Shankar heads the largest IT distribution business in the region. At close to Dollar Two billion, Redington Gulf has the …
March to megapixel
Despite the global economic downturn the market for IP video surveillance cameras and other associated equipments seem to have remained …
HDD washout in Thailand
October?s flooding of Thailand has knocked out close to half of the global hard disk manufacturing base. Normalcy will take …
Samsung and HTC smartphones picking up pace
The battle between Samsung and Apple for smartphone superiority continues. After an abundance of advertising, lawsuits and patents trying to …
A booster for innovation
The heads of technology at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE Euronext) and NASDAQ OMX have said that financial businesses …
Private sector needs to take proactive approach to security: aeCERT
At a roundtable organised by the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and UBM, the audience had an opportunity to discuss …
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 …
Amazon unveils Kindle Fire, its entry into the tablet fray
Amazon unveiled its tablet computer, the US$199 Android-based Kindle Fire, yesterday during a Manhattan launch event. The Wi-Fi-only tablet has …
Quickheal antivirus portfolio
In the market since 2002 the product has kept up with trends through its latest mobile cleanup, Android SMS block …
Google, Motorola file for merger clearance
Google and Motorola Mobility plan to file for pre-closing antitrust clearances for the merger of Motorola with a Google subsidiary …
Android overtakes iPhone in Europe
Android has become the second most popular smartphone platform in the five leading European markets, according to figures from comScore, …
IBM envisions futuristic storage needs
IBM is working on both super-fast and super-dense storage media that should reach enterprises before the end of this decade, …
Securing parameters
As our society mobilises and more individuals use smart devices to access corporate data, cyber criminals are developing more sophisticated …
Top five Android smartphones this DSS
Jacky’s Ashish Panjabi takes a look at Android smartphones Over the last couple of months, we’ve seen a definite uptick …
Smartphones boom while mobile phone sales drops: Gartner
Mobile phone sales floundered during the second quarter, in the wake of the earthquake in Japan. But smartphone sales continued …
Skype enables video on more Android smartphones
Skype has released version 2.1 of its application for Android, which allows more smartphones and tablets based on Google’s operating …
Google buys 1000 IBM patents
Google has acquired more than 1,000 patents from IBM in a defensive move aimed at protecting itself from lawsuits. “Like …
Apple contributes half the cost of Nortel patents
Apple is contributing more than half the total US$4.5 billion price tag for Nortel patents, with partners including Microsoft and …
help AG first support partner for Palo Alto Networks
Help AG, has been officially named the region’s first support service partner for Palo Alto Networks. Help AG began working …
Compuware buys DynaTrace for $256m
Compuware announced yesterday it has purchased application performance monitoring vendor DynaTrace for US$256 million in cash, a move that builds …