When you're competing for the attention of almost a quarter of a million visitors, it helps to have a gimmick or two. The big names of the consumer electronics industry know this and each year at Germany's IFA electronics show, they try to outdo each other with the latest and …
Box CEO and SVP of Engineering detailed how the cloud storage company is focused on getting its core platform to more places. read more
Professional networking site LinkedIn is rolling out new features that allow users to easily manage authenticated sessions across multiple devices and better understand what caused security-related changes on their accounts. The site has added a new page under account settings called “See where you are logged in” that lists the …
About a year ago, I tried out a new smartphone from Motorola Mobility (which was then owned by Google) called the Moto X. Now in the process of moving to Lenovo, Motorola has just released the update to that phone — which, despite all the rumors to the contrary, it …
One of the fastest growing cloud hosting services, DigitalOcean, now offers one of the hottest virtualization technologies, Docker. read more
Intel’s new Core M chips — which bring PC-like performance to paper-thin tablets — will initially be in many Windows 8.1 tablets, but no Android devices are yet on the radar. The chips will be in five to seven detachable tablets and hybrids by year end, and the number of …
Systemd is the controversy that just won't die. Plus: Gentoo Linux 20140826 LiveDVD is available for download, and WordPress 4.0 has been released. read more
The latest prototype of Sony’s SmartEyeglasses, a head-mounted display used with a smartphone, is on show at this week’s IFA electronics show in Berlin. The device has clear lenses and a thick plastic frame, built that way to hide the electronics, and can project green-colored text across a wide portion …
Plastic is out and metal, leather and wood are in as smartphone vendors hope luxurious-looking devices will inspire buyers to upgrade. This year has already seen an increased focus on design with the acclaimed HTC One M8 and the criticized Galaxy S5 from Samsung Electronics. At the IFA trade show …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Brent J. Fields has been appointed as the agency’s Secretary, who is responsible for overseeing the administrative aspects of Commission meetings, rulemakings, and procedures. Mr. Fields is an 18-year SEC veteran who has worked primarily in its Division of Investment Management. Over …
Adobe yesterday said it would issue security updates next week for its PDF viewer, Reader, and for its PDF creator, Acrobat, to fix critical flaws in the software on Windows and Apple’s OS X. But it won’t be updating Flash Player, its ultra-popular media playing program. If that holds through …
Apple next week will put momentum into the mobile payments industry and the industry can’t wait, Yoyo CEO Alain Falys tells Computerworld. ‘Good for the entire industry’ “Apple has always released enabling technologies which have allowed others to offer great apps and services,” he said. “We’ve been eagerly anticipating Apple’s …
Очередное продолжение знаменитой серии игр Angry Birds с лаконичным названием Stella уже доступно для скачивания в App Store и Google Play. Как обычно, все игры Rovio – бесплатны. Ключевым отличием этого выпуска от прочих стала возможность играть за птиц женского пола. Основная механика от такого редизайна, само собой, не получила никаких серьезных изменений. …
Motorola Mobility has upgraded its flagship Moto X smartphone with a metal frame, a more powerful processor and a bigger screen, so users who liked the size of the original are out of luck. Motorola has been turning its fortunes around thanks to various models of the Moto G and …
Consumer affairs groups in Japan are concerned over a rash of incidents involving smartphone chargers and cables. Nearly 100 cases of smoke, fire or overheating involving chargers have been recorded by the Consumer Affairs Agency over the past year. Some incidents have involved injuries. For instance, one person was slightly …
Motorola Mobility starts shipping its Android Wear-based Moto 360 smartwatch on Friday for $250. The device will be available with a black leather or a limited-edition gray leather armband with a suede finish in the U.S. at noon ET on Motorola.com, Google’s Play store and Best Buy. It will arrive …
The total disk storage systems market barely grew in the second quarter with a 0.3% year-over-year increase and a continued drop in high-end storage sales, according to research firm IDC. During the quarter, the disk storage market raked in $7.8 billion in revenue, on internal storage sales coming from the …
Apple, still reeling from the nude celebrity photo incident, plans to soon strengthen security around its iCloud storage service, according to CEO Tim Cook in a news report Thursday. The change consists primarily of new warnings when certain changes are made to an account, as well as implementation of two-factor …
На этой неделе началась ежегодная выставка электроники IFA 2014. Без сомнений, в этом году в центре внимания находятся “умные” часы и различная носимая электроника. Многие крупные компании, такие как Samsung, LG, Asus и Motorola, привезли на выставку свои новые “умные” часы. …
This pilot fish works for a big manufacturer, writing software that’s used on production lines so operators can monitor automated processes. “The operator should be able to look at the main screen from several feet away and be able to tell at a glance how well the line is running,” …
В онлайн-базе GFXBench, последнее время часто становящейся источником утечек, засветился смартфон HTC 710C. Устройство относится к среднему классу и во многом похоже на Desire 816, считающийся флагманом среди доступных гаджетов компании, однако обладает небольшим дисплеем. …
The iPhone 6 is just a few days away from Apple’s unveiling at the Flint Center in Cupertino. Ditto: the iWatch. While the company is officially mum, behind the curtain it’s leaking like a sieve. Cupertino is desperate to put its iCloud PR troubles behind it before 9/9 (oh, sorry, …
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 представлен — и жаждет сражения с iPhone 6! 9 сентября Apple покажет новый iPhone с дисплеем в 5,5 дюйма, а пока довольствуемся малым — «сведём» вместе Note 4 и iPhone 5s. …
9 сентября Apple проведет специальную презентацию, на которой, как ожидается, представит смартфоны iPhone 6 и «умные» часы iWatch. …
Меньше недели остается до презентации iPhone 6, поэтому всевозможных слухов, домыслов и прогнозов, касающихся грядущей новинки, становится все больше. На этот раз высказался достаточно авторитетный аналитик Джин Манстер (Gene Munster) из Piper Jaffray. Эксперт считает, что “яблочный” смартфон нового поколения не сможет поставить рекорд по объему начального спроса. …
В интернете засветилась первая информация о новом Android-смартфоне – Lenovo Vibe X2. Аппарат построен на базе процессора с восемью вычислительными ядрами MediaTek MT6595m и обладает 5-дюймовым Full HD дисплеем с разрешением 1920 на 1080 точек, 2 Гигабайтами оперативной и 32 Гигабайтами встроенной памяти. Емкость аккумуляторной батареи составляет 2300 mAh. Для проведения …