Новости за 25.08.2016

Amid reports that Apple is working on a social app, if not an outright foray into a social network, analysts wonder whether the company is already too far out of the social loop to make a difference.

To spy on a human rights activist, hackers allegedly connected to a Middle Eastern government used three previously unknown vulnerabilities in Apple’s iOS.

Long before the Windows 10 Anniversary Update appeared, it was obvious that Microsoft was putting more energy and effort into its troubleshooting tools. These are readily available by typing "trouble" into Cortana (or the search box, if you prefer) and then selecting the Troubleshooting (Control panel) result. What I didn't know at the time was that the future of Windows 10 didn't include fix-its.

You’ve probably heard about Bitcoin, the virtual cryptocurrency that has often been associated with illegal activities and the “dark web.” Indeed, it’s been a favorite way for drug dealers, for various criminals, and for hackers who take over machines and then demand “ransomware” to get paid.

Companies today are awash in data, but current tools and processes are not enabling them to keep it secure.

Combining Sennheiser headphone and microphone engineering with Dolby Laboratory 7.1 surround sound techhologies takes gaming to another dimension. Sennheiser's technology angles the drivers in the ear cups channeling the sound directly into your ears. This improves sonic detail, definition and dynamics. Dolby's 7.1 technology comes via a USB sound card providing headphone control and remarkable spacial effects letting you accurately pin point sounds with 3D like dimensionality. Averaging 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon (read reviews)... Читать дальше...

As the election season rampages on, we categorize voters into broad demographics — soccer moms, NASCAR dads, blacks, whites, ALICEs, yuppies — in an attempt to understand and discuss this complex, churning electorate. In doing so we’re tapping into something fundamental about how we perceive the world: not as a sequence of singular individuals, but rather as a massive set of overlapping taxonomies that, taken together, comprise an impressively structured human experience.

When Google officially announced the launch of its Android 7.0 Nougat operating system this week, I couldn't help but notice something strange in the air.

Intel is expanding its lineup of SSDs with its 3D NAND chips with more affordable consumer and enterprise drives.

The Logitech Harmony Smart Control systems turns you smartphone or tablet into a one-touch universal remote. Now you can control your entire entertainment system with the smartphone or tablet you already own. The Harmony Hub combined with a powerful app give you personalized control of up to 8 devices and works with over 270,000 devices including cable TV boxes, Apple TV, Roku, Sonos, Amazon Fire TV, Phillips Hue, Xbox One, PS3, and TV-connected PC or Mac—even through closed cabinets and walls. Читать дальше...

Cisco Systems has started releasing security patches for a critical flaw in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) firewalls targeted by an exploit linked to the U.S. National Security Agency.

Two years after its acquisition by Facebook, WhatsApp is changing its privacy policy to allow it to share more information about its mobile app users with its owner.

After a company has been hacked and the hack has been discovered to be a harmful one, top executives and IT leaders normally huddle in a room to assess the loss.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has again been named a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays, published August 22nd. According to Gartner, “Solid-state arrays have matured beyond performance-oriented workloads, and the benefits are now compelling for all primary storage plus old and new unexpected workloads.” With several mature options to choose from, it’s now more important than ever before for customers to fully understand the differences between leading vendors and their various offerings. Читать дальше...

Apple aches to develop a social networking solution people will use and is working on sharing technologies all across its iOS platforms, claims a Bloomberg report.

Bitglass is a vendor in the cloud access security broker (CASB) space. What that means is that Bitglass is focused on ensuring organizations utilize strong security tools and processes to keep their data safe. It's a busy space and one in which being seen as a thought leader is important; hence, Bitglass and its competitors invest lots of effort in creating content that is broadly useful to the industry.

A momentous milestone

Aug. 25 marks the 25th anniversary of Linux, the free and open source operating system that's used around the globe in smarphones, tablets, desktop PCs, servers, supercomputers, and more. Though its beginnings were humble, Linux has become the world’s largest and most pervasive open source software project in history. How did it get here? Read on for a look at some of the notable events along the way.

No one likes other people looking at their laptops.

That is why HP along with 3M has come out with an integrated solution that stops the person sitting next to you in your friendly neighborhood Starbucks from snooping on what you're doing on your computer. The new technology, called Sure View, promises to save what's on your screen for your eyes only.

In IT Blogwatch, we try to spy with our little eye something too dark to see. 

So what exactly is Sure View? Sherri L. Smith... Читать дальше...

NuTonomy is offering rides in its self-driving taxis to select residents of Singapore from Thursday, ahead of a commercial launch of the service in 2018.

A plan by the U.S. government to require some foreign travelers to provide their social media IDs on key travel documents is drawing outrage.

If you've heard about the latest advances in autonomous driving it's natural to assume driverless cars are just around the corner -- perhaps waiting to pick you up.

This project involves statistical analysis of some massive government-collected data files -- so big that kicking unneeded fields out of the working database is a priority, reports a pilot fish in the know.

Four years ago, the New York Public Library began to move its web properties to the cloud.

Twitter users aren’t the only ones checking the microblogging service for important updates. Android malware is starting to do so, too.

Stratasys today unveiled two industrial 3D printers that can build objects of virtually any size using materials such as carbon fiber for lighter wieght and stronger parts.