Новости за 25.02.2016

Apple filed court papers on Thursday urging a judge to overturn her order requiring it to unlock an iPhone used by one of the shooters in last December's San Bernardino attacks.

Containers are revolutionizing enterprise IT in much the way smartphones have transformed the world of consumer technology, but there's still much more to come.

Microsoft is adding a range of new security management and reporting features to its Office 365 and Azure cloud services as part of the company's holistic approach to enterprise security announced last year.

The explosion of interest in life-like games and virtual reality technology has made one thing clear: PCs and mobile devices will need better graphics.

Nissan has shut down a popular mobile app for its Leaf electric vehicle after security experts demonstrated they could use the app's insecure APIs to remotely control any vehicles' functions.

If a U.S. court grants the FBI's request for Apple to help it unlock a terrorism suspect's iPhone, the case will likely open the door to many similar law enforcement requests, the agency's director said Thursday.

Okay, team: We've made it. The first smartphone carnival of 2016 has come and gone, leaving only a trail of surplus superlatives and presale promises in its path.

Marketplaces and platforms are the holy grail for every enterprise vendor. Having seen the success of the Apple App Store (and, more latterly, Google Play) in the consumer space, enterprise vendors are racing headfirst to create their own destinations where customers can mix and match services from a number of different independent software vendors (ISVs). Hybris, the SAP division focused on customer-facing solutions, is rolling out its own offering: Hybris as a Service, or YaaS.

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The rumor mill is in full force this week after several outlets speculated about a forthcoming Surface Pro 5. One site even named a release date in October of 2016. Many have surmised that Microsoft would address battery life problems, which I’ve experienced myself. For a device that’s supposed to last about nine hours, if you play a video or listen to music, you can expect the battery to last only 3-4 hours. Worse, it tends to drain even when it is just sitting on the table next to you due to a poorly implemented “sleep” mode. Читать дальше...

These great iOS apps are designed to help you learn a new language fast, so next time you travel you’ll be able to make an effort to communicate rather than feeling foreign and foolish. Even better news for some of my readers, in most cases apps for both iOS and Android exist.

Less than two months after a ban came into effect for new SSL/TLS certificates signed with the weak SHA-1 hashing algorithm, exemptions are already starting to take shape.

In 2013, venerable IT management vendor BMC Software went private, a move that CEO Bob Beauchamp says enabled the company to invest heavily in modernizing technology, fresh leadership and a new strategy aimed at helping customers advance their digital transformation initiatives. In this installment of the IDG CEO Interview Series, Beauchamp talked with Chief Content Officer John Gallant about how BMC’s Digital Enterprise Management plan can deliver ‘massive cost savings,’ make it easier for companies... Читать дальше...

There's a disturbing new angle to cyberattacks that has become more common over the last year, and it is proving costly for organizations: extortion.

The storage landscape has been continually shifting over the last five years and the next year should prove no different. With the transformation of proprietary-based storage systems taking the lead, technology advancements that lower latency and increase SSD capacity will only serve to advance this storage landscape shift.

I hate passwords. I hate coming up with them. I hate remembering them. I hate mistyping them four times in a row. And I hate getting locked out of whatever I'm trying to log into in the process.

Sharp has approved an offer from Hon Hai Precision Industry and related companies to acquire more than 66 percent of the company’s voting stock, making the Taiwanese contract manufacturer the new parent of the Japanese firm.

Apple’s refusal to help the FBI unlock an iPhone 5c used by one of the terrorists in the San Bernardino, California attack on Dec. 2 has prompted the Maricopa County attorney’s office in Arizona to ban providing new iPhones to its staff.

When The Weather Company wanted to up its game in the forecasting world, executives knew the answer was to analyze even more data. However, the company's data warehouse was too constricting; it accepted only structured data and required as long as six months to develop appropriate schemas.

This financial services company has settled a government lawsuit by agreeing to change its billing practices by a certain date -- one that's steadily approaching, says a pilot fish in the loop.

Apple CEO hits back at FBI request to unlock iPhone, with repetitive, colorful metaphor. But Tim Cook’s claims still don’t make sense -- unless he knows something we don’t.

Tim Cook has said the U.S. government is requiring Apple to write "the software equivalent of cancer" by demanding that it help unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists.

With news last week that high-profile music streaming service Spotify had decided to move its currently on-premises infrastructure to Google's Cloud Platform public cloud offering, Google got a much-needed endorsement from a high-profile customer.

Determining indoor location based on Wi-Fi signal strength is easy enough if you know precisely where the access points are located, but gathering that information across a wide area is time-consuming.

Virtual reality headsets are getting a lot of buzz, but programs and content are tough to find. You can now test your skill at writing VR apps with a software development kit released by ARM.