Twitter sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, becoming the latest tech giant to say it should be able to disclose more about official requests for information about its users. read more
The "Internet of things" encompasses a dizzying range of connected devices, some real and some still imaginary, but setting standards for all those things to work together will require getting down to specifics. The AllSeen Alliance did just that on Tuesday, forming a working group just for networked lightbulbs. read …
SAP and Versata Software have abruptly settled a long-running patent dispute that dates back to 2007, and of late had SAP facing the prospect of paying a US$391 million judgment. read more
The U.S. National Security Agency takes multiple steps to protect the privacy of the information it collects about U.S. residents under a secretive surveillance program, according to a report from the agency’s privacy office. Surveillance under presidential Executive Order 12333, which dates back to 1981, generally sets the ground rules …
The U.S. National Security Agency takes multiple steps to protect the privacy of the information it collects about U.S. residents under a secretive surveillance program, according to a report from the agency's privacy office. read more
A data leak from the Municipal Bond Insurance Association has exposed a large amount of customer information including account numbers, balances and account holder names, according to the blog KrebsOnSecurity. The leak was caused by a misconfigured Oracle Reports database server, KrebsOnSecurity blogger Brian Krebs wrote. Instead of being accessible …
ORLANDO — The Internet of Things, and everything that’s part of its universe, including smart machines, pervasive analytics and 3D printing, are on Gartner’s annual list of strategic technologies for the year ahead. The list, presented today by Garner analyst David Cearley at the firm’s annual Symposium/ITxpo, is focused on …
ORLANDO — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Windows has been re-architected to give it a central role in the Internet of Things. He sees the company’s upcoming operating system Windows 10 as integral in managing every aspect of the IoT, from the sensors, mechanical systems, to the applications and analytics …
A data leak from the Municipal Bond Insurance Association has exposed a large amount of customer information including account numbers, balances and account holder names, according to the blog KrebsOnSecurity. read more
The first applied use of a transmission protocol that can theoretically reach gigabit speeds over standard home copper connections debuts today, with the release of Sckipio Technology's G.Fast chipset. read more
Criminals have stolen millions of dollars from ATMs worldwide using a specialized malware program that forces the machines to dispense cash on command. The malicious program, dubbed Backdoor.MSIL.Tyupkin, is designed to work on ATMs running 32-bit versions of Windows from a major manufacturer, Kaspersky Lab researchers said Tuesday. Rather than …
Uptake of Apple’s new iOS 8 mobile operating system has failed to catch up to the boom of last year’s iOS 7, according to Apple and third-party measurements. By Apple’s own iOS distribution tracking, iOS 8 has gained just one percentage point since Sept. 21, moving from 46% then to …
Nokia will stop production at its mobile handset manufacturing facility near Chennai in south India after a deal with Microsoft to manufacture phones fell through. read more
Managing the wireless environment at the average college or university can be a difficult task at the best of times, and when students and staff start using personal hotspots -– the sort that provide wireless data access from the same — it's not the best of times. read more
VCE unveils first all-flash-based integrated IT infrastructure system. read more
Just as graphics card makers like Nvidia found a secondary market for their wares as system-fortifying co-processors, Micron is plotting to sell booster computational elements based on its memory technologies. read more
Criminals have stolen millions of dollars from ATMs worldwide using a specialized malware program that forces the machines to dispense cash on command. read more
Wasting no time, the European commissioner who could soon be co-leading the EU's digital agenda is already firing warning shots at the U.S. over data protection. read more
Two astronauts today began what is expected to be a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk to repair a robotics system, along with cooling pump and a television camera on the International Space station. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency set their spacesuits to internal battery power and …
It’s almost that time, kiddos — time to start staring longingly at your phone and wondering when the latest Android upgrade will arrive. In case you’ve been living under a rock lately, Google’s on the brink of launching one of its biggest-ever updates to Android: the thus-far-unnamed Android “L” release. …
Hewlett-Packard's break-up plan will give the company's cloud unit more room to maneuver, which it needs to make faster progress on private and public clouds. But success will still be hard fought because of a slow start. read more
Hewlett-Packard’s break-up plan will give the company’s cloud unit more room to maneuver, which it needs to make faster progress on private and public clouds. But success will still be hard fought because of a slow start. HP will be split into two companies within 12 months: Hewlett-Packard Enterprise will …
A "like" on Facebook is worth a lot to advertisers there. Now it's also worth something to advertisers in other mobile apps. read more
Salesforce.com has given its customer-support and sales software new names and announced a slew of additional features in advance of its annual Dreamforce event, which kicks off next week in San Francisco. Beyond generating early hype for its conference, the announcements reflect the new reality Salesforce.com and other business software …
В ближайшие неделю-две южнокорейская компания LG Electronics планирует выпустить в продажу на рынке Южной Кореи смарт-часы LG G Watch R. Сообщается, что это первые часы Android Wear с по-настоящему круглым экраном. Впервые данная модель была продемонстрирована на выставке IFA 2014 и благодаря своему дизайну выиграла приз «Best of IFA 2014». …
Three scientists who succeeded in inventing efficient blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) where many companies had failed have won the Nobel Prize in Physics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Tuesday announced the award to Isamu Akasaki of Meijo University and Nagoya University, Hiroshi Amano, also of Nagoya University, and …