Новости за 31.08.2015

Microsoft has prevailed over InterDigital in a years-old patent infringement action that was originally brought against Nokia in front of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). 

Apple's OS X El Capitan appears to be on track for a late September release, according to a comparison of its preview release tempo with that of 2014's Yosemite.

Elected officials in several cities and states aren't completely on board with a U.S. Federal Communications Commission proposal to allow low-income people to purchase broadband service through a program subsidizing voice service.

The U.S. government is working on a sanctions package against Chinese firms and individuals for cyber-espionage activities against U.S. companies, the Washington Post reported. This move comes after months of cyber attacks on companies and government agencies that have been linked to China.

It’s an interesting time to be the CEO of VMware.

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There's little question that Amazon has dominated e-commerce for much of its existence. But as it quietly boosts its physical presence in communities, it's not really getting into the bricks-and-mortar business. All that it's doing is perfecting its online operations, ever mindful that the final stage of e-commerce is getting the product to the shopper, a stage that can run into quite a few obstacles.

If you're a Linux user, especially a systems administrator, the Linux Foundation has some security tips to share with you, and they're quite good.

VMware has updated its stack of data center virtualization software, rounding out capabilities that allow an organization to run an entire data center operation and related cloud services as a single unified entity.

Working in his research lab, Andrea Alù is focused on a single objective: Doubling wireless bandwidth. "The final goal is to realize a compact device that can enable full-duplex for wireless communications, transmitting and receiving at the same time on the same frequency channel," says Alù, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at University of Texas at Austin.

If you have a jailbroken iOS device, then you are a target of a new malware that has successfully stolen credentials for over 225,000 Apple accounts. The malware was dubbed KeyRaider since “it raids victims’ passwords, private keys and certificates.”

Qualcomm is promising to improve security and privacy on high-end smartphones with Snapdragon Smart Protect, which uses on-device machine learning to help detect zero-day malware.

Enterprise file sharing and synchronization (EFSS) vendor Egnyte is today announcing some new integration between its own platform and Microsoft's Office 365 productivity suite. Under the integration, Egnyte users will have full support within Office apps. What this means is that users can open Egnyte files directly from within the various Office tools (Office Online, Office Desktop and Office Mobile) for both viewing and editing. These files are then saved back to Egnyte automatically.

7 a.m.…

…and you’re in the weekly team meeting. Today’s topic is ‘Boosting collaboration through digital business processes – the challenge of staff engagement.’

You’re about to explain why senior staff must lead teams by using these processes themselves, rather than yelling at everybody else. And an urgent personal Message comes in on your iPhone/Apple Watch. What will you do? Will you….

• Apologise swiftly and attend to the message?
• Walk out the meeting room and call the person? Читать дальше...

Credentials for more than 225,000 Apple accounts have been stolen by sophisticated malware that targets modified iOS devices, according to Palo Alto Networks.

The small, camera-equipped drone hovers unobtrusively outside your office window, quietly photographing the confidential documents on your desk and on your computer screen. A dumpster diver retrieves your shredded printouts, scans them into a computer and uses jigsaw-puzzle-solving software to reform the shreds into legible documents.

Wow: The Apple TV 4 will cost $200 (or possibly $150, depending on who you believe). It's now expected to be launched next week at the 9/9 iPhone 6s event, with a release date sometime next month.

Sony has unveiled an understated smartwatch with technology in the wristband itself, while LG Electronics is showing off one with a gold finish. 

T-Mobile USA is going after data thieves, which it says are taking advantage of the company's unlimited high-speed data plan through excessive tethering -- the use of smartphone data service on other devices.

The U.S. National Security Agency's controversial program for the bulk collection of domestic phone call records has been granted extension for the last time, according to documents released.

Russian-speaking hackers have breached 97 websites, mostly dating-related, and stolen login credentials, putting hundreds of thousands of users at risk.

A Wall Street Journal exclusive last week revealed that "dozens" of Amazon engineers who worked on the failed Fire Phone at the company's Silicon Valley-based Lab126 were (true to the branding) fired.

An energy storage study claims that prices for certain battery technologies will plunge by as much as 60% over the next five years. The report was prepared by Australian consultancy AECOM and published by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

Remote user submits a help-desk ticket over the weekend to get some software installed -- and it's flagged as urgent, reports this pilot fish who's tasked with the ticket.