An apparently broad outage rocked Gmail and a raft of other Google Web applications Friday afternoon, leading many affected users to flood Twitter, other social media sites and discussion forums with complaints. read more
First, Amazon dropped the price of its S3 cloud storage service by 22%. Now, Microsoft has followed suit by cutting the price for Azure by up to 50% to keep up. …
The recent data breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus have once again shown that compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is no guarantee against an intrusion. …
Experience chronic neck or back pain? Headaches or migraines? That expensive, ergonomic chair might be doing you more harm than good. But Voom, a mobile wellness app developed by two chiropractors, aims to tackle repetitive stress injuries. …
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the arrival of the now-iconic Apple Macintosh computer. Columnist Ryan Faas looks back over the past three decades at some of the highlights and lowlights of the Mac’s — and Apple’s — evolution. …
Gmail is experiencing an apparently broad outage on Friday afternoon and Google has indicated on its Apps Status website that it's looking into the issue. read more
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against a website operator that allegedly sent spam intended to trick consumers into signing up for health insurance in advance of the rollout of the Affordable Care Act. read more
A German court has ordered Google to block its search results in Germany linking to photos of former Formula One chief Max Mosley at a sex party. read more
Linux is alive and well on the desktop despite the naysayers. Plus: A review of Quirky Linux, and Valve gives free games to Debian developers. read more
A Romanian man was arrested this week under suspicion that he is the hacker known online as Guccifer who hacked into the online accounts of various public figures and politicians, including former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and members of the Bush family. read more
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Hewlett-Packard has launched a set of services designed to help organizations manage their data centers more efficiently, using the principles of DCIM (data center infrastructure management). read more
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has fast-tracked a complaint alleging that the U.K. government illegally used Internet and telecommunications networks to systematically spy on its citizens, privacy campaigners said Friday. read more
Южнокорейская компания Samsung выпустила новую версию Samsung Galaxy S3 в Китае, которая получила кодовое имя Neo+ и поддержку двух SIM карт. Смартфон Galaxy S3 Neo+ построен на базе процессора с четырьмя вычислительными ядрами, функционирующий на тактовой частоте 1.4 Гигагерца и обладает 4.8-дюймовый дисплеем с разрешением 1280 на 720 точек. Также …
По последнему сообщению пользователя @evleaks в Twitter можно сделать вывод, что новый смартфон Nokia Lumia Icon будет представлен уже в ближайшем будущем. Его анонс должен состояться 5 февраля или 5 марта этого года. Твит сопровождался изображением руководства пользователя смартфона от крупнейшего оператора сотовой связи Verizon. Судя по тому, что устройство …
Ожидается, что корпорация Apple представит iPhone 6 вместе с браслетом Apple iWatch в сентябре текущего года, а сейчас сообщается ,что разработка дизайна iPhone 6 завершена. Шестой iPhone получил 4.8-дюймовый дисплей (5s имеет 4 дюйма), что похоже на предыдущие слухи, говорящие о том, что iPhone 6 будет иметь бóльший дисплей. Также …
A number of CNN's social media accounts and blogs were hacked Thursday by a group styling itself as the Syrian Electronic Army. read more
Profits were flat in the fourth quarter in Samsung Electronics' smartphone and tablet business, despite an uptick in sales, in part because the company spent more on marketing over the holiday shopping period. read more
Despite slowing markets, Intel and AMD continue to introduce new products, showing that they don't slow down even when sales do. read more
Neiman Marcus was unaware attackers had harvested payment card details until six weeks after the activity had ended, when its merchant processor zeroed in on a fraudulent spending pattern. read more
A new feature on Facebook designed to keep people abreast of certain topics has sparked criticism from some users who want it gone, calling it nothing more than a cheap Twitter knock-off. read more
Qualcomm has acquired a large patent portfolio related to Palm, iPaq and the Bitfone device management platform from Hewlett-Packard for an undisclosed sum. read more
Microsoft lost $39 million last quarter selling its Surface tablets, the company acknowledged in filings today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. …
Jason Fass, the CEO of Zepp Labs, imagines a future for sports where sensors are everywhere: in balls, bats, footballs and in a player’s clothing. It’s hard not to get caught up in the vision. …
Online course participants are more likely to browse lesson material than stick around to earn a completion certificate, according to a report examining enrollment and usage data from edX, an online learning platform jointly launched by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the fall of 2012. …
A big jump in sales in Microsoft's consumer hardware devices unit, which includes its Xbox gaming console and Surface tablets, helped the company grow its revenue 14 percent and slightly improve profits year-on-year in its second fiscal quarter. read more