Sony introduces $2,000 4K camcorder
Sony took the wraps off a new, low-cost 4K camcorder at the International CES 2014 on Monday, bringing a much-needed tool to a market still suffering from a lack of content. read more
Sony took the wraps off a new, low-cost 4K camcorder at the International CES 2014 on Monday, bringing a much-needed tool to a market still suffering from a lack of content. read more
Dell wants to compete with the Xbox and PlayStation gaming consoles, introducing a fully loaded gaming PC with the Linux-based, SteamOS operating system. read more
NASA researchers are working on a whole new kind of robot – one that is spherical, travels by rolling and could land on a planet by simply hitting the surface and bouncing. …
Qualcomm's CEO said his company has the capabilities to build ARM server chips but was careful not to disclose any product plans at the International CES in Las Vegas. read more
Palo Alto Networks, an enterprise security company, has acquired Silicon Valley startup Morta Security in a deal that the companies say will better help their clients defend themselves against increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. read more
Samsung introduced a 105-inch, curved-screen, Ultra High Definition TV at a pre-International CES news event, but the new product was upstaged when movie director Michael Bay walked offstage because of a problem with a teleprompter. …
Microsoft is rounding out its Dynamics CRM (customer relationship management) product by acquiring Parature, maker of cloud-based software companies can use to create self-service portals for customers. read more
While Apple has called its Apple TV set-top box a “hobby,” rival Roku has teamed up with two manufacturers to build its popular video streaming service directly into TVs. Columnist Ryan Faas weighs in on the consequences. …
Toyota chose the International CES this week to exhibit a test version of its zero-emission Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV) concept car, which was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show last fall. read more
Intel wants to bridge the gap between the virtual and real worlds with the help of 3D webcams, which the company hopes will replace the mundane 2D cameras in laptops and tablets by the second half of this year. read more
A lot of cars already resemble mobile entertainment systems, with TV screens and video games to keep everyone except — hopefully — the driver occupied. But they'll get even smarter (and probably more chaotic) if this year's International CES is anything to go by. read more
As car telematics systems become connected to the Internet, cars will become one more device on consumer mobile data plans. But connecting to the cloud also means vehicles will be aware of everything around them. …
PC maker Asus is taking the Windows-Android hybrid concept to another level with a convertible laptop that can switch between the two OSes with the click of an on-screen button. read more
PC maker Asus is taking the Windows-Android hybrid concept to another level with a convertible laptop that can switch between the two OSes with the click of an on-screen button. …
When it comes to keeping its thousands of servers running smoothly, Facebook relies on the open source Chef configuration manager, modified slightly to handle the size of the social networking giant's huge infrastructure. …
Revelations in 2013 about NSA surveillance and the power of big-data analytics suggest the age of privacy is over. But a new ‘privacy death index’ places us far from the tipping point. …
AT&T will let media companies and other partners cover the cost of delivering some data over the carrier's mobile network, letting subscribers click on videos and other content without worrying about their monthly data caps. …
Premier 100 IT Leader Juan Perez also answers questions on getting more funding for training and the pros and cons of being an IT specialist. …
The network security industry's legendary free thinker Bruce Schneier Monday said he's taken a job as CTO at Co3 Systems, but that this in no way will curtail his determination to speak and write candidly on important topics such as the National Security Agency's (NSA) practices. read more
Уже больше года инсайдеры заявляют о том, что Apple занимается разработкой нового iPhone с изогнутым дисплеем, и дизайнеры неоднократно демонстрировали нам концепты с таким экраном. Недавно дизайнер Леви Хассей представил как раз такой концепт iPhone 6 с изогнутым дисплеем. …
Исследователи из Мичиганского технологического университета (MTU) попытались обнаружить путешественников во времени, используя интернет. Для этого они организовали поиск некоторых появившихся относительно недавно терминов и упоминаний событий и имен. Например, речь шла о комете ISON и папе римском Франциске. …
Компания Microsoft подала заявку на регистрацию торговой марки Mod, которая, как предполагается, заменит собой торговой знак Modern, характерный для всех представителей семейства операционных систем Windows 8. Напомним, под маркой Modern имеется в виду плиточный сенсорный интерфейс. …
В 2013 году доля Windows Phone на различных рынках стремительно росла, а на некоторых платформа даже обходила своих прямых конкурентов. …
Похоже, производителям мобильной электроники время от времени свойственна некоторая стагнация. При всех тех скоростях, что мы видим в наращивании технических характеристик, качественных прорывов как-то не случается, вот и два последних флагмана Samsung Galaxy S3 и S4 оказались похожими друг на друга до неприличия, практически как две капли воды. …
С каждой новой утечкой Nokia Lumia 929 становится все мифичнее. Смартфону пророчили анонс еще 22 октября, но спустя два месяца никаких официальных заявлений от Nokia по-прежнему нет. Зато есть очередная порция свежих фото устройства. …
Благодаря новому процессору Nvidia, со 192 графическими ядрами, владельцам смартфонов и планшетов станут доступны игры на самом распространенном игровом движке Unreal Engine 4. …