Mozilla Firefox 12, which will be released next month, will be the last version to run on early editions of …
Microsoft blames security info-sharing program for attack code leak
Microsoft has confirmed that sample attack code created by the company had likely leaked to hackers from a program it …
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 …
Hadoop solidified for production duty
After nearly seven years of development and fine tuning, the Apache Hadoop data processing framework is finally ready for full …
Office 365: Microsoft rolls it out
A new paradigm of unified computing, targeted at small and medium enterprises, is being rolled out across the region. So …
RSA security lapse led to March hack, says researcher
The attack that hacked RSA Security’s network earlier this year succeeded because the company failed to take a basic security …
Office 365 a hit, especially with small businesses: Microsoft
Office 365, Microsoft’s cloud collaboration and communication suite for organisations, is selling eight times faster than its predecessor, the Business …
Google Apps adds around-the-clock phone support
Addressing a major source of complaints with its Apps suite, Google has announced that it will now offer around-the-clock phone …
Back to school
The application of IT is not only transforming the way students learn, but also the way they are being taught. …
ARM leads march to 64-bit tablets, smartphones: analysts
ARM’s new 64-bit ARMv8 architecture could be used in tablets and smartphones in a few years, which could help deliver …
Spinning off PC group would have cost billions: HP
Spinning off its PC unit would have been too costly for Hewlett-Packard (HP), and that was one of the reasons …
Computing while commuting
Guy Whitcroft tells us how a light-weight iPad can replace a notebook, making commuting and general meetings more productive Sometime …
Perfect storm
Google’s Motorola mobile takeover and HP?s PSG spin off are game changers and signs of the gathering storm Nowadays a …
HTC’s Mango phones, Titan and Radar, out next month
HTC recently launched two smartphones running Microsoft’s latest update of its mobile operating system, called Mango, as Microsoft struggles to …
Microsoft kicks off $250,000 security contest
Microsoft has launched a $250,000 contest for researchers who develop defensive security technologies that deal with entire classes of exploits, …
Dubai Financial Market leverages power of the cloud
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has harnessed the power of Microsoft Windows Azure to host a visually compelling, streamlined and innovative …
Microsoft extends SUSE Linux partnership
Extending a partnership established in 2006, Microsoft has renewed a working agreement to resell SUSE Linux and help develop new …
HP announces converged storage strategy, products
Hewlett-Packard today announced a series of upgrades to its storage products, including the addition of data snapshots and a portfolio …
An app store future and what it means
Apple’s App Store for its iPhone and other iOS devices is an unqualified success, blowing through the 10 billion downloads …
Public cloud to surge: Forrester
On the heels of the controversial Amazon EC2 cloud outage last week, research firm Forrester published a timely report on …