The second of two lengthy outages that hit Visual Studio Online in November was caused by the same kind of issues as the first, Microsoft has just disclosed. mehr
A major problem with the H-1B debate is the absence of displaced IT workers in news media accounts. Much of the reporting is one-sided -- and there's a… mehr
Recent privacy concerns surrounding Uber haven't soured investors on the ride-sharing startup, which just raised US$1.2 billion from investors in its… mehr
IBM Watson, apparently not content with its Jeopardy winnings, is looking for work. After a lot of buildup, Watson Analytics, the natural language business… mehr
Microsoft today announced it will release seven security updates on Tuesday, three of them critical, to patch Internet Explorer (IE), Windows, various pieces… mehr
The U.S. National Security Agency should have an unlimited ability to collect digital information in the name of protecting the country against terrorism and… mehr
Last December customers were peppering wireless LAN vendors with questions about whether to upgrade to the pre-standard-but-certified 802.11ac products… mehr
Ashton Carter, now widely considered to be the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), shares something with German Chancellor Angela Merkel,… mehr
Amazon-Chef Jeff Bezos hält trotz des ersten Misserfolgs an dem ersten Smartphone Fire Phone fest. "Es ist noch
wirklich sehr früh", sagte Bezos bei… mehr
Berlin (dpa) - Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) sieht die
Digitalisierung als Chance, um Jugendarbeitslosigkeit und sinkendes
Wachstum in Europa zu… mehr
Das europäische Datenschutzrecht stammt aus einer Zeit, als kaum
jemand das Internet nutzte und das Smartphone noch nicht erfunden
war. Bei der Reform quält… mehr
Sollen alle Daten im Internet gleich schnell versendet werden? Oder
soll es eine Überholspur für bestimmte Dienste geben? Darum streiten
Internetanbieter und… mehr
Die Mehrheit der Deutschen ist von Selfies genervt. In einer repräsentativen Umfrage des Meinungsforschungsinstituts YouGov
stimmten 57 Prozent der Befragten… mehr
Das Urheberrecht ist ein Reizthema. Nutzer sind wütend über massenhafte Abmahnungen. Künstler beklagen dagegen, nicht ausreichend
für ihre Arbeit bezahlt zu… mehr
When I was a kid, trapped in the car with my family on long road trips, I used to imagine there was a man running alongside, leaping and ducking over roadside… mehr
JavaScript, more commonly known for its dominance in client-side Web application development, is being extended to the realm of barcode scanners. With… mehr
The online world has spawned a virtual content creation and aggregation boom. Digital marketers flood online channels with YouTube how-to videos, Instagram… mehr
Some people object to any and all forms of regulation. Back in February 1996, Grateful Deadlyricist and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation John… mehr
Amazon is getting into the diapers game, again. This time, however, it's not buying a company, but rolling out a house brand of disposable diapers and… mehr
Interesting nuggets of information tend to come out of Apple trials, and this week's iTunes class-action courtroom drama is no exception. The plaintiffs… mehr
After sinking $300 million into Barnes & Noble's digital reading business, Microsoft is walking away with about $120 in cash and stock--and not… mehr
Cisco is getting a lift from apparent momentum behind its Nexus 9000 switches and Application Centric Infrastructure fabric. Investment firm UBS boosted its… mehr
BlackBerry's most recent smartphone release, the Passport, was a notable departure from its traditional device design -- and that was a good thing. The… mehr
In an attempt to get ahead of cybercriminals, 16 banks have donated between $50,000 and $500,000 each to a build a new platform for sharing threat information.… mehr
No reader question today. Instead, I want to discuss Safe Mode, Windows' stripped-down, minimum-driver environment. For years now, there's been one… mehr
In November, President Obama outlined a sweeping executive order that would overhaul the immigration system with provisions that would provide work permits for… mehr
CNN used it for polling during the recent gubernatorial debates in Florida and on the "Magic Wall" on election night; Fox News uses it to follow the… mehr
Google will try to boost the enthusiasm, commitment and sales of its enterprise partners with a revamped, consolidated program that offers more incentives and… mehr
A Nook deal Microsoft and Barnes & Noble struck with much fanfare less than three years ago has deflated, after failing to achieve its lofty goals in… mehr
Oh, the irony. Honeywell introduced a round thermostat way back in 1953, but abandoned the shape in favor of rectangles in 1960. Thermostat manufacturers… mehr
The European Union has ironed out privacy concerns in a proposed law that would make it mandatory for vehicles to have systems that automatically call… mehr
Docker fever continues to spread across the enterprise IT landscape. Following similar moves by Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, and Google, IBM is equipping… mehr
Until recently, the top Star Wars game available on the App Store was the cute and undeniably charming Tiny Death Star, an official spinoff of the immensely… mehr
A whopping 93 percent of the 1,855 recruiting pros surveyed in Jobvite's 2014 Social Recruiting Survey use or plan to use social media in their recruiting… mehr
Every password you create should be unique: every site, service, or system needs its own. Also, they should be long, not contain any words found in… mehr
Even though the Zambian government has approved a plan to pay back a $103 million loan for Libyan operator Lap Green Networks, the legal battle over the… mehr
Looking to free yourself or your employees from the painful logistics of traveling with a laptop Liked the looks of Windows to Go, but wanted the peace of mind… mehr
Network Rail will use drones to collect and map data from its UK-wide network so it can improve track maintenance and boost field worker's efficiency. mehr
Hopes that an Internet of Things (IoT) based on IPv6 might soon become a reality has been given a boost by the news that features friendly to this vision of… mehr
Juniper Networks and VMware have announced details of their Cloud partnership, which is designed to push enterprises across APAC into private Cloud. mehr
Centrify launched its app gateway for user suite that delivers remote access to internal web applications without the need for a virtual private network (VPN). mehr
The Australian mobile market has reached saturation, but Australians are downloading greater amounts of data, according to the Australian Communications and… mehr
Depending on how old you are, you might not even remember a time when gaming existed without PlayStation, but Shuhei Yoshida--president of worldwide studios at… mehr
Mac OS X supports a handful of common file systems--HFS+, FAT32, and exFAT, with read-only support for NTFS. It can do this because the file systems are… mehr
The dual-screen YotaPhone 2 is a much-improved version of its predecessor, and the electronic paper display is far from a gimmick. But the high price tag makes… mehr
The destructive malware program that the FBI alerted some companies about this week was likely used against Sony Pictures Entertainment, according to technical… mehr
Microsoft this week announced it had acquired Acompli, an email and calendar integration app for Android and iOS. Re/code reports that Microsoft paid… mehr
Hosting provider Atlantic.net launched a $0.99 per month cloud server this fall, which is significantly less expensive than the $0.013 per hour starting price… mehr
Hobbyists are getting a lot of love, with big companies like Microsoft, Intel and IBM releasing circuit board computers to conceptualize and prototype… mehr
Microsoft's shareholders on Wednesday approved CEO Satya Nadella's multimillion-dollar pay package but by a margin much smaller than similar votes in… mehr
Amazon, one of the world's most powerful online retailers, has focused considerable marketing attention on its first-ever Fire smartphone, which by all… mehr
Nur wenige Projekte in der Welt der Unternehmens-IT werden mit so großer Regelmäßigkeit zugleich überschätzt und unterschätzt wie Outsourcing-Vorhaben. mehr
To push its mobile chips into the supply streams of more Chinese vendors, Intel is planning to invest up to US$1.6 billion over the next 15 years at a company… mehr
CIOs sollten 70 Prozent ihres Etats ins operative Geschäft und 30 Prozent in Innovationen und neue Prozesse investieren. 30 bis 40 Prozent der CIOs werden… mehr
Aus Sicht der Marktforscher von Ovum wird das Thema Enterprise Mobility auch im kommenden Jahr weit oben auf der Prioritätenliste der CIOs stehen. Dabei führen… mehr
Reisen mit Bus, Bahn, Flugzeug, gemietetem Auto oder Mitfahrgelegenheit bedürfen einiger Planung. Um diese so leicht und schnell wie möglich zu gestalten,… mehr
North Korea is most likely not responsible for the cyberattacks against Sony Pictures Entertainment, which saw thousands of sensitive internal documents… mehr
Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank has invested US$250 million in GrabTaxi, a taxi-booking app in operation in Southeast Asia, as it believes the service has… mehr
A San Francisco startup has solved one of the drawbacks with a lot of car-sharing services -- though you'll have to make do with two wheels instead of… mehr
