Android L might launch November 1
Google might release Android L on November 1. Plus: How to switch from iOS to Android, and the iPhone 6 Plus repair kit for bending problems. read more
Google might release Android L on November 1. Plus: How to switch from iOS to Android, and the iPhone 6 Plus repair kit for bending problems. read more
Inevitably, CompTIA A+ Certification, the vendor-neutral certification for entry-level computer technicians, has always provided a rear-view-mirror image of computer and network technology. It takes time to determine which operating systems, products, and procedures are necessary for technicians to learn and master, and which ones are doomed to become Jeopardy questions …
While administrators scramble to fix the newly discovered Shellshock vulnerability, Harvard University researchers are putting the finishing touches on a scripting language built to mitigate the damage caused by such holes. read more
Apple, responding to Bendgate, Bendghazi, or whatever you wish to call the issue of seemingly-bendable iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models, claims the problem isn’t nearly as widespread as the Internet hullabaloo would suggest. Apple told the Wall Street Journal a mere nine people have come in with bending complaints since …
iPhone owners are angry. Really really angry. “In my 25 years of using Apple products I have never experienced such a complete lack of attention to detail from them,” said someone identified only as Dillinger in one of several hundred messages on an Apple support discussion thread. Dillinger and the …
Working for a startup may have lost its appeal to IT professionals who, after weathering the recent recession, are more interested in positions at mid-sized companies that offer a startup’s innovative environment and a large company’s stability. According to a survey from IT staffing firm Robert Half Technology, 16% of …
Working for a startup may have lost its appeal to IT professionals who, after weathering the recent recession, are more interested in positions at medium-sized companies that offer a startup's innovative environment and a large company's stability. read more
Apple’s consumption of mobile DRAM will grow from 16.5% of the industry’s total production volume today to 25% in 2015 as the company outfits more smartphones, tablets and even laptops with DRAM, according to a new report. Since 2011, Apple has been the biggest consumer of NAND flash, according to …
Shellshock is a Bash bug that threatens Linux users. Plus: GNOME 3.14 has been released, and Autumn is a relaxing game for Linux. read more
Samsung keeps raising the bar on storage capacity in its solid-state drives with a 3.2TB SSD, which is now in production. The SM1715 drive is Samsung’s highest-capacity SSD to date, and is built for reliability and durability, Samsung said in a statement. Samsung didn’t provide either a price or shipment …
Samsung keeps raising the bar on storage capacity in its solid-state drives with a 3.2TB SSD, which is now in production. read more
As “dark fiber” is to the telecommunications industry so, also, is “dark data” to many businesses and organizations. These vast pools of untapped, largely unprotected data simply sit there, doing not much of anything for the bottom line. Isaac Sacolik’s Dark Data: A Business Definition describes it as “data that …
Image by Thinkstock Whether we talk about football, car racing or sailing, advances in the capture, storage and analysis of data are affecting just about every aspect of sports. Data allows athletes to train better and more effectively and it allows teams to alter their in-game decision-making based on what …
A little more than a year ago, Conservation International (CI) was wrestling with a mammoth big data problem. The nonprofit environmental organization’s mission is to protect nature and its biodiversity, but monitoring and analyzing the health of species — particularly in the tropical forests that half of all plants and animals …
Within the federal government, the shift toward virtualization and cloud computing is already well underway, but agency and industry officials warn that those migrations invite new security considerations, particularly in the form of insider threats. Eric Chiu, president of the cloud and virtualization security firm HyTrust, notes the familiar list …
Amazon Web Services will be updating a substantial number of its cloud servers, and customers are recommended to re-launch their instances in the coming days, according to AWS consultants. Amazon has not said why the reboot is happening, but AWS watchers believe it is to patch a security issue. The …
“Image by Shutterstock This month the FBI pronounced its powerful new crime fighting weapon — the Next Generation Identification — is at full operational capability. NGI replaced the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), the Bureau’s longstanding repository for fingerprints. But that’s not all it does. NGI uses a variety …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today sanctioned a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based software company for having inadequate internal accounting controls over its financial reporting, which resulted in misstated revenues in public filings. An SEC investigation found that JDA Software Group Inc. failed to properly recognize and report revenue from certain software license …
Tim Cook must be furious. You can imagine the tension among those who’ve been called into his office in the last 24-hours. Apple’s leader is no less demanding and passionate than his predecessor — he’s just more likely to reward those who work as hard as he does. And when …
Facebook knows that many of its users are concerned with how their content is shared and has taken steps to simplify the process by which users can manage and control who they’re sharing with. Earlier this month, Facebook released a new privacy checkup tool that popped up when users visited …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced suspensions in trading for nine different penny stocks as part of an ongoing enforcement initiative to combat microcap fraud. Trading suspensions provide the SEC with a means to immediately neutralize potential threats to investors when questions have arisen pertaining to the accuracy and …
Workday has made good on a promise it issued a year ago with the release Thursday of Workday Student Recruiting, the first in a series of apps it's developing for higher education institutions. read more
Известное издание в Тайване выдвинуло предположение о том, что Apple покажет новое поколение планшетного устройства iPad Air уже в следующем месяце. Как сообщает источник, производственные мощности были запущены еще в самом начале осени, поставлять устройство начнут ровно через месяц, в октябре. Из иных источников известно, что вместе с производством 9,7-дюймового iPad Air …
Despite years of lead-time, many businesses had to scramble this year when Microsoft ended support for its incredibly popular Windows XP desktop operating system. The disruption caused by the end of support for Windows XP may be nothing compared with the disruption caused by the end of support for Windows …
Apple has recommended to users of its new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones to reinstall iOS 8 after an update Wednesday led to complaints of lost cellular service and functionality on the Touch ID fingerprint identity sensor. The company provided instructions to affected users on its support site …
Мировому сообществу недавно был презентован новый смартфон iPhone 6 и его версия с улучшенными характеристиками iPhone 6 Plus. В продажи телефоны поступили сравнительно недавно и уже побили множество рекордов, по предзаказам, продажам и прочим критериям. Пользователи уже успели поверхностно оценить устройство, и получить первый опыт его использования, однако впечатления не …