Two U.S. senators are pushing proposals to extend the National Security Agency’s domestic telephone records dragnet, but a diverse coalition of civil liberties and advocacy groups have called on lawmakers to vote against those plans. Proposals by Senator Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, and Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, …
Google executives have a vision that one day soon your jacket, shirt, pants — even your socks — might control your phone, tablet or even the lights in your house. Ivan Poupyrev, Google’s technical program lead, received wild applause at a morning session at Google I/O today when he talked …
Intel and Altera are apparently once again on speaking terms and said to be nearing a deal in which Intel would buy the smaller chip maker for $15 billion. News of a possible deal first surfaced in media reports in late March, but those negotiations broke down after Altera supposedly …
Identifying users who access Tor hidden services—websites that are only accessible inside the Tor anonymity network—is easier than de-anonymizing users who use Tor to access regular Internet websites. Security researchers Filipo Valsorda and George Tankersley showed Friday at the Hack in the Box security conference in Amsterdam why Tor connections …
Intel and Altera are apparently once again on speaking terms and said to be nearing a deal in which Intel would buy the smaller chip maker for US$15 billion. News of a possible deal first surfaced in media reports in late March, but those negotiations broke down after Altera supposedly …
The term “threat intelligence” surfaced a few years ago. It is unclear where the term originated, and there is not complete agreement on exactly what it means. The Gartner Group defines it as “evidence-based knowledge, including context, mechanisms, indicators, implications and actionable advice, about an existing or emerging menace or …
6 hottest IT jobs for new tech grads Image by Shutterstock There are close to 2 million new college grads flooding the marketplace in 2015, and after a few years of less-than-stellar economic growth, 2015 offers new opportunities for these young workers to start their careers. Where will these newly …
Chromebook Pixel LS review Chromebooks have proven to be quite popular over the last few years, with various models getting high star ratings and user reviews on Amazon. A Chrome OS redditor bought a Chromebook Pixel LS and posted a very positive review of it. Le7els shared his thoughts about …
In a recent analysis of more than 30,000 websites, most had at least one serious vulnerability for 150 or more days last year. “These are the vulnerabilities that can get you into trouble,” said Jeremiah Grossman, founder at WhiteHat Security, the company behind the report. “They can compromise some or …
In mobile computing, I’m usually willing to put up with a little extra bulk and weight if it means I can actually get real work done. This is often true when it comes to tablets like the iPad Air–I’ll pack in an extra Bluetooth keyboard so I can type on …
With Google I/O 2015 well underway, we’re rapidly approaching the one-year anniversary of Material Design — the dramatic redesign of Android and other Google products unveiled at last year’s developers’ conference. Material Design introduced a new look not only to the Android operating system but also to the ecosystem of …
Forging ahead with its bread-and-butter mobile platform, Google is offering a developer preview of its upcoming Android M OS, which focuses on improvements in areas ranging from app permissions to mobile payments. What’s new in Android M With Android M, Google is focusing on six areas to improve the core …
Version 1.4 of the AngularJS JavaScript framework, focusing on enhancements for animation and performance, is now available. The release, noted in an AngularJS announcements blog on Wednesday, has been in development since November. “This release brings many feature enhancements and performance improvements, while at the same time introducing as few …
A Florida hospital has successfully tested lag time created by the Internet for a simulated robotic surgery in Ft. Worth, Texas, more than 1,200 miles away from the surgeon who was at the virtual controls. Next, the hospital plans to test lag times for remote robotic or “telesurgery” in Denver …
At its I/O keynote, Google did its best to get developers excited about building apps for Android with new tools and money-making schemes. But Google is also expanding support for developers who’d rather create iOS apps. Google hasn’t always been the best partner a developer could have, but this year’s …
В мае Intel приступила к тестовой эксплуатации одного из самых больших комплексов ветряных микротурбин, установленных на крыше штаб-квартиры корпорации в г. Санта-Клара, шт. Калифорния. Этот проект реализуется в рамках постоянного стремления корпорации к внедрению инноваций и обеспечения экологической устойчивости. Пилотный проект по внедрению комплекса микротурбин Расположенный на крыше главной штаб-квартиры …
At its I/O keynote, Google did its best to get developers excited about building apps for Android with new tools and money-making schemes. But Google is also expanding support for developers who’d rather create iOS apps. Google hasn’t always been the best partner a developer could have, but this year’s …
Evidence is everywhere Many of the building blocks are already in place. Vast server farms with vast renewable energy farms to match A deepening relationship with IBM and Watson A growing connected health network This week’s purchase of augmented reality firm Metaio Its recruitment of Yale robotics expert John Morrell in 2012 …
In a recent analysis of more than 30,000 websites, most had at least one serious vulnerability for 150 or more days last year. “These are the vulnerabilities that can get you into trouble,” said Jeremiah Grossman, founder at WhiteHat Security, the company behind the report. “They can compromise some or …
If you hate waiting for restaurant servers and can’t abide mistakes in your order, there’s an app—and a mat—for that. Putmenu lets diners send their choices directly to a restaurant’s kitchen once they place their smartphone on a smart mat. All they have to do is pick up the mat’s …
Google I/O brings a boatload of updates for mobile, payments, Internet of Things Google’s annual I/O conference was chock-full of developments, starting with the next update to its mobile operating system, code-named Android M. Improvements to the core user experience include an overhauled permissions system. The bottom line is that …
SAN FRANCISCO — The fact that Google launched a new photo sharing and storage service this week isn’t ringing the death knell of Google+. At least that’s what Google executives are saying. “I can commit to … Google+,” said Bradley Horowitz, vice president of photos and streams, during a press …
Yesterday, the bloggers that were hardy enough to endure long lines, torture by Pong, and Neverending Story length cartoon intro, were eventually subjected to rewarded with a keynote speech from Google VP Sundar Pichai. And so, let it be known, just as Pichai began uttering the first syllables of his buzzspeak speech, …
Social network Path will soon be under new ownership. The privacy-focused service found few friends in its native San Francisco, notching up just 10 million regular users in five years of existence, most of them in Southeast Asia. That geographical focus, though, has caught the attention of Daum Kakao Communications, …
On the face of it, software development jobs should be easy to find. The software developer workforce increased by 132,000 jobs last year, to 1.235 million, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here (Insider Story) …
This pilot fish is in charge of a small but tight IT department in this big printing company, and his group is responsible for everything from networks, servers and PCs to the fax and phone systems. And fish has one other major — if informal — responsibility. “I am a …