It's more spider than snake, but a robot called Snake Monster can dial up the creep factor when it crawls around on six legs. mehr
News of North Korea's Internet outage was widely covered in the media on Monday of this week, and while a number of questions remain about what happened… mehr
After reporting slowing growth and getting passed by Instagram in number of users, Twitter's stock price jumped Tuesday on speculation that CEO Dick… mehr
Okay, I lied--I thought I'd be done with Missing Pieces until 2015, but there were some weird last-minute announcements that I thought we should probably… mehr
If you've ever encountered a dialog box that, upon asking for a password, offers to store it, you've had a brush with OS X's keychain. And… mehr
The recent data breach at Sony Pictures Entertainment has prompted a war of words between Google and the U.S movie industry, with the Internet giant accusing a… mehr
So you're on Twitter and you have followers, but how many of them really care about your tweets Twitter's got answers. mehr
Microsoft's Windows App Studio, an online tool for quickly building Windows and Windows Phone apps, has been integrated with TouchDevelop, a… mehr
"The Interview" will be screened in U.S. theaters on Christmas Day, the original release date of the controversial movie, which triggered a major… mehr
The recent (and perhaps ongoing) Sony breach was certainly one of the worst corporate data breaches we have seen to date. As 2014 draws to a close, no one… mehr
Scientists at MIT have designed a computer network that can visually recognize objects as well as a primate. mehr
Lyft riders, a new fare-splitting feature will help you avoid that awkward moment at the end of a group trip. mehr
Italy's Privacy Authority has ordered the first removals of Web pages from Google's search engine under the provisions of last May's European… mehr
Italy's Antitrust Authority has imposed a €500,000 (US$609,000) fine on TripAdvisor, the travel planning website, following complaints of unfair business… mehr
With controversy about North Korea's possible attack on Sony centre stage last Thursday, someone decided to give the DPRK a taste of its own medicine by… mehr
Red Star OS is a Linux distribution developed in North Korea. Not only is it North Korea's official Linux distribution, it's their country's… mehr
A senior U.S. lawmaker wants Sony Pictures Entertainment to provide details about its recent data breach and its cybersecurity practices, saying the… mehr
Outsourcing firm Capita has expanded its data storage capabilities with the acquisition of Basingstoke-based specialist, Solid State Solutions (S3). mehr
Attackers can infect MacBook computers with highly persistent boot rootkits by connecting malicious devices to them over the Thunderbolt interface. mehr
LG is bringing a bunch of new ideas to the whole-home audio game in an attempt to take on Sonos. mehr
A request to the Chinese government by U.S. diplomats to help crack down on North Korean hacking underlines the important role the country plays in keeping the… mehr
Mozilla last week denied that there was a connection between flat search revenue in 2013 and recent fundraising efforts that have asked Firefox users to donate… mehr
Cloud syncing services earn their keep by letting access your files from anywhere and with any device, but did you also know they can be lifesavers for people… mehr
Like sands though the hourglass, so are... uh, the percentage points of interest in the Apple Watch. mehr
Google has figured out a way to deliver more instant answers in search results and boost music sales on Google Play simultaneously: song lyrics. Following… mehr
Last week's Work Beyond Mac covered essential gear for getting work done on an iPad. But accessories are only part of the equation that makes the iPad my… mehr
Hewlett-Packard said it would introduce a touch-enabled version of the Chromebook 14, and it's finally landed in the U.S., just a few days before… mehr
While the buzz around the Sony hack has shifted to the impact on free speech, and terrorist threats against movie theaters that dare to show the movie The… mehr
Tesla is cutting the Gordian Knot of electric vehicles: the time it takes to recharge the batteries. In a Friday blog post, the company said it would begin… mehr
An open-source component used to display PDF files on WikiLeaks.org and other websites contains vulnerabilities that could be exploited to launch cross-site… mehr
A newly-discovered vulnerability puts 12 million routers at risk around the world in homes, small business, and corporate environments. mehr
The holidays come with trappings and tradition; with family, flavors, and favored evergreens among them. Adding to the atmosphere is holiday entertainment--the… mehr
Let 2014 forever be known as the year Chromebooks truly came into their own. From PC manufacturers to Adobe and even Microsoft, the entire PC industry has… mehr
Mobile payments are supposed to be fast, easy and convenient. I knew when I pulled up at a McDonald's drive-through window the other day that the fast… mehr
Technology can be awesome, when it's put to good use. A map on your phone A satellite that can help farmers monitor their crops Great! But not everything… mehr
Another batch of internal documents from the operator of South Korea's nuclear power plants leaked to the Internet Tuesday. The leaks are a "serious… mehr
High-end smartphones could soon have 4GB of super-fast RAM, resulting in better multi-tasking and the ability to continuously shoot images with 20-megapixel… mehr
Silicon Valley's tech dynamos are often unable to move to London due to strict immigration laws that are complex to navigate, according to Tech London… mehr
A flight-tracking app is a handy tool to keep tucked away in your iPhone's toolbox, both for managing your own travel schedule and for keeping an eye on… mehr
Three days after I wrote TechHive's DTS Play-Fi roundup, Qualcomm wined and dined me to spin the tale of its own multi-room audio solution, dubbed… mehr
The simplest explanation for North Korea's suddenly dropping off the Internet was a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that overwhelmed the… mehr
The attackers who stole information about 83 million JPMorgan Chase customers earlier this year gained a foothold on the company's network because a… mehr
On Monday Apple issued a security update for Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Mavericks, and Yosemite that fixes a "critical security issue with the software that… mehr
Until last week very few beyond a handful of security titles, a few cybersecurity vendors and the middle pages of the New York Times paid much attention to the… mehr
Senior bank staff are failing to take the threat of cyber attack seriously, the Bank of England has claimed, treating it as a purely 'technical'… mehr
Barclays was flagged as a "concern" by the Information Commisioner's Office (ICO) over data breaches more times than any other UK lender last… mehr
North Korea's Internet was restored Tuesday local time, after an outage that lasted for 9 hours and 31 minutes, according to a company that monitors… mehr
Viele Veränderungen stehen an, wofür man die richtigen Leute braucht. Unsere US-Schwesterpublikation Computerworld hat gefragt, welche Fähigkeiten wichtig… mehr
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Fressnapf kooperiert weiter mit QSC. Die Zusammenarbeit hat sich bislang unter anderem im Bereich SAP HANA bewährt. mehr
Alle Jahre wieder präsentiert Apple kurz vor Jahresende die Favoriten der iTunes-Redaktion und zeigt auf, welche Apps und Spiele für iPhone, iPad und iPod… mehr
Sony has asked Twitter to suspend the account of a person who is alleged to have posted internal company documents and information released by hackers. mehr