Das Mobiltelefon Mi3 von Xiaomi soll das «schnellste Smartphone der Welt» sein. Genauso rasant, wie es läuft, waren auch alle 150'000 Exemplare ausverkauft.
20 Minuten hat heute den ganzen Tag Sonys neue Konsole in die Mangel genommen. Wir haben uns durch etliche Spiele gezockt und Simon aus Zürich ist der glückliche Gewinner einer PS4.
Um Mitternacht hat die Playstation 4 am heutigen Freitag ihren Launch in der Schweiz gefeiert. Im Basler Bahnhof wurde die erste Konsole an einen glücklichen Gamer verschenkt.
Bei Google kann nun auch auf Desktop-Rechnern berührungslos im Netz gesucht werden. Erste Tests waren erfolgreich. Noch ist das Plugin allerdings nur auf Englisch erhältlich.
Die italienische Polizei machte einen grausigen Fund: Gangster in Kalabrien warf ein Mitglied eines rivalisierenden Klans lebendig den Schweinen zum Frass vor.
Wir wollten Ihre Konsolen und Sie sind zahlreich gekommen. Simon aus Zürich war als Erster mit den alten PS-Kisten bei uns und darf darum eine brandneue Playstation 4 mit nach Hause nehmen.
Forscher haben einen neuen Risikofaktor entdeckt, um die Abhängigkeit von Computerspielen zu messen. Aufschluss über den Grad der Gefährdung geben die Finger.
Eltern sind öfter im Internet, Kinderlose gehen dafür häufiger ins Kino. Dies besagt eine neue Studie zum Medienkonsum der Schweizer.
Jede Woche rufen Hunderte von Gamern bei Spielehändlern an, in der Hoffnung, doch noch eine PS4 zu ergattern. Wer keine reserviert hat, muss aber findig sein.
Der Smartphone-Boom hält an: In diesem Jahr sollen weltweit erstmals mehr als eine Milliarde Geräte über den Ladentisch gehen. Grund sind die fallenden Preise.
Füttern, tränken, streicheln: In den 1990er-Jahren waren Tamagotchis ein Riesenhit. Nun will es der Hersteller nochmals wissen und bringt die virtuellen Haustiere zurück.
In vier Jahren werden Roboter unsere Jobs erledigen, sagt ein Experte aus England. Eine Schweizer Trendforscherin widerspricht - zumindest dem ehrgeizigen Zeitplan.
Es ist rechtens, illegale Websites zu sperren - und Internetanbieter können auch dazu verpflichtet werden, bestätigt der Europäische Gerichtshof. Kritiker warnen vor Zensur.
Der Siegeszug der Playstation begann 1994; mit der PS4 dürfte der Höhepunkt erreicht sein. Zeit für einen Rückblick.
Attackers could force phones from Google's Nexus line to reboot or fail to connect to the mobile Internet service by sending a large number of special SMS messages to them. The issue was discovered by Bogdan Alecu, a system administrator at Dutch IT services company in Bucharest, Romania. Class 0 SMS, or Flash SMS, is a type of message defined in the GSM specification that gets displayed directly on the phone's screen and doesn't automatically get stored on the device. After reading such a message, users have the option to save it or dismiss it. On Google Nexus phones, when such a message is received, it gets displayed on top of all active windows and is surrounded by a semi-transparent black overlay that has a dimming effect on the rest of the screen. If that first message is not saved or dismissed, and a second message is then received, the latter is placed on top of the first one and the dimming effect increases.
Tackk, the best way I know of to create one-page websites, has emerged from beta full of new features and surprises. It's the same Tackk you know and love (or should, if you don't already), except it's bigger and better. The platform is now easier to use, offers more personalization, and, in keeping up with the times, is also much more social.
Apricorn’s Aegis Portable 3.0 is a handsome 2.5-inch, silver and black, USB 3.0 external drive with an integrated cable—and it ships in both hard-drive and SSD flavors. If that isn’t a siren’s call to see just how much of a performance boost you get from a solid-state drive in an external USB 3.0 enclosure, I don’t know what is. Apricorn thoughtfully shipped us both versions so we could answer that call. There’s no outward difference between the SSD version (outfitted with a 256GB SanDisk SD6SB1M256G1022I) and the hard-drive model (which comes with a 1TB, 2.5-inch Toshiba MQ01ABD100), aside from the fact that the SSD version weighs an ounce or two less. The Lab ran both models through PCWorld’s 10GB-file stress tests, copying data to and from a 16GB RAM drive, and the differences were as vivid as Apricorn’s advertising claims—at least when writing data to the drives. The 256GB SSD version wrote our single 10GB file at 334 megabytes per second, which is almost three times faster than the hard-drive version’s 115.5 MBps. wrote the same test file at 93 MBps, and other external USB 3.0 hard drives we’ve tested typically measure anywhere from 50 MBps to 80 MBps.
Black Friday is known for its epic tech deals, but why shell out cash when you can get stuff for free? Or even for profit?! This year, several retailers absolutely will drop the prices of smartphones from $200+ to, well, free. Or even below free. With some of the gift card deals out there, you’ll be able to pick up a brand-new phone and pocket $20, $30, even $100 in cash. Sounds like a good time to buy, right? A word of caution—none of these phones are really free. All of these deals come with a stipulation: You will have to sign a new two-year contract, which means a decent-size monthly bill for the next two years. Additionally, since these are all smartphones, you’ll have to pay for calls data. That might not be an issue if you have a shared-data family plan but, if you open a new account, you should expect to pay at least $80 per month, or about $1920 over the next two years. Also, if you break your existing contract to buy a new phone, you’ll pay an additional fee.
With the look of Google Plus and Facebook-like elements, a new social network named feels as cozy as a well-worn shoe. But beneath the familiar veneer, it’s quite different. Syme encrypts all content, such as status updates, photos and files, so that only people invited to a group can view it. Syme, which hosts the content on its Canada-based servers, says it can’t read it. “The overarching goal of Syme is to make encryption accessible and easy to use for people who aren’t geeks or aren’t hackers or who aren’t cryptography experts,” said co-founder Jonathan Hershon. Hershon is part of a bright trio who have self-funded Syme’s development while working out of their homes and studying at McGill University in Montreal. Hershon is studying psychology, Louis-Antoine Mullie is a medical student with a strong technology background, and Christophe Marois, who works on the user interface, studies music.
Attackers are exploiting a new and unpatched vulnerability in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that allows them to execute code with higher privileges than they have access to. The vulnerability is located in NDProxy.sys, “a system-provided driver that interfaces WAN miniport drivers, call managers, and miniport call managers to the Telephony Application Programming Interfaces (TAPI) services.” “An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode,” Microsoft said in a published Wednesday. “An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full administrative rights.” This is an elevation-of-privilege (EoP) vulnerability, not a remote code execution one, which means that attackers need to already have access to a low-privileged account on the targeted system in order to exploit it.
The U.S. Army will pay Apptricity, a supply chain and financial software developer, $50 million to settle a copyright infringement claim that it used but didn’t pay for thousands of copies of logistics management software. Apptricity, of Irving, Texas, said it settled with the Army and the U.S. Department of Justice for a fraction of the software’s value. The Army was accused of not paying for 100 server and 9,000 device licenses. The company claimed its software worked “so well that it went viral,” according to a . It was used in relief efforts following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti and in the Middle East to track the movement of equipment and supplies. The settlement, reached through alternative dispute resolution proceedings, includes licenses for ongoing use of the software by the Army.
Our deal hunters are over-caffeinated and haven't slept in days, but we are happy to announce that Black Friday is here and the deals are smoking hot. Leading the way are the best prices we've seen on some of Dell's hottest PCs, like the Inspiron 15 Core i5 Laptop for $449. Also is all time low $379 on the Dell UltraSharp U2413 IPS Monitor for only $379.99 after $220 coupon code! HDTV shoppers have every reason to be joyful, with TVs from around $200 and even a 4K TV for under $500. Rarely discounted Herman Miller Chairs are in effect with 15% off, the lowest of the year. Scroll down to check out these hot, limited-time deals and be sure to visit to find the latest and greatest Black Friday offers. Lowest Prices of the Year on Laptops, Desktops, & Electronics with free shipping: ).
Google’s practice of combining personal data from different Google services violates the Dutch data protection act, the Dutch data protection authority (DPA) said Thursday. But Google will not face any enforcement actions for now. In March 2012, Google introduced a new privacy policy that allows Google to share personal data across all its products and services. However, Google made the changes without having adequately informed users, and without asking for their consent, the Dutch DPA said in . “The investigation shows that Google does not properly inform users which personal data the company collects and combines, and for what purposes,” it said. By doing this, Google “spins an invisible web of our personal data, without our consent,” which is forbidden by law, the DPA said. Just inviting users to agree to a general privacy policy and terms of service does not suffice, the Dutch DPA said.
Our finds for Black Friday include a 4K HDTV, DSLR camera bargains from major makers, and clutch of HDTVs at great prices.
Authors and artists seeking to release works under a Creative Commons license now have more flexibility and choice when they want to share their works, Creative Commons said Thursday.
Google’s video-chat service Hangouts wilfully infringes on the still pending trademark of Hanginout, the company said in a lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California on Tuesday. Hanginout, based in Carlsbad, Calif., makes . The app allows users to interact via recorded videos. They can find and follow people and celebrities, ask them questions and receive instant personal video responses. The company was founded in 2011, but said in the court filing that it has been developing its products since 2009.
Apple has been sued by patent company DSS Technology Management for infringing two patents relating to the use of wireless peripheral devices, parent company Document Security Systems said Wednesday. DSS has accused Apple’s products including its iMac, Mac mini, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, iPod nano and the forthcoming Mac Pro of infringing one or more of the claims of its patents in providing wireless Bluetooth connections to a plurality of peripheral devices. DSS said in October it acquired two patent portfolios from two different owners in the third quarter, covering semiconductor manufacturing and the use of low-power Bluetooth peripherals. It said it would monetize its acquisitions through licensing. The patents bearing U.S. Patent Nos. are both titled “Personal Data Network.” In July, Lexington Technology Group, a privately-owned company that owned and managed intellectual property assets, became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Document Security Systems and “provides strategy” for DSS’ IP portfolio. It was renamed as DSS Technology Management.
You can do this with most good photo editors, although the exact look will depend on the filters and effects available, and your own choices. The instructions below are for two consumer-oriented editors-- (Pos), which is free. But be careful if you install either of these. If you don't pay attention, both may try to install additional programs you may not want.
Nokia has started shipping two new low-end touch-screen phones running its own Asha software platform. It hopes they will allow it to compete more effectively with cheap Android-based products. The Asha 503 is available in countries such as France, Italy, the UK and Portugal. Other countries are expected to follow in the coming weeks. Nokia will announce more specific dates later locally, it said. The main markets for the Asha 502 will be India, the Middle East and Africa. The Asha 503 3G phone is the new flagship model of the family and will cost US$99 before taxes and subsidies. It has a 5-megapixel camera and a 3-inch screen protected by Corning’s Gorilla Glass 2. The dual-SIM Asha 502 has the same screen size and camera resolution as the 503, but no 3G, which helps make it $10 cheaper.
The Thanksgiving holiday is a time for turkey, family, football—and for an onslaught of electronics deals. The big question, of course, is whether Black Friday or Cyber Monday is the best day to jump to get the most bang for your hard-earned cash. Should you skip Black Friday altogether and wait until Cyber Monday to see if the deals get any better? The short answer for would-be tech buyers is “No.” The big secret: despite its name, Cyber Monday is actually pretty middling for tech deals.
China’s recent crackdown on online rumors may have quieted the nation’s social networking websites, but local authorities take that as a sign of progress and want to regulate the Internet even more. In a rare question-and-answer session on Thursday, Chinese official Ren Xianliang spoke at length with journalists on the nation’s efforts to control the Internet. Few details were given, but China plans to exercise greater authority over the nation’s social networking services, including Sina Weibo and WeChat. “You brought up that Sina Weibo’s activity has fallen, but this just means that our crackdown on online rumors has been effective,” said Ren, who is the deputy director of China’s State Internet Information Office. “The rumors have declined significantly, but this hasn’t affected the normal flow of information,” he added. Ren spoke to the media two weeks after the government said it was in managing the online flow of information. China already is notorious for blocking popular websites such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter as a way to weed out anti-government content. Locally, domestic Internet firms must self-censor, and often delete user posts on sensitive topics.
Because pumpkin pie tastes better topped with a big ol' dollop of Netflix and Hulu Plus.
Not every Black Friday tech sale is worth it. Here are the ones that are.
Instead of waiting outside your local Best Buy on Black Friday, why not stay home and shop online? You can skip the crowds, avoid aching feet, and duck the drama of parking the car at the mall. Online shoppers also have a : Online rebate sites. These sites, such as , work on the simple principle that retailers will do just about anything, including shelling out cash, to gain paying customers. The rebate sites act as referrers—they refer you to retailer’s websites, and the retailer gives them a bonus if you make a purchase. To inspire you use their sites (instead of heading directly to the retailer’s site), online rebate sites offer you a small portion of that bonus. In other words: Free money. If you make large purchases online, and you can find an online rebate site that partners with that retailer, you can earn anywhere from one to 45 percent of your money back—just by clicking through a website. On top of that, many online rebate sites will be offering additional deals for Black Friday, such as extra cashback and shopping bonuses. Additionally, do your research, and you may find that many of the fantastic deals advertised on the first day of the holiday shopping season… .
India’s antitrust agency is investigating allegations that Ericsson is demanding exorbitant royalty rates from an Indian mobile phone vendor for its standard-essential GSM patents. A “hold-up” by the patent owner, in terms of a demand for higher royalties or more costly or burdensome licensing terms than could have been obtained before the standard was chosen, can subvert the competitive process of choosing among technologies and undermine the integrity of standard-setting activities, the Competition Commission of India said in its order. Ultimately, the high costs of such patents get transferred to consumers, the CCI order said. Ericsson appears to be dominant in the GSM and CDMA markets in India and holds large number of patents in both mobile technologies, it added. The Indian mobile phone company, Micromax Informatics, has alleged that Ericsson has sought royalty on the cost of the phones rather than on the value of the technology and chipset used in the phone, which seems to be contrary to guidelines for licensing patents covered under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms, CCI said. Ericsson has also declined to share with Micromax commercial terms of FRAND licenses with licensees similarly placed as the Indian company, it added.
is here. Steam's Autumn Sale might not get as much attention as the service's summer and holiday sales, but the deals flow just as deeply. The fall festivities follow the standard Steam Sale outline, with general deals, daily deals, and 8 hour-long flash sales. Don't sweat it if family keeps you occupied over the next couple of days, either, as the discounts will flow through Tuesday December 3. The picture below shows today's highlights. are going for just a fiver. What are you waiting for? Say your thanks and go bask in the gaming gravy.
Everything about the Dell C2665dnf color laser multifunction is top-notch: capacity, speed, output quality, and features. It's even got a classy new interface for its 4.3-inch touchscreen. At $630 it seems like a dream come true for any small workgroup. But if your office frequently prints in color, the toner prices will wake you up out of a sound sleep. The costs for black toner are somewhat better. The C2665dnf is tall, straight-angled and dark gray, but not so much ominous as handsome. The colorful touchscreen display features a brand-spanking new interface, with the 2D, flat look to its icons that's in vogue at the moment. It's easy to navigate, however, the scroll bars are thin and a hard to spot. Beyond that, the menu structure and controls are very well thought-out. The C2665dnf is easy to set up and supports USB, Wi-Fi, and Ethernet. The software is minimal, and the driver is as well. Some of the Windows software has acquired the Windows 8 look, some has not, but it looks as if Dell is headed in that direction. Paper handling features on the C2665dnf are top-notch, with a large 250-sheet input tray, a 150-sheet multi-purpose tray, automatic two-side printing (duplexing), as well as a 50-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF) for the letter/A4-size scanner. There's an optional $186, 550-sheet, bottom-mounted cassette to expand capacity. The scanner will automatically scan two-sided documents and push-scan to PCs.
A legal war between EMC and flash startup Pure Storage has escalated to charges of patent infringement and illegally obtaining a storage array to mine it for intellectual property. The fight has exposed competitive tensions surrounding all-flash arrays, which are expected to play a growing role in data centers as enterprises seek faster data access and more efficient storage platforms. Pure is a specialist in all-flash gear that started shipping in 2011, while the venerable EMC is aggressively pursuing the market through its acquired XtremIO division. EMC sued Pure earlier this month in a Massachusetts federal court, charging that the startup hired 44 of its former employees and got them to hand over confidential EMC information in violation of their employment agreements. On Tuesday, Pure denied those charges and filed a counter-complaint that alleges EMC secretly took a Pure product across the country and into XtremIO headquarters. Only hours after that filing occurred, EMC sued Pure in a different court for alleged patent infringement. Both companies say their rival’s actions were part of an ongoing pattern of unfair competition. EMC’s suit over the 44 former employees followed a series of such suits it had filed against former employees. This was the first time it had gone after Pure itself.
A new worm is targeting x86 computers running Linux and PHP, and variants may also pose a threat to devices such as home routers and set-top boxes based on other chip architectures. According to security researchers from Symantec, the malware spreads by exploiting a vulnerability in php-cgi, a component that allows PHP to run in the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) configuration. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2012-1823 and was patched in PHP 5.4.3 and PHP 5.3.13 in May 2012. . “Upon execution, the worm generates IP [Internet Protocol] addresses randomly, accesses a specific path on the machine with well-known ID and passwords, and sends HTTP POST requests, which exploit the vulnerability,” the Symantec researchers explained. “If the target is unpatched, it downloads the worm from a malicious server and starts searching for its next target.”
Toshiba has offered to buy the assets of OCZ Technology, a solid-state drive manufacturer on the verge of bankruptcy. The deal would see Toshiba acquire most of the San Jose, California-based company as part of a deal with the local bankruptcy court. Toshiba will only acquire OCZ if it can maintain the value of its business and keep its employees. OCZ has had problems acquiring flash memory chips for its drives and that has been affecting business. Revenue in its most recent quarter was $33.5 million, down from $88.6 million in the same period a year earlier. But despite the sharply lower revenue, its losses fell from $26.1 million from $33.2 million a year earlier.
Internet giants such as Google and Amazon run IT operations that are far larger than most enterprises even dream of, but lessons they learn from managing those humongous systems can benefit others in the industry. At a few conferences in recent weeks, engineers from Google and Amazon revealed some of the secrets they use to scale their systems with a minimum of administrative headache. At the Usenix LISA (Large Installation Systems Administration) conference in Washington, Google site reliability engineer Todd Underwood highlighted one of the company’s imperatives that may be surprising: frugality. “A lot of what Google does is about being super-cheap,” he told an audience of systems administrators.