Новости за 09.02.2017

Once upon a time, Silicon Valley’s top tech companies agreed not to poach employees from one another. In 2005, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously warned Google’s cofounder Sergey Brin, “If you hire a single one of these people, that means war.”

Upgrading CPU performance hasn't been a priority for Intel in many years, but that could be changing.

Apple's next three models of the iPhone -- the iPhone 8 and two updated versions of  iPhone 7 -- will sport a long-awaited feature: wireless charging, according to an industry analyst with a track record of being right about the company's plans.

This Original OEM Apple USB Lightning Cable For iPhone connects your iPhone, iPad, or iPod with Lightning connector to your computer's USB port for syncing and charging or to the Apple USB Power Adapter for convenient charging from a wall outlet. Its typical list price of $79 has been reduced 38% to just $49. See it now on Amazon.

Attackers have started to use Windows and Android malware to hack into embedded devices, dispelling the widely held belief that if such devices are not directly exposed to the Internet they're less vulnerable.

Network equipment vendor Nokia wants to buy a software company that helps customers make do with less hardware.

If there's one thing to take away from this week's Android Wear revamp, it's that no one seems to know what exactly a smartwatch should be.

Perhaps the next iPhone 8 will be Apple's next shot at achieving greatness in China.

Twitter really needs to regain focus.

Lately, the famous social networking company has been clinging to nothing but their fame and battling online abuse, but there’s no sign of actually doing anything innovative or novel. Here’s a good example.

To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

In an ideal world, we wouldn’t need passwords, lock screens, or to take any other steps to protect our security and privacy.

IT managers disagree with chief executives over who is responsible for a cyber security breach, according to a survey released Thursday.

Best tech jobs in America

Image by Thinkstock

For the second year in a row, data scientist tops the list of Glassdoor's Best Jobs in America followed by DevOps engineer and data engineer. Though Glassdoor expanded 2017's list to 50 -- up from 25 in 2016 -- technology jobs continued to dominate the list, with fourteen roles represented on the list from the IT industry.

"In particular for tech jobs, companies across all industries are hiring workers for these needed positions, including employers in healthcare... Читать дальше...

A mobile workforce

Image by Pexels

Today, employee mobility and office BYOD programs are critical for enterprise productivity. Mobile devices add new security challenges, bypassing many of the security controls you have in place. Mobile devices, mobile apps and the networks they use are now essential to satisfy customers, collaborate more effectively with suppliers, and keep employees productive anytime and anywhere.

To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Cynicism is easy. All it takes is an external target and a cutting turn of phrase. It will always be easier to slam someone’s original idea than it is to build your own. Apple ignores the cynical. So should we all.

In light of its increasingly prominent and strategic role, IT continues to remain in control of technology budgets. One-third of the CIOs responding to CIO.com's 2017 State of the CIO survey said IT controls 71 percent or more of their organizations' technology budgets.

As if Microsoft didn't have enough irons in the fire concerning Windows 10, now come rumors of a new desktop experience for Windows 10 devices codenamed “Andromeda.” This all sounds very similar to a Google project to do the same thing and by the same name.

Better start saving now, if you want the next iPhone.

We drop some serious cash on our smartphones, but how much is too much? Apple is hoping that loyal customers are willing to spend more than ever before to buy the 10th anniversary iPhone. So how much will it cost, and what features will it sport?

In IT Blogwatch, we see how much we have in savings. 

So what is happening? Mark Spoonauer shares some background:

Inmarsat says it has built a global IoT network by combining land-based, low-power networks with its mesh of communications satellites, bringing data connections to things like cattle in Australia and reservoirs in Malaysia.

To better vet foreign travelers, the U.S. might demand that some visa applicants hand over the passwords to their social media accounts, a proposal that’s alarming privacy experts.

Oracle has informed a federal court that it is settling a lawsuit in which a former employee had charged that she had been terminated from her job for refusing to go along with accounting principles that she did not consider lawful.

It’s a classic Hollywood plot: the battle between two old friends who went separate ways. Often the friction begins when one pal sparks an interest in what had always been the other pal’s unspoken domain. In the programming language version of this movie, it’s the introduction of Node.js that turns the buddy flick into a grudge match: PHP and JavaScript, two partners who once ruled the internet together but now duke it out for the mind share of developers.

Is Google a good choice for communication? With the exception of email, Google is not considered a leader in person-to-person communication apps and services. Skype, owned by Microsoft, tops the video calling space. Facebook dominates social media. Slack leads business chat-room messaging. WhatsApp rules mobile messaging. And besides the big platforms from the big companies, hundreds of startups have created appealing and innovative communications apps and services.

Flashback a decade or two, to the days when one big database vendor is constantly changing its licensing -- and customers keep figuring out how to beat it, according to this IT pilot fish.

The nation's energy policies appear to be ready to change drastically under President Donald Trump's administration.

An AMD Athlon or Sempron chip may not drum as much excitement as Ryzen, but loyalty has helped those brands stick around for more than a decade.