Smartphone vendor High Tech Computer (HTC) will acquire graphics chip maker S3 Graphics for US$300 million, strengthening its patent portfolio …
Dell opens cloud centre in China
Dell opened a data centre in Shanghai this week to host public and private clouds and to provide customers with …
Courting success
Dubai Courts continues to invest in and grow its online presence as it works to expand and improve the services …
Anonymous claims Apple hack
A list of 27 user names and encrypted passwords apparently for an Apple website was posted to the Internet over …
Apple asks for preliminary injunction against Samsung sales
Apple took its patent infringement suit against Samsung to the next level when it asked the U.S. District Court to …
Red Hat announces new GM for MENA
Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions, today announced that George DeBono has been appointed as general manager for …
British hackers target Al-Qaeda website
A group of British hackers today took down Al-Qaeda’s communication network and websites, preventing the terrorist organisation from posting online …
Nortel’s patents more valuable than its products
Nortel’s patents were slightly more valuable than its products, as the transactions for Nortel’s product groups combined did not quite …
A congress for software
The second annual GCC Software Congress 2011 brought together multiple stakeholders from the IT industry to discuss the interlinking nature …
PCI building thinner interconnect for handheld devices
The PCI-Express standards-setting organisation is creating a thin interconnect that would link mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets to …
UAE’s YSA upgrades to HP networking tools
The UAE’s General Authority of Youth and Sports Welfare (YSA) has upgraded its entire network with HP Networking products to …
Aerohive updates its 802.11n WLAN software
Aerohive Networks has released new wireless LAN software, with new mobile device management and spectrum analysis features. The changes are being …
Cisco’s Cius tablet to ship next month
After delays, Cisco’s Cius tablet will start shipping in volume next month, and the device will be one of the …
Rebates, incentives, loyalty programmes, promotions: What works?
By any theory of channel marketing these are established instruments of “reward power”. However with shorter life cycles and new …
Oracle to acquire web management company FatWire
Oracle said Tuesday that it entered into an agreement to acquire FatWire Software, a privately-held company that specialises in software …
OBS, Sita to build a global cloud infrastructure
SITA, the air transport industry IT specialist, and Orange Business Services (OBS), the leading global integrated communications service provider for …
The new generation of apps
The world today is at the confluence of several trends, each sufficiently disruptive in its own right to affect profoundly …
Netezza rolls out large-scale analytic appliance
IBM’s Netezza division is rolling out a new analytic appliance that can analyse up to 10 petabytes of data “in …
Oracle to buy FatWire Software
Oracle said yesterday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire FatWire Software, a privately-held company that specialises in …
Nokia unveils N9 smartphone using MeeGo
Nokia unveiled Tuesday its new N9 smartphone that runs the MeeGo operating system, and is being marketed as a “pure …