Google will stop some Flash content from automatically playing starting Sept. 1, a move it decided on earlier this year to improve browser performance. mehr
Dass gegen zwei Blogger wegen Landesverrats ermittelt wurde, hat hohe Wellen geschlagen. Bislang wollte das Kanzleramt erst Ende Juli aus den Medien von den… mehr
Microsoft continues to revamp Windows 10, even as more and more users shift over to the operating system in its official form. The latest build 10532,… mehr
This is a curated collection of my own encounters as well as some that were contributed by others. If you have some gems to share please send them along or… mehr
On Wednesday, journalists across the country were heartbroken as news that two of their peers were murdered by a former co-worker. The incident happened during… mehr
While service providers such as AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon have long touted the capabilities of their networks, many of the large web scale providers… mehr
Caching is a state management strategy often adopted in ASP.Net to improve the application's performance by minimizing the consumption of resources in… mehr
Facebook is trying to carve out some space for itself in the busy virtual personal assistant market, where it will take on Apple, Google and Microsoft, as part… mehr
A few minutes ago, Microsoft spokesman Gabe Aul posted on the Windows Blog some good news for Windows 10 Insiders hell bent on trying some new leather:
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In today’s era of multi-terabyte hard drives, many of us don’t keep as close an eye on our disk usage as we used to. Still, even the largest drives fill up… mehr
This story is the epitome of why I love open source: Anyone can take anything from it and build on top of it. And that's exactly what former CEO of Apple… mehr
Missing from the ranks of businesses that accept Apple Pay are small retailers like food trucks and local coffee shops that may lack the capital to invest in… mehr
One new cumulative update for Wndows 10 just appeared, and two other updates -- with no posted description yet -- also made it into the Win10 forced update… mehr
Google jobs are coveted ones, but it looks like searching for specific programming terms can get Google's attention and start the job application process,… mehr
Acer would “welcome” a corporate takeover, Acer founder and honorary chairman Stan Shih said when asked whether the company was open to the possibility. mehr
While the world’s attention was captured by the full reveal of the radical Radeon R9 Nano early Thursday morning, AMD quietly released another new graphics… mehr
Cyber security involves many different technical and informational solutions that must be adopted and implemented to position an organization for the greatest… mehr
In 1986, commenting on the internal problems plaguing his new parent company General Motors, Ross Perot took aim at the automaker’s entrenched culture and… mehr
Over the last few months, articles in this column have focused on detailed aspects of evaluating and selecting enterprise software. This article draws many of… mehr
Auf der Breitband-Landkarte Deutschland sind noch immer viele weiße Flecken zu sehen. Doch das soll sich nun ändern. Aus den Einnahmen einer Frequenz-Auktion… mehr
Late last week, Simon Sharwood at The Register dropped a bombshell. Where many of us had been fretting and complaining about the complete lack of information… mehr
The development of an automated system that can help take care of flying an aircraft -- even perhaps helping pilots overcome in-flight system failures got… mehr
Your already-packed Instagram feed is about to get a little bit taller. Or wider. Or both. On Thursday, Instagram announced that everyone’s favorite… mehr
Comcast executives drafted San Francisco 49ers legend Dwight Clark to demonstrate new enhancements to its Xfinity Sports App on the cable-TV company's X1… mehr
Did the screen of your iPhone smash when it slipped from your hand Did you drop your iPhone in the toilet Or perhaps the battery on your iPhone seems to be… mehr
The yearly iPhone refresh is a fact of life, as unmistakeable a sign of fall as back-to-school sales and baseball playoffs. And one thing you can count on just… mehr
If you’re part of the presumably large Venn Diagram overlap of “People who would love Rocket League” (a.k.a. everyone on the planet) and “People who love… mehr
If you are using infrared (IR) communications in an IoT, embedded, or mobile hardware project and are experience difficulty debugging IR communication, you… mehr
You built a private cloud at great expense and, despite the initial cost, real savings are being made. And even though you thought the cloud was just what… mehr
If you use a Telecom Expense Management (TEM) provider to audit your telecommunications invoices, you may be in for a surprise. TEM providers claim to catch… mehr
Less than a decade ago, Microsoft was seen very much as a company denying the validity of the cloud. Its Office tools were a good example of this and… mehr
After years of stagnation, Logitech’s been working its ass off in recent months to win gamers back to its suite of peripherals. All the hard work has already… mehr
Google has finally responded to antitrust charges brought against it by the European Commission over how it presents search results, and its pugnacious reply… mehr
Businesses worldwide overestimate their agility and need to educate themselves on the benefits of platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings, according to the… mehr
BitTorrent fixed a vulnerability that would have allowed attackers to hijack BitTorrent applications used by hundreds of millions of users in order to amplify… mehr
Apple just sent out press invitations to its annual iPhone event, to no one’s surprise. The date: Sept. 9. Time: 10 a.m. Pacific. Location: The spacious Bill… mehr
Cisco is suing HP in a dispute over a $58 million contract to provide services to an HP VoIP customer. The contract dates back to 2012, according to this post… mehr
A company founded by ex-Apple CEO John Sculley has launched a set of low-cost yet stylish smartphones aimed for emerging wireless markets in Asia, Africa and… mehr
Chrome will automatically silence any auto-played audio until that tab is explicitly brought to the foreground, a Google evangelist said Wednesday. mehr
Well, it's official. Just a few moments ago, Apple began sending out invites to a special event slated for Wednesday, September 9. As previously rumored,… mehr
Telecom carrier CenturyLink will roll out broadband to 1.2 million U.S. homes and businesses in rural areas, using US $506 million from the Federal… mehr
Secure authentication is crucial to protect data and guard your identity from being stolen or hijacked. The vast majority of authentication used today is based… mehr
Maintaining privacy and keeping data secure are hugely important for any Mac user. Yet many of use give it scant attention and do little more than the bare… mehr
Amazon’s Fire Phone wasn’t a bad phone, per se, but its handful of neat gimmicks couldn’t compensate for the fact that it was priced like an iPhone despite… mehr
It’s the end of the summer of 2015 – the nights are getting cooler, the leaves are starting to change colors, and flocks of students are abandoning the beaches… mehr
Several DSL routers from different manufacturers contain a guessable hard-coded password that allows accessing the devices with a hidden administrator account. mehr
Now that Windows 10’s slick Action Center provides a home for system notifications, it seems like a no-brainer for Google to slip notifications pushed out… mehr
If you live in the Bay Area, you’re in luck. Facebook is rolling out a very limited trial of a new virtual assistant called M. While the name might not have… mehr
Hyperconverged infrastructure vendor, SimpliVity has released its latest OmniStack 3.0 data virtualisation platform as it earmarks its growth strategy in A/NZ. mehr
In its fifth year, OpenStack is swiftly gaining momentum in the enterprise world. One distributor, Rackspace, claims to have seen a 40 percent rise in larger… mehr
Google has recorded location data tracking every step you've made with your Android phone for quite some time. While you were always able to see all the… mehr
Remember market share Turns out people are still trying to make a big deal out of market share, even after history has shown it really isn’t that big a deal,… mehr
Step by step, the 802.11ac standard is taking over wireless networks in the enterprise, offering faster connections for users with the right devices. mehr
The federal government’s Digital Transformation Office (DTO) has announced a national recruitment drive to recruit design, research and technology specialists… mehr
Many Australian organisations have failed to make the switch to card and digital payments despite them being touted as cheaper than traditional paper-based… mehr
ASX-listed Empired (ASX:EPD) has seen its net profit jump 135 per cent to $5 million and revenue increase 94 per cent to $130 million for the 2015 financial… mehr
Though implementing one-to-one initiatives such as having a laptop for every student continues to be a primary focus for many school systems across the… mehr
Spezial-Know-How hinsichtlich des Service- und Leistungsspektrums sowie der Preismodelle der jeweiligen großen IT Service- und Outsourcing-Provider machte die… mehr
In the last decade or so, there has been a major shift in the capability of digital technology. Technology is no longer in the back office; no longer just… mehr
Alienware’s refreshed laptops announced today at Pax Prime will feature better screens, Thunderbolt 3 and even a new AMD GPU but oddly won’t feature Intel’s… mehr
Peter Philpott wonders how to access his media files in Photos for OS X: “In iPhoto, I could right-click on a photo and get it to reveal the original in the… mehr
Microsoft's new Edge browser, which is built into Windows 10, has a lot to offer, including the ability to annotate Web pages and work with Cortana — the… mehr
Sometimes it can be difficult to find your cursor while using your Mac. Thankfully, OS X El Capitan has a very easy way to locate it by "shaking"… mehr
It's safe to say that Turing Award winners know a thing or two about computing, so when they express concern about key trends in the tech world, it's… mehr
AT&T got caught with its hands in the proverbial cookie jar. It was testing injecting advertising at one of its airport Wi-Fi hotspot locations, and… mehr
One of the most popular posts I've written is about jailbreaking your Apple TV - why you'd want to and how to do it. Written three years ago, the… mehr
Size, power, or noise: When it comes to graphics cards, you typically get to pick two at the expense of the third. But AMD’s looking to shake things up with… mehr
With the 2016 presidential race heating up, tech-savvy political candidates are stepping up, and executing on, their social media strategies. Since the last… mehr
Microsoft won't have all the pieces in place for its Windows Update for Business (WUB), a new service touted in May that's designed to ease corporate… mehr
Computer incidents today are a far cry from those of the past. Computer incidents involving data breaches today can take down businesses and leadership, in… mehr
Have you ever loaded a Web page only to find that it has an auto-play video or some other obnoxious, sound generating annoyance Well now there's a way to… mehr
A report released today shows that consumer demand for wearables in the U.S. has declined steeply and steadily since the 2014 holiday shopping season, and is… mehr
Good news! Although it seems like Samsung is delving back into old habits by launching a slew of different phone models just because it can, I’m happy to… mehr
In a world where shopping malls are losing customers by the escalator-load to more convenient and deeper-inventoried digital options, one mall in a lightly… mehr
If you’re an audiobook fan, you probably like to listen to your favorite books in many places: at home, in the car, in the gym, or when you’re out walking or… mehr
Back in May I made a modest proposal for Apple to change OS X back to Mac OS and abandon the X once and for all. It was a plea, not a prediction–which is a… mehr
The software that companies use for the basics says a lot about them – there are stodgy Microsoft shops with creaky legacy apps from the Windows XP/IE6 days,… mehr
If you think the idea of watching somebody write software code sounds boring, then the mere thought of reading changelog notes - that is, the notes that… mehr
For about a year now, I’ve been joking that it’s entirely possible—if you want—to have the Android experience on an iOS device. Why not While Apple keeps its… mehr
YouTube finally launched YouTube Gaming yesterday. This is a new view into YouTube that puts games and game broadcasting front and center. I've been… mehr
Eighty-one percent of healthcare executives say their organizations have been compromised by at least one malware, botnet or other kind of cyberattack during… mehr
Politics, it’s often said, makes strange bedfellows. It turns out that spectrum does too. An unusual coalition that includes Comcast and other cable companies,… mehr
In the data business, we now have our own denier movement of people who claim that that unless you start planning, you should keep throwing most of your data… mehr
It's the premise of many science fiction novels and movies: Super-intelligent robot machines that can outsmart humans, if not terminate them entirely. But… mehr
