Samsung and LG have announced more smartwatches ahead of next week’s IFA trade show in Berlin, with an emphasis on connectivity and curvy faces. Samsung Samsung’s Gear S smartwatch is a curvy timepiece with 3G connectivity that runs on the Tizen operating system. Samsung Electronics announced the Gear S, its …
Enterprises that want to share and store files online have yet another option now that Amazon Web Services has opened its Zocalo service to general availability. This year, Amazon has put greater focus on services aimed directly at end users. Besides Zocalo, it has come out with hosted WorkSpaces virtual …
I have told you about the need to tune our security incident and event monitoring (SIEM) tool. Now we need to tune the analysts who are monitoring the SIEM. Trouble Ticket At issue: Offshore SIEM monitors are generating too many false positives. Action plan: Keep training them until they recognize …
Sometimes we need someone to have our back. Applications, believe it or not, are the same way. Applications don’t always behave as we expect them to, and though Windows has built-in protections for program misbehavior and exploitation, it can sometimes be difficult to tell if those protections are active and …
Microsoft announced Wednesday that it has begun clamping down on sham Windows Store apps that try to dupe users into paying for free software. “Most of the developers behind apps that are found to violate our policies have good intentions and agree to make the necessary changes when notified,” said …
IBM announced late Wednesday that it’s making its artificially intelligent computer system, Watson, available to researchers as a cloud service. Scientists from universities, pharmaceutical companies and commercial research centers have been using Watson, which was built to understand human language, to analyze and test hypotheses in their data, along with …
NASA’s program to build a heavy-lift rocket capable of launching astronauts into deep space is moving from the design to the development phase. The Space Launch System, which is designed to have an unprecedented lift capability of 143 tons, is scheduled to make its initial launch no later than November …
Samsung unveils Gear S smartwatch. It doesn’t need to pair with a phone and it eschews Android Wear. With a release date sometime in October, it’s one of several devices to be shown off in Germany, at next week’s IFA. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if it rules or sucks. …
NASA migrated 65 software applications, including its flagship NASA.gov website, to the cloud in 22 weeks, and the space agency is still in the midst of a massive deployment to the cloud. That initial migration was completed at what analysts called a breakneck pace, and now the fun has just …
This company has rolled out thin clients for its users, and mostly that’s worked fine — but for one power user it’s a problem, says an IT pilot fish there. “With new implementations of software, she was complaining of the slowness of the thin client,” fish says. “So I went …
In classic form Samsung’s aggressively trying to steal some Apple glory, announcing its new 3G Gear S smartwatch just hours after Re/Code revealed Apple’s plans to announce its own “iWatch” on September 9, with iPhone 6. Fast follower Re/Code revealed Apple’s plans yesterday morning. Samsung’s announcement followed fast. The fast …
A U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesman said Wednesday the agency is working with the Secret Service to determine the “scope” of reported cyberattacks against several financial institutions. Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Russian hackers struck JPMorgan Chase and another bank earlier this month. A subsequent report in the New …
«Умные» часы Apple iWatch, согласно последним слухам, будут показаны вместе со смартфоном iPhone 6 девятого сентября. Американский источник описал iWatch как «новое устройство», которое можно носить на запястье. Источник также подтвердил слухи о том, что носимое устройство будет иметь доступ к фитнес-платформе Healthkit и «умному» дому HomeKit — приложениям, интегрированным в операционную систему iOS …
IBM has upgraded its Watson Discovery Advisor data analysis service so it can answer your questions before you even ask. The updated Watson Discovery Advisor can examine a body of data and identify trends, correlations and other points of interest for researchers, IBM said. The service will provide you leads …
The PC market is still a bleak place to be, but not as bleak as expected, according to new figures released Wednesday. Worldwide PC shipments will decline at a slower pace in 2014 than previously thought, as Chromebooks and Windows XP upgrades help drive new purchases, IDC said. Global PC …
The Internet of Things has been the talk of the tech industry for months now, but communications chip maker Broadcom thinks the conversation’s just getting started. “It’s a totally new space. It offers … a massive number of projects and efforts and new ideas,” said Brian Bedrosian, senior director of …
Salesforce.com’s development teams are continuing their steady pace of improvements to the Salesforce1 mobile application, which first debuted at last year’s Dreamforce conference. More than 50 features being rolled out as part of the upcoming Winter ’15 release of Salesforce.com’s CRM (customer relationship management) suite target the mobile app, according …
The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council on Wednesday issued a bulletin urging retailers to immediately review their security controls to ensure point-of-sale systems are protected against “Backoff,” a malware tool that was used in the massive data theft at retailer Target last year. The bulletin instructed all covered entities …
Microsoft today re-released a security update that was pulled two weeks ago after users packed the company’s support discussion forum with reports of crippled computers. The update, MS14-045, was originally issued on “Patch Tuesday” — Microsoft prefers the blander “Update Tuesday” — on Aug. 12. Within 24 hours, customers started …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted new requirements for credit rating agencies to enhance governance, protect against conflicts of interest, and increase transparency to improve the quality of credit ratings and increase credit rating agency accountability. The new rules and amendments, which implement 14 rulemaking requirements under the Dodd-Frank …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted revisions to rules governing the disclosure, reporting, and offering process for asset-backed securities (ABS) to enhance transparency, better protect investors, and facilitate capital formation in the securitization market. The new rules, among other things, require loan-level disclosure for certain assets, such as residential …
На схематическом изображении iPhone 6, опубликованном сегодня в СМИ, запечатлен не сопроцессор движений «Phosphorus» M8, а датчик, позволяющий в режиме реального времени измерять давление окружающего воздуха. С таким заявлением выступили обозреватели MacRumors со ссылкой на собственные источники. …
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Смартфоны и планшеты на 64-битных чипах работают быстрее и могут оснащаться памятью большего объема. Apple уже устанавливает в iPhone 5s и iPad Air 64-битные процессоры A7, что, несомненно, оказывает давление на производителей Android-устройств. И вот, спустя год после анонса iPhone 5s, тайваньская HTC готовится к выпуску «гуглофона» на базе 64-разрядной …
Снимки автомобильной аварии ведут на статью украинского новостного портала о смертоносном инциденте, отнявшим жизни у трех людей. …
Apple выпустит 12,9-дюймовый планшет в первом квартале 2015 года. Поставщики компании начали готовиться к производству компонентов этого устройства. Об этом сообщает агентство Bloomberg со ссылкой на осведомленные источники. …