For 50 years, Moore’s Law has paved the way for faster, smaller and cheaper devices. The observation focuses on the economics and scaling of silicon chips, which are at the heart of computing devices. Loosely translated, predictions in Moore’s Law mean that every 18 to 24 months, you can buy …
Компания MediaTek, чьи чипы в настоящее время используются во многих китайских смартфонах, представила два новых процессора, разработанных специально для установки в планшетные компьютеры. MT8163 и MT8735 используют по четыре ядра и 64-битную архитектуру, однако между ними имеются и значительные отличия. …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against 10 individuals involved in a scheme to offer and sell penny stock in undisclosed “blank check” companies bound for reverse mergers while misrepresenting to the public that they were promising startups with business plans. Blank check companies generally have no …
Security experts today called for Windows users to immediately patch one of the 26 vulnerabilities Microsoft disclosed two days ago. SANS’ Internet Storm Center (ISC) raised its threat level to Yellow as a signal of the seriousness of the bug, which is now being actively used in “Internet wide” scans …
When you’re strapping on the latest smart watch or ogling an iPhone, you probably aren’t thinking of Moore’s Law, which for 50 years has been used as a blueprint to make computers smaller, cheaper and faster. Without Moore’s Law it’s quite possible that new types of computers like Microsoft’s HoloLens, …
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a tiny wireless trackpad that can be worn on a thumbnail. Called NailO, the prototype trackpad is similar to the stick-on nails sometimes used as a fashion accessory. It attaches to the user’s thumb and can be controlled by running a …
Instagram is clarifying its rules around sexual, illegal and other inappropriate content, including posts involving revenge porn. The site now expressly forbids users from threatening to post intimate images of others, as well as sexual content involving minors, the service said in its updated policies on Thursday. More broadly, photos …
Как следует из сообщения разработчиков Microsoft, срок поддержки платформы SQL Server 2005 постепенно подходит к концу и ее пользователям следует подготовиться к тому, что для данного ПО больше не будут выпускаться обновления безопасности. …
Size is power in the mobile networks business, but it’s only one of the reasons Nokia is acquiring Alcatel-Lucent. Nokia estimates the company that will emerge from the planned buyout will be the second-largest vendor of carrier infrastructure by revenue, a bit smaller than Ericsson and slightly larger than Huawei …
Wish there was a way to easily find your smartphone when you’ve dropped it under a sofa cushion or the dog ran off with it? If you have an Android-based phone, Google may be able to help. The company announced in a Google+ post late Wednesday that users now can …
Docker has adopted the “ship early and often” mantra of software developers, but it isn’t just shipping a new version of the Docker client a mere two months after the last one. Instead, it’s offering up a major architectural change in Docker image delivery — a clear sign Docker’s success …
Согласно данным исследования, проведенного ИБ-компанией Norse совместно с Американским институтом предпринимательства (American Enterprise Institute, AEI), Иран в значительной мере увеличил качество и количество своих кибератак. …
Еще в январе софтверный гигант показал функцию, которая позволяет транслировать игры с Xbox One на устройства с Windows 10 через приложение Xbox. Теперь Microsoft начала постепенную подготовку своей консоли к этой возможности. …
Microsoft’s virtual desktops are one of the of the more unique features of Windows 10—a quick way to organize “screens” of apps that you can switch to back and forth. Rearranging them has always been a pain, but a new drag-and-drop feature, hopefully that problem will go away. Microsoft said …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a New York City-based financial advisor accused of stealing at least $20 million from customers to fund his own brokerage accounts and then squandering the bulk of the money in highly unprofitable options trading. The SEC alleges that Michael J. …
IBM today took cybersecurity threat sharing to a new level – it opened its vast library of security intelligence data to public or private entities building defenses against cybercrimes. IBM’s X-Force Exchange features 700 terabytes of raw aggregated data and offers cloud-based access to volumes of IBM and third-party threat …
UPDATE: Adds paragraphs 4, 11 and 12 with new information from Sony Pictures Wikileaks has published a searchable database of thousands of emails and documents from Sony Pictures Entertainment that were leaked in late 2014 after the studio was attacked by hackers. The database is the first time the information, which …
Nearly six years after Microsoft and Yahoo inked a search partnership, the companies are extending their agreement while changing it up a bit, as well. The companies announced today that they have amended their search partnership. However, the deal now notes that Yahoo will have more flexibility to update its …
Основатель соцсети Facebook Марк Цукерберг решил обеспечить Европу бесплатным интернетом. Об этом сообщает The Telegraph. …
IBM has joined an increasing number of vendors who are pushing for real-time cybersecurity information sharing among private and public organizations, researchers and other network defenders. On Thursday, the company opened up over 700 terabytes of data about vulnerabilities, attacks and other threats through a new cloud-based threat intelligence sharing …
The blue screen of death in Linux? Windows is infamous for the “blue screen of death” that millions of users have encountered over the years. But I’ve never heard of a Linux user getting one…until today. Yes, a Linux user actually got a blue screen of death. This may be …
Любители пиратских версий видеоигр столкнулись с чередой преград во время попыток обзавестись пиратской копией GTA V на PC. Причем, преграды оказались настолько сложными, что сам процесс скачивания, установки и запуска игры превратился в эпический и невероятно сложный квест. …
Every year, open-source software “eats” more of the business world. Back in 2010, roughly 42 percent of the respondents to North Bridge and Black Duck Software’s annual future of open source survey said they used open source to run their business or in their IT environment. This year, it’s 78 …
With the European Commission leveling antitrust charges against Google, the company should be bracing itself for a big – and potentially costly – fight over its dominant search business. “This could be a dilly of a pickle for Google,” said Dan Olds, an analyst with The Gabriel Consulting Group. “The …
Корпорация Microsoft предложила своим партнерам, выпускающим смартфоны на платформе Google Android, снизить размер лицензионных отчислений при условии, что они будут предустанавливать на свои устройства приложения Microsoft, такие как Word, Excel, OneDrive и Skype, сообщает Digitimes. …
A new report from the Arbor Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT) sheds light on how the sophisticated banking malware known as Neverquest or Vawtrak is able to evade detection, by using encryption, anonymous routers, and even steganography. “Neverquest is something we investigated because of its impact on the financial …