Project Fi invites are on their way, and they reveal a lot about how Google’s new wireless service will work. A series of screenshots posted by a Reddit user show the signup process, with a key provision being that you need to use the Google Voice number tied to your …
Daimler Trucks this week unveiled what it said is the world’s first licensed 18-wheel semi-tractor trailer that can drive itself. Daimler unveiled the new 18-wheeler yesterday during a ceremony at the Hoover Dam. The Freightliner Inspiration Truck, a concept truck, underwent extensive testing, Daimler said, before the Nevada Department of …
MarkLogic is a document-oriented, distributed NoSQL database from the company of the same name. In the world of MarkLogic, a document is principally an XML file, though MarkLogic can also handle JSON documents, text files, image files, audio files and more. If you can put it in a file, you …
With the next release of Windows Server, Microsoft will equip its enterprise customers to take advantage of the container revolution. The next preview release of Windows Server 2016, due by the middle of the year, will offer the first glimpse into how its container system will operate. Microsoft is demonstrating …
Legislation intended to end the U.S. National Security Agency’s bulk collection of domestic telephone records is drawing opposition from several unlikely sources, digital and civil rights groups. The USA Freedom Act, approved last Thursday in a 25-2 vote by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, doesn’t go far enough to …
Will bezel-less phones be the next big thing? China’s ZTE certainly thinks so. On Wednesday, the company’s Nubia brand unveiled the Z9, a product that comes without the black border found on so many smartphone screens. I had a chance to try out the device, and found both pros and …
Legislation intended to end the U.S. National Security Agency’s bulk collection of domestic telephone records is drawing opposition from several unlikely sources, digital and civil rights groups. The USA Freedom Act, approved last Thursday in a 25-2 vote by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, doesn’t go far enough to …
With the next release of Windows Server, Microsoft will equip its enterprise customers to take advantage of the container revolution. The next preview release of Windows Server 2016, due by the middle of the year, will offer the first glimpse into how its container system will operate. Microsoft is demonstrating …
The annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference is health IT vendors’ Mecca. The HIMSS event this year attracted nearly 40,000 attendees to Chicago, and its giant exhibition halls in the McCormick Place were filled with more than 1,000 booths. The overall spirit at the event was buoyant …
Targeting the 25 billion or so devices expected to be connected to the Internet by 2020, SAP on Wednesday announced a new suite of cloud services designed specifically for the so-called Internet of Things. Unveiled at Sapphire Now, the company’s annual user conference, the SAP Hana Cloud Platform for IoT …
A prediction IT leaders hear often is: Marketing will spend more on technology than IT by 2017, according to Gartner. While this prediction is often-repeated, revisiting its implications is important to IT leaders who want to keep their organizations competitive. In the next five years, change will be coming to …
A new bill in Congress would require law enforcement agencies to get court-ordered warrants before targeting U.S. residents in searches of electronic communications collected by the National Security Agency. The End Warrantless Surveillance of Americans Act, introduced Tuesday by three members of the House of Representatives, would end the so-called …
Apple iPad users will soon be able to interact with Citrix Systems’ virtual Windows apps using a mouse. When Citrix unveiled a prototype of the X1 mouse in January, the company wasn’t sure it would become a real product. But the high level of interest the mouse has generated convinced …
Microsoft isn’t building Office 2016 for you. It’s building Office for y’all. “We are moving from Office for us, to Office with others,” Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella declared during Microsoft’s Build keynote last week. Microsoft released the consumer preview of Office 2016 on Monday. You won’t find dramatic redesigns …
One of the themes that developed during South by Southwest this year (I’m a first time newbie, going back next year for sure) is that everyone has something to broadcast. The rise of apps like Meerkat and Periscope show that people want to do more than just share their posts …
What prevents Linux from beating Windows and OS X? Linux has been around for quite a long time now, but it still plays third fiddle to Windows and OS X. Which problems are stopping Linux from dominating the desktop? A redditor asked this question and got some very interesting answers. …
Ever wish you could leave your phone at home and rely only on your smartwatch for a while? With Google’s latest Android Wear update — available now on the LG Watch Urbane and making its way to other Wear watches soon — you can. I’m in the midst of getting …
While testing a theory about the cellular voice channel in smartphones being used as a covert channel “to conduct multiple covert malicious activities such as sending commands or even leaking information,” researchers discovered they could “easily bypass” Android security mechanisms and “answer incoming calls without the user or the system’s …
Building on the launch of the fourth generation of its enterprise software suite earlier this year, SAP on Wednesday unveiled the cloud version of S/4Hana. Joining the on-premises version of the in-memory data platform, which is now available for all 25 industries supported by SAP, the cloud version is designed …
Microsoft plans to appeal a EU court ruling that found its Skype brand is too similar to that of British satellite broadcaster Sky, which holds a European trademark on audiovisual goods, telephony and software-related services categories. On Tuesday, the General Court of the EU found the Skype name and logo …
A way to let cellular operators share Wi-Fi frequencies without jamming up Internet service is now in the spotlight at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. On Tuesday, the agency asked for public comments on LTE-U (LTE-Unlicensed), which Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA, SK Telecom and other operators are exploring as a …
With the release of the Nginx 1.9.0 Web server, Nginx has taken TCP load-balancing capabilities from its commercial Nginx Plus product and fitted it to the company’s open source technology. TCP load balancing improves failover consistency among worker processes, according to Nginx. The feature already has appeared in the commercial …
A massive study on solar power by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) came to two main conclusions: Solar energy holds the best potential for meeting the planet’s long-term energy needs while reducing greenhouse gasses and federal and state governments must do more to promote its development. The …
Анонсировано новое устройство на базе Windows в форм-факторе мини-ПК, получившее название Vensmile W10. Новинка, габариты которого всего 151 × 80 × 10 мм, построен на базе 64-битного процессора с четырьмя вычислительными ядрами Intel Atom Z3735F Bay Trail, которому помогает графический ускоритель HD Graphics (7-го поколения) и имеет 2 Гб оперативной памяти, а …
Microsoft has announced Azure networking improvements that will give IT staff more flexibility, and in the process help convince them to move more applications to the cloud. The network often plays second fiddle to other parts of enterprise IT infrastructures, but its performance has always been key to keeping users …
Time is ticking, and Apple needs to sign a few music deals, as soon as possible, pronto-like even. Why the rush? According to various sources, Apple’s heralded (yet rarely heard) Beats streaming music service is scheduled for relaunch in June. However, before Captain Tim can sail Apple’s sound dinghy into …