Das Messekonzept der neuen IT-Messe "BITexpo", die vom 12. bis 14.05.2009 in Stuttgart stattfinden wird, konzentriert sich auf den Mittelstand im Südwesten Deutschlands sowie auf die Themenschwerpunkte E-Business und IT-Sicherheit. Der Veranstalter will mit dem Event die Systems vergessen machen. …mehr
Nach der Freigabe von Ubuntu 8.10 hat die Open-Source-Community den Release-Plan für die nächste Version Ubuntu 9.04 vorgelegt. …mehr
1983 schaffte es AIDS auf den Titel des "Spiegel", und Fred Cohen entwickelte einen Computervirus. Beides hat die Welt verändert. …mehr
Der Hersteller sieht sich im Highend-Segment für Data-Warehouse-Systeme nicht bedrängt. Die Umsätze ließen sich indes nicht steigern. …mehr
Der designierte US-Präsident Barack Obama will erstmals in der Geschichte einen Chief Technology Officer für die USA bestimmen. Heißer Kandidat ist Sun-Mitbegründer Bill Joy. …mehr
Yahoo ist isoliert, und Microsoft kann die Gunst der Stunde genüsslich ausnutzen. Das Spiel wird jetzt nach Redmonder Regeln gespielt. …mehr
Adobe hat erneut vor Sicherheitslücken in seinen Programmen gewarnt. Das BSI fordert Nutzer zum Handeln auf. …mehr
Für den kommenden Dienstag hat Microsoft zwei Sicherheits-Bulletins angekündigt, die Schwachstellen in Windows und Office beheben sollen. …mehr
Insgesamt 45 Millionen Euro an staatlichen Beihilfen für den Ausbau von TK-Breitbandnetzen in Sachsen, Niedersachsen und Bayern sind mit EU-Recht vereinbar. …mehr
US-Wissenschaftler haben eines der kleinsten Solarenergie-Systeme der Welt entwickelt. …mehr
Der südkoreanische Halbleiterkonzern strebt mit einem Investitionsvolumen von über einer Milliarde Dollar bis zum Jahr 2013 die Marktführerschaft bei den Business-Druckern und Multifunktions-Geräten in Deutschland und Europa an. …mehr
MP3-Stücke sind oft unterschiedlich laut. Das führt dazu, dass ein Song angenehm Ihre Gehörgänge berieselt, der nächste brüllend laut daherkommt. Wer nicht dauernd die Lautstärke nachregeln will, sollte es einmal mit dem Tool MP3 Gain versuchen. …mehr
Die Einschläge kommen näher: Im dritten Quartal sind die Gehälter für IT-Experten in den USA geschrumpft. …mehr
Bereits vorigen Monat soll Gerben Otter, der Global-CIO des Sportartikelherstellers Adidas, das Unternehmen verlassen haben. …mehr
Anstatt über HSPA+ mehr Bandbreite aus der bestehenden 3G-Infrastruktur herauszuholen, will T-Mobile direkt auf die 4G-Technik Long Term Evolution (LTE) wechseln. …mehr
Gartner konstatiert einen "dramatischen Rückgang" der Unternehmen, die zum ersten Mal eine SOA planen und einführen wollen. …mehr
Sicherheitsforschern ist es offenbar gelungen, das verbreitete Verschlüsselungsverfahren Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) teilweise auszuhebeln. …mehr
Für die nächsten zwei bis drei Monate sind die Aussichten zwar noch gut. Mittelfristig rechnen die IT-Dienstleister aber mit einer Verschlechterung ihrer Lage. …mehr
Die Krise ist noch nicht überall angekommen: Der Notebook-Auftragsfertiger Quanta etwa kann über den Verlauf des Oktobers nicht klagen. …mehr
Die Zeiten, in denen Startups mit großem Pomp auftraten, sind offenbar vorbei, wie CW-Redakteur Sascha Alexander während seines Besuchs bei Qwaq in Kalifornien feststellte. …mehr
Die SAP AG hat ihre künftige Wartungsstrategie vorgestellt. Damit antwortet das Unternehmen auf die Unruhe unter seinen Kunden. Einige Services werden nun klar beschrieben. An den steigenden Preisen und dem einheitlichen "Enterprise Support" wollen die Walldorfer allerdings festhalten. …mehr
Smartphones sind derzeit ein Bestseller. Apple und RIM konnten dem Marktführer Nokia Anteile abjagen. …mehr
Die Informatica Corporation bietet mit dem "Informatica On-Demand Datensynchronisierungsdienst" einen neuen Service für Salesforce-Kunden an. Diese sollen nun in die Lage versetzt werden, ihre lokalen Produkt-, Vertriebs- und Kundendaten mit der Web-basierenden CRM-Plattform automatisch synchronisieren zu können. …mehr
Microsoft-Chef Steve Ballmer sieht in Googles Handy-Betriebssystem keine Konkurrenz für Windows Mobile. Auf einer Veranstaltung machte er sich über Googles Finanzierungspolitik lustig. …mehr
Ein Forscher hat ein System zur Gedankensteuerung von PCs entwickelt, durch das sich Patienten mit schweren Gehirnverletzungen mitteilen können. …mehr
Die Mitglieder der Generation Internet eignen sich nicht mehr dazu, als Schöffen vor Gericht eingesetzt zu werden. Sie könnten nicht mehr zuhören. …mehr
Der boomende Markt mit abgespeckten Mini-Notebooks könnte sich für Microsoft zu einem ernsten Problem auswachsen. …mehr
SanDisk hat SSDs beschleunigt und neue Kenngrößen für Leistung und Lebensdauer der Flash-Speichermedien vorgeschlagen. …mehr
Die Präsenz von Marken erlebt im noch relativ jungen Web 2.0 bereits jetzt einen einschneidenden Wandel. …mehr
Fifteen-year-old Peter Schmidt-Nielsen spent only a month working on his submission, but he thinks he's come up with something "unusual and new." Never mind that he's up against some of the most famous cryptographers in the world. …mehr
As Gears of War 2 launches Friday, EGM is reporting that designer Cliff Bleszinski is working on a multi-platform survival horror game. …mehr
At , Apple announced a top-to-bottom refresh of its portable Macs. Along with new and , the company also unveiled an that featured faster graphics and more storage. …mehr
I've never really cared for the touch screen keyboard on the iPhone. Sure, I've grown accustomed to it. Beats a stylus any day. But I've never become comfortable with it. Truth is, I sometimes miss my Blackberry, with the QWERTY keyboard. Even if the keys were small, I could at least feel the correct ones. I constantly find myself mashing the wrong key when typing e-mail. Try as I might to mind my p's and q's, as often as not I delete and retype o's and w's. …mehr
Siemens Enterprise Communications Pvt. Ltd. (SECPL) has announced the appointment of Rashi Peripherals as their national distributor for the industry leading secure HiPath Wireless portfolio. …mehr
Tata Communications has made its Vulnerability Management Service (VMS) globally available. …mehr
When Animal Crossing: City Folk launches for the Wii on November 16, the ballyhooed voice chat feature, provided by the Wii Speak microphone accessory, will be fully operational. …mehr
Malaysian business process outsourcing firm Inter-City MPC has said the current economic downturns would force companies to use better records management to help save costs. …mehr
Socomec UPS India, the wholly owned subsidiary of French UPS major and global leader in UPS technology has fostered a strategic tie up with Redington India Ltd., a premier end-to-end Supply Chain Management (SCM) solutions provider. …mehr
In an interview published Thursday, Bungie's Brian Jarrard got candid on what Halo means to Xbox. …mehr
A year after the fate of the fan-favorite game was due to the merger, Ghostbusters: The Video Game has finally found a home with Atari. …mehr
Nearly 25 years after the first film, is finally coming to a video game console near you. The cult classic is being developed into an interactive game by , the company officially announced Friday. It will be made available for five systems -- the Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and Xbox 360 -- and will also be developed into a PC version for Windows. All will become available sometime in 2009. …mehr
With an aim to get increased foothold in the Indian SMB market, Dell and Tally has entered into a strategic partnership to provide Dell Vostro range of laptops and desktops with integrated Tally. ERP9 software on a subscription model. …mehr
Unistal Systems has announced the launch and availability of a new unique security software product for Laptops called Protegent 360. Powered by two of Unistal's indigenous products -- Locate Laptop and Port Locker -- and coupled with Internet Security 2009 from BitDefender, Protegent 360 is the most comprehensive and integrated security and theft protection system made for laptops ever. All BitDefender products are internationally certified by Virus Bulletin, ICSA Labs, Checkmark, IST Prize and various other internationally recognized labs. …mehr
A software security company specializing in authentication and e-signature solutions and services, VASCO Data Security International is fast extending its footprint across the Indian shores. "In the first phase, we hired sales and support personnel to support our customers and prospects in the financial sector in India. Recently, we strengthened our local team by hiring skilled professionals to focus on Enterprise Security market, which is 100 percent channel based," said Dan Dica, Regional Director -- Pacific, India & Japan, VASCO. The company reinforced its presence in APAC by opening an India subsidiary at Mumbai in July 2008. The fast growing internet penetration has not only created amazing online business and services opportunities, but enabled fraudsters to expand their operations beyond national borders, according to him. "Hence, the surgent demand for strong authentication across all business sectors. A number of leading banks and large enterprises have chosen us as their authentication partner,"he said. "Our Indian game plan is consolidate and strengthen our leading position in financial sector, grow our market position in enterprise security sector and make online security with Digipass a part of everyday life and work in India," he said. We plan to partner with organizations predominantly in Network, Enterprise & Application security space who offer complementary solutions to what we offer, added Dica. …mehr
As . continues to roll out its redesigned Windows Live Hotmail, angry users are pushing back by complaining online that the new interface is a step backward and the Web-based e-mail service runs slower than before. …mehr
Land Bank of Taiwan launched a fund automation system last month to automate investment transaction procedures. …mehr
3Com Corporation has announced the appointment of Andrew Hindmarch as Regional Product Marketing Manager for 3Com Asia Pacific. In this role, Hindmarch will lead the company's enterprise product and solution marketing efforts, focusing on market requirement, competitive analysis, market sizing, product positioning, pricing and messaging. …mehr
Epson has unveiled an A4 photo scanner with film scanning ability, and which could also double as a document scanner. It has a high optical resolution of up to 4800dpi and 48-bit colour depth. It is primarily targeted at home users who do film scanning or those who have always wanted to backup their entire film collection. According to the company, the Epson Perfection V300 is also ideal for amateur photographers who desire the very best results from film originals. …mehr
Two major companies have signed an agreement to collaborate on marketing and delivering a managed services offering in South Korea. …mehr
Arizona's Department of Economic Security (DES) is notifying the families of about 40,000 children that their personal data may have been compromised following the theft of several hard drives from a commercial storage facility. …mehr
GIGABYTE, a manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards Friday announced their latest high performance X58 Series motherboards, the GA-EX58-EXTREME and GA-EX58-UD5 designed from the ground up to unleash the power of Intel's new Core i7 processors. It is equipped with a host of new features including the new QPI interface, 3 channel DDR3 support, 3 Way SLI™ and CrossFireX™ support, Ultra Durable 3 technology and the extensive range of overclocking features. …mehr
A provider of virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, VMware is all set to enhance its market share in India. Virtualization landscape is set to change as VMware is well positioned to provide Indian businesses with world-class virtualization solutions. At 'Virtualization Forum 2008' in Mumbai hosted by VMware, the vendor made significant announcements of new product offerings. Raghu Raghuram, Vice President, Product & Solutions Marketing, VMware, said, "With cloud computing emerging as a significant industry trend, we have initiated vCloud initiative for enterprises. VMware will tie up with service providers to offer cloud computing applications. We are also expanding flagship VMware virtual infrastructure suite into a Virtual Datacenter Operating System (VDC-OS). The visible advantages of virtualization are capital efficiency, operational expenses amongst others for enterprise datacenters as there is a resurgent demand for these offerings in dense urban areas." …mehr
Nvidia plans to ship its new Tegra system-on-a-chip for mobile devices by the middle of next year, the company's CEO said on Thursday. …mehr
An organizer of the event formerly known as the Virtual Worlds Expo has explained the recent name change to . …mehr
It was predicted 50 years ago that by 2008 we'd vacation on the moon, drive flying cars, and wear wristwatch-sized video conferencing systems. Science isn't delivering on those promises, yet. But who would have guessed back then that in 2008 we'd have , a , an , and ? …mehr
Antivirus developer SMobile released software this week to protect users of the G1 Android phone, although one security analyst wondered if people really need it. …mehr
Apple's iPhone 3G passed Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry to take second place in third-quarter global smartphone rankings, according to a report by market researcher Canalys. …mehr
LG Electronics has ended tie-up talks with Germany solar energy company Conergy, it said Friday. …mehr
Apple's top selling Macs are laptops, but many of those have a semi-permanent home on a desk, like a desktop Mac. Logitech's is a compact, desktop system for your laptop that aims to enhance your movie watching and music listening. …mehr
Facebook isn't starved for money and it doesn't obsess about the US$15 billion valuation that a Microsoft investment gave it last year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday. …mehr
