The Windows operating system for smartphones is expected to gain market share in the next few years thanks to Nokia, …
Reseller announces award winners 2011
AMD, Asbis, Kaspersky pick up prestigious awards at Reseller Awards 2011 Component vendor AMD and regional distributor Asbis, picked up …
One billion smartphones to ship in 2015: IDC
Nearly 1 billion smartphones will be shipped globally in 2015, almost double the amount for all of 2011, as millions …
Amazon’s Android e-store inferior: Apple
Apple this week called Amazon’s Appstore for Android “inferior” as it urged a federal court to block the online retailer …
BCS recognises local efforts in IT
BCS-ME, The Chartered Institute for IT, Middle East section held the Chairman’s annual dinner yesterday at the Holiday Inn hotel, …
Oracle is legally bound to reverse Itanium decision: HP
Oracle’s decision in March to stop developing software for Intel’s Itanium chips is in violation of “legally-binding commitments” Oracle has …
Setting standards
Qatar First Investment Bank chooses the cloud to host its disaster recovery apps and data, and finds that it could …
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 …
Motorola backtracks on CEO comments
Motorola is backtracking on comments its CEO made last week about the impact Android apps have on phone performance. Last …
First tablets with Intel’s Oak Trail chips shipped out
The first tablets based on Intel’s processor code-named Oak Trail started shipping late last week, with the initial models targeted …
Citrix founder’s new startup targets data sprawl
Citrix founder Edward Iacobucci is launching a startup calledVirtualWorks Group that plans to organize the mountains of data overwhelming modern …
Nokia not ready for a tablet — yet
f cell phone maker Nokia rolls out a tablet device one day, it will be late to a game where …
Large-scale IPv6 trial set for June 8
The largest experiment in the 40-year history of the Internet will take place on Wednesday, as hundreds of Web sites test …
SMBs are forsaking the cloud: survey
The majority 60% of UK SMBs are focused on improving existing IT systems and processes in order to find efficiencies, …
Obama’s CTO eyes the cloud
The federal government is “bullish” on prospects for using cloud and mobile technologies, although perhaps not at the expense of …
Gmail targeted by phishers
Google has disrupted what it believes to be a targeted phishing campaign aimed at stealing e-mail from government officials, contractors …
AMD enters tablet market with new chip
Advanced Micro Devices today broke its silence around its tablet strategy, announcing its first low-power chip designed for these devices. …
Asus demos Padfone at Computex IT
Taiwan’s Asustek Computer has previewed a smartphone-tablet PC combo device that seeks to bring together the strengths of both devices …
ARM aims for 50% of mobile device market by 2015
ARM Holdings hopes to wrestle dominance of the mobile PC market from Intel and have ARM-based processors in more than …
When the cloud evaporates
Over the past year, four cloud storage service providers have said they’re shutting down and Amazon’s cloud services have been …