Nach Zählung der Marktforschungs- und Beratungsfirma Gartner werden immer weniger RISC/Itanium-Unix-Server verkauft. Das bekommen die Hersteller beim Umsatz zu spüren. …mehr
Im Streit um einen den Standard für künftige SIM-Karten für Mobiltelefone ist eine Entscheidung gefallen. Die Hersteller können jetzt noch dünnere Smartphones bauen. Mit dem Vorschlag hat sich Apple gegen Nokia, Motorola und RIM durchgesetzt. …mehr
Motorola bringt ein Handy mit Steckplätzen für drei SIM-Karten heraus. Über das Tri-SIM-Feature hinaus bietet das Motokey 3-Chip genannte Handy aber lediglich Basisfunktionen. …mehr
Der Stuxnet-Wurm hat vor knapp zwei Jahren IT-Sicherheitsexperten aufgeschreckt. …mehr
Die niederländische Telefongesellschaft KPN wehrt sich gegen die Offensive von America Movil - und stellt ihre deutsche Tochter E-Plus auf den Prüfstand. …mehr
Auf der Konferenz D10 des "Wall-Street-Journal"-Blogs "All Things Digital" hat Mary Meeker von Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers ihre Internet-Trends für dieses Jahr präsentiert. …mehr
Oracle hat in dem großen Prozess gegen Google wegen des Smartphone-Betriebssystems Android eine Niederlage auf breiter Front erlitten. …mehr
Nach einer versehentlich zu früh ins Netz gestellten Ankündigung hat Microsoft nun nachgelegt. …mehr
Mit In-Memory-Computing und spaltenorientierter Datenbanktechnik will SAP ein neues IT-Zeitalter einläuten. Dabei sind die zugrunde liegenden Techniken nicht neu. Anwender wollen erst einmal prüfen, ob sich der IT-Beschleuniger auch rechnet. …mehr
Grafikchips aus Nvidias aktueller Kepler-Generation gibt es nicht nur für den PC, sondern auch für Notebooks – zum Beispiel den Geforce GT 640M. Wir hatten ein Ultrabook mit der neuen Nvidia-GPU im Test. …mehr
Der Mobilfunkanbieter Orange bietet das Intel-basierende Smartphone "San Diego", einst angekündigt als Santa Clara, ab kommender Woche in Großbritannien an. …mehr
Nach der Gerätevielfalt erwarten die Analysten von Saugatuck die Rückkehr zu Standards. Zentrale Management-Ansätze und Geräte-Normen setzten sich wieder durch. …mehr
Die Iomega Prestige Desktop 1 TB USB 3.0 lässt sich flexibel auf dem Schreibtisch aufstellen. Lesen Sie im Test, ob uns noch weitere Vorteile an der externen Festplatte aufgefallen sind. …mehr
Mit Airplay bringt Apple unter anderem Musik auf äußerst komfortable Art in das Wohnzimmer. Dabei werden auch höchste Ansprüche befriedigt …mehr
Über das VMware-Plugin WhatsVirtual überwacht und steuert die Management-Suite WhatsUp Gold sowohl physische als auch virtuelle Server. …mehr
Die Vorteile liegen auf beiden Seiten: Der Arbeitnehmer bekommt Lohnzuschläge ohne Abzüge, der Arbeitgeber hat keine Lohnnebenkosten, sagt Bärbel Ettig. …mehr
Das Café St. Oberholz gilt als das Zentrum der digitalen Bohème von Berlin. Caféhaus-Inhaber Ansgar Oberholz kommentiert in seinem Blog, was Gäste - nicht nur Freiberufler und Nerds - bei ihm vergessen. …mehr
Apple has won a battle over the standard for a smaller SIM card, use of which would leave more room for other components in future phone designs. …mehr
June is off to a rocky in the markets for technology companies as shares slump in the wake of troubling economic reports, though cooler heads appear to have confidence in the sector for the long term. …mehr
I recently decided to embark on a journey of discovery. Surely, I thought, there must be life beyond Tom Bihn's popular . Fortunately, it didn't take long to find my first destination: STM's $70 . (I tested the Small version.) …mehr
U.S. President Barack Obama ordered the Stuxnet cyberattacks on Iran in an effort to slow the country's development of a nuclear program, according to a report in The New York Times. …mehr
Yesterday Microsoft for Windows 8, the final public sneak peek for what the company keeps calling a "no compromise" version and "reimagining" of the decades-old OS. …mehr
Oracle has pledged to appeal a judge's that Java APIs cited in its lawsuit against Google weren't subject to copyright protection, but legal scholars and attorneys not associated with the case expressed mixed opinions whether that would be successful. …mehr
Semiconductor company Microsemi has issued a statement denying that one of its products, a popular silicon chip called ProASIC3, has a backdoor built into it. …mehr
Depending upon whom you ask, Friday, June 1 is the best or worst thing to come to the Mac App Store since it opened its doors in 2011. As of now, new and significantly updated apps submitted to Apple's Mac App Store must implement sandboxing. …mehr
DNA is pretty incredible stuff, but who thought it could be --and one that's at that? …mehr
Twitter tickers , but this creative use of an old dot matrix printer by a modder named Kenneth is really a fun way to utilize old technology. …mehr
If you Facebook news feed is clogged with spammy updates from auto-sharing apps, this might help. Facebook a new rule that won't allow apps to automatically share on your timeline articles or videos unless you have been reading or watching for at least ten seconds. …mehr
Is printing dangerous? It definitely has privacy and implications, according to many. …mehr
Organizations that operate in the European Union (E.U.) may soon be searching for candidates for a new role mandated by law: the Data Protection Officer (DPO). As currently described by the proposed legislation, the DPO role would require a seasoned professional with credentials in the security trenches, reporting directly to the board of directors. With the potential for a land grab of qualified candidates, organizations may want to begin defining their needs now. …mehr
Windows 8 Release Preview , and it offers only moderate changes to the previously released . The biggest change isn't to the operating system itself, but rather the inclusion of some new, well-designed Metro apps that ship with it. Clearly inspired by Windows Phone 7, these apps seek out information based on your interests and automatically present them to you, rather than you having to do the work yourself. …mehr
surpassed Apple last year to become the largest U.S. online movie streaming service in terms of revenue, says market research firm IHS. …mehr
Goodbye, inconvenient, easily forgotten business cards. Hello, smarter modern-day alternative. …mehr
On May 30th at 10am Pacific (that's 1pm for you East Coast folks), NASA held a news conference to talk about NuSTAR, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array that is being deployed in June to hunt for black holes. As amazing as the NuSTAR itself is, NASA's decision to with moderated chat--as well as field questions from Twitter (hashtag #AskNASA)--made this an important event to pay attention to. …mehr
It's all platfomers all the time in this week's collection of free games, including a platformer where the screen is only one pixel high and a collaborative platformer where two characters have to work together to get to the next screen. …mehr
After Oracle and Hewlett-Packard enjoyed a long and fruitful partnership in enterprise IT, it's hard to find anything that hasn't gone wrong with their relationship over the past two years. …mehr
Cable sports giant offers a mobile app that lets you watch live sports and shows on your iPhone or iPad no matter where you happen to be. The app is called . And I would certainly love to, if I could get the app to dependably stream video. …mehr
is suing TiVo over DVR patents TiVo claims Cisco is infringing on. …mehr
Kyocera is demonstrating a new mobile phone that uses vibrations in its screen to transmit sound to the ear, in place of the traditional receiver speaker. …mehr
Intel officially announced its dual-core and ultra-low voltage (ULV) Ivy Bridge processors for mainstream laptops, Ultrabooks, and desktop PCs Thursday. In addition, the chipmaker released a sneak peak of upcoming Ultrabooks, as well as stricter requirements for that brand of ultrathin laptops. …mehr
Google will host an event next week to talk about the "next dimension" of Google Maps--five days before Apple is expected to ditch the service in favor of its own mapping product for iOS at its WWDC. …mehr
The market grew 8% in North America in Q1 from last year, representing the best regional performance in a quarter that saw the global market grow only 2%. …mehr
Ann Livermore, a member of Hewlett-Packard's board of directors and a longtime head of the company's enterprise business, will be the first witness called when a court in San Jose, California, hears HP's lawsuit against Oracle for ending future development on the Itanium platform. …mehr
English isn't the easiest language to learn. It has lots of words that are spelled nothing like the way they're pronounced--take "colonel" or "neighbor" for example. This can make it difficult to learn English, and even if you speak English well already, it can make it hard to learn to read and spell unfamiliar words. …mehr
In a rare and resounding show of bipartisanship, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on Thursday roundly condemned a United Nations proposal to establish a new international governance framework to oversee the Internet. …mehr
Microsoft on Friday more details about the Windows 8 OS upgrade program for consumers who buy Windows 7 PCs, clarifying certain dates, offer limits and impact on the company's accounting. …mehr
There's great enthusiasm for using iPhones and iPads in the workplace, but experts say 's limited transparency about issues can make enterprise adoption problematic. …mehr
NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile operator, is developing a new platform that allows two remote tablet users to explore and share a virtual space. …mehr
A district court judge has ruled that the Java APIs in Android are not eligible for protection under U.S. copyright law, marking a defeat for Oracle in a high-stakes lawsuit against Google. …mehr
The 17th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo kicks off next week in Los Angeles, and PCWorld editors will be scouring the show floor all week in search of the most interesting gaming hardware and software. We learned a lot from our time at , but it's still tough to predict what the big news will be at E3 this year. Some of PCWorld's most passionate gamers took time to share their opinions on what to expect from E3 2012; read on for their thoughts, share your own in the comments, and bookmark PCWorld's blog to stay on top of our E3 2012 coverage. …mehr
Today, two new features to their video sharing service, aiming to help users personalise and enhance their videos. …mehr
