Microsoft's upcoming Zune HD media player is powered by Nvidia's Tegra computing platform, a source familiar with the device's specifications …
Google grabs 1 million phone numbers for Google Voice
Google last month reserved 1 million phone numbers with Level 3, signaling that it may finally be ready to roll …
Google adds Persian to machine translation service
As the Internet becomes a more important path for information between Iran and the rest of the world, Google has …
Weighing the pros/cons of desktop virtualization
Successful server virtualization deployments lead many IT managers to believe desktop virtualization would provide the same benefits. While that is …
WLAN market slammed, but 802.11n gains
The first quarter of this year may have been the gloomiest ever for the wireless LAN market, with overall revenue …
MasterCard beefs up security requirements
In a move that is unlikely to sit well with many merchants, MasterCard has quietly changed a key security requirement …
Alcatel-Lucent will team with HP to sell telecom products
Telecommunications equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent and IT vendor Hewlett-Packard plan to jointly market their products to businesses looking for converged IT …
Microsoft to deliver free antimalware this Tuesday
Microsoft said it will release a public beta of its free antimalware software, now called Microsoft Security Essentials, formerly “Morro,” …
Search attracts innovation from established firms, startups
The search business has quickly become a hotbed of activity among a variety of companies in recent weeks. The new …
BT unveils data centre cloud service
BT has announced its cloud computing service called Virtual Data Centre (VDC) at the Handelsblatt Telecommunications Market Europe conference in …
Memphis Tours extend communications with Polycom IP Telephony
FVC, leading value added distributor (VAD) of global networking and security products in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), …
Fluke appoints Synergix as master distributor
In the GCC electronics community, announcements of new distributorships are often euphemistic for the withdrawal of local sales and support …
Oracle buys drug-design software maker's IP
Oracle said it has bought the intellectual property of Conformia Software, maker of software for managing the design and development …
Microsoft backtracks, extends XP availability to 2011
Just hours after a noted research analyst criticized Microsoft's plans to limit sales of Windows XP PCs, the company said …