Das ist bitter für Mark Zuckerberg: Weil Facebook sich zum Börsen-Flop entwickelt, ist das Vermögen des 28-Jährigen in knapp zwei Wochen um satte 4,7 Milliarden US-Dollar geschrumpft. …mehr
Das Sony Xperia Go ist gemäß den Anforderungen der IP67-Norm wassergeschützt und staubdicht und hat auch unter der Haube etwas zu bieten. …mehr
Nach dem Mord an der elfjährigen Lena herrschte in Emden große Wut. Ein 18-Jähriger machte sich im Internet Luft - mit einem Aufruf zur Lynchjustiz gegen einen Verdächtigen. …mehr
Nach dem Europaparlament haben auch die EU-Minister neue Gebührensätze für das Telefonieren im Ausland gebilligt. …mehr
Die schwedische Justiz will die Auslieferung des Internetaktivisten und Wikileaks-Gründers Julian Assange innerhalb von zehn Tagen nach der endgültigen Entscheidung in Großbritannien durchsetzen. …mehr
VIA Technologies bringt ein PC-Board für 49 US-Dollar auf den Markt, das unter Volllast lediglich 13,5 Watt verbrauchen soll. …mehr
Google hat gemeinsam mit dem Hardwarepartner Samsung die nächste "Chromebook"-Generation und eine erste "Chromebox" vorgestellt, einen Thin Client für den Desktop. …mehr
Dass Käufer des Einsteiger-Smartphones Nokia Lumia 610 mit Einschränkungen bei der Nutzung leben müssen, haben Microsoft und Nokia bereits erklärt. Doch welche Einschränkungen im Detail zu erwarten sind, wird erst nach und nach klar. …mehr
Wer sich vom ersten großen Interview des neuen Apple-Chefs Tim Cook große Offenbarungen erhofft hatte, wurde enttäuscht. …mehr
Der Blackberry-Hersteller Research In Motion leidet immer stärker unter dem Siegeszug von Apples iPhone und den Android-Smartphones. …mehr
Die Honorare der freiberuflichen Berater sind im ersten Quartal 2012 um 8,4 Prozent gegenüber dem vergleichbaren Vorjahreszeitraum gestiegen, wie der aktuelle Geco-Index zeigt. …mehr
Einkauf und Projektvermittler schauen nur auf den Preis, wenn sie selbständige IT-Profis auswählen. Ein Gespräch mit dem freiberuflichen Security-Spezialisten Hartmut Goebel über die Folgen dieser Praxis. …mehr
Es bedarf überdurchschnittlichen Engagements, wenn man als IT-Profi ohne Studium unterkommen will. Aber es ist nicht hoffnungslos. …mehr
Bisher gab es noch immer Gründe, Festnetz-Telefone drahtlosen WLAN-Geräten vorzuziehen. Doch angesichts neuer Techniken und auf sie zugeschnittener Anwendungen wird es für sie eng. …mehr
Auf einem neuen Portal werden Anwender zu ihren eigenen Datenhändlern. Dort geben sie Daten frei, sperren sie und fragen bei Unternehmen gespeicherte Daten ab. …mehr
Der Bundesgerichtshof hat die Zulässigkeit der Angabe eines Postfachs als Widerrufsadresse bejaht. …mehr
Wie Manager einen neuen Job finden und warum sie sich dabei oft selbst im Weg stehen, beschreibt Andreas Wollny. …mehr
HTC said on Wednesday its newest smartphones models had all passed a required U.S. Customs review, clearing device shipments to the country after they were previously delayed because of the inspection. …mehr
Whether or not Facebook acquires facial recognition services provider Face.com, as say it will, the persistence of the speculation calls attention to the expanding use of the technology in social applications. …mehr
Due to a reporting error, the sixth paragraph of the story "Rumored Facebook purchase of Face.com spotlights facial recognition technology," posted to the wire on Wednesday, misidentified Apu Kapadia's university affiliation. …mehr
The most remarkable thing about the is that it's dominating global news. Not that Flame isn't newsworthy. Most people are still unaware of the scope and scale of online espionage. It's new to the audience, therefore it is news. But why now? Let's put Flame into perspective. …mehr
Even if the next iPhone has a mobile wallet app and a Near Field Communication chip inside, don't expect contactless payments to suddenly explode in the U.S. …mehr
Some employees thought they were pretty sneaky downloading confidential data from corporate computers to thumb drives days before they turned in their resignations and bolted to a competitor. …mehr
Updated: the Apple Store is back online with no new Macs. We think that Apple is either 'messing with our heads' or messing with Samsung's launch of the Samsung Galaxy S3, which goes on sale in the UK today. …mehr
As I'm sure you know, hassles often extend beyond the PC. …mehr
Asus' highly anticipated Transformer Pad Infinity TF700T tablet, a challenger to Apple's new iPad, will become available in late June or early July, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday. …mehr
In a recent survey conducted by , a sales performance improvement organization, the majority of respondents indicated that smartphones gave sales reps a competitive edge--because of response speeds. By combining the features of a mobile phone and a laptop, smartphones can help your sales team quickly respond to customer queries, provide instant access to customer data, as well as allow your mobile workforce to share presentations, check inventory, close deals and more. …mehr
Home and SoHo printer design is highly deceptive these days. Feature-laden inkjet units with touchscreen controls crowd this segment of the market, bearing price tags that seem too good to be true. A few weeks later, when the ink cartridges accompanying the new printer run dry, you discover that the almost as much as the printer itself. Much the same is true of laser printers, as well. LeanPrint is Adobe's answer to premature ink or toner depletion, promising substantial reductions in your usage of cartridges and paper without hardware upgrades or complex reconfigurations. …mehr
Mellmo's have carved out a space in the mobile world by turning business intelligence data into visually compelling reports. Now the company is giving publishers and businesses a chance to use that interactive data in apps of their own. …mehr
Zagat, the "dining guide" famous for its "quote-laden reviews," has been integrated into Google+. …mehr
In a previous article, I discussed the changing shape of Information Security and the influence it is having on the future of business--through an expanding scope and stakeholder base--and the resultant need to review how it is positioned organisationally. The other equally important element that complements the changing shape of Information Security is the changing face of Information Security specialists. …mehr
The story, "The 18 Coolest Android Accessories Around," which posted to the newswire Wednesday, was sent from the PCWorld feed with incorrect attribution to PCWorld. The story was written by ITWorld. The incorrect version has been removed from the wire. Editors are asked to remove it from their websites as soon as possible and to replace it with the correct version, which has the headline "The coolest Android accessories around" and includes links in the text and 18 images attached to it for use. The correct version is available here: http://www.idgns.com/news.nsf/0/852573C40069388200257A0E006C501B …mehr
A privacy group is calling on the California Assembly to keep Google's self-driving cars off the road. …mehr
Windows 8 and ultrabooks are expected to take center stage at the in Taipei next week, as industry giants Microsoft and Intel try to develop products that can compete better against Apple's iPad. …mehr
Email attacks which contain malicious attachments consistently fell on weekends, according to an analysis of the first quarter of 2012 by US security and malware analytics vendor, FireEye. …mehr
These days, Android is more than just a platform: It's a club, a culture, a way of life. Android fans are , man, and they're itching to show off their mobile-minded pride. …mehr
said its virtual-machine infrastructure software, vSphere 5.0, has achieved certification under what's known as the Common Criteria program, a U.S.-supported international effort to test software in labs for security and general soundness in technical features. …mehr
Doxo continued its push toward paperless productivity Wednesday by giving users of its mobile app the ability to pay their bills directly from their smartphone. …mehr
We here at GeekTech have been known to enjoy a bowl of instant ramen on occasion, even post-college. When I'm feeling adventurous, I'll add frozen veggies and maybe even dried seaweed or other things one might legitimately find in ramen from an authentic Japanese ramen place. It's still not the same, but at least it lets me pretend that I'm cooking. When I'm feeling lazy... what could be easier than boiling water and cracking the noodles in? …mehr
Cloud computing today is no longer a buzzword associated with universities or advanced technology organisations at the bleeding edge of innovation. It is now a mainstream sourcing model that most organisations are looking to as part of their broader IT strategy. …mehr
Verizon is --it's doubling the download speeds of two FiOS tiers, and it's adding two new super-fast tiers to the service, the company announced Wednesday. …mehr
Linux has so many positive attributes, there is a wonder why it is not on more desktops. You can't beat the price and it has fewer viruses than Windows. But why hasn't it taken off? …mehr
The Apple TV may get a software makeover at WWDC, Apple's decided it's in the mood for Italian, and Tim Cook in living color. The remainders for Wednesday, May 30, 2012 are something unpredictable, but in the end they're right. …mehr
Research in Motion, reeling as its BlackBerry takes a beating from the and assorted , is expected to lay off anywhere from 2,000 to 6,000 employees to cut costs and . While the exact number of layoffs from RIM's 16,000-plus staff remains to be confirmed, the restructured company appears headed for a high rank on this year's list of tech industry layoffs. …mehr
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Wednesday accused Google of not doing enough to stop Internet users from accessing Websites that carry pirated music and other copyrighted content. …mehr
Nailing down a timeline for the development of Flame, the new super-cyber spying malware recently found infecting PCs in Iran and other Middle Eastern countries, will be critical to connecting the dots between it, Stuxnet and Duqu, experts said today. …mehr
Google's long-awaited Nexus tablet has popped up on benchmarking site Rightware. According to the specs, the tablet, dubbed the Nexus 7, will use a quad-core NVidia Tegra 3 processor, and come with the Android 4.1 ("Jelly Bean") operating system. …mehr
Verizon Communications is putting the pedal to the metal on its FiOS service with a new 300Mbps option next month, offering a majority of its customers a wild Internet ride, though it hasn't said how much that ride will cost. …mehr
has bought MobileIQ, the UK-based creator of the digital magazine and newspaper app service behind titles such as the Metro newspaper, and BBC Good Food and Stuff magazines. The service is also about to debut its first HTML5-based web app for the British Medical Journal (BMJ). …mehr
If you've ever quit Netflix -- only to come crawling back once you've realized that Hulu only has TV shows and the MPAA is cracking down on other video-streaming sites, you've probably noticed that when you re-signup for Netflix your data is still on the servers. Even if you quit the service over a year ago. …mehr