Wie wäre es, im Körper der «Tomb Raider»-Heldin Lara Croft zu stecken? Unser Gameredaktor lässt seiner Fantasie freien Lauf.

Noch ist die Internet-Brille von Google nicht auf dem Markt und schon wird sie verboten. Ein Traditionslokal in Seattle fürchtet um die Privatsphäre seiner Gäste.

ETH-Forscher analysieren den Todeskampf eines sozialen Netzwerks. Auch Facebook drohe eine Abwanderungswelle, sobald der Aufwand den Nutzen der User übersteige.

Einmal mehr versuchen geschäftstüchtige Gauner mit einem Lockangebot Facebook-User aufs Kreuz zu legen. Die miese Masche scheint zu funktionieren.

Samsung zeigt auf Twitter nur die Silhouette des Galaxy S4. Doch kurz vor der offiziellen Enthüllung sind im Internet Fotos und Videos aufgetaucht, die höchstwahrscheinlich das S4 im Detail enthüllen.

Der Internetauftritt von JPMorgan Chase ist durch unbekannte Angreifer in die Knie gezwungen worden. Die Spur führt nicht nach China, sondern zu militanten Muslimen.

Ein blutjunger Software-Entwickler hat es an Apples Eingangskontrollen vorbei in den App Store geschafft. Doch seine vielversprechende «HiddenApps»-App ist bereits wieder entfernt worden.

«Don't Be Evil»? Denkste. Der Slogan von Google wird immer mehr zum Rohrkrepierer. Jetzt bezahlt der Konzern in den USA eine Strafe von sieben Millionen Dollar, weil er in ungeschützten WLAN-Netzen herumgeschnüffelt hatte.

Nachdem das Weisse Haus China wegen seiner Internet-Politik gerügt hat, gibt sich Peking nun kompromissbereit: Cyberspionage und Hackerangriffe würden verfolgt, sobald sie angezeigt werden.

Schwul oder hetero, Christ oder Moslem, konservativ oder liberal - das will nicht jeder über sich verraten. Doch es lässt sich mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit aus den Facebook-«Likes» schlussfolgern.

Verkehrte Welt: Im kultigen Arcade-Game soll Held Mario die unschuldige Pauline retten. Doch es gibt auch eine progressive Variante: Pauline rettet Mario.

Antiviren-Hersteller warnen vor bösartigen Apps für Android. Selbst Swisscom empfiehlt den Handy-Nutzern nun Virenscanner zu installieren. Google widerspricht.

Autofahren wird immer smarter. Dafür sorgen neue Techniken, die den Wagen in einen Internet-Hotspot verwandeln. Aber auch die Apps speziell für Automobilisten sind im Kommen.

Für knapp 20 Franken kann man das neueste Apple-Handy an die Leine nehmen. Aber auch für ungeschickte iPhone-Nutzer ist der kleine Haken aus Japan praktisch.

Microsoft's two-pronged OS push into tablets—Windows RT and Windows 8—confuses customers, and the company should focus on the more robust Windows 8, an IDC analyst said today. Tom Mainelli, IDC's research director for tablets, said Microsoft's decision to pitch both operating systems as tablet-ready has not worked. "Two OSes for tablets has resulted in confusion on the consumer side," said Mainelli in an interview. "Microsoft has had a difficult time spelling out why consumers would choose Windows RT over iOS or Android." Mainelli isn't the first analyst to call out Microsoft for its decision to split its tablet attack—similar criticisms were —but IDC's estimates of future sales adds extra weight to his take. According to IDC's forecast, Windows RT tablets will end 2013 with only a 1.9% share of the year's shipments, or 3.6 million devices out of total of 190.4 million. That's not much more than Apple after the iPad Mini launch last fall.

Microsoft today said it restored full service to Hotmail and Outlook.com around 9 a.m. ET, about 15 hours after the online mail sites went partially dark. The problems, which , affected not only Hotmail and Outlook.com—the latter a rebranded, revamped version of the former—but also Microsoft's cloud-based SkyDrive storage service. SkyDrive was back up and running later Tuesday, but Hotmail and Outlook.com continued to block many customers from accessing their accounts through the night. "Fixing the problem is taking longer than we hoped," Microsoft reported several times in the early hours of Wednesday on its service . "We apologize for the lengthy interruption in service."

are among the best, but they are not completely free to use in a professional setting. Businesses wishing to use either of these have to pay up. If you're a business user looking for a truly free system cleaner, one interesting option is open-source, cross-platform BleachBit.

-ring. It's not that your slide deck isn't chock full of useful information. It's that they've seen it all before. At the first sign of a static PowerPoint frame, their eyes glaze over. . This nifty presentation tool creates dazzling custom animations that make ordinary slide decks look like, well, ordinary slide decks. This is perhaps better illustrated than explained, so take a look at this sample Prezi on social media:

Printed media may seem to be heading the way of the dinosaur, but until the proverbial meteor hits a stack of business cards, box of letterhead, or freshly-printed brochures on their way to a conference, we'll continue adding paper and ink (and the odd PDF) to our marketing cache. ($89) fan, you will recognize the UI instantly, and may be left feeling ripped off. It's so hard to find a difference between the two apps, it seems that MAGIX has repackaged Xara with added templates and an inflated pricetag (although Page & Layout Designer is currently on sale for $90). About a dozen template themes are included in the MAGIX Page & Layout Designer download (you can't access or view them all in the trial). Choose a theme that suits your business, then open business card, brochure, and letterhead templates that all match the theme and are fully customizable with your own logo, text, images, etc. There are about 100 templates in total. All are royalty-free, and many verge on stylish, but organization isn't great. It can be hard to find the matching brochure to your business card design. Customizing the templates is pretty easy with MAGIX Page & Layout Designer, even if you don't have any design training or experience. For example, a snap function helps you align objects, text is set to automatically flow around your images, and you can chose to work without or without layers.

Google has launched a site for webmasters whose sites have been hacked, something that the company says happens thousands of times every day. features articles and videos designed to help webmasters identify, diagnose and recover from hacks. The site addresses different types of ways sites can be compromised. For example, malicious hackers can break into a site and load malware on it to infect visitors, or they can flood it with invisible spam content to inflate their sites' search rankings. the new Help for Hacked Sites resource, Google is also reminding webmasters of best practices for prevention, including keeping all site software updated and patched and being aware of potential security issues of third-party applications and plug-ins before installing them.

Microsoft will release security updates for applications in its Windows Store as those patches are available in order to speed up the updating process. Mike Reavey, senior director of the Microsoft Security Response Center, part of the company's Trustworthy Computing group. The Windows Store, which opened to developers in September 2012, is an application marketplace where users can buy programs for Windows 8 and Windows RT computers and tablets. "Our goal is to have a quick, transparent and painless security update process," Reavey wrote. "With this in mind, we will deliver high quality security updates for Windows Store apps as they become available."

If you hate change in your favorite desktop apps, stop reading this right now and whatever you do, don’t update the Dropbox client on your PC. For everyone else, Dropbox has upped its game on the desktop with new features for Windows and Mac that show your latest Dropbox activity at a glance. With Dropbox 2.0, released Tuesday, clicking on the Dropbox icon on your desktop will show you shared-folder and file notifications from other users, as well as your recently changed files and folders. Previous versions of Dropbox on the desktop put recently changed files under a secondary menu. Dropbox’s new desktop client also features share buttons for your recently changed files that opens the sharing dialogue on the Dropbox Website.

Dell Wednesday introduced its versatile XPS 18 PC, an 18-inch all-in-one PC that can double as a supersized tablet. The XPS 18 runs Windows 8, and with a large touchscreen, has the look of a mammoth tablet. At nearly 5 pounds, the machine is not highly mobile, but it is easier to carry around than typical all-in-ones. The XPS 18, whose pricing starts at $899, also has a battery and functions as a tablet when detached from a power outlet. In tablet mode, the device provides up to five hours of run time on a single battery charge. Two stands that pop out on the back provide balance when the all-in-one segment rests on a table. The announcement comes as Dell's commitment to the PC market is under question as the company pursues a leveraged buyout. Dell announced in early February it was being purchased for $24.4 billion by founder Michael Dell and equity investor Silver Lake. The deal, which is subject to shareholder approval, includes a $2 billion loan from Microsoft, and debt financing commitments from a group of banks.