A Chinese Internet administrator blasted Google on Thursday, after the U.S. search giant decided to stop recognizing digital certificates issued by the group following a security lapse. “The decision that Google has made is unacceptable and unintelligible,” China’s Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) said in an online posting. Google’s decision …
Let this serve as a lesson: Looks can be deceiving. Samsung has introduced two new phones in its Galaxy line, and it’s interesting to compare the two. Samsung’s Galaxy S6 is a gorgeous phone that’s both beautiful and brimming with top-notch technology. It really is an impressive device. The Galaxy …
I never thought I’d say this, but here we go: Samsung is about to release a beautifully designed phone. It’s true: The company long criticized for chintzy devices with cheap-looking plastics has finally upped its game. The Galaxy S6, launching on all the major U.S. carriers on April 10, is …
This big insurance company always has multiple big software projects going at the same time, reports a pilot fish working there as an on-site software contractor. “I was on one project, and the woman across the aisle from me was on another,” fish says. “I knew from talking with her …
After a hiatus of eleven years, the EU is reportedly set to take a huge, powerful, American technology company to court for alleged antitrust violations. Microsoft again? Nope. This time the apple (not yet, anyway) of the EU’s antitrust eye is trained firmly on Google. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers feel …
There’s really no excuse. Not one good reason why any app used for any purpose should be ugly or foolishly complex. Think Think about it: if you encounter a desktop, mobile or online app that doesn’t seem to express its usage to you when you first take a look at …
The dispute between U.S. states and RadioShack over the sale of customer information continues, with the state of Texas requesting a bankruptcy court to ask RadioShack to specify in any motion for sale what information would be included and the number of people likely to be affected. Texas Attorney General …
The dispute between U.S. states and RadioShack over the sale of customer information continues, with the state of Texas requesting a bankruptcy court to ask RadioShack to specify in any motion for sale what information would be included and the number of people likely to be affected. Texas Attorney General …
Ноутбуки на базе операционной системы Chrome OS заняли свою нишу среди прочих портативных компьютеров, особенно они популярны стали в образовательных целях. Компания Acer решила выпустить на Chrome OS устройства в других форм-факторах: Chromebox и Chromebase. Chromebase – это компьютер-все-одном, выполненный стиле Моноблока. 21.5-дюймовый сенсорный Full HD дисплей получил разрешение 1920 на 1080 точек и поддерживает …
Salesforce.com has acquired Toopher, the developer of a mobile two-factor authentication app that uses location-awareness. Toopher in Austin, Texas, said on its website that it will no longer sell its current products, but is “thrilled to join Salesforce, where we’ll work on delivering the Toopher vision on a much larger …
Salesforce.com has acquired Toopher, the developer of a mobile two-factor authentication app that uses location-awareness. Toopher in Austin, Texas, said on its website that it will no longer sell its current products, but is “thrilled to join Salesforce, where we’ll work on delivering the Toopher vision on a much larger …
The unique attack method used to disrupt the code-sharing site GitHub over the last week could have been prevented if more websites enabled encryption, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said Wednesday. The attack against GitHub was enabled by someone tampering with regular website traffic to unrelated Chinese websites, all of …
The unique attack method used to disrupt the code-sharing site GitHub over the last week could have been prevented if more websites enabled encryption, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said Wednesday. The attack against GitHub was enabled by someone tampering with regular website traffic to unrelated Chinese websites, all of …
That two law enforcement agents allegedly stole Bitcoins while investigating the Silk Road underground marketplace indicates fundamental flaws in the government’s February conviction of Ross Ulbricht as the mastermind of the operation, Ulbricht’s lawyer asserted Wednesday. “The government’s considerable efforts at keeping this monumental scandal from being aired at Ross …
Переход торговли, финансовых сервисов и других услуг в онлайн-пространство провоцирует создание новых способов идентификации личности в сети. Вместо традиционных паспортов, водительских прав, или именных платежных карт специалисты предлагают использовать профили в социальных сетях. …
Про це пише Business Insider з посиланням на інтерв’ю колишнього працівника Центру. …
Windows 7 last month powered nearly two-thirds of all personal computers running a version of Microsoft’s OS, according to an analytics company. Net Applications’ monthly user share tracking — an estimate of the percentage of all systems that rely on a specific operating system — pegged Windows 7 at 63.7% …
Смартфон удивительная штука. Если ничего с ним не делать, он может держать заряд хоть неделю, хоть месяц. Но в большинстве случаев батареи в нем едва хватает на сутки. Тем не менее, существуют способы снизить потребление энергии и тем самым продлить время автономной работы смартфона. …
The Apple Watch supports Apple Pay, but it’s unlikely that the smartwatch, coming April 24, will significantly boost the number of mobile payments made by U.S. customers. “Apple Watch will mostly overlap with the same people” using Apple Pay on iPhones, said Leon Majors, senior vice president of Phoenix Marketing …
North Carolina is considering “religious objection” legislation similar to Indiana, a move that could raise the stakes for the tech industry firms battling these laws. North Carolina is a major technology center and home to one of the leading research areas in the United States. The Research Triangle Park just …
Как и другие представители мобильной индустрии, компания Microsoft решила не оставаться в стороне от первоапрельского веселья. Австралийское подразделение софтверного гиганта разместило в Twitter-аккаунте изображение неких таинственных часов. …
An enterprise mobility partnership between Apple and IBM has yielded more iPhone and iPad apps, including the first ones for the health care industry and industrial production management. Under an agreement announced last July, the two companies develop enterprises mobile apps together, and IBM sells and supports Apple hardware. The …
Команда CD Projekt поделилась хорошими новостями с обладателями не совсем передовых персональных компьютеров. По словам разработчиков The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, опробовать заключительную часть серии Ведьмака смогут даже обладатели относительно слабых компьютеров. …
Do you want a Raspberry Pi 2 laptop? A new hardware kit coming from Pi-Top will help you build one at home in a matter of minutes. The popular US$35 Raspberry Pi 2 is an uncased computer that is already being used in drones, robots, gadgets, tablets and even desktops. …
В базах данных сертификации беспроводного оборудования Bluetooth и Wi-Fi появилась информация о новой модели портативной игровой консоли Shield, которую в скором времени может представить компания NVIDIA. …
Facebook has released a new app for making videos that it thinks can win over the competition by allowing collaboration among friends. The company on Wednesday released Riff, a mobile app that lets people create short videos and then share them with friends. A video creation and sharing app alone …