Новости за 09.02.2016

A Seattle law firm considering a class action suit against Apple wants iPhone users whose devices have been crippled by "Error 53" to contact their office.

A couple of weeks ago my third grader daughter expressed renewed interest in learning how to program. She had already experimented with MIT Scratch over the past couple of years, so I tried to teach her Python using the Python for Kids book. Somehow, Python did not click -- she didn't see the point.

Robots, cars and virtual-reality headsets will turn heads at Mobile World Congress later this month, but the real star of these shows will be the still-nascent 5G standard.

Twitter is reaching out for help to curb abuse and harassment on its social network.

Intel's Itanium has an uncertain future, but Hewlett Packard Enterprise is committed to an upcoming chip, code-named Kittson, that is the next step in the venerable chip line. This could be good news for users who count on running apps on the chip family for some time to come.

Google has a pair of new security features that will warn users in cases when they should be cautious about revealing sensitive information over email.

Enterprise mobility is often a tug-of-war between freedom-seeking employees and security-minded IT departments, but VMware aims to make those differences go away. The virtualization giant on Tuesday rolled out a new platform along with two key updates it says will help keep everyone happy.

You know Jason Howell, right? You must know Jason Howell. Everyone knows Jason Howell.

If you're looking into buying servers from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, don't let a new naming convention throw you off.

Although it sometimes takes a little digging to find them, Windows 10 still includes useful backup and restore capabilities. So while there are many good third-party backup utilities that work with Windows 10, some free and some fee-based, you don’t necessarily need to investigate or turn to such options.

U.S. DHS and FBI staff see their directory info stolen by pro-Palestine hacktivists. The self-styled DotGovs group says it broke into DoJ networks to leech the data, via spear-phishing plus social engineering.

A company meeting is more than just one person talking to a group. It can also include PowerPoint presentations, videos and, very often, a whiteboard on which attendees can map out lists and create charts and notes.

Tips for improving your self-promotion skills

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Successful self-promotion is critical in today's competitive, hyper-social work world. Especially for women looking to get ahead and make their mark in IT, self-promotion is no longer just a professional advantage -- it's become a career survival skill.

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President Barack Obama on Tuesday will propose a sharp increase in cybersecurity spending for next year's budget, to improve outdated government software and promote better online security for consumers.

Apple is preparing its next round of incremental improvements to iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple TV and Apple Watch, in addition to those announced ealier this year, here’s what to expect:

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Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, chairwoman of the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés, at a press conference in Brussels on Feb. 3.

Rumor mill says that the division where this IT pilot fish works is about to be hit with a big layoff -- and the details even include the date the ax will fall.

Historically, enterprise software had a reputation for “pig ugly” design tied to its mainframe-era roots. But in recent years, ERP vendors have tried mightily to overcome that reputation by modernizing the user interface, according to a report by Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC).

People testing out the public beta of Microsoft's Azure Stack private cloud system have some new platform services and DevOps tools to play with -- less than two weeks after it initially launched. 

The increasingly busy enterprise collaboration space got a new entry Monday with Prysm's new platform designed to support dispersed, multidevice workplaces.

Facebook's Free Basics service was dealt a severe blow by India's telecommunications regulator, which ruled on Monday that telecom service providers are prohibited from charging differently for data depending on the content or the application that the user is accessing.

Kingston Technology today announced it has acquired the USB technology and assets of IronKey from Imation Corp.

Twitter users are waiting to see what changes, if any, will hit their feed this week.