Windows 10’s launch is less than six weeks away, but questions — lots of questions — still remain about the new operating system, from when it will be taken to the bosom of enterprise to whether some of Microsoft’s moves leading up to it were premeditated. Computerworld spoke to one …
Компания Canon пополнила ассортимент новой компактной камерой Canon PowerShot G3 X. Новинка оборудована 20.2-Мегапиксельным сенсором Canon DIGIC 6, 3.2-дюймовым жидкокристаллическим поворотным дисплеем, а поддерживаемый диапазон ISO находится в пределах 100-25600. В качестве объектива выбран 35-миллиметровый объектив с 25-кратным увеличением картинки, что позволяет использовать эквивалент 24-600 мм, светосила f/2.8-5.6. Упоминается поддержка съемки видео высокой …
A recent trend in government has been to build upon lessons learned in the private sector to enhance the quality and effectiveness of government service. One area receiving attention this past year has been in the government’s digital engagement with stakeholders and citizens. Specifically, the fiscal 2016 budget request by …
Bilderberg Group regular, Google chairman Eric Schmidt just took time out to tell the BBC Apple’s claims about Google privacy are “largely false”. Talking Schmidt Here’s what he said: “Their claims are largely false in their description of us.” What does that mean? Is Schmidt accusing Apple CEO Tim Cook …
China is opening up its e-commerce market to more foreign investment, removing restrictions that limited investors to joint ventures with Chinese firms. The country’s top IT regulator announced the change on Friday, months after authorities introduced it on a smaller scale for a newly established free-trade zone in Shanghai. The …
Google’s data centers grow so fast it has to build its own networks Google has been building its own software-defined data-center networks for 10 years because traditional gear can’t handle the scale of what are essentially warehouse-sized computers. The company hasn’t said much before about that homegrown infrastructure, but one …
It can’t cook or clean or do laundry, but SoftBank’s Pepper could become the first breakout humanoid consumer robot and the vanguard of an era of mechanized, cloud-connected assistants. Pepper goes on sale in Japan on Saturday at ¥198,000 (US$1,600) plus ¥24,600 in monthly data and insurance fees. That may …
The Twitter they are a-changin’. Project Lightning promises more revenue, but less of the classic service. Lightning is said to herald the social network’s renaissance, by adding curated streams based on current events. That doesn’t sound like Twitter to me. That’s right, gang: Twitter is the latest organization to become …
When Apple execs took the stage last week for the company’s annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), they covered a lot of ground — discussing changes to iOS 9, updates to watchOS, details about the company’s music-streaming plans and specifics about OS X 10.11, better known as El Capitan. All …
This pilot fish has spent his career as an executive, much of it at growing IT companies, so he seems like the perfect guy to help out a very large IT vendor that’s struggling to figure out Web 2.0 in the years just after Y2k. “After I had completed two …
Federal regulators are weighing reforms to widespread workplace wellness programs that could affect how personal data from consumer-grade fitness bands and smartwatches is kept confidential. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a proposed rule that would amend regulations in Title 1 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) …
На выставке E3, которая в основном посвящена компьютерным играм, был анонсирован смартфон Sony Xperia Z4v, который по словам производителя разработан специально для игроманов. Аппарат основан на прошлогоднем смартфоне Xperia Z3v и его спецификации довольно схожи: 5.2-дюймовый дисплей, 3 Гигабайта оперативной памяти, тыловая камера Sony оборудована 20.7-Мегапиксельной матрицей, на встроенном флеш-накопителе предусмотрено 32 Гб, а …
An appeals court has ruled that Google Earth images, like photographs, can be used as evidence in a court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday in an appeal by Paciano Lizarraga-Tirado, who claimed that he was on the Mexico side of the U.S.-Mexico border when …
Если Вы думаете какой купить компьютер, обратите внимание на новый Хромбук, производства компании Xolo, стоимость которого примерно $204. Популярность Хробмуков оправдана низкой стоимостью и системой Chrome OS, которая поддерживает расширенную синхронизацию с сервисами и службами Google. Характеристики Xolo Chromebook включают в себя 11.6-дюймовый дисплей с разрешением 1366 на 768 пикселей, …
An appeals court has ruled that Google Earth images, like photographs, can be used as evidence in a court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday in an appeal by Paciano Lizarraga-Tirado, who claimed that he was on the Mexico side of the U.S.-Mexico border when …
В самопровозглашенной Луганской народной республике начал работать новый оператор сотовой связи «Луганские коммуникации» или «Лугаком». В данное время оператор функционирует в тестовом режиме, идет отладка связи. Территория покрытия активно расширяется, и в ближайшее время «Лугаком» будет работать по всей территории ЛНР. Услуги оператора также будут доступны и на территории самопровозглашенной Донецкой народной республики. Его …
PCs shine at E3, but in the background Between all the console talk and publishers rushing to reveal their hot new games ahead of the E3 press crunch, the annual “Day Zero” press conferences held by gaming’s biggest publishers before E3’s doors officially open don’t hold quite as much luster …
Microsoft has rolled out a new OneNote feature to the iPhone first before any other platform, showing off the company’s interest in promoting cross-platform use of its note-taking system. OneNote users with Apple’s smartphones will now be able to convert notes with checklists in them into a special list mode …
SANTA CLARA — Just as the industry is becoming more comfortable with SDNs, the NSA says it’s using them too. The embattled National Security Agency, which has been surreptitiously collecting phone records on all of us for many years as part of a secret surveillance operation, is implementing an OpenFlow …
Google’s autonomous car fleet is undergoing a major expansion. In the last month, the number of cars it is permitted to drive on public streets has more than doubled, and Google now accounts for more than half of the driverless cars that are legal in California. As of Wednesday, the …
Samsung will update the security software on its Galaxy smartphones to address a flaw that researchers warned could let attackers access people’s devices. Earlier in the week, researchers at NowSecure, a mobile security company, identified the flaw in SwiftKey, a keyboard application that comes preloaded on Galaxy smartphones. The flaw …
China’s Tsinghua University has teamed up with the University of Washington and Microsoft to launch the Global Innovation Exchange (GIX)—a tech-focused graduate school that’s the first of its kind. The program, which was announced Thursday afternoon, will bring people from around the world to a new facility in Bellevue, Washington, …
Samsung will update the security software on its Galaxy smartphones to address a flaw that researchers warned could let attackers access people’s devices. Earlier in the week, researchers at NowSecure, a mobile security company, identified the flaw in SwiftKey, a keyboard application that comes preloaded on Galaxy smartphones. The flaw …
Confirming rumors dating back to as early as March, Oracle announced on Thursday it has appointed former Hewlett-Packard executive David Donatelli as executive vice president for converged infrastructure. Donatelli will report directly to Oracle CEO Mark Hurd and will be responsible for infrastructure offerings including the company’s engineered systems, server, …
Через злочинні схеми шахраїв знову постраждали рівняни. Із заявою до міліції 17 червня звернулася 51-річна мешканка обласного центру, що під приводом виграшу автомобіля невідомі заволоділи майже 37 тисячами гривень. …
Калифорнийская компания Algolia обнаружила проблему в SSD-накопителях Samsung, приводящую к потере данных при использовании накопителей с файловой системой ext4 в OS Linux. Компания рассказала об этом в своем блоге. …