Frauen verdienen immer noch schlechter als Männer, auch in der IT. Dabei könnten sie deutlich mehr herausholen. …mehr
Microsoft has purchased software from Merck & Co. to make its Amalga data-aggregation and management software more useful to life sciences and pharmaceutical researchers, the company said Monday. …mehr
Maker of things shiny and sleek, U.K. based designer has released another exorbitantly expensive BlackBerry accessory: The new BlackBerry Bold case, available in variety of colors--like black, red, gray, brown and Caribbean blue--and leathers, including crocodile and ostrich-skin. …mehr
HP announced the integration of VMware vSphere 4 into its HP Adaptive Infrastructure (AI) portfolio. …mehr
At the EA Press Conference, the teams behind Madden, Fight Night, and more announced the next iterations of their games and revealed hints of two new franchises. …mehr
EMC on Monday moved to head off NetApp's proposed acquisition of data de-duplication vendor Data Domain, offering about US$1.8 billion compared with NetApp's May 20 bid of $1.5 billion. …mehr
GemStone Systems announced that it has partnered with Sophis, a provider of cross-asset, front-to-back trading and risk management solutions for investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds and insurance companies. By embedding the GemFire data fabric in its RISQUE (sell-side) and VALUE (buy-side) solutions, Sophis will provide its clients access to GemFire's low-latency, high-throughput and continuous availability features for business-critical data. …mehr
A loophole known as "account sharing," which allows the same iPhone applications to be downloaded more than once on separate phones or iPods could be closed with the iPhone 3.0 update. …mehr
Simmtronics Semiconductors Ltd. has announced the launch of 2GB DDR3-1333 MHz 240-pin DIMMs for both Desktops & Notebooks, targeted towards power users like gamers, animators and graphic designers. Simmtronics' DDR3-Modules are currently available in 2GB capacity with life time warranty. DDR3, the successor to DDR2 Memory, is expected to soon become the industry standard for PC Memory Modules. The operating voltage of DDR3 Memory Modules also offers reduction in power consumption of 30% compared 1.8V to 1.5V, thus reducing actual Memory power consumption by 20-30% compared to systems with DDR2 Memory. …mehr
The Hong Kong Observatory and the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) announced Monday location-specific weather information is now available at more than 300 government premises with free public Wi-Fi service under the Government Wi-Fi (GovWiFi) program. …mehr
Mahjong games come in two varieties: The "Shovelware" type, which contain thousands of boards, tile sets, and so on, and the "Enhanced Gameplay" type, which focus on graphics, animation, sound, and innovations. (US$14, shareware) is the latter type. …mehr
Memo to Tom Cruise: You're outta here, dude. …mehr
Fujitsu Technology Solutions introduced the third generation of x10sure technology, which reportedly lowers the barriers holding small and medium-sized businesses back from exploiting the massive price-performance benefits of server virtualization -- without risking the domino effect of multiple virtual machine crashes due to the failure of a single physical host. …mehr
Microsoft's Xbox is about to get a lot more social. and will soon be coming to the system, Microsoft announced Monday, bringing an interactive boost to the entertainment console. …mehr
We just got the word from Sid Shuman, one of GamePro's pairs of eyes at E3, that Microsoft will be introducing full downloadable games from Xbox Live starting in August. By simply using your credit card and bypassing the whole Microsoft Points net, you'll be able to grab titles like Bioshock, Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, and Civilization Revolution digitally. …mehr
As the demand for cloud services continuously increase, solutions provider Cisco introduces a Unified Service Delivery system, aimed at helping providers build a foundation for cloud services through the integration of Cisco's data center portfolio and Unified Computing architecture. …mehr
Next year, as directed by the Constitution, the U.S. Census Bureau will enumerate the country's citizens. That can be tricky when some of them want to go unnoticed. But this time the Census Bureau will use to try to accomplish that task. …mehr
, Zynga's hugely popular massively multiplayer online game, encourages players to rob, extort ,and kill as much as they can with the goal of amassing more power and money than Al Capone ever dreamed of cramming into . With some 10 million Mafiosi warring on Facebook and comparable numbers on MySpace, it was only a matter of time before Zynga expanded its empire to the iPhone and iPod touch, spawning a host of imitators. (Zynga's game was itself an imitation of Mob Wars, which led to the inevitable . …mehr
Activision has decided to release a little bit of excitement to the Guitar Hero fans. Behold: the confirmed list of all the artists and bands that will find their songs in , coming September 1 to the Xbox 360, the PS2, the PS3, and the Wii. …mehr
Microsoft's new plans to enhance its Xbox 360 video game console's potential as a home entertainment hub may ultimately put pressure on Apple to improve the Apple TV, if revelations at this week's in Los Angeles are any indication. …mehr
Less than two weeks after to buy leading data deduplication vendor , EMC has come out and offered to pay $1.8 billion for the company. …mehr
In a surprise appearance, Hideo Kojima, the mastermind behind the Metal Gear series announced today during Microsoft's E3 keynote that he is in development on a completely new Metal Gear title to the Xbox 360. …mehr
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Apple has issued patches for its QuickTime and iTunes software, fixing critical security flaws along with a bug that was first hinted at earlier this year in a book on Macintosh computer hacking. …mehr
One of the world's largest contract PC makers expects to begin shipping its first laptop based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon microprocessor later this year, it said Monday. …mehr
Apple on Monday released and Windows. The update is available for download from Apple's Web site and through the Software Update system preference. …mehr
EMC on Monday moved to head off NetApp's proposed acquisition of data de-duplication vendor Data Domain, offering about US$1.8 billion compared with NetApp's May 20 bid of $1.5 billion. …mehr
So what will be the killer app that drives innovation in cloud computing? Perhaps none, because no killer app is needed, a Sun executive suggested during a panel discussion Mondayat the event in San Francisco, which opened just prior to the conference. Panelists including Tim Bray, Sun's director of Web technologies and a founder of XML, and , Sun's CTO for cloud computing, touched on a variety of topics pertaining to the cloud concept, including what CIOs might think of it. With cloud computing, users access application and data services hosted over the Internet by a third party; a company's own data could be hosted inside a cloud. …mehr
NSW Police will have access to a new forensic information database within nine months along with a suite of centralised records management and field imaging systems. …mehr
