Ранее мы писали, что социальная сеть ВКонтакте планирует покорить китайских пользователей, однако в офисе компании эту информацию опроверг пресс-секретарь компании Гергий Лобушкин. Несколько дней назад многие СМИ, среди которых оказался и наш техноблог, писали, что ВК хочет создать свой филиал в КНР. Источником данной информации стала китайская газета China Daily. Издание, ссылаясь на …
Many people running Windows XP and Server 2003 are experiencing a bug where Windows and/or Microsoft Update fail with error code 0x80248015 before checking for new updates. I wrote about this last time and now have additional information and a better work-around. The last time I suggested a fix that …
In time for the holiday shopping season, Microsoft has refined how Office 365 handles bulk promotional emails from vendors like Amazon, eBay and Macy’s. Those messages, which contain special offers, newsletters and other sales incentives, fall into a gray area between legitimate email and obvious spam. Depending on a variety …
via IndieGoGo, Jolla The Jolla Tablet, an open-source device that promises privacy, ease of use and comparable hardware to late-model Android tablets and iPads, has demolished its funding goals on IndieGoGo in just the first few days of its campaign. The project page shows a little over $1.2 million raised …
After Symantec blew the lid on Regin on Sunday, computer security experts and companies are revealing information that has lead to suspicions that the U.S. and U.K. are involved. Regin has been known about for years by security companies, but Symantec’s white paper on the malware prompted several in the …
Regin, a complex and stealthy piece of espionage malware, steals passwords, logs keystrokes and can read, write, move and copy files, among other malicious activity, and has stunned the Symantec researchers that detailed it in a report. “In the world of malware threats, only a few rare examples can truly …
Internet of Things deployment in the enterprise has increased 333% since 2012, according to research from an Internet of Things company. Zebra Technologies, a maker of marking and printing products using RFID and real-time location services, says a study it commissioned and conducted by Forrester Research found that IoT deployment …
Slack, whose chat app aims to help workers get stuff done, might now have them running scared, knowing the boss could access their chats. The company’s upcoming paid Plus plan will include an optional feature called Compliance Exports, announced Monday, which will let administrators access their team’s communications, encompassing public …
To get employees more involved in securing their Apps accounts, Google has tried to simplify how they monitor log-in activity and configure security settings. It’s key for Apps users to get more engaged in this manner, because that way they complement the efforts of their company’s IT department and of …
After Symantec blew the lid on Regin on Sunday, computer security experts and companies are revealing information that has lead to suspicions that the U.S. and U.K. are involved. Regin has been known about for years by security companies, but Symantec’s white paper on the malware prompted several in the …
Like some of its major competitors, would Amazon Web ever offer an on-premises private cloud management software? AWS Vice President of Marketing Ariel Kelman wouldn’t rule it out – “never say never” he said – but he added that company executives have discussed doing it, but it just doesn’t fit …
With the holiday shopping season coming up, and crooks lining up to take advantage of the stress and confusion, this is a good time for merchants to review their payment security procedures. Here are the areas where the most merchants have vulnerability gap, according to a report published earlier this …
Google will offer a basic version of its broadband service for no monthly charge when it launches soon in Austin, Texas, with the 1Gbps service priced at $70 per month. The basic plan will provide download speeds of up to 5Mbps (megabits per second) and upload speeds of 1Mbps, according …
Google will offer a basic version of its broadband service for no monthly charge when it launches soon in Austin, Texas, with the 1Gbps service priced at $70 per month. The basic plan will provide download speeds of up to 5Mbps (megabits per second) and upload speeds of 1Mbps, according …
In time for the holiday shopping season, Microsoft has refined how Office 365 handles bulk promotional emails from vendors like Amazon, eBay and Macy’s. Those messages, which contain special offers, newsletters and other sales incentives, fall into a gray area between legitimate email and obvious spam. Depending on a variety …
LED-светодиоды уже получили распространение для комнатного освещения. Теперь они открывают новый путь — для подключения мобильных устройств к Интернету с потенциалом куда более широкой полосы пропускания и быстрого времени отклика, нежели Wi-Fi. По крайней мере, на это надеются исследователи, в том числе Харальд Хаас из Университета Эдинбурга. …
Корейская LG твердо намерена опередить А-бренды и первой среди них выпустить обновление до Android 5.0 Lollipop. …
Things are out of whack at Samsung and a number of fairly drastic changes are in store. Start with the company’s crown jewel, the Galaxy S5 smartphone: Samsung sold 40% fewer Galaxy S5 smartphones than expected, leaving the phones piled up in warehouses, according to the Wall Street Journal. Sales …
Forget typing in passwords, Intel wants you to use your body to log into email and online bank accounts. McAfee software that will use biometric technology to authenticate users will be available for download by the end of the year, said Kirk Skaugen, senior vice president and general manager of …
A federal court gave a green light last week to a lawsuit by a union and IT workers challenging a student visa work program, known as Optional Practical Training (OPT). The court denied a U.S. government motion to dismiss the case brought by the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers, or …
Для полного устранения последствий атаки потребовалось глобальное изменение настроек DNS. …
The U.S. National Security Agency’s surveillance programs are legal and under close scrutiny by other parts of the government, the agency’s internal privacy watchdog said Monday in an online Q&A. NSA surveillance and data collection programs conform to the U.S. Constitution, Rebecca Richards, the agency’s first civil liberties and privacy …
Slack, whose chat app aims to help workers get stuff done, might now have them running scared, knowing the boss could access their chats. The company’s upcoming paid Plus plan will include an optional feature called Compliance Exports, announced Monday, which will let administrators access their team’s communications, encompassing public …
Компания Yahoo! продолжает укреплять свои позиции на интернет-рынке за счет приобретений. Новым объектом для поглощения американским гигантом стала фирма Cooliris, занимающаяся разработкой мобильного программного обеспечения. …
Прошло уже два года с того момента, как Google выпустила игру дополненной реальности Ingress. Студия Niantic Labs, которая отвечает за разработку Ingress, уверяет, что она хотела создать не просто игру, а построить ещё один мир поверх нашего. Ingress насчитывает миллионы поклонников по всему миру, и в честь второго дня рождения …
How to install Ubuntu on a Chromebook In today’s open source roundup: Use Crouton to run Ubuntu on your Chromebook. Plus: The Register reviews Linux Mint 17.1, and part two of how to run Linux on Android devices How to run Ubuntu on your Chromebook Chromebooks are red-hot right now …