The two recent explosions involving commercial spacecraft are unlikely to daunt NASA’s used of private companies for future space exploration. The fiery explosion of an Orbital Sciences rocket and the spacecraft it was carrying was followed days later by the deadly crash of a Virgin Galactic rocket ship late last …
Members of the OpenStack community have identified software upgrades as a major ‘pain point,’ with cutting downtime top of the agenda as the open source cloud platform continues to mature. OpenStack is open-source software for building and managing public and private clouds. Ruchi Bhargava, IT hybrid cloud product owner at …
Последнее исследование Transparency International показало, что крупные транснациональные корпорации в лице Apple, Google и Microsoft скрывают коррупцию и прячут свою отчетность. Данные содержатся в отчете неправительственной международной о наиболее прозрачных компаний мира. …
Let’s face it, most CIOs aren’t very good at marketing IT’s value to the business. The IT group tends not to celebrate its successes, or if they do, they do it internally without letting other departments in on the good news. Not only does this mean that other departments aren’t …
Cameron Tate’s is a seasoned IT leader. His resume was thorough, well-organized and detailed, but he wasn’t getting the responses his extensive experience and impeccable credentials warranted. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here (Insider Story) …
Японская Sharp представила прототип 1” экрана для умных часов. Несмотря на то, что данный проект находится на стадии разработки, есть очень большая вероятность увидеть устройства с таким экраном в ближайшем будущем. …
Мобильные сети пятого поколения (5G) обеспечат быстродействие до 10 Гб/с — наряду с очень малой задержкой это сделает их ключевой движущей силой Интернета вещей (Internet of Things, IoT). Однако, по прогнозам 5GIC, начала коммерческого предоставления услуг 5G следует ожидать не раньше 2020 г. …
Во вторник Apple выпустила первую бета-версию iOS 8.1.1 – технического обновления операционной системы для iPhone, iPod touch и iPad. Согласно описанию апдейта, он исправляет ошибки, а также улучшает стабильность и быстродействие для iPad 2 и iPhone 4s. …
Статус пока еще крупнейшего производителя Android-смартфонов обходится Samsung все дороже, и главной угрозой для компании, помимо Apple, являются китайские фирмы. В прошлом квартале на третью ступень пьедестала вырвалась Xiaomi, которая появилась на рынке только в 2011 году, а теперь уже считается третьим по величине производителем смартфонов в мире. …
Apple ведет разработку инновационного дисплея для мобильных устройств, способного отображать объемное голографическое изображение. Такое изображение может формироваться экраном смартфона без использования каких-либо дополнительных аксессуаров. …
Microsoft, reluctant for many years to port Office to rival platforms like iOS and Android, changed course little over a year ago and is now doubling down on its cross-platform effort. The company will strengthen Office in iPhones, offer more functionality to non-Office 365 subscribers on iOS and Android and …
According to researchers at Palo Alto Networks, the so-called WireLurker virus can infect your iPhone or iPad from a simple USB connection. Hundreds of thousands of users have been infected already, say researchers. Apple says it’s already fixed the problem, but independent infosec geeks say the company still has a …
At the moment I’m a bit of a security grouch. I keep seeing product after product that has significant vulnerabilities. And this isn’t just happening with the things I deal with at work. Even Election Day had me grousing about the state of our software security. At work, over the …
I thought reviewing the Nexus 9 was going to be easy. When we first heard about Google’s newest flagship tablet, it seemed like a natural step forward (on paper, at least) from last year’s outstanding Nexus 7: It was bigger, more powerful and outfitted with front-facing stereo speakers. And, of …
Image by REUTERS/Brendan McDermid The number of public Wi-Fi hotspots continues to grow at a very quick rate. New data recently released by global Wi-Fi provider iPass estimates that the total number of public hotspots available worldwide by the end of the year will by 47.7 million, about one hotspot …
Flashback to the 1990s, when a few users at this company have discovered the wonders of the Internet at home, reports a pilot fish at the help desk. “The modems used to have a speaker that let you hear the connection noises while trying to connect via dial-up,” fish says. …
Protests are planned outside the White House in Washington, D.C., and at several locations across the U.S. on Thursday evening to object to leaks that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is considering a new “hybrid” proposal to break through the deadlock over net neutrality rules. Taking a cue from recent …
Компания Jawbone представила новые спортивные-браслеты, которые пополнят как сегмент начальной ценовой категории, так и топовые. Модель Up Move относится к доступному сектору с ценой $50, обладая опцией шагомера, израсходованных калорий и отслеживания физической активности. Также трекер умеет считать продолжительность сна и его качество. Данные со встроенных датчиков поступают на приложение Jawbone Up, …
Chipmaker Qualcomm is facing regulatory investigations in the U.S. and Europe in addition to an ongoing anti-monopoly probe in China. The company is struggling to collect royalties from its patent licensees in China, which accounts for half of its revenue. It hasn’t helped that China’s National Development and Reform Commission …
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks said they’ve discovered an impressive malware attack against Apple devices, which for now appears to be limited to users of a Chinese application store. The campaign revolves around infecting Mac OS X applications with “WireLurker,” which collects call logs, phone book contacts and other sensitive …
A recent piece of malware that aims to steal your online banking credentials revives a decade-old technique to install itself on your PC. Called Dridex, the malware tries to steal your data when you log into an online bank account by creating HTML fields that ask you to enter additional …
A recent piece of malware that aims to steal your online banking credentials revives a decade-old technique to install itself on your PC. Called Dridex, the malware tries to steal your data when you log into an online bank account by creating HTML fields that ask you to enter additional …
While major retailers hem and haw about whether to use Apple Pay vs CurrentC, security experts say those concerned about their safeguarding their credit data might be wise to hold off using either of the payment systems until they’ve really been vetted for vulnerabilities. “The bottom line is they’re about …
Microsoft’s director of search admitted that its Bing search engine can’t compete with Google search in a full-on faceoff, but the company will focus instead on search applications. Stefan Weitz, who leads Microsoft’s search efforts, told an audience at the Web Summit conference in Dublin on Tuesday that he’s less …
The FBI this week said it had nabbed one of the agency’s Cyber’s Most Wanted outlaws — John Gordon Baden – who is charged with stealing the identities of 40,000 people and then using the information to siphon millions of dollars from brokerage or bank accounts. The FBI said it …
With Mac OS X Yosemite, Apple has largely left Dashboard behind. Instead, it’s replaced the tired apps that once lurked to the left of the home screen with polished and useful widgets in the updated Notification Center. To access these widgets, just click on Notification Center in the top-right of …