OS X 10.10, otherwise known as Yosemite, is the 11th iteration of the operating system that powers the desktops and laptops created by Apple. This update, expected to be released later today, marks the second version of OS X whose code name is based on a California location instead of …
Christian Bale is to play Steve Jobs in Sony’s ‘official’ biographical movie, sources say. The story of the Apple co-founder is based on Walter Isaacson’s controversial book. The lineup of talent looks good, so here’s hoping for some magical Saturday-night entertainment. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ready the popcorn. <!– Not …
What’s Apple got planned at its special event today? The smart money claims new iPads, new Macs and the possible launch of the company’s Apple Pay service (at least in the USA). We’re also expecting to see Apple’s all-new OS X Yosemite step out of beta and into a shipping …
Consultant pilot fish is on the way to visit one client when he gets a call that the network has gone down at another client’s office — and fish is the one on the hot seat. “The previous day I had upgraded their firewalls, and I was afraid the new …
Introduction Apple designer Sir Jony Ive has built a world-class reputation by consistently applying the same principles across his career. Here are 10 of the ideas that make Ive — and Apple — tick. Design takes depth Image by Various sources inc. Weaver Design To read this article in full …
A former employee of Oracle has sued the company for allegedly conspiring with Google to prevent poaching of certain categories of managers from each other, in a bid to keep salaries low. Oracle’s restricted hiring agreement with Google was part of a bigger conspiracy by technology companies, located mainly in …
The framework that powers Facebook’s Paper content presentation app is being made publicly available to help developers create Apple iOS apps that scroll more smoothly. The AsyncDisplayKit can be used to build a graphical interface for iPhones and iPads that scrolls and transitions between different views more smoothly than those …
В пятницу, 17 октября, начнутся предварительные заказы на новые устройства, анонсированные корпорацией Google. Вчера состоялось анонсирование смартфона Nexus 6, планшета Nexus 9 и новой версии Android, на которой смогут работать эти устройства — Anroid 5.0 Lollipop. Известно, что Nexus 6, цена которого будет начинаться с $649, был собран компанией Motorola Mobility, а планшет Nexus …
American musician-cum-entrepreneur Will.i.am thinks he’s got a radical gadget to beat the band: a massive app-infused watch that he says can do everything a phone can, and more. The self-proclaimed tech fashion guru unveiled the Puls on Wednesday, a smartwatch-type device designed to be worn throughout the day, which will …
Areas starved for high-speed broadband may get a new option thanks to a system that’s based on Wi-Fi hardware and could deliver half a gigabit per second to each home. The technology from Mimosa Networks would send data from an access point on a tower or neighboring building to a …
Swiping credit cards or using payment systems like Apple Pay at stores could become much safer thanks to a new Intel system, which could also make it easier for retailers to secure data after transactions are completed. With security breaches and customer data theft on the rise, Intel has developed …
Apple seems to have inadvertently leaked details of new iPads that are expected to be announced Thursday. An image published on Apple’s iPad User Guide page for iOS 8 on iTunes Wednesday reveals that the company may announce the iPad Mini 3 and an iPad Air 2. Apple usually holds …
Facebook is doubling the rewards it will pay for security vulnerabilities related to code that runs its advertising system, the company said Wednesday. A comprehensive security audit of its ads code was recently completed, but Facebook “would like to encourage additional scrutiny from whitehats to see what we may have …
Nexuses big and, um, bigger The newest members of Google’s Nexus line of “stock” Android devices are the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 – a phablet and tablet, respectively. Made by Motorola and HTC, the new Nexuses are impressively well-stocked with high-end hardware and software features. Have a look. 1440p! …
Facebook is doubling the rewards it will pay for security vulnerabilities related to code that runs its advertising system, the company said Wednesday. A comprehensive security audit of its ads code was recently completed, but Facebook “would like to encourage additional scrutiny from whitehats to see what we may have …
I pay for my email service. Experience has shown that there are things worth paying for and, to me, email is one of them. I find technical competence (no more ISP-provided email, thank you), a web interface that is less confusing than Gmail and technical support worth paying for. Today, …
A software startup debuted this week proposing software-defined networking to Docker, the open source software for creating Linux application virtualization containers. SocketPlane was founded by former Cisco, Red Hat, HP, OpenDaylight and Dell officials. In the open source world, their names are well known: Madhu Venugopal, John Willis, Brent Salisbury …
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should not hold mobile carriers to the same net neutrality rules as it does for wired broadband providers because of unique mobile network management challenges, the head of the largest U.S. mobile trade group said. CTIA President and CEO Meredith Attwell Baker on Wednesday repeated …
At O’Reilly Strata Conference + Hadoop World 2014 in New York City today, Hadoop distribution specialist MapR Technologies announced that its MapR-DB NoSQL key-value database is now available for unlimited production use as part of its free MapR Community Edition. MapR CMO Jack Norris says MapR chose to make its …
Hadoop specialist Hortonworks today announced that the newest version of its Hadoop distribution, Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) 2.2, will become generally available in November. Jim Walker, director of product marketing for Hortonworks, says the release incorporates the last six months of innovation in the Apache Hadoop community, including more than …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an enforcement action against a former Wells Fargo Advisors compliance officer who allegedly altered a document before it was provided to the SEC during an investigation. According to the SEC’s order instituting an administrative proceeding against Judy K. Wolf, she was responsible for …
Исследователи из корпорации Google обнаружили новую уязвимость в веб-браузерах и программном обеспечении для интернет-серверов, которая позволяет хакерам получать контроль над атакуемой системой. Ошибка в популярном протоколе шифрования SSL 3.0 получил название Poodle (Padding Oracle On Downloaded Legacy Encryption), которое с английского переводится как “пудель”. Благодаря уязвимости злоумышленники могут похитить данные …
Рулетка считается воплощением Госпожи Удачи в чистом виде: несмотря на многочисленные литературные и киносюжеты до сих пор не существует ни одной надежной системы, позволяющей гарантированно сорвать крупный куш. Любимчик рулетки У Фреда Гилберта есть песня “Человек, который сорвал банк в казино”. Она посвящена реальному человеку – Чарльзу Уэллсу. Его фантастический …
Google’s foray into a $60 million undersea fiber optic cable construction project linking Florida to Brazil should help the search giant gain greater control of all aspects of Internet access while expanding its efforts to close the digital divide. Google last week joined Brazilian company Algar Telecom and African operator …
Asustek’s Padfone X Mini, which can be used either as a smartphone or a tablet, will be available in the U.S. starting next week. At the heart of the Padfone X Mini is a 4.5-inch LTE smartphone, which can be slid into a companion dock to be used as a …
A group of security companies say a collaborative effort has helped counter several hacking tools used by a China-based group most known for provoking strong condemnation from Google four years ago. The companies, which include Cisco, FireEye, F-Secure, iSIGHT Partners, Microsoft, Tenable, ThreatConnect, ThreatTrack Security, Volexity, Novetta and Symantec, said …