Today we live in an extremely hybrid IT world due to a number of macro-level factors including the maturity of the IT industry and the Consumerization of IT over the past decade. Much like the automotive industry where the first hybrid car was actually built in 1899, hybrid IT is …
Результаты поисковой выдачи выражают мнение Google относительно того, какие web-сайты будут более полезными для пользователя в ответ на его запрос. …
Some fairly large Internet services are pressing into production Facebook’s open-source PHP runtime engine after being impressed with the performance metrics for the alternative to the ubiquitous open-source PHP package used across the Web. WordPress hosting site WP Engine has found that the Facebook HipHip Virtual Machine (HHVM) executes PHP …
Intel plans to ship 3D NAND flash chips next year that will allow it to cram more bits into solid-state storage. Its 3D NAND will have twice the density of competing products on the market now, Intel claims. Samsung, a key rival, is already on its second generation of SSDs …
Multiple nation-states are investing in their capabilities to hack critical U.S. infrastructure, making defense of those networks a top priority, U.S. National Security Agency chief Admiral Mike Rogers said Thursday. Attackers are seeking detailed information on how industrial control systems work, including obtaining engineering schematics and information on how such …
AT&T has agreed to pay $23.8 million to resolve allegations by the state of California that it illegally disposed of hazardous waste, including electronics, batteries and aerosol cans, by throwing it into dumpsters. In addition, the company will spend an estimated $28 million over the next five years to implement …
Ценители звука, а особенно те, кто умеют обращаться с микрофонами и прочей аудио-аппарату смогут оценить новый беспроводной микрофон, спроецированный и созданный компанией Mikme Audio для того, чтобы пользователь мог произвести запись в удобное для него время в любом месте. Микрофон Mikme способен делать удаленную запись на смартфон или прочий девайс, который оснащен …
Издание Financial Times сообщает, что компания Facebook создает офисную версию социальной сети под названием «Facebook at Work». Работа ведется в режиме секретности. Новая сеть выступит конкурентом уже существующим сервисам Google, Microsoft и LinkedIn. Продукт, над которым работает компания, позволит пользователям общаться с коллегами, устанавливать деловые контакты и командно работать над общими …
Производитель стекла для смартфонов Corning анонсировала свою последнюю разработку – Gorilla Glass 4, и как сообщает компания их последнее стекло намного прочнее предыдущих версий. Как сообщает Corning, новое стекло Gorilla Glass 4 минимум в два раза прочнее своих альтернатив, и более устойчиво к обычным падениям мобильных устройств. “Яблочная” и прочие производители …
Always be learning Big data, open source software, security — these are some of the IT skills most in demand today and for the near future. Fortunately, free classes, in the form of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), are available to help you keep pace with these and many other …
Webcam hacking is in the news and it’s bad stuff. But… haven’t people been circumventing webcam security using default passwords for years now? And how could anyone forget recent news about the NSA (and other intelligence agencies) hacking webcams? Add a few Russians to this mix of creepy characters then …
As you probably know by now, Barack Hussain Obama II is going it alone on immigration policy. But what about the H-1B issue? Looks like the tech-worker visa backlog problem still can’t be fixed. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers greet gridlock in DC. <!– Not to mention: XXXXXXXXXXXX… –> Your humble …
Welcome to the age of containerization, where an ecosystem led by startup Docker is leading IT organizations to ineffable peaks of efficiency, helping them scale their workloads ever-higher, and probably baking them a nice cake to boot (it’s my birthday, I have cake on the brain, sue me). Microsoft, Google and …
U.S. consumers have eschewed in-store mobile payments for years, but Apple Pay is making headway in that area just a month after the service launched Oct. 20. Apple Pay’s early success aside, the question remains over how sticky the use of mobile payments will be among smartphone and tablet users. …
Pilot fish is hired by this company to develop a simple database system to track clients and match them with doctors. “The system itself was finished fairly quickly, and I was asked to write a training manual,” says fish. “The company was willing to keep me on and the pay …
Компания OSZ Storage Solutions, которая сейчас является частью Toshiba, недавно анонсировала и объявила о доступности своего нового твердотельного накопителя Vertex 460A SATA III SSD. Опираясь в значительной степени на том же дизайне, что и Vertex 460, имея практически те же функции и спецификации, новый Vertex 460A использует тот же контроллер Barefoot M15, но заменяет …
Novel molecules could help flash memory move beyond its storage limits, allowing for massive amounts of data to be recorded in small spaces, according to European scientists. Metal-oxide clusters that can retain electrical charge and act as RAM could form a new basis for data cells used in flash memory, …
Google has agreed to settle a patent lawsuit brought by Rockstar, a patent company that had earlier acquired a trove of patents from Nortel Networks. In a filing in a Texas federal court, Rockstar said a binding term sheet had been executed that “settles, in principle, all matters in controversy …
Multiple nation-states are investing in their capabilities to hack critical U.S. infrastructure, making defense of those networks a top priority, U.S. National Security Agency chief Admiral Mike Rogers said Thursday. Attackers are seeking detailed information on how industrial control systems work, including obtaining engineering schematics and information on how such …
Intel plans to ship 3D NAND flash chips next year that will allow it to cram more bits into solid-state storage. Its 3D NAND will have twice the density of competing products on the market now, Intel claims. Samsung, a key rival, is already on its second generation of SSDs …
Government officials in the U.S. and the UK are warning people to secure their webcams after websites that broadcast the contents of those cameras have sprung up online. One of the better-known sites, Insecam, appeared to have gone offline after the warnings Thursday, but at least one site that publishes …
Would you trade ads for a monthly payment? Google wants users to rethink the way their favorite websites are funded. The company on Thursday launched a beta program called Contributor by Google. With a handful of participating websites, the program is focused on enabling people to make a monthly contribution …
Intel is shrinking PCs to thumb-sized “compute sticks” that will be out next year. The stick will plug into the back of a smart TV or monitor “and bring intelligence to that,” said Kirk Skaugen, senior vice president and general manager of the PC Client Group at Intel, during the …
Savvy companies are shopping for talent in what is arguably the best place to find it — their competition. As the talent war heats up, poaching tech professionals is becoming increasingly common. Here’s how it’s done and how to stop it. (cio.com) To read this article in full or to …
Microsoft today updated the Office app for Android smartphones, adding support for Dropbox and further integration with the company’s own OneDrive cloud storage service. The update to Office Mobile — the name of the all-in-one app that includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint — was promised two weeks ago when Microsoft …
Researchers are working on technology that could be shipped to West Africa to help fight the Ebola outbreak as soon as a few months from now, while also looking ahead to bigger plans to combat any disease outbreak. “Absolutely. This is something we can do,” said Robin Murphy, a professor …