Flashback to the era when computing means room-size machines, and this pilot fish and his co-workers are trying to get a spooling program running on one of them. “In those days, a fatal error would trigger a dump of everything in RAM, a whooping 65K that needed to be waded …
Image by flickr/Trevor Mattea Last year NASA published a catalog of software code it has developed over the years which you can now access for free. While NASA has a history of making technology it develops available to the public, other developers of proprietary software will sometimes also lift the …
Nvidia hopes to bring artificial intelligence to a wider range of applications with an update to its Digits software for designing neural networks. Digits version 2, released Tuesday, comes with a graphical user interface, potentially making it accessible to programmers beyond the typical user-base of academics and developers who specialize …
U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey has asked for a “robust debate” on encryption of communications, saying that the technology could come in the way of his doing his job to keep people safe. The recruitment and tasking of Americans by the group known as the Islamic State, …
Google’s refusal to implement the EU’s controversial right to be forgotten rules in the U.S. amounts to an unfair and deceptive business practice, a frequent critic of the search engine giant said. Consumer Watchdog will file a complaint against Google with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission Tuesday, said John Simpson, …
A former Goldman Sachs programmer saw his second criminal conviction dismissed on Monday in a long-fought, technically challenging legal battle that centered on 32MB of copied code. The dismissal marks a significant victory for Sergey Aleynikov, who was a highly paid programmer for Goldman’s high-frequency trading operation, designing complex code …
Samsung Electronics expects to report lower-than-expected earnings for the second quarter after supply shortages kept down sales of its Galaxy S6 smartphone. Operating profit for the quarter will likely be around 6.9 trillion won ($6.1 billion), Samsung said, below the 7.2 trillion won analysts had been expecting. Sales are estimated …
Samsung Electronics expects to report lower than expected earnings for the second quarter after supply shortages kept down sales of its Galaxy S6 smartphone. Operating profit for the quarter will likely be around 6.9 trillion won (US$6.1 billion), Samsung said, below the 7.2 trillion won analysts had been expecting. Sales …
June’s Mac games Summer might be an ideal time to get out and catch some rays, but that doesn’t mean that you should abandon quality time playing games on your Mac. And if you have a MacBook, well—just bring it outside and play there. Problem solved! Luckily, June brought another …
Ellen Pao, interim CEO of online community site Reddit, offered the site’s users an apology Monday, saying that “we screwed up.” She went on to acknowledge a litany of sins, focusing on poor communication from site administrators about major changes, broken promises and a lack of responsiveness to concerns from …
Продаючи товар через Інтернет, слід бути обережними. Адже замість заробітку, можна зазнати чималих матеріальних втрат. У цьому нещодавно переконався 40-річний житель Борщова. Чоловік розмістив в мережі оголошення про продаж косарки. …
До официального релиза новой операционной системы Windows 10 осталось всего три недели, и инженеры Microsoft прикладывают максимум усилий, чтобы запуск платформы прошёл гладко и без происшествий. Согласно новому отчёту, компания намерена закончить все приготовления уже до конца этой недели. …
Основатель социальной сети «ВКонтакте» и создатель мессенджера Telegram Павел Дуров в интервью британской газете The Daily Mail рассказал, как относится к обвинениям в поддержке терроризма после того, как многие осудили информацию о любви джихадистов к Telegram из-за возможности шифрования данных. …
Visual analytics and data science are hot. As we create more data than ever before, we seek newer, better, faster ways to make sense of it and to know what actions we should take to improve our world. We’re told that this is the age of big data, and that’s …
В понедельник, 6 июля, СБУ запустила сайт, с помощью которого можно подать онлайн-заявку на получение электронного пропуска для пересечения линии разграничения на Донбассе. …
Instagram is increasing the size of pictures users of its mobile app are allowed to post, finally opening the door of the photo sharing service to much more detailed images. The iOS and Android apps are gradually being updated to store and display photos that are 1080 pixels by 1080 …
Работники Черниговского городского отдела милиции разоблачили мошенницу, которая с использованием возможностей сети Интернет обманула доверчивых граждан в ряде областей Украины. …
Компания LG представила большие сенсорные экраны, выполненные по технологии Advanced In-Cell Touch (AIT). Они будут использоваться в ноутбуках, планшетах и моноблочных компьютерах, которые появятся в продаже в этом году. …
Samsung today announced what it is calling the first multi-terabyte consumer solid-state drive (SSD), which will offer 2TB of capacity in a 2.5-in. form factor for laptops and desktops. The new 850 Pro and 850 EVO SSDs double the maximum capacity of their predecessors. As with the previous 840 Pro …
Cisco has been named a founding member and director of yet anotherInternet of Things standards group to help promote and encourage use of networked machines. The Wireless IoT Forum, formed in March, is the fifth IoT standards body formed in the last 18 months and the second co-founded by Cisco …
I feel a combination of amazement, confusion and dread, which I should really just start calling the “Apple Triad” of emotions. This week, the latest in Apple’s quest to rule all it surveys and pave the road to conquest with oblong, rectangular handheld computers. iPhones in the works At least …
На конференции Microsoft ThinkNext в прошлом году в Тель-Авиве д-р Дорон Меерсдорф, CEO компании StoreDot, пообещал сократить время зарядки смартфона с часов до минут. И сдержал свое обещание. На коммерческий поток зарядные устройства станут в 2016 году. …
Tossup, a new Microsoft app for Android and iOS, aims to make it easier for users to poll their friends and get together. Tossup lets people create quick polls and share them with their friends. The polls can be simple, consisting of a single yes or no question, or they …
Владельцы консолей Xbox One и Xbox 360 получили третье по счёту крупное дополнение к шутеру Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare ещё в начале прошлого месяца. Теперь же Activision и Sledgehammer Games объявили о выходе DLC под названием Supremacy на остальных платформах — PC, PlayStation 4 и PlayStation 3. …
Google’s self-driving cars were involved in two accidents on the roads of Mountain View, California, in June, but humans driving the other vehicles were at fault in both cases. No injuries were reported in either incident, Google said in its monthly report that lists accidents involving its fleet of autonomous …
Google’s self-driving cars were involved in two accidents on the roads of Mountain View, California, during June, but humans driving the other vehicles were at fault in both cases. No injuries were reported in either incident, Google said in its monthly report that lists accidents involving its fleet of autonomous …