Стартап Idealfuture представил на сайте коллективного финансирования Indiegogo проект весьма необычного трансформируемого компьютера If Convertible, способного заменить ультрабук, планшет и смартфон. …
Компания Facebook и так и сяк пытается создать максимально дружелюбное пространство для общения внутри соцсети – даже довольно безобидную кнопку Dislike (“Не нравится”) не добавляет, несмотря на то, что многие пользователи об этом просили. В общем, для тех, кому такой “беззубый” формат претит, изобретатели разработали новое приложение, позволяющее не скрывать …
Команда украинского проекта CheckiO, который занимается онлайн-игрой для программистов, перебирается в США с 18 декабря этого года. …
Бывший вице-президент Google Энди Рубин (Andy Rubin), занимавший пост главы разработки операционной системы Android, рассказал, чем будет заниматься в ближайшем будущем. …
Acer wanted to make the Aspire Z3-600 all-in-one PC easy to move around, so it integrated a battery into the computer. read more
The U.S. is collecting nearly 5 billion records a day on the location of cellphones around the world to feed a large database of the location of "at least hundreds of millions of devices," according to a newspaper report. read more
Hewlett-Packard took back its server crown from IBM last quarter as the overall market contracted and Taiwanese vendors made big gains selling directly to Internet giants like Google and Facebook, IDC reported Wednesday. read more
Facebook, LinkedIn and other online services have been resetting accounts after 2 million login credentials, apparently stolen from users' computers, were discovered on a server in the Netherlands. read more
A man was shot and killed in San Francisco this week after he tried to sell his PlayStation 4 on Craigslist, highlighting the potential dangers of selling goods to strangers online. read more
Mark Post, the owner of Riviera Racing, uses iPad to get up to speed for thousand-mile off-road endurance races such as the Baja 1000. Preparation is complicated, and logistics can be daunting. During the race, the MotionX GPS HD app on iPad keeps the team’s support crew coordinated without the …
A Silicon Valley startup has developed a surveillance robot that it says can cut crime by half, but its appearance on streets would be sure to prompt more debate about technology and privacy. read more
Intel has beefed up its networking silicon in a bid to capture a bigger share of enterprise, carrier and cloud-provider networks for its chip architecture. read more
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has given its blessing to Verizon Communication's proposed US$130 billion purchase of the stake that Vodafone Group has in Verizon Wireless. read more
Once heavily reliant on the Chinese market, Lenovo is now looking to make acquisitions as it tries to expand its growing enterprise business to other countries. read more
The top product results in Google's Shopping service frequently feature products with higher prices than those listed on competing online shopping services, according to a complaint filed by longtime Google critic Consumer Watchdog. read more
Google, the worldwide leader in online search, is also known as the company behind the dominant Android mobile platform, Google Glass and Google Maps. Are Google Robots next? …
The top product results in Google's Shopping service frequently feature products with higher prices than those listed on competing online shopping services, according to a complaint filed by longtime Google critic Consumer Watchdog. …
As expected, European Union regulators today approved Microsoft’s $7.4 billion acquisition of Nokia’s devices and services business. …
The European Commission has cleared Microsoft's acquisition of the devices and services division of Finland's Nokia, it said Wednesday. read more
An academic exercise by a security researcher blossomed into a live-fire infosec emergency last month, after a major vulnerability was found in a central U.S. government healthcare database system. read more
The National Research Council is recommending creation of an early warning system for abrupt climate change. …
Large smartphones with 5-in. or larger displays — often called phablets — are eating into sales of smaller tablets with screens in the 7-in. range. …
Aggressive discounting by Apple and its biggest retail partners last week resulted in a surge of new iPad Air tablets going online. …
A recent study reports that 50 percent of companies had an IT project fail in the last 12 months. Business leaders who blame IT are missing the real project management issues. …
A congressional hearing Wednesday on the botched rollout of HealthCare.gov was largely a forum for Republican critics of U.S. government involvement in the health-care industry and other large social programs. read more
A congressional hearing Wednesday on the botched rollout of HealthCare.gov was largely a forum for Republican critics of U.S. government involvement in the health-care industry and other large social programs. …