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Cupertino
based computer company Apple has unveiled an update to last year's Apple iPhone 4 — the Apple iPhone 4S, with a faster processor and graphics, better camera and greater storage options.
«This is a business, and it's all about making money,» said Dmitriy Ayrapetov, director of product management at Dell SonicWALL, the Round Rock, Texas -
based computer company's network cybersecurity division.
Not exact matches
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson, a
computer programmer at research and design
company Bolt Beranek and Newman (today BBN Technologies), created text -
based messaging between
company computers through the network ARPANET using the «@» symbol to route messages.
Even Apple, one of the most valuable
companies ever, started out with a small, devoted fan
base of early
computer lovers in the 1970s before anyone had a
computer in their home.
We spoke with Grady Summers, a vice president at Mandiant Corp., an Alexandria, Va. -
based information - security firm, and former chief information security officer at General Electric Co., to assemble a list of easy - to - use, free tools that any
company — including those without a technology staff — can use to create a comprehensive security program to protect its network,
computers and data.
«Everything has been pushed to the virtual world,» says the founder of Offload Studios, a B.C. -
based company that specializes in turning 3 - D
computer models into real - life statues.
Based on the results, the
company put together the infographic below, which looks at three critical areas of cloud security: Virtual Private Networks (VPN, which allows a
computer or a Wi - Fi - enabled device to send and receive data securely across a shared or public network), bring your own device (BYOD) policies and a Domain Name System (DNS, the system that Internet domain names and addresses are tracked and regulated by).
Slovakia -
based computer security
company ESET and Maryland -
based Dragos, Inc. said in a report published Monday that the malicious software has the ability to control the switches and circuit breakers — a nightmare scenario for those charged with keeping the lights on.
The
company — comprising a team of neuroscientists,
computer scientists, astrophysicists, artists and entrepreneurs — says it uses a new type of «neural - network algorithm» to analyze millions of reviews and descriptions, and then recommends restaurants
based on the data you have entered into the site, according to a report from Forbes.
For example, Palo Alto, California -
based Cape Analytics, which raised $ 14 million in its first round of venture funding in November, applies
computer vision and machine learning to automate property underwriting for insurance
companies.
In the early 2000s, the
company realized that the
computer -
based Internet it dominated was quickly shifting onto mobile devices.
Prosecutors said McArthur admitted that during the scheme, he gave Livingston unauthorized access to a remote administration tool on a
computer connected to the network of a Pennsylvania -
based telecommunications
company where he worked.
Based in Burnaby, B.C., D - Wave is the world's first commercial quantum computing
company, and Neven called Rose, the operation's chief technology officer, because quantum
computers have important strengths conventional
computers lack.
Infosys, the India -
based computer services giant, on Wednesday touted its new strategy to hire and train 10,000 American workers over the next two years at the
company's annual leadership meeting in San Francisco.
For instance, the
company could do away with a cable -
based charging port, though Jason Snell, editor of Apple news site and podcast Six Colors, and former MacWorld editor, said such a change would make the devices more difficult to repair since most basic repairs require connecting the iPhone to an external
computer.
«Markus is one of those engineers who is just more comfortable sitting in front of a
computer than he is talking to someone face to face,» says Noel Biderman, the co-founder of Avid Life Media, a Toronto -
based company that owns several dating sites.
According to Apple lore, Jobs and
company realized during the early days that the ideal arrangement was to break up areas
based on consumer interactions: an area for checking out how a camera and printer worked with a
computer, another space for multimedia - focused tasks and so on, with an emphasis on hands - on demos, so consumers could handle the goods themselves.
In 2005 alone, U.S.
companies lost $ 15.7 million to virus outbreaks, according to the 2006 CSI / FBI
Computer Crime and Security Survey conducted by the FBI and the San Francisco -
based Computer Security Institute.
, a Toronto -
based company that produces cleaning solutions for
computers and mobile devices.
The
company uses
computer algorithms
based on Dalio's decision - making criteria for investing as well as managing employees.
The software can be web -
based or loaded on the
company's
computers.
Now the
company can identify
computer locations
based on those wireless signals and is offering free software that turns an ordinary Internet browser into one that knows where it is.
IMDB In anticipation of breaking into online video, Amazon bought the film and TV database
company, started as a pet project eight years earlier by a U.K. -
based cinephile
computer programmer who continued running the
company under Bezos.
His second
company Niku, which created cloud -
based management applications, went public in 2000, before getting acquired by
Computer Associates for $ 350 million in 2005.
Consulting
companies like Tata,
based in India, use them to supply
computer workers at American banks, oil
companies and sometimes software firms.
The Cupertino, California -
based company was established in 1977 as Apple
Computer Inc..
Early - stage tech
companies raise money through a stubbornly analog process — an irony for an industry
based on the conviction that
computers will upend every aspect of human existence.
The
computers from Patriot
Computer Corporation were riddled with manufacturing issues, which the Toronto -
based company put a bulk of its resources into fixing, which then drove it out of business.
For example, when a Scandinavian city fire department decided to install an information retrieval system to give fire fighters instant read - outs of information about the fire - capabilities of any given address, they chose an American
computer data
base company because it entered the lowest bid.
NRFSP has partnered with Pearson VUE < http://www.pearsonvue.com/ > and will use that
company's
computer -
based testing centers to deliver the NFRSP ISO - accredited certification exams around the world.
PSI has contracted with certification
company Pearson VUE to develop and write a
computer -
based certification exam.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday proposed tougher state regulations for credit reporting agencies such as Equifax in the wake of the massive hacking of the Atlanta -
based company's
computers.
An unauthorized user accessed personal information of 31 Nassau students and 21 others statewide who took a
computer -
based exam last spring administered by a Minnesota -
based testing firm,
company and state education officials said.
The $ 1 billion deal, first reported by The Post, would contract Custom
Computer Specialist, a Long Island -
based tech
company that got caught up in a kickback scandal four years ago.
The researchers created a model and tested it using a
computer -
based simulation with part - time MBA students who work as managers in
companies.
And
computer game designers are now willing to pay serious money to
companies who can supply robust physics -
based software to handle the complicated motions in their games.
Researchers at Team Cymru, a non-profit internet security
company based in Burr Ridge, Illinois, delved into the world of botnets — networks of
computers that are infected with malicious software.
The conservancy chose a model from the U.S. -
based company Unmanned Innovation that will be able to fly over the landscape in preprogrammed patterns while sending a live video feed back to a laptop
computer.
The
company claims on its Web site that the device can also operate autonomously (
based on data stored in its
computer), which is key when used by people suffering spinal cord injuries or physical disabilities resulting from strokes or other disorders.
Earlier this month, more than 8000 Internet newsgroups, or bulletin boards, received an advertisement from a Florida -
based computer retail company called Atlas Computer Systems, offering 1 - gigabyte hard disc
computer retail
company called Atlas
Computer Systems, offering 1 - gigabyte hard disc
Computer Systems, offering 1 - gigabyte hard disc drives.
These new technologies will be «incredibly valuable» for creating sound effects for immersive environments like
computer games, says Robin Shenfield, chief executive of London -
based digital production
company The Mill.
The team used a D - Wave 2X
computer, an advanced model from the Burnaby, Canada —
based company that created the world's first quantum
computer in 2007.
Now PrimeSense, the Israel -
based company that makes the 3 - D sensing technology inside Kinect, is teaming up Taiwan -
based computer - maker ASUS for a device called the WAVI Xtion to control PCs much as the Kinect does.
Tal Moise seeded the New York -
based company alongside John Scully, former CEO of Apple
Computer and Pepsi and founded Verified Person to help restore confidence in Internet transactions.
New iTOK Survey Finds 22 % of Single Seniors Have Used an Online Dating Site or App — LEHI, Utah --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- iTOK, a U.S. -
based technology advisory
company that helps older adults get the most from their
computers and devices, has announced the results of a survey about seniors and online dating, just in time...
They say that the story will revolve around a young
computer engineer named Lily, who investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting - edge tech
company based in San Francisco, which she believes is behind the disappearance of her boyfriend.
A suburban Washington school district has joined forces with a
company that provides hand - held
computer -
based systems that teachers can use to assess their students» reading skills.
Companies such as Kinetic Books and Trivedi Technology Innovations International are developing full, course - long,
computer -
based text «books» that require little more than access to a
computer and, in some cases, regular Internet access.
Some 400,000 teachers worldwide will be trained to apply
computers and Windows -
based software to classroom lessons, under a three - year philanthropic initiative led by Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp., both
companies announced last week.