Eine französische Firma arbeitet an Brillen, die Informationen vor dem Auge des Nutzers einblenden können. …mehr
Der japanische Elektronikriese Toshiba hat im Rahmen der IFA in Berlin unter anderem ein Touchscreen-Tablet namens Journ.E Touch vorgestellt. …mehr
Viel Spielstube, viel technologischer Erlebnispark und auch ein wenig Wohnzimmer - die Funkausstellung IFA in Berlin ist auf die Neugierde der Besucher ausgerichtet. …mehr
Laut Wall Street Journal wollen Cisco und EMC ein gemeinsames Unternehmen aus der Taufe heben. Der Stoß wird in Richtung HP und IBM geführt. …mehr
Der Wahl-O-Mat für die Bundestagswahl 2009 ist eröffnet. Er zeigt, wie weit ein potenzieller Wähler mit den inhaltlichen Aussagen der Parteien übereinstimmt. …mehr
Nach den vorläufigen Zahlen des Marktforschungs- und Beratungsunternehmens Gartner sind sowohl die Umsätze als auch Stückzahlen im Servermarkt drastisch gefallen. …mehr
Adobe und Oracle haben die Veröffentlichung ihrer nächsten Security-Patches verschoben. Gründe sind der hohe Aufwand und Terminprobleme. …mehr
Der Elektronikhersteller Loewe bietet keine Geräte für den Schnäppchenmarkt an - im Gegenteil. Der Weg ist steinig, aber eine Alternative gibt es nicht. …mehr
Der Druckerhersteller Lexmark hat eine Reihe neuer WLAN-Tintenstrahldrucker vorgestellt, die mit interessanten Zusatzfunktionen aufwarten. …mehr
Interaktive Web-Anwendungen bergen erhebliche Compliance-Risiken. Sie müssen in die Strategie des Unternehmens integriert werden. …mehr
Sony freut sich über einen Boom - auf der IFA nutzte der Konzern die Gelegenheit, E-Book-Reader im Gespräch zu halten. …mehr
Mobiles Internet wird vorwiegend zuhause genutzt. Ein Grund ist die Boot-Phase eines normalen Rechners. …mehr
Das LG BL40 Chocolate Touch ist zwar noch nicht auf dem Markt, doch die Redakteure des Technik-Blog engadget.com durften es schon mal ausprobieren. …mehr
Loyale Mitarbeiter bieten einen guten Schutz vor Wirtschaftskriminalität. Auch auf die Produktivität wirken sich Zufriedenheit und Motivation aus. …mehr
Der MSI Wind Neton AP1900 ist superschlank und arbeitete im Test praktisch unhörbar. Beim günstigen All-in-One-PC muss man bei der Ausstattung kaum Kompromisse eingehen. …mehr
Die Deutsche Telekom hat einer Meldung zufolge erste Gespräche über den möglichen Verkauf des britischen Mobilfunkgeschäfts aufgenommen. …mehr
Die US-Werbefirma uSocial wittert das große Geschäft mit dem Verkauf von Freunden und Kontakten auf Social-Media-Plattformen. …mehr
Der Elektronikspezialist Kuhn elektronik hat mit dem KE Charger eine Technik entwickelt, die es Radfahrern erlaubt, ihr Mobiltelefone unterwegs aufzuladen. …mehr
Ein US-Berufungsgericht hat entschieden, dass Microsoft während des Berufungsverfahrens sein Programm Word weiter vertreiben kann. …mehr
Nach dem G1 und dem HTC Hero bringt T-Mobile ein drittes Android-Smartphone heraus: das T-Mobile Pulse von Huawei. …mehr
Forscher der Universität Washington arbeiten an einer Technologie, die erweiterte Realität (Augmented Reality, AR) in Kontaktlinsen nutzbar machen soll. …mehr
Die Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband ist mit Abmahnungen gegen unfaire Vertragsklauseln deutscher Mobilfunkanbieter vorgegangen. Erfolgreich. …mehr
This week on the PC World Podcast, editors Tim Moynihan, Robert Strohmeyer, Darren Gladstone, and Mark Sullivan discuss some of the biggest tech happenings of the week. …mehr
Microsoft says that cyber-criminals are starting to exploit an unpatched bug in its IIS server software that was made public earlier this week. …mehr
Sonnet Technologies has announced the release of its Fusion D400QR5 desktop and R400QR5 rackmount four-drive hardware-based RAID 5 storage systems. They're priced at $1,335 for a 2 terabyte (TB) model to $1,675 for a 6TB model. …mehr
Virtualization may have answered CIOs' growing pains in addressing the scarcity of resources minus the exorbitant costs, but failing to look at the technology from a holistic standpoint may cause more problems than solutions, an executive from IT infrastructure provider EMC warned Thursday. …mehr
TalkTalk, BT, Orange and Which? are amongst leading telecoms companies and consumer groups who believe the Government's latest proposals on the 'how' to reduce illegal filesharing are misconceived. …mehr
Google is promising changes to the Android Market, the same week that a prominent application developer complained about issues with the store. …mehr
Before a graphic anti-texting video exploded onto the Internet, there was an equally graphic film intended to sell seatbelt use U.K. to teens. "" is very similar, only better. …mehr
Oracle® Database 11g Release 2, a steady improvement from its predecessor, is now available for download, the IT solutions provider announced Thursday. …mehr
Cisco Systems gave Chairman and CEO John Chambers a "discretionary incentive payment" of more than US$2 million for the company's 2009 fiscal year, despite the fact that net income fell nearly 24 percent from the previous year on sales that were down almost 9 percent. …mehr
There are things that should be left enough alone and 's Orwellian removal of the book "Nineteen Eighty-Four" from Kindle e-readers is one of them. Orwell would have gotten a kick out of this, yet Amazon seems to miss the humor in it. …mehr
In Mac OS X 10.5, you could combine the use of Exposé's Application Windows mode and the Command-Tab application switcher by first activating Exposé and then pressing Command-Tab. When you selected another application and released Command-Tab, that application would come to the foreground in Exposé mode, revealing all its windows. Alternatively, you could release just the Command key, and cycle through all your applications (while still in Exposé mode) by just pressing the Tab key. …mehr
Ready to boldy beta where no one's beta'd before? Have a look at Star Trek Online aka STO to see about getting into their closed beta signup: . Developed by Cryptic Studios, the guys responsible for the City of Heroes/Villains massively multiplayer online games, STO picks up 30 years after Star Trek: Nemesis (and also, therefore, after the preliminary events in the recent Star Trek "reboot"). …mehr
LG is demonstrating a software system at IFA that lets users share a PC to lower power consumption and cut costs. …mehr
The US and Brazil continued their output of spam and viruses through August, although levels have dropped slightly since July, according to security vendor Network Box. …mehr
Here's a sneaky one for you. According to Sophos, a piece of spyware is masquerading as a Flash player plug-in for Firefox. Its installation screen looks legit (per ), and it will even show up thereafter in the list of Firefox extensions as "Adobe Flash Player 0.2." …mehr
International communications company Cable&Wireless Worldwide has doubled the size of new business won in Asia Pacific for the second consecutive year in the financial year 2008-2009 (FY08-09, ended 31 March 2009), the company has revealed. …mehr
The ombudsman for the European Union has confirmed receiving a complaint from Intel about the way its antitrust case was handled in Europe and said he will publish a summary of his decision later this month. …mehr
I can't say I'm an Outlook fan, but for better or worse, I'm stuck with it. Fortunately, I've found a few ways to make the most of it, like using it as an RSS reader for my Google Reader account. …mehr
USB flash drives are handy storage devices, and there are a wide ranges of choices, from practical to fashionable. I like flash drives that are small and easy to carry with me at all times. …mehr
When it comes to generating buzz, Apple is King Bee -- as it proved again this week merely by sending out invitations to its upcoming rock-n-roll-themed "special event." Other special things that happened this week: Gmail fans get vexed at yet another service outage, TV feeds its Twitter fixation, and Wikipedia looks for the color of truth. Can you identify the truth in today's quiz? Correct answers are worth 10 points a throw. All righty, then -- let's go! …mehr
After five years operating the joint Sympatico.msn.ca portal, Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. and Microsoft Canada Co. have decided to go their separate ways and launch independent sites. The two new portals, Sympatico.ca and MSN.ca, launched on Sept. 1. …mehr
is a ridiculously addictive $1 puzzler from Dr. Reiner Knizia and sold through . …mehr
Like a fervent preacher appearing before his flock, Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin emphasized benefits and potential for the Linux platform Thursday during an industry conference that also featured an update on mobile Linux efforts. At the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit in San Francisco, Zemlin cited advances by Linux into multiple spaces, including supercomputing and embedded systems. "It is the fastest growing platform in every aspect of computing," Zemlin said, "Linux is growing two to three times faster than any other platform out there today." …mehr
Despite a number of fiber-optic cables that are being developed in Africa to provide broadband Internet and communication services, a new satellite hub has been set up in a bid to improve the Internet quality and reduce the high cost of Internet services. …mehr
If you have an older Ethernet-networked printer, you may find that, after upgrading to Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6), the printer no longer responds to your Mac's Print requests. That's what happened with my trusty old HP LaserJet 4000N (circa 1998). If this happens to you, don't despair. It's almost certain your printer and your Mac can be friends again. Here's what you need to know: …mehr
Microsoft is testing a new feature called "Bing & Ping" for its Bing search engine that allows people to share search results on social networks Facebook and Twitter. …mehr
has introduced the Epson Stylus Pro 3880 professional A2+ photo printer. …mehr
Anyone finding Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) subscriptions a tough sell for management used to Microsoft's one-time license fee for Windows must emphasize that there are more factors to be considered, chiefly return on investment, Red Hat officials said Friday. …mehr
has introduced Epson Perfection V600 Photo, billed as an energy-efficient scanner for photographers. …mehr
Verizon Communications President and Chief Operating Officer Denny Strigl will retire by the end of this year, the company said Friday. …mehr