Das kanadische Unternehmen Allerta hat eine Bluetooth-Uhr für Blackberrys vorgestellt. Sie zeigt E-Mails, SMS, Erinnerungen, die Telefonnummer des Anrufers oder schlicht die Uhrzeit. …mehr
Der Netzriese Cisco System will ScanSafe übernehmen, einen SaaS-Web-Security-Spezialisten. …mehr
Die EMC-Tochter VMware hat die Desktop-Virtualisierungslösung "VMware Workstation 7" veröffentlicht. …mehr
In Rotterdam hat ein internationales Gremium von Experten für Service-orientierte Architekturen (SOA) das SOA-Manifest verabschiedet. …mehr
Die Roboter kommen ins Rollen: Immer mehr Multimedia-Handys haben das Betriebssystem Android unter der Haube - und Googles Dienste auf dem Bildschirm. …mehr
Der kleine Bruder des Palm Pre kommt Mitte November in die Läden. Das zweite Smartphone mit dem neuen Touchscreen-Betriebssystem webOS wird zu Anfang aber nur über den Netzbetreiber Sprint in den USA angeboten. …mehr
Einfach und sicher Standorte vernetzen? Die verspricht zumindest saarländische Sirrix AG mit einem neuen Ansatz: VPN auf Client-Server-Basis. Wir haben uns die Security-Lösung Made in Germany näher angeschaut. …mehr
Die EMC-Tochter VMware hat gestern die dritte Generation ihrer Mac-Virtualisierungslösung "Fusion" veröffentlicht. …mehr
Ein Haftpflicht-Siegel soll IT-Selbständigen helfen, umfassenden Versicherungsschutz zu erhalten. Es will verhindern, dass Firmen das Risiko auf den Selbständigen verlagern. …mehr
Eine neue Version von AirMagnet Enterprise unterstützt Unternehmen dabei, die Vorteile des neuen WLAN-Standards besser zu nutzen und Sicherheitsrisiken zu vermeiden. …mehr
Ein Softwareunternehmer, 54 Jahre, will in zwei, drei Jahren die Geschäftsleitung abgeben und sucht nach einem geeigneten Nachfolger. Seine Kinder haben kein Interesse. Er will aber, dass sein Betrieb in seinem Sinne weitergeführt wird. Wie kann er vorgehen? …mehr
Amazon.com hat im AWS-Blog (Amazon Web Services) verschiedene Neuerungen für sein Cloud-Portfolio vorgestellt. …mehr
Ein vielseitiges und leicht zu bedienendes Wasserzeichen-Tool ist Picture-Shark. …mehr
23 Millionen Deutsche waren im dritten Quartal 2009 im Internet unterwegs, um sich nach einer neuen Stelle umzuschauen. Der erste Anlaufpunkt für sie war die Online-Jobbörse der Bundesagentur für Arbeit. …mehr
Die OCZ Vertex EX SSD 120GB erreichte im Praxis-Einsatz neue Rekord-Datenraten. Der Test prüft, ob der Geschwindigkeitsrausch stolze 9 Euro pro Gigabyte wert ist. …mehr
Der französische PLM-Spezialist Dassault Systèmes ("Catia") kauft für 600 Millionen Dollar einen Geschäftsbereich des langjährigen Partners IBM. …mehr
Sein straffes Sparprogramm hat dem niederländischen Telekomkonzern KPN auch im dritten Quartal zu einer Gewinnsteigerung verholfen. …mehr
Wer für seine eBook-Reader eine mächtige Formatkonvertierung und Verwaltungssoftware sucht, sollte sich das qiuelloffene "Calibre ansehen. …mehr
Der Oasis-Standardisierungsvorschlag Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) soll die Grenzen zwischen verschiedenen Content-Repositories überwinden. …mehr
The Entertainment and Leisure Publishers Association (ELSPA) dropped a press release yesterday trumpeting a decision by the United Kingdom's Department of Health to endorse Wii Fit Plus as part of an active and healthy lifestyle. …mehr
It's only been out for two weeks, but fans are really taking to and its unique multiplayer. EA and Double Fine will look to capitalize on that popularity when they release two additional multiplayer maps for the game next week, which come with a bonus axe upgrade. The maps will be available on November 3 on Xbox 360 for 400 MS Points ($5). The PlayStation 3's DLC, however, will be free for the first two weeks when it releases on November 5, with the price shifting to $5 on November 19. …mehr
While retaining secondary support for documents, 80 per cent of enterprise collaboration platforms will primarily be based on browser-based Web 2.0 techniques by 2013, according to Gartner. As wiki-like collaboration techniques mature and gain more acceptance, Web 2.0 approaches will become increasingly influential, the report said. …mehr
Charity gaming marathon announced this morning that more than $150,000 in donations were collected worldwide during the 2009 event, topping last year's $115,000 record. …mehr
To take advantage of Google Voice's telephony management features, users have had to fulfill a tricky requirement: convince their contacts to call them using the single "phone number for life" that comes with this free online service. …mehr
If you want to use your Mac as a media center, there's no better app for accomplishing that objective than ( Macworld rated 4.5 out of 5 mice ). This modern media center application features a gorgeous interface, automated and intelligent metadata-fetching capabilities, support for a vast variety of formats, the ability to play full 1080p high definition videos smoothly, an extensible plug-in architecture, and a host of more advanced, powerful features. …mehr
Amazon's discontinuation of its innovative deal with Sprint Nextel to power over-the-air book purchases on the Kindle e-reader points to the power of high volume and the growing role of global standardization in the mobile industry. …mehr
Top Chinese search engine Baidu.com reported a 40 percent hike in net income on Monday as the company appeared set to continue strengthening its lead over rival Google. …mehr
It's hard not to conclude that the glitz has gone out of operating system launches. To anyone who remembers the launch of Windows 95, all the succeeding iterations of Microsoft's desktop operating system have failed to develop the same level of hype. …mehr
Google on Tuesday an SDK for Android 2.0, revealing some new features that will come with the upgraded mobile operating system. …mehr
The big holiday release season is officially underway, and Amazon is hoping to attract gamer dollars with promotions like the Modern Warfare 2 incentive and a recently-announced consumer credit deal on select current-gen games. …mehr
With software being created by IBM researchers, developers will be able to adapt a Web page for voice browsers -- and for mobile browsers that fall short of a PC-like Web experience -- with easy-to-follow lines. …mehr
Approximately 14,000 people per hour. That's the rate of new registrations for the Facebook group "!" As of noon on Monday, the group had 1,019,216 members, many of opposed to the design and functionality changes . The main sticking point, besides the fact that it's different than what people were used to, is the way the default News Feed of friends' updates gives more prominence to items that have been liked or commented. There is a link right at the top of the screen that lets people switch to the "Live Feed" of all updates, but that's enough for many users. "Do not like the live feed news feed at all!" was one typical comment spotted on the protest group's wall. "I don't have time to go back and forth plus I might miss something!" However, others noted that it's possible to switch back to the old feed setup by clicking on "More" in Facebook's left navigation and dragging "Status Updates" to the top of the list, over "News Feed" and everything else. …mehr
Two U.S. agencies tasked with distributing US$7.2 billion in broadband deployment money over the next year heard complaints from one U.S. senator Tuesday that they were moving too fast. …mehr
Nintendo is planning to launch a new version of its DSi handheld gaming device with a larger screen possibly before the end of this year, The Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday. …mehr
The addition of wasn't the only treat today for those of you nostalgic for Nintendo's cartridge days. On the latest episode of the Wii console's streaming show Nintendo Week, a trailer for Excitebike: World Rally, Nintendo's latest retro revival was debuted. Unlike the torturous months we had to wait to play , Excitebike World Rally will be coming to WiiWare on November 9. …mehr
The iPhone is on track to become the most popular smartphone in the U.S. market, according to . iPhone market share now stands at 30 percent, versus 40 percent for the current reigning champion, Research In Motion's BlackBerry. Bringing up third is Palm's webOS platform with 7 percent, which counts as a win for the company if only because its precipitous market share is no longer falling off a cliff. …mehr
Symantec DLP Suite v. 10 has added what it calls the Flex-Response capability to find sensitive data that has been left unprotected in the enterprise and apply security controls through encryption and DRM products from vendors such as PGP, Oracle, GigaTrust, Liquid Machines and Microsoft. …mehr
Settlers of Catan, for those of you unfamiliar, is an extremely popular board game that was first released in Germany in 1995. It has since sold over 15 million copies, and is regarded by board game aficionados as one of the finest examples of strategic gameplay available. The basic premise concerns the building of settlements and infrastructure and the subsequent gathering of resources on a hex-shaped, tiled-based playing board. It can be played by up to four players, and the game offers a variety of different victory scenarios that reward players for meeting a variety of different goals. …mehr
With an eye on the cloud, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has introduced a new portfolio of storage offerings that targets large enterprises wanting to set up private clouds and systems integrators who want to offer cloud-based storage. As part of the cloud offerings, HDS also unveiled a new content platform that the company says provides security, reliability and multitenancy for cloud infrastructures. …mehr
TippingPoint, a 3Com subsidiary has announced the TippingPoint N-Platform, a new intrusion prevention system (IPS) platform with a newly-designed Threat Suppression Engine (TSE) that adds significant capacity for deep packet traffic inspection. The N-Platform enables the integration of multiple network protection services and provides organizations with the security automation required to help reduce total cost of security and ensure business continuity, the company said. The N-Platform further leverages the industry-leading research of TippingPoint's Digital Vaccine Labs (DVLabs) and Zero Day Initiative by incorporating security intelligence from over 1,100 external security researchers worldwide. …mehr
A new study released by Dutch market research company Today's Gamers reveals U.S. gamers most likely to pay for downloadable content, and females 50+ are more likely than their husbands to beat you at Halo. …mehr
In early March, two human rights lawyers from Kenya were on their way to give testimony about illegal killings by police when their car was blocked and they were shot dead at close range. …mehr
recently uncovered a story from Japanese daily newspaper Nikkei Shimbun stating that Nintendo will release a new model of the later this year that will sport four-inch dual screens--an increase of 3/4ths of an inch per screen. The impetus for this increase is reportedly to satiate elderly Nintendo customers, who have requested larger screens. …mehr
On Tuesday, Apple released software updates for Leopard and Snow Leopard to support the new ( Macworld rated 3.5 out of 5 mice ). …mehr
This month's is seen as an opportunity by thousands of enterprise software vendors to update their own offerings and gain an edge on the competition. Among the growing number of virtual meetings platforms, is touting the integration of its ProtoSphere virtual meetings and training service with the larger Microsoft applications ecosystem, including SharePoint, the collaboration platform which Microsoft claims may have . The Standard asked ProtonMedia CEO Ron Burns about how his company sees the virtual meetings landscape changing as Windows 7 and other software tools gain a larger enterprise profile. …mehr
AVG Technologies has announced the general availability of its latest small business security products, AVG Internet Security Business Edition 9.0 and AVG Anti-Virus Business Edition 9.0. The new offerings, the company claims, leverage the enhancements in speed and levels of protection that AVG has delivered in its latest generation of consumer products, making it safer and easier to manage. With this announcement, AVG hopes to continue to improve its support for small businesses, many of which have limited or non-existent in-house IT capabilities. …mehr
