Microsoft is offering academic researchers in the U.S. a chance to get their hands on its HoloLens augmented reality headgear later this year with a new program that will award funding and hardware to a handful of projects that will put the new gear to use. The company put out …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Bay Area oil and gas company and its CEO with running a $68 million Ponzi-like scheme and affinity fraud that targeted the Chinese-American community in California and investors in Asia, including some solicited as part of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. The …
Еще до формального анонса игры Fallout 4 на выставке E3 2015 фанаты на основе дебютного трейлера приблизительно подсчитали размеры игрового мира. По предварительным оценкам, игроков ждут приключения в мир в 3 раза больше, чем в The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Однако представители Bethesda Softworks на торопятся называть точные цифры. …
Microsoft will wrap up work on Windows 10 this week in preparation for distributing the operating system to device makers, according to numerous online reports. The Redmond, Wash. company will declare Windows 10’s “release to manufacturing” (RTM) milestone this week, The Verge contended today. RTM is a historical way post …
На прошлой неделе компания Microsoft обновила эмулятор мобильной Windows 10, представив еще не выпущенную для смартфонов сборку под номером 10158. …
The Internet of Things goes by many names. Cisco’s preferred moniker is the Internet of Everything. Then there’s the Internet of Better Things (Ikea), the Analytics of Everything (SAS), the Industrial Awakening (KPCB), the Industrial Internet (GE), Everyware (Adam Greenfield of MIT), Ubiquitous Computing, or UbiComp (Mark Weiser at PARC), …
Компания Oppo выпустила обновление ColorOS 2.1.2i Beta для смартфонов Find 7 и Find 7a. Апдейт направлен в первую очередь на исправление ошибок, а также на повышение производительности девайсов. …
Benefits are an important part of any IT worker’s compensation package, and while the 2015 Computerworld IT Salary Survey revealed that base salaries have risen over the last year, more and more organizations have eliminated at least some benefits from their compensation packages. To read this article in full or …
The Guardian Project, which has backed previous efforts to put the Tor browser on Android, is back with what could be the best option yet. The newest project is Orfox, is based on the same code base as Mozilla’s Firefox. Because it shares code with a desktop browser, it should …
A new product rendering of the unannounced BlackBerry Venice is lending credence to rumors that the company will turn to Android for its next smartphone. The image, posted on Twitter by Evan “evleaks” Blass, shows a BlackBerry phone with an Android interface, complete with Google apps such as Drive, Maps, …
Малогабаритный iPad mini популярен, но не всегда удобен для повседневного использования, особенно если приходится много читать, в том числе и в формате PDF. Всё преимущество модели заключается в размерах, позволяющих держать планшет при себе постоянно. iPad Air существенно удобнее как для потребления информации, так и для создания — к примеру, …
Following a high-level visit to France, Cisco this week invested in 6WIND, a developer of packet processing software for virtual networks. 6WIND’s software runs on Linux-based x86 servers to deliver a range of networking and security protocols and features, and overcome data plane performance issues on multicore architectures. Some of …
Релиз Payday 2 состоялся в августе 2013 года, и до сих пор разработчики продолжают радовать фанатов игры дополнительными ограблениями, локациями и персонажами. И даже несмотря на конкуренцию в жанре шутеров с тематикой преступлений, команда Overkill Software и Starbreeze Studios не собирается останавливаться на достигнутом. …
Amazon is inching closer to having a complete cloud storage solution with new Cloud Drive apps for iOS and Android. The new apps allow users to view files and folders, preview documents and photos, play videos and music, and share files to other apps. It’s intended as an all-purpose complement to …
Organizational risk continues to climb as data breaches overwhelm today’s information security technologies and practices. Despite billions expended on information security every year, highly motivated cyber gangs, organized crime and nation states are winning the cyber-arms race. Once networks and systems are breached, sensitive data seems to be pilfered at …
Intel’s Compute Stick now comes in more flavors than just Windows, Windows, and more Windows. A version of the Intel Compute Stick loaded with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (long term support) will go on sale this week, according to Canonical. When the Compute Stick first launched in April, Intel said an Ubuntu version …
Reddit users want CEO Ellen Pao removed Reddit has been on a very rocky road lately, and now some of the site’s users are demanding that CEO Ellen Pao be replaced. The petition to remove Pao follows the CEO’s decision to remove popular Reddit employee Victoria Taylor. Naureen Malik and …
Из-за ошибок в работе программного обеспечения произошел сбой в работе системы Bitcoin. В результате сбоя часть недействительных блоков была некоторыми узлами некорректно обработана и принята в качестве действительных. Суммарные потери составили около 50 тысяч долларов США. Информационное сообщение опубликовано на портале bitcoin.org. …
The Italian Hacking Team, which sells software tools with zero-day exploits for secret surveillance purposes to law enforcement agencies, woke up to a living nightmare as anti-surveillance people rejoiced. The Hacking Team’s Twitter named changed to “Hacked Team” as unknown attackers took control of the company’s Twitter account. The bio …
Топ-менеджер Nintendo Сатору Ивата рассказал, что компания может в будущем выпустить платные и бесплатные игры, потому как «различные системы оплаты соответствуют различным типам программного обеспечения». …
В Facebook появилась страница с названием UMi Zero 2. На данный момент, лента паблика пуста, за исключением одного изображения. …
Новость о том, что Apple Music использует DRM-защиту для музыки, взбудоражила Интернет. Контент, загруженный в облако, не может быть воспроизведен на других устройствах без подписки на сервис – в этом задача технического средства защиты авторских прав. Однако проблему откровенно притянули за уши. …
Surveillance firm Hacking Team gets hacked Who watches the watchmen? Italian online surveillance company Hacking Team appears to have been hacked, with attackers releasing what purports to be a trove of internal documents showing how the company helps governments around the world spy on their citizens. CSO has the details. …
The Internet could see a new wave of botnets based on the ZeusVM banking Trojan after the tools needed to build and customize the malware program were published online for free. The source code for the builder and control panel of ZeusVM version 2.0.0.0 was leaked sometime in June, according …
Fresh from its defeat in women’s World Cup soccer, Japan wants to take on the U.S. once again—in giant robot combat. Suidobashi Heavy Industry has agreed to a challenge from Boston-based MegaBots that would involve titanic armored robots developed by each startup. While robot combat contests such as RoboGames are …
Think different I understand US readers may instantly lose interest in something taking place outside of their continent, but Apple Pay will be supported at 250,000 locations across the UK and there are several reasons why the launch matters. Mobile payments Apple has seized a strong position in mobile payments …