A smartphone app that drivers in Iowa will be able to use as an official driver’s license could lead to privacy abuses by law enforcement. In 2015, the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) plans to become the first to offer the apps to drivers for free, according to published reports. …
Microsoft faces not only its 40th anniversary in 2015, but a host of challenges that will define it for years to come, analysts said today. The company, which is in the midst of a strategic do-over after switching CEOs and admitting that its earlier approach to the explosion of mobile …
Для того, чтобы успешно конкурировать с постоянно растущим количеством “умных” часов на платформе Android Wear, таким маленьким стартапам, как Pebble, остаётся только два варианта: либо снижать цены на свои устройства, либо делать их максимально полезными для пользователей. …
Back in 2007, executives at BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina (BCBS SC) realized that for the foreseeable future they would have more job openings in Information Technology (IT) than they would have qualified applicants. BCBS SC turned to nearby University of South Carolina to develop a partnership that would address …
The sale of Nigeria’s state-owned Nigerian Telecommunications (Nitel) and its mobile arm, Mobile Telecommunications Mtel), is once again bogged down in confusion following allegations that the government sold the company below the value offered by another willing buyer. The NATCOM consortium, headed by a Nigerian, last week emerged as winner …
Хакерское движение Anonymous взломало электронную почту правительства Швеции, и назвало эту акцию «местью за The Pirate Bay». …
Line, the messaging app from Japan, has acquired MixRadio, the free music-streaming service Microsoft gained through its Nokia acquisition, the companies announced Thursday. The deal gives Line, already popular with 170 million monthly active users, a new way to attract more customers at a time of rising interest in music …
Сервисами мобильных платежей уже никого не удивить, поскольку они существуют далеко не первый год. …
A serious vulnerability in an embedded Web server used by many router models from different manufacturers allows remote attackers to take control of affected devices over the Internet. A compromised router can have wide-ranging implications for the security of home and business networks as it allows attackers to sniff inbound …
The Internet of Things may be a new idea, but machines talking to other machines is not. The way connected devices are evolving in industry, where they’ve been used for years, says a lot about why IoT has the potential to be something very big. But within enterprises, that evolution …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Staten Island, N.Y.-based firm, its former president, and two sales representatives involved in a fraudulent boiler room scheme targeting seniors to invest in speculative start-up companies. The SEC alleges that Dwayne Malloy, Chris Damon, and Theirry Ruffin treated vulnerable older investors as …
With Prime Now, Amazon’s customers will be able to have toys and books shipped to their door in one hour or less via a new mobile app. Perfect when you’ve forgotten that important birthday present. Amazon launched Prime Now in select areas of Manhattan on Thursday, and the necessary Prime …
Компания Microsoft выпустила обновление Lumia Denim для устройств линейки Lumia на базе операционной системы Windows Phone 8 из большего числа стран. О получении апдейта сообщают пользователи из Китая, Бразилии, Египта, Германии, Польши и Румынии. …
There are lots of free data visualization and analysis tools out there — so many that’s it’s getting tough to keep up with them all. But in an increasingly crowded field, it’s hard not to pay attention when a service with the cachet of IBM’s Watson joins the fray. Watson …
Не так давно Sony добавила в собственный открытый репозиторий ветки по Xperia T3 и Xperia E3. Теперь абсолютно все смартфоны компании от 2014 года, оснащенные процессорами Qualcomm, обладают должной поддержкой систем, собранных на основе кода из AOSP, то есть «голой» Android. …
На прошлой неделе компания Ubisoft сообщила, что выпустит новый патч для игры Assassin’s Creed: Unity уже 15 декабря. Однако в назначенный день разработчики сообщили, что обновление еще не готово, передает Kotaku. …
As enterprises have increased the number of systems they run on Amazon Web Service’s cloud, keeping track of it all has become more difficult. But the company is now trying to rectify that with the help of better tagging. Tags are used to organize resources on Amazon’s cloud and have …
Is a decline in the number of Linux distributions killing distrohopping? One of the biggest strengths of Linux has been its diversity in terms of distributions. But that may be changing according to one report. And the declining number of distros may also be affecting distrohopping by Linux users. Bruce …
A new strain of ransomware, OphionLocker, generates a unique hardware identifier for each new infected machine so that it can avoid hitting the same victim twice, according to new research from KnowBe4, a Florida-based security awareness training firm. “This we have not seen before,” said KnowBe4 CEO Stu Sjouwerman, who …
Компания TAG Heuer официально сообщила о намерении выпустить собственные умные часы, запланировав анонс аксессуара на конец 2015 года (однако не исключено, что он состоится позже). …
It has been an exceptional year for IT security breaches, which have become part of an escalating trend in destructive attacks. And they’re going to get worse. The Sony Pictures cyber attackers are doing everything they can to inflict damage on the company. They have released films, emails, medical records, …
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Sony Pictures has been hit by a second lawsuit alleging it didn’t do enough to safeguard the personal information of employees that was lost in a major hack in late November. Central to the lawsuit, which was filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, is …
Beats Electronics и Bose уже довольно давно соперничают друг с другом на рынке аудиотехники, однако в ближайшее время схватка двух гигантов может перейти на новый уровень. …
A malware program dubbed Spark that steals payment card data from compromised point-of-sale (POS) systems is likely a modification of an older Trojan called Alina, and highlights a continuing, lucrative business for cybercriminals. Spark steals card data from a compromised system’s RAM (random access memory) when it’s being processed by …
Apple’s past Black Friday deals were never anything major—usually small discounts that covered sales tax and not much else. For last year’s annual shopping holiday, the company moved to free gift cards with purchase, and this year was more of the same. But this past Black Friday, your purchases also …