Новости за 21.04.2016

Shipments of virtual reality hardware will begin to "skyrocket" this year and keep climbing through 2020, market analyst IDC said.

The Pennsylvania Public Service Utility Commission has voted to fine Uber US $11.4 million for operating without its authority and failing to comply with data requests for an investigation.

In the San Bernardino case, it turned out that the FBI didn’t actually need Apple’s help to access the data in shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone 5c. But if Apple had helped, it certainly would have been cheaper.

Qualcomm’s long-awaited server chips may start going into systems in the second half of next year, judging from comments by the company's president.

Patent trolls are a big enough problem that they've attracted the attention of the White House, but there's little consensus on how to stop them. A new tool from artist and engineer Alexander Reben looks to algorithms for help.

Shipments of virtual reality hardware will begin to "skyrocket" this year and keep climbing through 2020, market analyst IDC said.

For gamers who love mechanical keyboards but wish the keys were a little “faster,” your wish has been granted. Corsair has just dropped three new keyboards using a new line of faster Cherry MX keys.

Android N is sneaking out beyond just Nexus devices. Two versions of the Sony Xperia Z3 are now eligible for the preview version of Google’s operating system.

Acer is firing on all cylinders with its powerful new Predator gaming PCs, which will also provide the compute muscle for your virtual reality headset.

One wouldn't typically imagine liquid cooling in a tablet, but Acer has pulled it off with its latest Switch Alpha 12.

Microsoft Translator may be your new best friend for international travel. 

HBO Now has come a long way on app support since launching exclusively on Apple TV one year ago. The streaming service has now added its first console apps for Xbox 360 and Xbox One, along with support for new Samsung Smart TVs.

Reykjavík, Iceland—Project Legion, we hardly even knew ye’. The PC-centric first-person shooter CCP unofficially-officially announced two years ago is now unofficially-officially dead. Not that you’d necessarily notice, because a new PC-centric first-person shooter has stepped in to fill its shoes.

Google’s gone on a building spree with its productivity apps this week. The latest work comes to Google Keep, as the colorful note-taking service is inching closer toward being a full-blown competitor to apps like Evernote and OneNote. There are some new organizational capabilities and deeper ties to Android and Chrome.

Cisco Systems has released patches to fix serious denial-of-service flaws in its Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) software, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software and the Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol (SRTP) library that's used in many products.

Google will soon become a modern-day TV guide with live listings in search results.

If you believed the vendors, you’d think Wi-Fi was simple: Turn on your computer or other device, hop on the Internet and you’re set to go.

Later this year, Comcast Xfinity subscribers will no longer need an expensive cable box to watch video on their televisions.

First Google Chrome, now Dropbox. It’s getting harder to be a Windows XP holdout. Dropbox recently posted a help page on its site announcing that the company’s desktop program would stop supporting Windows XP this summer.

Facebook Messenger's feature improvements aren't stopping with the recent chatbot push. Now, anyone with Messenger for Android or iOS can now initiate a group voice call for up to 50 people.

A security researcher has created a free security tool that can detect attempts by ransomware programs to encrypt files on users' Macs and then block them before they do a lot of damage.

Reykjavík, Iceland—It took three long years, but CCP’s space dogfighter EVE Valkyrie finally released alongside the Oculus Rift last month, and it’s coming to the HTC Vive later this year (with cross-platform multiplayer, to boot). It’s one of the most polished built-for-VR games, and still one of my favorites even after all this time.

It’s been a long, long, long, long time since John Romero worked on a first-person shooter. The famed co-creator of Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake never really left the games industry, yet he hasn’t worked in the genre that made him famous ever since the disastrous 2000 release of Daikatana.

Leonard Llangozi’s PC showed clear signs of a malware infection. “I don’t know what to do.”

Meet the new Ubuntu: A Linux release tailor-made for enterprises

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