Windows 8 is finally here and the stakes are sky high for Microsoft. “We’re so happy to be here today …
SAP reports strong third quarter, revises 2012 outlook
SAP reported Wednesday double-digit revenue growth in the third quarter, benefiting from a strong performance in the Americas and double-digit …
Apple sells 27 million iPhones but misses profit forecast
Apple sold 27 million iPhones and 14 million iPads in the last quarter of 2012, swelling its revenue by 27 …
Samsung posts record profit thanks to strong Galaxy S III sales
Samsung Electronics said today that net profit nearly doubled in the third quarter on strong sales of its Galaxy S …
Nokia drops off from list of top five smartphone vendors
Nokia has dropped off the list of the top five smartphone vendors in the third quarter, facing stiff competition from …
Samsung Chromebook
How much would you pay for a cloud-centric computer? With its new $249 Samsung Chromebook — a system based on the idea …
VIDEO: Apple’s iPad Mini and fourth-generation iPad
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VIDEO: Bill Gates discusses Windows 8’s natural user interface (NUI)
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Cybercriminals sell access to compromised corporate systems
A service discovered in the criminal underground is renting access to thousands of corporate servers that have been hacked through …
Juniper Networks sees another top exec leave
A management shake-up at Juniper Networks continues, as Stefan Dyckerhoff has been replaced as executive vice president of Juniper’s Platform Systems …
Dell’s $499 XPS 10 matches price of Microsoft’s Surface tablet
Dell on Tuesday said its XPS 10 tablet with Windows RT will start at US$499, matching the price of Microsoft’s …
Apple unveils iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad
Just six months after unveiling the third-generation iPad, Apple yesterday unveiled the long-rumoured iPad mini along with a fourth-generation of …
Google releases Windows 8 search app
Google has launched a dedicated search app for Windows 8 ahead of Friday’s official release of the OS. Google Search for …
Facebook grows revenue more than 30% in Q3, but also posts loss
Facebook, under extreme pressure to cheer up its disappointed investors, posted revenue growth of more than 30 percent in its …
2013 is going to be ‘ugly’ for Microsoft: Forrester
As Microsoft launches Windows 8, and with it, an attempt to stabilise a precipitous decline in its share of operating …
HSBC restores websites after major DDoS assault
HSBC has restored access to several of the company’s most important websites rendered inaccessible for ten hours by what is …
RIM still has fans among developers and administrators
Research In Motion continues to struggle as it works to finish the BlackBerry 10 operating system, but the audience at …
Business goes social
Infor today announced it is reinventing the look and feel of application interface models. Speaking at the Infor partner conference …
The ICT economy
The tables are turning and the focus is fast shifting to mobility and the demand for connectivity. Meera Kaul, MD at Optimus Technology and Telecommunications believes regional success will ultimately depend on how governments leverage these latest trends to better ICT infrastructure
Vendor value add
IBM brings its partners a number of support initiatives to help them play a greater part in the company’s route to expansion through 2015. Mark Hennessy, GM, IBM Global Partners and Midmarket, tells us more while Ilse Cilliers, VP Global Business Partners, MEA gives us the regional take.