«SimCity» startete holprig. Serverprobleme bremsten die Spieler aus. Die Kritik war heftig. Unser Gameredaktor meint, dass es sich dennoch um eine der besten Simulationen handelt.

Der Lösegeldtrojaner ist zurück. In der Schweiz häufen sich die Fälle von plötzlich gesperrten Computern. Die Besitzer werden von Unbekannten zur Kasse gebeten.

Samsung hat sein neustes Flaggschiff enthüllt. Das Galaxy S4 gibt sich konservativ und setzt auf Upgrades statt Revolution. Wir konnten das Gerät bereits testen.

Männer, fangt an zu sparen, denn dieses Jahr habt Ihr die Qual der Wahl: Soll es Googles revolutionäre Datenbrille sein, Apples schicke iWatch oder doch lieber die lange ersehnte PlayStation 4?

Datenbrillen sind nicht nur für die ungewollt Gefilmten ein Problem. Wie dieser witzige YouTube-Film zeigt, kann es auch für den Träger selbst gefährlich werden.

Samsung hat in der Nacht auf Freitag das neuste Galaxy enthüllt. In unserer Diashow sehen Sie die Evolution der Samsung-Handys von 1988 bis zum jüngsten Spross - dem S4.

Evolution statt Revolution: Was Apple bei den letzten iPhone-Vorstellungen passierte, gilt nun auch für Samsung und sein neues Flaggschiff. Ernüchterung macht sich breit.

Das mobile Fernsehen von 20 Minuten Online geht in die nächste Runde: Ab sofort können TV-Screen-Nutzer die Sendungen auf ihrem iPhone und iPad in HD-Qualität anschauen und herunterladen.

Der beliebte Instant-Messenger entert das BlackBerry. Im ersten Jahr ist der SMS-Ersatz gratis, danach wird jährlich ein Franken fällig.

Sie hacken fremde Computer und spionieren ihre Opfer über deren Webcam aus: Die so genannten Ratter. Die wenigsten dieser Cyber-Spanner wurden je gefasst - und es werden immer mehr.

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.

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

Was der Agent mit der Doppelnull kann, können sie auch: Russische Bastler haben einen alten Opel zum Bond-Auto aufgemotzt. Nun lässt sich die Kiste mit einem iPad fernsteuern.

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

Lenovo is updating the design of its ThinkPad laptops to keep them up to date in a market where computers are getting thinner and lighter at a fast rate. The ThinkPad's external appearance isn't changing a great deal, but it is getting considerably thinner and lighter. The changes are exemplified in the new ThinkPad T431s, which will go on sale next month for US$949 in the U.S. and some other countries. The T431s weighs 1.36 kilograms (3 pounds), or 24 percent less than the and it is 20.6 millimeters thick, or 21 percent thinner. It does away with the buttons around the touchpad and has a slightly thinner bezel around the display, and it comes in a lighter shade of black. With the buttons gone, users now click on areas of a slightly enlarged touchpad to make selections and execute commands. The new ThinkPad still has the little red tracker button in the keyboard, as well as the other main features in existing ThinkPads.

Facing a rapidly evolving technology market, Bell Labs is paying more attention to projects that can bring it short-term gains, in areas such as software. "The biggest challenge we face is speed," said Bell Labs' president Gee Rittenhouse in an interview last week. "The challenge for Bell Laboratories is to be the best in the world, and solve the absolute hardest problems. But also doing it in a way that has relevance in this very fast pace, innovation market." Bell Labs is the research division of networking equipment supplier Alcatel-Lucent. Last month, the company appointed Rittenhouse as the new leader of the nearly 90-year-old known for inventing the first transistor, along with a whole host of other technological innovations and discoveries. During his tenure, Rittenhouse plans to steer Bell Labs more toward software products related to networking and cloud computing. "We want to still be the innovation arm of Alcatel-Lucent that continues to amaze and surprise people. But I think in order to do that we do have to change somewhat," he said. "As the industry moves toward dynamic networks, distributed systems, Bell Labs also has to move toward those directions."

Belkin of Linksys on Friday and will keep the longtime home networking company's brand, products and support channels. Cisco Systems agreed to to privately held Belkin in January for an undisclosed price. The move continued a shift by Cisco away from consumer products and toward large architectures for enterprises and service providers. Belkin will maintain both its own brand and the Linksys brand into the future, according to Mathieu Whelan, a Linksys marketing manager who now works for Belkin. Belkin will try to retain Linksys employees from all divisions and in all regions, though some jobs will be eliminated, company officials said.

Feedly is cleaning Google Reader’s plate. . The reason? Feedly has made it simple for Google users to switch and retain all their Reader feeds and categories. You just sign into Feedly with your Google account credentials. .

vendor Lookout. , at notcompatibleapp.eu. ] Last weekend saw the number of detections for NotCompatible rise to 20,000 per day as of last Sunday and Monday, , who said that the malware had been largely dormant since it was discovered in May 2012.

The number of security flaws affecting Windows users rose 5 percent last year and the culprits are overwhelmingly non-Microsoft programs, the latest study from information provider Secunia has found. In 2012, the total number of vulnerabilities recorded by Secunia advisories and using Common Vulnerability Exposures (CVE) reached 9,776 in products from 421 different vendors, one fifth of which were rated as 'highly critical' or 'critical'. Using data gathered by Secunia's Personal Software Inspector (PSI) program, the company found that the average PC was running 72 programs with the top 50 most commonly found software comprising 29 Microsoft programs and 21 from third parties. Despite the number of Microsoft programs, only 14 percent of the vulnerabilities in the top 50 were caused by its software, a drop that continues a well-established trend towards third-party security flaws in recent years.

The financial sector is under threat from increasingly sophisticated malware attacks a Symantec report has claimed, with many security solutions ineffective against modern Trojans. Following the proliferation of over the past decade, financial institutions created custom security solutions to prevent fraud resulting from simple keylogging Trojans or phishing. However, more sophisticated attacks are being created and targeted at a wider range of financial sector companies, according to Symantec's The World of Financial Trojans report, with more than 600 financial organizations singled out for Trojan attacks. The report claims that criminal groups responsible for the attacks have become more knowledgeable about the financial sector as attacks have become more sophisticated, and are supported by a service industry of widely available malware. were apparently conducted to spread malware aimed at hacking online banking.

of its cloud-based RSS reader, Google Reader. to come up with alternatives. Although Google Reader is just one reader among many (probably the best one), many expressed fear that the RSS format itself is threatened by Google's action. Despite the thousands of articles and blog posts lamenting the loss, few wondered why so many people think RSS is worth saving. ."

called the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. over federal charges accusing him of conspiring with members of Anonymous to hack into a Tribune website. But the San Francisco-based advocacy group says current law means cyber crimes are often prosecuted much more severely than crimes of violence. The EFF likens Keys’ case to the Justice Department’s prosecution of political activist and Internet innovator Aaron Swartz, in which he faced a maximumsentence of 35 years in prison and a $1 million fine. Swartz .

Wings of Liberty was a Western-influenced space opera with the cast-based feel of . Heart of the Swarm is a revenge story focused on Kerrigan’s journey and the extremes she’ll reach to achieve her goals. The narrative picks up shortly after the events of Wings of Liberty, with Jim Raynor and his allies having smuggled the mostly-cured Kerrigan (once the queen of the Zerg) to a remote research facility. As the story progresses, Kerrigan unites and evolves the Zerg swarm, once again taking up her mantle as Queen of Blades in her quest to kill Emperor Mengsk. As Kerrigan unites the Zerg swarm factions, her abilities and army are upgraded. Every major unit type has an upgrade that can be changed in the Evolution Pit, the Zerg version of an armory. Standard units like Zerglings become deadly cliff-hopping grasshoppers of death, or Hydralisks transform into long-range attackers. Meanwhile, Kerrigan accesses new healing and attack powers, as well as passive abilities like automated Vespene Gas gathering. This makes for a single player campaign filled with units and abilities that surprise and amuse even the most seasoned StarCraft player.