Новости за 19.09.2016

MIT is collaborating with two Dutch universities to create a small fleet of self-driving boats that will first be tested in Amsterdam to ferry commuters and goods about the city.

IBM sold off its x86 server business two years ago to Lenovo, thinking it was exiting a cut-throat, low-margin business. But the cloud has only intensified x86 server chip sales, and IBM is paying attention.

Microsoft has sued a Wisconsin man for allegedly selling stolen Windows and Office activation codes, claiming in court documents that he is a repeat pirate who still owes the company $1.2 million from an earlier judgment.

The challenges as the head of IT for a major international law firm with 700 attorneys, 1,500 total employees and 20 separate offices around the world aren’t exactly small, but Baker Donelson CIO John D. Green is up to the task – even when that task changes a little every day.

Feeling a little cramped in your tweets?

Twitter has a solution for you, without exactly lifting its 140-character limit.

The company announced in a tweet today that media will no longer count in the long-standing 140-character limit on tweet limit.

“Rolling out now: photos, videos, GIFs, polls, and Quote Tweets no longer count toward your 140 characters,” Twitter tweeted out today.

For a while now, people have been speculating that Twitter, which has been trying to gain a little more traction with its user base... Читать дальше...

As we move to a world of hybrid data centers that span both private and public clouds, encryption will become increasingly ubiquitous and important. While the physical control of infrastructure becomes less and less relevant, the logical control of encryption becomes the foundation of trust. As such, the integrity of an encryption solution moves more centrally into the spotlight. 

Sophos is coming out with Intercept X, its new name for endpoint protection that’s based on technology acquired when it bought SurfRight last year to broaden its endpoint strategy.

According to Emerson, makers of this UP500W Sensi Wi-Fi Programmable Thermostat, their customers save up to 33% in energy costs every year using programmed heating and cooling schedules. The Sensi thermostat makes it easy to remotely control and schedule the comfort of your home using your phone, tablet or PC. You can start with a preloaded schedule that reflects common daily patterns and quickly adapt it to your unique schedule, or you can use the intuitive swipe controls to build a customized daily schedule in seconds. Читать дальше...

While corporate sustainability initiatives make headlines, small businesses have been slower to go green. Studies show that nearly half of all small businesses haven’t implemented any sustainability practices at all.

The new line of HP PageWide office printers is powered by the biggest improvement in printhead technology in years. The secret sauce is called High Definition Nozzle Architecture, or HDNA, and it stands to considerably improve productivity in the office. 

Oracle CTO Larry Ellison ordered himself some new business cards on stage at the company's OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, just by having a conversation. 

Intent on getting in on the momentum building behind the cloud, Oracle Corp. is refocusing the company to become a top cloud player.

It is certainly disconcerting when your cellphone blares out a red alert warning; in my area the emergency sound is usually associated with imminent danger due to a tornado. The Wireless Emergency Alert system sends Amber alerts as well as extreme weather warnings, but on Monday morning – for the first time – WEA sent a “Wanted” poster emergency alert to millions of New Yorkers, asking for help in the manhunt for the Manhattan and New Jersey bombing suspect.

Microsoft will not include bug fixes for Internet Explorer (IE) in the new cumulative updates slated to upend Windows patching next month.

Windows 10 brought a lot of changes to Microsoft's flagship desktop operating system when it debuted on July 29, 2015, and it has changed even more since then. With the release of the Anniversary Update in August (Build 1607 for Current Branch users, at Build 14393.105 as I write this), even license activation has changed. Here's what most users of the business-oriented Windows 10 Enterprise will see if they check their Activation screen:

I had a little bit to do with BMC back when it was still a public company. After they went private, BMC hunkered down for a while and focused inwardly as it rebuilt its business. The recent BMC Engage conference was one of the first chances for media and analysts to get a good look at how far BMC has come, and how far it has yet to go. (Disclosure: The company paid my travel and expenses to attend the event.)

In last week's post, we looked at a series of commands that used the lsof (list open files) command to provide information that can help with troubleshooting on the Unix systems you manage. Since lsof has such a huge collection of options, remembering which option to use for what sometimes makes the command hard to use as often or as effectively as you might like. So what we're doing today is looking at several ways to make the use of this very helpful tool a bit easier. We do that by creating useful aliases... Читать дальше...

Cisco Systems has patched a vulnerability similar to one exploited by a cyberespionage group believed to be linked to the U.S. National Security Agency.

Echo Dot is a hands-free, voice-controlled device that uses Alexa to play & control music (either on its own, or through a connected speaker/receiver), control smart home devices, provide information, read the news, set alarms, and more. If you’re looking to buy them as gifts, or for different homes or rooms, Amazon will throw in a free one ($50 value) when you buy 5, or two free ones when you buy 10 (a $100 value). To take advantage of this limited time offer, select 6 or 12 in the quantity dropdown and add to your Shopping Cart. Читать дальше...

SAP has made no secret of the fact that its bets for the future rest largely on its Hana in-memory computing platform. But broad adoption is a critical part of making those bets pay off.

Apple may sell more than 100 million iPhone 7’s by the end of the year, analysts claim, with some predicting it will be the biggest-selling iPhone model yet. Initial stocks of the iPhone 7S quickly sold out in the US, China and the UK across launch weekend – how could media expectations have created such flawed expectations?

The days of Microsoft's System Center may be numbered. With the introduction of Windows 10, Microsoft has begun championing a different approach to systems management -- the same approach that Apple created for the iPad and iPhone, and Google later adopted for Android. Organizations adopting Windows 10 can take advantage of this new approach, allowing IT to manage all client devices -- Windows 10 PCs (as older Windows versions are retired), Macs, iOS devices, and Android devices -- from the same consoles... Читать дальше...

Larry Ellison has a message for Amazon Web Services: Oracle is going to give Amazon a run for its money in the cloud market.

Autonomous self-driving cars are set to take off but they are less likely to be driven by private owners and will in all probability be part of networks operated by ride-hailing services, according to Lyft's view of the future of transportation.

Intel is now more than just a PC company. At industry events, the company's keynotes feature drones flying around, robots walking on stage and musicians creating tunes from wearables. The chip maker is helping BMW build an autonomous car, will sell modems to Apple and is leading the development of next-generation 5G cellular networks. For all these new markets, it will provide chip and data-center technologies.