Newcomers to the Java language often experience confusion. Their bafflement is largely due to Java's palette of exotic language features, such as generics… mehr
The new iRobot Braava isn’t as cute a robot as BB8, but it probably smells a lot better. Picking up where iRobot’s Roomba vacuum-cleaning robots leave off, the… mehr
Tens of thousands of Web browsers may have been exposed to ransomware and other malware over the last few days after malicious advertisements appeared on… mehr
Google doubled the bounty it will pay for a successful exploit of its Chromebook laptop to US$100,000, sweetening the pot in hopes of drawing more attention… mehr
One of the highlights of a conversation at South by Southwest Interactive between longtime friends J.J. Abrams and Andrew Jarecki was something I can’t show… mehr
Let the virtual reality GPU wars begin. AMD on Monday officially unwrapped a liquid-cooled, dual-GPU card called the Radeon Pro Duo that it says is the most… mehr
When Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank was asked 10 years ago if his company was a tech company, he replied, “Well, we’ve got a website. Does that… mehr
Robots, GIFs, and lightsaber battles are not the first things that come to mind when I think about cloud services. But that’s the logic behind Google’s Cloud… mehr
In my previous column, I talked about some computers on my company’s network that weren’t getting patched because they weren’t getting rebooted. The good news… mehr
Mere hours before AMD’s big “Capsaicin” event from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, we’re already getting a taste of the hotness to come.… mehr
New U.S. solar power installations this year are set to break all previous records by more than doubling what was installed last year with 16 billion new… mehr
We’ve all heard of photo filters (thanks, Instagram), but filters for live music is a foreign concept. But that’s exactly what Doppler Labs’ Here Active… mehr
Der Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI) hat von der Bundesregierung deutlichere Impulse für den Ausbau leistungsfähiger digitaler Netze gefordert. mehr
Microsoft said Monday that it’s working to enable cross-platform play, or “crossplay,” between the Xbox One and Windows PCs—and it looks like support might… mehr
John Oliver helpfully explained the encryption debate Sunday on his HBO show Last Week Tonight—and how being able to protect the insane amount of data we… mehr
AUSTIN -- Achieving a diversified staff in a tech firm can't be done casually, but offering prospective employees a shorter work week may or may not… mehr
Just in time for the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Nvidia’s taken the wraps off a host of new visual-boosting GameWorks technologies as… mehr
Like most IT people, I love reading “stupid user” stories. As long as you don’t have to deal with them, they are generally relatable and entertaining. When I… mehr
The government last week revealed new details about the iPhone that is at the center of an increasingly bitter dispute between federal authorities and Apple. mehr
At one time, all-flash storage arrays were used for a single mission-critical application with a need for speed, usually in big IT shops. Now they're… mehr
German telecos are rolling out new cloud services this week to compete with those from the big U.S. providers. Their selling point is location -- though their… mehr
Lizenzen und Wartungsgebühren machen rund ein Viertel des IT-Budgets aus. Im Software Asset Management stecken aber eine Menge Potenziale fürs Unternehmen. Das… mehr
It's no secret Microsoft wants you using Windows 10 and will pull out the stops to get people to upgrade. The new strategy now appears to be setting… mehr
Search and social media algorithms can produce strange results for their users -- but fiddling with them can produce strange results from their users. In both… mehr
If you're looking to turn your Raspberry Pi 3 into a usable PC, you'll probably want an external hard drive to provide additional storage. Western… mehr
After years of relying on the Amazon cloud to store its users' files, Dropbox has shifted gears and begun using primarily its own technology instead. mehr
Firmen, die ihre Daten nach außen geben, müssen ihrem Cloud-Anbieter vertrauen - und dafür sorgen, dass sie und auch ihr Cloud-Provider alle technischen,… mehr
Spammed Word documents with malicious macros have become a popular method of infecting computers over the past few months. Attackers are now taking it one step… mehr
As interest in virtual reality explodes, there's a growing focus among developers on writing programs that can provide interactive experiences on VR… mehr
With various websites experimenting with blocking ad blockers, now is not a good time for a major site to quietly clash with a major ad-scrubbing utility. But… mehr
If you need any more proof that the geeks are taking over the world, look no further than Pi Day, a.k.a. March 14. (3.14, get it) Pi day used to be made up… mehr
For those who get so sucked into virtual reality that they never want to leave, Valve’s SteamVR platform is adding a way to play existing Steam games.
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Für 2016 erwartet der Bitkom ein ITK-Marktvolumen für Deutschland in Höhe von 160,2 Milliarden Euro. Um die Herausforderungen der Digitalisierung zu meistern,… mehr
I have good news for the CIO community: Senior executives at leading companies are getting the message that leveraging information and technology to improve… mehr
Die IT-Branche befindet sich in einem grundlegenden, tiefgreifenden Wandlungsprozess. Wir nennen Ihnen vier grundlegende Prinzipien, die die IT-Welt in den… mehr
Last fall at its Max creativity conference, Adobe debuted Project Comet, the code name for its upcoming user experience (UX) app. The mission: To provide an… mehr
Many misconceptions exist about what is and isn't search engine friendly website design, according to Shari Thurow, founder and SEO director of Omni… mehr
There was a time not so long ago when downloading YouTube videos to a personal computer required a mere click of the mouse. Try this trick today and you’ll… mehr
I was such a skeptic about last year’s Galaxy S6 Edge, but then I ended up buying one from my carrier. I still have it, and I still bring along the S6 Edge as… mehr
When it comes to layered defense and security tools, less is often more just as more can sometimes be less. The average enterprise uses 75 security products to… mehr
For millions of sports fans, brackets, not baseball, herald the arrival of spring. With its big upsets, Cinderella stories, and weird mascots, the NCAA… mehr
Beginning next month, Microsoft will end support for its Visual Studio 2005 software development platform, which was released more than 10 years ago.
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When a demand for your money or your data pops up on a critical system, you have only a short period of time to decide whether to respond to a ransomware… mehr
Playing against a top Go player, Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo artificial-intelligence program has puzzled commentators with moves that are often described as… mehr
For its second season, Mr. Robot will weigh in on the current spat between Apple and the FBI with a fictional storyline involving encryption and law… mehr
It’s a good thing Sphero’s BB-8 droid is really cute, because it sure isn’t speedy. Amazon Launchpad teamed up with Sphero in the midst of the chaos at South… mehr
