Apple kann nach Aussagen taiwanischer Zulieferer auch im Jahr 2011 seinen Erfolg auf dem Smartphone-Markt fortsetzen. …mehr
Das Dell Streak mit 7-Zoll-Display kommt. Engadget hat Screenshots aus einem unveröffentlichten Werbe-Video online gestellt. …mehr
Elektronische Spionage-Attacken aus China und Russland gegen Deutschland nehmen seit Jahren zu. Darauf hat das Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV) in Köln hingewiesen. …mehr
Samsung hat angekündigt, im nächsten Jahr mehrere Media-Player mit Android OS auf den Markt zu bringen. Die Modelle sehen teilweise den Android-Smartphones zum Verwechseln ähnlich. …mehr
Das HTC 7 Pro kommt im Januar nach Deutschland, das legt die Website von O2 nahe. …mehr
Das japanische Blog of Mobile hat Fotos von einem unbekannten Modell von Sony Ericsson veröffentlicht. Das Smartphone trägt angeblich den Codenamen Hallon. …mehr
Die Deutsche Telekom will ihr Geschäft in Griechenland mit einer Radikalkur gesundsparen. …mehr
Neujahrsgrüße per SMS kommen häufig nur mit Verspätung an. Der Bitkom gibt Tipps, um dies zu vermeiden. …mehr
Neben populären Distributionen wie Ubuntu, OpenSuse und Red Hat gibt es Lösungen für jedes Problem: Ob für USB-Stick oder Server, als Live-System oder Windows-Ersatz: die Community füllt jede erdenkliche Lücke. …mehr
Per Satellit will Betreiber Eutelsat mehr als eine Million Menschen in entlegenen Gebieten Europas mit schnellen Internet-Zugängen versorgen. …mehr
Der Chaos Computer Club (CCC) diskutiert ab heute (Montag) auf seinem Jahreskongress über netzpolitische Themen und nimmt Schwachstellen in Systemen wie dem neuen Personalausweis ins Visier. …mehr
Mitte Dezember musste die BSH Systemhaus GmbH den Gang zum Insolvenzrichter antreten. Die CW-Schwesterpublikation ChannelPartner hat mit beiden Geschäftsführern gesprochen. …mehr
Das branchenübergreifende Expertenforum „Leadership Council for Information Advantage“ analysiert in einem aktuellen Report unterschiedliche Risikofaktoren bei der Nutzung von Public und Hybrid Clouds und gibt strategische Empfehlungen. …mehr
Die COMPUTERWOCHE hat das aktuelle Angebot der Hersteller einer strengen Prüfung unterzogen und die zehn besten Business-Smartphones 2010 ausgewählt. …mehr
Vorstände haben wenig Zeit für die schmutzigen kleinen Details der IT-Strategie. …mehr
Vorgesetzte, die sich in ihre neue Position vorsichtig einarbeiten, erleichtern die Integration. Tipps für den Übergang …mehr
Da schlagen Geek-Herzen höher: USB-Spielzeug, fernsteuerbare Fahrzeuge und fiese Scherzartikel. Wir haben das Internet nach den besten Fun-Gadgets durchsucht und präsentieren in einer Galerie die 29 coolsten Geek-Toys - darunter richtig originelle Geschenkideen. …mehr
Has the iPhone changed the world? Perhaps not, and I'm certainly not an Apple fanboy. But the iPhone brought innovations that have infected the rest of the tech world. There's no denying that where Apple treads first, the rest of the world follows. …mehr
If you're trying to compose text on an iPad while referring to information on a Website, the back-and-forth dance between writing and Web-browsing apps can often be a real pain. aims simplify the process by combining the browser and text editor into one split-screen app. …mehr
Having already , it seems reasonable to also take a look back at what Apple's year had to offer. Looking behind the curtain of Apple "magic" and Jobsian reality distortion fields, Apple had some major triumphs, and a couple hiccups that defined 2010. …mehr
We all take more photos than usual at this time of year. You might be taking , , or just . No matter what the subject, I'm reminded about just how important your photo collection actually is. These are treasured memories, and you don't want to trust decades of images to a finicky magnetized platter that spins at 7,000 rpm and, as it ages, could fail catastrophically. I don't mean to scare you, but it's a fact of life: All computer gear breaks eventually, and it's important to have a backup of your photos when that inevitable day comes. So with that in mind, I've rounded up some easy ways to back up your photos to guard against calamity. …mehr
Why you'd attempt to recreate the best game in the Zelda series with , I couldn't say, but someone's done it anyway. …mehr
The "endless running" genre that was first made so popular by Semi-Secret Software's has been explored in many recent App Store releases, and 's looks to expand further on the idea by introducing an interesting gravity-based mechanic into the mix. …mehr
All season long, you've been dreaming of an iOS Christmas, and now the big day has finally arrived. Someone--a friend, a loved one, maybe even that jolly old elf from up north--has deposited an iPad or iPhone or iPod touch underneath the tree. And now it's time to find out for yourself what's so great about Apple's iOS devices. …mehr
Imaging vendor Eastman Kodak said Monday that it has formed a license agreement with NEC that will allow each company to access the other's patent portfolio. …mehr
The aspires to compete with the big kids in the e-reader arena. This iteration represents a marked improvement over its predecessor, offering higher contrast, a sharper E Ink display, and better performance. Unfortunately, the Wireless eReader still lacks the polish and finesse of the leaders. And at $139, it's the same price as an third-generation ( Macworld rated 4.5 out of 5 mice ). …mehr
Quite a few apps in the Android Market try to solve the problem of how to access, view, and edit office documents with an Android device. It's a difficult task compounded by the limitations of the small screen and keyboard, and by the fact, too, that many document formats are proprietary (Microsoft Office, Adobe PDF, and so on) and are thus difficult for third-party developers to work with. provides a powerful, customizable, cross-platform solution that uses open-source software hosted on a cloud-based, Fedora Linux PC. …mehr
SAP is fighting back against Oracle's demand it fork over US$212 million in interest on top of a $1.3 billlion sum a jury in its corporate-theft suit against the German software vendor, according to a court filing last week. …mehr
Google's Chrome Web Store might only have been , but it already hosts a stock of high-quality add-in apps. …mehr
Apple was recently awarded a for a stereoscopic three-dimensional display system that doesn't require glasses, reported . A scan of the convoluted wording of the patent file reveals a few key points: …mehr
While we're about to start a new year, Apple's about to end a quarter--the first quarter of its 2011 business year, to be precise. As always, this is followed by the company's financial quarterly financial conference call; those curious about Q1 2011 earnings on January 18, 2011 at 2 p.m. Pacific, 5 p.m. Eastern. …mehr
This has been a busy year for creative folk--both for the pros and those right-brained among us whose avocation may be in the creative arts, but who earn their living (or not) in some other way. …mehr
Love 'em or hate 'em (or anything in between), much of the tech world revolves around Microsoft. Microsoft has dominant stakes--some bordering on virtual monopolies--in a variety of arenas including the PC operating system, office productivity software, and Web browsers. While far, far from being a comprehensive chronology, let's take a look back at Microsoft's 2010 through quotes from Microsoft executives and industry analysts. …mehr
I couldn't tell you whether it's any good, or if voice actor pulls off a convincingly keyed up Marty McFly, but there's now available from developer Telltale's website for $25. …mehr
Scientists at Cornell University's Computational Synthesis Lab (CCSL) have built that prints food. The printer, part of the , allows you to use raw food as "ink" for creating your culinary concoctions. …mehr
A lot of people see a PC that won't boot, and assume that it's infected. That's the least likely cause. …mehr
No two Apple products share a closer parallel history than the computer. Each device was revolutionary for its time. The Macintosh, later known as the Macintosh 128K, was the first mainstream computer to include a graphical user interface similar to the ones we use today. The original Mac OS used movable application windows and included functions such as drag and drop. The 128K also popularized the use of a mouse and was notable for its compact dimensions. The iPhone was the first minicomputer to masquerade as a cellular telephone. It also had an intuitive, exclusively touch-based interface with limited physical buttons and no stylus--a common device for touch-based phones prior to the iPhone. …mehr
Samsung went after the iPhone with the , the and now Samsung has its sights set on the iPod Touch with the Galaxy Player. Samsung is expected to announce American ship dates for its Android-based entertainment player during the Consumer Electronics Show in January. …mehr
Computers don't always work as they should. Components fail, and operating systems fill up with crap that hinders performance and occasionally brings the whole machine to a halt. Savvy users know that they can themselves, and use sites like PCWorld.com to find solutions to their tech problems. Those who lack confidence in their tech skills, however, often fall prey to the rapacious tactics of online and local repair shops. …mehr
It's a testament to how far has come that users today don't typically have to use the command line if they don't want to. Such is the quality of the graphical user interfaces in many modern that there's simply no need, in general. …mehr
Microsoft spent years teaching us to select items off of menus at the top of the application window. Then, in 2007, they told us to stop doing that. If you miss the old way of working in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and would rather pull down a menu than click a ribbon, will make you very happy. This $30 Microsoft Office add-in (15-day free trial) puts the old menus back where they belong. …mehr
The past few weeks have seen an outpouring of colorful, themed, and novelty cases, so this week we get back to the basics. No SpongeBob or Angry Birds themes, no Etch-a-Sketch or chalkboard designs...just good, old fashioned, rubber-and-polycarbonate protection for your iPhone. …mehr
Like a bestselling whodunit, the sales mystery continues. regularly touts the popularity of its , yet refuses to divulge the number of Kindle devices it has sold. …mehr
Computer and network security is a perpetual game of cat and mouse. Attackers are often adept at both following technology and social trends, and adapting attacks to exploit weak points. As 2010 comes to a close, let's take a look back at some of the biggest security trends from the year. …mehr
