This smartphone thing may finally be catching on. U.S. mobile phone users are “rapidly embracing” smartphones and tablets, noted a report from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The report, however, is based on 2-year-old information from the U.S. Census Bureau. Still, the latest NTIA survey …
Внедрение системы электронных тендеров может позволить сэкономить до 20% средств от общего объема всего рынка государственных закупок. Об этом заявил заместитель министра экономического развития и торговли Украины – руководитель аппарата Роман Качур. …
Apple has unveiled the 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display, featuring the world’s highest-resolution display — with 14.7 million pixels. At this resolution, text appears sharper than ever, videos are more lifelike, and you can see new levels of detail in photos. “Thirty years after the first Mac changed the …
Apple has updated Mac mini with the latest technologies and a new lower starting price, making Apple’s most affordable Mac an even better value. Mac mini now features fourth-generation Intel Core processors, faster integrated graphics, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and Thunderbolt 2. “People love Mac mini. It’s a great first Mac or …
Apple анонсировала компьютер-моноблок iMac с дисплеем, имеющим разрешение Retina 5K (5120 на 2880 точек). Об этом Фил Шиллер, директор по маркетингу Apple сообщил на презентации компании. …
Гуру утечек Эван Бласс решил прояснять ситуацию с готовящимися новинками компании Microsoft, о которых он сам недавно писал в Твиттере. По его словам, все утечки и слухи основывались на информации одного ресурса TK Tech News, вовсе незнакомого с планами софтверного гиганта. Как минимум не стоит верить данным о скором запуске …
The data publishing platform Silk has created a world map depicting the spread of the Ebola virus, which causes the highly deadly hemorrhagic fever. The data-driven view of the Ebola outbreak includes detailed information of the epidemic’s history with data from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and …
Apple today unveiled the 9.7-in. iPad Air 2 and the smaller 7.9-in. iPad Mini 3, both revisions of their predecessors, with the new Mini getting the shortest shrift on stage time and changes. The 80-minute presentation seemed long for what Apple had to announce, said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with …
NEW YORK CITY – Over the past few years, Hadoop and big data have exploded onto the tech landscape, garnering attention on par with cloud and mobile. But that may all be about to change, says Mike Olson, co-founder, chairman and chief strategy officer of Hadoop distribution vendor Cloudera. “I …
When demand exceeds the supply of available IT talent, many companies are using contractors to help fill the gaps. IT contractors provide manpower when workloads spike and can bring key expertise and skills to a team. (See related story, Life as an IT contractor) Across all fields (not just IT), independent …
And hey, Stephen Colbert was there! Apple, uncharacteristically, lost a little PR steam from a leak of some information on its new iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 models a day before the launch event, which took place on Thursday at the company’s Cupertino headquarters. But that doesn’t mean …
Revamped Apple lineup Everyone was expecting the annoucement of the iPad Air 2 at Thursday’s Apple annoucement, but that wasn’t all we got. With a new iPad mini 3, a new iMac with 5K retina display and an updated Mac mini, Apple rolled out a lot of new hardware. Here …
Американский производитель процессоров AMD расширяет сотрудничество с тайваньской компанией ASUSTeK Computer, утверждают отраслевые источники. По их данным, на углубление партнерства указывает то, что AMD планирует использовать в названии своей новой процессорной платформе имя “Zen”. Как известно, продукция с таким же названием есть в ассортименте ASUS (ноутбуки Zenbook, смартфоны ZenFone, часы …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it will hold its annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation at its Washington, D.C. headquarters on November 20. The morning session of the forum will feature panel discussions on the definition of an accredited investor and secondary market liquidity for …
I wanted to note three thoughts following Apple’s big announcements today: The sub-$500 Mac mini Apple has once again crossed a major threshold and introduced a Mac that starts at under $500. The Mac mini is the perfect second Mac, a great media server or iOS device companion, a good …
Компания Nokia, передавшая Microsoft свой бизнес по выпуску мобильных устройств, объявила о намерении продать расположенную в индийском городе Ченнаи фабрику, которую из-за разногласий с местными властями финский производитель не смог отдать софтверному гиганту. …
In their zeal to collect as much operational data as possible, organizations hoping to gain an advantage through the use of big data will also need to rethink how they process, analyze and present that material. “When all this information finally gets to the business, it is difficult for the …
Мобильная платежная система Apple Pay заработает в США с 20 октября. Об этом на презентации в Купертино сообщил гендиректор Apple Тим Кук. …
Now that OS X Yosemite has officially stepped out of public beta mode and into prime time, I’m sure you’re itching to give it a go. But before you begin the installation process, there’s one question you need to answer: Can your Mac actually run Yosemite? Luckily, if you’re already …
Apple представила новую версию полноразмерного планшета iPad Air с 9,7-дюймовым экраном, толщина корпуса которого составила всего 6,1 миллиметра. Устройство анонсировал гендиректор Apple Тим Кук. …
Apple and Google should reconsider their plans to enable encryption by default on their smartphones, and the U.S. Congress should pass a law requiring that all communication tools allow police access to user data, U.S. FBI Director James Comey said. Comey, repeating his recent concerns about announcements from Apple and …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that in fiscal year 2014, new investigative approaches and the innovative use of data and analytical tools contributed to a very strong year for enforcement marked by cases that spanned the securities industry. In the fiscal year that ended in September, the SEC …
Программа использует инновационный метод распознавания специально оформленных входящих пакетов в обход стандартных межсетевых экранов и позволяет злоумышленникам изменить IP-адрес без потери соединения. …
Attackers are mounting distributed Denial-of-service attacks from home routers, wireless access points, cable modems, Web cams and printers by taking advantage of weaknesses in the protocol they use to announce themselves on networks, according to PLXsert. The attacks, observed in the wild since July, have generated peak traffic of 54.35Gbps …
Apple today launched OS X 10.10, aka Yosemite, as a free upgrade for most Mac owners. Mac users running last year’s Mavericks, 2012’s Mountain Lion, 2011’s Lion and even 2009’s Snow Leopard are able to download Yosemite from the Mac App Store starting today. The no-older-than-Snow-Leopard limitation was due to …
Isolating computers from the Internet, called “air gapping,” is considered one of the best ways to defend critical systems and their sensitive data from cyberattacks, but researchers have found that can be undermined using an all-in-one printer. Renowned cryptographer Adi Shamir, co-inventor of the widely used RSA cryptographic system, and …