“Новая газета” сообщила, что в декабре 2011 года создатель и глава социальной сети “ВКонтакте” Павел Дуров направил письмо Владиславу Суркову, тогда занимавшему пост первого замглавы администрации президента (АП), в котором рассказывал о сотрудничестве в борьбе с оппозицией. В подтверждение своих слов издание опубликовало текст письма на своем сайте. …
Новости о тех или иных уязвимостях мобильных девайсов появляются практически каждый день. Чего не хватало, так это статистики. И вот она тоже здесь: компания SourceFire провела анализ различных «дыр в безопасности» и уязвимостей и опубликовала свой отчет. …
В пятницу ИнАУ подсчитает объем рынка медийной интернет-рекламы по итогам 2012 года …
Алюминиевая банка из-под газировки может сделать доступ в интернет по беспроводной сети более комфортным. Для этого ее нужно лишь подготовить согласно рекомендациям ресурса Makezine. …
Интернет-пространство взорвало видео, на котором маленький котенок спокойно подходит к собаке, а затем внезапно нападает на нее. …
A man in Wisconsin has been charged with participation in a distributed denial-of-service attack in February, 2011 against Koch Industries by hacker group Anonymous . read more
Несмотря на то, что HTC One еще не начал продаваться, в тайваньской корпорации уже назвали фантастическим спрос на флагманский смартфон. Издание Focus Taiwan подтвердило подлинность внутрикорпоративного письма Джейсона Маккензи, представителя руководства HTC. Выдержки из письма попали в сеть несколько дней назад, а вчера вечером появилась более полная информация. …
A piece of malicious software spotted by Trend Micro uses the note-taking service Evernote as a place to pick up new instructions. read more
Egypt said it has arrested three men suspected of slicing a crucial undersea Internet cable on Wednesday, causing widespread problems from Kenya to Pakistan. read more
Every once in a while, I come across a service that leaves me speechless. This is exactly what happened when I first started using Tackk: It took my breath away. Tackk is a free website maker currently in beta, and will help you create any single-page website (or Tackks) in …
The earthquake and tsunami that demolished northeastern Japan in 2011 left many thousands of its survivors cut off from their homes. But displaced residents of Namie-machi, a small town on the eastern coast of the Pacific that's still in an exclusion zone, can now at least get a present-day glimpse …
In the iOSphere one doesn't need sources for rumors. Just unhinge one's imagination, propose a couple of untenable hypotheses, and deduce. read more
The land rush for mobile patents is so feverish that about one-quarter of all patents issued in the U.S. this year will be mobile-related, according to a study released on Wednesday. read more
While some CIOs are rushing to put data into an external cloud, STW Communications Group CIO Tom Ceglarek has taken a different approach. …
Cisco this week reduced its workforce by about 1% — or 734 people – as the company realigns to face the advent of software-defined networking, cloud computing and its impact on routing and switching. …
Anti-spam service Spamhaus has been hit with what several security firms today described as the largest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks ever seen. …
Epicor is suing IT service provider Alternative Technology Solutions, claiming the company illegally used its ERP (enterprise resource planning) software in order to develop and sell add-ons and services, in a case that has parallels to tussles over third-party software maintenance. read more
A West Virginia state legislator is looking to amend a no-texting-while-driving law by also banning drivers from using computerized glasses. read more
Anti-spam service Spamhaus has been hit with what several security firms today described as the largest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks ever seen. read more
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack of unprecedented scale that targeted an international spam-fighting organization last week ended up causing problems for Internet users around the world, experts say. read more
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack of unprecedented scale that targeted an international spam-fighting organization last week ended up causing problems for Internet users around the world, experts say. …
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office yesterday awarded Microsoft 13 design patents for its Surface line of tablets, including their innovative Touch keyboards-slash-covers, according to published documents. read more
Агент Mail.Ru выпустил обновленную версию для Android с новой функцией видеосвязи. Обновив приложение, все пользователи Аndroid-смартфонов смогут звонить с видео друг другу, а также своим друзьям на Агент для Windows и Mac. Новый значок видеозвонков появится у собеседников, которым доступна эта функция. «Ранее видеозвонки у нас были на PC и …
Analysts offered divergent opinions of T-Mobile USA's "uncarrier" initiatives for no-contract service and low subsidies for mobile devices announced this week. read more
Unity Technologies has opened a beta program for Windows Phone 8 apps, and is inviting experienced developers to start testing. read more
Microsoft is trumpeting Office 365 customer successes at its U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit on Tuesday, but some of those otherwise happy clients have a wish list of features and enhancements they'd like to see in the vendor's cloud email and collaboration suite. read more