If 2014 was the year that Apache Hadoop sparked the big data revolution, 2015 may be the year that Apache Spark supplants Hadoop with its superior capabilities… mehr
Google will soon begin to contact customers who made in-app purchases on Android devices about potential refunds under a settlement of an unfair billing… mehr
Microsoft released Skype 7 for Windows on Friday, complete with a more touch-friendly interface, and a new compact mode to help cut down on the screen space… mehr
Images your friends can view for 24 hours. Photo filters. Looping videos. Facebook's ephemeral photo-messaging app Slingshot is taking a few familiar… mehr
Workers believe that smartphones, tablets, laptops and other computing devices have made them more productive, but they have a nagging worry about the… mehr
Virgin Money has agreed a seven-year partnership with mobile payments software provider Monitise, as the bank seeks to build out its digital capabilities. mehr
After orbiting the Earth twice and climbing 15 times higher than the orbit of the International Space Station, NASA's new spacecraft, Orion, today… mehr
Earlier this week, I was at Dell's analyst update on its thin client business and it got me thinking about how thin clients were supposed to replace… mehr
Blowing up entrenched business models and picking up the profits that spill onto the floor is a time-honored tradition in tech, these days known by the cliche… mehr
Wire, the new communications app backed by Skype co-founder Janus Friss, debuted to much fanfare this week. But mere days later, the app is already embroiled… mehr
An oft-discussed drawback to solid state drives was that they were ultimately unreliable. Despite the performance gains for your PC, it was only a matter of… mehr
Wire is a new, free communications app for Android, iOS and Mac OS X from Janus Friis, a Skype co-founder. Does the world need another Skype competitor Maybe.… mehr
If you plan to buy a cheap smartphone next year expect to get LTE, an HD screen and a good-looking device, as competing manufacturers and chip vendors lower… mehr
European Union countries members are backpedaling on a plan that would give U.S. tech firms a one-stop shop to deal with data protection issues in the EU. mehr
Faced with increased competition and pricing pressure, global service providers have been increasing their focus on their most lucrative business segments in… mehr
With Schnäppchenfreitag and Cyber Monday past us, the holiday shopping season is now in full swing, and many people are pondering a new PC purchase. Whether… mehr
Even if you do most of your shopping online, there are times when you need to call a retailer. (You remember how to do that, right) If you called Newegg, Best… mehr
In a report issued today by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the management consulting firm urged Chief Marketing Officers to get more involved in data protection. mehr
Software developers increasingly use specialized Agile tools, such as Rally and Atlassian JIRA for individual tasks, but with many teams working simultaneously… mehr
After various snags kept NASA's Orion spacecraft from lifting off Thursday, the next-generation spacecraft had a flawless launch at 7:05 this morning. mehr
Successful recruiting is about making connections with candidates on their own terms -- if those terms include being able to search for and apply to open… mehr
I've received lots of interesting questions in the last couple of weeks, and here are four of them. I address the increasingly common problem of ripping a… mehr
These days, keeping up with games can be a full-time job. So how do you separate the signal from the noise, the wheat from the chaff, the Temple Runs from the… mehr
A malware program with data wiping functionality that was recently used to attack Sony Pictures Entertainment bears technical similarities to destructive… mehr
Data centres are a lower priority for Australian CIOs in 2015 as more local IT leaders look to cloud computing for scalability and lower costs, according to… mehr
More than a quarter of CIOs believe line of business colleagues have gained the balance of power in ICT decision making as 'shadow IT' increasingly… mehr
Data breaches severe enough to be reported to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) have surged since 2013, with sectors such as healthcare… mehr
Microsoft won't talk about what Windows 10 will cost until next year. But it's looking unlikely that it will be completely free, either for users or… mehr
Masayoshi Son, the maverick head of Japanese mobile giant SoftBank, has sunk millions into a taxi app and floating wind turbines, all in one week. It was… mehr
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has teamed up with tech investors on a new £85 million fund that will be used to bankroll approximately 150 London tech startups… mehr
It's hip to be analog these days. Vinyl records are hot. Turntables are hot. Vacuum tubes are hot. So when I saw Samsung was offering a vacuum-tube sound… mehr
The £410 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband initiative is celebrating the completion of a major subsea telecoms project with BT which will bring… mehr
Call it a bibliography for the 21st century: Microsoft's new Sway app will be able to pull images from the Creative Commons repository via Bing and use… mehr
Microsoft took a big loss on its 2012 investment in Barnes & Noble, getting less than half of its original upfront $300 million back when the two firms… mehr
Für Angestellte in Unternehmen ist der Desktop-PC nach wie vor das wichtigste Arbeitsgerät. Das ist eines der Ergebnisse einer Studie von Dell und Intel im… mehr
Einige wenige Tipps und Tools reichen aus, um Windows 7/8.1 und Windows 10 möglichst sicher zu betreiben. Zudem sind diese kleinen Helfer oft kostenlos im… mehr
For the second time in a year, Chinese-made Android smartphones have been discovered pre-flashed with malware, this time a Trojan security firm Lookout Mobile… mehr
Alle Jahre wieder zählen Smartphones zu den beliebtesten Weihnachtsgeschenken - egal, ob für Kinder und Partner oder als Belohnung für sich selbst. Dabei ist… mehr
Intel is hosting a meeting organized by Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Push Coalition, which has been demanding higher employment for blacks, Latinos and… mehr
Smartphones from Apple, Xiaomi and others have been violating Taiwan's privacy laws by collecting user data and sending it back to company servers,… mehr
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden on Thursday introduced a bill that would prevent the government from forcing companies to design backdoors or security vulnerabilities… mehr
One of the most persistent legends surrounding the origins of Apple is that the early employees toiled away in the garage of Steve Jobs' parents house,… mehr
Was für Normalverbraucher eine Tech-Sensation darstellt, lässt IT-Entscheider oft kalt. Denn naturgemäß stellt man als solcher besonders hohe Ansprüche an… mehr
IBM's X Force security researchers found an easy way to gain access to Web accounts by taking an advantage of an oversight in how some social login… mehr
