В прошлом году ключевые члены команды CyanogenMod, включая основателя Стива Кондика (Steve Kondik) и важнейшего разработчика Кошика Дутту (Koushik Dutta), объявили о создании корпорации Cyanogen и привлечении сторонних инвестиций. …
Планшетный компьютер Galaxy NotePRO, анонсированный на выставке Consumer Electronics Show 2014, является крупнейшим устройством такого типа в ассортименте Samsung (наряду с TabPRO 12.2). Это один из интереснейших с технической точки зрения планшетов. Пользователю предлагается большой экран с разрешением 2560 х 1600 пикселей, 3 Гбайт оперативной памяти, поддержка LTE. Обычно Samsung …
The way you identify yourself on Twitter can now be used by marketers in their decisions to place ads in your feed, under a new expansion of the site's advertising program. read more
Recommendations by a presidential panel to overhaul a U.S. National Security Agency phone records collection program could impede efforts to track terrorism suspects, some senators suggested Tuesday. read more
The explanation that New Jersey closed access lanes on the heavily traveled George Washington Bridge for a 'traffic study' is a head scratcher for traffic engineers. read more
IBM's new Watson Group, which will scale up to 2,000 employees, is set to develop and run cloud-based cognitive applications and services on behalf of enterprise users. read more
Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday" set of monthly software patches is so minimal for January that at least one security firm is suggesting that IT shops first tend to recently issued patches for more severe vulnerabilities found in Oracle Java, Adobe Flash and Adobe Reader. read more
The market for cloud security tools is expected to grow significantly in the coming year. Here are 10 cloud security startups that could help boost cloud adoption in 2014 and beyond. …
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission and its allies have several options, with most of them difficult, after a U.S. appeals court struck down most of the agency's 2010 net neutrality rules. …
Facebook could see a nice boost in its popularity in Russia, increasing its ability to compete internationally, through a new partnership with the Russian search engine Yandex. read more
Google’s decision to pay $3.2 billion for Nest Labs, a mostly unknown maker of smart smoke alarms and thermostats, could be the start of a radical shift in the tech industry. …
The really important question right now isn’t what to do about Edward Snowden; it’s how much surveillance is tolerable in a free society. …
Microsoft will likely talk up its next iteration of Windows, which some have already dubbed “Windows 9,” at the BUILD developers conference in 11 weeks. …
Hollywood may force DRM on web users via HTML5. Plus: Virtual reality and Steam, and four Linux distributions for children. read more
A U.S. appeals court has struck down the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules. …
A settlement with a so-called "patent troll" requiring it to repay all money received from organizations in New York should serve as a warning to other companies engaged in similar practices, the state's attorney general said. read more
Scammers have devised new ways to trick users into revealing personal information, hand over control of computers and pay for unnecessary software and tech support services, security experts warn. read more
The court says the agency doesn't have the authority to regulate broadband. read more
For enterprises that don't want employees to roam using cellular networks, Telefónica has launched Universal Wi-Fi, which offers coverage in 110 countries. read more
Microsoft планирует выпустить новую версию своей флагманской операционной системы в апреле 2015 года. Кодовое название новой системы – Threshold, но в продажу поступит под более привычным потребителю названием – Windows 9. Анонсирование системы ожидается во время конференции разработчиков Microsoft под названием BUILD, которая будет проходить в апреле 2014 года. На …
Ожидаемый смартфон Galaxy S5 продолжает потихоньку выходить из тени, на этот раз объектом слухов является аккумуляторная батарея аппарата. Судя отчету приближенному к Samsung, новый Galaxy S5 будет обладать батареей с емкостью 2900 mAh с технологией быстрой зарядки, позволяющей полностью зарядить устройство всего за два часа. подобная технология уже используется в …
European Internet users could risk being charged extra money for accessing online services like Facebook, Wikipedia, YouTube, Skype and Whatsapp if a European draft regulation on net neutrality isn't amended before March, European civil rights groups warned Tuesday. read more
В этом месяце компания Sony выпустила новую активную камеру Sony HDR-AS100V, которая обладает новой оптикой и программным обеспечением. Sony HDR-AS100V, спроектирована как лучшая высокотехнологичная камера для активных видов спорта, поддерживающая запись видео высокого разрешения на 50 кадрах в секунду, а также поддерживает режимы 1080/24p и высокоскоростную съемку в режиме 720/120p или …
Google-owned Motorola Mobility has announced it will start shipping the Moto X in Europe at the beginning of February. read more
China's Huawei Technologies is planning on launching its Android gaming console in its home market during this year's second quarter, just after local authorities lifted a ban on video game sales in the country. read more
Target said Monday it is investing US$5 million in a multi-year campaign to educate the public on the dangers of scams, after the company disclosed that up to 110 million people may have been affected by a data breach at the retailer's U.S. stores. read more