Up to 10 percent of mobile apps expose user passwords and login names, 25 percent expose personally identifiable information and …
Microsoft sued over use of live tiles in Windows
Microsoft has been slapped with a patent infringement lawsuit over its use of dynamic “live” tile icons in Windows, including …
Microsoft launches Windows 8 in Dubai
Today, Microsoft has announced the availability of Windows 8 for its customers in the United Arab Emirates and around the …
Settling in with Windows 8
You’ve successfully installed Windows 8. You’re staring at the Start screen, in all its flat-tiled glory, and it all seems completely …
Seasons of change
A fundamental change in server architecture could be on tap as companies look to cut data centre costs and power consumption. …
Over 200 vendors at risk from critical software flaw
CoDeSys, a piece of software running on industrial control systems (ICS) from over 200 vendors contains a vulnerability that allows …
Crowds flood new Microsoft Surface release
About 100 people waited outside Boston’s Microsoft Store Friday to buy the company’s new Surface tablet, which runs a new …
Windows 8 arrives as Microsoft seeks to catch up in tablet market
Windows 8 is finally here and the stakes are sky high for Microsoft. “We’re so happy to be here today …
Samsung Chromebook
How much would you pay for a cloud-centric computer? With its new $249 Samsung Chromebook — a system based on the idea …
Dell’s $499 XPS 10 matches price of Microsoft’s Surface tablet
Dell on Tuesday said its XPS 10 tablet with Windows RT will start at US$499, matching the price of Microsoft’s …
Google releases Windows 8 search app
Google has launched a dedicated search app for Windows 8 ahead of Friday’s official release of the OS. Google Search for …
2013 is going to be ‘ugly’ for Microsoft: Forrester
As Microsoft launches Windows 8, and with it, an attempt to stabilise a precipitous decline in its share of operating …
The Windows 8 FAQ
Windows 8 launches Friday, and even if you haven’t been paying attention it’s still not too late to catch up on …
The fruit of change
Bernard Biolchini, GM and VP of Sales, AMD META
Apple loses court appeal against Samsung tablet
Apple has lost its court battle with Samsung in the UK over its tablet design. The High Court in London ruled that …
Jacky’s posts 11% sales increase at Gitex Shopper 2012
The retailer posts a 11% sales increase from participation at GITEX Shopper 2012, attributes success to strategic location of the event, stand design, promotions for smartphones and ultrabooks
Infected computers rented as proxy servers on the black market
Cyber criminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels …
Lenovo unveils Windows 8, RT hybrid laptop, tablet devices
Lenovo has announced a new range of Windows 8 and RT hybrid computing devices that can function as tablets or …
Dell supercomputer design spawns new line of servers
Dell has developed a line of servers based on designs the company is using in an upcoming 10-petaflop supercomputer called …
Strength to strength
The peripherals industry is looking up as analysts continue to predict a growth in demand and sales in the year ahead driven by a host of mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and ultrabooks. We speak to the experts to take a look at the regional dynamics of the market.