Microsoft reveals bankruptcy of devices strategy by dumping Nokia feature phones
Microsoft decision to ax the feature phone business it got when it bought Nokia’s handset business for $7.2 billion shows the investment ‘went for naught.’ …
Microsoft decision to ax the feature phone business it got when it bought Nokia’s handset business for $7.2 billion shows the investment ‘went for naught.’ …
Google's recently announced Thread standard joins similar collaborative efforts led by the likes of Intel, Qualcomm, GE and others. Here's a look at the current state of affairs in the race to standardize the Internet of Things, along with what people are saying about each. read more
Salesforce.com recently launched a new product called Social Studio in spite of the fact that an existing, competing product had already used that name for years, marketing software vendor StrongView Systems alleges in a new trademark-infringement lawsuit. read more
Salesforce.com recently launched a new product called Social Studio in spite of the fact that an existing, competing product had already used that name for years, marketing software vendor StrongView Systems alleges in a new trademark-infringement lawsuit. …
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital privacy rights group, has released a downloadable plugin for Chrome and Firefox designed to stop third parties from tracking people's Web browsing. read more
MakerBot has signed a deal with Home Depot to run a pilot program in a dozen stores to sell the ultimate do-it-yourself product. …
Apple today announced that Maroon 5, Pharrell Williams, Beck, Sam Smith, Blondie, Kylie, David Guetta, 5 Seconds of Summer, Calvin Harris, Chrissie Hynde, and many more of the world’s biggest artists will headline this year’s iTunes Festival. Returning to the UK for an eighth year, the festival will feature over …
Re/code writes about “Alive Inside,” a documentary that chronicles the experiences of Alzheimer’s patients who have been revitalized through music. The film follows social worker Dan Cohen, whose nonprofit works to bring iPods loaded with personalized playlists to elderly Alzheimer’s and dementia patients across the U.S. Re/code describes a scene …
Advocacy group the Electronic Frontier Foundation wants to address the poor security track record of home routers with a new firmware project that will encourage users to share their Internet connection publicly by setting up guest Wi-Fi networks. read more
Advocacy group the Electronic Frontier Foundation wants to address the poor security track record of home routers with a new firmware project that will encourage users to share their Internet connection publicly by setting up guest Wi-Fi networks. …
Western Digital is shipping two new 6TB hard drives as it tries to make its highest-capacity storage products affordable. read more
Microsoft will hold next year a new conference that encompasses its enterprise IT products, including the productivity and server Office software, IT management wares and development tools, and replaces several shows that are narrower in scope. read more
Microsoft will hold next year a new conference that encompasses its enterprise IT products, including the productivity and server Office software, IT management wares and development tools, and replaces several shows that are narrower in scope. …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it has named Mark J. Flannery as its chief economist and director of its Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA), which provides interdisciplinary analysis to help inform the Commission’s policymaking, rulemaking, enforcement, and examinations. Dr. Flannery, currently a finance professor at the …
Cisco is adding its APIC Enterprise Module, an enterprise controller for its programmable Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), to its software development community to ready it for general release. read more
Dutch publishers have failed in their efforts to immediately close down ebook reselling site Tom Kabinet. read more
At a well-known investment firm in New York City, something strange is happening: Mobile app performance issues and privacy concerns have sparked a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) revolt, and now many employees are asking for their corporate BlackBerry back. read more
PingID for Apple iOS or Google Android mobile devices is an app that works to generate one-time passwords on a smartphone. read more
Cybercriminals are spreading a new file-encrypting ransomware program that's more powerful and resilient than Cryptolocker, a threat recently shut down by the U.S. Department of Justice. read more
Несомненным лидером среди всего множества разных прошивок является CyanogenMod. Из этой статьи вы узнаете о том, что отличает эту разработку от других и почему при выборе нового ROM вы должны остановить свой выбор именно на нём. …
Недавно, Stephen J. “Steve” Luczo (председатель совета директоров Seagate) рассказал, что Seagate начал поставлять клиентам свой первый пакет жестких дисков на 8 TB. “Мы поставили потребительские модули разработки на 8 TB крупным клиентам и провайдерам “облачного” сервиса, и их оценка была очень положительна”, сказал Luczo. Какие-либо технические данные и цена не …
Небольшая предыстория: некоторое время назад организаторы конференции SyScan360 (Симпозиум по вопросам безопасности компьютерных сетей Азии), проходившей на днях в Пекине, пообещали наградить любого, кто сможет взломать систему автомобиля Tesla Model S и получить доступ к управлению ее элементами. …
Суд в Риме заблокировал доступ к 24 сайтам, на которых были размещены пиратские материалы. Среди заблокированных в Италии ресурсов оказался российский Mail.ru. Итальянские власти сообщают, что был нарушен закон об авторском праве, пишет Corriere Della Serra. …
Линус Торвальдс показал The Linux Foundation своё рабочее место, на котором немало интересного. Например, он в буквальном смысле пошёл дальше модных в последнее время «стоячих» столов для работы и установил около своего беговую дорожку в медленном режиме — так, что у него место оказалось рабочее. …
Intel развернул шесть новых сокетов LGA1150 начального уровня под двухъядерные процессоры, на основе микроархитектуры “Haswell“. Новинки представлены по четыре под брендами Pentium и CORE i3. Среди Pentium: G3250 (3.20 ГГц, 1.10 ГГц iGPU, L3 на 3 Мбайта, TDP на 53 Вт, 2c/2t); G3250T (2.80 ГГц, 1.10 ГГц iGPU, L3 на …
В рамках исследования PAN-сканер проанализировал 145,144 Гбайт данных с 2 590 компьютеров, в общей сложности — это информация с 87 206 203 платежных карт. …