Adobe Systems released critical security updates Tuesday for Flash Player to address 18 vulnerabilities, many of which can be remotely exploited to compromise underlying systems. Fifteen of the patched vulnerabilities can result in arbitrary code execution, one can be exploited to disclose session tokens and two allow attackers to escalate …
Tidemark is adding predictive analytics functions to its cloud-based financial planning and analysis software to help companies include unstructured big data sources, like social media messages and sensor information, into forecasting and budgeting decisions. The update allows users to incorporate data from 40 sources including Twitter, Thomson Reuters, the U.S. …
Оборудование было повреждено в результате боевых действий …
This is a massive update for Microsoft Patch Tuesday with 16 patches released for November 2014. Generally, November is a quiet month, with an average five or six security updates over the past 10 years. We have seen a general increase in the number of patches overall, but nothing like …
Tidemark is adding predictive analytics functions to its cloud-based financial planning and analysis software to help companies include unstructured big data sources, like social media messages and sensor information, into forecasting and budgeting decisions. The update allows users to incorporate data from 40 sources including Twitter, Thomson Reuters, the U.S. …
To get up to speed with the Google antitrust investigation, the European Union’s new antitrust commissioner wants to talk to parties that are directly affected by the case. Margrethe Vestager said she had been following the investigations into Google’s search practices closely before she was nominated as Commissioner, but said …
Как мы знаем, компания Samsung начала осваивать новый для себя рынок устройств виртуальной реальности. На выставке IFA 2014 корейский производитель представил очки Gear VR, которые выступают в связке с новым фаблетом Galaxy Note 4. …
Not every new online marketplace would dare to go with a tagline of “you’re going to hate it,” but then again there are not too many digital marketplaces setup for blackmail and for psychopaths willing to anonymously sell out their peers in exchange for bitcoin. That’s not the entire purpose …
The race to upgrade smartphones to Android 5.0 (also known as Lollipop) is on, with LG Electronics and Motorola vying with Google’s Nexus devices for bragging rights. Motorola Mobility posted upgrade details and instructions for second-generation models of the Moto G and Moto X, and on Wednesday at least some …
Китайские Xiaomi и Leadcore создают совместное предприятие по разработке однокристальных платформ с поддержкой связи стандарта 4G, сообщает DigiTimes со ссылкой на тайваньских поставщиков. …
Groupon loses war with the open source community over GNOME trademark Yesterday I covered Groupon’s attempt to seize the GNOME trademark for a tablet product. Well it didn’t take long for the folks at Groupon to realize that they had made a dreadful mistake in taking on the open source …
When I heard about Amazon’s new $199 Echo device for the home, my initial worry was was how noisy my house can be, especially when my dog is barking. Echo has microphones and speakers and hopes to revolutionize the way digital, voice-controlled assistants help us in many ways. You activate …
Программа, предназначенная для раннего предупреждения киберпреступности, обойдется государству в €300 миллионов. …
В настоящее время существует ряд сервисов шифрования данных при сетевом общении, однако часть из них сложна для неподготовленного пользователя, и многие не работают с популярными социальными сетями. …
Microsoft анонсировала «Skype для бизнеса» (Skype for Business) — новый продукт корпоративного уровня для общения внутри компаний и с внешними собеседниками. Появится он в первой половине 2015 года как обновление популярного в определенной среде сервиса Lync, который и заменит полностью. …
Список, состоящий из 12 пунктов, призван проинформировать компании и простых пользователей о потенциальных угрозах, с которыми они могут столкнуться во время праздничного сезона. …
На сегодняшний день на каждого интернет-пользователя нашей страны в среднем приходится одно устройство с доступом во всемирную паутину, тогда как еще в прошлом году этот показатель составлял всего 0.7 устройства на душу взрослого населения Украины. Однако украинцы оказались одной из наименее тесно связанной с интернетом наций: такое же среднее количество …
Samsung Electronics has accused Nvidia of infringing its patents in a response to a September action by Nvidia that accused the South Korean company and Qualcomm of infringing patents related to its GPU technology. The complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria division, accuses …
Adobe Systems released critical security updates Tuesday for Flash Player to address 18 vulnerabilities, many of which can be remotely exploited to compromise underlying systems. Fifteen of the patched vulnerabilities can result in arbitrary code execution, one can be exploited to disclose session tokens and two allow attackers to escalate …
Snapchat will ask users to stop using unauthorized apps after the compromise of an app that offered to save snaps led to questions about the security of the photo and video messaging application itself. The company, whose claim to fame is that it deletes content from its own servers and …
Bring your own device (BYOD) has become an accepted practice in business. Gartner predicts that by 2017, half of all employers will require workers to supply their own devices for work. Yet there are mixed reports about whether BYOD actually saves businesses money. In 2012, the Aberdeen Group found that …
Microsoft has fixed a record number of bugs this month. Redmond recommends you patch without delay. Among the critical flaws is MS14-066, which affects every single supported version of Windows (and several older ones). In IT Blogwatch, bloggers melt their WSUS boxen. Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your …
Help desk pilot fish gets a call from a remote office: Users are having problems getting access to the local server. “I tried to remote into the server, but could not establish a connection,” says fish. “I pinged the server and it responded. I went to a secondary remote connection …
Корпорация Microsoft приняла решение переименовать свою платформу для сетевого общения Lync в Skype for Business. Помимо этого упоминается дата планируемого появления будущих версий. В первой половине будущего года компания выпустит клиентское приложение Skype for Business и онлайн-сервис Skype for Business, который войдет в состав Office 365. Затем во втором полугодии запланирован …
Black Friday 2014 ads from big retailers Best Buy and Target have leaked (well, the retailers have pretty much revealed them), and it looks like you can save on Apple products including iPads and the iPhone 6. Best Buy will offer its deals online on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 27, …
Retired Air Force Major Brian Shul isn’t an IT expert, but his story of survival and recovery captivated the IT audience at a national management conference. A fighter pilot during Vietnam, Shul flew 212 combat missions. His AT-28 aircraft was shot down near the Cambodian border as the war was …