Mit dem Color Laserjet CP1215 möchte HP vor Allem Einsteiger in den Farblasermarkt ansprechen. Der Drucker liefert ansprechende Ergebnisse, seine größte Stärke ist der Textdruck, selbst bei kleinen Schriftgrößen ...
Im Januar 2012 erhalten alle Leser von TecChannel-Premium das über 200 Seiten starke PDF-eBook "Netzwerktechnik" von bhv/MITP-Verlag als kostenlosen Download.
Eine Variante des Carberp-Trojaners hat sich auf Facebook spezialisiert. Gegen Geld kann sich der Anwender wieder Zugang erkaufen.
Auf Ihrem Mobilrechner liegen Daten, die nicht jeder sehen soll - und die Sie nicht verlieren wollen. Doch durch WLAN, 3G und Bluetooth sind Notebooks besonders anfällig für Angriffe. Mit den richtigen ...
IBM hat eine Aktualisierung für IBM Lotus Symphony 3.x ausgegeben. Dabei wird eine gefährliche Sicherheitslücke ausgemerzt.
Mit KDiff3 vergleichen Sie spielend bis zu drei Dateien oder Ordner miteinander. Dank der grafischen Benutzeroberfläche eignet sich die Software beispielsweise zum Direktvergleich von Konfigurationsdateien.
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Den Trend zu bunten und grafischen Lebensläufen sehen Karriere-Experten kritisch. Führungskräfte belegten ihre Eignung weiterhin am besten mit Zahlen und Fakten. Social-Media-Bewerbungen werden für Berufserfahrene ...
Apples iPad nimmt bei den Tablet-PCs unverändert die Spitzenposition ein. Auch bei den Apps für das iPad steigt die Zahl unvermindert an, inzwischen gibt es über 140.000 - mit der Folge, dass es immer ...
Mit Sipdroid lassen sich bequem und kostengünstig Telefonate über das Android-Smartphone führen. Dabei sind sogar Video-Telefonate möglich. Voraussetzung: Der Anwender kann eine bandbreitenstarke WLAN- ...
Die finale Ausgabe von Norton AntiVirus 2012 befindet sich mittlerweile auf dem Markt. Mit neuen Funktionen rückt Symantec der wachsenden Malware-Bedrohung zu Leibe. Wir bieten Ihnen Tests, Bilder und ...
Dell hat neue Speicherlösungen vorgestellt. Dazu zählt die Version 6.0 des Compellent Storage Center mit zusätzlichen Funktionen, um Daten automatisch zwischen verschiedenen Speicherstufen zu verteilen.
Eine Schwachstelle in CTS könnte sich von Angreifern für Systemzugriffe ausnutzen lassen.
Bonkey ist ein Gratis-Tool, mit dem sich Daten auf vielfältige Art und Weise sichern lassen. Insbesondere die Möglichkeit, SQL-Server-Datenbanken im laufenden Betrieb zu kopieren, unterscheidet das Programm ...
Der Security-Softwarehersteller Symantec bestätigte, dass Hacker im Jahr 2006 seine Systeme infiltriert und dabei Quellcode zahlreicher Produkte wie Norton Antivirus und Norton Internet Security entwendet ...
Die Suche unter Windows kann weit mehr, als viele Anwender ihr zutrauen. Mit den richtigen Kniffen lassen sich deutlich bessere Suchergebnisse erzielen. Wir haben einige hilfreiche Tipps zur Windows-Suche ...
Die Entwickler von OpenSSL haben ein Sicherheits-Update zur Verfügung gestellt.
Das für die Privatnutzung kostenlose Tool Anti-Twin spürt doppelte Dateien auf der Festplatte auf. Anti-Twin erkennt jedoch auch ähnliche Dokumente, da nicht nur der Dateiname, sondern auch der eigentliche ...
Der Bedarf an Storage wächst, die Performance soll steigen, die IT-Budgets bleiben knapp. IT-Verantwortliche stehen vor vielen Herausforderungen bei der Storage-Planung. Experten führender Hersteller ...
Der Screen Muncher für BlackBerry erstellt Bildschirmkopien und speichert sie ab. Auch ein direkter Versand ist möglich. Der Clou der App: Anstatt die Bilder einfach zu sichern, frisst das Munch-Monster ...
Das Datenblatt des Samsung Galaxy S2 liest sich wie die Wunschliste eines Smartphone-Nutzers: Dual-Core-Prozessor, 8-Megapixel-Kamera, Super-AMOLED-Display. Auch ohne Siri der iPhone 4S Konkurrent. Wir ...
System Center 2012 hat den Status des Release Candidate erreicht. Die Lösung integriert Cloud Computing und zentrales IT-Management und umfasst insgesamt acht Module wie etwa den System Center Virtual ...
Microsoft und Nokia haben begonnen, ein wichtiges Software-Update für das Windows-Phone-Smartphone "Lumia 800" auszurollen.
Wie viel Speicherplatz welche Daten belegen, visualisiert das kostenlose TreeSize Free in anschaulicher Weise. Die Belegung lässt sich in unterschiedlichen Einheiten darstellen, über Filter kommt man ...
Ob einzelne Dateien, ganze Festplatten, E-Mails oder Dateiübertragungen: Mit Verschlüsselung schützen Sie Ihre Daten zuverlässig. Wir zeigen Ihnen die Methoden zur Verschlüsselung und sagen Ihnen, worauf ...
New submitter Ccmods writes "Below is a snippet from an email Dreamhost sent to subscribers early Saturday morning, describing an intrusion into the database storing FTP and SSH usernames and passwords: 'We are writing to let you know that there may have been illegal and unauthorized access to some of your passwords at DreamHost today. Our security systems detected the potential breach this morning and we immediately took the defensive precaution of expiring and resetting all FTP/shell access passwords for all DreamHost customers and their users. ... Only the FTP/shell access passwords appear to have been compromised by the illegal access. Web panel passwords, email passwords and billing information for DreamHost customers were not affected or accessed.'"
sciencehabit writes "When it comes to Earth's rotation, you might think geophysicists have pretty much everything figured out. Not quite. In order to explain some variations in the way our planet spins, Earth's mantle — the layer of hot, softened rock that lies between the crust and core — must conduct electricity, an ability that the mantle as we know it shouldn't have. Now, a new study (academic paper) finds that iron monoxide, which makes up 9% of the mantle, actually does conduct electricity just like a metal, but only at temperatures and pressures found far beneath the surface."
An anonymous reader sends in an article discussing whether other commonly used file storage sites are in danger of being shut down now that Megaupload has been closed. Quoting: "In the wake of the crackdown on the file-sharing website Megaupload, sites offering free content-sharing, file linking and digital locker services, such as RapidShare, SoundCloud and Dropbox, could be next in the crosshair of anti-piracy authorities. ... RapidShare and MediaFire are two of the biggest services left after Megaupload's exit. However, these sites have undergone a revamp, and now ... no longer host pirated content that could lead to a permanent ban. Others in the line of fire are DropBox, iCloud and Amazon S3, which support hosting any file a user uploads. Though their intention of supporting open file-sharing is legitimate, there is really no control over the type of content being uploaded."
New submitter SandmanWAIX sends this excerpt from ABC.net.au: "Rupert Murdoch's media empire has made huge payouts to 37 phone-hacking victims, including actor Jude Law, singer Danii Minogue, and former British deputy prime minister John Prescott, their lawyers said. ... The company has set up a multi-million-pound compensation scheme for victims of phone hacking in a bid to avoid further costly civil lawsuits. ... It has also made a payout of 2 million pounds to the family of murdered British schoolgirl Milly Dowler, while Mr. Murdoch made a personal donation of 1 million pounds to charities chosen by her family.'"
An anonymous reader writes "Y Combinator, a firm that invests in startups, has put out a call to kill Hollywood. In a post on their site, the firm said attempts at legislation similar to SOPA wouldn't stop until there is no industry left to protect. They now want to incubate ideas for new types of entertainment, so we can evolve the movie and television industries. Quoting: 'There will be several answers, ranging from new ways to produce and distribute shows, through new media (e.g. games) that look a lot like shows but are more interactive, to things (e.g. social sites and apps) that have little in common with movies and TV except competing with them for finite audience attention. Some of the best ideas may initially look like they're serving the movie and TV industries. Microsoft seemed like a technology supplier to IBM before eating their lunch, and Google did the same thing to Yahoo.'"
Hugh Pickens writes "A new report from the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce called 'Hard Times: College Majors, Unemployment and Earnings: Not All College Degrees Are Created Equal' analyzes unemployment by major. It shows that not enough students — and their families who are also taking on student loans — are asking what their college major is worth in the workforce. 'Too many students aren't sure what job they could get after four, five or even six years of studying a certain major and racking up education loans,' writes Singletary. 'Many aren't getting on-the-job training while they are in school or during their semester or summer breaks. As a result, questions about employment opportunities or what type of job they have the skills to attain are met with blank stares or the typical, "I don't know."' The reports found that the unemployment rate for recent graduates is highest in architecture (13.9 percent) because of the collapse of the construction and home-building industry and not surprisingly, unemployment rates are generally higher in non-technical majors (PDF), such as the arts (11.1 percent), humanities and liberal arts (9.4 percent), social science (8.9 percent) and law and public policy (8.1 percent)."
oztiks writes "Lawyer Karen Sandler's heart condition means she needs a pacemaker to ward off sudden death. Instead of trusting that the vendor will create a flawless platform for the device to operate, Sandler has demanded to see the device's source code. Sandler's reasoning brings into question the device's reliably, stability, and oddly enough, security."
Orome1 writes "Mozilla has been working for a while now on a new browser-based system for identifying and authenticating users it calls BrowserID, but it's only this month that all of its sites have finally been outfitted with the technology. Mozilla aims for BrowserID to become a more secure alternative to OpenID, the decentralized authentication system offered to users of popular sites such as Google, Yahoo!, PayPal, MySpace and others."
An anonymous reader writes "Next month at FOSDEM there will be an announcement of a fully open-source and reverse-engineered ARM Mali graphics driver for Android / Linux. This driver, according to Phoronix, is said to support OpenGL ES and other functionality from reverse engineering the official ARM Linux driver. Will this mark a change for open-source graphics drivers on ARM, just as the Radeon did for x86 Linux?"
astroengine writes "Researchers from Icarus Interstellar Inc. and General Propulsion Science have announced their intention to pursue the development of Nuclear Thermal Rockets and other fission-based space technologies. The aim? To revolutionize space travel, ultimately paving the way to the goal of sending a probe to another star."
mdsolar writes with this excerpt from the Sydney Morning Herald: "Radiation-blurred images taken inside one of Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear reactors show steam, unidentified parts and rusty metal surfaces scarred by 10 months of exposure to heat and humidity. The photos — the first inside-look since the disaster — showed none of the reactor's melted fuel or its cooling water but confirmed stable temperatures and showed no major ruptures caused by the earthquake last March, said Junichi Matsumoto, spokesman for plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company." Here's a video.
wiredmikey writes "As Anonymous initiated what it said will be the 'largest attack ever on government and music industry sites' in response to actions taken by the Justice Department against operators of file sharing site Megaupload.com, downloads of a popular DoS attack tool have spiked. While the Denial of Service tool known as the 'Low Orbit Ion Cannon' (LOIC) was developed by the 'good guys' to stress test websites, it has been a favorite tool of Anonymous to take its targets offline via denial of service attacks. Interactions seen on Twitter and IRC, made it clear that the action against MegaUpload has sparked many more individuals to get involved in the online protests and download the LOIC to take part in the attacks and has resulted in a massive spike in downloads according Slashdot sister site Sourceforge."
ptorrone writes "Limor 'Ladyada' Fried's NYC based Open-source electronics studio, Adafruit, today announced their new open wearable platform called the FLORA (blog post & video). The FLORA is Arduino compatible as well as supporting a variety of sensors and add-on devices including: Bluetooth, GPS, 3-axis accelerometer, compass module, flex sensor, piezo, IR LED, push button, embroidered + capacitive keypad, OLED and more. The first round of hardware is in the hands of testers to create wearable projects."