Cyquent Technology Consultants and Gigatrust recently announced that it now provides email security and content protection software products and services …
Acer to offer free Windows 8 upgrades on some ultrabooks
Acer is offering a free upgrade to Windows 8 on some ultrabook models, saying it will refund the upgrade fee …
Huawei launches public cloud solution and innovation centre
Huawei, an information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has announced the global launch of its Telco Public Cloud solution …
PC makers rush to build Windows 8 tablets
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8 will be entirely released by the end of October, signalling when Windows 8 laptops, PCs and …
Amazon, Google, Apple among least transparent companies in the world
Apple, Amazon.com and Google are among the least transparent companies in the world, according to a survey of 105 publicly …
Tablets, smartphones dent PC shipments in second quarter
Tablets and smartphones continued to eat away at worldwide PC shipments, which remained flat during the second quarter, according to …
BYOD means soaring IT support costs for mobile devices
Annual IT costs for managing smartphones will soar by 48% next year compared to 2011, a new survey by Osterman …
BlackBerry App World tops 3bn, RIM says
After months of gloomy news to report, Research In Motion finally has something to brag about. Its app store, BlackBerry App World, …
Windows 8 goes to manufacturers in August, will ship in October
Windows 8, the next major upgrade of Microsoft’s operating system for PCs, tablets and laptops, will be released to manufacturers …
Hauwai launches public cloud solution and innovation centre
Huawei has announced the global launch of its Telco Public Cloud solution and Public Cloud Services Innovation Center, which are aimed …
Apple could overtake Windows in platform war within two years: analyst
Apple now sells one device for every two Windows devices, revealing that Microsoft’s huge advantage in the platform wars has …
Mozilla mobile OS outshines Android, says Telefonica head
Mozilla’s Firefox mobile OS for smartphones offers a better proposition than Android on affordable handsets, officials from one of Europe’s major mobile …
Bill Gates: Steve Jobs' work was 'phenomenal' but Apple may need Surface-like device
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has described Steve Jobs’ work as “phenomenal,” but believes that Apple may need to build a …
Targeted attacks against aerospace industry use Sykipot malware
New email-based attacks, some of which target the aerospace industry, are distributing new variants of the Sykipot information stealing malware, …
Faceoff: Google Drive vs Dropbox
In this corner, weighing in at 50 million users, and five years’ growth under its belt, the filer from Manila-er, …
Samsung Series 5 550 Chromebook
A year ago, we saw the first Samsung Chromebook and we were left feeling pretty underwhelmed with it. Not only …
On cloud nine
Habtoor Hotels has become the latest enterprise in the region to express its satisfaction with a move to the cloud. …
Mozilla confirms Firefox mobile operating system for 2013
Mozilla has confirmed details of its Firefox mobile operating system which it plans to launch next year. Formally called project ‘boot to …
Tablets will outship notebooks by 2016: Research
Research firm NPD DisplaySearch expects tablet shipments to exceed laptop shipments by 2016, likely due to consumer desire for more portability. “Consumer …
Acer unveils Windows 8 PC lineup
Acer has launched its series of Windows 8-based products, which includes the premium Aspire S7 Ultrabook, Iconia W Series tablets, …