Hewlett-Packard’s bombshell revelation that it would take a US$8.8 billion non-cash writedown after allegedly discovering major accounting fraud related to its Autonomy …
Gartner: Platform as a service market to see sharp growth
The PaaS (platform as a service) market will grow to US$1.2 billion this year, up from last year’s $900 million …
Google Drive for Android
At the beginning of October Fairfax Media (which owns Computerworld) moved its productivity environment from Microsoft Office to Google Apps …
On it’s 5th anniversary, Android solidifies its OS dominance
Five years after its inception, Android is more dominant than ever in the smartphone OS market, despite facing a number …
Mobility and consumerisation in 2013
Analysts predict that cloud computing will play a larger role in mobility and consumerisation of IT, Windows Phone and Android …
Judge accepts $22.5 million Google fine in Safari privacy case
A U.S. judge has indicated she will accept the terms of a settlement deal between Google and the U.S. Federal …
Enterprise interest in Windows 8 half that for Windows 7, analyst says
Enterprise IT decision makers are about half as enthusiastic about the new Windows 8 as they were three years ago …
Mozilla’s search revenue jumps 31%, likely due to near $1B Google deal
Mozilla said that income from search partners climbed 31% last year, hinting at the reportedly lucrative deal the open-source foundation …
Nvidia, AMD release graphics processors for supercomputing
Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices yesterday announced high-performance graphics chips for supercomputers. Nvidia announced GPUs (graphics processing units) called K20 …
Skype for Windows Phone 8 preview available for download
Microsoft has made a preview version of Skype for Windows Phone 8 available for download, which promises better integration with …
Virtually misguided
Vendors and industry leaders appear to have led the formation of an almost ubiquitous assumption that desktop virtualisation is something …
Driving transformation
As the Formula One World Championship made its return to the Middle East, the Lotus team highlighted the supreme importance …
UN’s civil aviation body recommends cyber security task force
The U.N.’s civil aviation body will recommend creating a cyber security task force at a meeting next week in Canada, …
Lenovo sees profit growth dip in Q2
Lenovo said its net profit for the fiscal second quarter increased by only 13 percent year-over-year, marking a shift from …
CRM, virtualisation and collaboration strongest in software market growth
The global software market grew 4.7 percent in the first half of this year to US$167 billion, with CRM (customer …
Anonymous fails to take down Facebook, Zynga
The hacktivist collective Anonymous celebrated Guy Fawkes Day on Monday by claiming it had stolen data from Symantec and ImageShack …
iPad trade-in rockets 500%
Trade-ins of old iPad models have increased 500 percent since Apple announced its iPad 4 and iPad mini. The data comes from gadget recycling website …
iPad Mini
It’s been two and a half years since Steve Jobs unveiled Apple’s idea of what a tablet should be — the …
Ballmer sees quick growth for Windows Phone
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Monday said Windows Phone will grow quickly in the global smartphone market. “We are still …
AMD announces fastest 16-core server chips as ARM future looms
With a future in ARM servers looming, Advanced Micro Devices on Monday announced its fastest 16-core Opteron 6300 server chips …