After Sony Pictures Entertainment’s computer network was breached in late November, it appeared the hackers wanted to blackmail the company. “We’ve got great damage by Sony Pictures,” read an email sent to Sony executives. “The compensation for it, monetary compensation we want.” Apparently Sony Pictures didn’t give the hackers what …
Еще в марте стало известно о том, что Meizu планирует выпустить новый смартпэд Blue Charm Note, который может стать конкурентом для устройств от Xiaomi, находящихся в верхнем ценовом сегменте. Источники сообщают, что 23 декабря компания представит рынку две новинки серии Blue Charm. …
В американском суде продолжаются слушания по делу о незаконном удалении музыки с плееров iPod, которое Apple косвенно осуществляла в период с 2007 по 2009 год. В пятницу в суде выступил последний свидетель по данному делу, которым оказался бывший инженер команды iPod. …
When the hacker group Guardians of Peace (GOP) leaked the eighth cache of files on Sunday afternoon, they included a message to Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) staffers. “We have a plan to release emails and privacy of the Sony Pictures employees. If you don’t want your privacy to be released, …
В прошлом месяце BlackBerry представила и открыла предзаказ на свой новый смартфон Classic, получивший полноценную физическую QWERTY-клавиатуру, за которую многие так любят продукцию канадской компании. …
If Google doesn’t change how it handles users’ private data by the end of February, it may face fines of €15 million (about US$18.6 million), the Dutch Privacy Authority said Monday. Google’s current privacy policy breaches several provisions of the Dutch data protection act, the regulator found in an investigation …
A successful iPhone 6 launch in the U.S. helped Apple increase its share of the smartphone market in the third quarter, but nemesis Samsung Electronics struggled, with upstart Chinese manufacturers nipping at its heels and growing ever stronger. Thanks to record sales in emerging markets and the popularity of Apple’s …
Бюро патентов и торговых марок США выдало Apple патент на технологию интеграции гибких дисплейных панелей в смартфоны, планшеты, плееры и «умные» часы. Документ предусматривает использование в мобильных устройствах дисплеев с тактильной обратной связью. …
About a year ago, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made a bold publicity move – he sat down for a 60 Minutes interview and showed off the company’s planned use of drones for same-day delivery to its customers. Those familiar with the reluctance surrounding drones in the U.S. knew that Bezos …
A former Apple engineer on Friday told a federal jury that he worked on a project meant to deny rivals access to the lucrative iTunes digital music and iPod device markets, according to the Wall Street Journal. Previously, the engineer, Rod Schultz, had characterized Apple’s frequent updates of iTunes as …
Южнокорейский гигант Samsung привезёт на выставку CES 2015 бытовую электронику на операционной системе Tizen, выход которой на мобильный рынок постоянно откладывается. …
Ресурс NokiaPowerUser, ссылаясь на собственные достоверные источники, сообщает, что новые флагманы на базе мобильной операционной системы Windows Phone будут представлены не раньше релиза Windows 10, который намечен на осень следующего года. …
A successful iPhone 6 launch in the U.S. helped Apple increase its share of the smartphone market in the third quarter, but nemesis Samsung Electronics struggled, with upstart Chinese manufacturers nipping at its heels and growing ever stronger. Thanks to record sales in emerging markets and the popularity of Apple’s …
Тим Бернерс-Ли, по праву считающийся отцом Всемирной паутины, выступая на конференции Le Web в Париже, выразил мнение о том, что Интернет должен наконец-то начать рассматриваться как одно из ключевых и неотъемлемых прав каждого человека. Бернерс-Ли считает, что каждый человек на планете должен иметь возможность беспрепятственного со стороны государства и более …
There’s a new ride-sharing app in town that actually lives up to its name. People in the U.S. can now download Carpooling, a mobile app that connects car owners going on trips with passengers looking for a ride. The free app, available in the Apple and Google Play stores, lets …
Hotel reservation site Booking.com has offered to settle antitrust cases brought against it in Sweden, France and Italy, and on Monday antitrust authorities invited hotels to give their views on the settlement. Antitrust authorities in those countries targeted Booking.com because its contracts oblige hotels to offer it the same or …
While the technological world increasingly renders geography meaningless, no one appears to have informed lawmakers of this fact. Data can move easily and seamlessly from Uruguay to Spain to the United States, but in doing so, three separate data privacy and protection regimes are implicated. As more companies, individuals and …
The new Google Nexus 9 and Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 (2014) are both quality high-end tablet options, but the Nexus outshines the Kindle in a number of notable ways. (cio.com) To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here …
When Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in September, amid the “oohs” and “ahs,” some of us were thinking, “Wow, these stretched iPhones look a lot like Samsung’s Galaxy devices.” So it’s ironic that the two companies just resumed a years-long war over Samsung’s supposed …
Китайская компания Huawei готовится анонсировать свой новый смартфон уже завтра. этим смартфоном будет Huawei Honor 6 Plus, фото которого можно увидеть ниже. Huawei Honor 6 Plus обладает 5.5-дюймовым Full HD дисплеем с разрешением 1920 на 1080 точек и построен на базе 8-ядерного процессора HiSilicon Kirin 930 с графическим чипом Mali T628 и …
Ride-sharing service UberPop will be banned in France from Jan. 1, a government official said Monday, as Paris taxi drivers blocked traffic around the capital in protest at a court decision Friday not to impose an emergency ban on the service. French taxi drivers are protesting that services such as …
A lot of security processes failed during the breach of Target’s systems during last year’s holiday season, but one surprising revelation was that the retailer actually did receive security alerts about the malware in its system. Yet because the security team was bombarded with alerts — estimated at hundreds per …
It seemed that no matter where I was this year the topic of computer security reared its ugly head. Whether consulting with business executives, sitting on a plane next to a deep security expert, watching a news story about the Chinese government’s concerns about U.S. hardware and software products thanks …
Ride-sharing service UberPop will be banned in France from Jan. 1, a government official said Monday, as Paris taxi drivers blocked traffic around the capital in protest at a court decision Friday not to impose an emergency ban on the service. French taxi drivers are protesting that services such as …
Google, fresh on the heels of shuttering its doors in Russia, announced it will shortly do the same to its Google News service in Spain. Why? Bloggers (try) to explain a recent law passed in Spain that chased Google away. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers bookmark Spanish web pages. Filling in …
Software vendor has a contractual requirement to deliver a product design to this pilot fish’s company by a set date — and the vendor delivers right on schedule. “Fast forward three months,” says fish. “My teammate has asked the vendor for test results on one of the product’s subsystems. “While …