Adult Friend Finder, one of the largest online dating sites, may have been breached more than two months ago, and the sensitive files—include names, ages, email addresses, zip codes and more—are apparently still online. British broadcaster Channel 4 reported Thursday that the website had been breached, although information regarding the …
Traffic jams may become even more of an aggravation than they are today as mobile networks struggle to handle a rapidly increasing number of connected cars. In a future where money from voice and messaging will no longer be the cash cows they once were, connected cars, homes, cities and …
The ICANN leader who kicked off the Internet organization’s move away from U.S. government control will leave his post early, possibly before the transition is finished. Fadi Chehadé, who became president and CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers in September 2012, will step down in March …
The U.S. Senate on Thursday failed to move forward on efforts to extend the section of the Patriot Act that the National Security Agency has used to collect millions of domestic telephone records. Congress is facing an effective deadline of this weekend to extend the phone records collection section of …
Hewlett-Packard has reported another drop in quarterly revenue and profit, with a notable 16% slide in its enterprise services business. The company said it’s on track to divide itself into two companies later this year, but made a last-minute change to its leadership plans: CFO Cathie Lesjak will move to …
Google said Thursday it would make changes to its Maps search system after racist search terms brought up the White House among their top results. In Google Maps, some queries containing racist terms against African-Americans listed the White House and other surprising places among their top results. Google apologized and …
The U.S. Senate on Thursday failed to move forward on efforts to extend the section of the Patriot Act that the National Security Agency has used to collect millions of domestic telephone records. Congress is facing an effective deadline of this weekend to extend the phone records collection section of …
Hewlett-Packard has reported another drop in quarterly revenue and profit, with a notable 16 percent slide in its enterprise services business. The company said it’s on track to divide itself into two companies later this year, but made a last minute change to its leadership plans: CFO Cathie Lesjak will …
For developers who want to expose their Web applications to other computers and Internet services, API platform vendor Apigee is offering a free online tool to help create APIs using the increasingly popular Swagger API specification. With the Apigee API Studio, now in available in beta, developers can build REST-based …
After launching its Community Cloud last August for companies trying to engage their customers online, Salesforce has now given the platform a major update. Community Cloud, designed to let companies create their own “LinkedIn-style” communities for customers, partners and employees, has a new Targeted Recommendations feature aimed at promoting user …
Apple will not enter the television set market with its own long-lauded, long-expected hardware, according to an online report, putting an apparent end to one of the more persistent rumors weaving around the Cupertino, Calif. company’s future. That’s good news, said one analyst. “I never thought it made strategic sense,” …
As PayPal prepares for its upcoming IPO as an independent eBay spinoff, it wants to make at least one thing clear: It’s got mobile covered. Over the past couple years, the payments company has re-engineered its back-end technology to become a stronger platform for merchants, letting them incorporate a wider …
Google’s effort to add features and push Chromebooks into more hands is working, with shipments of the low-cost laptops expected to jump 27 percent this year. Chromebook shipments worldwide will touch 7.29 million this year, research firm Gartner said Thursday. Growth will slow down in 2016, though, with Chromebook shipments …
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Speaking here today about the tremendous growth of the 3D printing industry, analyst Terry Wohlers slipped one name into a list of potential machine makers that took some by surprise: Apple. Wohlers was presenting at the RAPID 3D Printing Conference and Expo. His firm, Wohlers Associates, …
Hewlett-Packard has sold a majority stake in its China server and storage business to Tsinghua Holdings as they launch a joint venture they expect will boost sales of HP enterprise hardware products in the country. Tsinghua will buy 51 percent of the joint venture, called H3C, for US$2.3 billion. H3C …
Mozilla today announced an expansion and rebranding of its in-browser advertisements, now dubbed “Suggested Tiles,” that will by default show in the new tab page of all Firefox users. Those who don’t want to see the ads can select an option to make then go away. The change to in-Firefox …
Google’s Chrome OS is known for being a dead-simple platform with a specific and limited focus — but all signs suggest that’s about to change. Google appears to be on the brink of revamping Chrome OS to broaden its appeal and give it a whole new kind of life. The …
Building on its support for the OpenStack open source cloud computing platform, IBM this week unveiled a new slate of IBM Cloud OpenStack Services intended to help clients and developers integrate applications and data across hybrid clouds — including public, private and local cloud environments. [ Related: OpenStack company Nebula …
Android may soon power your coffee maker, refrigerator, and a whole host of home devices that connect to the Internet. The Information reports that Google is building an Android-powered operating system code-named Brillo that will run on low-powered devices with as little as 32 MB of RAM. Also, no screen …
Don’t call it a developer conference… …when it’s really Google Prom. OK, it’s also a developer conference, but isn’t that what you picture if I say the words “Google Prom?” I/O generally features at least a couple fairly major announcements from Google, and the 2015 edition isn’t expected to disappoint. …
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Today, much of the research around 3D bioprinting tissue and organs revolves around laying down enough cells in an abiotic substrate outside a living body, so they can culture and then be implanted where needed. One company, however, believes a better method will be to print …
Cisco reportedly skirted sanctions in order to sell networking equipment to Russia’s military. In an investigative piece published this week, Buzzfeed alleges Cisco knowingly sold gear through straw companies fronting for Russian government and military institutions in violation of American sanctions. Cisco denies any wrongdoing and any knowledge of the …
If you’re in a panic because the Internet told you that your shiny new SSD may lose data in “just a few days” when stored in a hot room, take a chill pill—it’s apparently all a huge misunderstanding, according to the man who wrote the original presentation all the fear …
Add the Xbox One to the growing list of hardware set to receive Windows 10, but not when Microsoft’s device-spanning operating system lands on PCs. Microsoft plans to take a staggered approach to releasing Windows 10. The operating system will launch first on PCs this summer, followed by subsequent releases …
When it comes to 3D printing, the general public is likely unaware how far the technology has come from the days when making figurines and trinkets was about all many believed the machines could do. Because of advancements in hard and soft thermoplastic polymers, metal sintering techniques and printing software …
Не секрет, что Samsung работает над линейкой Galaxy A и сегодня очередная модель засветилась в результатах тестирования в GeekBench, модель Galaxy A8. Новинка построена на базе 8-ядерного процессора Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 и использует в арсенале 2 Гигабайта оперативной и 16 Гигабайт встроенной памяти. Разрешение фронтальной камеры составляет 5 Мп, а …