Serious vulnerabilities exist in Google App Engine (GAE), a cloud service for developing and hosting Web applications, a team of security researchers has found. The vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to escape from the Java Virtual Machine security sandbox and execute code on the underlying system, according to researchers from …
Президент США Барак Обама стал первым главой государства, который написал короткую программу на языке JavaScript. При этом не обошлось без казусов: когда Обаму инструктировали, он попросил рассказывать помедленнее, апеллируя к своей старости. …
Electronic Arts выпустила дневники разработчиков мобильной версии градостроительного симулятора SimCity. Мировой релиз проекта состоится этой зимой на платформах iOS и Android. …
TigerText has revamped its enterprise mobile messaging app’s interface and analytics, the latest player making moves to stand out and stay relevant in a crowded, intensely competitive market where consolidation appears imminent. The updated app, also designed to be easier to deploy and manage by IT departments, is intended to …
Work follows millions of people home every night, and Comcast Business wants to take that bittersweet reality to another level. The company’s Ethernet @Home service allows an employer to extend Comcast Ethernet service from corporate facilities to telecommuters’ homes. Instead of logging in to a VPN (virtual private network), employees …
Ride-hailing service Uber has hit yet another legal roadblock, with a Madrid court ordering it to stop all its activities in Spain. The company’s operations in the country were banned at least temporarily by a Madrid commercial court for “unfair competition” and conducting unauthorized services, after a complaint was filed …
Fedora 21 released Fedora has long been one of the top Linux distributions, and now you can download Fedora 21 to install on your computer. ZDNet The official Fedora 21 release announcement has highlights: The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of Fedora 21, ready to run on …
Основатель компании Apple Стив Джобс задолго до того, как приобрели популярность сервисы вроде eBay и Amazon, предсказал бум электронной коммерции. В 1996 году в интервью Wired он заявил, что люди в будущем будут покупать и продавать товары через Интернет. …
A newly discovered malware program designed to infect Linux systems is tied to a sophisticated cyberespionage operation of Russian origin dubbed Epic Turla, security researchers found. The Turla campaign, also known as Snake or Uroburos, was originally uncovered in February, but goes back several years. The massive operation infected computers …
Google удалила из магазина Play Store все приложения для работы с популярным торрент-трекером The Pirate Bay. Компания объяснила разработчикам, что эти программы противоречили политике Google в области защиты интеллектуальной собственности. …
Корпорация Samsung Electronics приступила к продажам очков виртуальной реальности Gear VR. Пока новинка доступна только в США, где стоит 200 долларов. …
A newly discovered malware program designed to infect Linux systems is tied to a sophisticated cyberespionage operation of Russian origin dubbed Epic Turla, security researchers found. The Turla campaign, also known as Snake or Uroburos, was originally uncovered in February, but goes back several years. The massive operation has infected …
Крупнейшая в мире соцсеть Facebook позволила пользователям искать определенные записи их друзей в ленте новостей. Об этом говорится в сообщении Facebook. …
Хотя мы уже знаем, что первая потребительская сборка Windows 10 выйдет в конце января, а финальный вариант мы увидим где-то в конце лета или осенью, до сих пор открытым остается вопрос о параметрах обновления. В частности, пользователи задаются вопросом, смогут ли они обновить Windows 10 Preview до RTM, когда последняя …
46 лет назад, 9 декабря 1968 года, американский изобретатель Дуглас Энгельбарт из Стэнфордского исследовательского института продемонстрировал в работе первую в мире компьютерную мышку. …
В Сети появилась видеозапись, на которой Microsoft демонстрирует работу программы Lumia Camera 5 на Nokia Lumia 830. …
What you need to know to land the job Thanks to strong demand and high median annual wages, more and more people have pursued careers as computer programmers over the past few years. If you are looking to break into the industry (or to move into a new position by …
U.S. demands to seize emails stored on a Microsoft server in Ireland are threatening the privacy of U.S. citizens, Microsoft said in its appeal in an lawsuit that threatens international relations and may violate European privacy laws. Microsoft is battling a U.S. district court ruling to hand over emails to …
After Microsoft’s chief operating officer last week said the company was going to change the Windows business model, analysts tried to figure out exactly what he meant. Those business model modifications, said Microsoft’s Kevin Turner, would be revealed early next year when the company will outline how it plans to …
U.S. demands to seize emails stored on a Microsoft server in Ireland are threatening the privacy of U.S. citizens, Microsoft said in its appeal in an ongoing lawsuit that threatens international relations and may violate European privacy laws. Microsoft is battling a U.S. district court ruling to hand over emails …
Getting cloudy has always been a mixed proposition in the IT world. Your users want the convenience of using a variety of devices and having their work accessible on all of those devices from wherever they are, whereas you still have to worry about data security, lost computers, federal regulation …
Remember October’s flap about the vulnerability in SSL, known as POODLE? Remember all the smug people running servers that only supported TLS? Well, they may not be so smug this morning. It turns out that some TLS implementations are vulnerable to a variant of the same ‘padding’ issue. Here we …
Фанатам качественной китайской техники будет интересно узнать о том, что новый смартфон Xiaomi Mi5, обладающий экстремально маленьким ободком будет представлен на всемирной выставке Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015, которая стартует в следующем месяце в Лас Вегасе. Согласно аналитику Mobile Telecom Суну Ченгхью (Sun Changxu), аппарат будет обладать дисплеем, размер которого …
Help desk pilot fish gets a trouble ticket from a user who says her PC suffered a “thermal event” the day before, just before she went home — and now the computer won’t boot. “When I checked on the computer, the built-in system diagnostics had finished running and there were …
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is looking beyond typical consumer electronics and making a play for the home appliances market with a new air purifier that can be controlled via a mobile phone. The fast-rising company on Tuesday unveiled its “Mi Air Purifier”, which will go on sale in China through …
Retailers love thinking about how they can use IT analytics of social media to get close to their customers. But when a retailer breaks through the invisible social media wall and reacts to an online post with a very personal in-store interaction, it may not reap the desired increased-sales outcome. …