Intel's new Skylake processor has a feature people will either love or hate. It comes with a built-in digital signal processor (DSP) that will allow you… mehr
You might have noticed that TechHive has dialed way back on the number of crowd-funding campaigns that it covers. The ones we do report on must be especially… mehr
Apple has posted a support page on its We site acknowledging that certain iPhone 6 Plus cameras have a component which could fail, along with a way to see if… mehr
It’s always much easier to talk about measuring the value of technology investments when you are talking about systems such as general ledger or accounts… mehr
Wie die "Wirtschaftswoche" meldet, sondiert die Beteiligungsgesellschaft Advent einen Einstieg bei Media-Saturn. Das geschieht auf Wunsch des… mehr
Die Branche der Unterhaltungselektronik steht kurz vor dem Start der IFA in Berlin unter Druck. mehr
In what's become something of a head-scratching tradition, Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus launch last year was accompanied by a completely… mehr
I’ve been a happy user of Google’s Chrome browser pretty much since it was launched but not everyone would agree with my browser choice; there are many who… mehr
We’ve got a big fall ahead of us. New versions of iOS and OS X. As ever, a new iPhone (or iPhones). A new Apple TV. But for the first time in a while, it’s… mehr
An ex-Google engineer is developing a new file system for Linux, with the hopes that it can offer a speedier and more advanced way of storing data on servers. mehr
According to Wikiquote, some guy named Edwin Way Teale once said, “For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of… mehr
You signed up for the Windows 10 upgrade, but now that the bits are ready, you're getting cold feet. I understand. But there's one little problem:… mehr
Mozilla on Friday spelled out major changes to one of Firefox's strengths -- its deep ecosystem of add-ons -- that will make it easier for developers to… mehr
Faster PHP is approaching. PHP 7.0.0, which has been promoted as a much quicker upgrade to the server-side scripting language, has just gone into a release… mehr
A partnership between Google and Twitter that has placed tweets in Google search results on mobile devices since earlier this year has now been expanded to the… mehr
Want it or not, your Windows 10 computer might have Candy Crush Saga installed--and yet, if it is, you won't find the program in the Add/Remove Programs… mehr
Der Computerkonzern Hewlett-Packard (HP) muss im letzten Quartal vor seiner Aufspaltung weitere Abstriche bei Umsatz und Gewinn verkraften. mehr
Another month, another great Pac-Man game That seems to be the case. After Pac-Man Championship Edition DX put a fresh spin on the old classic in late July,… mehr
Intel zeigt auf dem Intel Developer Forum, wie ein PC mit Skylake-Prozessor und Windows 10 per Sprache aus dem Schlafmodus aufwacht. mehr
Der SAP-Konkurrent Salesforce hat nach einem kräftigen Umsatzplus im vergangenen Quartal den Geschäftsausblick angehoben. mehr
As you travel the Web, ad trackers, beacons, and similar technologies track where you go and what you do --- but there's something you can do about it.… mehr
Windows 10's File History is an easy way to get started with backing up your personal files. mehr
The Dependency Inversion Principle states that the high level modules in an application should not depend on the low level modules; both should rather depend… mehr
Uber has been operational in Nairobi since January this year, and the company's experience in the city has been a sort of test case for what it can learn… mehr
The Linux Foundation is organizing a collaborative effort with 13 tech companies to promote open source software and standards for cloud object storage… mehr
GameFly’s recently launched game-streaming service is now available on select Samsung smart TVs. For those in the U.S. and Canada, this means another way of… mehr
Uber is on track to take in US$10.8 billion in global bookings this year, and the ride-hailing company expects that figure to rise to $26.1 billion in 2016. mehr
Starting in however many more minutes it takes me to post this and continuing until Tuesday, Sept. 8, I will be on vacation and therefore failing to blog.… mehr
Die Netze in Googles Rechenzentren sind schon ein ziemliches Geschäftsgeheimnis. Jetzt hat der Konzern einigen Einblick in seine SDN-Entwicklung gewährt. mehr
Intel, which is one of my oldest clients, recently held its developer forum. This year’s event was particularly well-done, but one thing stood out for me. It… mehr
Samsung likes to go big. It pioneered the phablet craze with its Galaxy Note series and isn’t afraid to try outside-the-box hardware, as its latest flagship… mehr
Spotify is trying to calm down users after many threatened to stop using the music streaming service that recently announced significant changes to its user… mehr
Data-as-a-service company Delphix has launched its first annual "State of DevOps" report, which attempts to gather data from "leaders and… mehr
Dark Souls is a legendary role-playing game in which players have to explore a lethal world that tests their game-playing skills to the limit. Many gamers are… mehr
Mozilla is pushing ahead with a plan to block unsigned Firefox browser extensions, though it’s offering better developer tools as consolation. mehr
Verwandeln Sie Ihr Smartphone in einen Server, nutzen Sie es als Überwachungskamera, Scanner oder mobilen Fernseher. Wir stellen Ihnen die 10 besten Apps vor,… mehr
Last weekend, I watched the PGA Championship on TV. Several 20-something golf pros made the tournament exciting, setting new distance and scoring records. I… mehr
Three years after Zambia repossessed incumbent operator Zamtel from Libya’s LapGreen Networks, the Zambian government has started hunting for an international… mehr
OpenStack is many things, but a runaway success it is not. Despite a community that measures in the thousands, Gartner still counts OpenStack deployments in… mehr
Sicherheitssysteme schlagen täglich hundertfach Alarm. Doch nicht immer bedeutet ein Alarm auch, dass eine tatsächliche Bedrohung vorliegt. CIOs müssen in… mehr
A recent U.S. regulation requiring companies to disclose whether they are acquiring minerals from war zones seems like a good idea, especially for the tech… mehr
Das erste Blackphone punktete mit versprochener Abhörsicherheit, die Hardware konnte hingegen nicht voll überzeugen. Beim neuen Modell, das ganz unprätentiös… mehr
The Verizon HTC One M9 got a double gift this week: a bump up to Android 5.1 and a patch for the Stagefright vulnerability. It joins another batch of devices… mehr
The upcoming movie about a NASA astronaut left for dead on Mars in the 2030s features a number of technologies NASA says are currently under development. mehr
Das Konzept des Critical Data Access hilft Unternehmen ihre sensiblen Daten vor Angreifern in Echtzeit zu schützen. Wir sagen Ihnen, auf was Sie dabei achten… mehr
Amazon is further expanding the reach of its Echo connected speaker by letting users control SmartThings devices by voice. mehr
Growth at five of the largest social networks has slowed or plateaued, but the use of messaging and ephemeral apps, such as WhatsApp and Snapchat, is rapidly… mehr
The term "cryptopocalypse" was probably first coined at the Black Hat USA information security convention in 2013. mehr
Ein Data Center von Google in Belgien ist vom Blitz getroffen worden. Dabei sei eine kleine Menge an Daten unwiederbringlich verlorengegangen, räumte das… mehr
Der Cornelsen Schulbuchverlag hat ein neues Berichtssystem eingeführt. Damit können die Außendienstler offline arbeiten und später diese Daten mit den… mehr
Spotify is in full damage-control mode after the streaming music service’s new privacy policy spurred a wave of Internet outrage. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek… mehr
Amazon’s decision to enter the media streamer business has paid off, according to a study from Parks Associates. mehr
In the shadow of Google’s Project Ara, Finnish company Circular Devices is making progress on its own modular smartphone, the PuzzlePhone, and will soon reveal… mehr
Techworld is today announcing that The Techies will now take place in February. mehr
After reading my article on stolen IP addresses, Natalya Kuznet asked if someone could steal your mobile IP address. mehr
Should I buy a second-hand iPhone to save money, or is it safer to buy one that's brand new mehr
Dropbox recently added a new feature that will come in handy for browser agnostic types. If you spend your day between using Chrome at home, Internet Explorer… mehr
Intel Security (formerly McAfee) has done a cheerful summer poll that discovered something almost anyone who travels more than once in a blue moon could have… mehr
Intuit yesterday announced that it would sell its Quicken unit, the group that creates the personal finance software that made the company famous. mehr
Following on from the excellent second-generation Moto X are not one but two phones: the Moto X Style and Moto X Play. See also: 2015 Moto G release date,… mehr
"Leaked" Ashley Madison documents reveal the existing security concerns at the hacked extra-marital affair website. mehr
Telstra-backed Australian Cloud call centre company, IPscape, is moving towards a channel model in Australia, according to its CEO, Craig Neil. The company,… mehr
Mit der Nüvicam kombiniert Garmin nicht nur Navigationssystem und Autokamera, sondern bietet auf diese Weise auch Fahrassistenzfunktionen für ältere oder… mehr
Recent visitors to Plenty of Fish (pof.com), an online dating website with over 3 million daily active users, had their browsers redirected to exploits that… mehr
Like nearly every other company on the Internet, Spotify recently changed its privacy policy to gather all kinds of data about you—with your permission. mehr
Digital rights management might be coming back to the enterprise, experts say, as long as usability issues don't get in the way. mehr
Pamela Dyson is shepherding a determined, if incremental, effort to move her agency's applications to the cloud. mehr
It was clear from the beginning that Intel and Micron’s new 3D XPoint memory—which promises “1,000 times” the performance of today’s SSDs—would require a… mehr
When the Agile Manifesto hit the street in 2001, it combined several methods, sometimes called "lightweight methods," under a single banner. Scrum,… mehr
The traditional driving range is a timeless place where golfers go to practice their swings, perfect shots and master various techniques. However, a visit to… mehr
The essence of a whiteboard is that of a piece of paper and a pen, blown up and hung on a wall to optimize sharing. The Smart Technologies Kapp IQ digital… mehr
Samsung wants you to test-drive one of its flagship phones. iPhone users can try a Galaxy S6 edge+, Note5, or the smaller S6 edge for 30 days, with (ahem)… mehr
Service-level agreements (SLAs)—those contractual agreements defining the expected performance of a service provider— alone will not guarantee success when… mehr
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Another update, another series of changes and problems. Apple’s recent update to iTunes—version 12.2.2—made some changes, and I look at one issue when… mehr
Apple recently released the public beta of El Capitan, and users other than those with developer accounts can try out the software before release. (Find out… mehr
One of the neatest features of both the Xbox One and the Playstation 4 is that both consoles make it super easy to record or broadcast gameplay. The features… mehr
When you buy a new Windows PC, you expect it to be clean and lean, starting up fast and speeding through your work as quickly as you need it to. mehr
The best browsers go beyond benchmarks, racing through real-world webpages as well as canned routines. They’re easy to set up, flexible and extensible, and… mehr
Samsung Electronics is letting iPhone owners in the U.S. test its latest Galaxy smartphones for 30 days for US$1, as it hopes to make a dent in Apple's… mehr
By now you have no doubt read, or at least heard about, the New York Times’ big exposé of what it’s like working for Amazon. If not, then the following quote… mehr
Android OS developer Cyanogen is bringing its operating system to another Chinese smartphone, this time from a company founded by Lenovo. mehr
Comcast—the global service-provider/media-producer conglomerate that everyone seems to love to hate—has been making a lot of news lately. Fortunately for… mehr
Flashback to about 2008, when this company's workstations are all still running Windows XP and Office 2003, according to an IT pilot fish on the scene. mehr
Amazon Studios sent us a package of discs to get us primed for its upcoming season of original TV shows. If these samples are any indication, it looks as… mehr
How much of your public cloud do you need to log According to enterprise managers, everything. And why not They have access to virtually unlimited processing… mehr
OS X El Capitan has some great new features, but one of them hasn't gotten much attention. It's now possible to immediately delete files from your… mehr
I don't simply write about IT -- I also manage them in my other role as editorial CTO for InfoWorld's parent company. We have several custom… mehr
With Windows 10, Microsoft is taking another shot at being serious about PC gaming. mehr
SOPA and PIPA died in Congress two years ago in the face of massive protests by Internet users. But supporters of the legislation, such as the Motion Picture… mehr
EnterpriseDB will make its open source PostgreSQL relational database more attuned to a NoSQL world, with plans to add autosharding capabilities. mehr
Corporate security executives should have a professional interest in the Ashley Madison breach because publicly posted data about its customers represents a… mehr
The Center for Internet Security (CIS) has partnered with Monster to create Cyber Comp X, a virtual community designed to engage cybersecurity talent. mehr
Four successive lightning strikes on a local utility grid in Europe caused a data loss at Google's Belgium data center. For Google, a company with a… mehr
Bitcoin is no stranger to controversy, but debate about a new version of the cryptocurrency announced recently is overshadowing its potential appeal. mehr
Apple’s wearable platform is on a mission to weave itself around our lives, one app (and wrist) at a time. What follows are a ten recently introduced Apple… mehr