The hactivist group Anonymous reacted angrily to the Internet shutdown this week in Syria, an act attributed to the embattled regime …
Charts show dramatic traffic collapse after Syrian Internet blackout
Internet access in Syria has been shut off nationwide, and network watchers Akamai and Renesys have issued charts illustrating the …
US providers host Syrian government websites
Web hosting providers from the U.S., Canada and other Western nations have been hosting official Syrian government websites, in violation …
Microsoft Surface and Amazon smartphones on horizon
Microsoft and Amazon will launch own-brand smartphones mid-2013, including a Windows Phone 8 Surface. iPhone maker Foxconn has apparently received orders from Microsoft and …
TomTom to the rescue for Apple Maps
Apple is said to be asking TomTom for help as it tries to improve its Maps app. According to a …
Businesses to increase SaaS spending over next two years
Nearly three quarters of enterprises in Europe are planning to increase spending on software-as-a-service (SaaS) over the next two years, …
Google CEO Page said to meet with FTC
Google CEO Larry Page met with officials from the FTC this week in an attempt to convince regulators that the …
Mobile browser vulnerability lets hackers steal cloud computing time
A novel technique based on MapReduce could let hackers hijack computing resources used by cloud-based mobile browsers and use them …
Microsoft commit to fix Windows Phone 8 issues
Microsoft plans to issue an over-the-air fix next month for a problem that has caused some Windows Phone 8 handsets …
Analyst and SAP tied up in software discount row
SAP and a financial analyst are at loggerheads over a recent report by the analyst, claiming that a handful of …
Amazon introduces data warehouse service
Adding to an already considerable set of cloud IT offerings, Amazon has introduced a hosted data warehouse service called Redshift, …
Infor teams up with VMWare for virtualised ERP
Infor has teamed up with VMWare to help customers of its Infor LN ERP (enterprise resource planning) software run on …
‘Industrial Internet’ to add trillions to global GDP by 2030
The “Industrial Internet” (or Internet of Things) has the potential to add $10-15 trillion to global GDP by 2030 and …
Google integrates Gmail, cloud storage service Drive
Gmail users can now attach files up to 10GB in size by selecting them from the Google Drive cloud storage service. Gmail announced …