Microsoft (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: MSF) has released three new security patches. A code bug affects seven versions of Word and Excel. By the bug, a hacker can use Word and Excel documents to data in order to steal the victim’s computer. The two programs are “Field codes” in order to update certain information such as [...]

Ebay (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EBY) is growing and prospering. The Internet auctioneer reports for the year ended 30 September ended third quarter 2002 total revenues of $ 288.8 million, an increase of $ 61 million or 21 cents. Thus, the company has increased its turnover by 40 percent over the same period last year. At [...]

The Finnish mobile-Spanish alliance Quam on 15 November their mobile businesses in Germany. While T-Mobile already started to takeover bids by mail to former “Quammen” sent the Munich provider has itself apparently has problems so that customers keep data under wraps. Some customers report that their phone numbers in the online directory of Deutsche Telekom [...]

Hear the user, the word “broadband”, he first thinks of high Internet costs. That is the conclusion of the market research study by the Institute “Onetone Research”, which was created together with the provider Tiscali Germany. According to the study, there are four different groups of users with web surfers. The group, which is most [...]

a hot autumn in Germany for bargain hunters is: Aldi Süd next Monday brings two LCDs on the market: to have for 359 €, the 17-inch model costs 499 euros, a 15-incher is. Vobis has responded quickly to the offer and today also offers two flat-men at the low price: the high cost 767 screen [...]

Teamwork for network construction and UMTS initiatives should lead to a rapid and great success to help. Bsiher missing really useful services. Exactly this goal but has now prescribed a high-level committee CEO of the leading mobile network operator. According to the executives of mobile operators to accelerate deployment of new services in UMTS. The [...]

Hewlett-Packard (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: HWP) has introduced the “Compaq Evo N800w” a powerful notebook. The 2.7-pound portable computer comes with either one or two 2.2 GHz Intel (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: INL) P4-M processor and is equipped with 512 KB L2 cache. The manufacturer of the laptop is aimed primarily at customers who require a lot [...]

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD; Frankfurt Stock Exchange: AMD) in the third quarter of this year as previously predicted deep red numbers posted. The company announced a loss of $ 254.2 million, or 74 cents per share. In the same period of the previous year had amounted to minus $ 97.4 million, or 28 cents per [...]

Intel (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: INL) has introduced a new network processor that is designed specifically for the secure exchange of data across networks. The IXP2850 is based on the architecture of the IXP2800 network processor family. It can be said to be programmed so that data-rich services such as load balancing between multiple Web servers [...]

Cautious optimism prevailed on the system at the “VIP panel on Paid Content.” Paid content and services on the Web are no longer a dream but a reality, the experts said in the forum E-Commerce on Wednesday. However, the offers should be carefully tailored and bring clear added value to the user – only then [...]

mobile banking with I-mode has presented the Fun Communications at the European Banking Technology Fair 2002nd The information after the mobile phone users can check account balance, and revenue from his account with “S Mobile Banking for I-Mode” anywhere. Condition for the solution but an online account is enabled for the service at a bank [...]

for weeks of threatening phone company from bankruptcy Mobilcom (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: MOB), after a report by the “Handelsblatt” breathe easy: major shareholder France Telecom have agreed to Mobilcom its UMTS loan of 4.7 billion euros adopt and want more billions in capital to shoot, the newspaper reported. A corresponding preliminary agreement France Telecom has [...]

it had no light, the company Telefonica and Sonera. The German market was the beginning of 2000 to 80 percent in the hands of T-Mobile and Vodafone, and the two small provider E-Plus and Viag Interkom (now O2) fought for every new customer. Nevertheless, the Finnish-Spanish alliance ventured onto the German market and invested whopping [...]

After a strike of newspaper distribution is a major part of the Paris Press on Tuesday only appeared on the Internet. The background is a conflict between the marketing company messageries Nouvelles de la presse parisienne (NMPP) and the CGT union, which had called for a 24-hour work stoppage. The newspapers also opened normally pay [...]

The Fraunhofer Institute for Technological and Industrial Mathematics (Fraunhofer ITWM) and Linux Networx, a provider of Linux cluster systems, have formed an international partnership agreement. Together they want the market for high-performance computer systems (High Performance Computing, HPC) operate in Germany. Under the partnership, Linux Networx to open a research laboratory in Kaiserslautern, will operate [...]