Internet companies have run amok with our personal data, and people aren’t entirely sure what to do about it, judging from the results of a new survey. More than 90 percent of Americans feel they’ve lost control over how their personal information is collected and used by companies, particularly for …
Samsung has given a sneak peek at a new 3D camera that can capture 360-degree panoramic video and stream it live to its virtual reality headset. Dubbed Project Beyond, it was the “one last thing” Samsung pulled out of its hat at the start of its developer conference in San …
Організація Об’єднаних Націй з питань освіти, науки і культури (ЮНЕСКО) відкрила Всесвітню цифрову наукову бібліотеку …
Four websites run by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been compromised in recent weeks, the agency said on Wednesday. NOAA, the part of the U.S. Department of Commerce that includes the National Weather Service, “deflected” the attacks, the agency said in a statement. Some services were down …
Recognizing that many organizations are under competitive pressure to evolve their applications ever more quickly, Microsoft has been updating its programming tools to accommodate fast paced “devops”-style development environments. “Everyone wants to go faster,” said Brian Harry, Microsoft technical fellow working as the product unit manager for the company’s Team …
When it comes to plus-sized phones, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 has long been the de facto standard — but if any Android phone has the goods to give it a run for its money, Google’s Nexus 6 is the one. So how do the two XL contenders compare when it …
AT&T plans to delay its ambitious fiber optic cable investments in 100 cities until U.S. regulators define the rules for net neutrality. “We can’t go out and invest that kind of money deploying fiber to 100 cities not knowing under what rules those investments will be governed,” AT&T CEO Randall …
В общей сложности разработчикам удалось устранить 18 брешей. …
Microsoft fixed a critical vulnerability Tuesday in the Windows cryptographic library that could expose Windows servers to remote code execution attacks. The update also adds support for stronger and more modern cryptographic ciphers to older Windows versions. “The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sends specially crafted …
Nokia Networks and Hewlett-Packard are collaborating on a platform that aims to let operators to roll out new services faster by moving to a cloud-based infrastructure. Virtualization and cloud-based services have already changed how enterprises build and manage their IT infrastructure, and now telecom operators are looking at doing the …
После того, как Google опубликовала исходный код Android 5.0 Lollipop, разработчики занялись созданием различных неофициальных прошивок на основе новой версии системы. Samsung Galaxy S III mini, выпущенный в 2012 году, и Galaxy Nexus, который был представлен в 2011 году, уже получили подобные прошивки. …
With help from IBM, Microsoft has patched a critical Windows vulnerability that flew under the radar for nearly two decades. The bug has existed in every version of Windows since Windows 95, and would have allowed an attacker to run code remotely when the user visits a malicious website. IBM …
Xamarin has integrated its cross-platform development tools with Microsoft’s Visual Studio Community 2013, allowing developers to build native Android and iOS apps for free. The integration between Visual Studio Community and Xamarin’s Starter edition will be available in the coming weeks, the company said in a blog post Wednesday. Xamarin …
For the first time since Stuxnet was discovered in 2010, researchers have publicly named the worm’s original victims: five Iranian companies involved in industrial automation. Stuxnet is considered to be the first known cyberweapon. It is believed to have been created by the U.S. and Israel in order to attack …
In an effort to broaden its reach beyond Windows developers, Microsoft has released as open source the server-side components of its .Net framework and embarked on a project to port the runtime software to Linux and Mac OS. The initiative aims to make .Net a cross-platform framework, said S. “Soma” …
Операционная система Android 5.0 Lollipop стала всё чаще фигурировать в новостных сводках. …
The line between smartphones and tablets is officially gone. It’s been blurring for a while now, but with the size of phone screens pushing up to 6 in. and tablet displays dipping as low as 7 in., I think it’s safe to say that the way we categorize a device …
By mid-2015, you may be able to use an app to find out what exercises to do, what to eat and what medical tests to ask your doctor for… all based on your medical history and your genetic makeup. San Diego-based Pathway Genomics Corp., a company focused on genetic testing, …
Xiaomi подготовила смартфон с 6-ядерным процессором …
Why did Microsoft make Office free for Android users? Microsoft’s Office suite has been in the headlines a lot lately, with many people surprised that the company has decided to make it free for Android (and iOS) users. Office has always been one of the crown jewels in Microsoft’s software …
Hard drive software that IT administrators use to monitor drive health is highly inconsistent from drive to drive and manufacturer to manufacturer, according to data collected from nearly 40,000 spindles. The data, released today from cloud service provider Backblaze, also indicated which five of the 70 metrics that SMART stats …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against two India-based operators of an alleged high-yield investment scheme seeking to exploit investors through pervasive social media pitches on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. The SEC’s Enforcement Division alleges that Pankaj Srivastava and Nataraj Kavuri offered “guaranteed” daily profits as they anonymously …
U.S. retailers will mark down Apple’s iPad with steep discounts this Black Friday, according to store circulars and a retail analyst. Best Buy, which published deals for Black Friday — the day after the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. — on Tuesday, will discount all models of the just-released iPad …
Европейская версия HTC One (M8) начала получать системное обновление 3.28.401.9, сообщают владельцы устройства. Судя по описанию, оно лишь вносит небольшие улучшения в режим работы смартфона в роли роутера Wi-Fi. …
Adobe Systems released critical security updates Tuesday for Flash Player to address 18 vulnerabilities, many of which can be remotely exploited to compromise underlying systems. Fifteen of the patched vulnerabilities can result in arbitrary code execution, one can be exploited to disclose session tokens and two allow attackers to escalate …
Tidemark is adding predictive analytics functions to its cloud-based financial planning and analysis software to help companies include unstructured big data sources, like social media messages and sensor information, into forecasting and budgeting decisions. The update allows users to incorporate data from 40 sources including Twitter, Thomson Reuters, the U.S. …