Research In Motion (RIM) on Thursday posted a net loss of $235 million for the second quarter on revenues of …
Mobile malware up 2,180% in security scare
Loss, theft, spam, Trojans, spyware, data breach, and aggressive advertising are some of the threats facing vulnerable mobile devices, such as smartphones …
Gartner: Microsoft’s ‘big gamble’ with Windows 8 won’t pay off
Gartner analysts have dubbed Microsoft’s Windows 8 as a “big gamble” that will see the operating system peak at just …
Dell unleashes Latitude 10 on tablet market
Dell unveiled its first business-focused Windows 8 tablet this week, which aims to offer style and enable productivity without compromising …
Wi-Fi Alliance launches Miracast certification to ease streaming
The Wi-Fi Alliance has launched a certification programme for its Miracast video transmission specification, offering a seal of approval that …
HP reveals Sleekbooks as cheaper Ultrabook alternatives
HP has announced new Pavilion Sleekbooks, which the company is pitching as laptops that are cheaper than Ultrabooks but competitive …
Lenovo acquires Stoneware to expand cloud products
Lenovo yesterday said it plans to acquire Stoneware, a small U.S. based company specialising in cloud products for schools and …
Samsung begins producing next-gen DRAM for mobile
Samsung Electronics has started mass production of a new type of memory chip for mobile devices, LPDDR3, that will dramatically …
Leaked Windows 8 tablet pricing suggests Asus is targeting big spenders
Asus’ first batch of Windows 8 tablets won’t come cheap, at least according to a leaked product roadmap full of …
School’s in for iPad
When Dr. Martin Ringle introduced the then-new iPad to Oregon’s Reed College in the fall of 2010, he was more …
Apple remains number 1 in customer satisfaction
Apple retained the top spot in a survey released by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, which also found that the …
Whitman: HP will return to smartphone market
HP CEO, Meg Whitman, has confirmed that the company will be returning to the smartphone market a year after its …
A sign of the post-PC era: DRAM sales down
For the first time in a generation, PCs in the second quarter of the year didn’t account for the majority …
Ultrabooks disappoint in 2012, MacBook Air is king
Despite Intel’s claim that 40 percent of all laptops sold this year would be ultrabooks the most popular, mid-tange priced …
Office for Windows RT to ship between November and January
Buyers of computers running Windows RT, the Windows 8 version for ARM-based devices, will receive at no additional cost a …
iOS and Android device adoption rate said to be fastest in history
Business Monitor International’s UAE Consumer Electronics Industry Report estimates that the UAE’s consumer electronics market is set to reach a value of USD3.8 billion in 2012 and USD4.8 billion by 2016
SAP to showcase innovation agenda at GITEX Technology Week
SAP announced that it will have a prominent presence in the Mobile, Apps and Content World section at GITEX Technology Week 2012. The company will also showcase its entire range of ICT solutions and host a number of prominent partners at the SAP stand.
Intel outlines mobile future at IDF keynote
Intel kicked off its Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco Tuesday showing off an Ultrabook with iPhone Siri-like functions, new gesture …
Windows Store for apps opens globally
The Windows Store, a new online marketplace for applications for Windows 8 and Windows RT computers, is now open to …
Intel’s new Itanium chip set to launch later this year
Intel has said it’s on track to launch the next-generation Itanium processor later this year, brushing away any speculation that …