Archive for ‘January, 2012’

IBM launches beta of its Office Editor in the Cloud

IBM launches beta of its Office Editor in the Cloud

IBM has unveiled a beta version of IBM Docs, a cloud-based editor for office documents. The final version is in the second half of the year are available and to compete with Google Docs and Microsoft Office 365th As with competing services, users of IBM Docs text documents, presentations and spreadsheets online and share with [...]

Microsoft reduces licensing options for System Center 2012

Microsoft reduces licensing options for System Center 2012

Microsoft has reduced the number of licensing options for its System Center IT management solutions in 2012 drastically from about 100 to two. The new pricing model, however, is forcing customers to buy a license for all eight modules of the management suite, so that they can not as yet put together their own choice. [...]

Samsung brings affordable monochrome laser printer with wireless

Samsung brings affordable monochrome laser printer with wireless

Samsung has expanded its laser printer portfolio with three compact monochrome devices for consumers and home office users. In the models ML-2160 and ML-2165 is there are USB-printer, the ML-2165W variant offers additional 802.11b/g/n WLAN interface according to IEEE. Otherwise, the new products are largely identical to the design. All models print according to the [...]

Google closes data leak in his payment service Checkout

Google closes data leak in his payment service Checkout

Google has corrected an error in its payment system checkout. This meant that telephone numbers of customers for dealers were visible, which charge a tax. The problem was about a month. Of them were affected, according to Google Checkout customers in Germany, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, [...]

ICS update fails on Asus Tablet Prime Transformer

ICS update fails on Asus Tablet Prime Transformer

owner of the Asus Tablets Prime Transformer complain about problems with the installation of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). The update that Asus users since early last week in the U.S. and Taiwan will be available, according to entries in the XDA-Developers forum, due to problems with the serial number does not import. Asus [...]

Facebook wants to publish names of the Koobface authors

Facebook wants to publish names of the Koobface authors

Facebook wants to publish his collected since 2008 about the criminals behind Koobface. The New York Times reported in advance – therefore should follow an announcement today. The paper said Facebook knows the real names of the members. It was hoped that through a public acknowledgment of the ongoing operation to stop the worm and [...]

Protest: Wikipedia is switched off for 24 hours

Protest: Wikipedia is switched off for 24 hours

The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is tomorrow, Wednesday blocked its English site all day. Thus, it protested against the anti-piracy law SOPA (“Stop Online Piracy Act”) and in his view, this threat of censorship. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced that the strike via Twitter: “We see no signs that SOPA is really off the table, we [...]

Cisco Expands Smart Grid

Cisco Expands Smart Grid

Cisco has expanded its range of networking hardware for utilities. Jointly developed with Itron Grid Connected series has become not only larger, with the Cisco Architecture grid blocks there is also a new framework that Cisco because of its modular design is as future proof: A later addition is possible. Outdoor Router for Smart Grids [...]

Microsoft lists minimum requirements for Windows 8 Tablets

Microsoft lists minimum requirements for Windows 8 Tablets

Microsoft has called in a long document, the hardware requirements for Windows tablet with eighth Only devices with at least these properties are certified by Microsoft and may carry the Windows logo-8. Within Windows has scoured the 293-page document and identified the key requirements. Big surprises remain out, but Microsoft is notably one of the [...]

CeBIT: AOC presents Full-HD monitor with integrated iPhone dock

CeBIT: AOC presents Full-HD monitor with integrated iPhone dock

AOC has presented at the CeBIT preview in Munich, a 23-inch monitor with full HD resolution and an integrated docking port for the various iPhone and iPod models. So that designers can a iPhone photos and videos stored on more than 37 times the screen area considered. The e2343Fi will come mid-March in the trade. [...]

Hackers paralyze the Israeli stock exchange website

Hackers paralyze the Israeli stock exchange website

Anti-Israeli hackers crippled the website of the Israeli stock exchange in Tel Aviv and the national airline El Al with DDoS attacks. As the New York Times (NYT) reported, there is apparently a pro-Palestinian group called “Nightmare”. The hacker “0xOmar” who claims to stolen credit card data in early January of thousands Israelis should have [...]

CeBIT: Fujitsu shows thin client Futro A300

CeBIT: Fujitsu shows thin client Futro A300

Fujitsu has presented at the CeBIT preview in Munich its new thin client Futro A300. With it, companies that want to transform their workplace environment to a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), you can save over traditional desktop solutions up to 80 percent of operating costs. According to the manufacturer Futro A300 consumes 60 percent less [...]

Ebay to 30 strokes April, the listing fee for private auctions

Ebay to 30 strokes April, the listing fee for private auctions

Ebay adopts private sellers who are 18 January and 30 April 2012, the listing fee. The prerequisite is that the offers are set as the auction. Sellers can specify any starting price. However, they may start up to 100 auctions per month. The sales commission of 9 percent to be paid, however. Usually falls on [...]

Google is doing log-in function from “Sesame” as an experiment

Google is doing log-in function from “Sesame” as an experiment

Google has access to the discovered yesterday log-in function ‘Sesame’ closure. Is login to the website goto.google.com / now just a hint of Dirk Balfanz of Google’s security team to see. “Thank you for your interest in our phone-based log-in experiment as we have completed this special test, experiment We constantly with newer and more [...]

Expand Networks, Riverbed robs bankrupt competitor

Expand Networks, Riverbed robs bankrupt competitor

Riverbed acquires assets of Expand Networks, intellectual and other property, especially patents. The Israeli company had mid-October last year, the District Court in Haifa asked for bankruptcy. It has been a victim of the technical upgrade and consolidation in the market for devices to optimize Wide Area Networks. Financial details were not disclosed. But the [...]