В соцсети «ВКонтакте» обновился фоторедактор. Теперь в нем можно не только накладывать фильтры, но и настраивать различные параметры фотографии, такие как изменение уровня экспозиции, контраста, насыщенности и резкости фото. Они изменяются при помощи ползунков. …
Эрик Шмидт, занимающий должность председателя совета директоров компании Google, не стесняется прилюдно использовать смартфоны BlackBerry. …
With more than 6,500 cases of the Ebola virus in West Africa, 3,000 deaths and now one confirmed case here in the United States, scientists are trying to find a way to detect the deadly virus more quickly, cheaply and easily. And they’re increasingly using nanotechnology to do it. A …
Without a carbon tax or anything that penalizes fossil fuel consumption, the federal government has little ability to influence how much energy a data center uses. But it is trying. In a blog post late Tuesday, the White House announced that 19 data centers have agreed to join a voluntary …
Verizon Wireless won't go ahead with a widely criticized plan to slow down the connections of heavy data users with unlimited LTE plans. read more
The leader of the now-disbanded LulzSec hacking group directed members to attack targets in dozens of countries, including the U.K., Turkey, Brazil and Australia, even as he was serving as an FBI informant, according to a news report. read more
The leader of the now-disbanded LulzSec hacking group directed members to attack targets in dozens of countries, including the U.K., Turkey, Brazil and Australia, even as he was serving as an FBI informant, according to a news report. LulzSec leader Hector Xavier Monsegur, known as Sabu, directed hacktivist Jeremy Hammond …
Microsoft today opened the door to its Windows Insider Program, letting adventurous customers download an early, unpolished preview of Windows 10. Windows 10, which Microsoft labeled as a Technical Preview, comes in the form of an .iso file that ranges in size from 2.9GB to 4GB, depending on the language …
Intel has released a developer kit so that programmers can write and deploy JavaScript applications for "Internet of things" and sensor devices. read more
Facebook has apologized to drag queens and the larger LGBT community in the wake of controversy over the site's names policy, clarifying that users don't have to use their legal name. read more
Reports are hitting that Google is just weeks away from launching a new streaming music service. Google-owned YouTube has gained a lot of popularity, playing music videos. The videos, though, have come one at a time. According to a report from Reuters, YouTube is about to launch a subscription and …
A day after Microsoft shoved Windows 8 into the background with its introduction of Windows 10, an analytics firm reported that Windows 8’s user share plummeted by its largest amount ever. September’s numbers from Net Applications put the combined user share of Windows 8 and 8.1 at 12.3% of the …
More than 2.4 million people have signed letters calling on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to stop its proposed "takeover" of the Internet in an effort by conservative activist group American Commitment to reframe the debate about the agency's proposed net neutrality rules. read more
The Xen Project has revealed the details of a serious vulnerability in the Xen hypervisor that could put the security of many virtualized servers at risk. read more
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is taking steps to ensure that both current and emerging wireless devices don't get left out when it reorganizes the frequency bands now used for television. read more
Activists are meeting with Facebook officials Wednesday, challenging the company's real-names policy and other rules they say violate free-speech rights, sense of identity and safety. read more
Chip design company ARM is stepping outside its area of expertise to release a new operating system that could play a big role in building out the Internet of Things. read more
One of the coolest things about Android is the ecosystem of creativity that surrounds it. With the platform’s open nature, there’s practically no limit to what you can do with your device — and the Android developer community is constantly pushing the limits and finding new ways to enhance our …
Interop New York speakers opened the conference with a provocative message: Instead of ignoring "shadow IT" in their organizations, IT pros should try to understand what they are failing to deliver that workers wind up taking care of themselves. read more
Interop New York speakers opened the conference with a provocative message: Instead of ignoring “shadow IT” in their organizations, IT pros should try to understand what they are failing to deliver that workers wind up taking care of themselves. “Shadow IT is an opportunity to become closer to our business and …
After suffering a series of setbacks on the way to getting 64-bit ARM servers into the hands of users, company CEO Simon Segars prefers to take a fresh look at market opportunities instead of dwelling on the past. read more
Cody Wilson, the developer of the world’s first fully 3D-printed plastic gun, is preparing to sell a consumer-grade machine that can make metal guns. Wilson calls the tabletop machine the Ghost Gunner, and describes the project as a non-profit open source hardware effort by his company Defense Distributed. Defense Distributed …
Some U.S. television stations could make tens, or even hundreds, of millions of dollars by giving up their spectrum so that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission can sell it in an upcoming mobile broadband auction. read more
The Joomla project pushed out new updates for its popular content management system Wednesday after a glitch was found in the high-priority security patches it released a day before. read more
Китайский производитель мобильных устройств THL пополнил свой ассортимент новым, доступным аппаратом – THL T6S. Новинка построена на базе процессора MT6592M и обладает 5-дюймовым дисплеем с разрешением 854 на 480 точек, поддержкой двух SIM-карт, лотом для карт расширения стандарта microSD, а вот объем встроенной и оперативной памяти не уточняется. Разрешение камеры заявлено в …
Reacting to chronic complaints that Office applications have become unwieldy with endless menus and features, Microsoft is developing a streamlined presentation application built from the ground up for mobile devices and cloud computing. read more