Internet calling company Skype said Sunday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GroupMe, a startup that …
Revisions galore for HP
Six months after laying out his “strategic vision” for HP, CEO Leo Apotheker took the actions to realise it and …
The PC is the new mainframe: IBM
“The PC is dead!” We’ve heard that message a lot since the birth of Apple’s iPad, but when one of …
HTC unlocks its phones, but probably not just to irk Google
HTC, which just announced it would stick with Google and keep running Android on its best phones even though Google …
Shades of Blue in HP’s dramatic reshuffling
HP’s plans to get out of the PC business, acquire software maker Autonomy and retreat from its webOS device investments …
SMS Management reports strong growth
IT management and services company SMS Management has reported strong revenue and earnings growth for the full year to 30 …
Google wants judge to dismiss four charges in Oracle suit
Google is hoping to head off some of the complaints Oracle has made against it by asking a California judge …
What happens to Samsung, LG, HTC after Google’s acquisition of Motorola?
While Google’s acquistion of Motorola Mobility is huge news, it draws the bigger question as to what it means for …
Amazon steps up service security for government agencies
Amazon is stepping up the security and access features of its cloud services in an effort to attract more government …
HTC vs. Apple, the dispute continues
HTC has filed a lawsuit against Apple for allegedly infringing on three patents, the latest in the legal battle raging …
HP updates dependency mapping software
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has updated its dependency mapping software to help customers figure out which departments are using which systems and …
IE9 best at protecting against drive-by downloads: NSS Labs
Internet Explorer is better at defending against drive-by downloads than competitors’ browsers and the contest isn’t even close, according to …
Google buys Motorola Mobility for US$12.5 billion
Google has entered into an agreement to acquire the mobile phone and tablet maker Motorola Mobility for about US$12.5 billion, …
New breed of champions
During the Reseller conference in June 2011, two presentations got me thinking. The first was from HP’s Hemayun on vendor-partner …
IBM declares the end of the PC era
Are we living in a “post-PC” world? Steve Jobs thinks so, and he often refers to the iPad as a …
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 …
ESET announces special offer for business users
ESET Middle East, IT Security vendor, announced a special offer for organisations looking to secure their networks in the Middle …
OpenLogic to launch tool to build open source software support
Developers and enterprise IT shops will soon have another option for PaaS (platform as a service) in the form of …
Cloud use greatly outpaces understanding: NPD
Despite huge investments in advertising on TV and on billboards– particularly in airports– survey after survey shows that when it …
Intel gives Ultrabooks a $300M investment boost
Intel said it would invest US$300 million in companies that develop new technologies for Ultrabooks, a class of thin and …