Новости за 15.01.2016

There's been no end in sight to the advance of machine learning into the world of enterprise software, but this week a new online tool debuted for the purpose of sheer fun: predicting the winner of the Super Bowl.

The change in IT hiring was illustrated this week by General Electric Co., which announced it is moving its headquarters from Fairfield County, Conn., to Boston. In doing so, Jeff Immelt, GE's CEO, said Greater Boston is home to 55 colleges and universities, and "attracts a diverse, technologically fluent workforce."

Major automakers plan to work with the U.S. government to try to deter hacks of connected cars before they become a major issue.

When you post on Facebook or Twitter, watch a movie on Netflix or play an online game, a server somewhere is powering it.

While the personal computer business overall contracted another 8% to 11% in 2015, Apple continued to grow shipments of its Mac line, one of only two manufacturers in the top five to do so throughout the year, according to estimates from researchers IDC and Gartner.

200 million devices are now running Windows 10 all over the world, or almost two-thirds of the entire U.S. population. It’s a bit surprising, given that much of this growth (about 40%) has occurred just since Thanksgiving. According to recent published data, Windows 10 is is on a trajectory of growth that beats Windows 7 (by 140%) and Windows 8 (by 400%).

Intel's goal for 2016 is simple: try to break its reliance on PCs.

That's because the PC market isn't the money-spinner it once was for the chip maker. As desktop and laptop shipments fall, so also are Intel's overall chip shipments and revenue.

To be sure, the Client Computing Group (CCG)-- which deals in PC and mobile chips -- remains Intel's largest business and generates the most revenue. But Intel is pivoting to adjacent growth markets such as data centers, the Internet of Things and memory... Читать дальше...

Hackers managed to compromise payment cards used at 250 Hyatt Hotels locations in around 50 countries after infecting the company's payment processing systems with malware.

Hackers managed to compromise payment cards used at 250 Hyatt Hotels locations in around 50 countries after infecting the company's payment processing systems with malware.

In a recent article, “Beyond SMAC: The new platform for digital business,” I addressed how eight foundational disruptive technologies -- some mature, some emerging -- are serving as key elements of a new master IT architecture for digital business ecosystems.

If you're connecting to servers over the secure shell (SSH) protocol using an OpenSSH client, you should update that client immediately. The latest version patches a flaw that could allow rogue or compromised servers to read users' private authentication keys.

Apple and Samsung rang in the new year right where they ended last year, in federal court, resuming their years-long patent litigation over smartphones. On Tuesday, a federal appeals court expressed skepticism over several Apple claims, such as its “quick link” and “pinch-to-unlock” patents. But this week’s hearing was just a sidebar in a larger story. 

Paying homage to its classic big box ancestors, Amazon UK is experimenting with a page lifted from 1970s Sears: loaning customers money to make purchases.

Apple hasn't completely fixed a weakness in Gatekeeper, its security technology that blocks harmful applications from being installed.

IBM is going to apply machine learning to fraud busting with Iris Analytics.

Good things come in big packages, right?

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When XYZprinting unveiled its da Vinci 1.0 Professional 3D printer in September, it touted the fact that the printer could used third-party 1.75mm filaments and was positioned for "professional use."

Xiaomi said Friday it shipped over 70 million smartphones in 2015, short of an ambitious target it had announced last year, amid growing competition and high dependence on the Chinese market.

Flashback a couple decades, to the September day when this IT pilot fish learns he's been laid off from his first full-time job out of college.

Dennis Crowley, Foursquare’s remaining co-founder gets kicked up to the boardroom, “of his own volition.” In news that may or may not be connected, 4sq gets yet another honking chunk of change to burn through—but the price is said to value Foursquare at way less than it was worth previously.

Smart cities, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence and the march of the robots – these sci-fi fantasies are almost ready for prime time, blurring the lines between daily life and tech. Digital transformation is impacting every part of life, and Apple has an opportunity it hasn’t yet explored.

Intel welcomed employees from its massive Altera acquisition this week, and the first products from the deal will come out this quarter.

Whenever a techie sets up a new computer network, they have to assume that files will unexpectedly disappear, and plan for it.

Google has released an upgrade to Go 1.5.3 to fix a security issue with the math/big package for implementing multiprecision arithmetic. Go programs must be recompiled with this version to receive the fix.

A car pulls up to the curb at your hotel. There is no driver. You peak inside, and notice there is no steering wheel and no brakes or gas pedal. It looks like the car is completely robotic. Odd, huh? But would you get in and let the car drive you across town?