Cisco plans to beef up its SDN [software-defined networking] technology by acquiring Embrane, a startup with an architecture for virtualized network appliances. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cisco is already an investor in Embrane, which is based in Santa Clara, California, near Cisco headquarters. The acquisition is expected …
Китайские разработчики из OnePlus выпустили для смартфонов на базе Android 4.3 и выше погодное приложение из грядущей операционной системы OxygenOS. Это значит, что хоть выпуск официальной прошивки OxygenOS немного отсрочили, некоторые её элементы уже готовы для тестирования. …
A wireless charging start-up says it has developed a chipset that easily integrates with mobile devices to allow them to charge from existing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth transmitters. Ossia originally announced its Cota wireless charging technology, in 2013, saying the antenna and chipset could receive power from wireless transmissions up to …
The latest chapter in RadioShack’s bankruptcy drama brings a bit of good news for past customers and current employees. For now, RadioShack has agreed not to auction off its trove of more than 65 million customer names and mailing addresses and 13 million email addresses, the Dallas Business Journal reports. …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the owner and chief executive of a North Carolina business with defrauding a publicly-traded telecommunications company and its shareholders during and after its acquisition of his business. The executive, Timothy Scronce, agreed to settle the charges against him without admitting or denying the …
If every business is now a software business, as the saying goes, then many companies might benefit by automating their routines for creating and updating the software that keeps them in business. A new product from the open source configuration management software provider Chef, called Chef Delivery, is designed to …
На днях мы сообщали, что Samsung планирует использовать в некоторых мобильных устройствах технологию биометрической идентификации Iris on the Move (IOM), предусматривающую сканирование радужной оболочки глаза. Соответствующую аппаратную платформу предоставит фирма SRI International. Теперь стало известно, что Samsung рассматривает и другие средства биометрической проверки личности пользователей. …
Корпорация Microsoft представила новые приложения “Музыка” и “Видео” для персональных компьютеров под управлением готовящейся к релизу операционной системы Windows 10. Компания полностью ушла от использования бренда Xbox в этих приложениях, делая акцент на том, что они предназначены для всех устройств под управлением Windows. Пользователи тестовой версии Windows 10 Technical Preview …
Смартфон Samsung Galaxy Alpha появился на рынке в конце прошлого года и в отличие от большинства премиальных устройств южнокорейской компании до сих пор не получил обновление до Android 5.0 Lollipop. …
U.S. President Barack Obama has signed an executive order authorizing the U.S. government to impose sanctions on people, organizations and governments that partake in “malicious cyber-enabled activities” that harm the country. “The same technologies that help keep our military strong are used by hackers in China and Russia to target …
После долгих месяцев ожидания Sony всё же начала распространять обновление до Android 5.0 Lollipop для своих мобильных устройств. Стоит отметить, что многие пользователи всё же не совсем радостно встретили эту новость, так как японский производитель изначально объявил, что обновление получат только смартфоны и планшеты флагманской линейки Xperia Z, но теперь …
You win some, you lose some. Microsoft this week dropped support for ARM processors from its Surface tablets with the Surface 3, but adoption of the chip architecture in Chromebooks is growing. Chromebooks from little-known companies HiSense and Haier went on sale this week for US$149, and come with an …
Over 100,000 devices have a misconfigured service called multicast DNS that accepts requests from the Internet and can potentially be abused to amplify distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) is a protocol that allows devices on a local network to discover each other and their services. …
Как следует из сообщения на официальном web-сайте Еврокомиссии, организация в очередной раз дополнила свою стратегию использования программного обеспечения с открытым исходным кодом. При этом среди новых положений появился пункт о том, что орган государственной власти обязуется вносить регулярный вклад в развитие этого вида ПО. …
Google yesterday said that 1 in 20 personal computers is infected with what it called an “ad injector” as it previewed a few factoids from research it will publish in just over a month. “More than 5% of people visiting Google sites have at least one ad injector installed,” said …
The number of distributed denial of service attacks using anonymous proxies has increased dramatically over the past year, according to a new research report, as attackers use these proxies to create an instant pseudo-botnet. Ofer Gayer, security researcher at Redwood Shores, CA-based Incapsula Inc., said he first spotted the trend …
It’s a common theme that spans functional areas within the organization: data remains stuck in silos, making it all but impossible for decision-makers to get a glimpse at the big picture. Zeroing in on marketers’ experience of this problem, Oracle on Wednesday rolled out several enhancements to its Marketing Cloud …
Компания Xiaomi, которую часто называют «китайской Apple», выпустила пять продуктов к своему пятилетию, включая новые модели смартфонов, «умные» весы, 4K-телевизор и удлинитель. Все устройства отличаются низкой ценой. …
Microsoft is making more accommodations for developers in both the JavaScript and Visual Studio realms, including promoting the development of “universal experiences.” With a preview of WinJS 4.0 (Windows Library for JavaScript 4.0), Microsoft wants to enable universal experiences, which can run on a range of form factors, including phones, …
U.S. President Barack Obama has signed an executive order authorizing the U.S. government to impose sanctions on people, organizations and governments that partake in “malicious cyber-enabled activities” that harm the country. “The same technologies that help keep our military strong are used by hackers in China and Russia to target …
Palo Alto Networks is introducing a service that tips customers off when it discovers unique or particularly dangerous attacks against their networks, giving them a heads up that perhaps they are the targets of particularly resourceful, dedicated adversaries. Called AutoFocus, the service is an add-on to the company’s existing cloud-based …
Amazon Web Services has made its WorkSpaces virtual desktops less annoying to use with a feature that resumes the previous session after it detects an interruption. Today, if users close a laptop lid or lose the network connection, their session will be interrupted and they may be disconnected and have …
Команда BioWare рассказала о платформах, на которых появится игра Mass Effect 4. В отсутствии официального анонса обладатели PC беспокоились о гуляющих по сети слухах о том, что разработчики отказались от разработки игры на персональных компьютерах. Разработчики поспешили рассказать правду и развеять слухи. …
‘Data-driven transformation’ is a hot topic these days, particularly in marketing, which in most organizations is keenly feeling the pressure of data overload. “The reason the emphasis now is on data-driven is because organizations are struggling with absolutely being overwhelmed by data,” says Dale Renner, CEO and founder of data …
Изначально компания Motorola запустила продажи Moto X второго поколения сразу в нескольких цветовых решениях. …
Uber Technologies needs to operate within existing laws, the European Commission said on Wednesday giving an update about complaints filed by the U.S. taxi hailing company against EU governments. Uber has gotten into trouble in the EU with UberPop, a ride-hailing service in the Uber app that connects passengers with …