Der US-Präsident Barak Obama hat den 36-jährigen Aneesh Chopra zum ersten Chief Technology Officer des Landes ernannt. …mehr
Unternehmen müssen sich angesichts der herrschenden Wirtschaftskrise fragen, ob sie für die Zukunft richtig aufgestellt sind und wie sie das jetzt schmerzlich Gelernte in ihre Strategie und ihre Organisation einfließen lassen können. Selbstverständlich muss sich auch die IT-Organisation dieser Frage stellen. …mehr
Ist es ein wertvolles Instrument für Journalisten und Blogger? Oder ein Hort für Pornografie und Verleumdungen? Das Internet-Portal Wikileaks gerät immer wieder in die Schlagzeilen. …mehr
Noch bevor das Kult-Handy über das System-Upgrade iPhone 3.0 auch Copy & Paste erhält, hat Quickoffice die erste Textverarbeitungssoftware auf den Markt gebracht. …mehr
Microsoft hat den Start von Windows Mobile 6.5 angekündigt. Im Windows Mobile Team Blog lädt das Unternehmen alle interessierten Teilnehmer auf eine "Kick-Off-Präsentation" ein, die am 11. Mai auf der Hausmesse TechEd 2009 gehalten wird. …mehr
Überraschende Wende im Poker um Sun Microsystems: Nicht die IBM, sondern ausgerechnet die quasi reine Software-Firma Oracle übernimmt den kalifornischen Server-Bauer. …mehr
Gartner hat ermittelt, dass PCs mit ihrer angeschlossenen Peripherie für 31 Prozent des weltweiten ITK-Stromverbrauchs verantwortlich sind. …mehr
Der Sicherheitsexperte underground_8 warnt kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen vor einem unkontrollierten Einsatz von Internet-Telefonie: Lösungen wie Skype können an der IT-Administration vorbei als Einfallstor für Schadsoftware dienen oder für den Diebstahl von vertraulichen Unternehmensdaten missbraucht werden. …mehr
Der Stimmungsindikator des ZEW für die IT-Dienstleister in Deutschland ist erstmals seit seiner Einführung unter die Grenze von 50 Punkten gefallen. …mehr
Wem der Bootmanager nicht komfortabel genug ist, sollte einen Blick auf iReboot werfen. …mehr
Die Unternehmensberatung Gartner hat in einer Befragung bei 620 Unternehmen weltweit herausgefunden, dass die meisten Firmen trotz Wirtschaftskrise an Green-IT-Projekten festhalten. …mehr
Der Chef des kriselnden Handy-Herstellers, Dick Komiyama, erklärte gegenüber der Nachrichtenagentur "Reuters", dass Sony Ericsson noch Zeit brauche, ein Android-Handy zu entwickeln. …mehr
Ende Juni beginnt HTC mit der Auslieferung des Touch Pro 2. Das Business-Smartphone wird allerdings zuerst in Singapur und Südostasien angeboten - und ist nicht eben günstig. …mehr
Allerdings messen die meisten Unternehmen die Leistung ihrer SAP-Systeme nicht nutzerbezogen. …mehr
Die neue Überwachungsgesetzgebung, die Internet- und Telefonanbieter zur Speicherung der Kommunikationsdaten ihrer Nutzer verpflichtet, hat für den investigativen Journalismus in Großbritannien ernsthafte Folgen. …mehr
Das Social Network Facebook hat sich im Februar mit der eigenmächtigen Änderung der Geschäftsbedingungen den Zorn seiner User zugezogen. …mehr
Als Chris Hülsbeck seine Eltern mit der Wahl seines Berufes schockierte, gab es den noch gar nicht. …mehr
Wer einen Job oder als Freiberufler einen neuen Auftrag sucht, sollte in Online-Business-Netzwerken wie Xing oder LinkedIn präsent sein. Denn wichtig ist vor allem die Frage: Wer kennt Sie? …mehr
Der neu gegründete Verein der SAP-Belegschaftsaktionäre zweifelt die Sparmaßnahmen des Softwarekonzerns an. …mehr
Das Videoportal YouTube erweitert sein Angebot um hunderte Fernsehserien und Filme aus Hollywood. …mehr
"A PC is no bargain when it doesn't do what you want," Apple spokesman Bill Evans , who writes BW's Byte of the Apple column. "The one thing that both Apple and Microsoft can agree on is that everyone thinks the Mac is cool. With its great designs and advanced software, nothing matches it at any price." …mehr
Benefiting from a depreciating Indian rupee against the U.S. dollar, lower staff costs, and internal cost-cutting measures, Indian outsourcers can provide up to 12 percent discount on current rates of offshore contracts, according to a report by Forrester Research. …mehr
Travellers on Tokyo's subway system are getting some high-tech help finding their destinations with the start of trials Monday of an interactive map system. …mehr
Google Inc. Monday afternoon released two new tools that are designed to make it easier for users to find the information - or images - they're looking for. …mehr
One recent positive IT trend is to drop the monikers "user" and "end user" and apply the more descriptive word "customer" to identify the internal staff that IT supports. This offers two distinct advantages. First, it reinforces the essential relationship of IT as a technology supplier and the customer as the IT buyer. This helps emphasize that IT's role is to meet its customers' needs, wants and demands. …mehr
Microsoft will deliver a release candidate of Windows 7 in little more than two weeks, the company's Web site revealed Saturday. …mehr
Belkin announced on Monday the US$15 , a power accessory that plugs into an auto's accessory outlet (a.k.a., "cigarette-lighter jack") and provides a powered USB port; you use your iPod or iPhone's USB dock-connector cable to charge the player. Unlike most auto chargers, which protrude from your vehicle's accessory outlet, the Micro Auto Charger sits nearly flush with the jack's opening. …mehr
If you've ever wanted to update your Facebook status, or read other members' statuses, from somewhere other than Facebook, the next few weeks should be fun. Facebook has opened up its API -- the software functions through which other sites and desktop or phone applications can access Facebook data -- to allow reading and writing of status updates. …mehr
IBM announced Thursday it is establishing its first cloud computing lab in Hong Kong. …mehr
If you've been waiting for the inevitable Twitter backlash, the fun starts now. Sure, CNN ran an "?" story last month. But for those of us who work in the media, we knew the question mark in the headline meant the answer was "No." …mehr
On the same day it appeared to have missed its chance to buy Sun Microsystems, IBM reported that revenue for the first quarter dropped 11 percent from a year earlier and had fallen short of analyst expectations. …mehr
The FBI used spyware to catch a Massachusetts man who tried to extort Verizon and Comcast by cutting 18 data- and voice-carrying cables in 2005, documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Wired.com revealed yesterday. …mehr
Businesses are about the management and privacy of data they entrust to cloud computing service providers, but not many are doing anything about it, according to a Deloitte survey. …mehr
Trapeze Networks has released an enhanced version of its 802.11-based wireless location and asset tracking software. …mehr
The "" is the magazine's attempt to let readers build a definitive list of the 100 most influential people in government, science, technology and the arts. That is, until a group of 4chan members got involved. …mehr
Interacting with ? That's easy: Type a brief description of what you want to watch into the site's search box, pick from one of hundreds of selections, and sit back to enjoy yet another brief glimpse into the musical life of --or whatever suits your online video fancy. But watching a YouTube video has always been just that, watching. Until now. …mehr
Oracle Corp.'s will bring together the world's most valuable relational database with the most popular open source one -- MySQL. …mehr
Oracle will have to make some significant product decisions and integration plans to address the overlap it has with Sun in terms of identity management software, according to experts. …mehr
China Telecom has partnered Huawei Technologies for the commercial launch of their new third-generation CDMA networks in 52 Chinese cities, said the telco. …mehr
has been integrating their software suite into some major companies' Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems for a while now. For those who use Qlikview to help with ERP-related tasks, life just got a little easier: Qliktech has announced the release of that allows you to access your Qlikview data. …mehr
Fallout: New Vegas for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC is being developed by Obsidian Entertainment, formerly Black Isle Studios and developer of Fallout and Fallout 2, and is slated for a 2010 release date. …mehr
The average has been falling steadily -- it's now about $200 -- and there's little doubt that prices will keep dropping as Blu-ray goes mainstream and player shipments increase. But one report says the average price for entry-level may to drop to as little as $99 in the very near future. …mehr
Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems probably won't immediately affect the world of mobile Java, some industry observers said, though over time the company might have an interest in steering the technology to its benefit. …mehr
HP Software & Solutions has put out three security software programs as part of its Application Security Center, which the vendor says will address the growing risk of security breaches within Web applications. …mehr
As the App Store becomes crowded with games, more companies come up with more unusual ideas to stick out from the crowd. Enter and their US$3 game , which definitely sticks out. …mehr
Apple's hasn't even been out for two years yet and already , like , , and are comparable to some games you'd see on the or . …mehr
The man who is arguably the world's most famous scientist, who tries to help everyday people understand questions like how the universe began, is hospitalized with a chest infection. …mehr
Adobe Systems on Monday unveiled a version of its Flash multimedia streaming technology that would allow people to run entertainment programming directly to television sets from the Internet, a new option for the rapidly changing digital-home market. …mehr
is one of those programs which looks like a nifty idea--until you start trying to use it. Wrapped in a poorly documented, counter-intuitive, and jargon-filled interface, this mindmapping program is hindered by sluggish performance even on a recent, high-end system. …mehr
has rolled out BladeSystem Matrix, a converged software, server, storage and network platform designed to compete against . …mehr
From Sweden, London, to Hollywood, protectors of copyrights are celebrating the behind the world's most popular torrent tracker The Pirate Bay. The four convicted men behind The Pirate Bay, Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde, and Carl Lundstrom, say they can't and won't pay the $3.6 million in damages and promised the site will continue running. So much for Hollywood's sweet victory and happy ending. …mehr
