Internet- und Handy-Nutzer in Europa können sich auf eine Stärkung ihrer Rechte freuen. In Zukunft wird man den Festnetz- oder Mobilfunkanbieter innerhalb eines Tages wechseln und dabei die bisherige Rufnummer mitnehmen können. Bisher kann der Transfer bis zu acht Tage dauern. …mehr
Ob Freiberufler oder Angestellter: Wer sein Fahrtenbuch nicht exakt führt, bekommt oft Ärger mit dem Finanzamt und verliert Geld. …mehr
Anfang November hat Oracle seinen Online-Support auf eine neue Basis gehievt. Seitdem häufen sich die Klagen. Die Plattform sei zu langsam und teilweise nicht erreichbar, kritisieren viele Anwender. …mehr
Der Internet-Riese Google hat seine Navigationsfunktion nun auch für die Version 1.6 von Android veröffentlicht. Dadurch ist nicht mehr nur Besitzern des Motorola Milestone die Navigationslösung zugänglich, sondern vielen weiteren Nutzern mit anderen Google-Handys. …mehr
Ein gutes Servicegeschäft sowie erhebliche Sparmaßnahmen haben Hewlett-Packard (HP) im vierten Quartal einen ordentlichen Gewinnsprung beschert. …mehr
Der Mitgründer des Kurznachrichtendienstes Twitter, Biz Stone, kann sich einen Börsengang seines Unternehmens vorstellen. "Unser Ziel ist es ein eigenes Unternehmen aufbauen, das eine lange Zeit besteht. Wenn ein Börsengang der Weg dahin ist, dann werden wir den Weg gewiss gehen." …mehr
Forscher an der University of Michigan (UMich) haben eine Android-Applikation entwickelt, die den Stromverbrauch durch andere Smartphone-Anwendungen analysiert. …mehr
Der Kindle von Amazon hat in den USA bereits für Wirbel gesorgt. Jetzt ist der E-Book-Reader auch in Deutschland zu haben. Wir hatten den Kindle im Test. …mehr
Die neue Version der Best-Practices-Sammlung wird noch nicht so angenommen wie erwartet. Das hat diverse Gründe. …mehr
Gut qualifizierte Security-Experten gehören nicht zu den Verlierern am Arbeitsmarkt. Das gilt vor allem für die so genannten Ethical Hacker, die Lücken im IT-System aufdecken sollen. …mehr
AEG, Bosch, Siemens, Hagenuk, Motorola und Nokia - einst war Deutschland eines der führenden Länder im Handy-Bau. Das schien vorbei. Doch warum die Kanadier von Research in Motion (RIM) Blackberries in Deutschland entwickeln lassen, lesen Sie hier. Wir zeigen, wie in Bochum das aktuelle Modell "Bold 9700" entstand. …mehr
Mit Mike Lazaridis, Gründer und Co-CEO von RIM, diskutierte CW-Redakteur Jürgen Hill über die Zukunft des Blackberry und ob das Gerät dem iPhone überlegen ist. …mehr
Was legen CW-Redakteure sich selbst und ihren Liebsten unter den Weihnachtsbaum? Hier kommen unsere Geschenk-Tipps. …mehr
In support of President Obama's call for a renewed focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), and the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) have teamed up with Sony Computer Entertainment America, Microsoft, and the MacArthur Foundation and announced a number of efforts to motivate students. The organizations are aiming to leverage the interest that kids have in video games and inspire them through a series of STEM-related design competitions. This is part of the administration's extensive "Educate to Innovate" program, outlined today. …mehr
The story headlined "NTT DoCoMo moves up date to shut off 2G mobile" and posted Nov. 18 has been removed from the wire. Online editors are asked to immediately remove the story from Web sites and print editors are asked to not use the story in future editions. Questions regarding the story should be directed to Marc Ferranti, IDG News Service executive news editor. …mehr
IDC said Monday mobile multimedia services is estimated to make up 11 per of total mobile services revenue in Asia Pacific excluding Japan at end-2009, surpassing SMS revenue contribution for the first time. …mehr
Hewlett-Packard reported an 18 percent jump in profit for its fiscal fourth quarter, thanks the strength of its services business. …mehr
InfoExplorer, a major IT services provider has saved $ 1.5 million by using a TPE system from Micro Focus, an innovative software provider dedicated to improve the business productivity of organisations. …mehr
The Nanhai People's Government of Foshan, Guangdong Province and Fujitsu announced Friday their joint plan to invest in and build the Fujitsu South China Data Centre. …mehr
Contrary to a statement made last week by its CEO in Hong Kong, NTT DoCoMo doesn't plan to shut-off its 2G network a year earlier than planned. The network will be closed at the end of March 2012, the original schedule it had stated for the shut down. …mehr
Datacraft Asia has signed a partnership agreement with Singapore telco StarHub to offer a comprehensive suite of business solutions for international connectivity to organisations across Asia. …mehr
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said today that more has to be done to encourage students to take up in math, science and technology disciplines, while indirectly warning of the global competition for highly skilled jobs. …mehr
In a battle between AT&T and Verizon Wireless that never seems to end, AT&T's partner Apple now appears to be getting into the mix with two retaliatory iPhone TV ad that air Monday night. The ads comes hot on the heels of AT&T's TV ad campaign that aimed to "setting the record straight" around Verizon's "there's a map for that" campaign. …mehr
The story headlined "Sanyo delays increase in solar cell production" and posted Nov. 17 has been removed from the wire. Online editors are asked to immediately remove the story from Web sites and print editors are asked to not use the story in future editions. Questions regarding the story should be directed to Marc Ferranti, IDG News Service executive news editor. …mehr
During these tough economic times, manufacturers worldwide are more than ever relying on IT to ensure that they survive for the upturn. …mehr
Accelerating mobile PC shipments will drive the worldwide PC market to grow again this year, according to Gartner's preliminary fourth-quarter forecast. The new forecast predicts worldwide PC shipments will total 298.9 million units in 2009, a 2.8 percent increase from 2008. In 2010, PC shipments are projected to reach 336.6 million units, a 12.6 percent increase over 2009. …mehr
Shortly after we completed , PC Tools released S ($40 for a one-year, three-PC license), the latest version of its paid antivirus tool. Though it came out too late for us to include in our malware detection testing, we were able to take the program for a quick spin. …mehr
China was a bright spot for Hewlett-Packard during the company's fiscal fourth quarter, with overall sales in the country up 20 percent over the previous year. But the company's Personal Systems Group, which sells PCs, performed even better. …mehr
Most wi-fi applications are traditionally deployed indoors such as homes, malls or office complexes and broadband must be brought to the edge of these facilities or complexes by cables or WiMAX for it to be available in other parts of the facilities or buildings. …mehr
A Quebec-based IBM employee who's on long term sick leave was quoted in media reports as saying that she lost her long-term disability benefits because of photos she posted on Facebook. …mehr
Jolicloud, an upcoming Web-centric operating system for netbooks, will be prettier and more flexible than Google Inc.'s , the company's CEO says. …mehr