Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer survived the flop that was Windows Vista, but he wasn’t able to do the same after the disappointment of Windows 8.
Perceived missteps may have hit a tipping point for Ballmer
An accumulation of blunders under Steve Ballmer’s leadership may have hit a tipping point this year, leading to Friday’s groundshaking announcement …
Will iWork for iCloud work for you?
Apple has made iWork for iCloud available to the masses. It’s technically still in beta, but now anyone can use the cloud-based versions of Pages, Numbers, or Keynote from an iCloud account. The question is whether or not iWork is the right suite of tools for you to use.
Google's new developer policies will help foster a safer Play store
In the never-ending battle of iOS versus Android, one of the biggest marks against Google is that its Play store isn’t regulated enough for the novice smartphone user.
5 big things to watch for at VMworld
For about the last decade VMware has been one of the pre-eminent companies ushering in a new era of computing related to server virtualization. Now, the company is hoping to extend the shift beyond just server virtualization to include the cloud, plus network and storage virtualization.
How to transfer your contacts from BlackBerry to iPhone
We show you how to transfer contacts from a BlackBerry to an iPhone, whether it is from a new BlackBerry 10 …
Poison Ivy, used in RSA SecurID attack, still popular
A malicious software tool perhaps most famously used to hack RSA’s SecurID infrastructure is still being used in targeted attacks, …
Apple and the enterprise: A complicated relationship
When Microsoft shipped Windows 2000 and Active Directory, Apple didn’t really have a solution for identity management or for linking Macs to an enterprise network. The company was just beginning the transition from its classic Mac OS – the first version of which had shipped on the first Mac in 1984 — to OS X.
Facebook, six other tech companies launch partnership to bridge the digital divide
Facebook and six other tech companies have launched a joint project called Internet.org which aims to connect the two-thirds of the global population that is not currently linked to the Internet.
Security expert kicks off crowd-sourced fund to pay Facebook bug finder a $10K bounty
After a Palestinian researcher was denied a bug bounty by Facebook, Marc Maiffret, CTO of BeyondTrust, kicked off a crowd-sourced fund yesterday to come up with a reward.
Dell Foglight vanquishes zombie VMs
With an update to its Foglight for Virtualisation software package, Dell can now help organizations rid their systems of resource-sucking …
Riverbed delivers acceleration everywhere with industry's most comprehensive WAN optimisation solution
Riverbed Technology, the application performance company, recently extended its market leading Steelhead wide area network (WAN) optimisation product family with the addition of a new hardware appliance and upgrades to its Steelhead software.
Riverbed stands alone in Leaders Quadrant for WAN-optimised controllers in Gartner's Magic Quadrant
Riverbed Technology, the application performance company, recently announced that the company has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2013 “Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimisation Controllers”.
Apple iPad market share plummets in China as domestic vendors grow
The market share of Apple’s iPad fell dramatically in China during the second quarter as a result of competition from Android tablets made by little-known “white box” vendors.
Riverbed unveils unified application performance management suite in the Middle East
Riverbed Technology, the application performance company, today announced the availability of Riverbed OPNET AppInternals Xpert 8.5 in the Middle East.
Outlook.com and Skype integration starts to roll out
Microsoft has integrated Outlook.com with Skype in several countries, including the U.K., the U.S. and Germany, offering users the ability to tap Skype functions and contacts from within the interface of the webmail application.
HP joins Nvidia's Grid alliance
Hewlett-Packard has joined Nvidia’s growing Grid alliance, equipping a Gen8 Proliant blade server with graphics boards that can speed up and lower the cost of virtual desktop deployments.
The last days of Unix
Unix, the core server operating system in enterprise networks for decades, now finds itself in a slow, inexorable decline. IDC predicts that Unix server revenue will slide from $10.2 billion in 2012 to $8.7 billion in 2017, and Gartner sees Unix market share slipping from 16 percent in 2012 to 9 percent in 2017.
Review: Samsung Galaxy S4
On pretty much every quantifiable level, Samsung’s Galaxy S4 beats the HTC One. But that’s not the entire story.
Review: Samsung Galaxy S4
On pretty much every quantifiable level, Samsung’s Galaxy S4 beats the HTC One. But that’s not the entire story.