Microsoft’s Xbox One will become available on Nov. 22 and the company has made the game console faster by cranking …
Microsoft to acquire Nokia's smartphones and mobile phones business
Microsoft is to acquire Nokia’s Devices & Services business, which includes the smartphone and mobile phones businesses, for Euro 3.79 billion (US$5 billion), Microsoft said Monday.
Facebook tells employees, 'build something' – with a table saw
Facebook’s motto may be “move fast and break things,” but the 3,000 employees at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, now have the chance to do just the opposite.
Facebook does Prism damage control with first government request report
Facebook received more than 25,000 requests from governments about its users during the first half of 2013, with nearly half of those requests coming from U.S. law enforcement and related agencies, the company said.
Outlook.com and Skype integration starts to roll out
Microsoft has integrated Outlook.com with Skype in several countries, including the U.K., the U.S. and Germany, offering users the ability to tap Skype functions and contacts from within the interface of the webmail application.
Bolt from the Blue
When the first quarter saw IBM miss earnings expectations for the first time in eight years, questions were raised not just on Big Blue, but the state of the IT industry as a whole.
SAP posts growth but lowers outlook in main software business
SAP reported revenue growth in the second quarter driven by growth in cloud subscriptions and revenue from support and its HANA in-memory database.
Fallout from NSA surveillance programme disclosures spreads
The fallout from the recent disclosures of the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance programmes continues to spread.
Three quarters of consumers concerned about privacy online: report
New research commissioned by civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch has revealed that over three quarters of consumers globally are concerned about their privacy online.
Infopro Digital to acquire DISTREE Events
Infopro Digital has announced that it is set to acquire DISTREE Events, an organiser of ICT and consumer electronics (CE) …
Middle East invasion
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Tightening the ship
Topaz is a Dubai-based oil field services company that provides marine and engineering solutions to the global energy industry. After …
Cautious optimism
Amid a declining global PC market, Lenovo seems incredibly upbeat about its regional prospects. Perhaps that has something to do …
CRM is top priority for IT spending in 2013-14, says Gartner
CRM (customer relationship management) software will be the top priority for additional spending on enterprise applications around the world this …
MiniDuke malware targets 23 governments
A cyber espionage operation dubbed MiniDuke has targeted government organisations in as many as 23 countries, security vendors said on …
Mozilla announces global expansion for Firefox OS, Etisalat and Qtel sign up
Mozilla has used Mobile World Congress, which kicked off today in Barcelona, as the platform to preview the first commercial …
Samsung launches REX phones for emerging markets
Samsung has launched a new series of “smart feature phones” called REX, which the firm will sell in emerging markets. …
Microsoft unveils big Africa plans
Microsoft has announced that it is collaborating with the Kenyan government and a local Internet service provider to provide broadband …
Twitter report shines light on rising government data requests
Twitter has released new numbers showing that the social network complied with government data requests 69 percent of the time …
Customer sues Salesforce.com over support service
Salesforce.com is being sued by a customer who claims the CRM (customer relationship management) software vendor’s misrepresentations made their relationship …