Die Blackberry App World, eine Download-Plattform für Programme für die Smartphones des Herstellers Research In Motion (RIM) öffnet bis Ende Juli auch in Deutschland ihre Pforten. …mehr
Laut der neuen Green500-Liste der Supercomputer, die von Green500.org veröffentlicht wurde, zählen IBMs Supercomputer zu den energieeffizientesten. …mehr
Die Zahl der illegalen Filesharer unter den Jugendlichen hat sich im Laufe des vergangenen Jahres deutlich reduziert. …mehr
Die Firmengründungen in der High-Tech-Industrie sind in Deutschland einer Studie zufolge auf einen Tiefstand gefallen. …mehr
Die Verbraucherzentralen haben mehrere soziale Netzwerke im Internet wegen Datenschutzmängeln zu Unterlassungserklärungen aufgefordert. …mehr
Der britische Juwelier Stuart Hughes hat das iPhone 3G S veredelt. Das Gehäuse des sogenannten Diamond Rose iPhone 3G S besteht aus 18-karätigem Gold mit einer auffälligen rosafarbenen Legierung. …mehr
Google hat eine neue Version seines Browser-Plug-ins "Gears" veröffentlicht, die nun auch den aktuellen Mozilla-Browser Firefox 3.5 unterstützt. …mehr
Die On-Demand-Lösung "Business ByDesign" von SAP lässt sich um Web-Services von Falk, Google, MapQuest und Navteq Map24 erweitern. …mehr
Entgegen den Herstelleraussagen sind Web Application Firewalls (WAF) nicht für alle Fälle gleich gut geeignet, so eine Studie der Optimabit GmbH. …mehr
Mit der kostenlosen Essentials Express Edition baut Citrix Hyper-V zu einer preiswerten Virtualisierungslösung für kleinere und mittlere Firmen aus. Der Hersteller möchte sich offenbar auf das obere Marktsegment konzentrieren. …mehr
Das texanische Privatunternehmen Neon Enterprise Software verspricht erhebliche Kosteneinsparungen für den Betrieb von IBM-Großrechnersystemen, wenn man Neons "zPrime"-Software einsetzt. …mehr
Der IT-Dienstleister Accenture erbringt umfassende Anwendungsservices für den Tabakkonzern. …mehr
Das iPhone kann man bisher nicht als Modem für den Computer nutzen, obwohl das OS 3.0 dies möglich macht. T-Mobile will sich diesen Dienst ab dem 1. September extra bezahlen lassen. …mehr
Der TK-Dienstleister Colt hostet die Applikationen und betreibt die RZ- und Netzinfrastruktur des Verlags Sdu Uitgevers. …mehr
Die Software AG erhält mit IDS Scheer Zugang zu zahlreichen SAP-Anwendern. Der Anbieter will diesen Firmen BPM- und Integrationsprodukte sowie -dienstleistungen verkaufen. …mehr
Microsoft hat anlässlich seiner Worldwide Partner Conference ausgewählten Testern eine technische Preview-Version von "Office 2010" zugänglich gemacht. …mehr
Der IT-Dienstleister Atos Origin übernimmt für zehn Jahre die Server, Endgeräte und Netze der Handwerkskammer Dortmund. …mehr
Nokia hat zusammen mit dem amerikanischen Netzbetreiber AT&T ein Handy mit Volltastatur vorgestellt, das zusammengeschoben fast quadratisch ist. Die Unternehmen haben das Handy mit Software vollgestopft, um es für die Jugend interessant zu machen. …mehr
Der russische Facebook-Großaktionär DST will bei dem populären Online-Netzwerk zukaufen und beschert ihm damit einen hochgerechneten Marktwert von 6,5 Milliarden Dollar. …mehr
Microsoft gibt sich betont gelassen nach Googles Vorstoß, mit einem eigenen Betriebssystem in die angestammte Geschäftsdomäne des Windows-Konzerns vorzudringen. …mehr
Apple wird in Kürze ein Internet Tablet vorstellen, schreibt die taiwanische Tageszeitung "China Times" in ihrer Online-Ausgabe und nennt dabei konkrete technische Details und sogar einen Preis. …mehr
Google gegen Microsoft - King Kong gegen Godzilla: Es scheint der Showdown der beiden größten High-Tech-Konzerne der Welt. …mehr
Der weltweit zweitgrößte Computerbauer Dell sieht ein Ende seiner steilen Umsatztalfahrt. …mehr
Der Schwarzweiß-Laserdrucker Brother HL-5340D überzeugt mit platzsparender Bauweise und hervorragender Druckqualität. Niedriger Seitenpreis und Duplex-Einheit runden das positive Gesamtbild ab. …mehr
Mit diesen Data-Center-Tools senken Sie die Energiekosten auf dem Weg zum grünen Rechenzentrum. …mehr
Paukenschlag in der deutschen Softwarebranche: Die Software AG will den Entwickler und Dienstleister IDS Scheer übernehmen und dafür 482 Millionen Euro auf den Tisch legen. …mehr
Microsoft late on Monday denied that it has finished Windows 7, quashing rumors that the company was about to declare "release to manufacturing," or RTM. …mehr
Netbook shipments will double this year, while mainstream laptop shipments will remain flat, research firm DisplaySearch said on Monday. …mehr
Quite possibly the most fashionable of the , the sleek, solid-colored Canon PowerShot SD780 IS ($280 as of 7/10/2009; available in gold, red, black, and silver) isn't just a looker. It also performs very well, with great image quality, a powerful flash, nice high-ISO shots in low light, a great selection of scene modes, and excellent optical image stabilization. …mehr
Microsoft today fixed a serious, under-attack flaw in a video ActiveX control, along with other critical flaws involving QuickTime files and fonts. But a critical zero-day hole in another ActiveX control remains unpatched. …mehr
The iPhone subsidy AT&T pays for each device totals about $300 and is expected by some analysts to take a toll on the carrier's quarterly finances when they're reported next week. …mehr
USB hubs come in all shapes and sizes, but they have one thing in common: They sit on your desk, adding to the overall clutter. (Where have you gone, wireless USB? Where?!) …mehr
I'm looking forward to 's . While the company isn't leading the trend to cloud-based apps, it's certainly in the middle of the movement. Microsoft's suite will be released next year, but you can save money by accessing online office-style apps right now. In-browser productivity suites are typically free. Plus, I like them for lightweight systems, such as netbooks, where Microsoft's desktop suite feels too bloated for even typing. …mehr
You've got to hand it to : The man's never afraid to speak his mind. He may be wrong a lot of the time, like in 2007 when , or . Nevertheless, Redmond's bombastic boss is always entertaining. …mehr
Continuing its attempt to lure in enterprise-level users, Google Inc. today unveiled a tool aimed at helping companies migrate from Lotus Notes to Google Apps. …mehr
The ranks of Comcast's and Time Warner Cable's online portal are fattening, with CBS and 17 other cable companies signing on. …mehr
IBM built the world's , and can now lay claim to building 18 of the world's 19 most efficient. …mehr
Rackspace Tuesday released an API allowing developers greater access to the company's cloud computing platform, and said that customers will be able to move workloads back and forth between the Amazon and Rackspace clouds. …mehr
For Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, and other IT vendors, the only thing worse than knowing there is a meeting of global IT sourcing and vendor management executives is being a fly on the wall at a meeting of IT sourcing and vendor management executives. At a recent meeting of Forrester's Sourcing and Vendor Management Leadership Board, the words "cost" and "cutting" were rarely separated during any discussion among the executives in the room - and their specific quotes regarding some vendors would make my father blush. …mehr
After a hiatus of several months, critics of the are again voicing concerns due to recent moves by the federal Department of Homeland Security and two U.S. Senators to mandate its use in some cases to verify whether potential employees are eligible to work in the United States. …mehr
Sun Microsystems is suing startup GreenBytes for allegedly claiming that Sun stole its data de-duplication technology. …mehr
If you've ever tried to alter the color and light values of specific areas of a picture, you know it can be a time-consuming, frustrating, skill-intensive task. First, you have to carefully and expertly select the area with a mask. After you make your adjustments to the selected area, you then have to try (often vainly) to make the new edit look like it belongs with the rest of the picture. Nik Software's does away with all that with a surprisingly simple, yet very sophisticated interface, giving you full control over color and light within any portion of your picture, without affecting the rest. And the result blends in beautifully with the entire image. …mehr
Intel on Tuesday reported that its net income for the second fiscal quarter of 2009 dropped US$2 billion year-over-year because of the hefty fine imposed on the chip maker by the European Commission. …mehr
There may be thousands of games available at the App Store, but there's always room for pirates. from answers the call with a pirate combat simulator that's on sale for $1 as of this writing. …mehr
Did you know that Windows 7 is a flop already? That's the conclusion drawn by "reporters" the world over, interpreting, interpolating and extrapolating magical and mythical information from a …mehr
Two years after the Apple iPhone's debut, a longtime insurer of electronic gear is finally offering insurance for it. …mehr
Nintendo is now offering rewards for gamers who have been registering select merchandise for Nintendo Coins via the . …mehr
In a children's hospital, dispensing medicine is more complicated than putting pills in a bottle. Youthful patients come in a wide variety of ages and sizes, which means their dosages must be individually tailored. …mehr
AMG (Advanced Media Group) has released , designed for multimedia projects, podcasts, slideshows, Web sites, and, of course, iMovie files. The package contains 529 production movie tracks in MP3 format of between a minute and three and a half minutes long. They are designed for quick searching via iTunes tags and can be automatically integrated into your title. …mehr
PocketMac announced on Tuesday the release of , an update to its software for creating and editing iPhone ringtones. Included in version 2.0 are visual sound editing, which lets you view the actual waveforms in realtime with a zoom of up to 16x, volume control for sound clips, and the ability to add fade-ins or fade-outs to any ringtone. …mehr
You are judged by the writing style, tone, language, and mistakes in your e-mails every single day. We're all so optimistic we believe people will overlook our e-mail typos and mistakes, while at the same time we privately label those who send us sloppy e-mails as careless, confused, or ineffective. A free e-mail service, , did a survey and found the majority of Americans (58 percent) think less of people based on their e-mail content. Let's look at seven ways to help your e-mails label you as smart rather than stoopid. …mehr
connectivity is delivering U.S. households an annual consumer surplus of around $32 billion, according to a new study from economic consulting firm . …mehr
Sitting on the plane coming back home to the U.S. from our head office in Europe, I had a good deal of time to reflect upon my current employment situation and, consequently, what will most likely be my sixth employer change in the past 10 years. …mehr
The ever-increasing economic pressure continues to drive IT professionals to take a closer look at infrastructure outsourcing as an efficient means of filling their resource gap and driving business transformation. As a result there are a number of best practices in IT infrastructure outsourcing engagements that can help the process along. …mehr