After months of speculation, Google has launched a social network to rival Facebook. Google today unveiled its Google+ project, a …
PCI building thinner interconnect for handheld devices
The PCI-Express standards-setting organisation is creating a thin interconnect that would link mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets to …
HP to build regional HQ in Shanghai
HP plans to expand its manufacturing base in Shanghai and build a regional China headquarters in the city as part …
Microsoft consortium to trial TV spectrum for WiFi
Microsoft has got together with a range of technology and media companies, such as BT and the BBC, to trial …
Nokia ships phones with banking application in India
Nokia has started shipping mobile phones in India that are preloaded with its banking application, in a bid to popularise …
BCS launches career planning tool
IT professionals will be able to plan how their careers develop more clearly with a new Career Paths tool from …
CA updated MSM for greater efficiency
Addressing some of the chief problems faced by mainframe operators today, CA Technologies has updated its stack of mainframe management …
Travel firms ‘unsure’ about DR plans, says City Lifeline
A third of IT managers and users in the travel sector are “unsure” that their disaster recovery plans would work …
Disney launches Comics app for iOS devices
For the first time, Disney’s extensive collection of comics is digitally available in one place–on the newly launched Disney Comics …
Cloud top priority for Asian CIOs: Gartner
Chief information officers (CIOs) in Asia are continuing to search for innovative cloud technologies to support business growth, according to …
Oracle, Red Hat, Tibco, Adobe report high enterprise sales
Oracle, Red Hat, Tibco and Adobe this week showed that software sales, especially for products geared for the enterprise, continue …
Enterprise Java upgrade geared to PaaS clouds
The next version of enterprise Java will be fitted with capabilities for PaaS (platform-as-a-service) cloud computing, an Oracle official said …
Google to shut down health and energy services
Google said that it plans to shut down two services that proved unpopular: Google Health and Google PowerMeter. Google Health …
Citi hackers make $2.7 million
Citigroup suffered about US$2.7 million in losses after hackers found a way to steal credit card numbers from its website …