The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has reached an agreement on ways to measure the impact of IT systems on the …
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 …
A week with the Droid
At a Glance Droid Bionic Motorola Mobility Price: $299.99 (with two-year contract at Verizon Wireless) Pros: Slim and lightweight, fast …
Shades of success
At a recent interview with Wissam Khoury, managing director at SunGard Financial Systems, Middle East, Pallavi Sharma discovers the ideas …
Sony buys medical device maker, eyes new business line
Sony said Wednesday it had acquired a small medical researcher in the U.S. and plans to enter the market for …
EU restricts export of eavesdropping technology
The European Parliament on Tuesday revised EU rules on the export of so-called dual-use technologies with an aim of restricting …
MySQL.com hacked to serve malware
The website for the open-source MySQL database was hacked and used to serve malware to visitors yesterday. Security vendor Armorize …
Objectivity traps
Some studies claim to demonstrate that intuition is more reliable than evidence-based decision-making. Which makes me wonder, if a study …
Partner revamp
Bringing in specialisations is a better way for Symantec to align with end customer demand In April 2010, Symantec announced …
Microsoft CEO hints at ‘Metro-isation’ of Office
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer over the weekend strongly hinted that the company will craft a Metro-style version of the next …
Value of Intel-Google partnership on smartphones remains to be seen
Intel over the weekend promised a smartphone based on its Atom processor will hit the market in the first quarter …
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with support for SAPR business applications now available
Red Hat, today announced Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 has been certified by SAP AG to run SAP business applications. …
BCS members cite information security as the most important skill
BCS members have cited information security as the “most important attribute of the IT professional of the future”. The skill …
Hong Kong is cloud ready, says industry body
Hong Kong is increasingly becoming the North Asia data hub with many cloud service providers setting up data centres in …
Intel shows off tablet with upcoming Atom chip
Intel on Tuesday for the first time showed working prototypes of tablets with Google’s Android OS and the chip maker’s …
Nominations pour in for CNME’s ICT Achievement Awards 2011
ICT Achievement Awards 2011, which honours the most credible ICT deployments and IT teams in the region, has received hundreds …
Instant Messaging will surpass Email: survey
Many CIOs predict that real-time communication technologies, such as instant messaging, SharePoint , Chatter and Yammer will overtake classic email …
Focus Softnet to promote ERP and customised enterprise solutions at GITEX 2011
Focus Softnet, announced that they are participating in GITEX Technology Week 2011, scheduled to take place from October 09 – …
Cisco refreshes Linksys E-series wireless home routers
Cisco, today, announced a complete refresh of its Linksys E-Series wireless router family and the launch of the Linksys Wireless-N …
Embedded systems market to double by 2015: IDC
The market for embedded computer systems, which already generates more than US$1 trillion in revenue annually, will double in size …