Mobile-phone companies and aid agencies have talked for years about deploying feature phones, coupled with basic text information services about …
95% of holidaymakers can’t switch off: Brocade
New research from Brocade shows that, along with sun cream and swimsuits, 95% of EMEA holidaymakers take at least one …
MBC selects Limelight solutions for online video publishing
Limelight Networks, today announced that Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) has selected Limelight as its sole solutions provider for online …
ITC ruling- “death blow” to Android OS
Apple won a preliminary victory over HTC–and over Android by proxy–when the ITC agreed this week that HTC smartphones violate …
SeaMicro crams 768 Atom cores in new cloud server
SeaMicro has crammed 768 Atom processor cores into its latest low-power SM10000-64HD server in an effort to provide a quick …
IT and security cant keep up with consumer device growth: Unisys & IDC
IT and security managers are slowly embracing the growing number of consumer devices, such as iPhones and iPads, that are …
Commonwealth Bank rolls out new mobile, tablet apps
The Commonwealth Bank today rolled out a suite of new mobile banking applications including NetBank for iPad and Android tablets, …
IDC: IT hasn’t grasped consumerisation trend
More people are bringing their own tablets and smartphones to work but IT departments have been slow to support them …
IT hasn’t grasped consumerisation trend: IDC
More people are bringing their own tablets and smartphones to work but IT departments have been slow to support them …
HP appoints new leader for WebOS group
Hewlett-Packard appointed a new executive yesterday to lead the development of its webOS software, with former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein …
First salvo is out
Last month we mentioned about the Avatars of 2011. The first salvo has been launched! Anybody who has tried out …
Domino’s Pizza moves systems to the cloud
Domino’s Pizza UK is moving its e-commerce site, online payment gateway, corporate e-mail and back-office systems into the cloud, with …
Is the BlackBerry PlayBook for you?
In early May, I was one of the fortunate few in the UAE to have had a BlackBerry PlayBook in …
HTC to acquire chip maker S3 graphics for $300m
Smartphone vendor High Tech Computer (HTC) will acquire graphics chip maker S3 Graphics for US$300 million, strengthening its patent portfolio …
Cisco announces special Wi-Fi gear for arenas
Cisco has announced a new Wi-Fi access point and stadium antenna that covers a smaller area for use in arenas …
Android’s 38% market share keeps it on top
A commanding 38% share of all smartphone users in the U.S. used Android-based devices in the three months ending in …
Gaming spend to exceed $74b in 2011: Gartner
The gaming ecosystem is undergoing major technology and business model transitions that will last beyond 2015. Gartner estimates that worldwide …
Speaking in code
Most of the time, what we coin as new technologies are just standard improvements on older versions in the steady …
Apple asks for preliminary injunction against Samsung sales
Apple took its patent infringement suit against Samsung to the next level when it asked the U.S. District Court to …
PCM 100 times faster than flash: IBM
Phase Change Memory (PCM) technology–one of the new forms of faster, smaller, and denser memory chips destined to replace flash–has …