Yes, recent versions of Mac OS X are vulnerable to the critical "Shellshock" Bash bug revealed earlier this week, including OS X Mavericks–but don't sweat it unless you're doing ninja-level Unix tricks with shell commands already. read more
Airline passengers traveling on European airline flights will be able to leave their mobile phones and other gadgets on throughout the entire flight, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said Friday. European airlines can allow any kind of electronic devices such as tablets, laptops and smartphones to remain switched on …
Google wants all Android phones to include more of its services. Plus: Sony Xperia Z3 unboxed underwater, and reviews of the Samsung Galaxy Alpha phone. read more
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against four insurance agents for unlawfully selling securities in what turned out to be a multi-million dollar offering fraud targeting elderly investors. The SEC previously charged a Colorado man who allegedly orchestrated the scheme and recruited active insurance agents to help him …
Signature Systems says the breach of its point-of-sales system that hit 216 Jimmy John's sandwich shops is actually 50 percent larger than originally thought. read more
Signature Systems says the breach of its point-of-sales system that hit 216 Jimmy John’s sandwich shops is actually 50 percent larger than originally thought. The company said Friday that an additional 108 restaurants that use its payment terminals were also hit. The additional locations are independent restaurants not part of …
Airline passengers traveling on European airline flights will be able to leave their mobile phones and other connected e-gadgets on throughout the entire flight, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said Friday. read more
Russia's communications regulator has ordered Facebook, Twitter and Google to join a register of social networks or face being blocked in Russia, according to a report in the newspaper Izvestia. read more
Russia’s communications regulator has ordered Facebook, Twitter and Google to join a register of social networks or face being blocked in Russia, according to a report in the newspaper Izvestia. By registering as “organizers of information distribution,” companies agree to store data about their users’ communications on servers in Russia …
That’s the way to do it. Interesting times With “Bendgate” and a faulty software update, Apple certainly endured a couple of difficult days this week. But you can’t ignore the speed and efficiency with which it responded to these unexpected challenges. It was the right thing to do. The speed …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against the operators of an international pyramid scheme that raised more than $129 million from investors worldwide, primarily in the U.S., China, and Taiwan. The case follows another against a separate pyramid scheme that lured investors in the U.S., China, and Korea …
It’s amazing what kind of smartphone experience $180 can buy these days. Let me back up a minute: I’m not talking about $180 on contract with a carrier. When you walk into your favorite carrier’s store and plunk down 200 bucks for a phone, you’re actually buying a device that …
Apple yesterday released iOS 8.0.2, a replacement for the botched update that shipped the day before but crippled iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices by knocking them off their mobile carriers. The turn-around for 8.0.2 was notable for its speed: Less than 36 hours after Apple yanked the flawed …
Компания HTC следит за современными тенденциями в мире и в силу выросшего спроса на фотокамеры решила разработать изделие, позволяющее снимать фото в нестационарных условиях, при отсутствии штатива и дополнительного оборудования позволяющего зафиксировать корпус камеры. 8 октября был запущен тизерный сайт посвященный выходу представленного устройства. Ресурс не располагает какой-то определенной информацией, …
Новое высокотехнологичное оборудование развивается стремительно, практически ежедневно производится множество моделей новых изделий, оснащенных современными технологиями, к которым человек привыкает и в дальнейшем не может отказаться. Ярким примером тому, является технология воспроизведения видео 4К, распространившаяся в последнее время на все смартфоны. Кристально чистое изображение и превосходное качество покорили пользователей. Производитель мобильных …
The Mars rover Curiosity’s primary science mission has begun. After more than two years and a dangerous trek of about six miles, NASA’s SUV-sized, robotic rover has made its first drill into Mount Sharp — the geologic site scientists have been focused on since before Curiosity landed on Mars. The …
European Union privacy regulators want Google to make its privacy policies easier to find and understand, with exhaustive lists of what data it holds and processes, in order to comply with EU law, they told the company this week. Google received the package of recommendations from the Article 29 Working …
Many Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Instances will reboot themselves over the next few days. Looks like there’s a nasty Xen bug that’s responsible, but Amazon is being cagey about the details. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get ready to run /usr/bin/uptime. <!– Not to mention: XXXXXXXXXXXX… –> …
Let’s give it this: BlackBerry’s new Passport makes a big impact when you first hold it, thanks to its unusual square shape, its heft and the physical keyboard aimed at keeping its legion of qwerty loyalists happy. BlackBerry no longer discloses how large its installed base of smartphone users remains, …
The White House has been touting open data initiatives for years. But in one of the most controversial areas in politics — immigration — crucial data is often unavailable, and what’s available often includes mistakes, say a diverse set of critics. The IEEE-USA is a case in point. The group …
Imagine one day strapping on a wristband in the morning and then opening your smartphone and laptop without passwords, getting into your car without a key and even boarding a plane without your ID or a boarding pass. That’s the future imagined by Andrew D’Souza, president of Bionym Inc., a …
Китайский сайт MyDrivers опубликовал фотографию смартфона Vivo, на который, как сообщается, установлено две операционные системы: Android и Windows Phone. Этот снимок можно было посчитать подделкой если бы не видео с записью работы этого смартфона, размещенное на другом сайте — Miaopai. Судя по всему, в основу прототипа легла уже выпущенная модель …
This office has two users who both want to be able to use three monitors at their desks, says a pilot fish who’s tasked with making that a reality. “I spec’ed out a video card with enough outputs — this card had two DVI outputs, a DisplayPort connector and an …
Head scratchers Image by flickr/Robbie Biller Every programming language has its own unique quirks, such as weird syntax, unusual functionality or non-standard implementations. These things can cause developers new to the language, or even seasoned pros, to scratch their heads in wonder. Sometimes these oddities are a real stumbling block …
Ведущий аналитик Mobile Research Group Эльдар Муртазин заявил, что компанию Apple ждет участь софтверной корпорации Microsoft. Мнение о «светлом» будущем американской корпорации он высказал в своем микроблоге. …
Евросоюз позволит Facebook поглотить WhatsApp и не выставит никаких условий. В успехе многомиллиардной сделки уверены источники, опрошенные агентством Reuters. Почему европейские регуляторы могли заблокировать поглощение и почему теперь успокоились? …