Как и ожидалось, на специальном мероприятии в Нью-Йорке компания HTC анонсировала свой новый влагозащищённый смартфон Desire Eye, главной особенностью которого является наличие двух 13 Мп камер на задней и лицевой панелях устройства. Аппарат построен на базе процессора с четырьмя вычислительными ядрами Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 с частотой 2.3 ГГц. Разрешение 5.2-дюймового дисплея составляет …
На дорогах становится все больше легковушек, пешеходов и велосипедистов, а вот водители грузовиков имеют все такой же плохой обзор из-за размера руля. Он часто становится причиной ДТП, и компания Volvo стремится избежать подобных случаев с помощью новой системы автомобильной безопасности. Новая разработка сканирует пространство вокруг грузовика, благодаря чему бортовой компьютер автомобиля знает, …
Компания Ricoh анонсировала новые противоударные камеры WG-30W и WG-30. WG-30W имеет внедренный модуль беспроводной связи Wi-Fi, тогда как, WG-30 – не имеет, а в остальном же обе камеры одинаковы. Они обладают BSI CMOS сенсором с разрешением в 16MП, являются водонепроницаемым до глубины 12 м, сохраняют ударопрочность при падении с высоты до 1.5 м, а корпус …
The chip company gets its first female CEO, joining some pretty good company. read more
If you aren't ready for 4K TVs yet, you could wait a few more years for the next big thing — 8K. read more
Federal judges challenged attorneys on Wednesday to clarify the rationale and constitutionality of government data requests, in a line of questioning that may ultimately introduce greater transparency into what is now a tightly cloaked process. read more
The strength of Apple’s revised encryption scheme in iOS 8 hinges on users choosing a strong passcode or password, which they rarely do, according to a Princeton University fellow. Apple beefed up the encryption in its latest mobile operating system, protecting more sensitive data and employing more protections within hardware …
Google has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a copyright infringement case that some developers think could have a big impact on their ability to innovate in software. read more
Google has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a copyright infringement case that some developers think could have a big impact on their ability to innovate in software. The case was brought by Oracle four years ago and accuses Google of infringing patents and copyrights related to Java in …
The strength of Apple's revised encryption scheme in iOS 8 hinges on users choosing a strong passcode or password, which they rarely do, according to a Princeton University fellow. read more
Another startup wants to offer mobile messaging to enterprises, even though it's questionable whether such a narrow service can sustain a company and even though it's likely that larger enterprise collaboration vendors will jump into this market. read more
Advanced Micro Devices has a new CEO, Lisa Su, who will now try to stabilize a company that’s attempting to diversify into new markets outside PCs and servers. Su will replace Rory Read, who has stepped down from the post. Su solidified her position as the second-in-command to Read when …
Overly broad U.S. government surveillance is breaking down trust on the Internet in ways that could hurt users everywhere and make it harder to launch new kinds of services, tech executives told a U.S. senator pushing for reforms. Revelations about National Security Agency (NSA) monitoring are leading foreign governments to …
Advanced Micro Devices has a new CEO, Lisa Su, who will now try to stabilize a company that's attempting to diversify into new markets outside PCs and servers. read more
Overly broad U.S. government surveillance is breaking down trust on the Internet in ways that could hurt users everywhere and make it harder to launch new kinds of services, tech executives told a U.S. senator pushing for reforms. read more
Worldwide PC shipments fell slightly in the third quarter this year, but the drop wasn’t as big as IDC had originally projected, with expanded offerings of inexpensive laptops and a saturation of tablets in some areas helping to improve the numbers, the tech industry research firm said Wednesday. Hardware makers …
Worldwide PC shipments fell slightly in the third quarter this year, but the drop wasn't as big as IDC had originally projected, with expanded offerings of inexpensive laptops and a saturation of tablets in some areas helping to improve the numbers, the tech industry research firm said Wednesday. read more
A Dallas man who became the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. has died. And while the hospital that treated him has retracted a claim that its electronic health records (EHR) system contributed to a lapse in his diagnosis, experts are skeptical that the system worked properly. The …
Apple today announced it will host a news conference Oct. 16 on its Cupertino, Calif. campus, where analysts expect it to unveil new iPad tablets. The invitations, which went out to media and analysts, were Apple-cryptic, with the tag line of only, “It’s been way too long.” Apple’s invites are …
Georgia Tech scientists have developed an app that creates captions on Google Glass for users who are hard of hearing. A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology developed speech-to-text software for Google’s wearable technology. Using Glass and an Android-based smartphone, the app converts speech to text and …
Just as meaningful metrics have long been harvested from Web traffic reports, so too can an organization learn more about potential customers by carefully studying how they use its APIs, an industry expert advised attendees at the Intel Business of APIs conference. read more
Just as meaningful metrics have long been harvested from Web traffic reports, so too can an organization learn more about potential customers by carefully studying how they use its APIs, an industry expert advised attendees at the Intel Business of APIs conference. Many organizations may keep basic statistics on how …
ORLANDO — Steve Wozniak’s love of engineering appears to be as bright today as it was when he built Apple’s first systems. “Young engineers mean the most to me in the world,” said Wozniak, who appeared at Gartner’s Symposium/ITxpo. The Apple co-founder said he loves to appear before young crowds …
The U.S. and other nations should look toward Internet voting to make it easier for disabled and elderly people to cast ballots, and to increase participation among young people, but online security remains a huge hurdle, according to a new paper for the Atlantic Council and McAfee. read more
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 …