From InfoWorld: Nokia is taking the principle of "united we stand" to the Internet of things with a platform that can harness systems from multiple vendors for network-wide security.
The company's NetGuard Security Management Center is designed to monitor and control all the security components on...
From PC World: Many users of Windows 7 and 8.1 will start seeing a more aggressive push to upgrade to Windows 10 in the coming days, as Microsoft starts to roll the new operating system out as a recommended update which will automatically download.
Microsoft said the rollout of Windows 10 as a...
From CNET: More than 100 drivers for the rail-hailing company held a strike and protest outside Uber's Queens, New York, offices on Monday, offering a vocal response against Uber's latest rate cuts. The company on Friday slashed its New York City prices by 15 percent in hopes of goosing rides during...
From InfoWorld: Companies are finding some of the oddest locations for data centers these days.
Facebook, for example, built a data center in Lulea in Sweden because the icy cold temperatures there would help cut the energy required for cooling. A proposed Facebook data center in Clonee, Ireland...
From PC World: If you follow Google relatively closely, you probably know about Project Loon, an effort to provide Internet access to those in rural areas or affected by natural disasters using LTE-equipped balloons.
According to a new report from The Guardian, Project Loon has some company. As...
From CNET: Apple's latest clandestine endeavor could be in virtual reality.
The Cupertino, California, tech giant has assembled a secret research group focused on virtual and augmented reality, according to the Financial Times. Apple's team, which has hundreds of staff, has been building headset...
From PC World: Cisco Systems has released a new batch of security patches this week for flaws affecting a wide range of products, including for a critical vulnerability in its RV220W wireless network security firewalls.
The RV220W vulnerability stems from insufficient input validation of HTTP...
For the Japanese car industry, sport models of vehicles evolved from their normal editions are normally wider than the rest of their siblings. For example, the Subaru Impreza WRX STI is 5.5 cm wider than normal Impreza WRX, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution is 5 cm wider than normal Lancer, and the Nissan Skyline R34 GTR is 6 cm wider than normal Skyline R34. Although it is not necessarily the case wider body design equals to better performance...
If you have been to a party or a get-together, then I am sure there were chips or crisps on the table, whichever name you prefer. There are so many options for flavors today, and if you head to Costco, there will be massive bags of them, too. Kind of a joke complaint from people to chip companies is there is too much air in the bags, which takes up potential chip real estate. My favorite are Pringles, who has mostly been able to avoid this...
From PC World: LG has patched a security flaw in an application preinstalled on millions of its Android G3 smartphones that researchers found could be used to steal a variety of data.
The application, called Smart Notice, is a kind of multifunctional widget, managing contacts, notifications, and...
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