Die RWTH Aachen und die Fraunhofer Academy bieten ab September 2009 ein MBA-Studium für Technologiemanager an. Im April und Mai kann man sich über den berufsbegleitenden Studiengang informieren. …mehr
Die EU-Kommision will Drittanbietern von Kommunikationsdiensten den Weg in die Mobilfunknetze ebnen und droht mit Sanktionen. …mehr
Nach einem vorläufigen Gerichtsbeschluss gegen die Speicherung von Telefondaten hoffen Kritiker, dass das entsprechende Anti-Terror-Gesetz noch gekippt wird. …mehr
Am 16. April präsentiert Nokia seine Quartalszahlen für die ersten drei Monate 2009. Einer der wenigen Lichtblicke in der düsteren Bilanz ist laut Reuters das Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. …mehr
Projektron stellt die neue Version 6.12 der Web-basierenden Projektmanagement-Software Projektron BCS vor. Mit der Version 6.12 unterstützt Projektron BCS das Projektmanagement nach Scrum. …mehr
Microsoft hat am "Patch Tuesday" für den April 2009 acht Security Bulletins für seine Softwareprodukte veröffentlicht. …mehr
Ab sofort bietet I.T.E.N.O.S., IT- und TK-Spezialist für Sicherheitslösungen, neue Produkte zu gehosteten virtuellen Servern an. Diese ermöglichen es, unterschiedliche Betriebssysteme oder Anwendungen innerhalb einer virtuellen Umgebung zu installieren und simultan zu betreiben. Das IT-Angebot eignet sich insbesondere für Kunden aus dem Mittelstand. …mehr
"Security-Management" ist ein dehnbarer Begriff. Thorsten Schuberth, Senior Technical Consultant bei Check Point Software, konkretisiert das facettenreiche Thema im Gespräch mit CW-Redakteurin Katharina Friedmann. …mehr
Zum vergangenen Weihnachtsgeschäft hatte der Siemens-Spin-off Gigaset Communications seine neuen Flaggschiff-Modelle "SL780" und "SL785" in den Handel gebracht - zunächst mit unausgereifter "Bananensoftware". …mehr
Der Verband Deutscher Kabelnetzbetreiber (ANGA) warnt vor der Nutzung von Rundfunkfrequenzen für mobile Internet-Zugänge, die beispielsweise Vodafone gerade ausprobiert. …mehr
Nokia plant Gerüchten zufolge, seine XpressMusic-Reihe im Herbst um ein weiteres Touchscreen-Handy zu erweitern. …mehr
Markenhersteller vergeuden noch immer Millionen an Umsätzen, weil sie ihre Produkte nicht auf Marktplätzen im Internet vertreiben. …mehr
Die Produktsuite eXo Platform ist quelloffen, für Content-Management und Zusammenarbeit geeignet und einfach "cool", urteilt Gartner. …mehr
Nicht jede IT-Abteilung bekommt von den Anwendern schlechte Noten. Da wären zum Beispiel Matthias Mehrtens, Leiter Informationsservice der Düsseldorfer Stadtwerke, und Ralf Nyenhuis, IT-Chef bei der Markenfilm GmbH & Co. KG in Wedel. Sie gewannen 2007 beziehungsweise 2008 den von der COMPUTERWOCHE-Schwester "CIO" ausgelobten "IT Excellence Benchmark" (ITEB). …mehr
Zehn deutsche Web-Seiten haben in diesem Jahr die Chance, einen der "Webby Awards" zu gewinnen. …mehr
Die Beschäftigten des Internet-Konzerns Yahoo! müssen nach einem Pressebericht abermals um ihre Jobs bangen. …mehr
Wer einen Job auf der CeBIT ergattern will, braucht Ausdauer. Grund: Die meisten Firmen begreifen die Messe als Vertriebsveranstaltung und können mit Bewerbern wenig anfangen. …mehr
Der Online-Händler eBay will seine Internet-Telefonie-Tochter Skype an die Börse bringen. Der Gang aufs Parkett soll in der ersten Hälfte nächsten Jahres erfolgen. …mehr
Die Wirtschaftsflaute hat dem weltgrößten Chiphersteller Intel auch zu Jahresbeginn das Geschäft vermiest. …mehr
Neben den happigen Lizenzkosten gehen auch die jährlichen Aufwendungen für ERP-Systeme ordentlich ins Geld. Vor allem Änderungen sind teuer. …mehr
COMPUTERWOCHE und T-Systems verlosen 30 Top-Karten für die Formel-1-Rennen in Valencia und Istanbul. Seien Sie zu Gast im exklusiven "Paddock Club" direkt an der Boxengasse. Flug und Übernachtung inklusive! …mehr
Wer Ordnung hält, ist nur zu faul zum Suchen. Und wer die richtigen Programme einsetzt, findet alle Dateien im Handumdrehen wieder - auf Festplatten, externen Datenträgern und im Web. …mehr
Gemäß einer Gartner-Studie ziehen weniger als 20 Prozent der Unternehmen weltweit CO2-Pricing in Betracht. Das könnte bald finanzielle Folgen haben. …mehr
Ohne IT geht in der Formel 1 heute gar nichts mehr. Von der Konstruktion der Boliden über die Organisation der Saison bis zur Auswertung der Renndaten unterstützen Hochleistungsrechner und Spezialanwendungen die Teams. …mehr
A bug in VMware's Fusion virtualization software could be used to run malicious code on a Mac by exploiting Windows in a virtual machine, a security researcher said Wednesday. …mehr
When last we heard from the folks at , the makers of the hardware-software combo for securing laptops had just come out with a . Now the cross-platform data security company is updating all of its Mac offerings, with enhanced data encryption features in the latest version of SecuriKey. …mehr
Intel Corp.'s Larrabee graphics processor, which is expected to challenge Nvidia Inc. and ATI Corp. in the high-performance desktop and gaming PC market, will arrive early next year, the chipmaker's CEO said during a quarterly earnings call on Tuesday. …mehr
PC shipments declined less than expected in the first quarter, propped up by consumers' continuing interest in low-cost netbooks, IDC said in a report Wednesday. …mehr
Habits, once ingrained, are hard to break. Just ask any smoker -- or the 250 million people Microsoft Office. …mehr
Managed service provider Azaleos Wednesday introduced a remote monitoring service for SharePoint that covers the server and other necessary infrastructure. …mehr
Canada's largest bank is thinking about following up the changes it has made to electronic bill and statement presentation by exploring integration with leading social networking sites. …mehr
As engineers continue to try to analyze what is going wrong with one of the Mars rovers, it's clear that working on the harsh surface of the Red Planet is taking its toll on some of the most successful technology that NASA has ever produced. …mehr
Sales of for some time now. In fact, notebooks now outsell their deskbound brethren worldwide. This trend isn't surprising, given the convenience, portability and growing affordability of portable PCs. Add to that the rapid ascension of the , with its even smaller dimensions and prices, and shoppers are finding fewer reasons to purchase a bulky desktop unless they crave the ultimate in speed and storage. …mehr
Analysts today called Tuesday's announcement that eBay Inc. is looking to via an initial public offering a smart move by the online auction house as it tries to get its house back in order. …mehr
Apple added or improved , but one in particular hasn't received much attention since iPhoto '08: keywords. iPhoto's keyword tools for organizing your library offer some handy functionality, but they're hardly worthy of the power-user photographer. Whether you need some help wrangling your photo library or you're a chronic organizer of memories and photo shoots, Bullstorm has updated its plug-in for iPhoto '09. …mehr
Companies expect to support a growing range of and mobile employees -- but their mobile infrastructure lacks key elements to do so efficiently and cost-effectively, new research finds. …mehr
"There's an app for that"--or so all of Apple's current TV ads for the iPhone would have you believe. Gone are the days of showing off unique core features like smooth multi-touch and Visual Voicemail and from theater directors and happy business users. Apple's television marketing now focuses exclusively on the advantages that the App Store brings to the platform--and that could become a problem. …mehr
If annoying users and wasting their time wasn't bad enough, spam e-mails are also responsible for clogging our atmosphere with carbon dioxide, a gas that shoulders much of the blame for global warming, according to a report commissioned by antivirus vendor McAfee. …mehr
PC gaming is dying, PC gaming is alive and well. If you're a PC gamer, you've heard both sentiments and repeatedly, like a couple of sparring dolls with interminable pull-strings. Recent punditry pegs PC gaming as an industry in decline, but the reverse is in fact true according to the , a group of key industry publishers doing their best to bring absent perspective to widely published but decontextualized retail sales figures. …mehr
this week announced a patent cross-license agreement with . …mehr
reports that a new medical device has been created that distributes nitrous oxide to children as they play Game Boy. The way PediSedate works is it administers the sedative to young patients before they are admitted to surgery. …mehr
Britney Spears and Gwen Stefani may think they've figured out what women want with their fancy schmancy, flower-filled perfumes. And sure, maybe that stuff smells good to the average gal. But can it compete with the geek-appeal of Captain Kirk's new female fragrance? …mehr
January's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is a great place to see new gadgets but they're not always available right away. A couple of the coolest gadgets from this year's CES, Sony's OLED-based Walkman and Samsung's slim Blu-ray Disk player, are now on their way with availability from April. …mehr
Struggling to stay afloat during the recession, ultramobile PC maker OQO is seeking buyers, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday. …mehr
The concept behind is simple-- app turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a trackpad and remote keyboard that controls your computer over a network. It's quickly become one of my most used iPhone apps. …mehr
Intel on Tuesday reported a sharp drop in revenue and profit for the first quarter, but the company's CEO said the PC industry is showing signs of recovery. …mehr
For those digital photographers who long for film-like styling, grain, and effects, VirtualPhotographer is a simple, yet satisfying program. is a free plug-in filter for 24-bit photo imaging programs such as Photoshop or PaintShopPro, but it works on 24-bit RGB images only. …mehr
Sales of lightweight, low-powered mini-laptops, widely known as netbooks, have been during the past six months and are . And the tech industry can't seem to get enough of talking about netbooks these days; the hype meter has been clicking up steadily for months. But do these little engines really have a place in the enterprise? …mehr
will ship a new version of its Office Communications Server (OCS) in 2010 and another in the following year or more, according to its TechNet Web site. …mehr
Online backup provider Backblaze Inc. is making its unlimited backup service for PCs , offering automated backups for US$5 per month per computer. …mehr
is degenerating into a case of "he said, she said" -- or, to be more accurate, "he said, they sort of implied." In one corner, you have a hacker insisting he caused hundreds of Amazon books to lose their sales ranks and disappear from best-seller lists. In the other, you have Amazon using to vaguely explain the error without directly denying the hacker's claims. …mehr
One of the benefits of using a virtualization program such as or to run Windows on your Mac is that anything bad that happened to Windows would only happen to Windows. So even if your Windows virtual machine wound up infected by a destructive piece of malware, you didn't need to worry about that malware damaging your OS X files. (There's a possible exception: shared folders that were writable inside the Windows virtual machine. But that's another story.) …mehr
More than half of all U.S. adults -- about 55% -- used the Internet to get news about or participate in the 2008 election, according to a released Wednesday. …mehr
PC gaming is dying, PC gaming is alive and well. If you're a PC gamer, you've heard both sentiments and repeatedly, like a couple of sparring dolls with interminable pull-strings. Recent punditry pegs PC gaming as an industry in decline, but the reverse is in fact true according to the , a group of key industry publishers doing their best to bring absent perspective to widely published but decontextualized retail sales figures. …mehr
AT&T Inc. would seem to have every reason in the world to want an extension of its exclusive agreement with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone and run it over AT&T's wireless networks. …mehr