Indische und chinesische No-Name-Hersteller produzieren immer mehr Billig-Smartphones und graben etablierten Marktgiganten wie Apple, Nokia, RIM oder HTC damit das Wasser ab. …mehr
Eigentlich sind CIOs mutig und tapfer, aber um als Berater gefragt zu bleiben, braucht es Offenheit, Neugier und Technikverständnis …mehr
Trotz Server-Problemen, die zum zweitweiligen Download-Stopp des Browsers im App Store führten, machte Skyfire am ersten Wochenende 1 Million Dollar Umsatz. …mehr
Das neue TecChannel-Compact 07/2010 mit rund 160 Seiten und zahlreichen Praxisbeiträgen zu den Themen Virtualisierung und Cloud Computing ist da. Sie können es sofort als Buch im TecChannel Online-Shop versandkostenfrei bestellen oder als eBook downloaden. …mehr
Ein neues Kommunikationskonzepts soll den weltweiten Wissensaustausch zwischen den Mitarbeiter des Polymerspezialisten erleichtern. …mehr
Vor 20 Jahren war das WWW noch winzig. …mehr
Der Linux-Anbieter Red Hat hat die Version 6 seines Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) veröffentlicht. …mehr
Immer mehr Chat-Anbieter schotten sich von der Konkurrenz ab. Opfer sind neben den Nutzern auch Multiprotokoll-Messenger wie Nimbuzz, die viele verschiedene Anbieter unter einer Oberfläche vereinen. …mehr
Die britische Telefongesellschaft BT Group hat den Gewinn leicht gesteigert und die Jahresprognose aufgestockt. …mehr
Die spanische Telekomgesellschaft Telefonica hat wegen guter Geschäfte in Lateinamerika Umsatz und Gewinn in den ersten neun Monaten des Jahres gesteigert. …mehr
Apple hat gestern die Version 10.6.5 seines aktuellen Betriebssystem Mac OS X "Snow Leopard" veröffentlicht. …mehr
Das Produktlebenszyklus-Konzept ist in Unternehmen der deutschen Fertigungsindustrie inzwischen weit verbreitet. In mehr als der Hälfte der Unternehmen existiert eine unternehmensweit einheitliche Strategie hierzu. …mehr
Mozilla hat die mittlerweile siebte Beta-Version seines kommenden Browser Firefox 4.0 veröffentlicht. …mehr
Auf der Suche nach Umsatzquellen hat die SAP in den letzten Jahren vor allem den Mittelstand ins Visier genommen. Aber auch im Großkundengeschäft sind in der DACH-Region noch nicht alle Unternehmen mit SAP-Software versorgt. Dies ergab eine Marktsegmentierungsanalyse von RAAD im Sommer 2010. …mehr
Nach Samsung hat auch Toshiba sein im September vorgestelltes Tablet "Folio 100" in den Handel gebracht. …mehr
Der Ärger für Google wächst auch im Heimatland des Suchmaschinen-Spezialisten. …mehr
Christian Oecking, seit Dezember 2009 kommissarischer Leiter von Siemens IT Solutions and Services GmbH (SIS), ist ab sofort Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung. …mehr
Die zum neuen elektronischen Personalausweis gehörende Software muss wenige Tage nach ihrer Einführung schon erneuert werden. …mehr
Wer in die SAP-Beratung einsteigen will, sollte nicht nur ans Geld denken, sagt Karriere-Ratgeberin Yasmine Limberger. …mehr
Netztechnik für Firmen und Internet ist begehrt. …mehr
Wie wichtig Branchenkenntnisse bei neuen Mitarbeitern oder Beratern sind und wann dadurch Hürden aufgebaut werden, beschreibt Helmut König. …mehr
Die in Windows und Linux integrierten Funktionen zur Verwaltung der Festplatten lassen Wünsche offen. Zusätzliche Storage-Tools können hier Abhilfe schaffen. Wir stellen die 13 besten vor. …mehr
Der Samsung Syncmaster BX2240 ist ein 22-Zoll-TFT mit Full-HD-Auflösung. Im Test überzeugte er mit seiner Bildqualität und ergonomischen Verstellmöglichkeiten. …mehr
Der Wettbewerb "GreenIT Best Practice Award 2010" hat es bewiesen: Mit den richtigen Strategien lässt sich ökologisch und ökonomisch eine Menge bewegen. …mehr
Der Informationsdienstleister Schufa nutzt ein IT-gestütztes Release-Management, um die Qualität der Softwareentwicklung zu steigern. …mehr
Regenerative Stromerzeugung und -verteilung schaffen nicht nur für Ingenieure, sondern auch für IT-Profis Jobs. …mehr
It's official: I can no longer think of a single person I know (unless, of course, you count my two-year-old) who doesn't have more work on their to-do list than any human being can reasonably be expected to handle. If you're like everyone I know, chances are you could use a few new tools to help you manage your priorities, simplify your life, and . This guide is for you. …mehr
Several manufacturing organisations are uncertain about the initial short list of potential MES vendors, according to a new study by IDC Manufacturing Insights. …mehr
We recently got our hands on the new , a multifunction printer that would be unremarkable except for the fact that it includes a detachable 7-inch tablet known as the eStation Zeen. We'll be testing the eStation all week to gauge how well it performs as a printer, but we took a moment to record a quick demonstration of the tablet to give you a better idea of what the Zeen is and how it works. …mehr
Motorola's mobile phone subsidiary has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft alleging the world's largest software maker has infringed 16 of its patents in PC, mobile and server software, as well as Xbox products. …mehr
In a surprise move, Nokia announced Monday it's taking back control of the . Symbian is one of the oldest mobile phone operating systems around and has been a Nokia favourite almost since the company's inception. …mehr
Hewlett-Packard will pay $16.25 million to settle a case that resulted in jail time for a school district's former chief technology officer and computer reseller of equipment, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday. …mehr
SMB telco, engin (ASX:ENG), has reported a major turnaround in its business in the 2010 financial year, notching up a record EBITDA of $0.7 million off revenues of close to $20 million. …mehr
Everyone at Google is getting a nice raise. Well, almost everyone. …mehr
The faster open, interoperable standards for Cloud computing are set, the faster organisations can manage the transition to the Cloud, according to Intel. …mehr
Once upon a time it was nice and simple. If you were in charge of corporate IT, you bought Microsoft. Serious quantities of computing power required a different solution, but for everything from mid-level enterprise down to desktops, Microsoft did the job. When it came to smartphones, have never been great but always integrated neatly and were favoured by some although not all organizations. …mehr
I will readily confess that I have always found salons to be frightening places, with their strange noises, ambiguous chemical smells and happily loud people. It was, therefore, with a certain apprehension that I undertook to review , which, I am happy to report, is not nearly as stressful as the real thing. …mehr
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has built a private cloud in three months, choosing Citrix's XenServer virtualisation hypervisor over the incumbent VMware ESX. …mehr
Three men have been arrested on phishing charges after local police got a tip that somebody was sending boxes filled with computer equipment to abandoned houses in Lake Charles, Louisiana. …mehr
phone wasn't exactly a , but that apparently hasn't stopped the company from issuing a sequel. …mehr
While some companies are early adopters, most are slow on the uptake when it comes to technology (how many workers had to bring their personal computers into work before management got the message). So it follows that social networking will--finally--be over the next four years. …mehr
The Walt Disney Company reported its fourth quarter earnings today, noting some growth in its Interactive Media segment. Cheers, Toy Story 3. …mehr
A virus masquerading as an (how's that for irony?) has been infecting countless in China. The virus lets hackers take control of the phone who then spam the phone's entire address with links that allow the virus to spread to even more phones. …mehr
No compass? No problem. …mehr
Apple's Ping is no longer afraid of the World Wide Web. …mehr
Who says video games are a waste of time? Playing may help reduce memory flashbacks associated with traumatic images, according to a new study by researchers. …mehr
Internet security specialist BitDefender has warned about the dangers of a new spying Trojan it describes as "a serious enemy" that can be used as a corporate spying tool. …mehr
Reader Pam is looking for a way to "clean out duplicate files, documents, pictures, etc.," but doesn't want to spend money on the project. In other words, she wants a freeware solution. …mehr
Apple has come a long way, secretly courting the enterprise to adopt iPhones and iPads, but a closer look at its iOS Developer Enterprise Program shows that Apple still has much to learn about the needs of companies. …mehr
Need for Speed and Old Republic aren't the only things EA wants us to know about. Three press releases herald three new deals for three different independent game developers. …mehr
The recent article, provides advice to government workers who worry about losing their jobs due to the current climate of calls for a smaller and more efficient government. To offset government workers fear of joining the ranks of the unemployed, Mr. Fox reminds the reader of a Mark Twain quote, "I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened." I'll add my own Mark Twain quote, "It is wiser to find out than suppose" and my own advice to government workers, particularly those who deal with information technology. …mehr
It may be a federal holiday, but right now the Android rumor mill is working in overdrive. …mehr
Back in September, we mentioned that Acer was planning to update its TimelineX series by cramming an into an 11.6-inch ultraportable laptop. Well, the company succeeded. The Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830T-68U118 packs a ton of processing power into a netbook-size package, and still manages to include a full-size keyboard. …mehr
There is no shortage of security standards when it comes to protecting the payment transaction life cycle. …mehr
The results are mostly in from last Tuesday's election and it's quiet out there on the government IT front, with the exception of an occasional state CIO resignation and interim appointment. There are 29 new governors. At the federal level leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives changed hands with a total of just over 20% new members. So far in snooping around the government trade press and blogs all I'm really seeing is pretty much a recap and some pondering, so I'll add to the pondering with some conjecture. …mehr
is a powerful, full-featured game design tool, and it's free. (Some advanced features are reserved for the commercial Pro version). Unity is not a "learn to program games" tool, nor is it something designed to produce only small games with simple behaviors and effects. Unity can be, and is, used to make top-flight games including Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online and Batman: Streets of Gotham. Unity 3 is probably as easy to use as it can be (given how much fine control and detail is needed to make some types of games), but it is not going to let you go from "I have a really cool idea" to finished game with a few quick mouse clicks. It is best used by people who are already familiar with game design methodology and terms, as well as 3d graphics concepts including meshes, renderers, and textures. …mehr
Unstructured information and the need to pass knowledge to the younger employees prompted the Hong Kong SAR government to look at better collaboration. …mehr
Third parties, not Google, would be liable for any Java copyright violations in the Android mobile OS, according to a in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. …mehr
Seattle's Microsoft Corp. has recently forged a partnership with a China-based IT services provider to bring the software giant's e-health platform to China. …mehr
The first of the Treasure Seekers series of hidden object games makes its way from PC to iOS with from . …mehr
Digital convergence technologies provider Samsung Electronics and unified communications (UC) provider Polycom have teamed up on delivering UC solutions for mobile platforms. …mehr
One of the great strengths of open source software is that it is continuously being scrutinized and improved by users and developers around the world. …mehr
Cisco Systems posted gains in both profit and revenue on Wednesday for its fiscal first quarter that ended Oct. 30, despite what it called "a challenging economic environment." …mehr
Motorola's mobile phone subsidiary has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft alleging the world's largest software maker has infringed 16 of its patents in PC, mobile and server software, as well as Xbox products. …mehr
Small businesses need and online meeting tools to get started. Instead of going for separate tools, Virtual Office Pro bundles both services for $50/month. With it, you get unlimited voice calling and online conferencing. …mehr