Toshiba will launch high-speed SD memory cards this year in Japan and abroad that can read data at up to …
Google takes on iTunes store with Google Play
Google has finally created the last missing piece that it needs to compete with Apple in the digital content retail space: a …
Smartphone sales grew 47% in Q4 2011
Worldwide smartphone sales to end users soared to 149 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 47.3% increase …
Motorola to target business users with VMware hypervisor
Motorola Mobility has joined LG and Samsung among the companies building VMware’s hypervisor into their phones. The move is part …
Price versus brand takes focus in the battle for smartphone supremacy
Established vendors such as HTC, Sony and LG Electronics want to set their smartphones apart from less expensive devices from …
Huawei releases quad-core smartphone with its own processor
Huawei has launched the Ascend D Quad family, which has an in-house developed quad-core processor, as the Chinese network equipment …
Cloud security is not a ‘real’ concern: analyst
There are more pressing concerns when it comes to cloud computing than data security, according to analyst firm Frost & …
Mobile World Congress sneak peek
It might be hard to imagine there will be that much more for makers of smartphones, tablets and other wireless offerings to …
March to megapixel
New standards, better capabilities and the flexibility of IP drive adoption. Here’s what to consider. Despite the global economic downturn …
RIM’s new CEO wants to focus more on consumers
RIM’s new CEO, Thorsten Heins, wants the company to improve its product development while also becoming better at marketing, he …
HP pays $425,000 to settle claims over hazardous laptop batteries
Hewlett-Packard (HP) will pay US$425,000 to settle a claim that it knowingly sold laptops with hazardous batteries that could overheat …
“We are a supply chain services provider in the emerging markets” Raj Shankar, Managing Director, Redington Gulf
Shankar heads the largest IT distribution business in the region. At close to Dollar Two billion, Redington Gulf has the …
March to megapixel
Despite the global economic downturn the market for IP video surveillance cameras and other associated equipments seem to have remained …
HDD washout in Thailand
October?s flooding of Thailand has knocked out close to half of the global hard disk manufacturing base. Normalcy will take …
Samsung and HTC smartphones picking up pace
The battle between Samsung and Apple for smartphone superiority continues. After an abundance of advertising, lawsuits and patents trying to …
A booster for innovation
The heads of technology at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE Euronext) and NASDAQ OMX have said that financial businesses …
Private sector needs to take proactive approach to security: aeCERT
At a roundtable organised by the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and UBM, the audience had an opportunity to discuss …
HP, Dell overtake Nokia in Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics
While some consumer electronics manufacturers have cleaned up their act, making more energy-efficient gadgets with fewer toxic materials, others are …
Amazon unveils Kindle Fire, its entry into the tablet fray
Amazon unveiled its tablet computer, the US$199 Android-based Kindle Fire, yesterday during a Manhattan launch event. The Wi-Fi-only tablet has …
Quickheal antivirus portfolio
In the market since 2002 the product has kept up with trends through its latest mobile cleanup, Android SMS block …