Die neue Version des Internet-Browsers Firefox ist in den ersten 24 Stunden rund 6,9 Millionen Mal heruntergeladen worden. …mehr
Wenn ein Online-Händler den "Gefällt mir"-Button von Facebook auf seiner Website einbindet, ohne Besucher auf die Übermittlung von Daten an das Online-Netzwerk hinzuweisen, verstößt er damit nicht gegen das Wettbewerbsrecht. …mehr
Gängige Chipkarten könnten in Zukunft durch das Gesicht statt durch Passwörter oder Codes authentifiziert werden. …mehr
Mit Tablet-Computern, E-Readern und TV-Neuheiten will der Essener Elektronik-Spezialist Medion in diesem Jahr punkten. Im Geschäftsjahr 2010 wuchs der Umsatz des Unternehmens um 16,4 Prozent auf 1,64 Milliarden Euro. …mehr
Der Streit vor Gericht zwischen United Internet und der Deutschen Post ist immer noch nicht abgeschlossen. Die Post weigert sich, das Postident-Verfahren den De-Mail-Partnern zur Verfügung zu stellen. …mehr
Eine neue mobile Anwendung erlaubt es der US-Non-Profit-Organisation Water for People, Wasserdaten festzuhalten und auf einer Echtzeitkarte in Google Earth zu speichern. …mehr
Vodafone will an der 45-prozentigen Beteiligung am US-Mobilfunk-Anbieter Verizon Wireless festhalten, obwohl das Unternehmen seit 2005 keine Dividenden mehr zahlt. …mehr
Das langerwartete NoDo-Update für Windows Phone 7 bringt Copy & Paste sowie eine Reihe weiterer Verbesserungen. …mehr
Google hat es geschafft, sich die Sondereditionen des eigenen Logos patentieren zu lassen. Die Doodles zieren Googles Website anstelle des klassischen Schriftzugs zu speziellen Anlässen und Feier- oder Gedenktagen. …mehr
Der koordinierte Einsatz von Social-Media-Marketing und klassischem Customer Relationship Management (CRM) ist für die meisten Unternehmen Neuland. Wir suchen die Pioniere in dieser jungen Disziplin. …mehr
Apple-Chef Steve Jobs soll in einem seit mehreren Jahren laufenden Wettbewerbs-Streit um den Musikdienst iTunes vor Gericht aussagen. …mehr
Google hat einen empfindlichen Rückschlag bei seinen Bemühungen erlitten, das Wissen der Welt zu digitalisieren und zu vermarkten. …mehr
Unter der Überschrift " Arbeits- und Lebenssituation von Freelancern und ihr erfolgreiches Management" befragt die Münchner Universität der Bundeswehr Unternehmen und Selbständige. …mehr
IT-Freiberufler wissen selten, was Agenturen an ihrer Vermittlung verdienen. Der Selbständigenverband BVSI fordert darum mehr Transparenz im Projektmarkt. …mehr
Samsungs neue LED TVs sollen dank ultradünnem Rand ein neues Fernseherlebnis bieten. …mehr
Mit der kostenlosen App "Blackberry Protect" erhalten private Blackberry-Nutzer ähnliche Sicherheits-Features wie professionelle Anwender (via Blackberry Enterprise Server). …mehr
Großflächige Smartphone-Displays sind bei den Nutzern gefragt, wie die Marktforscher der NPD Group aufzeigen. Sie wollen Videos und mobilen Internet-Content auch ohne Lupe betrachten können. Die Anbieter haben auf den Mobile-Web-Boom reagiert. …mehr
Wenn vier Schulfreunde vor dem Abitur ihr erstes Computerspiel auf den Markt bringen, lässt das aufhorchen. Nun sind die Spieleprogrammierer zum Anbieter einer Multiplattformtechnik für Entwickler geworden. …mehr
Das Wireless-USB-Kit Vianect Air TV von Devolo ermöglicht eine Bild- und Videoübertragung inklusive Audio ohne Kabelanbindung. Interessant ist diese Lösung besonders für Nutzer, die mobil arbeiten. Wir haben den Wireless-USB-Adapter getestet. …mehr
Iran may have been involved in an attack that resulted in hackers' acquiring bogus digital certificates for some of the Web's biggest sites, including Google and Gmail, Microsoft, Skype and Yahoo, a certificate issuing firm said today. …mehr
Metrico tested six "4G" phones from T-Mobile and Sprint and found that in a mobile scenario Sprint's HTC EVO Shift had the best data download speed of all the devices, delivering nearly 6 Mbps. …mehr
High-tech companies in Japan are slowly starting to get some of their manufacturing plants up and running after a hammered the country nearly two weeks ago. …mehr
Nine valid but -- including Google mail, Microsoft Live, and Yahoo -- raising the possibility of undetectable phishing, man-in-the-middle and drive-by download attacks, multiple advisories stated on Wednesday. …mehr
Our April 2011 issue features a cover story on 100 things every Mac user should know. That article is the focus of this week's podcast, as several contributors to the cover story talk about the tricks and shortcuts that separate veteran Mac users from beginners. …mehr
Yahoo today unveiled , a new feature similar to that shows search results as you type. The benefit to you: Less typing, fewer clicks, and (hopefully) faster results. …mehr
Polycom said it bought video management firm Accordent Technologies for $50 million in cash, giving the videoconferencing vendor a leg up for future integration with . …mehr
Vince Fioramonti had an epiphany back in 2001. He realized that valuable investment information was becoming increasingly available on the Web, and that a growing number of vendors were offering software to capture and interpret that information in terms of its importance and relevance. …mehr
hates when customers buy products that weren't built in Redmond, but Steve Ballmer and crew aren't going to miss a moneymaking opportunity, even if that means managing , and, yes, even computers. …mehr
Amazon.com took a significant step into the word of mobile applications this week with the launch of its , now available for free to select users of Google Android devices. …mehr
Yahoo has started beta testing a search feature that displays answers to queries and links to websites on the fly as people type their queries. …mehr
Oracle and IBM officials took the stage together Wednesday to champion Java and stress that their own interests mandate continued vitality of the platform. …mehr
Makers of applications that locate drunk-driving checkpoints are misunderstood, defenders said Wednesday, a day after four U.S. senators called for smartphone makers to pull applications from their services. …mehr
Research in Motion said Wednesday that it would comply with a request made by four U.S. senators, and will pull BlackBerry apps that alert drivers of police drunk-driving checkpoints. …mehr
Due to a reporting error, the story "MySQL gets live schema updating with Tokutek engine," posted Wednesday, included an incorrect performance metric in the twelfth paragraph. The first sentence of the paragraph should be deleted. The change has been made on the wire and the updated paragraph follows: …mehr
Steve Jobs denied the demise of the iPod classic as recently as last fall, Apple may be thinking about bringing AirPlay to a big screen near you, and an iPhone 4 succeeds where Humpty Dumpty failed. Once upon a time, there were the remainders for Wednesday, March 23, 2011... …mehr
Following the news that the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan might be emitting dangerous levels of radiation, workers and officials have only been permitted to get so close to the reactors. Although --which has likely suffered partial meltdowns due to that literally shook Japan--will be checked for radiation levels close up not by humans, but by a robot. …mehr
Some iPad 2 users who expected a flawless product are instead finding a handful of problems with their shiny new tablets. The latest is a freezing issue with Facetime that can only be fixed by rebooting the iPad 2. …mehr
It is by now a truism that most IT organizations are planning an IT infrastructure strategy that includes cloud computing and that an internal cloud (aka private cloud) is a fundamental part of that strategy. …mehr
Google has expanded its Gmail-to-SMS offering in Africa, extending to Uganda the PC-chat to mobile-text service that it already rolled out in Kenya, Ghana and Senegal. …mehr
Microsoft may have seen fit to the 2.35 million downloads its new browser received in its first 24 hours, but Mozilla's has since essentially blown such figures out of the water. …mehr
And he's off! It looks like PS3 hacker George Hotz, aka Geohot, isn't taking any chances with Sony's legal juggernaut. He may--and we stress may--have fled to South America. He may also have lied about not having a PlayStation Network account. …mehr
Are you up to speed on your Internet memes? Do you love cats? If you answered yes to both those questions then this little do-it-yourself project may be perfect for you. …mehr
LinkedIn hit a major milestone this week when its membership rolls passed the hundred million mark. …mehr
The Hong Kong government has announced a commitment to cloud computing to re-provision its central IT infrastructure and services over the next five years. …mehr
If the LG Thrill looks familiar, it is because we saw it at as the . The AT&T version is pretty much identical, though there are a few tweaks to the UI. Slim and sophisticated, the Thrill is just as attractive as LG's other dual core phones, like the T-Mobile G2X and the Optimus Black. It has a bright, crisp 4.3-inch display, which of course, supports 3D images and video. …mehr
While weak signals and overloaded cells usually take the blame for slow mobile data, the way packets are handled on a carrier's network can also affect performance, and vendors of network management tools are finding new ways to reduce bottlenecks. …mehr
In the wake of Internet blackouts in and , Google has announced it is awarding at least $1 million to working on tools that will immediately reveal when governments are trying to shut down or censor use of the Internet. …mehr
Unisys is packaging together existing and a few new consulting and management services in order to help enterprises better manage various cloud implementations. …mehr
