In an era of slick gadgets, PCs are the dinosaurs, ensnared in wire clutter, sporting tired 2D cameras and stricken with the occasional blue screen of death. Technology coming up in 2015, though, is set to make PCs more interactive, fun and perhaps nosier than you’d like them to be. …
I actually had been feeling optimistic about Windows 10. No, really. You can look it up. I mean, I didn’t think Windows 10 was the greatest thing since the advent of the Internet, but it did strike me as a solid replacement for the lamentable Windows 8. But that was …
Researchers in the Netherlands are applying quantum physics in an attempt to create fraud-proof credit cards and ID cards. The approach, which they call Quantum-Secure Authentication (QSA), centers on single particles of light, or photons, and their ability to encode data so that attackers cannot determine what the information is. …
Японская компания Sony, как и многие производители готовятся показать в Лас Вегасе на выставке CES 2015 свои новые творения. Такими устройствами станут смартфоны популярной линейки Xperia – Z4 Compact и Z4 Ultra, их характеристики уже появились в сети. Sony Xperia Z4 Compact, построенный на базе процессора Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, получил 4.7-дюймовый дисплей …
With BMW’s Remote Valet Parking Assistant may you never have to set foot in a parking garage again: The car should find a place to park on its own. The feature can be controlled from a smartwatch and will be demonstrated at the International CES trade show in January. Cars …
U.S. Sen. Al Franken isn’t satisfied with Uber Technologies’ response to privacy questions he asked the ride service. The chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law said Uber dodged some of the questions he raised about customer data. “Quite frankly, they did not answer many of …
An Illinois hospital says someone attempted to blackmail it to stop the release of data on some of its patients. Clay County Hospital, a medium-sized hospital chain in the state, received an anonymous email on Nov. 2 that asked for “a substantial payment” to avoid patient data being released. The …
Here it is. A leaked build 9901 of Windows 10. Before next month’s expected consumer preview, we’re able to see where Microsoft is going with the new features. Will it be the Queen of the desktop, or the Rachel Potter of Week 3? [You’re fired -Ed.] In IT Blogwatch, bloggers …
There are 14.7 million reasons to want Apple’s latest iMac — the 14.7 million pixels that make up its stunning 27-in. 5K Retina display. At $2,499, the new iMac isn’t cheap, but its screen makes this desktop a great value — if you can afford it. Though the tech behind …
Last week, the career site Glassdoor released its list of the 50 Best Places to Work in the U.S. in 2015, the latest in a series of annual rankings of companies with at least 1,000 workers based on employee surveys. This year’s list includes 14 technology companies, featuring the company …
The hackers who stole gigabytes of data from Sony Pictures have asked employees of the company to contact them if they don’t want their information to become public. A message posted to the Internet on Sunday in the name of the “GOP,” or “Guardians of Peace” group, made the offer …
Researchers in the Netherlands are applying quantum physics in an attempt to create fraud-proof credit cards and ID cards. The approach, which they call Quantum-Secure Authentication (QSA), centers on single particles of light, or photons, and their ability to encode data so that attackers cannot determine what the information is. …
This telecom sales rep has been selling business phone systems for decades — everything from PBX to VoIP and IVR, with a lot of acronyms in between — but he remembers exactly when his universe changed. “It was the disappearance of the old position of Telecom Manager,” fish says. “Let’s …
U.S. Senator Al Franken isn’t satisfied with Uber Technologies’ response to privacy questions he asked the ride service. The chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law wrote said Uber dodged some of the questions he raised about customer data. “Quite frankly, they did not answer many …
В колонке для TechCrunch основатель стартапа по производству интернет-устройств Cocoon Дэн Конлон рассказал о двух главных минусах «умного» дома. Сотрудники интернет-магазина Madrobots.ru обобщили выводы Конлона, уверенного, что в нынешнем виде интернет вещей нежизнеспособен. Лампы накаливания, замки, термостаты, холодильники, стиральные машины: в течение ближайших десяти лет все устройства в вашем доме свяжутся одним интерфейсом. …
Microsoft has flipped the switch on Skype Translator Preview, bringing nearly real-time translation to invitees on Windows 8.1. Skype Translator lets users have live voice conversations across different languages. When one users speaks, a computerized voice delivers the translation to the other user. A transcription also appears in a sidebar …
В прошлом году Google совместно с LG представила публике следующее поколение Nexus-смартфонов – Nexus 5. Смартфон получился отличным, и даже сейчас, спустя год, он всё еще актуален и вполне сравним с нынешней волной флагманских устройств. Давайте рассмотрим весь период существования смартфона в модельном ряде Google, которая не так давно сообщила …
Толщина некоторых современных смартфонов просто поражает. Взять, например, Oppo R5 или Vivo X5 Max, толщина которых не превышает 5 миллиметров, но при этом они обладают характеристиками относительно мощного устройства. …
Demand for solar power grew 16% year-over-year in 2014, representing 44 billion watts (gigawatts) of capacity purchased during the year. At the same time, China, which in past years had flooded the market with solar panels, did not see growth as strong as had been expected. The growth was mainly …
Families highlighted in this article: Bob Lozano, founder of Appistry, Paylinx; sons Gabe Lozano of Lockerdome and Dominic Lozano of Contegix Susan Elliott, founder of SSE and daughter Elizabeth Niedringhaus, SSE’s current president Deborah Estrin, Cornell professor and founder of Open mHealth; sister Judith Estrin, jLabs, Cisco, Network Computing Devices, …
When connecting to an enterprise-secured network with Android devices, users are prompted with many settings that could be confusing. When connecting with iOS devices—an iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch—users are typically only prompted for their username and password. They can’t edit the advanced 802.1X settings on the device, but there …
From Katrina to Sandy, tornadoes in the plains, flooding in the south and wildfires throughout the west, natural disasters threaten our world with destruction every year. The cost to rebuild and recover is phenomenal, so companies across the globe are investing in disaster recovery solutions to mitigate their losses and …
Правительство Франции заявило о том, что планирует запретить приложение uberPOP после того, как таксисты Парижа объявили о намерении провести массовую забастовку, пишет The Financial Times. …
While the three largest venture capital deals of the year in the technology industry went to consumer-focused startups, most of the other top investments went to companies building products that could reshape the enterprise IT landscape. Final numbers for the amount of venture capital money poured into startups in 2014 …
Even though systems such as Hadoop and Spark can grapple with large amounts of data, their tools for analyzing and parsing this information efficiently and in real-time are still limited. A two-year old Seattle startup called SpaceCurve on Tuesday will release a new database system aimed to speed the process …
В третьем квартале глобальные продажи мобильных телефонов перестали расти, но сегмент смартфонов по-прежнему демонстрирует высокую положительную динамику. Ситуацию со спросом на трубки изучили в исследовательской компании Gartner. …