Der Anbieter von quelloffener CRM-Software Sugar CRM hat mit "Sugar Express" ein weiteres Mietangebot für das Kunden-Management aufgelegt. Im Jahresabo kostet die Mietapplikation rund 500 Euro für bis zu fünf Nutzer. …mehr
Agile programming, in which teams build software in short iterations rather than mapping everything out in advance from start to finish, offers benefits like flexibility but poses organizational challenges as well, speakers stressed at a workshop Thursday. …mehr
reveals that a remake of , arguably the best video game based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise that was originally released for Arcades and Super Nintendo, is headed to . The new Turtles in Time game for , which was spotted at the Tribeca Film Festival, has completely revamped graphics that take advantage of the next-gen console's power. …mehr
has announced the release of for the iPhone and iPod touch. It's available from the App Store for US$6. …mehr
Microsoft Corp. will bring BI and analytic services to its Windows Azure cloud computing platform, though it is unlikely to arrive before 2013, an executive said Thursday. …mehr
In the last major release before its acquisition by Oracle Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc. on Thursday of its venerable Solaris server operating system. …mehr
Google's to its list of offerings: a built-in Google Search feature. The option, once activated, adds a Web search box onto the left side of your inbox, letting you get results without having to do the extra work. …mehr
Although Microsoft Corp. refuses to name a delivery date for Windows 7, it could launch the new operating system as early as August, according to timeline comparisons of significant dates for Windows XP and Windows Vista. …mehr
Most home-office networks start with a PC, a router, and a modem. But when a small single-user network grows into a larger multiuser network, your original Wi-Fi router can run out of free ethernet ports to connect various PCs, networkable printers, small-business servers, and other essential hardware. That's when a comes in handy. …mehr
The creators of Eucalyptus, an open source platform for building , have launched a company to sell products based on the software and have landed US$5.5 million in first-round funding. …mehr
(US$13, free demo) is a game which desperately wants to be liked, and I wanted to like it...but with PopCap raising the bar on casual games, Lucky's is average at best. …mehr
is adding a security blade to edge and core switches that enables businesses to insert firewalls, VPNs and IDS/IPSs wherever they have one of the switches. …mehr
The market for compact camcorders, like the and the , is growing--heck, they even these days. But once you've got that video recorded, what do you with it? …mehr
MumboJumbo Games and Macgamefiles.com have announced the Mac release of , a match-three puzzle game. It costs US$20; a demo is available for download. …mehr
Hands down, the swine-flu outbreak captured the headlines this week (and led to some obviously hysterically hyped headlines along the way). Amid the speculation about how much havoc the new virus will wind up wreaking on the world, there also was some more moderated speculation about what Apple is up to in hiring a bunch of chip designers. Oh, and another high-profile Twitter account was hacked ... again. …mehr
With , the face of television as we know it is changing. The agreement between the two may only be the latest step in a transition that's been taking place over the last four years, but it's one that will have lasting implications not only for consumers, but for other players in the online television field. …mehr
Oh great. First the *&%$#@ %$#*%& on Wall Street sinks the financial systems of the world, we create a national debt that's as big as ... well, the national debt, and now we have the beginnings of what could turn out to be a swine flu pandemic (do pigs just call it the flu?). As a precautionary measure, perhaps we should commit porcine genocide and have bacon with every meal. …mehr
An Apple official may have trashed netbooks for cramped keyboards and "junky" hardware, but shipments for the inexpensive laptops are showing no signs of slowing down. …mehr
Sun Microsystems is making a game out of promoting its JavaFX rich media application technology. …mehr
As we reported Thursday, in June based on . This is good news for gamers looking for the best gaming performance on their Mac Pro--though it's a kick in the teeth for folks who bought the ATI Radeon 4870, which Apple began offering as . …mehr
Via Technologies may try to extend the use of its Nano processors from netbooks to servers in a potential challenge to Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, although the battle will be an uphill one, analysts said. …mehr
Join Robert Strohmeyer, Tim Moynihan, Lauren Barnard, Zack Stern and JR Raphael in the 27th edition of the PC World Podcast--which is, to say the least, chock full of goodness. …mehr
A Canadian maker of personalization applications for wireless carriers has dodged what could have been a controversial special shareholder meeting this month when a U.S. fund would have tried to take over the board of directors. …mehr
Due to a reporting error, the story, "Hacker: I broke into Twitter," posted Thursday, incorrectly described Biz Stone's position at Twitter. He is a cofounder. The story has been corrected on the wire and the third paragraph has been changed to read: …mehr
The goal of by is simple: raise the water level to the top of the iPhone's screen as quickly as possible. You do this by "fillin'" balloons, which then fall into the water, displacing the liquid and making the level rise. …mehr
Avenda Systems is announcing support for MAC OS X devices in its gear that makes it possible to run MAC health checks as part of a Microsoft (NAP) deployment. …mehr
Capcom announced Friday morning that , and will all be coming to PC, starting with SFIV and Bionic Commando which will arrive this July. No date has been set for the Resident Evil 5 release, but Capcom stated it will be available later this year. …mehr
Intel on Thursday announced Data Center Manager software tool kit that can reduce the power drawn by servers in data centers by tapping into hardware resources. …mehr
Apple's iPhone marketing chief will square off against the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others Friday as the U.S. Copyright Office considers whether to allow an exemption to the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that would permit jailbreaking. …mehr
The U.S. Congress should look to provide incentives for private businesses to adopt stronger cybersecurity practices instead of creating new mandates, one information security expert told a congressional subcommittee Friday. …mehr
More and more these days, I find myself wanting to learn new things (probably a byproduct of turning 40) and wanting to save money on other things (definitely a byproduct of the financiapocalypse). …mehr
Timing is everything, Microsoft's Ray Ozzie told a crowd in Seattle on Friday. …mehr
You've got a well-stocked desk--paper, pencils, maybe even a few erasers. But something is missing... the kind of personal touch represented by a framed photo on your desk. But if you've got an iPhone or iPod touch, there's no reason you have to spring for a standalone picture frame--not when can add that functionality to your mobile device. …mehr
Available on the PlayStation Network only, download the limited demo that just came out Thursday. The news came to us from , and read, "Free MVC2 demo on PSN out... today." …mehr
