A new usage-based insurance (UBI) software platform will allow companies to track drivers’ behavior through smartphone sensors and geolocation services. Agero, one of the nation’s largest suppliers of roadside safety software and services to automakers and insurance companies, said its new UBI telematics suite will transmit to insurers the information …
Apple’s iCloud attack is nothing in comparison with the kind of attacks every tech firm must prepare for, as they offer payment and connected solutions for home, health and car. Here’s some ways for you to protect yourself and for Apple to improve its own security. What happened? Brief version: …
Western Digital (WD) executives knew they were behind the curve in releasing a wireless hard drive. Seagate, Kingston and Corsair are among those with their own models. In fact, WD said its delay was intentional. “We always thought the technology was not far enough along to make the user experience …
Hyper-connected, always-online people often juggle multiple gadgets while sending text messages. What do you do if you have more devices than hands? Logitech’s answer is a multi-OS keyboard that can work with up to three devices, either mobile or desktop, at once. Logitech Logitech’s Bluetooth Multi-Device Keyboard K480, priced at …
Taiwan’s Asustek Computer plans to put a smartwatch on sale later this month for $199, the company said Wednesday. In launching the ZenWatch, Asus joins a growing number of electronics companies chasing after customers in the new but as yet untested product category. Martyn Williams/IDG News Service The Asus ZenWatch …
Компания Lenovo, не дожидаясь IFA 2014, засветила новый планшетный компьютер, построенный на базе процессора Intel, который станет известен под кодовым именем Lenovo Tab S8. Новинка обладает 8-дюймовым дисплеем с разрешением 1920 на 1200 точек, которое, как утверждает разработчик, четче, нежели Full HD. Объем встроенной памяти составляет 16 Гигабайт, чего вполне достаточно для …
Users of Internet Explorer (IE) were in no hurry last month to discard older versions, even after Microsoft told them that their browsers will drop off the support list in early 2016. In a surprise announcement on Aug. 7, Microsoft said that after Jan. 12, 2016, it would support IE9 …
CES founder Jack Wayman, a veteran of the consumer electronics industry in the U.S., has died at age 92, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced on Tuesday. Wayman died on Saturday of natural causes, CEA said. “The consumer electronics industry has lost a legend and, more personally, I have lost …
Toshiba is proud to unveil its new Chromebook 2 models, at IFA in Berlin. There’s a cheap one and a really cheap one. Amazingly, the cheap one looks much better than the usual Chromebook dross. It has a 1080p IPS screen, 4GB RAM, long battery life, is fanless, and doesn’t …
Lenovo today announced its first 8-in., Intel-powered Android tablet, the Tab S8, which will go on sale later this month, starting at $199. The S8 comes with an Intel Atom quad-core processor, clocked at 1.83 GHz, and the 8-in. display has 1920 x 1200 pixel resolution, according to Andrew Barrow, …
Flashback to the 1980s, when this big bank’s main data-processing site is underground and takes up most of a city block, according to a pilot fish on the scene. “It had armed guards, with power supplied from two separate electrical lines coming from different generating plants, plus emergency generators on …
One problem that the emergence of Big Data and the Internet of Things has highlighted for all of us in IT: There is data everywhere. On desktops, on servers, in databases, in logs, on phones and tablets, in your pants drawer — you cannot escape it. Its corollary: The volume …
Chinese search engine Baidu is offering its own answer to Google Glass, but the headmounted device, which can visually scan and identify objects, comes without an optical display to extend battery life. Called BaiduEye, the product is still in development, but the company on Wednesday showed off several prototypes during …
Концепция “умного” дома используется давно, но пока медленно набирает популярность. Тем интереснее анонс новых устройств, создаваемых для таких домохозяйств. Компания Elgato выпустила новую умную лампочку Avea, со стоимостью в $50, которая умеет подключаться к устройствам на базе iOS через Bluetooth, давая пользователю возможность управлять освещением в комнате (можно выбирать различную температуру свечения лампочки — доступно семь динамических …
A court in California has approved a settlement reached earlier this year between eBay and the U.S. Department of Justice over a deal the e-commerce company is said to have reached with Intuit not to hire each other’s employees. Under the settlement proposed in May and cleared Tuesday by District …
iTunes Festival kicked off 30 nights of performances with a show on September 1 headlined by deadmau5. Other acts set to perform in London’s historic Roundhouse during the month include Tony Bennett, Pharrell Williams, Ed Sheeran, and Placido Domingo. You can experience the festival for free on iTunes or with …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a Houston-based investment advisory firm accused of recommending that clients invest in particular mutual funds without disclosing a key conflict of interest: the firm was in turn receiving compensation from the broker offering the funds. An SEC Enforcement Division investigation …
В то время как ноутбуки падают в цене, а экраны смартфонов становятся всё больше, рынок планшетных компьютеров переживает не лучшие времена. …
Pilot fish working for a healthcare system gets a call from a client who complains that the hospital group’s website never works for him. “He said it hardly displays at all on his computer,” says fish. “I asked him what browser he was using. “He said, ‘Internet Explorer 7.’ “I …
На сайте Weibo появилась фотография смартфона HTC Desire 820, анонс которого должен состояться на этой неделе. К сожалению, на снимке показана только задняя часть устройства, зато довольное лицо его обладателя можно рассмотреть как следует. …
While we weren’t looking, hackers have downloaded celeb sexting pics, to the surprise of few (and to the delight of many teenagers). It would appear that the victims’ iCloud passwords were either phished or brute-forced. And, no, I’m not going to tell you where to find the images. In IT …
Компания Apple исправила уязвимости в сервисе «Найти мой iPhone» (Find My iPhone), с помощью которого хакеры могли получить доступ к личной информации пользователей, в том числе к скандальным фотографиям обнаженных знаменитостей, сообщает портал ZDNet. …
Меньше месяца остается до выпуска первого превью Windows 9. Тестовая версия должна появиться в конце сентября или в начале октября. …
На минувшей неделе Apple официально объявила дату и время очередной презентации. Как и сообщалось ранее, мероприятие пройдет 9 сентября в 21:00 по Москве. Считается, что на конференции Apple представит две модели iPhone 6, а также «умные» часы iWatch. Одной из новинок может стать 5,5-дюймовый телефон, который должен стать первым «планшетофоном» …
The UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory issued an alert about the recent earthquake in California’s Napa Valley 10 seconds before it struck. That may not seem like much time — unless you’re a child of the 1950s and 1960s who was trained in school to duck and cover the second you …
В 2014 г. могут быть представлены сразу два смартфона Google Nexus: с диагональю экрана 5,2 и 5,9 дюйма. Наблюдатели никак не связывают эту информацию с намерением Apple также представить в этом году сразу два новых смартфона. …