Google has managed to push the resolution of the antitrust case brought against it by the European Commission until after the long summer vacation. The company had asked for extra time to examine documents provided by the Commission, which has now given it until Aug. 17 to defend itself against …
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 …
Workday has long been known for its financial and HR software, and on Tuesday it rolled out a new enterprise offering that spans both areas with a focus on planning, budgeting and forecasting. Workday Planning is designed to be used in combination with Workday Financial Management and Workday Human Capital …
В апреле многие американские источники упоминали о том, что компания Samsung готовит немного измененный вариант смартфона Samsung Galaxy S6 с индексом SM-G928, который будет выпускаться с кодовым именем Project Zero 2. Что касается характеристик, то новинка сильно смахивает на Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge с некоторыми изменениями, включая экран и процессор. Как сообщает …
When it comes to your personal information, which industries do you trust most, or least, with your data? How do some of the recent, highly publicized breaches such as those at Target, Home Depot and the Office of Personnel Management affect your opinion in terms of which industries are most …
На техноблоге IT Новости ранее уже упоминались технические характеристики и некоторые особенности смартфона Huawei Honor 7, который сегодня анонсировали официально. Напомним, что долгожданный Honor 7 оборудован 5.2-дюймовым Full HD дисплеем с разрешением 1920 × 1080 точек и процессором с восемью вычислительными ядрами Kirin 935. Объем оперативной памяти составляет 3 Гигабайта, а объем …
The AllSeen Alliance is expanding the reach of its AllJoyn Internet of Things framework with bridging software that lets other types of devices look like part of the same family. AllJoyn is one of several emerging ways to make different IoT devices and applications find each other and work together …
Government personnel agency takes background check system offline for background checks Hoping to avoid a third strike against it, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management has taken offline a system used for performing background checks on potential new hires. The agency discovered a security flaw in the web app, E-QIP, …
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 — …
Worldwide IT spending is expected to decline by 5.5 percent this year, with enterprises benefitting from lower prices on communications and IT services but also having to pay higher hardware prices in some parts of the world. Market research company Gartner revised its spending forecast downward on Tuesday: In April, …
Government agencies seeking the lowest bidders typically overlook cybersecurity when awarding contracts, and data breaches are the result, says a security rating expert. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here (Insider Story) …
Microsoft will be handing over its display advertising business to AOL in nine markets as part of a new partnership between the two companies that was announced Monday. Under the deal, AOL will use Bing to power search through its website, and will operate display advertising, including mobile and video …
Policy I’ve written quite a lot about enterprise wearables, and recognise the need for security and device control, this problem has now been solved for Apple Watch, thanks to Good Technology. IDC estimates 111.9 million wearable devices will be in use by 2018, so its inevitable employees will drive enterprises …
In the ongoing battle to clean up Japan’s crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, Toshiba is deploying a novel robot that’s a bit like a scorpion. Developed with the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID), the cylindrical machine is designed to enter the primary containment vessel (PCV) of the …
Just before the stroke of midnight Tuesday Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), computerized clocks around the world will pause for a moment to squeeze in an extra second. The leap second, as it’s called, is needed to keep UTC in line with solar time. The two get out of whack due …
A federal employees union has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, its leadership and a contractor, alleging that their negligence led to a data breach that compromised the personal information of millions of current, former and prospective government employees and contractors. Since at least 2007, the …
Shazam is releasing a new version of its music recognition app that lets users connect with artists they like and see what songs they’ve searched for using its service. Shazam lets people identify songs, TV shows and movies by capturing a brief snippet onto their phone, which gets matched against …
Apple iPhone 6S specs rumors are a-swirlin’. (But don’t call it the iPhone 7 OK?) Will the shiny force touch you? Super-secret-squirrel leakers are leaking secrets about Force Touch. Apparently, after its (ahem) rapturous reception in the Apple Watch, the finger-pressure-sensing feature will next be forced down iPhone users’ throats, too. …
There was some interesting chatter on Twitter today before the annual international useR! conference kicks off tomorrow in Denmark: One tweet about an R Consortium that will include heavy hitters like Google, Microsoft and Oracle working together on R infrastructure. The tweet came from a data scientist in Qatar. When …
Computers are getting smaller and smaller, but what I really want them to do is disappear entirely. I’d be happy if the “computer” as we know it was just a voice command away, something so ubiquitous and useful, we never had to think about charge cables, processor speeds or upgrading …
Despite slow market uptake, Hyundai Motor Co. said today that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles represent the future of eco-friendly cars more than all-electric vehicles. Hyundai, the largest carmaker in South Korea, began selling its Tuscon Fuel Cell SUV last year, but only 273 out of a target 1,000 vehicles were purchased …
The availability of really fast broadband in your neighborhood could increase your home’s value by more than 3 percent. High-speed fiber broadband service, with 1 Gbps download speeds, can add more than $5,400 to the value of an average U.S. home, according to a study commissioned by the Fiber to …
The Internet of Things System that Cisco Systems introduced on Monday at long last ties together a broad range of IoT parts from the company, but users may want to take a close look at what this really gives them. Cisco formed an IoT division two years ago out of …
Does the Apple Watch spell the end for passwords? The answer may be “yes.” The Cupertino, Calif., company’s latest “it” device is blowing up the “wearable technology” category, just as its iPhone did to the smart phone market more than seven years ago. It’s a short leap from there to …
Mobile payments — using your phone instead of a credit card to make purchases at retail locations — has not taken off. Yet. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here (Insider Story) …
Continuing its effort to catch up in the cloud, Oracle unveiled a new software-as-a-service product aimed at e-commerce providers. Oracle’s new Commerce Cloud is designed to help online businesses launch feature-rich storefronts across desktop and mobile devices in a matter of weeks. Offered as part of the database giant’s Customer …