The district attorney's offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles have filed consumer protection and unlawful business lawsuits against Uber, while… mehr
Long before the Xbox came the Brown Box, a creation that defense contractor engineer Ralph Baer and colleagues built in the late 1960s that would become known… mehr
Arista Networks' stock took it on the chin when Cisco slapped the company with patent infringement and copyright law suits last Friday, losing almost 20%… mehr
When Windows 10 rolls out in 2015, it will come with native support for several exotic file formats, including MKV, FLAC, and HVEC. Microsoft decided to bring… mehr
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When the security-focused Blackphone started shipping in June the phone came with a lot of limitations. Nowhere was that more apparent than with third-party… mehr
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With Microsoft providing Sticky Notes for free, and multiple free- or low- cost options available, what does Notezilla 8 have to offer to justify its $30 price… mehr
This week is all about cameras thanks to the appearance of photographer, teacher, writer, and all-around-great-guy, Ben Long. We discuss the current state of… mehr
Let the e-haggling begin. On Tuesday, Amazon announced a new 'Make an Offer' program, which lets you negotiate the price of an item with third-party… mehr
Check your settings: Apple just released a software update for iOS 8 on Tuesday. iOS 8.1.2 includes general bug fixes and, most importantly, fixes a problem… mehr
Apple CEO Tim Cook, who dazzled the industry with new iPhones and iPads and showed strength by becoming the first Fortune 500 CEO to publicly announce he is… mehr
When it comes to battling sophisticated cyber attacks, Chief Information Security Officers feel well outgunned by the seedy underside of the Internet intent on… mehr
Vendors of mobile devices are lining up to implement an authentication scheme meant to make online transactions both simpler and more secure, known as the Fast… mehr
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is getting a seriously early jump on its 2015 commencement exercises, naming U.S. CTO and MIT alum Megan Smith as its… mehr
Apple on Tuesday released an iOS update (8.1.2) for the iPhone and iPad that includes unspecified bug fixes, aside from one that the company identified as… mehr
Adslot has struck a global deal with Operative Media to provide a Platform-as-a-Service solution to facilitate automated guaranteed transactions for publishers. mehr
Täglich greifen Hacker deutsche Unternehmen an. Einige haben ihre Sicherheitsmaßnahmen deshalb in den vergangenen Jahren erhöht. Doch die eigene Sicherheit… mehr
A trio of news organizations yesterday petitioned a federal judge to order Apple to release a two-hour video deposition given by the company's co-founder… mehr
An open industry alliance of 150 members that includes many of the world's biggest vendors -- but notably, not Apple -- released specifications Tuesday… mehr
Der Siegeszug digitaler Medien scheint unaufhaltsam. Haben gedruckte Zeitungen noch eine Zukunft? Der Verleger Hubert Burda, der seinen Konzern schon früh… mehr
Paddy Power has appointed a new chief product officer with the aim of bringing together technology and product development teams across its organisation. mehr
On top of its decision to split into two companies, Hewlett-Packard's move into 3D printing appears to be an attempt to spur revenues and rekindle a… mehr
Microsoft today took the unusual step of telling users running Windows 10's Technical Preview to uninstall Office before applying one of December's… mehr
Energy utilities face losing between $18 billion and $48 billion a year in the U.S and up to €61 billion a year in Europe by 2025 as solar power and energy… mehr
Kooperationen werden nach Einschätzung von Sicherheitsexperten des IT-Konzerns Hewlett-Packard (HP) im Kampf gegen organisierte Cyberkriminalität immer… mehr
Schüler und Lehrer in Deutschland sind keine Technik-Muffel, sondern verwenden gerne moderne digitale Lernmittel. Wenn nur die technische Ausstattung an den… mehr
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Die Umstände des Hacker-Angriffs auf Sony Pictures werden immer verwirrender. Eine Geldforderung legt einen kriminellen Hintergrund nahe. Zugleich fordern die… mehr
Sony is winning customers and seeing clear results from a strategy to focus on premium products in the U.S. and improve interaction with consumers, a top… mehr
Internet Explorer and Exchange Server top the list of Microsoft programs needing to be patched by IT administrators this month, now that the company has rolled… mehr
A lot of businesses trust cloud sync-and-store provider Box, but they trust a lot of other solutions, too, for things like identity, data loss protection and… mehr
The updates Microsoft has made to its Intune PC and device management service this week are partly catching up to other MDM systems with features like… mehr
The story, "Hadoop successor sparks a data analysis evolution," posted Friday, contains an incorrect title for one of the interviewees. The second… mehr
Serious vulnerabilities exist in Google App Engine (GAE), a cloud service for developing and hosting Web applications, a team of security researchers has found. mehr
The U.S. fight against cybercrime would be more effective if companies put more trust in the country's law enforcement agencies, a top U.S. Department of… mehr
TigerText has revamped its enterprise mobile messaging app's interface and analytics, the latest player making moves to stand out and stay relevant in a… mehr
The usefulness of Android in your car, on your TV and smartwatch will be decided by app availability, and Google is hoping to make it easier to create them… mehr
Getting cloudy has always been a mixed proposition in the IT world. Your users want the convenience of using a variety of devices and having their work… mehr
The Obama administration is unveiling a series of new efforts aimed at boosting computer science education at the K-12 level, including funding commitments… mehr
A newly discovered malware program designed to infect Linux systems is tied to a sophisticated cyberespionage operation of Russian origin dubbed Epic Turla,… mehr
After Microsoft's chief operating officer last week said the company was going to change the Windows business model, analysts tried to figure out exactly… mehr
The majority of businesses don't have a solid system for tracking sensitive data, or a mature patch management process, according to new survey of IT… mehr
Dropbox, the very useful cloud-based storage service, used to be fairly limited on mobile. It allowed you to see the files you had stashed in your Dropbox, but… mehr
Perhaps, between this month's tinselly advertisements, you've heard that this is the Season of Giving. While many people consider the name nothing… mehr
Retailers love thinking about how they can use IT analytics of social media to get close to their customers. But when a retailer breaks through the invisible… mehr
UXC Eclipse has needed little time to capitalise on Microsoft's onshore CRM offering, as it prepares to delpoy the Dynamics platform at Beyond Bank. mehr
Ian Poole has long been an Australian channel luminary. Starting out in IT as an engineer in 1976 at AWA, which saw him working at now-defunct Nortel Canada,… mehr
U.S. demands to seize emails stored on a Microsoft server in Ireland are threatening the privacy of U.S. citizens, Microsoft said in its appeal in an ongoing… mehr
Große Veränderungen beginnen oft klein. Im Jahr 2014 gab es aber einige Neuerungen, die schon jetzt einen spannenden Kampf zwischen Herausforderern und… mehr
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is looking beyond typical consumer electronics and making a play for the home appliances market with a new air purifier that… mehr
Angestellte verraten ihre Arbeitgeber und verpetzen ihre Kollegen. Weil sie Unrecht verhindern wollen oder sich selbst einen Vorteil erhoffen. Aber wie ist… mehr
The last time that Congress enacted major telecommunications regulation reform, in 1996, the state of technology was very different than it is today: Fewer… mehr
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has awarded a share allowance package worth £200,000 to group chief administrative officer, Simon McNamara, who is responsible… mehr
A U.S. secret court has extended the authorization of the National Security Agency to continue surveillance of phone records in its current form, after a… mehr
CIOs arbeiten an ihrem eigenen Rollenwandel, wobei es viel vom Business zu lernen gibt. So kommentiert Chris Fangmann von CSC eine weltweite Studie. mehr
Top executives at Sony Pictures received an email extorting money three days before the company's computer network was taken offline in a major hack. mehr
The email boxes of two top Sony executives were leaked online on Monday, the latest release of potentially embarrassing corporate information following a major… mehr
Subdomains that once served a purpose but later were forgotten by website administrators can be abused by hackers to attack users of sites under the same main… mehr
