Sprint’s WiMax network, launched in 2008 as the first commercial 4G system in the U.S., will finally shut down in November 2015. The country’s third-largest carrier confirmed Tuesday that it will end its WiMax service on Nov. 6, 2015. It had disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last …
Microsoft wants to promote the use of OneDrive for Business among Office 365 customers, so it’s building links between the work cloud storage service and Outlook Web App (OWA), the suite’s browser-based email interface. Over the coming weeks, Microsoft will roll out an option in OWA’s interface to attach OneDrive …
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Outlier, a startup with a sound pedigree in network security, is launching an endpoint threat-detection system that sets itself apart from competitors by working without the need for an agent on every machine. Greg Hoglund Rather than installing software on every endpoint to gather forensics, the system uses data gathered …
Sprint's WiMax network, launched in 2008 as the first commercial 4G system in the U.S., will finally shut down in November 2015. read more
AT&T will pay $105 million to settle complaints from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and 51 state-level governments that it made millions of dollars through unauthorized third-party charges on customers’ mobile-phone bills. The settlement, announced Wednesday by the two agencies and 51 state attorneys general, includes …
IBM has teamed with Xamarin to make it easier for C# developers to integrate back-end systems like databases with mobile apps. The growing popularity of smartphones has put pressure on IT departments to make enterprise systems available on mobile devices. What Xamarin lets them do is take advantage of C# …
Microsoft isn’t the only one running a preview program that collects data from participants: so does Apple. OS X Yosemite’s public beta — the sneak peek Apple launched on July 24 — collects a variety of data from users who download and install the preview. “In order to test and …
Around 45 percent of Android devices have a browser that is vulnerable to two serious security issues, but some countries have a considerably larger percentage of affected users than others, according to data from mobile security firm Lookout. The two security issues were discovered over the past month by a …
Google, Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft representatives will discuss concerns about online radicalization and jihadist propaganda with EU officials at an informal dinner today. The dinner attendees will discuss challenges posed by terrorists’ use of the Internet and possible responses, the European Commission said. They will also discuss tools and techniques …
“It is not a scandal. It is a sex crime,” actress Jennifer Lawrence told Vanity Fair, breaking her silence about her stolen sexting photos. “It is a sexual violation. It’s disgusting.” Yesterday, the same day the article was published, someone uploaded two of Lawrence’s naked photos to her Wikipedia page. …
Phishing. It could happen to anyone, not paying attention after a long day at the office, or perhaps the attack is just a little too plausible to raise a red flag even among the security conscious. Phishing is using some electronic means to lure a target into giving up sensitive …
When evaluating the marketplaces of the big three public IaaS cloud providers – Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft – AWS stands out in terms of the maturity of its platform for partners to offer products and services on top of its cloud. But Microsoft, too, has a formidable partner …
Интернет-аукцион eBay на днях обзавелся интересным лотом. В списке товаров появился 64-гигабайтный прототип смартфона Apple iPhone 6. Пользователь под ником kimberlyk1018 утверждает, что 4,7-дюймовая модель попала к нему по ошибке: после возобновления контракта ему его отправила компания оператор Verizon. Свои ставки по данному предложению уже сделали 172 человека, и максимально предложенная …
Apple builds ecosystems, and it does so incrementally. Now it intends transforming your daily newspaper and pumping intelligence into billboard advertising, a patent reveals. Daily papers? Patently Apple puts it like this: “Apple Surprises us with an Exciting Invention Revealing a Next Generation Digital Periodical Device using Flexible Displays” (Link). …
Google yesterday released Chrome 38, paying out more than $75,000 in bounties for some of the 159 vulnerabilities patched in the massive security update. Also, contrary to what Google said in August but in line with its change-of-mind last month, Chrome 38 remained a 32-bit application on OS X, the …
Google Fiber Image by kainet/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Google Fiber launched in the Kansas City area in 2012, and since then it’s been a land rush to launch tech accelerators and promote startups. The downtown on the Missouri side is getting the most attention, with Cisco expected to set up …
Standing inside a historic seven-story downtown warehouse undergoing a major renovation as a space for tech startups in Kansas City, Mo., Herb Sih talks about fostering “collision density” in the nation’s heartland. Sih, managing partner of tech incubator Think Big Partners, hopes the renovation of the 1902 Globe building will …
Insiders leaking information about secretive government practices and decision-making have had their impact on public opinion and United States policies in recent years, but are these leaks for the benefit of society, or do they push a hidden agenda? The Guardian Full disclosure: Edward Snowden’s major security reveals The most …
Get ready for another Microsoft enterprise event. This month, Redmond will be talking cloud. And they’re bringing out the big guns. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers virtualize opinions elastically across multiple locations. <!– Not to mention: XXXXXXXXXXXX… –> Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your entertainment. Mary Jo Foley …
Помимо более производительного процессора, улучшенной графики и больших дисплеев iPhone 6 обзавелись поддержкой нового стандарта связи LTE-Advanced. Максимальная скорость мобильного соединения в сетях LTE-A составляет 300 Мбит/сек. Последнее тестирование показало, что беспроводной интерфейс нового флагмана Apple до трех раз быстрее, чем у iPhone 5s. …
I was Shellshocked last week. Ever since the announcement of the Shellshock vulnerability (also known as the Bash vulnerability) in late September, I have been very busy. As you’re probably aware, the Shellshock vulnerability is prevalent in systems that are based on the Linux operating system. Unfortunately for those of …
Кабмин и телеком-регулятор продолжают нескончаемую и уже лишенную здравого смысла «игру в мяч» — перекидывают друг другу документы по 3G-конкурсу. Национальная комиссия по вопросам регулирования связи и информатизации (НКРСИ) вчера поддержала очередной проект откорректированного постановления Кабмина, позволяющего запустить процесс выдачи лицензий на 3G. …
В сентябре Apple произвела настоящий фурор, анонсировав фирменную платежную систему Apple Pay. Классическая схема сработала снова – подражатели не заставили себя долго ждать. Сегодня стартап из Пало-Альто представил «умную» пластиковую карту, призванную составить конкуренцию технологии Apple. Вместо iPhone или Apple Watch разработчики предлагают использовать смарт-кредитку. …
Вчера в Гонолулу начался 27-й Программно-технологический симпозиум (Software and Technology Symposium). Десятки компаний и коллективов разработчиков представили всевозможные проекты экспериментальных интерфейсов. Некоторые наиболее интересные и перспективные из них, имеющие большие шансы на массовое внедрение, представлены под катом. …
Сайт Android Mexico опубликовал видео, на котором показаны готовящиеся к выпуску смартфоны Samsung Galaxy A3 и Galaxy A5. На этой записи можно разглядеть дизайн устройств и заметить, что у них несъемные задние крышки, что совершенно нетипично для смартфонов Samsung. …