Агентство национальной безопасности США (АНБ) опровергло данные о том, что под его контролем находится 75 процентов американского интернет-траффика. Об этом говорится в заявлении, опубликованном на сайте ведомства 21 августа. …
Facebook совместно с ведущими технологическими компаниями создала партнерство под названием Interget.org. Его цель — обеспечение доступом к интернету более 5 млрд человек на планете. Ключевая задача — снизить стоимость услуг на сотовую связь и провести ее в отдаленные регионы. Но инициаторам придется столкнуться с нежеланием правительств многих стран менять политику …
Все больше информации появляется о новом гаджете компании Samsung – “умных” часах Galaxy Gear. На этот раз стало известно, что часы будут выпускаться в пяти расцветках и только четыре из них будут доступны всем, а вот пятая расцветка, модель белого с золотым, будет эксклюзивной. Остальные четыре цвета, как сообщает ресурс …
Финский стартап Jolla заявил о том, что процедура оформления предзаказов на свой разрабатываемый смартфон завершена по причине распродажи всей партии смартфонов. Стоит отметить что, Jolla не собирается останавливаться на достигнутом и в данный момент занята формированием второй партии смартфонов под управлением операционной системы Sailfish OS. Точное количество смартфонов которые были заказы …
An Italian astronaut who nearly drowned during a July 16 spacewalk outside the International Space Station has used his blog to describe the terrifying ordeal. …
Microsoft today stepped up the pace of its “Scroogled” attack ads, launching a new one just 12 days after the last. …
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's plan to connect five billion people to the Internet is feasible, anlysts said today. But it it could take 20 years to complete. read more
Hewlett-Packard reassigned Enterprise Group chief Dave Donatelli on Wednesday as it reported an 8 percent decline in revenue for its fiscal third quarter, saying all of its major divisions except software brought in less money than a year earlier. read more
Hewlett-Packard reassigned Enterprise Group chief Dave Donatelli on Wednesday as it reported an 8% decline in revenue for its fiscal third quarter, saying all of its major divisions except software brought in less money than a year earlier. …
Box has big news today for small companies and individuals. It is launching new, more affordable pricing plans to attract small and medium businesses to its cloud data storage and file sharing service, and it is doubling the amount of storage it provides for free personal accounts. read more
The performance and battery life of smartphones and tablets may not match the numbers provided by device makers, but development is under way on a tool that could bring consistency to the measurement of those metrics. read more
But the most interesting debate among iPhone trackers remains price, not plastic. read more
As Windows 8 struggles to take off, Microsoft has decided to hire a new ad agency to handle the digital promotion of both the operating system and Microsoft Surface tablets. read more
Call it a smart queue, if you want. Netflix's My List brings intelligence to the now-defunct Instant Queue. read more
Ambitious crowdfunding smartphone project shatters records, but looks to be coming up short. read more
Former Army Pfc. Bradley Manning may have been handed a 35-year prison sentence on Wednesday for leaking classified documents, but "his fight is not over" and he could be free much sooner, according to Manning attorney David Coombs. read more
All the desktop operating systems are integrating mobile features, but they're using very different methods. read more
Tumblr is working to resolve an issue causing seemingly random content to be posted to people's blogs that they didn't put there themselves, with pornography showing up in some instances. read more
Tumblr is working to resolve an issue causing seemingly random content to be posted to personal blogs. …
Birst, a San Francisco company that offers cloud-based business intelligence services, has scored a $38 million venture investment led by existing backer Sequoia Capital and including newcomer Northgate Capital. Birst has raised $84 million to date, including $26 million last year in a round also led by Sequoia. read more
The scoop: DriveStation DDR (HD-GDU3), by Buffalo Americas, about $160 (2TB version) or $200 (3TB version). read more
AFORE Solutions today announced encryption software aimed at securing data in virtualized environments where Microsoft Windows applications are used, including virtualized desktop infrastructure deployments based on VMware, Citrix or Microsoft VDI. read more
Korora 19: A better Fedora? Plus: Juicy facts about Debian Linux, and Football Manager 2014 makes its way to Linux! read more
With 10,000 U.S. baby boomers turning 65 every day until 2030, the IT industry is among those that must plan how its workforce will be impacted when these employees eventually retire. …
After spending the past two years beefing up its cloud storage and file sharing app for use in large enterprises, Box has turned its attention back to small and medium-size businesses with a new subscription plan. …
With VMworld on the horizon, VMware has been touting its cloud strategy. That 'strategy,' though, seems to involve dissing Microsoft and Amazon, marginalizing CSP partners and clinging to the idea that the cloud is solely the domain of IT departments. If VMware keeps this up, it can expect a stormy …