It seems incredible to believe that of all the people on the planet, Stephen Hawking’s communication system has never used the sort of predictive typing found in modern smartphones, or even a backspace key. Now it does, via a partnership between Intel and Swiftkey. Hawking, who suffers from an advanced …
Microsoft’s Windows 10 is still in testing, but hardware makers can’t wait for the day the OS replaces the controversial Windows 8. Millions of PCs are aging, and those who have resisted Windows 8 will likely upgrade to computers with Windows 10. The initial reception to a test version of …
Why, Hello there The fact that modern browsers update silently and often occasionally takes some of the savor out of a new release. Rapid releases mean new features are deployed in a dribble, rather than in bursts. With Firefox 34, however, Mozilla has bucked the trend, giving us a swath …
Industrial control systems have been at the center of some scary security stories recently, but investigating malware infections in such environments is not easy because analysts often having a hard time telling suspicious and good files apart. Security researchers have identified two malware campaigns this year that targeted SCADA (supervisory …
More than half of employees across the global bring a mobile device to work, but practices vary widely from country to country in terms of ownership and adoption. Surprisingly, some tech-loving countries are lagging behind. (cio.com) To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here …
Capriza has long offered a drag-and-drop tool for porting Web apps from desktops to smartphones, and now is extending it to work with tablets. The growing popularity of smartphones and tablets has put pressure on CIOs to let users access existing apps from those devices. While Web technologies offer the …
There’s a standard in the works for Ethernet gear to feed faster Wi-Fi access points, but with rival industry groups pushing two different specifications, it might take a while to finish. Wi-Fi is getting fast enough that Gigabit Ethernet can’t keep up with the most advanced access points, which use …
The Django REST framework, a toolkit for building Web APIs to back-end services, is undergoing a series of upgrades covering under-the-hood capabilities as well as developer and user features. Version 3.0, released Monday, fixes issues that were “a bit gnarly” and is a less user-facing release, Tom Christie, primary maintainer …
Storage predictions for 2015: The future looks bright! In 2015, infrastructure convergence will become the standard and the new norm in data centers. IT vendors have been hyping “Hyper-converged” solutions as the focus of their value proposition for reducing costs and simplifying IT roll-outs as they provide you with modular …
Los Angeles: City of Angels. But yesterday, LA could have easily been known as “City investigated by the FBI because of suspicions involving bidding irregularities for iPads purchased as part of the Unified School District’s (LAUSD) Common Core Technology Project.” In IT Blogwatch, bloggers turn on their tablets and take …
It’s the early 1980s, and this pilot fish is working at a TV station as an electrical engineer. “The TV antenna was outside the station in the parking lot, and whenever there was a thunderstorm — and we got a lot during the summer — the antenna would get struck …
The Django REST framework, a toolkit for building Web APIs to back-end services, is undergoing a series of upgrades covering under-the-hood capabilities as well as developer and user features. Version 3.0, released Monday, fixes issues that were “a bit gnarly” and is a less user-facing release, Tom Christie, primary maintainer …
Looking around at how things are done at my new company, it’s pretty easy for me to find security problems lurking virtually everywhere. Trouble Ticket At Issue: Starting a new job where you’re in charge of security can be overwhelming — you see problems everywhere. Action Plan: Settle on the …
After quizzing Uber on its data collection practices, U.S. Senator Al Franken now wants rival Lyft to explain its privacy policies. The questions being raised about the handling of customer data by Uber and Lyft are the latest in a string of problems smartphone apps based ride-hailing companies face as …
Someone thought touchscreen notebooks were a good idea. Someone also thought Windows 8 was a good idea. Both arrived on the market at the same time. Now both are about to disappear at roughly the same time. Windows 10 is making its way to the market early next year, and …
Netflix is pushing for a level Internet playing field while apparently looking for ways to give its own video a fast lane, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai says. In a letter to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on Tuesday, Pai questioned how Netflix could advocate strong net neutrality regulations while rebuffing an …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the owner of several now-defunct investment entities with fraudulently selling shares of stock that he claimed to own when he had actually purchased them for others a few years before. The SEC alleges that Vinay Kumar Nevatia, who used several aliases while living …
Компания HTC в ближайшем будущем планирует обновить смартфоны HTC One M7 и M8 Google Edition до операционной системы Android 5.0 Lollipop. Этим новости, касающиеся мобильников компании не ограничиваются; также она готовится в 2015 году показать новый флагман, и один из китайских веб-сайтов поделился сведениями о его характеристиках и возможностях. Ресурс MyDrivers пишет о чипе Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 с …
Всего через два года виртуальная реальность кардинально изменит рынок игр, говорит руководитель подразделения компании Sony, занимающегося продажей PlayStation в США, Канаде и Латинской Америке. Эта японская компания по производству электроники готовится со своим шлемом виртуальной реальности Project Morpheus конкурировать с продуктом Oculus Rift от Facebook. …
В конце октября компания Oppo представила смартфон R5, толщина которого составляет всего 4,85 мм, что стало мировым рекордом. …
В четвертьфинале крупного турнира Dreamhack по Counter-Strike: Global Offensive с призовым фондом $250 000 шведская команда Fnatic встречалась с французской командой LDLC. В определённый момент времени шведы начали использовать новый хитрый приём против соперника — и благодаря этому одержали фантастическую победу. …
От владельцев iPhone 6 и iPhone 6 Plus с самого начала продаж поступали негативные отзывы и недовольства в адрес Apple. Жалобы коснулись и фирменных кожаных чехлов для новых смартфонов. …
Популярная в среде компьютерных энтузиастов и образцовая по целому ряду качеств криптовалюта Bitcoin, похоже, пока неспособна справиться со своей главной задачей — обеспечить анонимность транзакций между пользователями. …
Oppo R5, который в течение недели носил звание «самого тонкого в мире смартфона», прошел предварительные тесты на производительность. Испытания новинке устроил ресурс CNbeta.com, журналисты которого выяснили, что основным достоинством аппарата является толщина его корпуса, составляющая 4,85 мм: по этому параметру с ним может конкурировать лишь Vivo X5 (4,75 мм). …
Samsung уже довольно долго работает над Tizen-смартфоном, первым аппаратом, который был показан был смартфон Samsung Z, но о массовом производстве, а тем более об его отгрузках, южнокорейский гигант пока не сообщал. Однако, как пишет ресурс Tizen Indonezia, Samsung на специальном мероприятии 10 декабря представит общественности Tizen-смартфон начального уровня, который получил название Samsung Z1 …
Еще в мае мы сообщали о том, что к концу 2014 года LG планирует выпустить преемника изогнутого смартфона G Flex. Тем не менее, рассчитывать на появление в этом году LG G Flex 2 все же не стоит: анонс нового устройства состоится в рамках январской выставки CES 2015. …