After winning the approval of regulators in Europe, Australia, and Japan, Western Digital may have hit a snag in its …
Intel starts shipping new Atom processors
Intelhas announced the availability of the latest mobile Intel Atom processor-based platform, formerly codenamed “Cedar Trail.” Designed to provide small, compact, …
Intel’s Mobile Chip ‘Medfield’ Specs and Benchmarks Leaked
Intel’s first system-on-chip, codenamed “Medfield,” may outperform other chips designed for tablets and smartphones–at least according to performance numbers from …
Intel tries to keep netbooks alive with new Atom chips
Intel yesterday started shipping the latest Atom chips for netbooks, an important step to sustain growth of the low-cost PCs …
ITC favors Microsoft in Motorola tiff
In another blow to Android, a judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission issued an initial determination that Motorola Mobility …
NFC-enabled phone sales top 35mn in 2011
35 million Near Field Communications (NFC)-enabled phones were shipped in 2011, in what has been described as a “breakthrough year” …
Google releases list of top searches in UAE
Google today released its annual Zeitgeist report. According to Google, the report takes into account searches on the Web globally …
Accuver appoints Waseela as distributor
Waseela, a systems integrator specialising in broadband wireless technologies for telecom operators, service providers and large enterprises announced it has …
HP, Dell overtake Nokia in Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics
While some consumer electronics manufacturers have cleaned up their act, making more energy-efficient gadgets with fewer toxic materials, others are …
HTC now top U.S. smartphone vendor
HTC’s strategy of flooding the U.S. market with lots of devices and hoping some of them hit is really paying …
HTC reports record numbers, sells more phones than RIM
HTC is now the fourth largest smartphone vendor after having outpaced Research In Motion (RIM), according to market research company …
30% of corporate BlackBerry users want new device: survey
The BlackBerry device and its maker, Research in Motion (RIM), were in serious trouble even before last week’s global service …
Microsoft, Compal sign patent deal covering Android, Chrome
Microsoft has signed a patent agreement with Taiwan’s Compal Electronics that provides coverage under its patent portfolio for Compal’s tablets, …
“Touch has become ubiquitous”, Somanna Palacanda, Director of Marketing for Surface, Microsoft
Four years into the making and Microsoft?s Surface is beginning to look like the board room device of tomorrow. With …
ARM unveils Cortex-A7 chip for smartphones
ARM Holdings has introduced the Cortex-A7, a new microprocessor design that will be used in sub-US$100 smartphones, as well as …
H.H Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum open GITEX Shopper 2011
GITEX Shopper was officially opened today by His Highness Sheikh Majid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the …
Red Hat raids cloud storage market by acquiring Gluster
Red Hat announced yesterday that it is acquiring Gluster, which makes open-source software that clusters commodity SATA drives and NAS …
Microsoft starts rollout of Windows Phone 7.5 ‘Mango’ update
Microsoft has begun its Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” update to smartphones globally. The update of the mobile operating system, with …
IBM to lead $4.4 billion chip investment
Five chip makers, including Intel, IBM, Samsung Electronics, GlobalFoundries and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. have committed investment of US$4.4 billion …
Apple sued by Via over microprocessor patents
Apple is being sued by Via Technologies in the US over three patents for microprocessors. Bloomberg reported that Via alleges …