The film Limitless topped the box office after its opening week, and the movie's opening sequence may go down in history as one of the most memorable and immersive shots of all time. …mehr
The complex Stuxnet worm, which some allege was designed by US and Israeli government agents to cripple Iranian nuclear technology, could be re-engineered at far less expense by civilian hackers to inflict more general damage, says anti-malware company founder Eugene Kaspersky. …mehr
At times we all want things we can't afford. Most of us defer or scale back our ambitions. The New Zealand government wants something it can't afford: national rollout of ultra-fast fibre for New Zealand, to which it is contributing just $1.35 billion dollars -- roughly a third or less of the total cost. It is therefore pulling all the regulatory and policy levers at its disposal to justify its business case and attract private investment. …mehr
Six months after Parliament passed legislation to comply with European privacy laws, companies are still waiting for the all-clear to do business in Europe. …mehr
, whose Cold War era invention of technology helped to lay the foundation for the Internet, has died at the age of 84. …mehr
is a $1 iPhone app from that vows to keep your device safe from theft, but suffers from hilarious flaws. …mehr
In the U.S., management accounting often takes a back seat to public accounting. This is despite the fact that even within the , nearly as many members say they work in industry -- 39% -- as the 44% who toil away in public accounting jobs. …mehr
The forecast for the next version of Apple's mobile operating system is overcast. But if you're not so much interested in the future of Apple as you are the past--and you have $3000 to blow--then you're in luck. Elsewhere, Sprint makes a surprise announcement (surprise not included), and a popular iOS franchise makes its way to the big screen. Sort of. The remainders for Monday, March 28, 2011 are coming soon, to a theater near you. …mehr
Google's Android operating system is expected to dominate the Asia Pacific smartphone market by 2016. …mehr
Credit Union Australia (CUA) has announced it will migrate its core banking platform to Tata Consulting Services' BaNCS system over the next two years. …mehr
Apple watchers are buzzing about a possible iOS 5 launch this fall, suggesting the company will break from recent tradition and release the new mobile operating system software after its next iPhone. …mehr
A solo Iranian hacker on Saturday claimed responsibility for stealing multiple SSL certificates belonging to some of the Web's biggest sites, including Google, Microsoft, Skype and Yahoo. …mehr
It has been quite a month for organizations mishandling bad situations. In all of these cases, delays in reporting the problem made it worse, and in one case the decision to not be forthcoming about the actual risk may cost a company most of its customers. …mehr
Creating a Facebook page has become a standard practice among small businesses as a way to communicate and interact with customers and professional contacts. As a way to explore your customers' wants and needs even further, features, so that in addition to asking your Facebook friends questions, your friends' friends can respond as well. Facebook has also added other new features. …mehr
I recently did on start-ups that are aiming to ease IT's pain. , which developed a software-as-a-service for technology business management (TBM), was among the companies featured. …mehr
Champions of software patents are urging Parliament to revisit the ban on patenting "computer programs" in the presently drafted amendments to the Patents Act 1953. They suggest the law as it stands will be unclear and will possibly contravene existing international agreements. …mehr
If you find it hard to hire the right tech pros this year, you are not alone. According to a report by recruitment service provider Hudson, companies are aggressive in hiring tech talent in 2011. …mehr
Workers in telecom departments may be understandably apprehensive about switching from TDM to , since it could conceivably put them out of work. …mehr
PCWorld's eSports Update will be reporting this week on the GSL, TSL3, and plenty of other exciting events--one of which is the upcoming . MLG 2011 kicks off on April 1st in Dallas, and features competitions in StarCraft 2, Halo: Reach, and Call of Duty: Black Ops, for a prize pool of over $1 million. We were able to go straight to the top of the ladder and pitch a few questions to MLG CEO and co-founder Sundance DiGiovanni. …mehr
Citizens with a concern about privacy and unwilling to trade it off against access to international services from the likes of Google or Facebook are a growing section of the public, says Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff. …mehr
Sprint Nextel has vowed to fight AT&T's proposed US$39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, calling the deal a bid to create a new telecommunications duopoly. …mehr
Privacy as a basic "right to be let alone" has been the subject of rarefied legal debate and less complex arguments from laypeople who insist, at the extremes, that they are entitled to own all their personal information, or that they "have nothing to hide" and wouldn't care who knew the most intimate details of their lives. …mehr
A common criticism of Google Docs when it first launched was that it was primitive. Its word processor was barely better than WordPad, for example, which has been free with Windows since the 1980s. …mehr
A patent-pending robot hand, originally revealed back in October, seems to be capable of picking up liquids, messy mayonnaise and other sauces without altering or changing its gooey shape. Say hello to the SWITL. You'll want to check this out. …mehr
Productivity, as I see it anyway, is the art of focusing your attention where it counts. For sales people, that means knowing which of your efforts are likely to close a deal, and which will just keep your wheels spinning. That's relatively easy to do in person, when you can read the facial expressions of your audience throughout a presentation to get instant feedback on who's listening, who's bored, and who has unspoken concerns about slide 7. A new cloud presentation and meeting tool called aims to give you similar instant feedback over the Web. …mehr
Ein Forschungsprojekt sorgt sich um den Datenschutz in der Cloud. MimoSecco will vor allem mobile Zugriffe sichern. …mehr
Fehlendes IT-Personal ist auch ein hausgemachtes Problem, meint Bülent Uzuner, Vorstandsvorsitzender der Oldenburger BTC AG. …mehr
Wie lange sollten Kandidaten für Führungspositionen auf einer Stelle verweilen, bevor sie den nächsten "Job" übernehmen? …mehr
Die mehrfach prämierte App "Wohin?" von FutureTap erleichtert es iPhone-Nutzern, das nächste Steak-Restaurant, die nächste Bankfiliale oder den nächsten Billard-Salon zu finden - auf Wunsch auch mit Augmented-Reality- und 3D-Unterstützung. …mehr
Ein sattes Terabyte schluckt die Verbatim Store 'n' Go USB 3.0 - Rekord für eine externe 2,5-Zoll-Festplatte. Der Test klärt, ob das Laufwerk nicht nur groß, sondern auch gut ist. …mehr
Die besten 20 Tipps, um alles aus Ihrem Drucker herauszuholen – damit künftig jeder Ausdruck klappt. Gleichzeitig sparen Sie viel Zeit und Geld. …mehr
Max-Lion Keller gibt Tipps, was bei Service Level Agreements aus juristischer Sicht beachtet werden muss. …mehr
Ein Tablet als multimediale Drehscheibe für alle Arten der Kommunikation - diesem Ansatz folgt Avaya mit seinem Video-Device Flare. …mehr
Google joins an growing number of companies offering group chat capabilities via text messaging on smartphones with the release of Disco Messenger. The Disco app -- -- was created by Slide, a company Google . …mehr
Mozilla set an unofficial record for software downloads on the second day of Firefox 4's launch, the company said Friday. …mehr
Sure, Nintendo's newest portable gaming system, the , is an interesting piece of hardware that and in many aspects delivers. The question is: do any available on launch day justify the $40 price tag or even do the system justice? …mehr
Nintendo's 3DS game system debuted at stores everywhere Sunday, letting gamers pounce on the world's first 3D handheld that doesn't require goofy glasses. Early reports suggest the launch of Nintendo's $250 3DS games system is off to a hitch-free start. A few retailers like Best Buy and GameStop even opened at midnight, allowing fans to get their 3D gaming fix early. …mehr
Despite its name, (free/donationware) is actually one of the most pro-Twitter apps out there. This lightweight, AIR-based desktop client is all about Twitter--and only Twitter. This laser-sharp focus helps keep the app's footprint small, but it also means it won't work for folks looking for a way to manage multiple social networks. Still, if you're looking to get the most out of Twitter, DestroyTwitter could be the app for you. …mehr
With the and , the rumor mill's attention is now shifting to what we could expect to see in the new iPhone and iOS 5, the next iteration of Apple's mobile OS. And while the new iPhone 5 is set to arrive some time this summer, a report suggests exciting developments for iOS are coming this fall too. …mehr
If you were going on a vacation and you could only take one gadget, what would it be? How about if it's a business trip? Which is a better mobile computing device--a notebook? A netbook? A tablet? The thing is, not only is the choice for "best" a matter of subjective opinion, but the reality is that each mobile gadget fills a role and you have to select the tool that best fills the role you need it to in that scenario. …mehr
Hello, and welcome to the fourth installment in our weekend column! we met the white hat hackers and law enforcement luminaries like Gail Thackeray, who proved the line between cybercops and the hackers they hunt is actually pretty thin. Nowadays anyone with an Internet connection and some free time can hack their phone, but twenty years ago the word "hack" was still a strange and terrifying thing.The Hacker Crackdown of 1990 was the downfall of the hacker elite, but it was also the rise of civil liberterianism in cyberspace. This week we close out our chatroom discussion of Sterling's opus with the trial of Knight Lightning and the advent of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Join us, won't you? …mehr
Microsoft is encouraging its consultants to gain the BCS' Chartered IT Professional (CITP) accreditation. …mehr
By now you've probably heard of the alleged and issues facing iPad 2 owners. …mehr
Grabbing will put around $150 directly back in Nintendo's pockets, according to one analyst. …mehr