Microsoft's HoloLens hasn't even hit the market yet, but the idea of Lenovo bringing out a virtual-reality headset competitor is not at all far-fetched, according to the company's chief technology officer, Peter Hortensius. "We're comfortable with bringing these kinds of things to market as customer demand grows," Hortensius said in an interview with the IDG News Service. The concept of virtual reality is already becoming popular, but Hortensius is especially hot on augmented reality, in which virtual objects are superimposed on top of the physical world via a headset like HoloLens. VR and AR are going to be big, and Lenovo wants to be a part of the fast-growing market, Hortensius said.
Lian Li is famous for crafting audacious cases for major trade events, and it didn’t disappoint at CES 2016. The company had not one, but The cruise ship, formally dubbed the PC-Y6, follows in the footsteps of Lian Li’s previous spider-, seashell-, and train-themed cases. It’s limited to mITX builds with a small form factor power supply and a graphics card up to 300mm in length—but hey, it’s shaped like a damned cruise ship, and that’s cool! A representative told me the final version will feature port windows in the currently solid body of the ship to allow for better airflow.
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Executives come and go at any large organization, but when the company in question is IBM -- and when it loses three high-ranking executives in a single month -- it's only natural to wonder what's going on. That, in fact, is just what apparently happened at IBM in December, when it reportedly lost Steve Mills, the 43-year company veteran who was most recently executive vice president of IBM Software and Systems, along with Danny Sabbah, its chief technology officer for cloud, and Brendan Hannigan, general manager of IBM Security. For the past year, Mills had reported to none other than CEO Ginni Rometty herself. Were the moves simply a natural progression or a sign of something bigger in the works?
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A sneaky crew of 13 apps with relatively high ratings have vanished from the Play Store after security researchers discovered their hidden motives. The apps had another scheme: they were able to assign themselves good reviews using the infected devices. This is how games like Cake Tower and Honey Comb were able to amass an average review score of 4.5 stars.
Imagine getting a call from your company's IT department telling you your workstation has been compromised and you should stop what you're doing immediately. You're stumped: You went through the company's security training and you're sure you didn't open any suspicious email attachments or click on any bad links; you know that your company has a solid patching policy and the software on your computer is up to date; you're also not the type of employee who visits non-work-related websites while on the job. So, how did this happen? A few days later, an unexpected answer comes down from the security firm that your company hired to investigate the incident: Hackers got in by exploiting a flaw in the corporate antivirus program installed on your computer, the same program that's supposed to protect it from attacks. And all it took was for attackers to send you an email message that you didn't even open.
Haier’s Magic Mirror is one of the few products at CES that I could actually imagine buying for my house. This crazy smart mirror looks like any other, but when you tap on the glass, it comes to life. The display has built-in apps that show you the weather and offer health tips, plus connect to social platforms like Facebook. The mirror connects to Haier’s U+ Smart Life Platform, which is used in China but hasn’t yet arrived in the States. It also connects to Bluetooth devices like a bathroom scale that displays your weight and BMI on the mirror, and then tells you what to do about those numbers if they’re not to your liking. Haier plans to launch the Magic Mirror in China later this year. The company hasn’t said how much the mirror will cost or when it might come to the U.S., but I’ll be first in line to try it out.
Nearly a year ago, Twitter cofounder Biz Stone sat on stage at SXSW and admitted that his social In what Stone calls an “un-pivot,” the Jelly team is doubling down on the Q&A concept, but this time with more enthusiasm. “We have an audacious grand plan—the complete re-imagining of how people get answers to everyday stuff,” Stone said announcing the app’s reboot on