Malicious advertisements made their way last week to almost two dozen popular websites and used browser-based exploits to infect computers with CryptoWall, a nasty file-encrypting ransomware program. The malicious advertising, or malvertising, campaign was discovered by researchers from security firm Proofpoint and had an impact on visitors to at least …
В прошлом году в Сети можно было найти массу мошеннических предложений поучаствовать в несуществующем бета-тесте Grand Theft Auto V. Сейчас, когда игра готовится к выходу на PlayStation 4, Xbox One и PC, история повторяется. В связи с этим Rockstar Games снова предупреждает геймеров: никакой «беты» пятой Grand Theft Auto нет …
Getting out of the business of designing and running computer systems, German airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG is selling its IT services division to IBM and having Big Blue run its internal IT operations. The deal, announced by Lufthansa on Wednesday, comes about as part of the break-up of Lufthansa Systems, …
SAP is hoping a new set of programs, services and policies will help rev up sales of its Hana in-memory database and computing platform. While the new Simpler Choice campaign also includes perks for customers who adopt SAP’s Adaptive Server and IQ databases, SAP is placing the most emphasis on …
3D scanner manufactuer Artec Group today announced the U.S. debut of its Shapify Booth, which can scan your entire body in 12 seconds and use the resulting file to print a life-like figurine. The figurine, which Shapify is calling a “Shapie,” is created on a 3D printer in full color. …
Dangerous Things Dangerous Things’ $99 13.56MHz ISO14443A & NFC Type 2 NTAG216 RFID chipset It’s hard to steal Apple’s thunder on anything these days, but a self-professed “body modification” enthusiast might have done just that: He’s had an NFC chip implanted in his hand. Apple’s near field communications (NFC) chip in …
Министр экономики Венгрии Михали Варга предложил ввести налог на пользование интернетом.Как передает УНИАН, законопроект о налоге на интернет был зарегистрирован в парламенте. …
Хотя формально область действия Apple Pay ограничена Соединенными Штатами, пользователям удалось воспользоваться платежным сервисом за пределами США. Владелец iPhone 6 оплатил покупку с помощью NFC-терминала в Австралии. …
As it fights to remain a leader in enterprise social networking (ESN) among giant rivals, pure-play vendor Jive Software has been furiously integrating its suite with the most popular business software, now adding the Google Docs productivity applications. With the Connector for Google Docs, users will be able to create, …
With smartphones and sensors putting more demand on servers and other back-end gear, chip design company ARM is introducing new interconnect technologies that will help shuttle the data around more quickly. The new CoreLink interconnects will be added to ARM’s Cortex-A57 and Cortex-A53 processor designs, which chip makers license to …
Windows 10 Technical Preview is a work in progress, and Microsoft began sending Build 9860 to enthusiasts and developers on Tuesday. The new code’s estimated 7,000 changes include a much-anticipated notifications function, as part of a new Action Center. Users who’ve already downloaded the Windows 10 Technical Preview may check …
Last June, Google announced its first set of “Glass at Work” partners, or companies “authorized by Glass at Work for delivering enterprise solutions for Glass.” (Find more details on those five companies here.) Yesterday, five months after the first batch of partners was announced, Google graced five more companies with …
Just after Apple’s iCloud service faced a hacking attack from China, Apple CEO Tim Cook met with a Chinese official on Wednesday to discuss protecting users’ privacy. Cook met with Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai in Beijing to talk about “strengthening” cooperation in the telecommunication sector, in addition to discussing …
После зафиксированного в III квартале роста, аналитики Digitimes Research прогнозируют падение мировых поставок ноутбуков (исключая гибридные модели) в финальной четверти 2014 года. …
Analytics is something new for most of us, and therefore scary. But as it moves from the realm of the data geeks and into the general enterprise where most of us live, it’s helpful to recognize that there is nothing new in the way this situation is unfolding. We have …
Менее 9 дней осталось до премьеры нового камерофона OPPO N3. Сегодня в Сети появилось изображения будущей новинки. …
Apple on Tuesday told browser users to pay attention to warnings of insecure digital certificates after reports of a “man-in-the-middle” attack against iCloud.com in China was revealed earlier in the week. But Apple’s support document, which illustrated the alerts that Chrome, Firefox and Safari post when they have encountered a …
Специалисты iFixit, недавно изучившие анатомию нового моноблока Apple iMac, провели вскрытие мини-компьютера Mac mini следующего поколения, который дебютировал на прошлой неделе. …
OS X 10.10 Yosemite is out, and, while there aren’t many surprises in the interface—which Apple has been showing off since June—users are getting their first tastes of the new look and new features. And many of them are finding that there are some annoyances the way Yosemite displays (or …
Amazon Web Services wants to become a more central part of enterprise IT with the AWS Directory Service, which both competes and integrates with Microsoft’s Active Directory. With the lure of easier management, Amazon hopes CIOs are willing to trust it with one of their most important applications, the directory. …
While a smartphone or tablet is virtually guaranteed to have an ARM chip inside, that’s no longer the case for Chromebooks, which appear to be swinging in the direction of Intel processors. Case in point: Samsung’s new Chromebook 2, announced Friday, which has Intel’s Bay Trail M Celeron N2840—not one …
Финская Nokia, освободившаяся от мобильного подразделения после его продажи компании Microsoft, выпустила открытую бета-версию картографического сервиса Here Maps для всех Android-устройств. Загрузить её можно на соответствующей странице. …
A court filing in May last year has attracted more class action lawsuits, alleging secret no-poaching deals among tech companies to keep salaries low. Oracle, Microsoft and Ask.com are facing suits alleging that they conspired to restrict hiring of staff. The suits appear to refer to a memo which names …
Согласно данным ресурса StatCounter, Windows Phone по итогам сентября по-прежнему занимает очень малую долю рынка. Конечно, с такими монстрами, как Android и iOS, конкурировать тяжело. Но, как отмечают отраслевые обозреватели, Windows Phone, в которую Microsoft вкладывает миллионы на развитие, поддержку и маркетинг, до сих пор по охвату рынка очень близка …
Компания ZTE Corporation заявила о том, что ей удалось организовать передачу данных со скоростью 400 Гбит/с на расстояние свыше 3000 км. В ходе испытаний были установлены оптические интерфейсы 400G для одной несущей, а также использована технология уплотнения каналов по длине волны (DWDM). …
Apple has warned users about attacks on its iCloud website, after monitoring groups alleged that China had tried to intercept customer information from the service. Although China was not named, Apple said Tuesday it was “aware of intermittent organized network attacks” on its iCloud service that were designed to obtain …