Nach der Konjunkturdelle kämpft die IT darum, ihren Stellenwert in den Unternehmen zurückzuerhalten Dass ihr das noch nicht gelungen ist, legen die Ergebnisse einer Befragung von mehr als 1.300 IT-Chefs in Europa nahe. …mehr
Eine Interface-Software erlaubt es, die Daten im Microsoft Project Server und im ERP-System von SAP synchron zu halten. So können Projektteam und Controller mit ihren gewohnten Werkzeugen arbeiten. …mehr
Wie macht eine Hochschule digitale Inhalte und das Internet am besten für blinde Studenten zugänglich? Die Fernuni Hagen und der Duden-Verlag haben eine Lösung gefunden. …mehr
Der Trend zum Cloud Computing zwingt die Outsourcing-Anbieter, ihre Geschäftsmodelle auf den Prüfstand zu stellen und flexible Angebote für die IT-Wolke zu entwickeln. Denn die Wünsche der Anwender sind ganz unterschiedlich. …mehr
Microsoft-Chef Steve Ballmer hat bei einem Besuch in China den dort noch immer extrem hohen Anteil an Raubkopien beklagt. …mehr
Der als mutmaßlicher Betreiber der Mobbing-Site isharegossip.com gefasste Täter war nur ein Trittbrettfahrer. …mehr
Der gigantische Internet-Wachstumsmarkt China übt seit jeher einen besonderen Reiz auf die westlichen Social Networks aus. …mehr
Nach der Ankündigung von Nokia, künftig auf Windows Phone zu setzen, war bislang unklar, wie lange Symbian noch unterstützt wird. Nun hat Nokia-Chef Stephen Elop erstmals einen konkreten Zeitraum genannt. …mehr
Mit einem neuen "People Widget" sollen die Korrespondenz-Partner in Googles Email-Dienst "Google Mail" stärker herausgestellt werden. …mehr
Bei der Präsentation von Windows Phone Mango erwähnte Microsoft die neue Web-Version seiner Download-Plattform Marketplace nur in einem Nebensatz. Jetzt wurden weitere Informationen dazu veröffentlicht. …mehr
Der mutmaßliche Betreiber der Mobbing-Site isharegossip.com ist nach einem Bericht der "Lübecker Nachrichten" in der Hansestadt festgenommen worden. …mehr
Die sieben führenden Industriestaaten und Russland (G8) bekennen sich erstmals gemeinsam zu Grundprinzipien bei der Nutzung des Internets. …mehr
Der Kampf um das Bezahlen mit dem Handy wird heiß: Vorreiter Google muss sich jetzt mit einer Klage des Rivalen PayPal beschäftigen. …mehr
Das Oberlandesgericht Köln hat das Beschwerderecht des Anschlussinhabers im Auskunftsverfahren bejaht. …mehr
Creative bietet mit dem D100 einen Bluetooth-Lautsprecher für unterwegs. …mehr
Die Virtualisierung von Servern bietet enorme Vorteile, aber auch Risiken. Fällt ein einzelner Server aus, steht schnell ein ganzes Unternehmen still. Lesen Sie, wie Sie Ihre Server optimal absichern können. …mehr
Viele Mittelständler bevorzugen klare Verhältnisse und kaufen daher ihre IT. Aber ist das auch die günstigste Lösung? …mehr
Mail und Telefon dominieren den Arbeitsalltag. Immerhin sind Mitarbeiter aber bereit, Social Media auszuprobieren, wie eine Studie von Computacenter zeigt. Am besten funktioniert das, wenn CIOs Web 2.0 vorleben. …mehr
Überall fehlt es an Ingenieuren - auch bei den Anbietern einschlägiger Dienstleistungen für Industrieunternehmen. Dabei sind die Verdienstmöglichkeiten bestens. …mehr
Have you ever received a call from a mystery number and wished you could figure out who was calling? A new service from called Number Guru lets you perform reverse phone number lookups--using a phone number to identify its source / owner. Best of all, it's free. …mehr
A new "" app called Sonar is getting the attention of Steve Peltzman, CIO of the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. …mehr
Sucker Punch has explained how your past experience with the inFamous series will affect your future in the sequel. …mehr
While Windows Phone 7 may be doing little to affect Microsoft's bottom line, Microsoft's significant patent holdings are allowing it to cash in on Android's success. In a research note to clients seen by , analyst Walter Pritchard said the Redmond company receives $5 for every HTC Android phone sold. …mehr
It may seem counterintuitive, incentivizing our best students to drop out of school. But that's what the Thiel Foundation is doing: offering $100,000 this week to its first batch of teenagers in a . All selectees must leave school for two years and become entrepreneurs, studying independently (with help from the foundation) in areas that include biotech, education, energy, mobility, robotics, space, information technology, and economics and finance. …mehr
Gearbox Software and 2K have released the Duke Nukem Forever Soundboard, a free iOS app that lets the Duke speak for you with his trademark catchphrases. …mehr
JavaFX 2.0, an upgrade to the Java-based rich client platform that originated at Sun Microsystems, was made available in a beta form this week by the Java team at Oracle. …mehr
For those of us Bay Area folk who cross the Bay Bridge time and again, it's hard not to notice the ongoing NASA-launchpad-like construction for the bridge's . Starting this lovely Memorial Day weekend, drivers will have to endure a new detour on the Eastbound Oakland side that will span until the completion of the bridgework in 2013. But not to worry, concerned drivers: The Bay Bridge Public Information Office hopes to ease your traffic-addled nerves and frazzled composure by allowing you to drive this detour before you ever hop on the road--all thanks to an iOS app. …mehr
When it comes to connecting your smartphone to your car, the extent to which the two are integrated is, in general, fairly limited. Sure, you can make phone calls, and maybe listen to music, but that's about it. In this day and age, when apps are so important to your use of a smartphone, that seems woefully insufficient to me. Pioneer Electronics is trying to fill that gap with a new gadget it calls the AppRadio. …mehr
Computer users seem to be getting better at spotting fake websites that are trying to steal their passwords, but when it comes to mobile phones, the deck is most definitely stacked against them. …mehr
If your firm sells to Uncle Sam, you can breathe a little easier. That's because a provision to withhold 3% from any payments the federal government makes to its contractors has been delayed. The law now will not affect most payments until after Dec. 31, 2012. It had been scheduled to go into effect at the end of this year. …mehr
Now that The Witcher 2 is finished, patches and DLC notwithstanding, CD Projekt Red is free to turn its attention to other things, such as its next project. The company hasn't yet announced what this is, but there have been indications of the possibility of a . We'll find out for sure what the team is working on when it makes a "big announcement" during its CDP Summer Days event in LA on June 2, shortly before E3 starts. …mehr
Sometimes, it takes a difficult event to realize how important those around you truly are. …mehr
It's no Duke Nukem Forever, but the recently-released white iPhone 4 is one of those products that seemed it would never actually come to market. Originally slated for release in June 2010, the white version of Apple's iPhone 4 fell prey to delay after delay, and it didn't hit stores until late April 2011. …mehr
Have you ever wanted to find an inexpensive way of communicating with your Android phone wirelessly, but without relying on the likes of Bluetooth or Google ADK? If you also happen to be one of those people who has spare Arduino boards about, you're in luck. combined an Arduino microcontroller with a magnetic coil to create what he calls the "Poor Man's NFC". …mehr
It is a strange time when I get to meet Adam Warby, Avanade's Global CEO, at Raffles Convention Centre in Singapore's business district. It is only a week since a devastating earthquake and tsunami has destroyed a major chunk of Japan's eastern coastal areas, killing thousands of people (on 11 March). There is also the scare of nuclear radiation from the damaged nuclear reactors in Fukushima. Many IT companies are worried about their staff in Japan. Some are evacuating staff from affected areas and even from cities as far away as Tokyo. …mehr
Skype users affected by a recent glitch can now get back online by downloading the latest software update -- provided they're using Windows. …mehr
Sega's foul-mouthed zombie-blasting Wii title The House of the Dead: Overkill is heading to Sony's console this October. …mehr
The New York Mets, whose current owners are desperately trying to resolve a billion-dollar suit by the trustee for victims scammed by Ponzi artist Bernard Madoff, are in exclusive negotiations for Greenlight Capital Inc. President David Einhorn to buy a minority stake in the team for $200 million. …mehr
Skype has rolled out an update for the Mac version of its Voice over IP application that should take care of any lingering problems with startup crashes. …mehr
Using to search for airline flights just got a little easier. The search giant announced Friday that it's adding flight schedules to travel-related searches. …mehr
Can you believe it? As I sat down this morning to write this column, I got hit by a drive-by download of . …mehr
Enterprise application software provider SAP has reported strong business momentum in the first quarter of 2011 (Q1 2011) and has achieved robust performance in Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific markets. …mehr
Some may scoff at the need for a built-in app on the iPhone to tell you about current weather conditions--there's this fantastic new invention called a that you can look out of and see what the weather's like--but I find it quite useful. Will I need a coat when I go outside or is it warm enough for a short-sleeved shirt? This unseasonably warm weather--just how hot is it right now? Just a few taps, and I can get exact temperature information I couldn't gather with just the naked eye.-- …mehr
Marius Haas, who led Hewlett-Packard's networking business through the 3Com acquisition that made it a broader competitor to Cisco Systems, is leaving the company for investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. …mehr
Boulder Dash is one of the oldest puzzle games there is, and its original development company is bringing an all-new version to the 360 and PC. …mehr
Ubisoft is taking Child of Eden's marketing into the physical world through an ambitious "demo store" in Soho, London, UK. …mehr
