LG сообщила о начале продаж доступного смартфона LG Leon на российском рынке. LG Leon получил 4.5-дюймовый IPS-дисплей, изготовленный по технологии In-Cell Touch, которая обеспечивает быстрый отклик на касания. Благодаря фирменному дизайну с кнопкой управления Rear Key, внешне аппарат практически неотличим от моделей премиум-класса. Стоит, LG Leon функционирует под управлением мобильной операционной системы Android 5.0 Lollipop и …
I’m pretty confident Apple maintains a strong development road map for the range. MacBook Take its move to improve SSD support in Macs. We already know the future of the Mac is solid state and that disk drives are rapidly moving into history. Now, the company intends on developing the …
Смартфон Oppo R7 официально анонсируют на специальном мероприятии, которое пройдет 20 Мая. Сейчас в сети засветились новые снимки Oppo R7, который имеет самые маленькие границы экрана. Напомню, что аппарат получит 4.7-дюймовый дисплей с разрешением в 1920 на 1080 или Quad HD – 2560 на 1440 точек. По слухам, устройство получит …
The success of LG Electronics’ G3 has put the company under pressure to dazzle the market with the G4, set to debut Tuesday. The company is hoping that an improved display, upgraded camera and a new design will do the trick. LG has in the last couple of weeks done …
When could a denial of service attack have lethal consequences? It could be fatal if it is launched at a “crucial point” during a surgery which is being conducted over the Internet by a surgeon via a teleoperated robot. When a surgeon cannot physically be in a specific location, but …
Attackers can potentially snoop on the encrypted traffic of over 25,000 iOS applications due to a vulnerability in a popular open-source networking library. The vulnerability stems from a failure to validate the domain names of digital certificates in AFNetworking, a library used by a large number of iOS and Mac …
В пятницу начались мировые продажи «умных» часов Apple Watch, которые Apple разрабатывал довольно долго. Начало продаж устройства обошелся без традиционных для «яблочных» продуктов громадных очередей у магазинов. Устройство сейчас можно приобрести только в ряде торговых пунктов доверенных ретейлеров, так как фирменные магазины Apple в пятницу Apple Watch не продавали. Apple рекомендует всем желающим стать владельцем Apple Watch, заказать …
Another industry organization focused on Node.js has formed, albeit one with sparse membership at this juncture. Node.js support company NodeSource, along with Node.js users Intuit and PayPal, have formed the EnterpriseJS Coalition, which will attempt to boost server-side JavaScript development for the enterprise through collaboration, conversation, and education. The organization …
Dan Fredinburg, an engineer who worked on many of Google’s most exciting projects during his 8 years with the company, died over the weekend in an avalanche on Mount Everest triggered by Nepal’s devastating earthquake. Fredinburg, who listed his title as Google Adventurer on his LinkedIn profile, died from a …
Microsoft has signaled that it may take a massive write-off of its Nokia acquisition, perhaps as early as July. In the 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week, Microsoft said that its Phone Hardware division, which is based largely on the Nokia assets acquired last …
Romanian authorities have detained 25 people who are suspected of being members of an international gang of cyberthieves who hacked into banks, cloned payment cards and used them to steal over US$15 million. The group is believed to have over 52 members of Romanian and other nationalities, and broke into …
French IT services company Capgemini is to acquire iGate in the U.S. for $4 billion, in a bid to expand its presence in the North American market. The deal will boost Capgemini’s revenue from North America by 33 percent to $4 billion, making the region the first to account for …
After the earthquake: Tech is a fragile lifeline in Nepal In the first day after a devastating earthquake in Nepal on Saturday, Internet connectivity looked to be an important conduit for bypassing an overloaded telephone network. But by Monday it was clear that large-scale power outages and last-mile Internet connectivity …
E-commerce giant Alibaba Group hasn’t given up on its mobile OS, and is taking the software to China’s rural markets through a series of low-cost phones. The company has partnered with mobile carrier China Telecom to sell the YunOS handsets. The eight phones will be built by lesser-known Chinese brands, …
Phone and Internet communications have been hit in Nepal’s capital city of Kathmandu after a devastating earthquake, forcing aid workers at times to ask people to walk or drive, if possible, to send messages. The International Red Cross and tech companies like Facebook and Google introduced tools to help users …
Now that the Apple Watch is finally out in the wild, millions will be experiencing the next big thing for user interfaces. Call it “haptics plus.” Haptics normally involves actuators, or tiny vibration motors, to either convey information, create a touch illusion of some kind, or both. (If you’ve ever …
Disregard it all, so sayeth Nokia. Disregard any report, rumor, blog post, forum thread, random headline, palm reading, or star charts claiming Nokia is making, selling, or dreaming about making mobile phones again. And so for the time being, it appears — no matter how much its fans wish otherwise — …
Блогер TechRax снова радует нас очередным краш-тестом. На этот раз он решил испытать все поколения флагманов Samsung Galaxy S. …
Use our Smart Salary Tool to compare your compensation with that of IT workers with similar jobs and experience levels across the U.S. or broken out by region. (computerworld.com) To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here …
After years of tight budgets, employers are boosting pay to attract and retain hot IT talent. Computerworld’s survey of more than 4,800 tech workers reveals who’s getting the cash — and how you can too. (computerworld.com) To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here …
This big company has a huge campus, with buildings spread miles apart, says a pilot fish on the scene. “Parking at the buildings is at a premium, so the company provides a shuttle bus service,” fish says. “Most of the riders are IT personnel visiting users at campus buildings. “Over …
From the time he was 9, Daniel Kowalski, now 23, knew cybersecurity was going to be his thing. Captivated by the stealth work of hackers in commercials and in his favorite movie, Live Free or Die Hard, Kowalski nurtured his fascination with security from a young age, pursuing multiple IT …
Taking the pulse of IT pros How do tech workers feel about their pay, workloads and long-term career prospects? What are job seekers looking for, and which technical skills are most in demand among managers hiring for IT positions in 2015? Computerworld‘s 29th annual IT Salary Survey found those answers …
The findings from Computerworld’s 2015 IT Salary Survey are clear: For the first time in years, tech pros are seeing substantial pay increases. Average total compensation (salary plus bonus) for the 4,800 IT pros who responded to our survey rose 3.6% in 2015, compared to about 2% in each of …
Want to be part of next year’s IT Salary Survey? Fill out a short form and we’ll send you the survey link when we launch it in the fall. (response.questback.com) To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here …
Минувшей осенью корпорация Microsoft анонсировала операционную систему Windows 10 и выпустила её первую предварительную версию (Technical Preview). С тех пор вышло уже шесть официальных пробных сборок «десятки», каждая из которых, как известно, имеет ограниченный срок действия. …