The surge in sales of smartphones and tablets is driving demand for accessories as well as wireless routers. From vendors …
Outlook 2012, Reading the cards
Microsoft will begin to dominate new networking and technology areas by increasing its share of unified communication and voice over …
PC shipments slumped as 2011 ended: IDC
Sales of personal computers slowed in the last three months of 2011, thanks to a sluggish economy, scarce hard drives …
Expect fewer phone models in 2012, executives say
Are there too many mobile phones to choose from? Phone makers are starting to worry that people are getting overwhelmed …
Enterprises to buy more Apple Macs and iPads in 2012
Enterprises buying Apple Macs and iPads will increase by 58% in 2012, an analyst with Forrester Research said yesterday. Corporations …
Intel enters smartphone market
Intel on Tuesday announced its first smartphone customers, signaling the arrival of Intel Inside smartphones after years of uphill struggle …
Sales of ‘in-game’ items to reach $4.8b by 2016: report
Sales of ‘in-game’ items will increase from $2.1 billion in 2011 to $4.8 billion in 2016, a report by Jupiter …
Lenovo launches hybrid of ultrabook and tablet
Lenovo got in on the ultrabook excitement before the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) even officially opened. Late Monday, Yang Yuanqing, …
Consumerisation creates management blind spots: survey
As end users bring their own devices to work, download apps and sign up for cloud services, it’s getting harder …
Aiming high
Oscar Rodrigues, CEO of Extreme Networks, who visited the region recently, talks about why his company is a force to …
Intel bets big on ultrabooks
Intel will get a strong indication at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show whether its decision to bet heavily on ultrabooks …
Microsoft aims Windows 8 storage at enterprise data centres
Windows 8 includes a storage scheme suitable for business deployment that can treat hundreds of disks as a single logical …
IBM acquiring Green Hat
IBM is buying Green Hat, maker of automated testing tools for integration, SOA (service oriented architecture) implementations and cloud-based deployments, …
STC to roll out LTE network
Alcatel-Lucent has announced its selection by Saudi Telecom Company (STC), the leading service provider in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, …
IBM to acquire Green Hat
IBM is buying Green Hat, maker of automated testing tools for integration, SOA (service oriented architecture) implementations and cloud-based deployments, …
Vodafone Egypt intros personalised mobile services
Subscribers of Vodafone Egypt, the country’s largest telecom operator, will soon enjoy a host of customized services. The operator is …
Intel’s Mobile Chip ‘Medfield’ Specs and Benchmarks Leaked
Intel’s first system-on-chip, codenamed “Medfield,” may outperform other chips designed for tablets and smartphones–at least according to performance numbers from …
Intel tries to keep netbooks alive with new Atom chips
Intel yesterday started shipping the latest Atom chips for netbooks, an important step to sustain growth of the low-cost PCs …
Samsung to buy Sony’s share of LCD panel joint company for $934 million
Sony said yesterday that it would sell off its entire stake in an LCD (liquid crystal display) manufacturing joint venture …
Big data, security and cloud identified as IT “super themes” in 2012
“Big data” analytics, security and cloud computing will be three of the most significant drivers of technological change in 2012, …