This company buys a small vendor that’s been providing some business services, and the buyer is pretty sure all the due diligence is done, according to a pilot fish there. “Prior to the purchase, we had been to the vendor’s facility periodically and thought we knew what we needed to,” …
An Israeli security firm has found a security flaw in Alibaba Group’s international marketplace that could have wreaked havoc for the scores of merchants on the site. AliExpress is a growing English language e-commerce site from the Chinese company that serves various foreign markets including the U.S., Russia and Brazil. …
Sports fans of the future might enter stadiums simply by waving a hand over a vein scanner, if new technology from Hitachi is any guide. Users could simply hold their fingers over a “walkthrough-style” scanner to gain entry to sports stadiums, convention centers or other large venues almost instantly, according …
Компания Toshiba официально анонсировала планшетный компьютер Shared Board (TT301), ориентированный на корпоративных пользователей. Устройство не похоже на обычный планшет, так как по своим размерам он больше напоминает монитор или телевизор. Тем не менее, Toshiba Shared Board позиционируется именно, как планшетный компьютер, в комплектацию которого входит 24-дюймовый дисплей с разрешением 1920 x 1080 точек. Также основные спецификации включают …
Корпорация Microsoft продолжает получать отзывы участников программы Windows Insider, периодически представляя новые сборки системы. В этом году их уже не будет, а на конец января запланирован релиз предварительной версии Consumer Preview с нацеленными на обычных (не корпоративных) пользователей функциями. Разработчики Microsoft дали возможность одним нажатием на кнопку обновлять систему до последней версии, и в …
Intel is bringing all its assets to bear on the Internet of Things, a hot topic for nearly all IT vendors but one that’s especially critical to big chip makers. While Intel would like to see its low-power chips used in sensors, wearables and other hardware that will ship in …
The district attorney’s offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles have filed consumer protection and unlawful business lawsuits against Uber, while announcing a settlement on similar charges with Lyft. The move follows an ultimatum of legal action to both companies in September by the DAs, who claimed Uber and Lyft …
Swedish police raided a data center in Stockholm on Tuesday, seizing computers and forcing The Pirate Bay website offline. The site hosts links to thousands of movies, TV shows and songs, much of it shared illegally, and its operators have had several run-ins with the law. Tuesday’s raid comes a …
Государственная автоинспекция Украины проведёт в украинской столице эксперимент по уплате штрафов через мобильные терминалы. …
Британские ИТ-специалисты считают, что их страна не готова противостоять новым кибеугрозам. …
Российские военнослужащие продолжают публиковать в соцсетях доказательства своего присутствия на востоке Украины. …
Sony is winning customers and seeing clear results from a strategy to focus on premium products in the U.S. and improve interaction with consumers, a top executive said Tuesday. The company, which for years tried to battle lower-priced competitors, decided more than a year ago to concentrate on high-end products …
Как следует из внутренней переписки компании, ФБР начнет проводить проверки и консультации уже на этой неделе. …
Internet Explorer and Exchange Server top the list of Microsoft programs needing to be patched by IT administrators this month, now that the company has rolled out its latest round of “Patch Tuesday” security fixes. Overall, Microsoft has issued seven security bulletins for December, including three that are critical, covering …
Vendors of mobile devices are lining up to implement an authentication scheme meant to make online transactions both simpler and more secure, known as the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) specification, which is being released today. Within a year there could be 20 to 30 vendors integrating FIDO in shipping products, …
Internet Explorer and Exchange Server top the list of Microsoft programs needing to be patched by IT administrators this month, now that the company has rolled out its latest round of “Patch Tuesday” security fixes. Overall, Microsoft has issued seven security bulletins for December, including three that are critical, covering …
An open industry alliance of 150 members that includes many of the world’s biggest vendors — but notably, not Apple — released specifications Tuesday that promise to secure online communications without using passwords. The group, called the FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance includes Microsoft, Google, PayPal, Bank of America, MasterCard …
A lot of businesses trust cloud sync-and-store provider Box, but they trust a lot of other solutions, too, for things like identity, data loss protection and digital rights management. But you can’t always trust them to integrate very well without some help. With that in mind, Box is reaching out …
Amazon.com is going after online auction giant eBay just in time for the big holiday shopping season. Amazon launched its “Make an Offer” feature today, allowing shoppers to negotiate lower prices on what it says will be 150,000 items offered by independent, third-party sellers. They offer a variety of new, …
Несколько секунд назад Apple выпустила обновление iOS 8.1.2. В официальном списке нововведений присутствует упоминание об исправлении багов, а также проблем, связанных с загрузкой рингтонов из iTunes Store. …
A trio of news organizations yesterday petitioned a federal judge to order Apple to release a two-hour video deposition given by the company’s co-founder Steve Jobs just months before his death. In a motion filed Monday, the Associated Press, Bloomberg and CNN asked U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers …
Energy utilities face losing between $18 billion and $48 billion a year in the U.S and up to €61 billion a year in Europe by 2025 as solar power and energy conservation initiatives grow, according to Accenture. The Accenture analysis, based on extensive modeling and a survey of global utilities …
Microsoft today took the unusual step of telling users running Windows 10’s Technical Preview to uninstall Office before applying one of December’s security updates. “We just made a tough call after working through the night that I thought I should share with you,” wrote Gabe Aul, the engineering general manager …
Компания LG Display, которая в составе производителя электроники LG Electronics занимается выпуском экранов, сформировала специальное подразделение для развития и коммерциализации технологии OLED. Об этом пишет интернет-издание CNET со ссылкой на представителя LG Display. …
The U.S. fight against cybercrime would be more effective if companies put more trust in the country’s law enforcement agencies, a top U.S. Department of Justice official said. The DOJ and private companies already cooperate on many cybercrime investigations, but more trust is still needed, said Leslie Caldwell, assistant attorney …
Компания HTC недавно обновила прошивку до версии Android 5.0 Lollipop для смартфона HTC One (M8) Google Play Edition. …