Компания Intel открыла лабораторию Интернета вещей (IoT – Internet of things) Ignition Lab в Москве. В лаборатории представлены решения компаний на базе процессоров Intel для транспорта и энергетики, «умной» безопасности с возможностью управления через Интернет. Лаборатория Интернета вещей Intel даст возможность новым и существующим партнерам, разработчикам и интеграторам не только новые технологические …
Government agencies seeking the lowest bidders typically overlook cybersecurity when awarding contracts, and data breaches are the result, says a security rating expert. According to a review of 25 defense contractors by BitSight Technologies, the median security rating of these vendors is lower than that of the median score in …
As foreshadowed on Twitter yesterday, a new R Consortium of major vendors launched today aimed at “strengthen[ing] both the technical and user communities,” according to a Linux Foundation announcement. Founding members include Microsoft, Google, Hewlett-Packard and Oracle, along with well-known R players such as RStudio, Tibco Software and Mango Solutions …
Microsoft on Monday released another build of Windows 10, the first with the Edge browser branding. With build 10158, Microsoft marked the one-month countdown to the final code launch on July 29. Prominent in 10158 — which was issued only to testers on the “Fast” ring of Windows Insider — …
Microsoft could announce a write-off of a big part of its 2013 Nokia acquisition as early as Wednesday. The write-off was first signaled in late April, when Microsoft warned investors that the smartphone division was at an “elevated risk of impairment.” “Impairment” is a term used to describe the situation …
Вместе с обновлением iOS 8.4 компания Apple выпустила финальную версию OS X 10.10.4, которая направлена на устранение ошибок и улучшение быстродействия Mac. Загрузить апдейт можно на компьютерах с операционной системой OS X Yosemite. …
The Linux Foundation today announced the formation of the R Consortium, intended to strengthen the technical and user communities around the R language, a specialized programming language for statistical data analysis. Representatives from the R Foundation and industry representatives are behind the new consortium. Microsoft and RStudio have joined the …
Expect vendors soon to introduce devices with three forms of wireless support to Fast Identity Online (FIDO) two-factor authentication. The FIDO Alliance today is issuing a new specification for FIDO to support Bluetooth, low-energy Bluetooth (BLE) and near field communications (NFC) wireless technologies in two-factor authentication tokens, according to FIDO …
Cisco is acting quickly on its new Security Everywhere initiative with the announcement that it plans to buy Internet security service provider OpenDNS for $635 million in cash plus other considerations. In announcing Security Everywhere at the Cisco Live conference earlier this month the company said one element of the …
What if your laptop died on your next trip? Image by Shutterstock I’ve long had a backup Plan Bfor when I’m traveling, but only recently did I have to execute it. I’m happy to say it worked, but I had occasion to seriously consider the best way to protect my …
Социальная сеть Facebook в следующем месяце откроет африканский офис для расширения присутствия на континенте, пишет газета The Telegraph. …
Recent concerns from tech luminaries about a robot apocalypse may be overblown, but artificial intelligence researchers need to start thinking about security measures as they build ever more intelligent machines, according to a group of AI experts. The fields of AI and robotics can bring huge potential benefits to the …
Cisco Systems plans to pay $635 million in cash to buy OpenDNS, a company that leverages the Domain Name System (DNS) to provide security services including Web filtering, threat intelligence and malware and phishing protection. The DNS is a core Internet protocol. It’s used to translate Web addresses that are …
Intel has used a model it called “tick/tock” for about a decade now and that model has gone off without a hitch, but new challenges would indicate that model is changing. It used to be that Intel would introduce a new microarchitecture and die shrink at the same time. As …
Как и было обещано, компания Apple выпустила обновление своей мобильной операционной системы до версии iOS 8.4 и главным изменением стал новый музыкальный стриминговый сервис Music, который был представлен ранее в этом месяце на конференции WWDC 2015. Вместе с этим в iOS 8.4 было обновлено стандартное приложение “Музыка”, которое получило новый …
Не успела закончится презентация смартфона Huawei Honor 7 в Китае, как сразу началось мероприятие Meizu, где официально анонсировали долгожданный аппарат – MX5! Новинка, облаченная в металлический корпус, довольно тонкая – 7.6 мм, а если положить его на весы, то они покажут всего 149 граммов. Размер дисплея Super AMOLED по диагонали составляет …
Potentially saving the world from another online security disaster like last year’s Heartbleed, Amazon Web Services has released as open source a cryptographic module for securing sensitive data passing over the Internet. The software, s2n, is a new implementation of Transport Layer Security (TLS), a protocol for encrypting data. TLS …
В сеть утекла информация о 7 многопользовательских режимах Star Wars: Battlefront. На официальной испанской странице EA Star Wars в Facebook появилось перечисление всех режимов, которые появятся на момент релиза игры. …
В документации Intel появилось официальное упоминание процессоров следующего поколения Skylake, предназначенных для настольных компьютеров. …
European Union citizens will have to wait another couple of years before they are able to use their mobile phones anywhere within the EU without surcharge, after a compromise reached by lawmakers Monday night. The European Commission and Parliament had agreed on a target of the end of this year …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Goldman, Sachs & Co. with violating the market access rule in connection with a trading incident that resulted in erroneous executions of options contracts. Goldman Sachs agreed to pay a $7 million penalty to settle the charges. An SEC investigation found that Goldman …
Huawei isn’t a name that’s easy to pronounce. Nor has it been free of controversy. In 2012, U.S. politicians called the Chinese company a potential security threat. So it helps that Huawei is building up a separate consumer brand, one that’s been growing fast in China and hopes to take …
В результате болезни скончался финский инженер Матти Макконен – изобретатель технологии СМС. Ему первому пришло в голову пересылать текстовые сообщения посредством мобильных сетей. “Отцу СМС” было 63 года. …
В Windows 10 Mobile с номером сборки 10149 обнаружен 100-мегабайтный пакет с названием ProjectA. Он находится в папке System 32 и содержит инструменты, необходимые для запуска Android-приложений и игр, в том числе, DDL-файлы, фреймворки, ADBD, Android Debugger Daemon, интерфейс OpenGL ES и драйверы Hyper-V. …
Microsoft is selling a chunk of its advertising business to AOL, and some Bing Maps technology to Uber. In both cases, Microsoft employees will be leaving — totaling as many as 1,300 people. Ohhh, so that’s what he meant when he said he’d “make some tough choices in areas where …
Cisco Systems plans to pay $635 million in cash to buy OpenDNS, a company that leverages the Domain Name System (DNS) to provide security services including Web filtering, threat intelligence and malware and phishing protection. The DNS is a core Internet protocol. It’s used to translate Web addresses that are …