Size is power in the mobile networks business, but it’s only one of the reasons Nokia is acquiring Alcatel-Lucent. Nokia estimates the company that will emerge from the planned buyout will be the second-largest vendor of carrier infrastructure by revenue, a bit smaller than Ericsson and slightly larger than Huawei …
Wish there was a way to easily find your smartphone when you’ve dropped it under a sofa cushion or the dog ran off with it? If you have an Android-based phone, Google may be able to help. The company announced in a Google+ post late Wednesday that users now can …
Docker has adopted the “ship early and often” mantra of software developers, but it isn’t just shipping a new version of the Docker client a mere two months after the last one. Instead, it’s offering up a major architectural change in Docker image delivery — a clear sign Docker’s success …
Согласно данным исследования, проведенного ИБ-компанией Norse совместно с Американским институтом предпринимательства (American Enterprise Institute, AEI), Иран в значительной мере увеличил качество и количество своих кибератак. …
Еще в январе софтверный гигант показал функцию, которая позволяет транслировать игры с Xbox One на устройства с Windows 10 через приложение Xbox. Теперь Microsoft начала постепенную подготовку своей консоли к этой возможности. …
Microsoft’s virtual desktops are one of the of the more unique features of Windows 10—a quick way to organize “screens” of apps that you can switch to back and forth. Rearranging them has always been a pain, but a new drag-and-drop feature, hopefully that problem will go away. Microsoft said …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a New York City-based financial advisor accused of stealing at least $20 million from customers to fund his own brokerage accounts and then squandering the bulk of the money in highly unprofitable options trading. The SEC alleges that Michael J. …
IBM today took cybersecurity threat sharing to a new level – it opened its vast library of security intelligence data to public or private entities building defenses against cybercrimes. IBM’s X-Force Exchange features 700 terabytes of raw aggregated data and offers cloud-based access to volumes of IBM and third-party threat …
UPDATE: Adds paragraphs 4, 11 and 12 with new information from Sony Pictures Wikileaks has published a searchable database of thousands of emails and documents from Sony Pictures Entertainment that were leaked in late 2014 after the studio was attacked by hackers. The database is the first time the information, which …
Nearly six years after Microsoft and Yahoo inked a search partnership, the companies are extending their agreement while changing it up a bit, as well. The companies announced today that they have amended their search partnership. However, the deal now notes that Yahoo will have more flexibility to update its …
Основатель соцсети Facebook Марк Цукерберг решил обеспечить Европу бесплатным интернетом. Об этом сообщает The Telegraph. …
IBM has joined an increasing number of vendors who are pushing for real-time cybersecurity information sharing among private and public organizations, researchers and other network defenders. On Thursday, the company opened up over 700 terabytes of data about vulnerabilities, attacks and other threats through a new cloud-based threat intelligence sharing …
The blue screen of death in Linux? Windows is infamous for the “blue screen of death” that millions of users have encountered over the years. But I’ve never heard of a Linux user getting one…until today. Yes, a Linux user actually got a blue screen of death. This may be …
Любители пиратских версий видеоигр столкнулись с чередой преград во время попыток обзавестись пиратской копией GTA V на PC. Причем, преграды оказались настолько сложными, что сам процесс скачивания, установки и запуска игры превратился в эпический и невероятно сложный квест. …
With the European Commission leveling antitrust charges against Google, the company should be bracing itself for a big – and potentially costly – fight over its dominant search business. “This could be a dilly of a pickle for Google,” said Dan Olds, an analyst with The Gabriel Consulting Group. “The …
Every year, open-source software “eats” more of the business world. Back in 2010, roughly 42 percent of the respondents to North Bridge and Black Duck Software’s annual future of open source survey said they used open source to run their business or in their IT environment. This year, it’s 78 …
Корпорация Microsoft предложила своим партнерам, выпускающим смартфоны на платформе Google Android, снизить размер лицензионных отчислений при условии, что они будут предустанавливать на свои устройства приложения Microsoft, такие как Word, Excel, OneDrive и Skype, сообщает Digitimes. …
A new report from the Arbor Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT) sheds light on how the sophisticated banking malware known as Neverquest or Vawtrak is able to evade detection, by using encryption, anonymous routers, and even steganography. “Neverquest is something we investigated because of its impact on the financial …
From a cybersecurity point of view, I believe the value of data refers first to the “nature” of the data itself. Positive data, i.e. malicious network traffic data from malware and cyberattacks, have much more value than some other data science problems. To better understand this, let’s start to discuss …
Google is betting that real-time processing is the future of big data analysis, and has updated two of its cloud services to help enterprises understand what is happening in the moment with their customers and operations. “We really believe that streaming is the way the world is going. Instead looking …
LEAF Commercial Capital used to wrestle with tape backups for disaster recovery. Now the equipment leasing and finance company is using a software-based service from Evolve IP for disaster recovery. Rusty Lorenzon, director of IT Infrastructure at Philadelphia-based LEAF, says Evolve IP’s disaster-recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) has allowed the company to reduce …
Смартфон OnePlus One оказался одной из главных мобильных сенсаций прошлого года. Появившись из ниоткуда, стартап OnePlus выпустил девайс, который разошелся по свету миллионным тиражом. При этом продажи One ведутся через пригласительные, и купить этот смартфон может не каждый. Однако, как сообщает Bloomberg, китайцы не собираются останавливаться на набранной высоте и …
Secure file sharing is imperative for Lawyers Without Borders, a group that works with volunteer lawyers to advance human rights law in conflict-ridden regions. The nonprofit organization, headquartered in Hartford, Conn., uses Intralinks VIA to protect confidential legal documents and court papers from unsanctioned access. The SaaS solution for content …
Google is betting that real-time processing is the future of big data analysis, and has updated two of its cloud services to help enterprises understand what is happening in the moment with their customers and operations. “We really believe that streaming is the way the world is going. Instead looking …
Content is core to the work of Densho, an organization whose mission is to preserve the testimonies of Japanese Americans who were held in internment camps during World War II. In the past, Densho needed a complex storage environment to house its 30TB of production data, says Geoff Froh, deputy …
Need to find a vanilla frosting recipe? Google it. Need to find out how many Yankees are in the hall of fame? Google it. Need to find your Android phone? Google it? Yep. Google recently brought parts of the Android Device Manager to Google search. When you’re signed in to …