Когда Apple представила возможность сканирования отпечатков пальцев пользователей в новом iPhone 5s, было нетрудно догадаться, что вскоре эту технологию возьмут на вооружение и другие производители смартфонов. По иронии судьбы, одной из первых таких компаний стала Samsung, которая предположительно намерена использовать подобный сканер в Galaxy S5. …
Интерфейс Metro в Windows 8 – для домохозяек и прочих, кто не умеет работать с компьютером. В то же время выгоду от его появления получат и профессиональные пользователи, привыкшие к рабочему столу, объясняет разработчик Microsoft. …
Красноярская компания «УАРТ» разработала программно-аппаратный комплекс, позволяющий обеспечить высокоскоростную передачу данных по электрическим проводам. …
Несколько дней назад компания HTC намекнула на запуск сервиса по ремонту дисплеев мобильных телефонов. Он действительно начал работать во вторник, 18 февраля, в рамках программы HTC Advantage, для подписчиков которых предусмотрено несколько других приятных возможностей. …
Военно-воздушные силы США перейдут со смартфонов BlackBerry на мобильные устройства на базе операционной системы iOS — в частности, на аппараты iPhone. Об этом сообщает Defense News. …
До одного из самых крупных мероприятий в индустрии осталось меньше недели. Mobile World Congress 2014 стартует 24 февраля в Барселоне. По слухам, на нем будут представлены новые Android- и Firefox-девайсы. Но что насчет Windows Phone? …
Personal records for more than 309,000 students and staff were exposed this week in a "sophisticated" database attack at the University of Maryland, the university said Wednesday. …
Demand for people with Linux skills is increasing, a trend that appears to follow a shift in server sales. …
After more than six years of internal development of its branch of the cross-language framework that powers its internal services, Facebook has released that branch to open source and hopes to work with the Apache Thrift community to incorporate the work. …
Facebook has agreed to buy mobile messaging app WhatsApp for US$16 billion in cash and stock, the social network said Wednesday. read more
Your light switches and thermostats are safe, for now. read more
Informatica hopes to save business analysts time by allowing them to build their own queries and reports, without requiring the IT department to do all the assembly work. read more
The number of mobile apps infected with malware in Google's Play store nearly quadrupled between 2011 and 2013, a security group has reported. read more
The number of mobile apps infected with malware in Google's Play store nearly quadrupled between 2011 and 2013, a security group has reported. …
Microsoft will make a killing when it launches Office apps for Apple’s iPad and tablets powered by Android. Or will it? …
For decades, Intel chips would be unboxed and put straight into computers. But the chip maker is now trying to tie software closer to hardware before it starts producing chips, said CEO Brian Krzanich on Wednesday. read more
Some Republican policymakers objected to a new U.S. Federal Communications Commission plan to reinstate its net neutrality rules after a court threw them out, but broadband providers appeared to be less concerned. read more
Some Republican policymakers objected to a new U.S. Federal Communications Commission plan to reinstate its net neutrality rules after a court threw them out, but broadband providers appeared to be less concerned. …
The Apple iTunes Festival will make its U.S. debut March 11–15 at SXSW in Austin, Texas. The Festival features five nights of free concerts by amazing artists like Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, Pitbull, Keith Urban, Willie Nelson, ZEDD, and more. Performances are available to watch live or on-demand via iTunes on …
Informatica is aiming to ease the pain of data integration with a new platform designed to allow businesses to rapidly prototype and validate before sending projects to development. …
Google has chosen 34 cities across the U.S. as the next sites for possible expansion of its gigabit-speed Fiber Internet service. read more
Google has chosen 34 cities across the U.S. as the next sites for possible expansion of its gigabit-speed Fiber Internet service. …
Faster and more flexible mobile networks enabled by small cells, virtualization and next-generation LTE are expected to highlight infrastructure trends at Mobile World Congress next week. read more
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will not seek further judicial review of a January court ruling that struck down the agency's net neutrality regulations, but it does plan to issue a new set of rules covering ISPs. read more
The end-of-life writing is on the wall for Intel's high-end Itanium chip, with the launch this week of the high-performance usurper, the chip maker's 15-core Xeon E7 v2 chip. read more
The first smartphones based on a mobile version of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux operating system will be launched this year, the company's CEO said Wednesday. read more