Microsoft has announced that Windows 8 will launch on 26 October. President of Windows at Microsoft, Steven Sinofsky, made the announcement at …
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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 3973EMEA outsourcing contracts decline by 29%
The number of outsourcing contracts worth more than £15.5 million awarded across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has …
Dell's cloud plans slip behind schedule
Dell announced an aggressive schedule last year to roll out cloud-based application services, but it now looks like the schedule …
Windows revenue falls 13%, share of sales drops to 23%
Weak sales of Windows last quarter dropped the operating system division to its second-lowest share of Microsoft’s total revenue since …
China Mobile Hong Kong selects Ericsson to build TD-LTE network
China Mobile Hong Kong, subsidiary of the world’s largest mobile operator China Mobile Limited, has selected Ericsson to expand their …
Industry coding consortium issue guidelines for safer applications
An industry consortium dedicated to assuring the security of software has issued guidelines to lower the risk that vulnerabilities that …
Mozilla ships Firefox 14, patches 18 bugs, encrypts search
Just days after a former employee blasted Mozilla for its frequent updates, the company on Tuesday shipped Firefox 14, patching …
Qualcomm sees smartphones pushing demand toward year end
Qualcomm has lowered its forecast of global cellular device shipments for 2012 due to a gloomy economic outlook, though it …
Bing and Google deepen social integration in search
Microsoft and Google are each taking steps to extend the social networking capabilities in their search services, with the goal …
Mobile device policies need to be liberal but firm: Gartner
Companies that put in dedicated policies for trusted work systems are now faced with a deluge of mobile devices in …