Der Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit, Peter Schaar, über die Herausforderungen seines Amts. …mehr
Die verheißungsvolle Geldquelle Internet-Werbung sprudelt nach Ansicht führender TV-Sender, Verlagshäuser, und Online-Anbieter bislang nur verhalten. …mehr
Wer seinen Admin mal so richtig ärgern will, für den gibt es viele Möglichkeiten: Besserwisserei, Kabel falsch einstecken, selber löten. …mehr
Nach über 21 Jahren bei SAP und 13 Jahren als Mitglied des Vorstands verlässt Claus Heinrich am 31. Mai 2009 SAP - genau wie auch der Vorstandsvorsitzende Henning Kagermann. …mehr
Angeblich bringt Motorola sein erstes Smartphone mit Android OS nicht vor dem Weihnachtsgeschäft 2009 auf den Markt. …mehr
Der Benq G2400WD liefert auf 24 Zoll ein homogenes Bild mit ausgewogenem Kontrast. Was die Energieeffizienz anbelangt kann er zudem mit einem recht geringem Stromverbrauch punkten - und das alles zu einem günstigen Preis. …mehr
Die Musikgiganten EMI und Warner Music haben sich in Großbritannien mit dem für Independent-Produktionen bekannten Label Beggars Group zusammengetan, um einen neuartigen Online-Musikdienst ins Leben zu rufen. …mehr
Mit dem Service "Lotus Notes Hosted Messaging" reagiert IBM auf die steigende Nachfrage nach gehosteten E-Mail-Services und will Microsoft Paroli bieten. Doch raten Analysten zu einer genauen Kostenrechnung. …mehr
Das erste Google-Android-Handy wird in Großbritannien mit zwei Verträgen ohne Aufpreis angeboten, die monatliche Grundgebühr beträgt allerdings jeweils 40 britische Pfund. …mehr
Das HandyTV-Konsortium Mobile 3.0 hat den Schuldigen für das Scheitern von DVB-H gefunden: Weil DVB-T kostenlos zu empfangen ist, werde die Entwicklung von Geschäftsmodellen für DVB-H verhindert. …mehr
Traurige Studenten, die sich oft im Internet auf Sexseiten tummeln, sollten gelegentlich an die frische Luft gehen (ohne Handy und Notebook). Das kann helfen. …mehr
Eine Karriere in der Schweiz lockt die meisten Führungskräfte in Europa. Insbesondere die guten Verdienstperspektiven sprechen für einen Wechsel zu den Eidgenossen. …mehr
Data Viz arbeitet an einer Version seines Office-Softwarepakets für das Apple-Smartphone. …mehr
Künftig will der ECM-Hersteller vorkonfigurierte Softwarepakete für spezifische Anwendungsszenarien im Content-Management anbieten. …mehr
Mit Ubuntu 8.10 (Codename: Intrepid Ibex) hat Canonical die populäre Linux-Distribution für Privatnutzer und Unternehmen weiter verbessert. Die COMPUTERWOCHE hat die seit gestern verfügbare Version unter die Lupe genommen. …mehr
Vor allem in Europa verstärken die Untenehmen ihre Auslagerungsaktivitäten, um schnelle Einsparungen zu erzielen. …mehr
Das IT-Service-Management (ITSM), Anfang dieses Jahrtausends noch Insider-Thema, hat sich dank "Best Practices" wie ITIL und Projekt-Management-Methoden wie Prince2 zum täglichen Geschäft von IT-Manager entwickelt. …mehr
Kontinuität ist auch eine Tugend: Hewlett-Packard, Dell und Toshiba rufen Notebook-Akkus von Sony zurück. Es kann sich um Brandsätze handeln. …mehr
Die "OpenID", die als umfassende digitale Identität fürs Internet gedacht ist, macht Fortschritte - allerdings nur kleine. …mehr
Bahnbrechend, sagen Beobachter - über den Umweg der Videospieleindustrie werden Beatles-Songs allmählich in die digitale Welt einsickern. …mehr
Der Server- und Software-Hersteller Sun Microsystems hat mit einem Milliardenverlust auf seinem Sanierungskurs einen schweren Rückschlag erlitten. …mehr
Nach der Finanzkrise droht vielen Unternehmen mit dem Ausscheiden älterer Mitarbeiter der Wissens- und Erfahrungsverlust einer ganzen Generation. …mehr
Der Anbieter von IT-Management-Software CA und der Virtualisierungsspezialist VMware haben ein gemeinsames Partner-Bonusprogramm für die auf kleine und mittelständische Firmen ausgerichtete Recovery-Management-Lösung initiiert. Vertriebspartner sollen dadurch von einer zusätzlichen Gewinnspanne profitieren. …mehr
Premiere am Konzerthaus Dortmund: Über das Internet kann jeder Surfer ein Stück mitkomponieren, das dann von echten Musikern gespielt und im Internet ausgestrahlt wird. …mehr
Als Alternative zu LCD- und Plasma-Fernsehern hat Mitsubishi Laser-basierte Rückprojektoren entwickelt. Sie sind riesig, kosten allerdings auch stattliche 7.000 Dollar. …mehr
Die Deutsche Telekom hat vor dem Bundesverwaltungsgericht (BVG) mit ihren Plänen, die Betreiberauswahl call-by-call zu begrenzen, eine Schlappe erlitten. …mehr
Bereits seit einiger Zeit rumort es in der estnischen Internetzone, denn dem Präsidenten des Domain-Registrars EstDomain wird die Nähe zu Cyberkriminellen nachgesagt. …mehr
Think the long lines, cooling temperatures and legions of political sign holders will make voting a hassle on Tuesday? …mehr
might not be the first company that comes to mind when CIOs think about the most influential business IT vendors of the last 20 years, but even if it doesn't quite stand alongside Microsoft, it has a solid claim to fame as the firm that reinvented the possibilities of Windows computing. …mehr
Deceptive advertising may be illegal in the U.S., but Yahoo's ad network appears to offer it to publishers on a menu of choices when they're deciding what ads to run on their Web sites. …mehr
Previously announced as a remake of the original game, Atari Thursday announced that it had picked up the publishing rights to Assault on Dark Athena, and that developer Starbreeze Studios would be making a proper "full-length" single-player campaign. …mehr
Motorola officials confirmed Friday that US$800 million in cuts planned for 2009 will require laying off about 3,000 workers, with a little more than two-thirds of those job cuts coming from the handset division. …mehr
Two game demos starring attractive ladies made their way to Xbox 360 and PS3 this week. The first, Mirror's Edge, is a first-person "adventure" game that has players delivering sensitive information on foot because a "Big Brother" government has seized control of all electronic communication. The free demo is available on the PlayStation store Thursday, followed by Xbox Live marketplace Friday. …mehr
Intel added warnings in its quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about how the deteriorating economic conditions worldwide may negatively affect its business. …mehr
A Virginia-based IT company will pay nearly US$1.7 million to 343 employees holding H-1B visas under a settlement with the . …mehr
I don't know David Braben personally, but I have no doubt he's a fascinating guy with lots to say about life, the universe, . Turns out he also has something to say about …mehr
Google proposed settling lawsuits related to its book-scanning and indexing project, and word also seeped out through The Wall Street Journal that the company's search advertising deal with Yahoo could be scrapped because of regulatory issues. Meanwhile, Microsoft unveiled its Azure cloud-computing services strategy. …mehr
Sure, everyone says they need iPhone cases for "protection." But we all know the real motivator: style. Fashion. Chic. Glam. It's all about the pizazz and...stuff. Whether you want a case that merely accentuates the sleek, sexy industrial design of the iPhone itself; a case that wraps hard-core protection and slick plastic construction in one impressive shell; or a stylish leather case that doubles as a wallet and screams "professional fashionista," there's an iPhone case for you. Today I take a look at three cases from across the design spectrum. …mehr
Panasonic will begin negotiating with Sanyo Electric's top-three shareholders as early as November with the aim of acquiring a majority stake in the electronics maker, The Nikkei business daily reported in its Saturday morning edition. …mehr
Deceptive advertising may be illegal in the U.S., but Yahoo's ad network appears to offer it to publishers on a menu of choices when they're deciding what ads to run on their Web sites. …mehr
Sprint Nextel has recommitted itself to its Nextel business, which the struggling third-place U.S. mobile operator reportedly had considered selling off. …mehr
The original headline of the story "Finnish voting machines slated by usability experts," posted Friday, has been modified. The new headline is "Finnish voting machines knocked by usability experts." …mehr
The 4GB Samsung S3 Slim fills the void that Apple and Microsoft created in discontinuing the and of the same capacity. This slick player isn't as feature-packed as the Nano or the Zune, but it's very affordable and offers excellent sound quality. …mehr
Why should Bill Gates, Jerry Seinfeld, and Deepak Chopra have all the fun? Microsoft's now lets any Tom, Dick, or Mary share the spotlight -- for five seconds at least. The 'softies want you to upload a blink-or-you'll-miss-it video stating exactly why and how you're a PC. . (But, sadly, not a US$10 million paycheck.) …mehr
If you thought democracy was only a political term, Taiwanese notebook manufacturers Asus beg to differ. Asus have launched the WePC program in collaboration with Intel, an initiative that allows to users to design their own PCs and have Asus build it for them. …mehr
A proposed bill aimed at of the Federal Information Security Management Act would require the U.S. government to spend an additional US$610 million on FISMA implementation costs over the next four years if it is passed, according to an estimate by the Congressional Budget Office. …mehr
Putting Intel's Moorestown chip package inside a future version of the iPhone would make the smart phone less secure, according to an independent security researcher. …mehr
Communications giant Motorola's Penang subsidiary, Motorola Technology (Motorola Penang) has opened a wireless broadband technology lab at Malaysia's Multimedia University (MMU) in Cyberjaya to promote applied wireless broadband research. …mehr
Criminals can make as much as US$5 million a year by planting nearly-worthless security software on PCs, then badgering users with so many bogus malware warnings that they fork over their credit card, a noted crimeware researcher said Friday. …mehr
The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly drew to a close on Thursday in Johannesburg with a revised focus that will serve to strengthen the International Telecommunication Union's position as the world's premier ICT standards body. …mehr
Three of the biggest laptop computer makers are recalling certain batteries because of a risk they may overheat and catch fire. Sony made the batteries and the recall mirrors -- yet appears a lot smaller than -- a similar one that occurred two years ago. …mehr
Anticipating a slowdown in IT spending, Symantec expects to begin laying off employees next month. …mehr
Before you've blinked open eyes smeared with blood in the opening ticks of 's character building prologue, before you've toddled around with toy blocks or taken pop-shots at cat-sized roaches or ventured out into the game's gorgeous, desiccated wasteland to grapple with its heaps of broken images -- before any of that, you'll view a simple automated slideshow spooled through a clicking opto-mechanical device. As low brass growls over sinister strings, illuminated stills of posters from within the game world flick by: An issue of Grognak the Barbarian ("In the lair of the virgin eater!"), a flier for "Freddy Fear's House of Scares -- For all Your Halloween Needs!", an advertisement for "Sugar Bombs," the cereal with "Explosive Great Taste!" and a newspaper dated June 3, 2072 with headline "U.S. to Annex Canada!" Blithe on bleak, a glimpse of the world within, a beckoning finger dipped in agitprop and blood. …mehr
Cisco lost a court case this week that signals changes to come in its relationship with resellers that could make it more difficult and potentially more expensive for smaller businesses to buy Cisco products. …mehr
Passengers of Cathay Pacific Airways departing from Hong Kong will be able to print boarding passes themselves from 3 November 2008. …mehr
Many of you work in enterprises that offer customer service. You may not be directly involved, but do you ever think about the quality of those services, how they represent your company? Do you care about whether they make your company look good and allow it to behave in a human manner? …mehr
The common link between cytogenetic research, teaching, PCs and the top job at Educause is the person who in January 2008 took over that job to become the group's second president and CEO, Diana Oblinger. …mehr
Technology services company EDS, an HP company, has launched a center of excellence at the Shell Information Technology International (SITI) office in Malaysia's Cyberjaya. …mehr
Citibank Hong Kong launched the first commercial mobile financial services Thursday through Mobile Money Ventures (MMV), a US$16 million-joint venture with Korean-based wireless communication provider SK Telecom. …mehr
