Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) turned things around in 2012, posting an annual usage share gain for the first time in …
Top 5 collaboration predictions for 2013
The tools that we use to link people, information and communities are evolving at lightning speed. Business leaders and IT …
FTC strengthens online children’s privacy rules
Websites, mobile apps and online advertising networks targeting children will be required to follow new privacy regulations, including getting a …
Samsung vows to fix vulnerability in Android devices
Samsung said Wednesday it is working on an update for a software flaw that could allow attackers to siphon personal …
Costly cyber espionage on ‘relentless upward trend’
Cyber espionage is nothing new. So a report from the Defense Security Service (DSS) about efforts in foreign countries to …
NetApp and Aptec Ingram Micro launch Expresspod in the Middle East
ICT solutions Value-Added Distributor Aptec, an Ingram Micro company, announced yesterday the launch of NetApp’s Expresspod SMB Virtualisation solution in the Middle East.
Samsung buys SSD caching vendor Nvelo
Samsung Electronics has acquired Nvelo, a Silicon Valley vendor of products for caching data on flash-based SSDs (solid-state disks). Nvelo …
Enterprises to ‘get real’ about cloud in 2013: Forrester
IT leaders will need to “get real” and stop saying that everything is moving into the cloud during 2013, according …
Vint Cerf: The Internet doesn’t need the ITU’s help
Work under way to draft new regulations at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai this week could …
Canon hosts partner conference
Building on its “closer to customers” strategy, Canon Middle East has hosted its 2012 Partner Conference from 5th to 7th December …
Microsoft Office 2013
Although consumers and businesses are turning more often to Web-based software and mobile apps, many millions still depend on Microsoft …
Huawei invests €70M in R&D for smartphones
Huawei Technologies will invest €70 million (US$90.6 million) over a five-year period to establish a research and development centre in …
It’s extremely curious that Apple chooses not to sue Google directly, says Schmidt
Google’s former CEO and current Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that …
BT presents updated BT One
A senior BT executive presented new unified communications and collaboration services launched as part of a recent global update of …
Analyst and SAP tied up in software discount row
SAP and a financial analyst are at loggerheads over a recent report by the analyst, claiming that a handful of …
Orange launches VoIP mobile app to rival Skype
Orange has launched an application that gives mobile users free international calls and could prove to be a potential rival …
Skype says scam calls on a steady decline
Skype has been battling wily adversaries who are abusing the Internet calling application to direct people to scam websites, but …
Spectrum strategies
The growing demand for mobile data is chewing through the spectrum at disposal of the telecom operators. Fortunately, there are …
Apple’s Tim Cook named most powerful person in wireless industry
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been named the most powerful person in wireless for 2012. FierceWireless has published its annual list of …
Ballmer attacks Android, Apple, says Microsoft is best of both
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has branded Android ‘wild’ and Apple too ‘controlled’. During a recent conversation with LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid …