Archive for ‘2004’

IT companies save billions of tax dollars

IT companies save billions of tax dollars

In the U.S., always pay less income taxes of the truly great companies. This is a study of the liberal think-tanks give Citizens for Tax Justice in Washington. One third of the largest and most profitable companies in the country, at least one year has paid under the reign of George W. Bush is no [...]

Evidence of Google’s browser condense

Evidence of Google’s browser condense

evidence of a Google browser’s compact. Initial rumors had emerged a few days ago. By 26 April, the company has the domain “gbrowser.com” secured. In addition, Google employees have recently filed a patent that describes the delivery of ads to client applications such as browsers and browser plug-ins. In addition, some experts are now designated [...]

Microsoft wants to swallow large fish

Microsoft wants to swallow large fish

That Microsoft has appetite for larger competitors, is nothing new – last one had been negotiating unsuccessfully with SAP. That other software giant of Redmond on the shopping list is available, however durchau new, especially when Microsoft admits this in advance. The chief financial officer John Connors candidly admitted at a roundtable in Silicon Valley: [...]

Manufacturer: “Clone CD is legal”

Manufacturer: “Clone CD is legal”

The dispute over the new copyright law goes on. The manufacturer of the popular program “Clone CD” sees this as opposed to the general interpretation of the law as legal. Slysoft does so on a legal opinion commissioned a dedicated law firm, which apparently gives green light for the software. Since September last year, it [...]

Open-source solution for barrier-free network

Open-source solution for barrier-free network

The German system integrator for the integration of open source software in commercial solutions 24iX Systems has announced a special version of its content management system “Plone”. The solution is to allow creating accessible web presence without any programming knowledge. The software is object oriented. Therefore, according 24iX meet basic proficiency in using a word [...]

AcoustiCase to make quieter PCs

AcoustiCase to make quieter PCs

the Dutch manufacturer of IT hardware peripherals QTechnology a housing for an ultra-quiet PC is presented. By using sound absorbing materials themselves are powerful computers in the C6607-AcoustiCase operate virtually silently. The C6607 comes with a vibration-absorbing feet and a special enclosure for the fan mounting bracket. In addition it has an air filter and [...]

JPEG bug: Exploits Vulnerability in circulation

JPEG bug: Exploits Vulnerability in circulation

Since Wednesday circulating on the Internet is an example program that demonstrates how the current malware vulnerability in the JPEG code could take advantage of Windows. According to security experts is using a new wave of Trojan horses, worms and viruses as well, since numerous PCs are not likely to be populated with the updates [...]

IT failure: Lufthansa pilots stay on the ground

IT failure: Lufthansa pilots stay on the ground

software breaks down today affected the German air traffic: “Due to unexpected problems during check-in system, Unisys, Lufthansa this morning it comes to delays of up to 1.5 hours of flight cancellations and” can be announced by Lufthansa. Twelve private intra-European flights were affected. It is striving to keep the inconvenience to passengers as low [...]

Overfill spam e-mail boxes

Overfill spam e-mail boxes

e-mail traffic has been dominated in recent months with more than 85 percent of spam. In addition, approximately seven percent of e-mails were infected with a virus. These are the results of the e-mail filtering experts Email Systems, which measures the current data on the virus and spam e-mails in behavior. According to the latest [...]

NetIQ Introduces Appmanager Performance Profiler

NetIQ Introduces Appmanager Performance Profiler

NetIQ, a provider of solutions for system and security management, Web analytics, has launched App Manager Performance Profiler on the market, a new module to the App Manager Suite. Performance Profiler is a “self learning” software monitoring, alarm and reporting functions. Performance Profiler is a solution developed by Netuitive, which was acquired by NetIQ under [...]

Wi-Fi Hotspots: The market is consolidating

Wi-Fi Hotspots: The market is consolidating

In the German wireless hotspot scene first outlines are emerging. In addition to the business strategy of Deutsche Telekom, which crystallize together with T-Mobile hotspots operated as early as 3000 and will expand to a total of 10,000 sites, structures, several different vendors out. While belonging to Vodafone Arcor fixed-line providers on the use of [...]

Computer Associates supports Microsoft Virtual Server 2005

Computer Associates supports Microsoft Virtual Server 2005

Computer Associates (CA) supports Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 now with their product families Unicenter operations management, BrightStor storage management and eTrust security management. Microsoft has recently announced the availability of Virtual Server 2005. “Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 is a powerful solution for enterprise-wide IT operations, which makes it possible to make work processes more efficiently [...]

China’s mobile phone producers are sitting on warehouses full

China’s mobile phone producers are sitting on warehouses full

Despite the Cell Phone Boom in China remain domestic mobile phone producers are sitting on their products. Producers such as Ningbo Bird and TCL, the number one and two among mobile phone producers in the Middle Kingdom, are confronted with sometimes sharp decline in sales. Instead, consider the foreign leader, especially Motorola, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, [...]

Color e-paper price tags in supermarkets

Color e-paper price tags in supermarkets

The Taiwanese specialist SiPix e-paper and BASF Future Business GmbH have announced their partnership for the joint development of color e-paper applications known. In this cooperation, BASF will develop dyes that can utilize today’s blue-white displays are multicolored. The electronic display panels are Electrophoretic displays (EPDs), because they operate on the principle of electrophoresis. Here, [...]

New double-layer DVD burner from Toshiba

New double-layer DVD burner from Toshiba

Toshiba Europe Storage Device Division has a new DVD burner in the double-layer standard to the market, enabling the first device in a five-fold write speed on DVD + R media. SD-R5372 – with half-height form factor – has a storage capacity of up to 8.5 GB on one disc and supports write speeds of [...]