Stanford University computer scientist Jonathan Mayer was recently Web browsing at a U.S. airport when he noticed there were too many online advertisements. mehr
Nest Labs revamped the bulk of its product line back in June, when it introduced the Nest Cam security camera (to replace the Dropcam) and the second… mehr
Cybersecurity breaches are in the news constantly. Just this week, Carphone Warehouse, the British mobile phone retailer, disclosed that data on up to 2.4… mehr
When the NFL season kicks off next month, fans will have new information at their disposal thanks to the league's Next Gen Stats program, which will… mehr
In seinem Alter und mit seinem Vermögen würden andere in vollen Zügen den Ruhestand genießen. Doch das kommt für Warren Buffett nicht infrage. Der… mehr
There’s a continuing shift among the top security appliance vendors that has Cisco remaining at the top of the sales heap but with Check Point Software,… mehr
Amazon has been grabbing headlines this month, from its recent earnings report, which demonstrated a major revenue lift despite an increased discounting… mehr
The Ethernet switch market grew 7% sequentially and 4% year-over-year in the second quarter 2015, to $5.9 billion. China and campus switching drove the… mehr
The parents of an anonymous student at the Fay School in Southborough, Mass., allege that the Wi-Fi at the institution is making their child sick, according… mehr
Researchers with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will next month detail a new program they hope will ratchet-up the way the military,… mehr
A Comcast executive says the company is currently testing technology based on the DOCSIS 3.1 standard, which can transmit data at rates up to 10 Gigabits per… mehr
To understand risk exposure, security pros gather and digest intelligence feeds about vulnerabilities, indications of compromise (IOCs) and other… mehr
U.S. electric utilities should pay close attention to their authentication systems and access controls to reduce data breaches, a government agency says in a… mehr
It's easy to confuse a computer programmer with a software engineer or to refer to either as a hacker, but there are some differences between these terms.… mehr
Nach einer großen Cyberattacke hat der Bundestag sein IT-System komplett überarbeitet - und nun? Für einen Abgeordneten ist eine entscheidende Frage noch nicht… mehr
Smartphones müssen täglich nachgeladen werden, Verbesserungen bei der Batterietechnik gibt es nur in kleinen Schritten. Mit einer winzigen Brennstoffzelle… mehr
Apple today released Logic Pro 10.2, a major update to the professional audio production app. The update incorporates Alchemy, a sample-manipulation… mehr
Big data adoption has been growing by leaps and bounds over the past few years, which has necessitated new technologies to analyze that data holistically.… mehr
A team of University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) researchers developed “provable avoidance routing” that they call Alibi… mehr
Be very careful about putting the S Pen back into your Galaxy Note 5. There’s been considerable online discussion about how, unlike previous versions of the… mehr
Hadoop vendor Hortonworks, fresh off releasing a new version of its distribution, has acquired a company with a framework Hortonworks wants for handling how… mehr
The list of reasons to try GOG Galaxy, the fledgling Steam-like client from GOG.com, gets ever-so-slightly longer today with an update that (ironically) adds… mehr
Vernetzte Autos können einander über Glatteis oder Unfälle auf der Strecke informieren. Ohne ein einheitliches Format für die Daten wird das jedoch schwierig.… mehr
As the Internet reels from media coverage of the Ashley Madison married dating service revelations, where a supposedly confidential user database was exposed,… mehr
It isn't an overstatement to say that the modern world runs on Linux. If you look around you, almost everything is running on Linux -- from your home… mehr
Oracle’s chief security officer, Mary Ann Davidson, recently ticked off almost everyone in the security business. She proclaimed that you had to do security… mehr
Digital marketing budgets are set to increase by 8 percent for 2015, according to a report from Gartner that projects CMO spending for the rest of the year.… mehr
Emojis sind aus unseren digitalen Gesprächen kaum noch wegzudenken. Daumen hoch, Tränen lachende Smileys, Herzchen und Tiersymbole verzieren SMS und… mehr
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are working on a new generation of disaster drones that can be deployed in swarms into buildings to give first… mehr
Corporate security executives need to meet with their legal teams to find out whether the way they protect customer data will keep them out of trouble with the… mehr
Last week was a big one for Microsoft's Albert Greenberg: The networking expert delivered the keynote address at SIGCOMM 2015 in London AND received the… mehr
Symantec is now securing in excess of one billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices and has said the channel has a big role to play in the market going forward. mehr
Anyone who thinks modular smartphones are a cool concept was dispirited last week when Google postponed tests of its Project Ara until next year. But… mehr
A lot of exciting technology was on display at Intel's IDF conference last week, but traditional PC hardware seemingly took a backseat to smart devices… mehr
The proximity engagement market just became more competitive. The Wi-Fi Alliance recently unveiled Wi-Fi Aware as an alternative to Bluetooth Smart, the… mehr
An application available in the Google Play store until yesterday took advantage for months of a flaw in the TeamViewer remote support tool for Android in… mehr
One of the issues with computer crashes is not so much that the machine has crashed—often a mere inconvenience—but that data was lost in the process.
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How well do you know your Windows key shortcuts in Windows 10 If you need a cheat sheet, Microsoft has just published one that you can download and print.
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The current transformation taking place in the IT industry is shaking the foundations of the profession for the better. IT departments are evolving from back… mehr
LinkedIn introduced a feature to its SlideShare slide-hosting platform today that helps you find, save and curate important or interesting content. The new… mehr
Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 has gone a long way to creating a tablet that can truly replace a laptop. Now that the core device itself is so darn slick,… mehr
The release of the larger screen iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models has proven to be hugely popular with some of Apple's customers. But not everyone wants a… mehr
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) and The University of Sydney (USYD) have developed a world-first radio-tracking drone to locate… mehr
If you think the mobile app marketplace remains a wide-open gold rush where anyone with a good idea and some decent programming skills can change the world,… mehr
Die Diskussion um den Value of IT ist so alt wie die IT selbst. Eine Reihe internationaler Großkonzerne will nicht länger nur darüber sprechen: Mit den Mitteln… mehr
In a post back in June, I noted that Ad blocking in iOS 9 won't kill the Web. Since then I've been watching the progress of a couple of ad blockers… mehr
More than 70 percent of Android phones from LG have a plugin installed that exposes them to the Certifi-gate remote support app vulnerability, where a rogue… mehr
If you’ve played Baldur’s Gate any time in the past decade, chances are you’ve also (whether you knew it or not) played through its 1999 expansion, Tales of… mehr
Open source Hadoop distribution specialist Hortonworks wants to close the loop on predictive analytics, allowing it to turn what it calls the "Internet of… mehr
Paper checks are so last-century. According to a survey by Blackhawk Network Shopper, digital payments are on the rise and consumers are frustrated when their… mehr
Being the senior-most executive responsible for all the technology running a company these days isn’t easy. There are times when it seems like you can’t wrap… mehr
VMware has released new versions of its desktop virtualization products for the Mac and PC that bring support for Windows 10 and an enhanced graphics engine. mehr
Free-to-play games often look appealing, but it’s difficult to know at a glance whether the business model is insidious and fun ruining, or reasonable and… mehr
To get more value out of stolen personal information, cybercriminals doubled their rate of account creation fraud this summer, according to a report report… mehr
Hortonworks was one of the early cabs off the rank in terms of getting an IPO away for a company involved in analytics. The company is built around the open… mehr
In-flight broadband provider Gogo's 2Ku technology has been approved by the FAA, opening the door for data speeds up to 70M bps. The company is hoping to… mehr
There are not many places where you can design a new hat, make a T-shirt design with your own artwork, and pick the fabric for a pouf (a.k.a., an ottoman for a… mehr
In another sign that more warehouse workers could be displaced by machines, Hitachi has created a mobile logistics robot that can use two arms to handle… mehr
Retail beacons have huge potential, but it can only be met when chains move beyond seeing beacons solely as tiny ad broadcasters. Coca-Cola is starting to get… mehr
A global high-tech manufacturer had reached its boiling point after several of its sales reps left the company unexpectedly and took with them sales leads and… mehr
If we’re honest, the thing that makes many of us become Mac users in the first place is how the hardware looks. But for many, the thing that keeps us Mac users… mehr
Not long after Windows 10 was released late last month, it received a different kind of publicity than Microsoft wanted -- concerns about everything from its… mehr
iTunes gets a lot of criticism, including a lot that I dish out, and much of this criticism is justified. iTunes has lots of problems syncing iOS devices,… mehr
Comcast isn't the most popular company in the US. In fact it's the least popular, at least according to The Consumerist, which awarded it with its… mehr
No, it’s not you, and there’s nothing wrong with your perpetually about-to-run-out-of-juice Android phone. It’s just that your trusty handset is a battery hog,… mehr
Inspiration and great ideas can come from anyone, anytime, anywhere. But, if you’re trying to come up with the Next Big Thing in mobile apps and services,… mehr
A couple of years ago, the development team at AnyPresence was tasked with implementing a back-end server API generator for a large customer that wasn’t… mehr
I'm still in shock over the Ashley Madison hack, which exposed more than 37 million users. No, my name and email address are not on the list. No, I'm… mehr
It’s hard to believe, but AMD’s Project Quantum nearly stole the show from the company’s big Fury X GPU reveal at the E3 gaming show this year. Sure, fast GPUs… mehr
OpenStack vendor Mirantis has snagged another round of nine-digit funding, less than a year after the last influx of cash. The biggest and most familiar name… mehr
People who operate clouds -- you can call yourselves "cloud ops" -- understand that the work is harder than you were originally told. There are many… mehr
Alibaba's cloud computing business is hoping to attract enterprise customers with a new artificial intelligence service designed for data mining and… mehr
