Chromebooks versus Cloudbooks: Will Microsoft beat Google? Chromebooks have proven to be undeniably popular, with various models getting rave reviews on Amazon’s bestselling Chromebook list. But now a new wave of cheap Windows-based laptops called Cloudbooks are coming. Will the new Cloudbooks give Microsoft the upper hand and destroy the …
Several versions of the Android OS for smartphones have appeared on the global stage in recent years. One version, Cyanogen OS, has gathered publicity as well as prominent investors –including Twitter, Qualcomm and Foxconn — that could give it some staying power. In a July report, IDC analyst William Stofega, …
Offshore outsourcing firms that do most of their work in India remain the largest users of the H-1B visa for computer-related jobs, seemingly unaffected by the odds of the visa lottery, according to new data. With the exception of a few tech firms — notably Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Oracle …
Java developers are slated to get REPL (Read-Eval-Print-Loop) capability via jshell with next year’s planned Java 9 release. In a recent blog post, Oracle’s Jim Connors cited the ease of use enabled by REPL and Java’s setback with the lack of this capability. “Instead of having to construct and compile …
A Boulder, Colorado-based startup announced today that it has raised $3.6 million in seed funding to build the commercial version of the SlamData open-source project, helping businesses visualize semi-structured NoSQL data. SlamData, Inc. says that it’s using the SlamData project’s framework to create a native analytics platform for NoSQL information, …
Vector Watch Group is launching its new smartwatch, and the company’s not phoning it in. The plucky, London-based tech-jewelry maker is proudly showing off its entry into the nascent “wearables” market. It definitely takes a different direction to Apple. And at $250–$400, it’s not following Cupertino’s pricing script, neither. But it does …
Windows 10 is buzz-worthy, Adobe said Wednesday as it cited data from its social media metrics platform that showed positive vibes about the new OS. Measuring 3-plus million mentions harvested from blogs, Instagram, Reddit, Twitter and elsewhere over the last 30 days, Adobe’s Social analytics pegged the most upbeat slice …
Компания LG анонсировала спортивную беспроводную гарнитуру LG Tone Active, сообщается в пресс-релизе пришедший в редакцию IT Новостей. Беспроводная гарнитура LG Tone Active может работать со всеми устройствами, поддерживающие технологию Bluetooth, будь то смартфоны, планшеты или музыкальные плееры, оснащенные беспроводным модулем связи. Беспроводная гарнитура LG Tone Active водонепроницаема, поэтому ее владелец сможет …
Obama wants to boost U.S. supercomputing power With China currently sitting at the top of the supercomputing heap—its Tianhe-2 computer has been considered the world’s most powerful for the last two years—U.S. President Barack Obama is looking to step up American efforts via the new National Strategic Computing Initiative. Set …
Japanese robot Pepper is getting an intelligence upgrade via IBM’s Watson, but that doesn’t make interacting with the real world any less challenging. The humanoid will channel Watson’s artificial intelligence (AI) knowledge base when it starts work as a sales clerk next year at Yamada Denki, a major electronics retailer. …
Image by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center CC BY 2.0 There’s never a good time to run into software bugs, but some times are worse than others – like during a mission to space. Spacecraft of all shapes and sizes rely heavily on software to complete their objectives. But those …
Motherboard security journalist, Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai has never had any love for Apple but in the last few days he has found 950 million reasons to dump Android for an iPhone. “As you might have heard, a security researcher revealed on Monday that a series of bugs deep inside Android’s source …
The cyberespionage group that stole the personal records of millions of Americans from U.S. health insurer Anthem and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has also reportedly breached United Airlines. The data stolen from United includes flight manifests, which contain information on passengers, their travel origins and destinations, Bloomberg …
These are exciting times to be a gamer in China, according to 19-year-old Dai Qi, a soon-to-be college student. The country has recently lifted its ban on video game consoles, and gamers like Dai are trying to decide between buying an Xbox One or a PlayStation 4. “Now we don’t …
When people grow tired of posting photos and videos on social media, what then? Virtual-reality posts, according to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. We’re entering into an era in which people’s posts increasingly will revolve around video, “but that’s not the end of the line,” Zuckerberg said. After video, “I think …
Like so much of IT, database security requirements largely depend on the situation and environment. Needs may be completely different from one shop to another, even among different servers in the same shop. This is the problem I have with best practices. They give advice without any context, and people …
The cyberespionage group that stole the personal records of millions of Americans from U.S. health insurer Anthem and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has also reportedly breached United Airlines. The data stolen from United includes flight manifests, which contain information on passengers, their travel origins and destinations, Bloomberg …
Hoping to rally the worldwide development community around the Internet of Things and drive business to its cloud services as well, IBM has launched a community space for programmers to write software to connect remote devices to back-end cloud systems. The site, called DeveloperWorks Recipes, provides a base for developers …
U.S. President Barack Obama has signed an executive order setting up the National Strategic Computing Initiative, to coordinate government agencies, academia and the private sector for the development of high-performance computing systems. Adopting a “whole-of-government” approach, involving all departments and agencies with expertise and interests in high-performance computing (HPC), one …
В ноябре прошлого года Microsoft сообщила, что все аппараты из серии Lumia на ОС Windows Phone 8 будут обновлены до Windows 10 Mobile. Сейчас на сайте компании появилась более подробная информация, согласно которой возможность обновления будет ограничена определенными моделями аппаратов. Список смартфонов выглядит так: Lumia 430 Lumia 435 Lumia 532 Lumia 535 Lumia 540 …
This company’s support techs install new Wi-Fi access points throughout the business — with not quite the results management was expecting, according to a pilot fish on the scene. “Many of the switches in the building cannot support power over Ethernet, so none of the access points were configured for POE,” …
Компания Google внесла новую функцию в свой сервис. Теперь пользователи смогут узнать часы работы различных заведений и масштаб их загруженности. Все необходимые данные компания получает от самих пользователей Google. Эта функция даст возможность пользователем проще сориентироваться при посещении тех или иных заведений, избавит от ненужных очередей, поспособствует более эффективному тайм-менеджменту. …
Финский разработчик игр и приложений для мобильных устройств, компания Rovio, как и обещала, выпустила игру Angry Birds 2. В Rovio заявили, что это абсолютно новая игра, а не ее обновление. На разработку “Злых птичек” 2 ушло почти 3 года. Как заявил генеральный директор компании Пекки Рантал, в игру введены новые персонажи …
US President Barack Obama has signed an executive order setting up the National Strategic Computing Initiative that will adopt a coordinated strategy involving multiple government agencies, academia and the private sector for the development of high-performance computing systems. Adopting a “whole-of-government” approach, involving all departments and agencies with expertise and …
Long-time memory partners Intel and Micron took the wraps off a new type of non-volatile memory but didn’t give details on some of the most pressing questions about how it will work. 3D XPoint is a new type of memory with all the advantages of memory technologies on the market …
Финская компания Nokia, известная своими качественными мобильниками и тем, что продала соответствующее подразделение Microsoft еще два года назад. В последнее время финский производитель направил свои усилия в сферу сетевого оборудования. Возвращение на рынок потребительской электроники называют реально громким, ведь Nokia показала не смартфон и не планшет, а камеру для виртуальной реальности. В данный момент на рынке …