Combined U.S. business and consumer spending on technology will rise 5.3 percent this year to US$1.315 trillion and 6.0 percent to $1.4 trillion in 2015, thanks to an improving economy and an acceleration in purchases by businesses and government agencies, according to Forrester Research. read more
Combined U.S. business and consumer spending on technology will rise 5.3 percent this year to US$1.315 trillion and 6.0 percent to $1.4 trillion in 2015, thanks to an improving economy and an acceleration in purchases by businesses and government agencies, according to Forrester Research. …
Dell expanded on its open networking initiative this week with a resale arrangement with SDN company Big Switch Networks. read more
The public cloud market is set for what one analyst firm calls 'hypergrowth.' read more
Oregon's CIO has recommended state officials adopt the federal government's Healthcare.gov insurance exchange in time to meet a Nov. 15 open enrollment deadline, rather than attempt to fix the troubled site it built along with Oracle. read more
Oregon's CIO has recommended state officials adopt the federal government's Healthcare.gov insurance exchange in time to meet a Nov. 15 open enrollment deadline, rather than attempt to fix the troubled site it built along with Oracle. …
The four remaining defendants in Silicon Valley's closely watched employee hiring case — Google, Apple, Adobe and Intel — have agreed to a settlement, according to a new court filing. read more
The four remaining defendants in Silicon Valley's closely watched employee hiring case — Google, Apple, Adobe and Intel — have agreed to a settlement, according to a new court filing. …
Apple exposed iOS users to security threats by taking three weeks longer to patch the same vulnerabilities in the mobile OS that it previously fixed in Safari on OS X, a former Apple security engineer said. …
The public cloud market is set for what one analyst firm calls ‘hypergrowth.’ …
San Diego's US$50 million SAP system has ended up tripling employees' workloads for certain types of tasks, but the city has also failed to devote enough attention to training, according to a consultant's report released earlier this month. read more
San Diego's $50 million SAP system has ended up tripling employees' workloads for certain types of tasks, but the city has also failed to devote enough attention to training, according to a consultant's report released earlier this month. …
Facebook is moving into the hot space of fitness tracking by acquiring a Finland-based mobile app maker. …
Vic Gundotra, a key executive at Google who helped to create Google+, is leaving the company, he announced on Thursday. read more
Vic Gundotra, a key executive at Google who helped to create Google+, is leaving the company, he announced on Thursday. …
A bill that would mandate a kill-switch on all smartphones sold in California failed a key vote in the state's senate on Thursday. read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook is back on an auction block, repeating an offer that last year brought in $610,000 for the Washington, D.C.-based Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. …
Facebook is moving into the hot space of fitness tracking by acquiring a Finland-based mobile app maker. read more
Facebook, looking to provide more valuable news information, is providing a new tool to that will post real-time content related to the day's news. read more
Planet Labs, a satellite imaging startup formed by ex-NASA engineers, has applied for permission to more than double the number of satellites it has in orbit. read more
A new net neutrality proposal from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission meets the goals of past efforts and does not destroy open Internet principles, as critics have feared, FCC officials said Thursday. read more
Смартфон Samsung Galaxy Beam 2 сегодня официально анонсировали в Китае. Аппарат, который является вторым поколением необычного устройства Samsung – Galaxy Beam, выпускается под индексом SM-G3858. Смартфоны этой линейки имеют встроенный проектор на верхнем торце корпуса яркостью 15 люмен, способный выводить проекцию изображения с диагональю до 50 дюймов. Остальные характеристики аппарата являются довольно простыми для устройства в средней …
В России стартовали продажи новой “читалки” Onyx Boox M96M Zeus, которую производитель называет “первым устройством с экраном E-Ink размером 9,7 дюйма, базирующимся на операционной системе Android” (установлена версия 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich). Ридер построен на базе процессора Freescale i.MX6 Solo Lite с тактовой частотой 1 ГГц. Объем оперативной памяти составляет 512 Мегабайт. …
Компания Withings выпустила новое носимое устройство – Pulse O2, позволяющее отслеживать и контролировать сердечный ритм и насыщение крови кислородом в организме. Фитнес-трекер может считать шаги, сожженные калории, а также производить анализ цикла сна. С помощью составленного трекером графика владелец браслета сможет оценить качество своего сна, просмотрев все его циклы и ключевые показатели. …
Хакер под ником Shen Ye из XDA Developers получил доступ к управлению чехлом Dot View, который идет в комплекте с флагманским смартфоном HTC One (M8). …
В сети появился документ, свидетельствующий об источниках финансирования псевдо-общественной, а, по сути, террористической организации “Оплот”. Так, речь идет о счете-фактуре, в котором указывается, что ООО «ИТ.Сервис», предприятием группы компаний “Триолан”, была перечислена финансовая помощь в пользу сепаратистов из “Оплота”. …