By 2030, when the U.S. government or a company wants a new satellite in orbit, a robotic spider might build it in space. Six- or eight-legged robotic spiders, capable of working with a 3D printer, gripping large objects and welding them together, are expected to build satellites or small spacecraft …
Small businesses in selected neighborhoods in Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri now have the opportunity to get in on Google’s fiber Internet service, the company announced today. The Google Fiber program had previously been limited to residential customers, and its expansion into the business market signifies the partial …
The Gnome Foundation is claiming Groupon has infringed on its trademark and is seeking financial and community support to finance its fight. The open source organization’s Gnome project, which is behind the Gnome desktop for GNU/Linux and BSD, has been active for 17 years and owns a registered trademark on …
Legislation in the U.S. Congress that would allow states to collect sales tax on Internet sales will not pass before the end of the year because of opposition from Speaker of the House John Boehner. Boehner’s opposition to the Main Street Fairness Act means the bill, which would allow states …
Today, GitHub Enterprise gets what the company is unofficially calling a “Version 2.0” release, with major new features that make the on-premises code repository more enterprise-friendly. That includes support for deploying GitHub Enterprise in the Amazon Web Services public cloud, high availability and disaster recovery options, better support for LDAP …
Intel today announced upgrades to its Solid-State Drive DC S3500 Series of products that now offer up to 1.6TB of capacity, double what the previous generation had. Intel also announced it has boosted the capacity of its M.2 form factor flash expansion card so that it can be used as …
Microsoft released patches for 14 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system, Office and Internet Explorer software on Tuesday, including four it deemed critical, it’s highest severity rating. All four of the critical bugs could allow attackers to remotely execute programs on a targeted system, something that in the past has …
More than three years after acquiring Skype, Microsoft today said it would rebrand its semi-rival Lync corporate communications platform as “Skype for Business.” The name change will become official in the first half of 2015, when Microsoft releases the next versions of Lync’s clients and on-premises server software as Skype …
Seagate Technology is boosting investments in laser-assisted hard disk drive technology that it projects will allow it to increase capacity five-fold. The laser technology, known as heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR), is able to write smaller, more-stable bits onto the magnetic surface of a spinning disk. Today, Seagate’s largest capacity drive …
A multi-year study of cyberattacks against 10 activist and human rights groups shows they’re hit with the same types of intrusions as large organizations but have far fewer resources to defend themselves. That disadvantage could mean a gradual erosion of the “core institutions” that mark a “vibrant democratic society,” wrote …
Yahoo is acquiring the video advertising platform BrightRoll for $640 million, in a move that could help to offset declines in its traditional display ad business. The deal was announced Tuesday and is one of Yahoo’s largest acquisitions since it bought Tumblr last year for just over $1 billion. Yahoo …
Almost everyone’s pouring time and money into smartphones these days. Social networking giants mine them for ad revenue, retail stores use them to reach customers, and credit-card companies want to turn them into wallets. And then there’s the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The 15 million-member church has …
Yahoo is acquiring the video advertising platform BrightRoll for $640 million, in a move that could help to offset declines in its traditional display ad business. The deal was announced Tuesday and is one of Yahoo’s largest acquisitions since it bought Tumblr last year for just over $1 billion. Yahoo …
With the Lumia 535, Microsoft has delivered a worthy successor to the successful 520 that stacks up well against tough Android competitors like the Motorola Moto E, which the smartphone beats on several fronts. The two devices cost about the same — the Lumia goes for $135, while the Moto …
It’s not a fun time to be a Qualcomm lawyer as the company is in trouble in China, Europe and the U.S. In China, the company is under an 11-month antitrust investigation, while the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has a preliminary investigation into a potential breach of licensing terms and …
An Android user reviews Apple’s iPad Air 2 An Android user on Reddit recently took the bold step of reviewing the iPad Air 2 on the Apple subreddit. It’s always interesting to see what dedicated users of one mobile platform think of the other once they dig in and get …
Groupon forces the GNOME Foundation to defend its trademark The GNOME Foundation has launched a fundraising effort to defend its GNOME trademark in light of Groupon’s launch of a tablet product with a similar name. This has caused shockwaves throughout the Linux community as angry users rally to GNOME’s cause. …
Корпорация Microsoft выпустила первый смартфон под собственным брендом, им стала модель Lumia 535, относящийся к бюджетному сегменту. В плане характеристик устройство отличается от ранее выпущенных смартфонов этой же ценовой категории в позитивную сторону, хотя главное изменение здесь заключается именно в смене бренда. Lumia 535 оснащен IPS-дисплеем с диагональю 5 дюймов и разрешением 960 х 540 точек …
In security and privacy circles today, no good deed goes unpunished. Consider Apple’s recent privacy initiative. Under its new encryption policy, Apple can’t divulge confidential information about its customers’ data, because only the consumer’s credentials can unlock the data — and those credentials are completely under the control of the …
Антимонопольный комитет Украины (АМКУ) рекомендовал компании «Киевстар» в обязательном порядке рассмотреть возможность добровольного отказа от части радиочастотного ресурса. Сообщение об этом ведомство распространило вчера. …
Первый ноутбук, напечатанный на 3D-принтере, поступил в продажу, передает агентство РИА “Новости” со ссылкой на публикацию в британской газете The Telegraph. …
Популярный браузер Mozilla Firefox отметил 10-летний юбилей запуском версии для разработчиков и новых инструментов для защиты приватности. Об этом сообщается в блоге Firefox. …
В последнее время появляется всё больше производителей, желающих похвастаться выпуском самого тонкого смартфона или просто невероятно компактного девайса, поэтому мы решили собрать все самые тонкие смартфоны в одной подборке, чтобы любителям тонкого дизайна было проще выбрать подходящий девайс. …
Как ранее Samsung Galaxy Nexus и Galaxy S III Mini, неофициальную прошивку Android 5.0 Lollipop получил смартфон Sony Xperia L. Причем работает она даже лучше, чем на упомянутых аппаратах. …
Покупка компанией Microsoft компании Nokia была завершена довольно давно, но долгое время в воздухе витала неопределенность, что же будет с брендом Nokia в сфере смартфонов. …
В сети появились изображения производительного смартфона Vivo Xplay 5S, который к тому же намерен включиться в гонку самых тонких устройств. Впрочем, как отмечает обозреватель ресурса AndroidHeadlines, аппарат на разных рендерах не выглядит идентичным, кроме того, вызывают сомнения и его габариты — толщина смартфона кажется неправдоподобной. …