Nintendo might release Android games in 2017 Nintendo has more or less missed much of the mobile revolution, but now the gaming giant has announced that it is preparing games for smart devices. These games will be released in 2017 and might include Android devices. Nintendo reports in its financial …
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is taking a unique approach to building its pipeline of incoming talent and helping its outgoing seniors land prime jobs after graduation through a partnership with digital marketing agency EGC. Through the initiative, the college provides GoPro cameras to students and lets them use …
Creating a compelling technology resume that stands out but more importantly elicits the type of job you’re focused on requires knowing what you want and telling your story quickly, clearly and concisely in a way that highlights what you bring to the table. Whether you’re an entry level IT worker, …
In the latest attack involving malicious advertisements, hackers managed to launch Flash Player exploits against the visitors of several popular porn websites. It’s not clear how many users were impacted, but the affected websites have over 250 million monthly visits combined, according to researchers from Malwarebytes who spotted and analyzed …
In the latest attack involving malicious advertisements, hackers managed to launch Flash Player exploits against the visitors of several popular porn websites. It’s not clear how many users were impacted, but the affected websites have over 250 million monthly visits combined, according to researchers from Malwarebytes who spotted and analyzed …
In the near future, you may hear about the appointment of a Chief Internet of Things (IoT) Officer. Before you roll your eyes and chortle at the thought of another chief-of-something, consider the problem. First, companies are beginning to make and implement smart, connected, data-producing products. That can be anything …
At EMC World in Las Vegas this week, Pivotal rolled out enhancements to its big data suite, including major component updates to its Pivotal HD Hadoop distribution and up to 100x performance upgrades to Pivotal Greenplum Database and Pivotal HAWQ. Just a few months ago, Pivotal announced that it would …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that David Grim has been named as Director of the Division of Investment Management. Mr. Grim has been the division’s acting director since February, following the departure of former director Norm Champ. “David is a committed public servant with a nearly 20-year tenure …
While Google is known for a multitude of technologies, including search and cloud services, it’s the Android mobile development platform that will take center stage at the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco the last week in May. Sessions at the conference will spotlight a multitude of topics related …
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is no stranger to risky but successful ventures. He’s helped found companies such as PayPal and other leading edge tech firms, including an aerospace manufacturer to help colonize Mars. So when Musk last week unveiled Tesla Energy and its line of lithium-ion batteries to power homes …
What time is it? Apple’s rapidly growing enterprise story becomes even more compelling thanks to bigtincan, one of more than two-dozen partners helping widen iPad’s offer for the enterprise. It’s just one among a series of solutions to expand the company’s reach into the space. Bigtincan develops an intelligent and secure …
Surgical robot can be taken over by hackers The dark underside of the revolution in medical technology is that security is usually an afterthought, if it’s considered at all. Now researchers at the University of Washington have proved another nightmare scenario by taking over a tele-operated surgical robot, Computerworld reports. …
This week when ZTE launched its latest phone, the Z9, the Chinese company wasn’t embarrassed to reveal its high price. The cutting-edge device will retail in the country starting at 3499 yuan (US$574), which is far more than the cost of low-end handsets that have flooded store shelves, and turned …
A team of developers has created a rootkit for Linux systems that uses the processing power and memory of graphics cards instead of CPUs in order to remain hidden. The rootkit, called Jellyfish, is a proof of concept designed to demonstrate that completely running malware on GPUs (graphics processing units) …
Windows 10 станет последней версией операционной системы производства Microsoft, заявил топ-менеджер корпорации Джерри Никсон в ходе конференции Ignite. “Сегодня мы занимаемся выпуском Windows 10, и поскольку она станет последней версией Windows, мы продолжим улучшение Windows 10“, – сказал Никсон. При этом менеджер Microsoft заверил в том, что Windows будет оставаться современной и сможет работать на многих устройствах, …
A team of developers has created a rootkit for Linux systems that uses the processing power and memory of graphics cards instead of CPUs in order to remain hidden. The rootkit, called Jellyfish, is a proof of concept designed to demonstrate that completely running malware on GPUs (graphics processing units) …
Amazon Web Services has expanded to data centers in Australia and Europe the availability of its CodeDeploy service for automating software updates. The service is being promoted as a way to do away with what Amazon calls error-prone manual operations, when rolling out new features and applications on its cloud …
Hallmark, one of the world’s oldest and best-known greeting card companies, launched its first Hallmark eCard app for the iPhone and iPad on Thursday. The new app, which will eventually make it to Android devices, isn’t just about ecards. It’s part of a broader mission within the Hallmark eCard division …
It’s been a long time coming, but top-notch photography is finally making its way to Android phones. Sure, we’ve had devices that are capable of taking decent photos for a while now. But recently, manufacturers have begun to make photography a primary focus of their phones — and have actually …
It’s nice to have the latest kit, but a supercomputer upgrade is about to bring the German Climate Computing Center, DKRZ, a big problem: a shortage of space. Not space for the computer itself, but for the data it generates. DKRZ runs climate models on its supercomputer, projecting how our …
Following up on lawsuits in the U.S., a dispute between Ericsson and Apple over royalty payments has now moved also to Europe. Ericsson has filed three suits in Germany, the U.K. and the Netherlands against Apple products, which the telecommunications equipment maker claims use 2G and 4G technology patented by …
For about a month now, Nokia has been spinning its wheels — trying to unload its Here Maps business. But this week, Nokia’s plodding Norse saga has become a bit more interesting. Reports suggest Uber — the crowd-sourced cab company — just tendered an uber-sized bid for Nokia’s mapping wunderkind. …
Flashback to the 1980s, when this pilot fish is doing on-site IT support at a warehouse that’s very high-tech: The daily “pick sheet” is on a floppy disk. “The warehouse had an office in the middle of the building for managing the inventory,” says fish. “The warehouse manager copied the …
Following up on lawsuits in the U.S., a dispute between Ericsson and Apple over royalty payments has now moved also to Europe. Ericsson has filed three suits in Germany, the U.K. and the Netherlands against Apple products, which the telecommunications equipment maker claims use 2G and 4G technology patented by …
Компания Apple начинает жесткую борьбу с российскими интернет-магазинами, использующие логотипы в форме яблока. Этот интернет-магазин, как предполагается, реализовывает продукцию Apple нелегально. При этом большинство предлагаемых устройств являются нелегальным товаром, импортируемый в страну без уплаты соответствующих пошлин. Стоит заметить, что это первый подобный иск Apple в Российской Федерации. Компания заявила о претензиях к ООО «Профит», ООО «Електротехпром», ООО …
Nintendo expects that its new games for smartphones, built in partnership with Japanese mobile gaming company DeNA, will help boost sales of its consoles, as users “become familiar with the charms of video games.” The Japanese gaming console maker expects smartphones users will want to explore more premium experiences on …