Das Betriebssystem Apple iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) enthält laut Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) in der zur Betrachtung von PDF-Dateien verwendeten Bibliothek kritische Schwachstellen. …mehr
Die Online-Enzyklopädie Wikipedia macht sich offenbar Sorgen um die eigene Autorenschaft. …mehr
Wer Cloud Computing nutzen möchte, sollte zunächst juristische Fragen klären. …mehr
Der taiwanische Hersteller von Windows- und Android-Smartphones HTC will die US-Firma S3 Graphics kaufen. …mehr
Wenige Monate vor dem erwarteten Verkaufsstart von Apples neuem iPhone sickern immer mehr Details durch. …mehr
Der bisher populärste Nutzer von Googles neuem Online-Netzwerk Google+ ist ausgerechnet der Gründer des großen Rivalen Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg. …mehr
Die EU-Kommission will Handy-Gespräche und mobiles Internet im EU-Ausland weiter billiger machen. …mehr
Compuware hat eine rund Viertelmilliarde Dollar für den österreichischen APM-Spezialisten (Application Performance Management) dynaTrace hingeblättert. …mehr
Die Online-Videothek Netflix startet von den USA aus ihre internationale Expansion - zunächst in Lateinamerika und der Karibik. …mehr
In Tschechien sind die Streetview-Autos von Google wieder unterwegs, um ganze Straßenzüge zu fotografieren und im Internet zu veröffentlichen. …mehr
Mit "Play” stellt sich ein junges und viel versprechendes Framework für Web-Anwendungen vor, das die Vorteile von Java als Programmiersprache und Plattform mit der Flexibilität und Effizienz von "Ruby on Rails” vereinen will. …mehr
Mit einem Umsatz von 1,6 Milliarden Euro gehört die britische Sage Group zu den fünf weltweit größten Anbietern von Software für die Betriebswirtschaft. …mehr
Unternehmen wollen ihre SAP-Systeme modernisieren und erweitern. Ebenso geplant sind mobile Szenarien, BI- und CRM-Projekte sowie ein optimierter SAP-Betrieb und anwenderfreundliche Oberflächen. …mehr
Die Firmengeheimnisse von Apple sind wieder sicher. …mehr
Die Preise für Internetfirmen schießen weiter in die Höhe. Nun ist es Twitter, dessen Bewertung sich binnen weniger Monate nahezu verdoppelt haben soll. …mehr
Wer heute im Outsourcing als IT-Experte und Consultant tätig ist, benötigt ein breitgefächertes IT-Fachwissen, betriebswirtschaftliches Know-how und Sozialkompetenz. Das gilt besonders für den Bereich Managed Services. …mehr
Alle reden von Virtualisierung und Cloud. Doch der Einstieg in diese neuen Technologien ist keinesfalls so einfach, wie von den Marketing-Leuten versprochen wird. …mehr
Das HP Pavilion DV6-6005sg nimmt mit einem Vierkern-Prozessor von AMD den Kampf gegen Sandy-Bridge-Notebooks auf. Im Test erfahren Sie, wer den Sieg davon trägt. …mehr
Unter Umständen kann es bei der Installation von Windows 7 zu Problemen kommen und der Assistent kann dann keine Systempartition erstellen. Die Lösung könnte die Reihenfolge der Partitionen sein. …mehr
Obwohl die Vorteile weitgehend bekannt sind, investieren Unternehmen nur zögernd in mobile IT-Lösungen. Damit vergeben sie etliche Chancen. …mehr
Canon hat sein Spiegelreflex-Sortiment um das Einsteigermodell EOS 1100D erweitert. Im Test musste sich die DSLR auch gegen ihre "großen" Schwestern beweisen. Lesen Sie, wie es um die Bildqualität der 12-Megapixel-Kamera bestellt ist. …mehr
Wer im Urlaub nicht nur über, sondern auch unter Wasser filmen möchte, sollte einen Blick auf den neuen Unterwasser-Camcorder von DXG werfen. …mehr
Sie stehen vor ein paar Herausforderungen, die andere gern hätten. Erzählen Sie doch mal, warum. …mehr
Ob ein Internet-Händler genau das liefern muss, was der mögliche Käufer auf dem Produktfoto sieht, oder ob es Ausnahmen gibt, erklärt Johannes Richard. …mehr
Die Tage von Windows XP sind gezählt, der Wechsel zu Windows 7 steht unweigerlich an. Hier gibt es Tipps für die Migration. …mehr
Unser Tutorial zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie mit wenigen Klicks und ohne Programmierkenntnisse eine Facebook-Firmenseite erstellen. …mehr
The Twitter account of PayPal U.K. was hacked late Tuesday and used to post messages attacking the online payment processing company. …mehr
A group of GPS vendors and users has challenged mobile startup LightSquared's credibility in a response to the company's new plan for a hybrid satellite and LTE mobile network. …mehr
Details about continue to leak out. …mehr
As most sourcing professionals would agree, Oracle is one tough vendor. From its organizational complexity, to the challenge of finding good negotiation leverage, this growing technology giant can be one of the most challenging to work with. A recent survey of 20 different Oracle customer organizations within Forrester's Sourcing and Vendor Management (SVM) Leadership Council found that across the board, the primary point of contention was Oracle's lack of flexibility on price model evolution, volume/scope changes, and overall business transparency (such as pricing). Council members also expressed that from their perspective, Oracle constantly tries to upsell and increase their costs. …mehr
Certainly, it seems as if video chat is the next great frontier in tech. Wednesday's announcement of video calling on Facebook followed last week's , which also made video calling a central feature. …mehr
Sony has confirmed the PlayStation Pass, making them the latest company to join in on the movement toward the "online pass" model embraces by EA, THQ and other publishers. …mehr
Most Verizon customers won't be shedding tears over new data-plan tiers, according to a new analysis from Consumer Reports. …mehr
A little more than a week after Google unveiled its , Facebook responded today with upgrades to its site, in an attempt to curb growing enthusiasm for the Google+ project. …mehr
In many ways, Hendrick Automotive Group of Charlotte, NC, is an ideal cloud customer -- a growing midsize company with a lean IT staff. …mehr
The Acer TimelineX 5830TG sets itself apart from the 15-inch laptop crowd with its angular good looks. But it's also a solid performer and a decent gaming machine, and--with 8 hours, 17 minutes of battery life--a long-distance runner. At a penny less than $800 (as of July 6, 2011), the 5830TG is a great deal, but you'll need to spend some time culling the software herd for optimal results. …mehr
If there were ever an IT Olympics, in which software developers could compete to solve programming problems, the event would likely take place on , an online career development community where IT professionals from around the world do just that. …mehr
Wish you were on Google's new social networking service, Google+? …mehr
Companies of every kind are beginning to focus more on consumers and engaging with them on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms. But the successful businesses, the ones that want to really make their social media efforts sing, are going beyond just gaining that simple visibility. …mehr
may not have been much of a surprise at E3, but we knew Harmonix was working on something else. According to a recent US trademark filed by the company, that game might be Vidrhythm. …mehr
When it comes to innovation at low cost, it's hard to beat cloud services and applications. As a user of these apps, there's basically no infrastructure cost beyond your ISP fees. On the supply side of apps and services, cloud deployments result in huge cost efficiencies, particularly if the supplier has designed around a multi-tenant architecture. Even if they've just used simple VM deployments, vendors can wring a whole lot more value out of a server rack by driving up utilization rates. …mehr
Today Facebook announced three new features: group chat, which lets you message with multiple people in one window; an updated chat interface that takes into account your browser size; and its most anticipated feature, video calling. All three will be rolling out to users over the next several weeks. …mehr
Despite opening a new $80 million facility in Auckland this year, IBM is about to lose two major datacentre customers. …mehr
Walter Isaacson and Simon & Schuster take Strunk & White's classic maxim to heart with a new title for Steve Jobs's biography, an inside trader tells all...to the court, and a popular iOS game crashes into schools. The remainders for Wednesday, July 6, 2011 aim to make every word tell. …mehr
Facebook announced a new Skype-powered video chat service and a group text chat feature today, in a clear response to similar features included in the Google+ social networking service launched last week. The video chat feature received most of the attention here today. …mehr
Back in 2008, Steve Jobs referred to Blu-ray as due to the complex licensing surround the high-definition video format. Since then, no Mac has shipped with a Blu-ray drive inside, and watching a Blu-ray movie on a Mac using an external player hasn't even been supported by OS X. …mehr
Coloring is getting a 21st-century makeover, courtesy of Crayola and Griffin Technology. And best of all, the combination iPad app and stylus offering introduced by the two companies Wednesday means there's almost no chance that your kids will wind up drawing on the walls. …mehr
A group of Italian hackers leaked out a preview build of Square Enix's upcoming espionage-action-RPG hybrid . Now the group of 15 hackers is facing litigation and may have to pay "damages in excess of $5000," according to an article on . …mehr
Conventional wisdom so far on tablets -- the iPad in particular -- is that they're cannibalizing PC sales. PC sales forecasts this year and Apple's CEO has declared this the . What we're witnessing may not really be a notebook vs. tablet war, however, one analyst suggests. Perhaps tablets are converging with laptops to create the ultimate device-an ultrathin, touch-sensitive notebook that will ironically undermine the tablet itself. …mehr
As these and point out, providing the IRS information on a company's uncertain tax positions, or UTPs, increases the workload for corporate tax departments. To ease the pain, software developers are coming up with applications that help companies account for their UTPs. …mehr
The recent hijacking and misuse of a by unknown attackers highlights some of the risks enterprises face when using social networking and related services. …mehr
Later this week, Verizon iPhone customers won't have their AT&T counterparts to kick around anymore. Verizon has confirmed to -- that the company will be discontinuing its unlimited data plan option for new smartphone customers--including iPhone customers--as of Thursday, July 7. Last month, , but didn't provide a date or any details; the alterations that came to light Tuesday were . …mehr
The Internet Engineering Task Force is considering establishing a working group to smooth some of the impending issues around setting up and maintaining IPv6-based Internet connections into homes. …mehr
Early this morning, hacker comex released the third major version of his browser-based jailbreak tool called . The tool supports the latest firmware 4.3.3 and every available iOS device, including iPad 2 (, in fact). Users of JailbreakMe simply point their iOS device mobile-Safari browser to jailbreakme.com and the hack is performed remotely, unlike most other tools that require a software download on your computer, such as PwnageTool and redsn0w. So how does JailbreakMe 3.0 work? …mehr
