Новости за 21.09.2016

Samsung today released two of its highest-capacity SSDs for consumers. The drives are based on the M.2 "gumstick" form factor, which is quickly being adopted in the latest ultra-thin notebooks and PCs.

Come on, admit it. You've always wanted to have Scotty beam you up to the USS Enterprise.

The moment of truth has arrived for a hotly contested project to make sure LTE and Wi-Fi can share the same frequencies.

Nearly one-third of the world's power sources are now made up by renewable energy technologies, accounting for nearly a quarter of its electricity production, according to a new report.

More than 840,000 Cisco networking devices from around the world are exposed to a vulnerability that's similar to one exploited by a hacking group believed to be linked to the U.S. National Security Agency.

Interesting news today from Datadog, which has announced a move into the application performance monitoring (APM) space and with it direct competition with vendors such as New Relic and AppDynamics.

Many Raspberry Pi-like developer boards are available, but most can't run Microsoft's Windows 10 desktop operating system. OS versatility is a strong suit of the new SolidRun Q4 board.

ZeroLemon describes their ToughJuice power bank as the world's toughest external battery pack, with 30000mAh capacity and a rugged anti-shock exterior. With enough juice to get you up and running again and again on a single charge, ToughJuice provides up to ten charges to a smartphone, two charges to a tablet or multiple charges to nearly any other device. It features four USB ports (1 QuickCharge 2.0 port, with legacy 5V/2A support and 3 Ports for 1A charging) but more importantly it features USB-C/Type-C Compatibility... Читать дальше...

Be careful with what you torrent. A new tool on the black market is helping hackers distribute malware through torrent files in exchange for a fee.

Microsoft has begun yanking the long-lambasted "Get Windows 10" nag software from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs, according to a support document.

Amazon has discounts on many popular Chromebook models, and the discounts continue through September 26th. Below is a sample of the savings, and you can click through to this page on Amazon for the full list.

Today, 11 cities have had enough secret police surveillance that they are kicking off legislative efforts to push for greater transparency and community control over that surveillance. These cities, spread across the nation, are part of the “Community Control Over Police Surveillance” initiative; together, they are sending a strong message: “The secret, unchecked local use of surveillance technologies, which threatens our fundamental civil rights and civil liberties, is no longer acceptable.”

Apple launched its newest operating system, macOS Sierra 10.12, on Tuesday and aside from new and interesting features, it has a large number of important security fixes.

The European Commission has reworked its plan to end mobile phone roaming fees in the face of widespread criticism of its 90-day annual limit.

These are exciting times in the world of artificial intelligence as advanced capabilities escape the labs and become central to mainstream products -- think Amazon Echo -- and increasingly accessible to everyday software developers.

Released along with macOS Sierra and iOS 10 in the last few days, Apple has also improved its iWork productivity suite (Pages, Keynote and Numbers).

Robots have considerable potential to make human lives better, but only if humans start doing some "big thinking" now about how to ensure that the effects of artificial intelligence are beneficial.

Russia has tried to influence U.S. elections since the 1960s during the Cold War, Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper said Tuesday.

Executives at Booz Allen Hamilton learned the importance of information security the hard way back in 2011 when the hacker group Anonymous claimed that it had penetrated one of Booz Allen’s servers and had deleted 4GB of source code and released a list of more than 90,000 military email addresses and encrypted passwords.

Larry Ellison continued his assault on Amazon during his second keynote address at Oracle OpenWorld on Tuesday.

Phenix Energy Group, an oil pipeline operator and construction company, is preparing to take its IT infrastructure from zero to 60 in a matter of months. To get a years-in-the-making pipeline project off the ground, the company is preparing to grow from a relatively small office environment to a data center setting of 75 servers and 250TB of storage. As a result, security, which hasn’t been a top priority, is suddenly a big deal, according to CIO and COO Bruce Perrin.

Are you taking on multiple job responsibilities at your company, including some aspects of information security? If so, you’re not alone. At many organizations, IT professionals are being asked to handle a variety of security tasks and functions. For them, wearing multiple hats can create both opportunities and stress.

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Apple announced that it has committed to running all of its data centers and corporate offices on renewable energy, joining a group of other corporations committed to the same clean energy goal.

Let's be honest, we were all thinking it: Google needs a new messaging app. After all, it only has around three or four, right?