Новости за 31.03.2016

These "free USB sticks" were left for the taking in our break room here at Network World headquarters.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has taken a major step toward new regulations requiring ISPs to get customer permission before using or sharing their Web-surfing history and other personal information.

The past two weeks have been a bonanza of cloud conferences and they provide useful insight into the ongoing IaaS cloud wars between Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

Microsoft's Hololens promises to merge the real and virtual worlds in ways that haven't been possible before, and on Thursday morning, the company demonstrated one way the gadget could transform the way we buy cars and just about any other major product.

Every time Intel announces new Xeon chips, server makers waste no time in announcing new products to take advantage.

I am currently in the process of interviewing the leaders of every Linux distribution on the planet, with the goal of helping us get to know the people behind the projects better. Having just wrapped up discussions with the heads of both elementary and Fedora (and others in the works) I decided it was time to talk about openSUSE.

We are well on our way to a world where communications traffic between mobile apps will be completely secure. Whether voice or text, monitored traffic will be encrypted and uncrackable, even with the cooperation of the app or device developers.

Now that "data scientist" has been declared this year's hottest job, it seems a safe bet that there are plenty of people out there calling themselves by that name but without the requisite skills. Enter Correlation One, a new, data science-specific job site focused on helping employers and qualified professionals connect.

Microsoft Executive Vice President Qi Lu had an interesting pitch for developers Thursday: Build applications that use data from Microsoft Office.

In its continuing push towards making its tools available across platforms, Microsoft announced Thursday that it will give Windows developers using .NET the native ability inside Visual Studio to write applications to Android and iOS.

Intel promised super fast and high-capacity SSDs with 3D NAND chips last year, and the company announces the first of those drives Thursday.

Microsoft Executive Vice President Scott Guthrie has fired back at Amazon in the ongoing public cloud wars, announcing a set of new capabilities for Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.

Intel continues to jack up the number of CPU cores in its chips, on Thursday releasing Xeon E5-2600 processors that have up to 22 cores.

Starting with iOS 9, Apple has tried to make it harder for attackers to trick users into installing unauthorized apps on their devices by abusing stolen enterprise certificates. However, it left one door open that attackers can still exploit: the protocol used by mobile device management products.

Airware

Drone inspecting a cell tower

News from startup Airware that it has begun offering full-blown drone packages to enterprises such as insurance company State Farm is indeed interesting, but for the purposes of our Network World audience, this is even more intriguing: retired Cisco CEO John Chambers (now executive chairman) is one of the company's new investors.

Airware said it has raised $30M in fresh Series C funding, including from Chambers, who now joins the company's board... Читать дальше...

New wireless technology developed by researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab promises to kill the Wi-Fi password at last.

Late in the day on Wednesday, Microsoft gave a handful of press members at its Build developer conference a sneak peek at the HoloLens hardware it began shipping to developers that same day.

One of the best pieces of security advice any computer expert can give you is to enable two-factor authentication for websites that support it. With password breaches so common nowadays, it could be the one thing that keeps hackers from stealing your identity online. Here are five points to help you understand this technology.

There’s a lot of things coming out of Microsoft’s BUILD conference, but here are three.

Strata World/Hadoop World

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There’s a big world of big data tools and services, and many of the leading ones are on display this week at Strata World/Hadoop World in San Jose. From the latest distributions of open source database technology to handy tools for helping to manage them, check out some of the latest big data technology hitting the market this week.

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IBM sees customers of Salesforce.com as key to growing revenue at its Global Business Services consulting division.

AMD is releasing one monster graphics card after another as its GPU speed battle with Nvidia heats up.

The future of Windows and more

Developers, developers, developers! The ghost of Steve Ballmer past lingers heavily over Microsoft’s annual Build conference, but despite ostensibly being an event dedicated to code monkeys, Build’s always brimming with consumer-friendly news about the future of Windows, Office, and more. This year was no exception—and it even managed to squeeze in a few eye-opening surprises.

If Windows Phone isn’t dying, Microsoft sure has a funny way of keeping it on life support.

The pressure of writing a professional resume or cover letter can often leave the finished product stiff and lacking personality. It can be difficult for job seekers to find a balance between writing a resume that feels too professional and one that's too casual. But, unfortunately, finding the right tone is one of the most important parts of writing a resume. You need to get the attention of the hiring manager, according to Jennifer Hay, professional resume writer for IT Resume Service. In this month's Resume Makeover... Читать дальше...