Windows Update has been broken for the last few days on Windows XP. As soon as IE8 loads the web page, it fails with error 0x80248015 before the user can search for fixes. Why would anyone care? For one thing, although Microsoft stopped issuing new patches for XP, all previous …
A federal judge in New York has given final approval to a settlement in which Apple will pay $450 million for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices for e-books. Judge Denise Cote of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan called the settlement “fair and reasonable.” It requires Apple …
Сотрудники R&D-офиса Samsung в Харькове будут переведены в Киев. Слухи о закрытии центра разработки в Первой столице ходили еще в начале недели, однако компания сделала официальное заявление только 20 ноября. Согласно их информации, харьковский и киевский офисы будут объединены с целью повышения эффективности. …
Клиенты «ПриватБанка» помогли задержать мошенников, которые используя нехитрые способы блокировки банкоматов пытались получить наличные вместо владельцев карт, сообщает корреспондент «proIT». …
Более 700 пострадавших от военных действий на востоке Украины подали заявки на участие в образовательном проекте CodingforFuture. Об этом сообщает IT Expert. …
Lenovo готовит новую версию смартфона Vibe X2 с более крупным экраном …
Members of the European Parliament are readying a motion calling for the break-up of Google, by separating its search engine functionality from other commercial services, according to news reports. A draft resolution calling for the break-up should be finalized early next week, with a vote potentially on Thursday, according to …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged father-and-son executives at a New Jersey-based penny stock company for issuing false and misleading press releases while secretly selling thousands of their own stock shares into the market. They agreed to pay nearly $325,000 and accept officer-and-director bars to settle the SEC’s charges. …
Сервис Apple Pay, представленный компанией еще в сентябре, а затем запущенный месяц спустя, заставил конкурентов серьезно напрячься. …
WASHINGTON — The immigration reforms that President Obama announced have left people on all sides of the tech immigration issue uncertain and frustrated. The so-called reforms revealed Thursday by the White House are vague, and what details are offered are wide open to interpretation. The proposed changes could make it …
The double-edged sword of feedback has drawn some blood from Microsoft’s Windows 10 and nicked the company’s promise to listen to users. Since Microsoft changed how OneDrive synchronizes files in the latest preview of Windows 10, testers have been trying to convince the Redmond, Wash.-based company to backtrack and restore …
Entirely by coincidence this week IBM and a gaggle of online civil rights groups struck a blow for the digital economy and individual rights, though only one described things in those terms. The long-term, more commercially relevant contribution came from IBM, which was granted a patent for a Data Privacy …
Сразу несколько изданий сообщают о приостановке отправки обновления до Android 5.0 на Nexus 4 и Nexus 5 в связи с критической ошибкой. Из-за нее с некоторых смартфонов, получивших Lollipop, невозможно отправить SMS. …
WatchKit revelations Apple’s recently released WatchKit developer documentation tells us a lot about what we can expect from the Apple Watch when it ships next year. Wall Street already anticipates 30 million sales of the device, so here’s what we’ve learned in the last few weeks. To read this article …
On Oct. 30, Microsoft launched Microsoft Band, its first smart wristband, which comes with a microphone for access to Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant along with a variety of fitness and notification features. The $199.99 Band sold out within two weeks. This past Tuesday, the online Microsoft Store had it back …
Покупатели Super Smash Bros. для Wii U и 3DS могут не ожидать появления платных дополнений к игре. По словам дизайнера проекта Масахиро Сакураи (Masahiro Sakurai), в противном случае аудитория считала бы, что авторы намеренно вырезали из игр контент для продажи его отдельно в будущем. …
Стороны подписали меморандум о взаимопонимании, позволяющий более эффективно обмениваться данными. …
Barbie becomes a Debian developer A recent Barbie book caused a row over its portrayal of women in technology. The book has since been withdrawn by Mattel, though you can still buy the Barbie The Computer Engineer doll on Amazon. The blog Liberal Murmurs decided to do its own spin …
Apple выпустила тестовую сборку обновления OS X 10.10.2 для операционной системы Yosemite для Mac. Релиз состоялся через несколько дней после выхода общедоступной версии OS X Yosemite 10.10.1. …
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has no public timeline for voting on proposed net neutrality rules, despite pressure from President Barack Obama and some net neutrality advocates. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler declined to give a target date for a net neutrality vote when asked Friday by reporters, saying instead that …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against a then-CEO and a close friend he provided with confidential details about his New Jersey-based company’s nonpublic merger discussions that enabled the friend to make $164,260 in trading profits after it was sold to a private equity firm. The …
Главный финансовый директор Electronic Arts Блейк Йоргенсен (Blake Jorgensen) выступил на презентации во время ежегодной конференции о мировых технологиях UBS, где высказал своё мнение о двух главных консолях-конкурентах. По его словам, недавняя скидка в $50 и бандлы с Assassin’s Creed Unity и Advanced Warfare позволили Xbox One весьма быстро догнать …
At the L.A. Auto Show this week, leading car makers revealed their plans for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, which use the most common molecule in the universe for power and release only water vapor as exhaust. Toyota made a splash at the Auto Show by announcing that its hydrogen fuel …
Apple has come out with a second beta of Mac OS X Yosemite for developers, but it’s not clear whether this latest build will address the WiFi problems that continue to affect an undetermined but apparently substantial number of users. With this build, labeled 10.10.2 (14C68k), Apple didn’t identify any …
По данным исследования, британские компании все чаще сталкиваются с киберугрозами. …
Apple has come out with a second beta of Mac OS X Yosemite for developers, but it’s not clear whether this latest build will address the Wi-Fi problems that continue to affect an undetermined but apparently substantial number of users. With this build, labeled 10.10.2 (14C68k), Apple didn’t identify any …