When the security-focused Blackphone started shipping in June the phone came with a lot of limitations. Nowhere was that more apparent than with third-party apps, which could end up crashing due to a user’s privacy preferences. Blackphone, the company, will look to improve that situation in January when the company …
When it comes to battling sophisticated cyber attacks, Chief Information Security Officers feel well outgunned by the seedy underside of the Internet intent on wrecking havoc on their enterprise environments. IBM’s third annual Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) study of 138 security executives found that 60% said their organizations are …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today penalized Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC for violating the market access rule when it failed to uphold credit limits for a customer firm with a rogue trader who engaged in fraudulent trading of Apple stock. The market access rule requires broker-dealers to have adequate …
Apple has named Elevate, a set of brain training games, and Threes!, an addictive numbers game, as its top 2014 app and game, respectively. Elevate Elevate Brain Training app Elevate is a free (with in-app purchases) brain training program from Elevate Labs that the app maker says was “designed in collaboration with …
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is getting a seriously early jump on its 2015 commencement exercises, naming U.S. CTO and MIT alum Megan Smith as its speaker for the June 5 event. Smith, who has undergraduate (1986) and master’s (1988) degrees in mechanical engineering from MIT, was named by President …
The release Tuesday of the U.S. Senate’s report that excoriated the Central Intelligence Agency for torturing suspected terrorists will result in retaliation by cyber-hacktivist groups, a security expert predicted today. “I expect there will be some sort of retribution,” said Tom Chapman, director of cyber operations at Edgewave, a San …
One of the most persistent ideas I’ve heard in my decades in IT is that we geeks want democracy at work. Surprisingly, I’ve heard it from managers and executives as often as I have from front-line geeks. But when you scratch the surface, you see that we don’t really want …
Thou shalt not use coffee DRM! I don’t know about you, but I’m not a morning person. Please do not present me with a problem or other drama first thing in the morning because I have zero, zippy, negative, none in the brain functioning department until I’ve had coffee. Since …
Holiday puzzles, activity planning, and time-saving utilities This week’s roundup of new Mac apps brings you a little holiday cheer, a way to keep your burgeoning digital comic library in check, and a couple tools to bring order into the chaos of your daily life. Comickaze 1.1.4 Dov Frankel’s $20 …
IBM and Apple have unveiled the first results of their enterprise IT partnership: 10 mobile applications aimed at businesses in six industries as well as government users. The apps bring IBM’s strength in big data and analysis to Apple’s iPad and iPhone mobile devices, the companies said Wednesday. The apps …
The CEO of Daum Kakao answered police questions Wednesday about accusations that the South Korean mobile messaging service provider failed to take action against child pornography content distributed via its app. Under South Korean law, child pornography covers anything from abusive imagery of prepubescent children to images simply showing the …
I’ve been using Apple’s new iMac with Retina 5K display for the last few days. I’m now convinced all the positive reviews are correct — this is a fabulous Mac capable of high-end performance and equipped with an utterly compelling display. I’ve curated a few details you might not be …
Skype used two Luxembourg companies and an Irish subsidiary to avoid paying corporate income tax during a five year period, according to documents detailing deals with Luxembourg tax authorities. On Tuesday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published a new batch of documents in its ongoing investigation into secret …
Если Вы в поисках портативного беспроводного динамика, стоит обратить внимание на новое беспроводное устройство в виде часов, которое получило имя Jambanz. Новинка оснащена аккумуляторной батареей и спроектирована так, чтобы ее было удобно носить на руке и слушать музыку, где угодно. Одев девайс, вы можете слушать музыку, когда занимаетесь спортом, катаетесь на …
Thaddeus Arroyo, president of technology development at AT&T, believes IT leaders must show their organizations how technology will transform both how they do business and how they engage with customers. AT&T “Today’s technology thought leaders,” he says, “are guiding and informing business strategy, not just enabling it.” That kind of …
Yesterday, Swedish cops ripped The Pirate Bay off the net. Today, a few proxies are still around, but the official back-end is still MIA. But while “IP enforcement” groups play Whac-A-Mole, the real criminals aren’t inconvenienced in the slightest. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers fire up their VPNs. <!– Not to …
This company buys a small vendor that’s been providing some business services, and the buyer is pretty sure all the due diligence is done, according to a pilot fish there. “Prior to the purchase, we had been to the vendor’s facility periodically and thought we knew what we needed to,” …
An Israeli security firm has found a security flaw in Alibaba Group’s international marketplace that could have wreaked havoc for the scores of merchants on the site. AliExpress is a growing English language e-commerce site from the Chinese company that serves various foreign markets including the U.S., Russia and Brazil. …
Sports fans of the future might enter stadiums simply by waving a hand over a vein scanner, if new technology from Hitachi is any guide. Users could simply hold their fingers over a “walkthrough-style” scanner to gain entry to sports stadiums, convention centers or other large venues almost instantly, according …
Компания Toshiba официально анонсировала планшетный компьютер Shared Board (TT301), ориентированный на корпоративных пользователей. Устройство не похоже на обычный планшет, так как по своим размерам он больше напоминает монитор или телевизор. Тем не менее, Toshiba Shared Board позиционируется именно, как планшетный компьютер, в комплектацию которого входит 24-дюймовый дисплей с разрешением 1920 x 1080 точек. Также основные спецификации включают …
Корпорация Microsoft продолжает получать отзывы участников программы Windows Insider, периодически представляя новые сборки системы. В этом году их уже не будет, а на конец января запланирован релиз предварительной версии Consumer Preview с нацеленными на обычных (не корпоративных) пользователей функциями. Разработчики Microsoft дали возможность одним нажатием на кнопку обновлять систему до последней версии, и в …
Intel is bringing all its assets to bear on the Internet of Things, a hot topic for nearly all IT vendors but one that’s especially critical to big chip makers. While Intel would like to see its low-power chips used in sensors, wearables and other hardware that will ship in …
The district attorney’s offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles have filed consumer protection and unlawful business lawsuits against Uber, while announcing a settlement on similar charges with Lyft. The move follows an ultimatum of legal action to both companies in September by the DAs, who claimed Uber and Lyft …
Swedish police raided a data center in Stockholm on Tuesday, seizing computers and forcing The Pirate Bay website offline. The site hosts links to thousands of movies, TV shows and songs, much of it shared illegally, and its operators have had several run-ins with the law. Tuesday’s raid comes a …
Государственная автоинспекция Украины проведёт в украинской столице эксперимент по уплате штрафов через мобильные терминалы. …
Британские ИТ-специалисты считают, что их страна не готова противостоять новым кибеугрозам. …