Android browser flaw found to leak data
A security researcher has found another flaw in the Android browser that a cybercriminal could use to steal sensitive data. read more
A security researcher has found another flaw in the Android browser that a cybercriminal could use to steal sensitive data. read more
"Internet of things" standards groups are rallying the troops for efforts to make thermostats, door locks, sensors and other connected devices find each other and share information. read more
Google dropped its cloud computing prices and other vendors are expected to follow suit, but the lower pricing may not be the key lure for attracting enterprises to the cloud. read more
Researchers say Facebook has a ways to go yet toward injecting more transparency and ethics into its research practices. read more
Worldwide semiconductor revenue will grow at a fast pace this year but will slow down in 2016 when the DRAM market hits its next bust cycle, according to Gartner. read more
Facebook is promising to be more careful about how it conducts research on users, with a deeper review process by top managers when particular groups of people or types of content are studied on the site. However, the company did not say whether it would include outside researchers or regulators …
H-1B whistleblower Jay Palmer filed a civil lawsuit Thursday against Infosys, in another bid for damages over allegations of ill-treatment. It is Palmer’s second attack in federal court, but it takes a new approach by citing the whistleblower protections in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Palmer was an employee of …
As part of Windows 10, Microsoft will consolidate its multiple app stores and for the first time offer an app volume purchase program. Microsoft will be following in the footsteps of its OS rival Apple, which introduced volume purchasing programs for both business and education — the latter an important …
When Ken Griffin, the director of IT operations for Harvard Business Publishing, warned his staff, "12 months from now, those servers are being switched off," his message was crystal clear — there's no going back, learn the cloud or step aside. read more
Samsung is frightened, and you know it. Look at the evidence: China is following the rest of the planet to go iPhone crazy with two million iPhone 6 units pre-ordered within hours. Apple has already shifted ten million of its new smartphone. You can see what’s happening. To read this …
AT&T's NetBond service for secure access to third-party clouds will soon work with the biggest one of all, Amazon Web Services. read more
To my surprise, I have been seeing storage performance results reported using server benchmarks and their associated server metrics. Server benchmarks are specifically designed to measure the maximum performance of the server — NOT the storage. Even if external storage is used in the benchmarked system, server benchmarks entail maximizing …
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission engaged in the worst kind of “partisan politics” by working closely with net neutrality advocates to ensure their comments were filed with the agency, but not extending the same courtesy to the other side, a coalition of groups opposed to the regulations said in a …
A supercomputer upgrade is paying off for the U.S. National Weather Service, with new high-resolution models that will offer better insight into severe weather. The improvement is easy to see in the depiction (below) showing the difference between the older and newer model. In a six-hour forecast on a moving …
While Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison hyped up the company's burgeoning aspirations in cloud computing during OpenWorld this week, many customers in attendance had their minds focused more on life in the trenches, where matters such as upgrading aging ERP (enterprise-resource-planning) systems remain crucial but risky affairs. read more
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission engaged in the worst kind of "partisan politics" by working closely with net neutrality advocates to ensure their comments were filed with the agency, but not extending the same courtesy to the other side, a coalition of groups opposed to the regulations said in a …
The new Windows is the old Windows, improved Image by Microsoft Although Microsoft is skipping a whole version number for the next Windows version, which will ship some time next year, the early version of Windows 10 it showed off Tuesday was mostly composed of commonsense fixes to Windows 8, …
Booksellers have met with European Commission officials to discuss their concerns that Amazon holds a monopoly in the online book market. The booksellers urged the commission to make sure that consumers will have a rich and diversified online book offering, said Françoise Dubruille, director of the European and International Booksellers …
Matchstick, a startup out of San Jose, is planning to release an HDMI dongle that will compete with Google’s Chromecast but uses the Firefox OS and costs $25 instead of $35. In June, news of the device’s impending announcement leaked when a Mozilla evangelist tweeted a photo of a prototype. …
A conservative group that sent 2.4 million letters to Congress opposed to net neutrality regulations didn’t collect signatures from 2.4 million people, although the group’s news release says the letters added millions of new voices to the debate. Instead, American Commitment, an advocacy group with ties to the Republican billionaire …
Dear Google: It sounds like you might have a new, larger Nexus phone and tablet on the way sometime soon. That’s pretty darn exciting. But you know what’d be really cool? If you were to keep selling the current Nexus 5 phone and Nexus 7 tablet alongside those new products. …
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Workers who may be tempted to sell confidential corporate data should think twice about what they write in an email — an AI-based monitoring system could be watching. Tokyo-based data analysis company UBIC has developed an artificial intelligence system that scans messages for signs of potential plans to purloin data. …
We gaze into our coding crystal ball to find the sure bets and intriguing developments developers should target in the next five years “Image by Nemo via Pixabay To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here …
Китайские разработчики Chuwi подготовили новый планшетный компьютер под управлением ОС Windows, который может стать реальной заменой компактным ноутбукам и нетбукам. Модель Chuwi V10HD 3G работает на Windows 8.1 и имеет поддержку сетей 3G. Chuwi V10HD 3G обладает 10.1-дюймовым дисплеем Full HD IPS (1920 х 1080 точек), процессором Intel Atom Z3735F. Также упоминается наличие 2 …
If you’re looking to buy a used iPhone, iPad or iPod touch device, Apple is now offering an online tool to let you first check if it’s been locked down by the previous owner, which could indicate that it was actually stolen or lost. The service is available on the …