Former Windows chief Steven Sinofsky on Thursday defended Windows 8’s performance in the market, saying, “It’s hard for me to …
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UAE CIOs rank cloud as a top investment priority
With 85 percent of UAE CIOs ranking cloud as their top investment priority to 2020, managing multiple clouds will be the foundation for business success, industry experts revealed recently.0 4166
Computer scientists oppose Oracle’s bid to copyright Java APIs
Nearly three dozen computer scientists have signed off on a court brief opposing Oracle’s effort to copyright its Java APIs, …
Google pressures industry to make software flaws public faster
Google threw the gauntlet down before the software industry to clean up its mistakes faster than has been done in …
Briefs makes iOS app design easy and stress-free
Prototypes are important for all sorts of endeavors that pit a creative component against technical requirements – including, of course, …
Open Drive turns cloud storage services into one big file sharing network
You can keep your Google Drive files private, or you can use it as one huge file sharing network. Many …
Intel may look to outrun foundry competitors with new CEO Krzanich
Intel hasn’t signaled a change in strategy with the appointment of Brian Krzanich to CEO, but it is likely that …
Google woos developers as software becomes more important
Google did its best to court developers at this year’s I/O conference with a much-needed integrated developer environment, API for …
Etisalat ICT Forum: Broader than broadband
When you’ve built yourself up to become one of the Middle East and Africa’s largest telecoms operators, it can be …
Citrix CEO questions efficacy of Yahoo’s remote working ban
Citrix CEO Mark Templeton has said that banning employees from working from home is an ineffective way of preventing slacking …
Ethernet founders bemoan lack of investment in innovation
This week may have seen the network heavyweights of the U.S. celebrate the achievement of inventing Ethernet 40 years ago, …