Oracle’s transition from cloud critic to cloud convert is complete. The company launched a raft of new services Monday that it claims will provide enterprises with all the tools they need to run their operations in the cloud. “We’re now able to call our cloud services complete. With today’s announcement, …
The U.S. Navy is paying Microsoft millions of dollars to keep up to 100,000 computers afloat because it has yet to transition away from Windows XP. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, which runs the Navy’s communications and information networks, signed a US$9.1 million contract earlier this month for …
Oracle has launched a number of new cloud services that the company claims will provide enterprises with all the tools they need to run their operations in the cloud. “We’re now able to call our cloud services complete, with today’s announcement. You can now move all your applications out of …
Google has added 17 watch faces to Android Wear, including some from well-known game, cartoon and fashion brands. Smartwatches have a strong fashion element and watch faces allow people to customize the device to match their style, outfit or personality, Google said Monday in a blog post. The ability to …
There’s finally something real to 5G: a name. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has decided to call the next-generation cellular system IMT-2020. That name may have a hard time catching up with “5G,” a tag that’s been applied to just about every future mobile technology in the works: Googling “5G …
Days after photos leaked of a fire at one of North Korea’s biggest and best-known hotels, the country has begun restricting access to Instagram. On Monday, attempts to connect to Instagram’s website via PC or smartphone were met with a message saying the site was on an Internet block list, …
Spies working for the U.S. National Security Agency and its British counterpart found anti-virus and security software a hindrance to their intelligence gathering processes, and worked to thwart it, according to a report Monday in The Intercept. The efforts, revealed through documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, focused …
Uber Technologies’ new data collection policy, allowing the ride-hailing company to access a user’s location even when the smartphone app is not actively in use, violates the privacy rights and personal safety of U.S. customers, according to a complaint filed Monday by a privacy group. With upcoming changes to its …
A week and a half after Dick Costolo announced that he would be stepping down from the CEO role at Twitter, the company’s board of directors has sent a shot across the bow of one of the expected front-runner candidates to take the social network’s top job. The social micro-blogging …
<p><em>Due to a processing error, the story “Google looks for content makers to test its Jump virtual reality video camera” was deleted and another story was pasted instead. The correct story is below in full, and corrected on our wires.</em></p><p>If you’re an aspiring virtual reality content producer, Google wants to …
Two years ago, Central Standard promised a beautiful, bracelet-like smartwatch with an E-Ink display, but now backers are getting nothing but apologies. It’s just the latest of many crowdfunded wearable disasters, as the makers of the “World’s Thinnest Watch” realized that mass-producing such a device was more or less impossible. …
Continuing its efforts to woo enterprise users in heavily regulated industries, Box on Monday announced a new add-on tool for its cloud storage service that’s designed for managing sensitive data. Box Governance targets organizations in areas such as financial services, healthcare and higher education, and aims to help users comply …
It’s only appropriate that I found a story idea on storage failure right as I experienced the worst hard drive failure of my life. Long story short, after two days of agony, I lost some downloaded files, nothing I can’t live without, and my entire Outlook contact list. Years of …
So many watch faces, so little time As someone who coordinates her outfits with accessories every day, I appreciate Android Wear’s variety. I can choose from a multitude of different watches to match my style, and I can swap out watch faces as easily as I change clothes. Google announced …
The first thing an IT security executive should do after the corporate network has been breached is fall back on the incident response plan that was put in place well before attackers got through the carefully constructed defenses. That’s what should have happened, but even if it wasn’t there are …
At DockerCon in San Francisco today, IBM announced IBM Containers, an enterprise-class containers based on Docker and built on Big Blue’s Bluemix platform-as-a-service (PaaS). The service, IBM says, is intended to help developers deliver applications across hybrid cloud environments. IBM also announced that it has joined with a number of …
Potentially giving smaller law enforcement agencies a hand in fighting crime, IBM has migrated its CopLink search service to the cloud, minimizing the amount of work needed to hook into the North American crime-fighting database. CopLink is one of a number of services in the company’s new Safer Planet portfolio …
Eighty-seven million people in Nigeria browse the Internet on mobile phones, according to figures from the country’s telecom regulator that confirm that even among low-income people, the mobile Web is big in Africa. Nigeria is Africa’s largest telecom market by investment and subscription, followed by South Africa and Kenya. A …
They came from Computex Image by Anshel Sag For hardcore PC enthusiasts, the annual Computex trade show in Taipei is the one to watch. The home base of the companies that design and make most of the world’s components and cases, Computex is the place where every PC part maker …
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined a request by Google to hear a patent case involving the company’s Street View service, leaving the company to defend the infringement claims in lower courts. The Supreme Court’s Monday decision to deny Google’s petition comes after the company requested the court rule against …
Linux Kernel 4.1 LTS released Linus has been busy working on Linux Kernel 4.1 LTS and now it has been released. This release includes support for Intel Skylake, improved Intel Atom processor support, and encryption for the EXT 4 file system. Silviu Stahie reports for Softpedia: Linus Torvalds announced just …
Mandiant, Verizon and other cyber-forensics firms are profiting from so-called unstoppable threats like zero-day exploits and advanced persistent attacks, according to a new report from Lieberman Software. “They want to come in after the attack and charge money and clean up the mess after it’s happened,” said Phil Lieberman, president …
Businesses are under more pressure than ever to adopt more agile ways of working in an environment where customers demand products and services be delivered almost immediately. At this week’s Agile Australia conference in Sydney, three digital and IT executives on a panel discussed their journey to an Agile environment …
Jumping on the social-media bandwagon, Visa has launched the #NotATourist campaign, designed to provide local knowledge to travelers, as well as narratives and other content from fellow visitors, in selected regions around the world. The campaign will run until August 31 in countries in the Asia Pacific, Central Europe, Middle East …
In Umberto Eco’s novel The Name of the Rose it emerges that a number of monks have been killed by a poison placed on the corners of the books in their monastery library. This month the author discovered that modern vehicles of communication can be equally treacherous. On receiving an …
Многие производители брелочных компьютеров предлагают довольно слабые решения, обычно с доступной стоимостью, которые недостаточно “сильны”, чтобы полностью реализовать функционал системы Windows. Корпорация Microsoft совместно с индийской компанией iBall, разработали и выпустили свой собственный микро-компьютер брелочного типа, цена которого будет в пределах $140, а его название – Splendo. Устройство имеет штекер HDMI, позволяющий …