Gesten und Sprache steuern Hologramme. PC, Tastatur und Bildschirm sind überflüssig. Alle Daten kommen aus der Cloud und stehen überall mobil bereit. Sieht so die Zukunft aus? …mehr
Im Zentrum von Berlin kann seit heute zeitweise an vielen Orten kostenlos im Internet gesurft werden. Der Kabelnetzbetreiber Kabel Deutschland und die Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg starteten ein öffentliches WLAN-Netz zunächst als Pilotprojekt. …mehr
Die Deutsche Telekom hat eine Machine-to-Machine-Lösung (M2M) vorgestellt, mit der sich Kühe in Echtzeit überwachen lassen. So erhält der Bauer automatisch eine SMS, wenn die Kuh paarungsbereit ist oder die Geburt eines Kälbchens bevorsteht. …mehr
Da vorhandene Lösungen und Systeme an ihre Grenzen gelangen, erproben und nutzen Fachbereiche und IT-Abteilungen zahlreiche technologische und organisatorische Ansätze, von denen sie sich zugleich bessere Geschäfte erhoffen. Viele Organisationen befinden sich dabei noch im Anfangsstadium und erledigen derzeit Basisarbeiten. …mehr
ReadyCase macht aus Ihrem iPhone 4/4S und iPhone 5 ein Schweizer Taschenmesser. Die Schutzhülle bietet viele praktische Funktionen, wie USB-Stick, Adapterring für Mini-Objektive und ein Messer. …mehr
In jedem vierten Haushalt steht 2012 ein internetfähiges TV. Dadurch steigen aber auch die Angriffsmöglichkeiten für Kriminelle, warnen Sicherheitsexperten. …mehr
Der Bitkom hat seine Prognose für den ITK-Markt deutlich angehoben. Statt einem Plus von 1,6 Prozent rechnet der Verband nun mit einem Wachstum von 2,8 Prozent auf ein Gesamtvolumen von 152 Milliarden Euro. …mehr
Salesforce.com-Anwender erweitern ihre gemieteten CRM- und Servicelösungen um Social-Media-Funktionen. Im Zentrum steht das kostenlose Social-Business-Tool "Chatter". …mehr
Das neue Apple-Betriebssystem iOS 6 hat einen Software-Fehler, der den Datenverbrauch bei einigen Nutzern massiv ansteigen lässt, die iTunes Match verwenden. …mehr
Mit einem günstigen Notebook will Google neue Käuferschichten erschließen. Das "Samsung Chromebook" kommt mit Android und ARM-Prozessor auf den Markt. …mehr
Mit Hilfe von "HeaderDoc" können Entwickler Programmcode auf einheitliche und professionelle Weise dokumentieren. …mehr
Nokia bekommt mit seinen Lumia-Smartphones kein Bein auf den Boden. Im dritten Quartal machte das Unternehmen fast 1 Milliarde Euro Verlust, und der Smartphone-Absatz brach um mehr als 60 Prozent ein. …mehr
AMDs Umsatz ist eingebrochen, der Konzern schreibt rote Zahlen. Nun soll jeder sechste Mitarbeiter gehen. …mehr
Ein Woche vor dem Windows-8-Launch meldet Microsoft durchwachsene Quartalszahlen. Die anhaltende Schwäche im weltweiten PC-Markt wirkt sich negativ auf die Geschäfte des weltgrößten Softwarekonzerns aus. …mehr
Google hat gestern versehentlich schwache Quartalszahlen vor Börsenschluss veröffentlicht. Enttäuschte Anleger schickten die Aktie auf Talfahrt, der Handel wurde zeitweilig ausgesetzt. …mehr
Windows-Anwender wissen oft nicht, was Microsoft an Erweiterungen und Programmen in seiner Download-Datenbank anbietet. Unsere 65 mehr oder weniger bekannten Funde schaffen Abhilfe. …mehr
Hitachi bietet mit der Deskstar 5K4000 eine 3,5-Zoll-Festplatte für Desktop-PC mit 4 TByte Kapazität an. Gleichzeitig das Laufwerk durch die Scheibendrehzahl von 5400 U/min leise im Betrieb sein und wenig Hitze entwickeln. Im Test zeigt sich, ob die Performance darunter leidet. …mehr
Anhand von 160 Faktoren analysisert Vestas Windpark-Projekte. Dabei fallen schnell Datenmengen im Petabyte-Bereich an. …mehr
Vor allem an der Kundenschnittstelle setzen immer mehr Unternehmen Tablet-PCs ein - nicht nur aus Imagegründen. Hier ein paar Beispiele, die bereits echten Mehrwert erzeugen. …mehr
Es ist so etwas wie ein Karrierebuch, von man sich fast wünscht, es möge sich nicht durchsetzen: der "Inside Apple"-Bericht von Adam Lashinsky. …mehr
Celebrating its 47th anniversary this month, the Information Technology Management Service (ITMS) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) is slowly but dramatically changing the image of policemen. …mehr
Australian businesses are not averse to harnessing the Cloud in conjunction with an existing operation, according to a recent study by SafeNet. …mehr
German university researchers have found hundreds of popular Android apps in the Google Play market that leave 10s of millions of users vulnerable to attackers looking to steal banking credentials, credit card numbers and other personal information. …mehr
With the official launch of Windows 8 on the imminent horizon, PC manufacturers have announced a diverse array of new hardware. The problem with all of the desktop options is that they lack the one peripheral device they need to work effectively with Windows 8: a touchpad. …mehr
This weeks collection of free games are about growing up and getting older. Its more fun than it sounds. …mehr
Thanks to the ever-increasing volume and variety of data, the power and cooling needs of datacenters are also evolving simultaneously. David Blumanis, VP, Datacenter Solutions & Key Account Management, APAC & Japan, APC by Schneider Electric , speaks about how organizations can move along with the dynamism of datacenters using advanced power and cooling setups. …mehr
This week's collection of apps include new ways to navigate the world--as well as new options for destroying the planet in your home movies. …mehr
Chinese handset maker Xiaomi, which has built up an enthusiastic following in its home market by undercutting rivals' prices and while only selling online, plans to try exporting its disruptive business model to other Asian markets by the end of this year. …mehr
Members of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have voted to ratify four-year contracts with Verizon Communications after contentious negotiations dating back more than a year. …mehr
Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 will mark "the end" of the computer industry's dominant OS due to increasing competition and choice sparked by alternatives, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff predicted Friday. …mehr
Consumers will have to choose among a plethora of competing digital wallets for some time until a leader can emerge, payment industry officials said this week at the CeBIT Future of Payments conference in Sydney. …mehr
Akamai, the company best known for its CDN platform, has issued its State of the Internet report for the second quarter of 2012, revealing that the volume of IPv6 traffic in June this year was 460 times greater than in June 2011. …mehr
I've been a technology blogger for more than six years--four of them right here at PC World. And in that time I've developed a pretty thick skin. …mehr
Military cover shooters have become a genre onto themselves in recent years, thanks to the success of franchises like Call of Duty and Battlefield. Gameplay in these titles focuses on tactical teamwork and army culture, turning away from the more fantastical elements of modern action gaming in both story and implementation. Insurgents sit in for aliens and narratives spring from newspapers instead of novels, all in the service of "realism." Realism means different things to different people, however, and hardcore players have long wished for a game that combines a multiplayer military tactical approach with the level of detail seen in proper simulations. Czech developers Bohemia Interactive have been dabbling in this field for almost a decade following the debut success of Operation Flashpoint, and ARMA II: Combined Operations ($33, free demo) is their most recent marketplace deployment. …mehr
There's something pretty brash about an Android app that calls out the competition right in its own name. …mehr
Groups of companies in the same industry could pool infrastructure resources to help each other mitigate the effects of cyberattacks and work together on security issues, a senior official in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security suggested on Friday. …mehr
Microsoft has a version of its new Office suite for university students, and one of the most interesting aspects is that it will be sold only through a subscription license. …mehr
The Windows division's share of Microsoft's revenue last quarter dropped to a four-year low as Windows 7 sales stalled before the launch of Windows 8, financial data released by Microsoft yesterday showed. …mehr
To say I use begrudgingly isn't quite right. When I first joined the microblogging service in February 2007, I wasn't impressed and didn't stick around. I came back to the service in earnest a couple years later, and it's become a daily go-to place for me. I use it professionally and personally, and so do many of the folks I follow. It's full of quips and silliness, but also great information and insight. So it's fair to say that I've come to love Twitter, the service. …mehr
"It's killing time!" shouts the small, faceless barbarian I've just hired to defend my lands. Adorable, distinctive, and exceptionally charming, the barbarian upgrade rapidly became one of my favorite features of , a tower defense strategy game for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. With a deft hand, app developer Armor Games offer a strikingly immersive, challenging, and humorous game that is somehow more than the sum of its parts. …mehr
As an iPhone or iPad user knows, it's all too easy to accidentally delete information from your device simply by touching the screen the wrong way. And once that data is gone, it's gone for good--unless you have Wondershare's Dr. Fone, a $100 program (free feature-limited demo) that proved capable of recovering lost data from iOS devices ... some of the time. …mehr
When Google announced its new Thursday critics noted the new mobile PC won't support 3G or 4G. But for road warriors who want baked-in cellular connectivity, it appears Google will in fact supply a 3G version of the new browser-in-a-box priced at $330, an extra $80 over the Wi-Fi-only price. …mehr
A team of researchers from two German universities has released a study asserting that many of the most popular free apps available through the Google Play store may be vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks -- seriously threatening user privacy. …mehr
The Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) PC market declined five percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2012. …mehr
Your local Microsoft Store may have a stash of secret vouchers that let you jump the line to buy a (Surface RT) tablet on launch day, October 26, the same day Windows 8 launches. …mehr
After you've said "smaller " there's really not too much more you can say. But that hasn't stopped the iOSphere from buzzing about the anticipated iPad mini of course. …mehr
Some of the biggest names in tech reported quarterly earnings this week, and the resulting picture is not pretty. The main culprit for the weak earnings reported this week is a slump in the PC market, but uncertainty about the global economy is weighing down almost all sectors of IT. …mehr
is expected to announce a new, smaller tablet on Tuesday, Oct. 23, and the company's teasing that "We've got a little more to show you" didn't do anything to dim such expectations. …mehr
After taking Satyam and HCL technologies to great heights in the Asia Pacific region, Indian IT industry veteran Virender Aggarwal is on a new mission: to globalise a breakout Indian company, Ramco Systems. Zafar Anjum recently met up with him to learn about his plans and strategy for Ramco System's Cloud on ERP. …mehr
In June 2008, Microsoft officially announced that it planned to discontinue support for its popular but aging Windows XP operating system by April 2014. …mehr