PLUS Technologies bietet mit SharePointPlus einen herstellerübergreifenden App-Store für SharePoint von Microsoft an. …mehr
Das hartumkämpfte Urheberrechtsabkommen ACTA könnte am Widerstand des EU-Parlaments scheitern. …mehr
Ein halbes Jahr nach dem Start der Internet-Plattform Amen hat sich die Berliner Firma nach einem Bericht des Fachportals "deutsche startups" eine neue Kapitalspritze gesichert. …mehr
Mit einem gemeinsamen Zentrum gegen Online-Kriminalität will die Europäische Union ihre Jagd auf Hacker und Internet-Betrüger ausweiten. …mehr
Für Samsung hat sich der "Größenwahn" offensichtlich bezahlt gemacht: Der Touchscreen-Riese Galaxy Note erfreut sich überraschend hoher Nachfrage. …mehr
Die Auswahl an offenen Stellen steigt nicht mit der Größe der Stadt. Das zeigt eine aktuelle Studie. …mehr
Das Interesse der Firmen am Social-Media-Profil der Bewerber steigt. So sagt jedes fünfte Unternehmen den Bewerbern aufgrund ihrer Aktivitäten im Netz ab. …mehr
Die neuen Kopfhörer von Philips überzeugen durch ein ansprechendes Design. Aufgrund des integrierten Mikrofons eignen sie sich zum Telefonieren. …mehr
Im Streit um die Vorratsdatenspeicherung beharrt Bundesinnenminister Hans-Peter Friedrich (CSU) weiter auf seiner Position. …mehr
Obwohl viel über strategisch geplante, komplexe Angriffe auf Unternehmensnetze gesprochen wird, wären fast alle Vorfälle im vergangenen Jahr mit herkömmlichen Sicherheitsmethoden zu verhindern gewesen. …mehr
IT-Entscheider vertrauen in der geschäftlichen Kommunikation weiter auf die E-Mail. Sorge bereiten ausgeklügelte Spams. …mehr
Wir haben mal bei Google nachgefragt, ob der Konzern Zahlen zu den Chromebook-Verkäufen und Chromebooks-for-Business-Abonnements herausrückt. …mehr
Der Mobilfunkanbieter Drillisch will sich über seine Beteiligung an Freenet günstig Geld besorgen. …mehr
Apple bietet allen Käufern des iPad Wifi + 4G in Australien eine Entschädigung an, wenn sie sich von der Bezeichnung getäuscht fühlen. Wie hier bietet das Gerät auch in Down Under keine Unterstützung des dort verfügbaren 4G-Mobilfunkstandards. …mehr
Das begehrte Smartphone heute schon mitnehmen, in den nächsten zehn Monaten abzahlen - und das ganze für null Prozent Zinsen. …mehr
Im Streit um die Eigenschaften der Nano-SIM-Karte wird das European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) morgen voraussichtlich eine Entscheidung treffen. …mehr
Die Rettung des größten deutschen Standorts von Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) ist noch nicht in trockenen Tüchern. …mehr
Im Kampf um den schnell wachsenden Markt für digitale Bücher bringt Amazon zwei weitere Modelle seiner Kindle-Lesegeräte nach Deutschland. …mehr
Dass Cloud Computing nicht nur coole Apps und Entertainment bedeutet, sondern auch gesellschaftlichen Nutzen haben kann, zeigen zwei innovative Startups mit ihren Lösungen für Wasser-Management in Afrika und Gesundheits-Management in Deutschland. …mehr
Wer im Job immer und überall erreichbar und ansprechbar sein muss, gerät schnell an seine Grenzen. Was IT-Profis dagegen tun können, zeigt ein Workshop des Freiberufer-Forums "7-it" in München. …mehr
Was der Arbeitgeber aus arbeits- und aus sozialversicherungsrechtlicher Sicht beachten muss, sagt Stefan Schlöffel. …mehr
Zu den Highlights der neuen Fritz!Box-Firmware Fritz!OS 5.20 gehört der kostenlose AVM-Cloud-Dienst MyFritz!. Allerdings ist dieser vorerst nur für die Fritz!Box 7390 verfügbar. Unser Workshop zeigt, wie Sie den Cloud-Service einrichten müssen, um von überall direkt auf ihre persönlichen Daten auf der Fritz!Box zugreifen zu können. …mehr
Norm Chambers All our products rely on nonresidential new construction, and that market in this country is more than 45 percent below average right now. We've had three consecutive years of decline, and in 2009, we were at risk of bankruptcy. The question was: What are we going to do to survive? And we answered that by asking: What are we going to do with technology? …mehr
Do you know about a relatively new movement to make software more secure that's known as "Rugged Software"? …mehr
Beachbody CIO Steve Winshel wants more out of his company's social media offerings. How can he prove their worth? …mehr
Well, here's a new one on me: An iPad app based on a concept from Microsoft, but developed by a pair of (non-Microsoft) Seattle programmers, with the help of Kickstarter funding. That, in a nutshell, is Zanther's . …mehr
Western Union and MTN Group, Africa's largest mobile phone company, Wednesday unveiled an international mobile money transfer service in Uganda that will be rolled out to all of telecom provider's 16 operations on the continent as well as five in other regions. …mehr
Just in case you wanted to know exactly how reliant on Google you've become, the company is now offering monthly account activity reports on an opt-in basis. …mehr
Law Commission proposals for a new regulatory apparatus to accommodate developments in the media should be less specific to the current state of affairs and more "technology neutral", says InternetNZ, in response to the Commission's wide-ranging report The News Media meets 'New Media'.The Law Commission paper recommends a unified body be set up to hold professional online publishers as well as traditional print and broadcast media accountable to a set of standards, similar to those currently applied to conventional newspaper publishers and broadcasters through the Press Council and Broadcasting Standards Authority. In return, internet publishers would be able to avail themselves of some of the special treatment that currently protect traditional media, for example, exemption from relevant principles of the Privacy Act, accreditation to the Parliamentary Press Gallery and special privileges to attend non-public court proceedings.In trying to describe newer developments and draw a line round professional online publishers, the Law Commission uses current language such as "blogs" and "the read/write technology of the web". Just as these technologies have, in the Law Commission's words "paved the way for novel and previously unimaginable ways of producing the 'public good' function inherent in journalism", "it is entirely possible, InternetNZ says, "that some new technologies, and societal use of such technologies, will produce further novel and currently unimaginable changes in the future. Similarly, it can be expected that the disruptive impact of the internet will lead to a continued evolution of the business models and roles of today's newspapers and broadcasters."This requires any changes to laws be principles-based, technology-neutral, and relatively high-level so as to have the best chance to be fit for the future," InternetNZ says. Some places where the term "bloggers" is used, for example, the sentence "some serious inaccuracies may not attract the attention of bloggers on the social media", would be better expressed using a broader term such as "online journalists", it says.Publication online has made possible the "take-down order" requiring removal of offending content from a platform, as a remedy for erroneous or damaging publication. It is InternetNZ's contention that such orders should be issued to the person or organisation that originated the content rather than involving intermediaries such as an internet service provider or hosting organisation, which would imply some responsibility on their part.InternetNZ is concerned by references in the Lawcom paper to ISPs blocking access to websites, if takedown of content cannot be achieved. "Under no circumstances should an ISP be asked to block access to an offending website," its submission says "The avenues of communication must never be a chokepoint or used to 'exert some influence over website hosts' [a quote from the report]. Doing so undermines an open internet and potentially starts down a slippery slope of using ISPs as an arm of the state."The report makes the implicit assumption that the conventional media consists of companies with employees and most "new media" channels are run by individuals. Media such as Public Address or Scoop blur that dividing line, InternetNZ points out.The Law Commission brings online news aggregators under the definition of "new media". An unintended consequence of this may be to make online news aggregators the subject of complaints as publishers, InternetNZ's submission says. "Where aggregation does not involve editorial control or opinion, it needs to be explicitly excluded from giving rise to liability."InternetNZ generally supports the formation of a unified body covering all media, but suggests it be organised as a professional association, like the Institute of Chartered Accountants, rather than a regulator. "We believe membership of the approved journalism body should be entirely voluntary for everyone," it says.Lawcom spokesperson on the project, Cate Brett, says the Commission has received more than 50 submissions on the new media paper and has extended the deadline, originally March 14, by "a week or two", to accommodate some already-promised late submissions. All submissions will be published on the commission's website once they have all been received and have been processed, Brett says. …mehr
Both Microsoft and Google plan to put forth proposals at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting this week to make the Web--specifically its HTTP protocol--. …mehr
Google is now offering customers of its Apps for Business communications and collaboration suite an optional service that automatically captures, archives and indexes their employees' e-mail messages and IM chat sessions. …mehr
AOL decommissioned almost 10,000 servers and saved itself US$5 million along the way to winning a contest that highlights the cost of running inefficient or underutilized IT equipment. …mehr
Box.com --a new service designed to unite the data from various mobile apps. Box OneCloud promises to make it easier to manage data on mobile devices and be productive from virtually anywhere. OneCloud resolves a fundamental limitation of the Apple iPad, and makes . …mehr
Much as large computing projects can , Symform leverages your free hard drive space and that of others into a secure, encrypted online storage service. Quite clever actually, and even better--it's free (except, of course, for the electricity and storage space you contribute). You can be a leech and simply use the 10GB of free storage offered, but up to 100GB of online storage is available if you contribute. You can up that to 200GB by referring friends. …mehr
Google today announced version 1 of its , or Go 1 for short. …mehr
Blizzard Entertainment is unleashing the beta for the fourth World of Warcraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria. Tom Chilton, the game's director, recently took some time to explain what's in store for fans of the game in this exclusive interview. …mehr
More Australian public sector and private sector organisations are turning to IT investments such as Cloud computing and video conferencing in a bid to automate processes and increase staff productivity, according to a new survey from Telstra. …mehr
For CIOs and IT professionals, the potential of the cloud is clear: transforming IT from cost center to business engine. It promises the agility and scalability that tech dreams are made of. By leveraging the cloud, you can complete typical IT tasks in hours rather than weeks or months, allowing you to dedicate staff to innovation, not just maintaining systems and infrastructure. …mehr
The Federal Trade Commission this week released its final report on online consumer privacy that recommended implementing a universal "Do Not Track" standard, a centralized website for data brokers and more. …mehr
Organisations should be aware that dealing with a breach is becoming an increasingly costly endeavour, according to Symantec. …mehr
Dell has stopped selling smartphones in the U.S. as it tweaks its mobile strategy to focus more on emerging markets and higher-margin products. …mehr
Google has opened its Google+ Hangout service to third-party applications and is adding an apps menu to the video chat application to help people find them. …mehr
Two questions: What the heck is an Erebus? And how the heck is this system so fast? …mehr
Want to take the awesomeness of to a whole new level? How about playing it in virtual reality? That's right, a setup now exists that allows you to fully immerse yourself in the world of the Elder Scrolls. …mehr
Robots, robots, robots! This week in robotic sports, we have the results of Japan's robot fighting tournament, Robo-One. …mehr
Take a cutting-edge browser, and add a Seventies-era user interface. This crazy-sounding idea stands at the core of Pentadactyl (free), a Firefox add-on that makes Firefox look and feel like the famous open-source text editor (and, to an extent, Vi, the editor that preceded it and was initially released in 1979). If you've ever wanted to use Firefox for hours without reaching for your mouse even once, this may be the add-on you need. …mehr
Sixty per cent of Australian consumers want to use technology at some part of their retail process, according to a study conducted by IBM. …mehr
When it comes to pension funds, some CFOs see the complexity and ongoing nature of the risk management process as less important than, say, shooting for a particular rate of return. Meet the mark, their logic goes, and you avoid funding shortfalls that could operationally impact the sponsoring company. …mehr
Nobody goes out to buy a expecting to use it only as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot. But, independent testing has confirmed that the iPad is capable of acting as a under the right conditions, so it has its benefits. …mehr
Federal cybersecurity officials on Wednesday gave lawmakers a sobering warning about the vulnerabilities of critical information technology systems across the public and private sectors, describing a laundry list of threats and the challenge of keeping up with hackers who are continually seeking new methods of attack. …mehr
The is getting a new firmware update to make the popular Android tablet even more versatile and laptop-like. …mehr
What happens when a bunch of IETF super nerds show up in Paris for a major conference and discover their hotel's Wi-Fi network has imploded? …mehr
It's official: Red Hat is the first open-source software company to generate a billion dollars in annual revenue. …mehr
Chief financial officers expect to in the coming years, a new survey revealed on Wednesday. …mehr
German security company Avira has released free antivirus software for Apple Macs, joining a host of security software providers offering protection for OS X. …mehr