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Sony Pictures has been hit by a second lawsuit alleging it didn’t do enough to safeguard the personal information of employees that was lost in a major hack in late November. Central to the lawsuit, which was filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, is …
Beats Electronics и Bose уже довольно давно соперничают друг с другом на рынке аудиотехники, однако в ближайшее время схватка двух гигантов может перейти на новый уровень. …
A malware program dubbed Spark that steals payment card data from compromised point-of-sale (POS) systems is likely a modification of an older Trojan called Alina, and highlights a continuing, lucrative business for cybercriminals. Spark steals card data from a compromised system’s RAM (random access memory) when it’s being processed by …
Apple’s past Black Friday deals were never anything major—usually small discounts that covered sales tax and not much else. For last year’s annual shopping holiday, the company moved to free gift cards with purchase, and this year was more of the same. But this past Black Friday, your purchases also …
Компания HTC обещала обновить свои флагманы One и One (M8) до версии Android 5.0 в течение 90 дней с момента получения исходного кода от Google, который был выпущен 3 ноября. Это означает, что 3 февраля является, по сути, крайним сроком для выполнения установленного обязательства. …
A malware program dubbed Spark that steals payment card data from compromised point-of-sale (POS) systems is likely a modification of an older Trojan called Alina, and highlights a continuing, lucrative business for cybercriminals. Spark steals card data from a compromised system’s RAM (random access memory) when it’s being processed by …
Hard to believe, but another year’s almost behind us. And boy, has it been a busy one here in the world of Google mobile products. Between the arrival of Lollipop, the debut of Android Wear, and the launch of about a billion new Android- and Chrome-based devices, we’ve had more …
Индийская компания Micromax выпустила на родной рынок смартфон Yureka, разработанный в тесном сотрудничестве с Cyanogen Inc. …
Samsung намерена использовать технологию LoopPay для распространения собственной системы мгновенных платежей, способной составить конкуренцию Apple Pay. Об этом пишет в среду Re/code. …
Автопроизводитель BMW все больше внимания уделяет интеграции современных технологий в свои автомобили. Новая разработка компании позволит найти свободное место и припарковать автомобиль BMW, а также подогнать его к водителю без какого-либо вмешательства со стороны владельца — система работает со смарт-часами. …
Microsoft has pulled the plug on the browser ballot screen it was forced to display in the aftermath of a threat by the European Union’s antitrust agency five years ago. The browser choice screen had been mandated in 2009 as part of the settlement Microsoft struck with the EU’s Competition …
The Obama administration’s historic move to restore ties between the U.S. and Cuba may eventually put more Cubans online, but the future of the Internet there is likely to depend more on domestic policies than on imported goods and services. As President Obama announced steps to lower barriers between the …
Компания Mojang, ответственная за разработку Minecraft, выпустила новый потенциальный хит. Игра Scrolls наконец вышла из стадии бета-тестирования, ее уже можно приобрести в цифровых магазинах, пишет IGN. …
With Prime Now, Amazon’s customers will be able to have toys and books shipped to their door in one hour or less via a new mobile app. Perfect when you have forgotten that important birthday present. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Amazon is testing using bike …
Компания Micromax анонсировала свой первый смартфон, управляющий CyanogenMod. Аппарат, имя которого Micromax Yureka будет предлагаться в Индии по цене $142 (в эквиваленте). Micromax Yureka работает под управлением операционной системы CyanogenMod версии 11. В оснащении устройства входит 5.5-дюймовый дисплей с разрешением 1280 на 720 точек. “Сердцем” новинки выбран 1.5-Гигагерцовый 64-битный процессор с восемью ядрами …
LG Electronics’ upcoming smart TVs will run an upgraded version of webOS that promises better performance and more customization. The TVs will be launched at the International CES trade show in Las Vegas next month. The improvements on webOS 2.0 include better boot times and faster access to content. For …
An enterprise information governance (IG) program is supposed to help organizations reduce costs and risk while improving access to valuable information, but most mature enterprises find the idea of implementing such a program to be daunting. It doesn’t have to be. By understanding the true value to the enterprise of …
Microsoft has retired the browser choice screen it agreed to show new Windows users in the European Union as part of an antitrust settlement. For five years it showed the screen to new Windows users in a 2009 settlement of an antitrust case in which the European Commission found it …
A coach on your wrist Image by Jawbone, Polar and Shutterstock Nowhere has the current explosion of wearable tech been more evident than in the fitness gadget market. While smartwatches including Android Wear devices and the upcoming Apple Watch may steal the headlines, those products are just emerging. Activity trackers …
And here it is: Android 5.0.1 for your good old Nexus 5. Finally! Merry Christmas: Unwrap your Lollipop update, peasants. As ever, you can wait for ever until your OTA number comes up, or force a sideload of the update, or even download the full factory image (if you don’t …
This IT shop has had system administrator vacancies for a while, and so far no applicants have made it through the phone screening, says a pilot fish on the team. “Management got frustrated and brought someone in for an on-site interview,” fish says. “The IT director, IT manager and team …
How to explain Apple’s 2014 in 33 stats Apple’s had yet another good year. I’ve curated 33 stats to show you how much progress the company made. You might use these tech tidbits at the Christmas table, as pick up lines or to impress Apple using friends. You may even …
A federal judge Wednesday ruled that a two-hour video deposition recorded by former Apple CEO Steve Jobs will not be released to the press and public. Last week a trio of news organizations — the Associated Press, Bloomberg and CNN — had asked U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers …
Cloud service provider Backblaze has published performance and reliability data on two of the industry’s leading 6TB 3.5-in. hard drives from Seagate and Western Digital (WD). The result? Seagate’s Barracuda 6TB desktop hard drive (model STBD6000100) was outperformed by WD’s Red SATA NAS drives (model WD60EFRX). Seagate’s drive also uses a …
Until further notice, Amazon Web Services is the reigning public IaaS cloud leader. But deep-pocketed companies Microsoft and IBM are keeping the pressure on AWS with a flurry of announcements beefing up their clouds to close out the year. IBM, which earlier this year committed to investing $1.2 billion in …