Der Vorstandschef des Datendienstleisters Datev, Dieter Kempf, ist neuer Präsident des IT-Branchenverbands BITKOM. …mehr
Um ein selbst erstelltes Video im Internet möglichst gekonnt in Szene zu setzen, ist eine ansprechende Vertonung des gezeigten Bildmaterials meist unumgänglich. …mehr
Informatiker von Google und dem Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) haben ein System entwickelt, mit dem Nutzer Anwendungen vom Computer auf ihr Smartphone übernehmen können. …mehr
Panasonic hat die Erweiterung seiner Toughbook-Reihe um ein Android-Tablet bekannt gegeben. Die Toughbooks sind besonders robuste Modelle, die Wasser, Staub, Schmutz und einem Sturz überstehen. …mehr
War der Börsengang des Internetradios Pandora eine Blase, die nach nur zwei Tagen geplatzt ist? …mehr
Die neu vorgestellte Mobile Acceleration Suite von Cotendo soll langen Ladezeiten und anderen Verzögerungen im Mobile Web den Garaus machen. …mehr
Der IT-Branchenverband BITKOM wählt heute am frühen Nachmittag voraussichtlich den Vorstandschef des Nürnberger Dienstleisters Datev, Dieter Kempf, zu seinem Präsidenten. …mehr
Wer schon mit Aufgaben als Bestandteil von Google Mail gearbeitet hat, wird von der optischen Aufbereitung des Task-Managements mit GQueues positiv überrascht sein. …mehr
Der Rechtsstreit um Googles mobiles Betriebssystem Android spitzt sich zu. …mehr
Der Wirtschaftskrimi um das riesige Patentarsenal des gescheiterten TK-Ausrüsters Nortel wird immer spannender. …mehr
Intels Xeon-5600-Serie für Server mit zwei Sockeln überzeugt mit hoher Performance, besonders die Topmodelle. Doch wenn es um geringen Energiebedarf und hohe Effizienz geht, sind AMDs Opteron-4100-CPUs eine lohnende Alternative. Wir testen, ob Intels Stromsparmodell Xeon L5630 mit 40 Watt TDP gegen AMDs 32-Watt-Hexa-Core-Prozessor punktet. …mehr
Die starke Konkurrenz von Apples iPhone und den Android-Smartphones zwingt den Blackberry-Hersteller RIM zu Stellenstreichungen. …mehr
Die Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9V ist eine Kompaktkamera mit GPS, die Full-HD-Videos aufzeichnet. Darüber hinaus können Sie mit dem Superzoom-Objektiv entfernte Dinge ganz nah heranholen. Lesen Sie im Test, ob auch die Bildqualität überzeugen konnte. …mehr
Die Secure-Digital-Karte, kurz SD-Karte, ist die am häufigsten eingesetzte Speicherkarte. Sie ist klein, robust und bietet viel Platz für Ihre Daten. Unsere Schwesterpublikation PC WELT hat SD-Karten mit 8 GB getestet und präsentiert Ihnen die zehn schnellsten Modelle. …mehr
Kompetenz-Zentren sollen das BI-Chaos strukturieren. Anwender geben sich nicht mehr mit lückenhaften Daten zufrieden. Diese und weitere Thesen gibt der Anbieter Information Builders aus. …mehr
Wenn Sie sich unsicher sind, ob Ihr Gehalt angemessen ist, dann machen Sie bei der CW-Gehaltsstudie mit und erfahren Sie, was andere verdienen. Bis 31. August 2011 können Sie teilnehmen. …mehr
Wie Arbeitgeber und Arbeitnehmer den Steuerbonus für Sonderschichten nutzen sowie Lohnsteuer und Sozialversicherungsbeiträge sparen können. …mehr
If you're a player of Codemasters' excellent multi-discipline racer on the PC or the PS3, you may have been confronted with an error message when trying to sign into multiplayer recently. Here's an from Ian Webster, community manager over at the Codies. …mehr
Speaking with earlier, id Software's John Carmack claimed there are "strong factions" within his team that would like to create another game in the long-running first-person shooter series. …mehr
Hacker collective or, as they put it, "those evil bastards from Twitter" LulzSec has issued an official statement attempting to explain its actions. You can read it . …mehr
If you're using an external drive to add Blu-ray to your PC, Plextor's PX-LB950UE opens up some new possibilities. Playing Blu-ray movies via USB 2.0 is doable, but just barely (features such as fast forward and rewind don't respond as they should, and heavy activity on the bus can interrupt playback). By contrast, the $240 PX-LB950UE--which has both USB 3.0 and eSATA ports--has the throughput to make watching Blu-ray the responsive experience you get from an internal Blu-ray drive. …mehr
John Lennon wanted us to imagine a world with no countries; when the European Union started happening in earnest, one of the first things they did was create the Euro. Having a common currency is a great way to bring down geographical barriers and create a shared economy. And with audacity that feels like it's drawn straight out of one of William Gibson's cyberpunk novels, that's what (free) sets out to do. …mehr
At a time when cloud computing services for productivity tools are gaining steam, you would think that desktop software like Office 2010 would be on a downslide. …mehr
A model of the Internet where the Pentagon can practice games -- complete with software that mimics human behavior under varying military threat levels -- is due to be up and running by this time next year, according to a published report. …mehr
Only 21% of U.S. consumers say they want to buy a smartphone equipped with a Near-Field Communication chip for mobile payments, according to a survey. …mehr
Nearly 80 percent of U.S. consumers either aren't interested in features that allow them to make payments with their smartphones, or haven't heard of the technology, according to a new online study by , a consumer electronics review and shopping site. …mehr
Purveyors of cloud storage services may be doing their customers, or themselves, a disservice by relying on imprecise metrics for billing, argued a researcher at a Usenix conference. …mehr
So long as there's been an App Store, there's been for your iPhone. The iPad has been another story--Facebook hasn't produced a native app for Apple's tablet, leaving that need for third-party developers to fill. …mehr
Get your sketching fingers and styluses ready. —creator of the Bamboo Stylus, and famous for its line of pressure-sensitive tablets—has introduced its very first app for the iPad, . …mehr
The end of E3 2011 may also mark the beginning of the end of this generation of consoles. …mehr
Spotify is likely to launch in the U.S. within a matter of weeks--if statements from a company executive are to be believed. …mehr
Mozilla is working on a project that will add PDF rendering to Firefox using HTML5 and JavaScript, eliminating the need for users to run Adobe's own plug-in. …mehr
This week has seen a number of incidents related to hacking and the unauthorized access of information. In some cases, personal information has been compromised, in others, system administrators were able to take their networks down before anything was badly damaged. Following the recent PSN hack, which brought down Sony's systems for over a month and put many users' payment information and personal details at risk, the public eye is very much on hacker activity -- so here's a summary of what's been going on this week. …mehr
Here we are again with news that hackers have struck at a games publisher. This time it's Sega's turn to be hit, with the Sega Pass forums' database being accessed by unathorized intruders. …mehr
Some hassles arise from your PC, and some you solve with your PC. This one falls in the latter category. …mehr
If you are about to start considering a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) project, be advised: You need to really understand what your storage costs will be up front. Unexpectedly high storage costs have delayed or derailed VDI projects more than any other single issue. To avoid that problem, and accurately understand the ROI value of your project before you begin, make sure you understand the implications of these three storage issues: …mehr
Until recently, it was a commonly held belief in the mainstream computing world that Macs are more secure than Windows PCs are. …mehr
Huawei Technologies has rejected a charge by the head of the U.S. Export-Import Bank that it has an unfair advantage over rivals because of help from the Chinese government. …mehr
Having given iOS users a way to via its app, iOS developer Bitsmedia is now turning its attention to music. …mehr
Once again, Facebook has messed with users' privacy in the name of a new feature. …mehr
is a free, simple-to-use, feature-rich video editor for Linux. The brainchild of programmer Jonathan Thomas, OpenShot has garnered a large and enthusiastic following for many reasons, one being Thomas's responsiveness to user feedback. To quickly see the best uses of OpenShot, check out the beautifully created music videos of Verity and Gersom de Koning-Tan, from the Netherlands. Several of their videos have had more than one thousand video views. These videos have much going for them, not least their musicality and playfulness. …mehr
Well, E3 is pretty much done and dusted here at GamePro; but there's still plenty to discuss in terms of the RPGs of E3 2011. So Ray, Justin, and I all sat to discuss games like Final Fantasy XIII-2 and ; and pressing questions like, "Where the heck are Last Story and Xenoblade?" …mehr
An Indian man has been charged with breaking into a company's Internet domain name registration account as part of a US$1 million extortion attempt. …mehr
International Business Machines--that's IBM to you and me--reached an impressive milestone this week: The company turned . That longevity is impressive, but many American companies have become institutions. Ford Motors is almost 110 years old, US Steel is also at the 110 year mark, and Sears, Roebuck and Co. is 125 years old this year! …mehr
HP launched on Friday an industry-first Wi-Fi mouse for laptop users that may eliminate the frustrations often encountered with other wireless mice and Bluetooth mice. If you don't want to give up a valuable USB port for the mouse dongle or find Bluetooth a bit of a pain to set up (and reconnect), the $50 mouse may be worth the investment to you. …mehr
Valve has announced that the Razer Hydra motion-sensing controller is now available to customers in the United States. Not only that, but it comes with a copy of and its new Sixense Motion Pack DLC, which includes 10 new single-player maps for Portal 2 which can only be solved using the motion controller. …mehr
Concerns about the slowing economic recovery and European debt problems continue to weigh on U.S. stock markets, and tech companies are not immune from the general erosion of confidence. …mehr
The history of technological media is littered with platforms we no longer use. Often called "dead media," many of them actually live on in technologies that are widely used today, and can teach us much about how to design platforms for the future, according to New York University postdoctoral researcher Finn Brunton. …mehr
Dell has filled the last big hole in its virtualization stack through a partnership with Netuitive, which makes analytics software for managing virtual infrastructure, Netuitive and industry analysts have confirmed. …mehr
Apple's iconic iPad reports for work in all sorts of strange places, from archaeological digs in Pompeii to movie sets in Hollywood to cockpits in the sky. …mehr
Research In Motion missed analysts' lowered revenue forecasts for its fiscal first quarter and said its outlook for the second quarter was lower than expected, as it reported its first-quarter results Thursday. …mehr
Hollywood may have against illegal file swappers in 2008, but the piracy lawsuits are still flying. Now teams of lawyers working for certain small businesses are going after illegal file swappers. These businesses, often referred to as "copyright trolls," are attempting to turn the into a profitable cottage industry. …mehr
Debbie Crowell never ordered the iPhone, but thanks to a hacking group known as Lulzsec, she spent a good part of her Thursday morning trying to get US$712.00 in charges reversed after someone broke into her Amazon account and ordered it. …mehr
For a good year now, we've been hearing about devices that would give the iPad a real run for its money, only to find the claims hollow. The closest contender thus far has been the , but it suffered too many shortcomings to give Steve Jobs cause to sweat. Now, however, the iPad has its first credible alternative: Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1, a stellar improvement over Samsung's first effort, the . …mehr
