Новый вирус-локер блокирует Windows и зашифровывает данные пользователя
Создатели вируса CryptoLocker, который ограничивает доступ пользователя к его собственным данным и требует деньги за разблокировку, придумали ещё более изощрённый вредонос. …
Создатели вируса CryptoLocker, который ограничивает доступ пользователя к его собственным данным и требует деньги за разблокировку, придумали ещё более изощрённый вредонос. …
Chinese PC maker Lenovo posted a 36 percent year-over-year growth in its net profit in the third quarter, with demand for the company's smartphones and tablets continuing to outpace shipments for its PC products. read more
Сайт The Business Insider составил список лучших смартфонов в мире, которые сейчас доступны в продаже. При составлении рейтинга учитывалось множество факторов, включая дизайн, программное и аппаратное обеспечение, цены и др. При этом брались во внимание только те модели, которые есть в продаже на территории США. …
8 апреля 2014 года Microsoft официально прекратит поддержку Windows XP, и ее пользователи должны перейти на более новые версии платформы …
Корейские издания сообщают различные слухи о смартфоне Samsung Galaxy S5, до выхода которого остаётся около полугода. Аппарат первым среди флагманов Samsung получит грядущий 64-битный чип Exynos и, возможно, будет заключён во влаго- и пылезащищённый корпус. …
Лидерство компании Apple на мировом рынке планшетов ослабевает. В этом лишний раз убедились источники тайваньского портала DigiTimes среди местных поставщиков комплектующих для потребительской электроники. …
Office Web Apps, the browser-based, pared-down version of the Microsoft suite, now lets people co-edit documents in real time, a capability its main rival Google Docs has had for more than two years. read more
Корпорация Intel создает новое бизнес-подразделение, которое будет разрабатывать решения в рамках концепции «Интернета вещей», пишет агентство Рейтер. …
В рамках прошедшего в Мюнхене Fujitsu Forum компания Fujitsu продемонстрировала серверное решение, использующее для передачи данных лазеры и тонкие волоконно-оптические кабели вместо традиционных проводных соединений. …
The Silk Road online marketplace has resurfaced about a month after U.S. officials shut down the website that was only accessible through the Tor anonymity service, and arrested among others a man named Ross William Ulbricht, who was alleged to be the site's owner and operator. read more
Workers at four Dell suppliers in China are allegedly enduring long overtime hours and facing exposure to toxic fumes, according to new reports from watchdog groups. read more
The ongoing revelations of governmental electronic spying point to a problem larger than National Security Agency malfeasance, or even of security weaknesses. Rather the controversy arising from Edward Snowden's leaked documents suggest we face unresolved issues around data ownership, argued security expert Bruce Schneier. read more
Some new details have emerged about Jelly, the mysterious startup from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone: The company's app is "very close" to launching, and will be available for free on iOS and Android-based devices, Stone recently said. read more
"I've been involved with security awareness training for several years now, and I can't remember one single compliment on any of our previous courses," sighed Alex Yokley, Director of Corporate Information Security at Western Union. …
Karma, the startup that offers pay-as-you-go mobile data through a portable Wi-Fi hotspot, will catch up with the 4G world next year by moving to LTE. read more
Twitter has set its IPO price at US$26 per share, a dollar above the top end of the price range it predicted earlier this week. read more
YouTube is overhauling comments on videos to highlight the ones that actually mean something to viewers, the site said Wednesday. read more
Microsoft said Wednesday that it prematurely put up a pre-order Web page on MicrosoftStore.com for the Nokia Lumia 1520 smartphone but took it down about 12 hours later. All orders submitted while the page was live will be honored. …
Facebook has released Presto — a distributed SQL query engine optimized for running ad-hoc interactive queries on data sources up to petabytes in size — to the open source community under the Apache license. It says Presto is 10x better than Hive. read more
Consumers would allow a computer to drive their car if it cut their insurance rates by 80%, according to a survey of 2,000 drivers by CarInsurance.com. …
After weeks of speculation about Google's mysterious barges docked in San Francisco and Portland, Maine, the company Wednesday shined a bit of light on them. read more
From basic document collaboration to video conferencing and scheduling, these collaboration tools help small businesses connect people and information. read more
If Twitter’s IPO succeeds and the social network is showered with a new stockpile of cash, the site could become an even bigger threat to social media giants Facebook and Google+. …
The news that KitKat may not be coming to a Nexus phone near you has made waves among device owners, prompting some to protest – and in one notable case, even petition. read more
Is Linux the right operating system for you? Read the pros and cons. Plus: antiX 13.2 released, and the 2013 developer salary survey results. read more
Users of HealthCare.gov, the troubled insurance-shopping website run by the U.S. government, were having problems logging in and completing applications again on Wednesday, an official said. read more