According to the latest publications of the U.S. Patent Office IBM received the twelfth consecutive year in 2004, most of the patents. The company has been awarded a total of 3415 patents. On the second and third places in 1934 and Matsushita are with the Canon with 1805 patents. Hewlett-Packard is ranked fourth. Despite the [...]

SAP wants the first part of the cooperation with Microsoft development tool created for free download are available. An official announcement is expected today. The product is the “Portal Development Kit for Microsoft. NET”, which allows the development of portal applications for SAP Netweaver with Visual Studio.NET. The software is a free addon for Microsoft’s [...]

The Canadian telecom equipment supplier Nortel has submitted the revised figures for the years 2001 to 2003. Accordingly, the company reported for the year 2001, on revenue of $ 18.9 billion in losses of 25.7 billion dollars. In 2002, Nortel continued to have over eleven billion dollars. The losses amounted to around three billion dollars. [...]

As part of Patch Tuesday in January, Microsoft has released updates for three vulnerabilities in Windows and Internet Explorer. Two of the vulnerabilities by Microsoft with the severity of “critical,” indicated a “high”. In Security Bulletin MS05-001 describes a vulnerability in the Redmond ActiveX components HTML Help in Windows or Internet Explorer. As a result, [...]

Apple releases a cheap computer for under 500 € in the market. At the same time, Steve Jobs introduced a new entry-level model of the popular iPod music player, which is offered from 99 dollars to the U.S.. This time the rumors were true in the run-up to Macworld. Marketing magician Steve Jobs actually put [...]

security company F-Secure has reported Lasco.A with a new virus for the Symbian mobile phone platform. The pest spreads when copying files over Bluetooth as well. While a number of transmission during desktop anti-virus are on the agenda, this is according to F-Secure malware for mobile phones at a novelty. Lasco.A attaches itself to all [...]

Before a delay in the development and introduction of the health card of the Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM) has warned. The IT organization calls for greater involvement of business in the project. “For eight months the company received any information from the government and in the dark,” laments the [...]

Plextor has for its double-layer DVD burner PX-716 series announced new firmware versions to improve write performance significantly. Accordingly, the two models PX-716A (internal) and PX-716UF (external) to be the firmware update, the first and only double layer drives, DVD + R Double Layer and DVD-R Double Layer media can be described in six times [...]

rid oneself of dependence – that was the motto of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. It was not just about replacing cumbersome communications cables through cellular and wireless LAN. At CES, it was also about freedom from unnecessary constraints PC. In the booming trade in consumer electronics was clear that the [...]

Yahoo has unveiled the beta version of its desktop search engine. The underlying technology was licensed from X1 Technologies. The software can be downloaded free of charge for download at ZDNet. The file is 7.47 MB. Internet search engine desktop search is currently one of the most competitive areas. Yahoo’s rival Google, MSN and Ask [...]

second attempt for a watch with Palm OS operating system: Even a half years ago, a PDA wristwatch presented and disappeared without a stir. The new wrist PDA with Palm OS, there are now both Fossil and Abacus. The Wrist PDA is to combine the advantages of the Palm OS with the portability of a [...]

Today at 18 Central European Time Clock is time again: On the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs holding one his infamous opening keynotes. For days the rumors, what new products Jobs has in store this time. In the debate included a flash-based iPod, an Office product called Iwork and a cheap [...]

electronics giant Sony will take over the Japan-based TFT-LCD business from the Taiwanese manufacturer Chi Mei Optoelectronics, International Display Technology (IDTech). As the company announced, the deal has a value of 18.5 billion yen (134.2 million euros) and will be completed in March 2005. As part of the transaction, all shares of Sony IDTech and [...]

China’s Lenovo computer Primus has given up two weeks after taking over the notebook and desktop business from IBM the first details of its future strategy. At the opening of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, said Bob Galush, vice president of product marketing in IBM’s PC division, they would “an aggressive but level-headed [...]

Maxdata introduces two new 19-inch TFT displays Belinea family, both working with the TN panel technology. The 19-inch displays are the same resolution, the same image as their little brothers and sisters from the 17-inch class dar. Thus, all representations are much larger and therefore easier and more convenient to consider – especially in a [...]