Die Marktforschungs- und Beratungsfirma Gartner erwartet, dass in diesem Jahr 6,6 Millionen dedizierte E-Book-Lesegeräte verkauft werden - Tendenz weiter steigend. …mehr
Salesforce.com will Heroku, das eine Ruby-Anwendungsplattform in der Cloud anbietet, für rund 212 Millionen Dollar in bar übernehmen. …mehr
Nach der Festnahme von Wikileaks-Gründer Julian Assange hat der Konflikt um die Enthüllungsplattform eine neue Eskalationsstufe erreicht. …mehr
Trotz der Festnahme von Wikileaks-Gründer Julian Assange hat die Enthüllungsplattform in der Nacht zum Mittwoch 46 weitere Geheimdokumente veröffentlicht. …mehr
Der australische Wikileaks-Gründer Julian Assange teilt nach seiner Festnahme in London aus. …mehr
Das wesentliche Anliegen des Product-Lifecycle-Management-Konzepts ist die Integration von Prozessen, Applikationen, Daten und Dokumenten. Knapp mehr als die Hälfte der Fertigungsunternehmen in Deutschland verfügt als Basis heute schon über eine umfangreiche IT-Integration entlang des Produktlebenszyklus. …mehr
Die Prozessindustrie ist auf optimale Logistikprozesse und eine effiziente Prozessabwicklung vom Rohstoffeinkauf bis zur Auslieferung angewiesen. Die automatische Identifizierung ermöglicht es den Unternehmen, Produkte zurückzuverfolgen und Logistikprozesse zu optimieren. Der Einsatz dieser Technologien in der Prozessindustrie wurde von RAAD untersucht. …mehr
Die Gerüchte über ein weiteres Update von Apple für das iPhone, das iPad und den iPod Touch werden immer konkreter. …mehr
Wie sieht die Zeitung der Zukunft aus? Eine frisch geschaffene "Bild"-Anwendung für das iPad soll eine "neue Dimension der Erlebbarkeit" bieten, schwärmen Verantwortliche. Doch wie erfolgreich sind die Apps wirklich? …mehr
Unter der Bezeichnung "First" entsteht eine Plattform für Finanzmarktanalysen. …mehr
Bund und IT-Unternehmen wollen den Standort Deutschland voranbringen. …mehr
Ohne Startkapital ist es schwer, ein eigenes Unternehmen auf den Weg zu bringen. Ein Gründer schildert seine Erfahrungen in vier wichtigen Phasen. …mehr
Das lange erwartete Computer-Betriebssystem Chrome OS von Google nimmt allmählich Gestalt an. …mehr
Über Internet-Kurse lassen sich Bildungsprogramme weltweit verbreiten, aber jeweils an die lokalen Bedürfnisse anpassen. Der Handelskonzern Metro will auf diese Weise 100.000 Mitarbeiter trainieren. …mehr
Warum bei dynamischen Projekten vertragliche Regelungen unverzichtbar sind, sagen Dr. Jochen Notholt und Dr. Jan Geert Meents. …mehr
Mit vielen neuen Produkten und Feature-Verbesserungen will NetApp weiter um einen Spitzenplatz unter den Speicheranbietern kämpfen. Virtualisierung, Cloud und Partnerschaften sollen den Kunden helfen, ihre komplexe IT-Landschaft zu vereinfachen - und NetApp auf Platz eins zu hieven. …mehr
Unternehmen, die im Web präsent ist, möchten auch gefunden werden. Sie sollten ihre Seiten daher für lokale und mobile Suchanfragen optimieren. …mehr
If you were like every other geek child out there, you too may have wished to be beamed to the starship Enterprise in geosynchronous orbit directly above your house. Then you'd want to take the elevator to the bridge and walk through those automatic air-whooshing doors. Star Trek enthusiast had those same dreams and built an air-powered automatic door for his own home, and so can you. …mehr
The Sims Medieval is a big leap away from the free-play Sims 3 experience. EA hopes this special Limited Edition will tempt legacy players and newcomers alike to give it a go. …mehr
is a useful utility for analyzing the contents of your text files, either individually or in batch mode. In many ways, it's a friendly shell around common grep functionality. The default is to simply count the unique words in a file, and their frequency (common English words like a and the are normally not counted, though this can be changed). This alone has some utility for programmers, but the real power of this program comes in two features: The ability to scan an entire folder tree and the ability to look for and count specified patterns. …mehr
This week I have a mixed bag of Christmas treats under my for you. …mehr
From the to to , 2010 has been a year of tears and jeers for Apple. There's no doubt that Apple had several victories mixed in with its year of pain such as , which sparked a revival in the one-panel tablet computer. The iPod Touch took several steps closer to being the , and the with users despite its reported problems. …mehr
recently announced the latest version of its that includes a high-speed virtual appliance for data centers and enables a dramatic reduction in the amount of traffic that has to cross WAN links by removing repetitive bytes. …mehr
Although Google's latest version of Chrome proved faster than earlier editions in some JavaScript benchmark tests, the browser barely exceeded its predecessors in another, according to Computerworld's tests. …mehr
In terms of technical specs, Google's Chrome OS notebook isn't much different from other 12.1-inch laptops, except for one thing: There's no caps lock on the keyboard. …mehr
Recently I noticed that whenever I downloaded a file in Firefox, the program turned into molasses--especially just after the download finished. The browser would literally freeze up for seconds at a time for about a minute after. …mehr
A loosely organized group of Internet hacktivists took down Visa's website Wednesday, after organizing a …mehr
The agreement announced this week by VMware and LG electronics will act a proof of concept of VMware's virtualization technology on mobile devices, but may not do either VMware or LG much good otherwise, analysts say. …mehr
As the scandal continues to unfold, "hacktivists" and "hacktivistas" are joining the fray with a volley of hacking countermeasures aimed at weakening Wikileaks from the one side, and retaliating on the other. Join PCWorld editors Robert Strohmeyer, Steve Fox, Jason Cross, and Ed Albro as they explore highlights of Wikileaks' past exploits and the site's future prospects amid growing controversy. …mehr
is grabbing headlines this week, as Google reveals more details about its cloud-based operating system for mobile devices. Netbooks running Chrome OS won't ship until mid-2011, however, which allows us plenty of time to speculate on potential shortcomings. …mehr
Federal prosecutors more than $1 million in high-tech equipment from facilities in Massachusetts and North Carolina and trying to sell it over the Internet. …mehr
We are at war, and I don't mean the literal kind. It's the first all-out cyber war, not between nations but between factions: those who agree with what WikiLeaks is trying to do, and those who oppose them. …mehr
If WikiLeaks' Julian Assange were in memoir-writing mode, I'd bet "How to Win Friends and Influence People" would not be among the likely titles. …mehr
Motorola announced two rugged Wi-Fi-ready mobile computers Tuesday for use in retail, manufacturing and health care. …mehr
The media-streamer hits keep coming from Western Digital. Hot on the heels of the capable WD TV Live Plus (which streams media from the Internet, your local network, and a connected USB drive), the WD TV Live Hub adds a 1TB internal hard drive that can double as network storage and a media server; support for more Web streaming media services; a major user interface overhaul; and improved search and filtering features. While a tad pricey at $200 (price as of December 5, 2010), its strong feature set and first-rate user interface should appeal to people who have a lot of their own high-def media to stream to multiple rooms--and who also want easy access to top commercial Web services. …mehr
Salesforce.com, with its addition of Heroku's Ruby cloud application platform, wants to position itself as a destination for next-generation application developers. But rival cloud vendor Engine Yard believes the Heroku/Salesforce.com pairing, while validating Ruby on the cloud, is the wrong way to go. …mehr
On Wednesday afternoon, Apple released a firmware update for the models to address problems with booting and responsiveness. …mehr
Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to go up this year, with Samsung gaining ground on top semiconductor company Intel in market share, Gartner said in a study released Wednesday. …mehr
Intellectual Ventures, a patent portfolio developer and broker started by former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, has filed patent lawsuits against nine tech companies, including Symantec, McAfee and Hynix Semiconductor. …mehr