Die Engadiner Gemeinde St. Moritz will seinen Gästen sowie auch den Einheimischen künftig einen offenen WLAN-Zugang zum Internet anbieten. Konkret in der Fussgängerzone, im Bahnhofsareal und im Zentrum von St. Moritz Bad soll in Zukunft für Jedermann das Surfen im Internet möglich sein.

Neuseelands Regierungschef John Key hat sich wegen einer illegalen Abhöraktion bei dem deutschstämmigen Megaupload-Gründer Kim Dotcom entschuldigt. Die Sicherheitsdienste hatten den bei Auckland wohnenden Internetunternehmer, dem in den USA Urheberrechtsverletzungen in grossem Stil vorgeworfen werden, abgehört, wie die Regierung einräumte.

Die Europäische Union (EU) will den US-Softwarekonzern Microsoft wegen Kartellverstößen bald zur Rechenschaft ziehen. Die europäischen Wettbewerbshüter werfen dem Konzern vor, einer Anordnung aus dem Jahr 2009 im Streit über die Dominanz des Internet-Explorers von Microsoft nicht nachgekommen zu sein.

Der südkoreanische Elektronikriese Samsung muss sich gegen eine weitere Patentklage der Konkurrenz wehren. Der Fernsehhersteller LG teilte am Donnerstag mit, er habe Klage gegen Samsung wegen der Verletzung von insgesamt sieben Patenten eingereicht, die im Zusammenhang mit Bildschirm-Technologie stünden.

Das Board des Verbundes „Swiss Fibre Net“ (SFN) hat Andreas Waber, aktuell Leiter Customer Services / Telecom und stellvertretender Leiter Telecom bei Energie Wasser Bern (EWB), als CEO der Swiss Fibre Net nominiert.

Energie Wasser Luzern (EWL) und Sunrise haben einen Vertrag unterzeichnet, der Sunrise den Zugang auf das Luzerner Glasfasernetz auf der Basis gemieteter Glasfaserleitungen zur Verfügung stellt. Ab Spätherbst 2012 wird Sunrise demnach ihre Triple-Play-Dienste auf dem Luzerner Glasfasernetz testen.

Zum Thema „IT Management 2012“ findet am 2. Oktober 2012 im Gottlieb Duttweiler-Institut in Rüschlikon bei Zürich von 9 bis 17.30 Uhr eine Fachtagung statt, in deren Rahmen Koryphäen aus Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft Lösungsansätze zum IT Management präsentieren werden.

Der Smartphone-Weltmarktführer Samsung will sich ein neues Standbein aufbauen: Künftig wollen die Südkoreaner auch im weltweiten knapp 9 Milliarden Dollar (7,01 Milliarden Euro) schweren digitalen Musikmarkt mitmischen. Um dort Apple, Google oder Amazon.com die Stirn zu bieten, plant der Elektronikkonzern, der mit Smartphones, Fernsehern, Chips und Bildschirmen groß geworden ist, sein Softwaregeschäft auszuweiten, wie Spitzenmanager Kang Tae-jin der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters am Donnerstag sagte.

Der deutsche Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) will im Oktober sein Revisionsurteil zur Deutsche-Telekom-Spitzelaffäre verkünden. Das teilte das Gericht am Mittwochnachmittag mit und legte den Verkündungstermin auf den 10. Oktober. Der Zweite Strafsenat will bis dahin die Verurteilung des Hauptangeklagten in der Affäre, Klaus Trzeschan, zu dreieinhalb Jahren Haft überprüfen.

Der bayerische Chipkonzern Infineon dreht angesichts immer schlechter laufender Geschäfte an der Kostenschraube. Im laufenden Quartal werde der Umsatz leicht zurückgehen und die operative Marge auf zwölf Prozent schrumpfen, teilte das Unternehmen am Dienstag mit. Viel schlimmer sieht es allerdings für das bevorstehende Weihnachtsgeschäft aus: Die Einnahmen würden um ein Zehntel schrumpfen, die operative Rendite auf fünf bis sieben Prozent zusammenschmelzen.

tsu doh nimh writes "Telvent, a multinational company whose software and services are used to remotely administer and monitor large sections of the energy and gas industries began warning customers last week that it is investigating a sophisticated hacker attack spanning its operations in the United States, Canada and Spain. Brian Krebs reports that the attacker(s) installed malicious software and stole project files related to one of Telvent's core offerings — OASyS SCADA — a product that helps energy firms mesh older IT assets with more advanced 'smart grid' technologies. A follow-up story from Wired.com got confirmation from Telvent, and includes speculation from experts that the 'project files' could be used to sabotage systems. 'Some project files contain the "recipe" for the operations of a customer, describing calculations and frequencies at which systems run or when they should be turned on or off. If you're going to do a sophisticated attack, you get the project file and study it and decide how you want to modify the pieces of the operation. Then you modify the project file and load it, and they're not running what they think they're running.'"

An anonymous reader writes "Today, Intel is launching its next-generation Clover Trail platform. The new Intel Z2760 is a dual-core, quad-threaded device clocked at up to 1.8GHz, with support for up to 2GB of RAM and graphics provided courtesy of a single PowerVR SGX545 core. Chipzilla expects to see wide adoption from multiple partners, with a host of tablets expected to launch simultaneously with Windows 8. The new SoC is closely related to Medfield, Intel's 32nm smartphone platform that ExtremeTech reviewed earlier this year, but there are a few differences between the two."

eldavojohn writes "News outlets are reporting that AMD has partnered with BlueStacks to bring Android apps to AppZone Player, something that will apparently allow the more than 500,000 mobile apps to run on your PC. From their announcement: 'What's special about the player on AMD-based products? There are many challenges with running apps that were originally designed for phones or tablets on a PC that in most cases has a larger screen and higher resolution display. To solve this, BlueStacks has designed and optimized the player for AMD Radeon graphics and in particular, our OpenGL drivers found in our APUs and GPUs so you get a great 'big-screen' experience. Additionally, the apps are integrated into AppZone, our online showcase and one-stop-shop for apps accelerated by AMD technology.' Unfortunately this appears to only work on AMD-based PCs (although nowhere does it say that it won't work on Intel CPUs or non-Radeon GPUs). Also no word on how they overcame the difference between a mouse and touchscreen (think pinch to zoom)."

First time accepted submitter oso2k writes "In 2009, as reported by gizmag, Robert Clayton Miller proposed a UI that borrowed from familiar iPhone gestures and translated them to a multi-tasking data-input rich desktop UI. It would seem, however, Microsoft was paying attention. Elements in Miller's design seem to have been lifted for Metro UI, such as dynamic sized widgets (tiles in Metro UI) on the home screen, swipes alternate between open, fullscreened apps, left tap for the app context menu, right tap for the system context menu. And in Miller's video at [5:41], it would seem Microsoft used the same or nearly the same font [4:30]." It's interesting to spot resemblances here, but how many UI ideas don't have more than one inventor?

tlhIngan writes "So why did Apple decide to ditch the (working) iOS maps app with one based on their own data (despite having one more year to the contract)? It turns out to be turn-by-turn voice navigation. It wasn't a feature in the original Apple-Google licensing agreement, so Apple went back to Google to renegotiate what has become a top-tier feature on Android. Apple wanted it. In return, Google wanted increased branding in the maps app (Apple refused) or to integrate Lattitude (Google's FourSquare competitor), to which Apple refused as well. As a result Apple was forced to seek other sources in order to obtain this feature." Eventually, iOS users who don't want to wait for Apple-Google parity will be able to download a native version of Google's maps (rather than a hacked version), but that could be a ways off.

First time accepted submitter glowend writes "Cliff Oxford writes in the New York Times 'I define Brilliant Jerks as specialized, high-producing performers. They are not, however, brilliant business people, and that is what companies need during periods of rapid growth. There are a lot of hurdles to cross when companies move from start-up to growth, including dealing with chaos and changes in culture. But the biggest hurdle is dealing with the human factor — how you move, shift and replace people as the company grows into the next level of success.' So how do you make the best use of the Brilliant Jerk as your company grows?"

First time accepted submitter M0j0_j0j0 writes "After receiving 2000 complaints regarding "illegal file sharing" from ACAPOR on P2P network the Portuguese justice refused to take the case into court on the premise that file sharing is not illegal on the territory, if, files are for personal and not commercial use. The court also stated that the complaints had as a sole evidence the IP address of users, and that it is a wrong statement to assume an IP address is directly related to one individual. TorrentFfreak has a piece in English with more details (original source in Portuguese)."

angry tapir writes "Bitcoin exchanges generally don't seem to recover that easily after security breaches. However, BitFloor, which was hacked and had 24,000 Bitcoins stolen in early September, is coming back online, refunding account holders whose coins were stolen and implementing new security measures, including cold storage for private keys." The key word is "intends" — but I hope it happens as promised.

judgecorp writes "Windows 8 is not proving an instant hit amongst the early adopters who have got their hands on it. More than half of them prefer Windows 7, according to a survey by a Windows 8 forum. Skeptics cited fears of price and compatibility issues. Meanwhile, Intel is busily applying damage limitation to criticism by CEO Paul Otellini. Apparently he did say Windows 8 wasn't ready — but added that it was still a good idea to get it out before the holiday season."

Hugh Pickens writes writes "Doug Gross writes that thanks to technology, there's been a recent sea change in how people today kill time. 'Those dog-eared magazines in your doctor's office are going unread. Your fellow customers in line at the deli counter are being ignored. And simply gazing around at one's surroundings? Forget about it.' With their games, music, videos, social media and texting, smartphones 'superstimulate,' a desire humans have to play when things get dull, says anthropologist Christopher Lynn and he believes that modern society may be making that desire even stronger. 'When you're habituated to constant stimulation, when you lack it, you sort of don't know what to do with yourself ...,' says Lynn. 'When we aren't used to having down time, it results in anxiety. 'Oh my god, I should be doing something.' And we reach for the smartphone. It's our omnipresent relief from that.' Researchers say this all makes sense. Fiddling with our phones, they say, addresses a basic human need to cure boredom by any means necessary. But they also fear that by filling almost every second of down time by peering at our phones we are missing out on the creative and potentially rewarding ways we've dealt with boredom in days past. 'Informational overload from all quarters means that there can often be very little time for personal thought, reflection, or even just 'zoning out,'" researchers write. 'With a mobile (phone) that is constantly switched on and a plethora of entertainments available to distract the naked eye, it is understandable that some people find it difficult to actually get bored in that particular fidgety, introspective kind of way.'"

Nerval's Lobster writes "Sorry, everybody: terabit Ethernet looks like it will have to wait a while longer. The IEEE 802.3 Industry Connections Higher Speed Ethernet Consensus group met this week in Geneva, Switzerland, with attendees concluding—almost to a man—that 400 Gbits/s should be the next step in the evolution of Ethernet. A straw poll at its conclusion found that 61 of the 62 attendees that voted supported 400 Gbits/s as the basis for the near term 'call for interest,' or CFI. The bandwidth call to arms was sounded by a July report by the IEEE, which concluded that, if current trends continue, networks will need to support capacity requirements of 1 terabit per second in 2015 and 10 terabits per second by 2020. In 2015 there will be nearly 15 billion fixed and mobile-networked devices and machine-to-machine connections."