With Facebook executives focusing so much of their annual F8 developers conference on virtual reality, people are wondering how the technology will affect gaming and social networking. But good virtual reality — the kind that makes you feel like you’re really part of an experience — will have a huge …
The popular group chat tool Slack suffered a hack of its central database last month, the company admitted Friday, potentially compromising users’ profile information like log-on data, email addresses and phone numbers. The database also holds any additional information users may have added to their profiles like their Skype IDs. …
Some hefty changes are coming to Chromebooks and Chromeboxes, including a new app launcher with Google Now built in. The new launcher is available now in the Chrome OS beta channel, and it’s a major departure from the existing version. Instead of a small pop-up that shows all your apps, …
The U.S. Congress is moving forward quickly with legislation that would encourage private companies to share cyberthreat information with government agencies, despite concerns that two leading bills weaken consumer privacy protections. The House of Representatives Intelligence Committee voted Thursday to approve the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (PCNA), just two days …
Mobile malware is a growing problem, but researchers from University of Alabama at Birmingham have figured out a new way of detecting when shady mobile apps get up to no good, such as trying to call premium-rate numbers unbeknowst to a phone’s owner. The technique relies on using the phone’s …
Год назад, Марк Цукерберг приобрел компанию Titan Aerospace, которая выпускает беспилотные летательные аппараты и теперь стало известно, что компания Facebook провела успешное тестирование беспилотников, которые способны раздавать интернет, сообщил Марк на своей личной странице в социальной сети. Дроны испытали в Великобритании. Цукерберг отметил, что в итоге компания планирует использовать самолеты, превосходящие по габаритам …
With AMD’s fade out from the server market and the rapid decline of RISC systems, Intel has stood atop the server market all by itself. Its server share is well over 90% and growing as the top of the Xeon family gain mission critical features and it becomes a viable …
The Apple Watch will have its own sales space inside three major department stores in Europe and Asia, a move to get the product in front of potential buyers who may not be frequent visitors to the company’s physical and online stores. The locations, at Selfridges in London, Isetan Shinjuku …
The U.K. Court of Appeal won’t block a privacy lawsuit that alleges Google tracked Safari users without authorization, so the three plaintiffs can continue their legal fight against the search company. “These claims raise serious issues which merit a trial. They concern what is alleged to have been the secret …
Which iOS features should Android offer? iOS and Android have been battling for mobile supremacy for years. But iOS still offers some features that Android doesn’t have. If Google…er…borrowed those features, they might add real value for many Android users. A thread on the Android subreddit explored this topic, and …
Startup Red Canary is offering an endpoint detection and response service based in the cloud that is backed up by a team of analysts who weed out false alarms. The service, called Red Canary, takes data gathered from customer endpoints, analyzes it and delivers alerts to customers so they can …
The U.K. Court of Appeal won’t block a privacy lawsuit that alleges Google tracked Safari users without authorization, so the three plaintiffs can continue their legal fight against the search company. “These claims raise serious issues which merit a trial. They concern what is alleged to have been the secret …
Южнокорейские источники сообщают о том, что Samsung в ближайшем будущем может купить компанию AMD. Этот шаг может стать началом Samsung в конкурентной борьбе против Qualcomm и Intel на рынке процессоров. Покупка AMD даст Samsung доступ к интеллектуальной собственности компании, ее патентам и разработкам. Недавно Samsung анонсировала мобильный процессор Exynos 7420, опередив конкурентов в деле перехода на …
BlackBerry surprised Wall Street by getting its bottom line back into the black in the fourth quarter, but sales shrunk significantly again, putting in question CEO John Chen’s assertion that the company’s turnaround is on track. BlackBerry is trying to become less dependent on hardware, counting instead on software such …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against a New York-based brokerage firm responsible for underwriting a public offering despite obtaining a due diligence report indicating that the China-based company’s offering materials contained false information. Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of global financial services firm Macquarie …
BlackBerry’s turnaround continues, as the company reported a second straight quarter of profit on Friday, along with expectations of sustained profitability throughout the coming year. “Our financial viability is no longer in question,” CEO John Chen declared in a conference call, even as he admitted the company is only halfway …
Some Internet gateway devices commonly used by hotels and conference centers can easily be compromised by hackers, allowing them to launch a variety of attacks against guests accessing the Wi-Fi networks. The affected devices, designed to manage visitor-based networks, are manufactured by a company called ANTlabs and are used by …
Twitter answers Meerkat with its own video streaming app Two weeks after confirming it had acquired Periscope, Twitter has launched the live video streaming app to compete with buzzed-about Meerkat. Both apps post live-streamed video to your Twitter feed, but Twitter has now blocked the competitor from accessing follower/followed lists. …
Не успел смартфон HTC One M9 появиться в продаже, а они запланированы на следующий месяц, как начались появляться слухи о следующем аппарате в серии – HTC One M10. Согласно отчету, следующее поколение смартфонов HTC One M будет оснащаться беспроводной зарядкой. Смартфон Samsung Galaxy S6 и Galaxy S6 Edge получили поддержку …
Microsoft has acquired LiveLoop and its technology for sharing PowerPoint presentations online more easily. The software giant didn’t reveal any financial details, but confirmed the deal via email saying the team from LiveLoop will help build great collaboration across Office applications, as part of the company’s strategy to reinvent productivity. …
Following a quiet year spent retooling its enterprise technology, Unit4 on Thursday unveiled revamped and rebranded versions of its flagship ERP and financial software products built on a brand-new platform that includes predictive-analytics and machine-learning capabilities. Unit4 Business World and Unit4 Financials — the latest versions of the products formerly …
Keep your mobile devices safe Nowadays, when it seems like every week brings news of a new security breach, it seems appropriate to modernize an old saw by saying: You can never be too rich, too thin — or too secure. Most of these security breaches relate to stolen or …
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook was recently named by Fortune magazine as “World’s Greatest Leader,” sure to excite bloggers and Apple fans alike. But that isn’t everything: Bloggers also learned of Cook’s plans to give away the bulk of his personal wealth to charity. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers give credit where …
Several weeks ago, an unknown in the U.S. Chinese firm BLX IC Design was rumored to be looking at purchasing struggling Advanced Micro Devices. Those rumors were quickly dismissed as just that and faded away. Now, a story from a Korean newspaper say Samsung is looking to acquire AMD. The …
The Human Rights Council of the United Nations has voted in favor of a resolution backed by Germany and Brazil to appoint an independent watchdog or ‘special rapporteur’ to monitor privacy rights in the digital age. The council said Thursday that the same rights that people have offline must also …
In 10 years, there may be no need to check Facebook’s site to see what that friend overseas is up to. You might just pick up a pair of goggles, reach out and hold her hand at her birthday party. You won’t have to actually be there. The experience could …