Apple is wading into uncertain territory with its smartwatch, which is an entirely new product category for the company and one that doesn’t seem immediately necessary for most people to buy. Though the same could be said of pretty much any tech gadget, the Apple Watch’s high price point—some models …
Document access and sharing represent the bulk of enterprise collaboration using Microsoft tools, according to a new report from harmon.ie, a company that makes software to combine Microsoft’s cloud and social utilities into a single interface. Online and offline access to private or shared documents represents 81 percent of all …
The final version of Windows 10 isn’t even available yet, but talk of what comes next is already popping up. Microsoft reportedly has two major updates to Windows 10 slated for 2016 that will parallel the release schedule for Windows 10 this year. Codenamed “Redstone”—a nod to Minecraft, which Microsoft now …
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s logging of international phone calls made from the U.S. was illegal, advocacy group Human Rights Watch has alleged in a lawsuit filed late Tuesday. The DEA and the U.S. Department of Justice ran the secret snooping program for decades without judicial oversight, logging “virtually all …
Think about the last time you were in a foreign country and didn’t speak the native language. It’s exhausting and frustrating to not be able to express even the simplest of ideas without resorting to excessive hand-waving or Englishification. Complex thoughts are usually deconstructed into simple caveman-esque noun + verb …
A German data protection authority has ordered Google to change how it handles users’ private data in the country by the end of the year. The administrative order was issued on Wednesday by the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Johannes Caspar, in order to force Google …
Microsoft has seeded most consumer Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs with an automatic update that will pitch the free Windows 10 upgrade to customers. According to Myce.com, a March 27 non-security update aimed at Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows 8.1 Update — the latter, the April …
In Silicon Valley, the recruiting game is extremely competitive, according to Ron Harrison, founder of Jivaro Professional Headhunters, a specialist in placing technology candidates. In some cases, Harrison said the difference between getting nothing and a US$30,000 fee has come down to the few slim minutes between when one recruiter …
E-book subscription service Oyster has opened an online book store, a move that pits the young company against heavyweight Amazon. Oyster’s ebook store has the support of the top five publishers in the U.S. While Amazon also offers books from these publishers—Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House and Simon & …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Oregon-based FLIR Systems Inc. with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by financing what an employee termed a “world tour” of personal travel for government officials in the Middle East who played key roles in decisions to purchase FLIR products. FLIR earned …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Gregg E. Berman, Associate Director of the Office of Analytics and Research in the Division of Trading and Markets, is leaving the agency later this month. The Office of Analytics and Research, established in 2012, conducts quantitative research and data analysis to …
A caching plugin currently used by over one million WordPress sites was susceptible to a cross-site scripting (XXS) vulnerability that could allow an attacker to inject a backdoor or add a new administrator. If you use the WP Super Cache plugin, then make sure it is updated to the newest …
Компания Samsung продолжает работать над усовершенствованием возможностей гибких дисплеев. Недавно в Бюро по патентам и торговым маркам США (USPTO) появился новый патент южнокорейского гиганта, где упоминается смартфон способный превратиться в “умный” браслет или “умные” часы. На эскизе изображен аппарат с гибким OLED-дисплеем и подвижной рамкой из отдельных небольших секций, позволяющих ему “обвиться” вокруг запястья владельца и трансформироваться в некое подобие смарт-браслета. Выполненная Samsung …
By using more spectrum and developing new ways to send multiple channels of data at the same time, researchers at Bell Labs are working to increase bandwidths over fiber, copper and the air. Alcatel-Lucent’s Bell Labs celebrated its Nobel Laureates and gave a sneak peek at some of the projects …
Chief information security officers should be regarded as a supporter of business growth and innovation rather than a bottleneck, according to Wells Fargo CISO Rich Baich. Speaking to ComputerworldUK about the role of the CISO at Palo Alto Network’s 2015 Ignite conference last week, Baich said that security teams can …
The past few years have seen a meteoric rise in the breadth and scope of small-business NAS, and while the top names in this space may have brought the core disciplines of NAS and even SAN to maturity, they continue to add features to their hardware. The latest from QNAP …
A large number of ads distributed by a Google advertising partner redirected users to Web-based exploits that attempted to install malware on their computers. Security researchers from Dutch security firm Fox-IT observed the malvertising campaign Tuesday, when ads coming through a Google partner in Bulgaria called Engage Lab started redirecting …
Kobo анонсировала свой последнюю электронную книгу, получившая название Kobo Glo HD. Новый ридер обладает 6-дюймовым дисплеем оборудованный технологией электронных чернил eInk и разрешением 1448 × 1072 точек, плотностью 300 пикселей на дюйм, поддерживающий до 6 касаний управления одновременно. “Читалка” Kobo Glo HD появится в продаже 1 мая на территории Австралии и Новой Зеландии, чуть позже во Франции …
LG Electronics is recruiting an army of social media users to test and talk up the company’s new G4 smartphone ahead of its official launch on April 28. By offering 4,000 people a G4 for 30 days, the company hopes to create some buzz around its new device as flagship …
Перед официальным анонсированием засветились характеристики смартфона Huawei P8. Если верить авторитетному источнику, а им является Министерство промышленности и информационных технологий Китая, новый флагманский аппарат Huawei P8 будет построен на аппаратной платформе HiSilicon Kirin 930, тогда как все предыдущие слухи твердили об использовании в нем более продвинутого процессора Kirin 935 с мощным графическим чипом и увеличенной тактовой частотой вычислительных …
Кафедра вычислительной техники Мичиганского университета объявила о готовности к производству самого маленького в мире компьютера — Michigan Micro Mote (M^3), размером всего один кубический миллиметр. В настоящее время разработчики ведут переговоры с компаниями, проявляющими интерес к устройству, сообщает CBS News. …
Бюрократия в той или иной форме проявления является больным местом управляющих органов многих стран мира. Она не только тормозит развитие самих стран, но попутно успевает портить жизнь обычным гражданам. …
Software development is moving beyond the desktop computer. With this in mind, Embarcadero has strengthened its flagship Windows RAD Studio IDE (integrated development environment) to better help build mobile apps and software for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. “Today’s Windows developer is really a multi-platform developer,” said John Thomas, Embarcadero’s …
Ученые Стэнфордского университета создали портативный аккумулятор, который заряжается всего за одну минуту. Новинка использует алюминий-ионные ячейки, которые дешевле Li-Ion. Они не воспламеняются и не взорвутся, даже если пользователь случайно или намеренно их повредит. …
Back in 2010 there was a round of widespread speculation that Oracle was about to snap up Informatica, but — like so many such rumors — it never came to pass. Now, Informatica is getting purchased by someone else. On Tuesday the data-integration giant announced that it has accepted a …
Two projects geared to JavaScript compilation, Babel and xto6, are moving forward with the goal of helping developers navigate next-generation capabilities. Version 5.0 of the Babel compiler, made available last week, includes ECMAScript 7 proposals like decorators, for annotating classes and properties at design time; class properties; and additional export-from statements. …