Die SD Association (SDA), eine Industrieallianz zur SD-Speichertechnologie, hat anlässlich der Consumer Electronics Show (CES) die neuen Spezifikation "SDXC" angekündigt. …mehr
Die Zahl der Internet-Anschlüsse in Deutschland hat im vergangenen Jahr weiter zugenommen. …mehr
Peter Sany, Group CIO der Deutschen Telekom AG, verlässt Ende März den Bonner Konzern. …mehr
Sony hat anlässlich der CES in Las Vegas sein neues Miniatur-Notebook "Vaio P" mit Atom-Prozessor von Intel vorgestellt. …mehr
Das Klapp-Handy W508 ist mit Sensoren ausgestattet, die eine Bedienung nur mit Handbewegungen erlauben. Außerdem lässt sich die Hülle des Gerätes durch austauschbare Cover an den individuellen Geschmack anpassen. …mehr
Die SOA-Umfrage für den deutschsprachigen Raum läuft noch bis zum 31. Januar. …mehr
Der Heidenheimer Anlagenbauer ergänzt seine bestehenden Exchange- und SAP-Systeme um eine moderne Kommunikationslösung. …mehr
Milliardenbetrüger und Satyam-Chef Raju wurde am Freitag festgenommen. Für die Kunden des Offshore-Anbieters folgt eine Phase der Unsicherheit. …mehr
Seit Anfang des Jahres ist Andreas Muther Managing Director bei SAP in Österreich. Er löst damit den bisherigen SAP-Niederlassungsleiter Benno Weißmann ab, der den Softwarekonzern verlässt. …mehr
Der Aufsichtsrat der deutschen HP-Niederlassung hat Volker Smid zum Vorsitzenden der Geschäftsführung berufen. Der 50-jährige Manager wird zugleich General Manager und Vice President der Technology Solutions Group (TSG) des Unternehmens. …mehr
"Wearable Computing" erscheint vielen noch wie Science-Fiction. Doktorand Kai Kunze beweist das Gegenteil. …mehr
In den vereinigten Staaten sind 2008 mehr als 35 Millionen Datensätze in die falschen Hände geraten - die Zunahme um 47 Prozent gegenüber dem Vorjahr zeugt davon, wie schwer sich Organisationen nach wie vor tun, ihre Informationen zu schützen. …mehr
Der chinesische Computerbauer Lenovo bietet das Thinkpad W700ds mit integriertem zweiten Display und einem optionalen Grafiktablett an. …mehr
Der weltweit zweitgrößte Computer-Hersteller Dell schließt im Zuge seines harten Sparkurses seine gesamte Produktion im westirischen Limerick. …mehr
Von dem Vorgehensmodell versprechen sich die Unternehmen bessere Projektergebnisse, so eine aktuelle Umfrage. …mehr
Insgesamt soll der IT-Servicemarkt in diesem Jahr aber nur um 3,3 Prozent zulegen. …mehr
Schon wieder musste ein Handy-Hersteller zwei Fehlerkorrekturen für sein Smartphone veröffentlichen. HTC stellt zwei Hotfixes für das Touch HD auf seiner Website bereit. …mehr
Investitionen in die Gesundheit der Mitarbeiter lohnen sich. Dabei müssen die Kosten gar nicht hoch sein. …mehr
Sony Ericsson hat ein Firmware-Update für sein 8-Megapixelhandy C905 angekündigt. Es behebt nicht nur Fehler, sondern bringt auch viele neue Funktionen. …mehr
EMC entlässt im Rahmen einer Restrukturierung 2400 Mitarbeiter, um die Kosten an die durch die Wirtschaftskrise geschwächten Geschäfte anzupassen. …mehr
Alles drin, alles dran: PC, Bildschirm, Webcam, Lautsprecher und Mikrofon in einem Desktop-Gerät. Was nach einer Beschreibung für Apples iMac klingt, entpuppt sich als flüsterleiser und energiebewusster PC mit Windows XP. Lernen Sie den Averatec A1 kennen. …mehr
Die Entwickler des Gelsenkirchener Instituts für Internet-Sicherheit (Ifis) haben mit großen Jobportalen wie Stepstone eine neue Vermittlungsbörse ins Leben gerufen. …mehr
Auch wenn das erworbene Wissen privat einsetzbar ist, dürfen Kurse von der Steuer abgesetzt werden. …mehr
Petra Jenner (44) übernimmt zu Anfang Februar die Geschäftsführung von Microsoft Österreich. …mehr
Sein Sachverstand ist nach wie vor gefragt. Jahrelang arbeitete Werner Sülzer für Unternehmen wie die deutschen Niederlassungen von Bull und Olivetti, die mit wenig Geld auskommen mussten. …mehr
Die PLM-Lösung Agile e6.1 verfügt alternativ zum Windows-Clients nun über ein Java-Frontend, das keine Installation erfordert. Ferner können Nutzer Office-2007-Dateien direkt auf dem PLM-Server ablegen. …mehr
Microsoft hat die Beta-Version von Windows 7 veröffentlicht. Ab Freitag steht sie zum Download bereit. Ein erster Test zeigt beeindruckende Ergebnisse. …mehr
Microsoft wird sein nächstes Desktop-Betriebssystem Windows 7 womöglich noch im laufenden Jahr veröffentlichen. …mehr
Auf den neuen Flachbildfernsehern der großen Hersteller sollen die Zuschauer künftig direkt und ohne PC auf ausgewählte Internet-Inhalte sowie Videos zugreifen können. …mehr
Vom 8. bis 21. Januar 2009 beantwortet Personalberater Dieter Kastenhuber Fragen über die Jobperspektiven zu Beginn eines Jahres mit vielen Fragezeichen. …mehr
Der viertgrößte Computerhersteller der Welt, Lenovo, erwartet Verluste und plant die Entlassung von elf Prozent seiner Mitarbeiter. …mehr
Der Walldorfer Softwarehersteller SAP setzt seinen radikalen Sparkurs auch im laufenden Jahr fort. …mehr
Bewegung bei Musik-Downloads im Internet: Nach Apples Online-Laden iTunes will nun auch Musicload einen Großteil seines Repertoires ohne Kopierschutz verkaufen. …mehr
is building its own routers because of dissatisfaction with systems, according to blog . …mehr
For many people in the U.S., especially small businesses and gamers, broadband is still too slow and too expensive. I found a small Seattle-based company here at CES that is coming at the problem in a very interesting way. …mehr
I love the concept of tablet PCs. To me, the medium-sized handheld form factor seems like the natural next step in the evolution of notebook PCs. I can envision all kinds of uses for tablets, from applications for vertical businesses, to education, to e-book reading, to casual Web surfing on the couch. …mehr
The has inspired a wave of bagmakers to produce carrying cases aimed at the latest 17-inch unibody addition to Apple's laptop line. …mehr
One of the more popular booths I visited this week at Macworld Expo belonged to , a Taiwanese accessories maker. At first, the Bone booth appeared to be selling adorable figurines. Only an inch or two tall, each figurine is shaped like a cute creature that has been meticulously crafted out of some kind of squishy, durable substance--Pandas, dragons, and penguins smile cherubically at you. …mehr
Palm is hoping to get back on track with its new Pre touch phone, which comes equipped with the equally new operating system webOS, both announced on Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show. …mehr
Online meeting software bridges clients and telecommuters in different locations. Many options are available, but they often include hassles, requiring a separate voice conference or software installation. I recently saw a demo of that makes this service stand out, especially for businesses that rely on video collaboration. But best of all, clients--and even hosts--only need a web browser and Flash. …mehr
Feeling a bit hungry? …mehr
Wi-Fi may not be cutting-edge technology anymore, but iPhones, netbooks and other portable devices will put it in many more consumers' hands this year, according to figures released Thursday by the Wi-Fi Alliance and research company In-Stat. …mehr
Lost in the hype, Microsoft also released the beta of Windows Server 2008 R2, which is the companion to the client OS. …mehr
Better than you heard, that's how well Sony's PlayStation 3-exclusive platformer has been doing according to Sony Computer Entertainment president Kai Hirai. During Sony's CES 2009 keynote, , Hirai boasted LBP sales of 1.3 million units since the game's launch in late October. …mehr
I just realized something: Outlook is impeding my workflow! No, not by being slow and bloated--I've accepted that. I'm talking about how it handles attachments. …mehr
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today, Sony announced two new additions to its line. Beefed-up specs, ease of use, and a thinner frame mark the new Cyber-shot S series and W series . …mehr
Taking credit card payments on the road--whether it's door-to-door or on a trade show floor--can be a frustrating task. Old-fashioned mechanical readers (known as addressographs) are insanely bulky, and leave you with a mass of paper to contend with at the end of each day. Dedicated electronic card readers, meanwhile, tend to be even bulkier, and often require a power source and Internet connection to function. These hassles make the look pretty inviting. …mehr
debuted the NewerTech Voyager Q Hard Drive Docking Solution Tuesday at Macworld Expo. The Voyager Q turns any 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive into a fully bootable and hot-swappable external drive and features four interfaces: FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0, and eSATA. …mehr
Sony announced no fewer than 15 new Handycam at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today, but the big-name additions were part of a new line of easy-to-use, pocketable, YouTube-friendly camcorders that looks to be Sony's answer to the . …mehr
may be the trend du jour, but Sony's the latest company to hoping that megazoom models will gain marquee status, too. The company announced seven standard-definition camcorders today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that offer 60X-optical-zoom camcorders. That's just a bit short of the earlier today, but it's definitely plenty of zoom. …mehr
These days, a lot of making music comes down to mastering the Mac, and all the audio tools available to the platform. I've learned this first-hand as part of my ongoing project to record a music album with the help of Mac tools. …mehr
Hardcore Computer has developed a new liquid to cool computer components inside a family of monstrous PCs it created for gamers, and the company hopes to attract interest for the coolant from other parts of the IT industry that grapple with heat, such as server makers. …mehr
Cisco on Wednesday announced the availability of Eos, or Entertainment Operating System, its hosted platform for media companies. …mehr
OQO continues to push the boundaries in ultramobile PC design, on Wednesday launching the Model 2+ computer that delivers a full PC performance in a tiny package. …mehr
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today, Sony Electronics announced a dramatic overhaul of its Handycam camcorder line, spanning hard-drive, DVD, flash-drive, and . At the top tier is the high-definition, hard-drive-based XR series, which will replace the AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) Handycam SR10, , and models. The SR line will live on, however, with three new standard-definition units. …mehr
University of California, Irvine researchers are applying lessons learned from music and video peer-to-peer file transfer networks to a system for reducing traffic jams on the roads. …mehr
Financial charges taken by both Intel and Time Warner Cable on Wednesday put the spotlight on the tough prospects for Clearwire, the company that aims to build a national mobile broadband network using WiMax technology. …mehr
Messaging and security vendor in March will release a Mac-based VPN client for its WinRoute Firewall. …mehr
Lower gas prices aren't the only thing that's new at the pumps these days. Data encryption tools are also becoming part of the picture. …mehr
Amid growing fears that many countries face a long and painful economic recession, Lenovo plans to lay off 2,500 workers, cut the salaries of its executives and restructure its Asian operations in an attempt to weather the downturn, the company said Thursday. …mehr
You won't want to mount them on your dashboard, but three new announced today offer a few GPS (global positioning system) applications that might be useful for roaming videographers. …mehr
There's a little game I like to play whenever Macworld.com posts a news article or review of --guess how many comments it will take in the Macworld.com forums before one of our aggrieved neighbors to the north takes MYOB to task for not having a Canadian version of its small business accounting software. …mehr
The story, Hack Forces Twitter Into 'Full Security Review,' posted to the wire on Jan. 7 contained incorrect time references. The events reported in the story took place this week. …mehr
Sony has been one of the busiest companies at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, with 15 new announcements in the camcorder category alone. Among the new home-video offerings are the company's first forays into flash-memory camcorders, with five new models that incorporate solid-state drives. Four of the five camcorders capture standard-definition only. …mehr
In my never-ending search for the perfect media player, the latest entry is , a decent but ultimately unfulfilling contestant. The interface is easy to navigate (especially the "Oldskool" skin, which mimics Windows Media Player)--it doesn't overwhelm you with options as does--and the player handles basic playback chores and file types nicely. …mehr
Despite expecting to meet revenue estimates for its fourth quarter, EMC said on Wednesday that it is instituting a restructuring program that includes laying off 2,400 people. …mehr
Sony's big news announcement at CES involves a very tiny package. But don't call it a netbook. Sony spokesfolk were adamant that--even though the newcomer packs an and 2GB of RAM--this superslim P-series computer is a lifestyle machine. The distinction sort of makes sense, too: At the $899 starting price that Sony expects the unit to command when it ships in February, it had better do more than be small. …mehr
Transcena Design announced , with the latest version of the time-tracking program allowing you track your time and review instant reports of where you've been spending your time. …mehr
Apple's 2009 proxy statement was . In case you're not up to date, it's only the most anticipated work since the last Dan Brown novel. The document describes the upcoming meeting and its agenda and outlines the board's recommendations for voting. …mehr
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) finally granted 3G licenses to the country's mobile operators on Wednesday, bringing to a close years of waiting and delay. …mehr
Maybe Phil Schiller didn't introduce a new Mac mini, or the mythical iPhone nano, but for my money the most important announcement of the keynote came shoved in the last ten minutes or so of Tuesdasy's presentation: the news that Apple had struck a deal with the other three major labels to finally offer--eventually--iTunes's entire song catalog without Digital Rights Management. …mehr
Consumers will be able to exchange messages with MySpace friends on their TVs while watching shows, thanks to a social-networking application for TVs jointly launched by MySpace.com, Intel and Yahoo on Wednesday. …mehr
The rumors turned out to be true. Microsoft will release a public beta this week of its next desktop operating system, Windows 7, hoping it will address the problems that have made Windows Vista perhaps the least popular OS in its history. …mehr
Everyone's talking about building a these days. But if the IT world is filled with computing clouds, will each one be treated like a separate island or will open standards allow all to interoperate with each other? …mehr
pushed further into living rooms today with new audio devices and network attached-storage products for the digital home, as well as a hosted software platform, Cisco Eos, aimed at helping media and entertainment companies create and manage online fan communities. …mehr
Network-attached storage coupled with a can be a wonderful way to send your digital media content to your television. That is, if you can get it all set up. If you can't--as is often the case--you're out of luck. That's why attaching a drive directly to your TV may have more appeal. The Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD media player is aimed squarely at people who don't want to mess around with a network drive and media streamer. …mehr