How does the new Moto X look and feel? It may sound crazy, but a lot of that is actually up to you. We can talk all day about how the phone is bigger than last year’s model (it is — though it’s still smaller than the Galaxy S5 or …
In an effort to commercialize its Watson analysis technology, IBM is testing a new service that can answer questions business managers might have about their data. On Tuesday, IBM launched a beta of Watson Analytics, an interactive Q&A service designed to answer questions and highlight trends within sets of enterprise …
The default browser in Android versions older than 4.4 has a vulnerability that allows malicious websites to bypass a critical security mechanism and take control of a user’s authenticated sessions on other sites. The issue is a universal cross-site scripting flaw that stems from how the browser handles javascript: strings …
A growing number of mobile Internet outages were caused by bugs as networks become more software dependent. read more
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's deadline for the public to comment on the agency's proposed net neutrality rules passed Monday with more than 3 million comments filed, by far a record number for an FCC proceeding. read more
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s deadline for the public to comment on the agency’s proposed net neutrality rules passed Monday with more than 3 million comments filed, by far a record number for an FCC proceeding. The 3 million comments, as of midday Monday, eclipsed the 1.4 million complaints the …
In a move that will collect a lot of infrastructure software under one roof, mainframe software provider Micro Focus has started proceedings to merge with Attachmate Group, owners of Novell and Suse Linux, for approximately US$1.2 billion. read more
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the latest sanctions in a continuing enforcement initiative uncovering certain hedge fund advisers and private equity firms that have illegally participated in an offering of a stock after short selling it during a restricted period. The SEC last year announced the initiative to …
Apple yesterday released the third public beta of OS X Yosemite, shipping the preview a few days earlier than expected. The update, labeled build “14A361p,” accompanied the debut of the eighth developer preview, also on Monday. The latter was available only to registered developers, who pay $99 annually for access …
Image by REUTERS/Benoit Tessier Solar energy projects may get the most hype but there are many other alternative energy projects being developed across the globe. Here we take a look at some of the more interesting ventures. Image by REUTERS/Steve Marcus To read this article in full or to leave …
Meet iHolo. This innovative (though hypothetical) startup sells a tiny cube that hooks into smartphones and projects a holographic image above the screen. Now we can see actual 3D holographic characters and movie explosions, hovering right in front of us! There’s just one problem: “Holovids” require an incredibly fast connection, …
Micron today announced a new SSD that uses its densest process to date and has a chip that can program the memory to act as high performance SLC or high-capacity MLC flash. The M600 SSD is a client-class SSD that uses Micron’s new 16 nanometer (nm) lithography with 128Gb NAND …
You’d be forgiven for thinking Panasonic’s latest gadget is a smartphone. It’s a slim rectangle with a touchscreen and LTE connectivity. But officially, it’s a digital camera. The Lumix Smart Camera DMC-CM1 was unveiled Monday at Photokina in Cologne, Germany, one of the world’s largest trade shows for photography. It …
The Wi-Fi Direct standard for linking two devices without a LAN is about to get easier to use. Wi-Fi Direct is the peer-to-peer version of the hugely popular wireless technology that the Wi-Fi Alliance has been promoting and facilitating for 15 years. It lets individual devices, including PCs, printers, TVs …
A banking trojan, known for its small size but powerful capabilities, has expanded the number of financial institutions from which it can collect data, according to security vendor Avast. Tiny Banker, also known as Tinba, was discovered around mid-2012 after it infected thousands of computers in Turkey. The malware is …
Connecticut’s attorney general is concerned about the privacy implications of Apple Watch’s handling of consumers’ health information. In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, George Jepsen asked for a meeting with company representatives to discuss his concerns over how personal consumer information collected through Apple Watch will be stored …
Facebook is releasing mcrouter, its software for turning many cache servers around the world into one distributed system, as open source. The company announced the release on Monday at its @Scale conference in San Francisco, where it also launched a new open-source project called TODO (Talk Openly, Develop Openly) to …
Kathy Mackey, via Wikimedia Commons In Snow Crash, a science fiction novel published in 1992, Neal Stephenson envisioned a future in which people lived in a bleak, grim physical world, but it was possible for them to “jack in” through a computer network to the Metaverse, a virtual cyberworld that …
Microsoft issued invitations on Monday for a Sept. 30 event where it will unveil the next version of Windows, according to multiple online reports. The date was leaked last month. “Join us to hear about what’s next for Windows and the enterprise,” the emailed invitation read. The Verge, ZDNet and …
Prepare to download the Windows 9 preview build. Microsoft confirmed it’ll unveil the next version of Windows—codenamed Threshold—in two short weeks. The event in San Francisco is expected to herald availability of the not-quite-beta build, assuming Satya’s gang follow the usual playbook. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers warm up their download …
Flashback to 1999, when this IT pilot fish is in the Air Force, working as a medical technician. “As we were getting ready for Y2k, we were to check every piece of equipment and place a sticker on it that it was Y2k-compliant,” says fish. “We received printed lists of …
Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 has gotten a lot of attention as a way to bridge the gap between tablets and traditional notebooks. Its snap-on keyboard and pull-out rear stand tries to offer the best of both worlds, but with a 12-in. screen and weighing 1.8 lbs. (without its keyboard cover), …
Компания D-Link приняла решение взойти на рынок систем авторизации дома. Знаменитый и широко известный изготовитель сетевого оборудования продемонстрировал на IFA-2014 свои устройства в сегменте DIY-решений «mydlink Home». Эта линейка будет включать в себя 4 продукта: «умную» розетку, датчик движения и две видеокамеры. Каждый из них оборудован модулем Wi-Fi, с помощью …
Сотрудники Facebook привели сотню самых влиятельных книг в рамках известного «книжного флешмоба». На просторах интернета уже сравнительно давно проходит этакой флешмоб, где участники обязаны составить перечень из 10-ти наиболее важных книг, расширяющих кругозор. Акции с приведением списка книг или песен приобрели большую популярность, в результате чего сотрудники социальной сети приняли …
Компания Nikon продемонстрировала новую фотокамеру Coolpix S6900, которая безупречно подходит для создания автопортретов. Уникальные особенности данного девайса дают возможность с легкостью сменить ракурс, так как угол наклона 7,5 ” сенсорного дисплея можно поменять. Помимо фото, фотокамера способна снимать видео в Full HD качестве. Производить съемку можно при помощи незамысловатого жестового …
Раньше все думали, что планшеты целиком и полностью исключат нетбуки из мирового рынка. И ведь действительно, множество пользователей отдают предпочтение именно мобильным платформам, которые никоим образом не уступают стационарным персональным компьютерам. Тем не менее, некоторые изготовители акцентируют свое внимание на то, чтобы сочетать в» одном флаконе» планшет и установочную станцию …