Новости за 18.08.2015

It's true. People working in Silicon Valley may cry at their desks, may be expected to respond to emails in the middle of the night and be in the office when they'd rather be sick in bed.

A new Google tool will allow homeowners to discover how much they might, or might not, save by installing solar panels on a rooftop.

Microsoft today issued the first refresh of Windows 10 to Insider participants since the OS's launch three weeks ago.

Google, which likes to tackle big challenges, is at it again, this time taking on another global nuisance: notoriously complicated and ugly home Wi-Fi routers.

Smart City, a provider of Internet services at convention centers and hotels, will pay the U.S. Federal Communications Commission $750,000 for kicking users off their personal hotspots to try and force them to use its Wi-Fi service.

Astronomers developing the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a synchronized network of radio antennas with a viewing field as large as the Earth, hope to soon take the first ever photo of Sagittarius A*, a massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Intel has said the first solid-state drives to use its new 3D Xpoint (pronounced 'crosspoint') memory technology will ship next year, under a new brand called Intel Optane.

Damn it, Google. Every time you announce a new major Android release, I end up throwing away hours of hard gym work and stuffing pounds of sugary sweets into my grinning cake-hole. And now you've just done it again. 

The iPhone 6s release date seems to be beyond doubt now. Apple is confidently believed to be releasing the new models on September 18 in tier-one countries. This will follow a launch date thought to be September 9.

Attackers are taking advantage of home routers and other devices that respond to UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) requests over the Internet in order to amplify distributed denial-of-service attacks.

The Android service that processes multimedia files has been the source of several vulnerabilities recently, including a new one that could give rogue applications access to sensitive permissions.

Scandal-hit Toshiba is trying to inspire investor confidence with a revamped board of directors following the resignation of executives amid a massive accounting fraud that came to light earlier this year. 

Mobile coupons are designed to work seamlessly with mobile devices, integrating with retailer apps and being formatted so as to allow effortless interactions with POS and e-commerce payments systems. But printed coupons and mobile devices? They're as far apart as Bitcoins and silver dollars. One company that's been specializing in bridging this gap sees the answer in not looking at any one element and instead layering.

We're seeing something of a technology industry revolution. New business models, new technology approaches and new demands from customers are all resulting in some rapidly shifting sands for traditional vendors. Different vendors have different ways of coping with these changes — some choose to bury their heads in the sand, while others choose to be proactive and embrace the change.

When Apple’s iPad first appeared medical professionals worldwide quickly adopted it to replace bulky case notes and poor PM systems. Now there’s a new trend of doctors migrating to Macs in their practice, with help from the newly-updated MacPractice practice management software for Macs, iPads and iPhones.

Getting organized for a new semester of school doesn’t just stop with a new laptop purchase: A truly effective college student will need a few more items that’ll improve his or her productivity. Who knows? Maybe they’ll even graduate on time. Here’s our list of must-have laptop add-ons and accessories.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the theme du jour. Seemingly every vendor, technology conference and self-appointed futurist is talking up how those billions of connected devices will do everything from creating a flying car to finding a cure for cancer.

Windows 8.1 users have been half again as likely to upgrade to Windows 10 as their compatriots running Windows 7, data from a Web metrics vendor showed today, confirming expectations about who would upgrade first to Microsoft's new operating system.

Everybody, seemingly, needs software developers these days. But getting the attention of qualified programmers when they’re in such great demand is difficult, as is properly evaluating the technical skills of prospective engineers.

An ailing SAP software implementation project in the city of Anchorage, Alaska, has been put on hold again, Mayor Ethan Berkowitz announced late last week -- and this time, its future is far from certain.

Google's towering humanoid robot Atlas has shown off its bushwhacking skills with a recent walk in the woods. 

Tim Malterer is a fourth-generation farmer who started working his family's land when he was a kid. He learned the business from his parents, who had learned it from their parents.

A New York man pleaded guilty Monday to one federal spam-related charge for selling access to a botnet of Facebook accounts on a now-shuttered cybercriminal forum.

U.S. oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the coordinator of the Internet’s domain name system, will continue through September next year and perhaps even beyond.

A memory problem in the traffic management system of the Federal Aviation Administration resulted in the disruption of flights on the U.S. East Coast on Saturday, according to the agency.