The consumer electronics manufacturer Loewe has announced the closure of its distribution company launched in 2002, Loewe Opta. Reason is obviously the losses that will reap the 100-owned U.S. subsidiary. As the company announced today, Loewe expects fiscal year 2004 despite the closure having a negative effect on earnings of around eight million euros, of [...]

The U.S. state of Utah has experienced a setback in the fight against spyware. A judge at the behest of producer WhenU adware imposed a preliminary injunction, which recently came into force in the “Spyware Control Act” temporarily overrides. “This is an important decision for the entire online advertising industry,” said WhenU CEO Avi Naide [...]

Already in 2009 will account for about 50 percent of total minutes on the mobile phone, reports the “FAZ” based on a report from the IT market researcher Analysys. So far, the average was only about 20 to 25 percent of phone minutes. Technical developments in the mobile could accelerate these trends and longer-range customers [...]

The California drive Iomega has forged with the Floppy Plus 7-in-1 Card Reader unveiled a new drive. Thought the solution for users who want digital photos of various flash memory media is processed and will also need a floppy drive. In addition to 3.5-inch floppy, CompactFlash cards (type I & II), Microdrive, Memory Stick, MultiMedia [...]

Pointsec celebrates: The manufacturer of security solutions for its crypto library as the company itself “Pointsec” named Pocket PC program get hold of the stringent FIPS 140-2 security certification, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the U.S. Department of Commerce will be awarded. Pointsec for Pocket PC is therefore the first solution [...]

The current version of Service Pack 2 (RC2) for Windows XP enables the so-called Data Execution Prevention (DEP). This feature works only with processors that support the No Execute command (NX). Currently, this is only the 64-bit processors from AMD and Intel Itanium. With this technique, specific locations are locked, which are used by viruses [...]

The new 15 – and 17-inch design models of the X-series from Viewsonic – the VX510 and the VX715 – aimed – according to the manufacturer – both professional and home users. The displays are presented with narrow black frames, which are slightly rounded at the corners and are contrasted by a deposited silver bezel. [...]

The project “Ambience” is concerned, a working group of the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Publication and Information Systems (IPSI) with computer games of the future. Future games not only simulate the real world, but create “real” interpersonal interactions. This involves the interaction between the game design and digital architecture. The virtual, the physical and the [...]

The former head of French media giant Vivendi Universal has today on suspicion of financial market manipulation remand. He is loud, “FAZ” accused, with the purchase of own shares worth almost one billion euros after the attacks of 11 September 2001 in the USA have supported the share price. The French judicial investigation for a [...]

Google now offers for German website operators to a paid search. Those who have successfully logged into the Google Affiliate may, therefore, use the Google technology for free in order to scan the contents of your site. At the same time, the operator is involved in the revenue for paid search result links. Orders are [...]

The international telecommunications company Cable & Wireless has won the fixed operator Arcor in Germany as its first customer for its service Carrier Connect MPLS. This enables Arcor to offer IP VPN services without investing in infrastructure in other regions. The service supports the worldwide exchange of data via the Cable & Wireless global network. [...]

online banking and payment via the Internet in the U.S. are enjoying increasing popularity. This is the result of a recent analysis of market researcher comScore Networks. Accordingly, in the first quarter of 2004 had more than 22 million Americans across the ten largest banks in the country set up online access, an increase of [...]

Vodafone Ireland has commissioned Alcatel to supply a new optical transmission network. The leading mobile operator in Ireland wants to meet the increasing demands of its 1.8 million customers. The Alcatel solution is based on the flexible and scalable metro DWDM platform, Alcatel 1696 Metro Span, and also includes services for installation and commissioning. Vodafone [...]

Apple are many system administrators in the coming weeks to talk to probably not so good. Due to the start of the paid music service iTunes has in Europe. The specialist Packeteer Application Performance Management expects that many private buyers, the downloads of the songs will perform during working hours. There, the Internet connection is [...]

Filemaker developer and business consultant Dr. Norbert Schepanski changes introduced by Basel II is an expert in business. He has the Filemaker-based self-rating tool “RCP (” rating and check-profile “) was developed. It is intended to help solve problems in implementation. After input from financial statement data for the last three years and answering about [...]