных особенностей Windows 10, несомненно, является новый браузер Microsoft Edge. Разработка Edge еще не закончена и Microsoft продолжает готовить почву для его дебюта, который состоится одновременно с коммерческим запуском Windows 10, запланированным на 29 июля. …
Groups representing major IT companies have warned U.S. President Barack Obama again not to go through with measures that would undermine encryption technologies. Such policies would undermine privacy and compromise the security of tech products and services, they said. In a letter sent to Obama Monday, the Information Technology Industry …
Virtual reality headsets such as the Oculus Rift will never make it big without lots of content. To help developers build games for such platforms, Unity Technologies has begun adding VR-specific features to its suite of cross-platform development tools. Unity’s platform is already used to build games for smartphones, PCs, …
WWDC 2015 Apple on Monday kicked of WWDC with its standard keynote address. Per usual, the event was chock full of exciting and surprising announcements that touched on all things iOS, Mac, and Apple Watch. From a brand new music service to an Apple Watch SDK, there’s a whole lot …
Крупнейший онлайн-ритейлер Amazon объявил о планах начать разработку собственной игры для персональных компьютеров. Игровое подразделение компании Amazon Game Studios, интерес которого ранее был ограничен лишь мобильными устройствами, занялось поиском сотрудников на “новый амбициозный игровой проект для ПК с использованием новейших технологий”. …
Компания Ubisoft рассказала, что еще один элемент серии оставят за бортом Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate. Разработчики собираются убрать из игры случайные побочные квесты. …
Apple yesterday promised that the iOS 9 upgrade would not repeat the debacle of last year, when owners of iPhones and iPads with small storage allotments were unable to easily install the new operating system. “We’ve been able to reduce the amount of free space you need to get to …
Apple had lots to offer developers at this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote. Headline improvements included a new version of the soon to be open sourced Swift programming language and upgraded frameworks for creating more advanced Watch apps. Developers have played a key part in making Apple the hugely successful …
Стандарт MirrorLink был представлен несколько лет назад и представляет собой специальную технологию, с помощью которой вы можете подключить свой смартфон к автомобильной информационно-развлекательной системе и получить доступ к GPS и другим приложениям непосредственно с установленного в машине бортового компьютера. …
I saw something surprising when I looked at Google Photos the other day. There, right in the middle of the app’s prominent search screen, was a photo of me with an ex-girlfriend — someone I hadn’t seen in well over a decade. The photo was the cover image for a …
Вчера в ходе открытия конференции WWDC 2015 Крейг Федериги, который прежде рассказал о новых операционных системах OS X El Capitan и iOS 9, сообщил подробности относительно обновлённой платформы CarPlay. …
The ongoing saga surrounding HP’s ill-fated Autonomy acquisition continued on Tuesday with the company’s announcement that it will pay $100 million in a settlement agreement with PGGM Vermogensbeheer B.V. Dutch PGGM Vermogensbeheer is the lead plaintiff in the securities class action arising from the impairment charge taken by HP following …
Apple had lots to offer developers at this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote. Headline improvements included a new version of the soon to be open sourced Swift programming language and upgraded frameworks for creating more advanced Watch apps. Developers have played a key part in making Apple the hugely successful …
SAN DIEGO — Cisco this week announced a plan to embed security throughout the network — from the data center out to endpoints, branch offices and the cloud — in an effort to avoid pervasive threats. Cisco says the strategy, announced at this week’s Cisco Live conference, will give customers …
Таджикские интернет-провайдеры по распоряжению властей страны разблокировали доступ к социальным сетям, новостным ресурсам и информагентствам. …
The data breach landscape could look very different in the future with the increased adoption of chip-enabled payment cards in North America, but for now point-of-sale systems account for the majority of breaches there, compared to a tiny minority in other regions of the world. Hacked point-of-sale (PoS) terminals were …
Компания NVIDIA опубликовала ролик Batman: Arkham Knight, в котором демонстрируются возможности технологии GameWorks, призванной повысить степень реалистичности в видеоиграх. Чтобы увидеть возможности технологии, необходима видеокарта с поддержкой GameWorks. …
The data breach landscape could look very different in the future with the increased adoption of chip-enabled payment cards in North America—but for now point-of-sale systems account for the majority of breaches there, compared to a tiny minority in other regions of the world. Hacked point-of-sale (PoS) terminals were responsible …
Federal agencies today issued a final interagency policy statement establishing joint standards for assessing the diversity policies and practices of the entities they regulate. Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 required the Federal Reserve Board, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal …
Highest-paying IT security jobs Image by Thinkstock With increasing concern around identity theft, hacking, data security and privacy, and with a number of high-profile data breaches in the news, organizations are doubling down on their need for qualified, talented security professionals. Not surprisingly, salaries are increasing right along with demand.“Security …