Das noch im Stealth Mode befindliche US-Start-up Shape Security hat gerade einen Finanzierungsrunde über sechs Millionen Dollar abgschlossen. …mehr
Amazon baut seine Cloud-Lösungen weiter aus bietet sich verstärkt als Plattform für Firmenlösungen von SAP an. …mehr
Die Deutsche Telekom will voraussichtlich am Freitag einen ersten Schutz gegen die gefährliche Sicherheitslücke in ihren WLAN-Routern veröffentlichen. …mehr
Die Marktforschungs- und Beratungsfirma Gartner hat Zahlen zum Markt für Security-Software im Jahr 2011 veröffentlicht. …mehr
Die deutsche Wirtschaft hat an EU-Kommissarin Cecilia Malmström appelliert, zunächst auf EU-Ebene Klarheit über die Vorratsdatenspeicherung zu schaffen. …mehr
Mit dem Backbeat GO bietet Pllantronics ein Headset für alle, die ein schlankes Headset suchen, mit dem man nicht nur telefonieren sondern auch Musik hören kann. …mehr
Google hat seinen Online-Speicher- und Kollaborationsdienst Drive gelauncht. Zwar gibt sich die Konkurrenz demonstrativ unbeeindruckt, doch ihre teilweise überhastet wirkenden Reaktionen sprechen eine andere Sprache: Google Drive wird von der Branche ernst genommen. …mehr
Der japanische Spiele-Spezialist Nintendo ist im vergangenen Geschäftsjahr in die Verlustzone gerutscht. …mehr
Der französische TK-Ausrüster Alcatel-Lucent ist im ersten Quartal tiefer in die roten Zahlen gerutscht. …mehr
Im Computerspiel der Zukunft werden Charaktere auftreten, mit denen die Spieler reden können. …mehr
Die deutschen Full-Service-Internetagenturen haben 2011 nach Angaben des Bundesverbands Digital Wirtschaft (BVDW) 886,33 Millionen Euro Honorarumsatz erzielt. …mehr
Noch immer werden grundlegende Vorkehrungen für den Schutz von Computersystemen nicht beherzigt. Als Hauptproblem stellt eine Microsoft-Studie den Umgang mit Passwörtern fest. …mehr
Die App ObscuraCam vom Guardian Project erlaubt eine einfache Bearbeitung von Bildern und Videos. Damit lassen sich beispielsweise Personen anonymisieren und sensible Daten entfernen. …mehr
Die Deutsche Telekom hat auf eine gravierende Sicherheitslücke bei drei Modellen ihrer WLAN-Router hingewiesen. …mehr
Europas größter Softwarekonzern SAP rechnet im Geschäft mit Mietsoftware frühestens im kommenden Jahren mit Gewinnen. …mehr
Mobil und kommunikationsfähig muss er sein, über Sprachkenntnisse verfügen und zu den Besten seines Fachs gehören. So stellt sich A. T. Kearney den idealen Bewerber auf eine Beraterstelle vor. …mehr
Die besten CRM-Systeme und die aufwendigsten Kundenkampagnen nutzen wenig, wenn sie auf einer mangelhaften Datenqualität basieren. Systematisches Daten-Management ist Pflicht. …mehr
Quadcore-CPU, 4,7-Zoll-Display, Android 4.0: Mit Attributen wie diesen will das HTC One X 2012 im Smartphone-Markt ganz vorne mitmischen. Wir haben uns das neue Flaggschiffmodell von HTC genauer angeschaut. …mehr
Mit den richtigen Apps wird das iPad zum Alleskönner. Wir zeigen iPad-Apps, die alles richtig machen. …mehr
Der Client-Server-CIO ist Geschichte. Der IT-Verantwortliche muss mehr integrative Aufgaben und unternehmerische Verantwortung übernehmen. Vom IT-Chef alter Prägung unterscheidet sich der CIO der nächsten Generation vor allem in vier Punkten, so das Beratungsunternehmen Lodestone. …mehr
Das Arbeitsgericht München hat zum Anspruch auf Erstattung der gesamten Sachverständigenkosten beim Verkehrsunfall entschieden. …mehr
Weniger Meetings und Mails: Diese Erwartungen erfüllt Web 2.0 in Firmen eher nicht. Altimeter hat Unternehmen befragt und leitet daraus vier Tipps ab. …mehr
Android device activations have skyrocketed lately, and now average around 850,000 a day. That's quite a leap from the first quarter of 2010, when Android activations were averaging a mere 65,000 per day. Android is currently the most popular mobile operating system in the world, as research firm Gartner reported late last year that Android devices accounted for more than half of all smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter of 2011. …mehr
With its future up for grabs, Research in Motion at its annual BlackBerry World conference next week will focus on simplifying development for its soon-to-be-unveiled BlackBerry 10 operating system. HTML5 is one key technology in that strategy to create a viable ecosystem of for a new generation of mobile devices expected to ship by year-end. …mehr
A forensic IT study by a U.K. security consultancy found that some multi-tenant public cloud providers have "dirty disks" that are not fully wiped clean after each use by a customer, leaving potentially sensitive data exposed to other users. …mehr
A study by the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office found that more than one in 10 second hand hard drives sold or given away in Britain contains recoverable personal information of the original owner. …mehr
WYSIWYG Web Builder 8 (or What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) is just that. But just because you don't need to know how to write code, don't think that you'll be able to jump into Web Builder with no knowledge of how Web pages work: You'll be doing some homework, especially to unlock the more advanced features of Web Builder. …mehr
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) isn't giving up on a bill to give green cards to college graduates with advanced degrees in technical fields, but she has been unable to find any Republican backing for it. …mehr
With , there's a battle heating up for enterprise smartphone users and so far Apple is winning in a big way. …mehr
Even if you never email sensitive information--social security numbers, banking info, business secrets, and so on--you should consider using encryption. Aside from capturing your email content and attachments, a miscreant could hijack your entire email account if you failed to secure it properly. In this article, I'll discuss what you need to encrypt and how to get started, regardless of the particular email service you use. …mehr
Oracle on Thursday is releasing updates to the standard edition of and the rich client application platform, including the first delivery of the Java Development Kit and JavaFX Software Development Kit for Mac OS X. The latest enhancements for Java garbage collection and the Java Virtual Machine are featured as well. …mehr
Red Hat released a feature-packed beta of Enterprise Linux 6.3 earlier this week, making major changes in areas ranging from to . …mehr
According to a recent survey conducted by disaster recovery and data protection solutions provider Acronis, small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) around the world are planning to adopt server virtualization in 2012 at a faster pace than large enterprises. However, the survey also identified widespread backup and disaster recovery shortcomings for virtual servers amongst SMBs. Meanwhile, previous enthusiasm for cloud infrastructure has, at least so far, failed to turn into reality. …mehr
WebDwarf is most definitely dwarfish rather than dwarven, and if you follow that you may be too much of a nerd to use this Web page designer. Because of its limited features, including the ability to only make a single page, WebDwarf is great for kids learning how to create a page, a class project, or even a business wanting a web presence but not willing to expend the time or money on a real site. …mehr
The honeymoon between Google and wireless carriers appears to be over. …mehr
Thirty-six websites used to sell stolen bank account details have been taken down following an investigation by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). …mehr
Twitter released updated iPhone and Android apps Thursday that make it easier for users to search and find new information. …mehr
As the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to debate a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill, a key deal with a vocal digital rights group has fallen apart. …mehr
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has hired an outside litigator to lead its antitrust investigation of Google, a possible sign that the FTC is preparing to file a lawsuit against the search and advertising giant. …mehr
Google's decade-long efforts to automate the tricky business of appear to be paying off. The search giant today announced that its service has more than 200 million active monthly users, and that mobile usage is quadrupling year over year. …mehr
When people refer to "Android tablets" they may soon just be referring to the Amazon Kindle Fire. …mehr
Nissan said it found malicious software on its network that stole employee user IDs and hashed passwords, but said no personal information or e-mails appeared to have been compromised. …mehr
Netgear is officially the first networking company with an Wi-Fi router, the company announced Thursday. The , which will debut in May, will reportedly run up to 1.3Gbps on the 5GHz band, which makes it (theoretically) more than twice as fast as current routers. …mehr
Throughout my workday, I routinely encounter Web sites I'd like to revisit at a later date. For example, often I'll see something that's good fodder for a blog post. Or something I can use as reference material in an upcoming feature. …mehr
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a cyberthreat information-sharing bill that critics say will give U.S. government agencies access to the private communications of millions of Internet users. …mehr
The hacker who stole Facebook's source code has gone public with a deeper explanation of how he penetrated the world's most popular social network. …mehr
Google plans to move ahead with its self-driving car technology and hopes to get a hand from the folks in Detroit. …mehr
Oracle has lost its bid to assert a third patent in its trial against Google, with a favorable decision from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office coming "a few days too late," a judge ruled on Wednesday. …mehr
As a company, Apple gets a lot of things right. It built a phone that set the standard for an entire industry, with handset makers still playing catch up with the iPhone five years after that product's debut. With the iPad, Apple created a product we didn't even realize we needed and now can't possibly imagine living without. And, lest we forget, it also does a respectable business making computers. …mehr
Apple plans a fine-dining establishment, and a former Apple collaborator draws a line between Steve Jobs and oompa-loompas. The remainders for Thursday, April 26, 2012 live in a world of pure imagination. …mehr
Apple, Google, Microsoft and all major smartphone vendors were slapped with a lawsuit Wednesday by Potter Voice Technologies, an obscure Colorado company that claims they are infringing its patent on natural-language voice control of a computer. …mehr
A panel of experts warned lawmakers on Thursday about the looming threat of a cyber attack emanating from Iran, an increasingly isolated nation that has been linked to numerous attacks against the United States in recent years including a plot last year to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States in Washington, D.C. …mehr
Clearwire will launch its LTE network early next year with service in high-demand "hot zones" in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco, the company said on Thursday as it announced its first-quarter financial results. …mehr
