Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has launched a new Facebook application designed to make it “easier than ever to book a …
Huawei brings Android smartphone to UAE
Huawei has announced the launch of a new Android smartphone, the Ascend G 300, in the UAE. The leading global …
Tilgin bags new order from European operator
Tilgin has won yet another order from one of its larger customers, a large operator in South Eastern Europe, the …
Windows 8 disruptive but manageable, says support firm
Windows 8 may be the most disruptive operating system upgrade in 17 years, but the learning curve isn’t as steep …
IBM improves high-end mainframe speed, capacity
IBM has continued the evolution of its mainframe family by introducing a system it says is 25% faster and has …
Samsung to fight Apple's plot to ban sales
Samsung has said it will “take all necessary measures” to keep its products available for sale. The statement comes one …
Smartphones selling faster globally than expected
Smartphones are selling faster than previously predicted by IHS iSuppli and will make up more than half of global cell …
VMworld 2012 exhibits Horizon Suite that delivers apps, data to any device
VMWare has revealed its mobility platform, Horizon Suite, showing how it can securely deliver workers the set of applications and …
Unpatched Java vulnerability exploited in Blackhole attacks
Attacks targeting an unpatched vulnerability in the latest versions of Java 7 have become widespread after an exploit for the …
Apple gunning for Samsung with 8 product blocks
Apple asked a U.S. court to block sales of eight Samsung Electronics products on Monday, following the iPhone maker’s victory in a …
VIDEO: Facebook data centre strives for extreme power usage effectiveness
Facebook opened up its data center in Prineville, Oregon for a quick reporter tour, showcasing what’s new and what’s been updated about the environmentally friendly facility.
Tricks in your pocket
IT security threats are constantly evolving. It’s time for IT security pros to get ingenious. In that vein, we offer …
A troubled giant
RIM (Research in Motion) CEO Thorsten Heins talks on the current state of BlackBerry and how it fell from grace, …
Twitter appeals court ruling over user information
Twitter has filed an appeal of a New York judge’s June decision requiring the company to turn over detailed information …
VIDEO: Samsung lawyer leaves court after $1bn landmark loss to Apple
A lawyer representing Apple leaves the San Jose District Court after the company lost on most counts in their patent infringement case to Apple. Lawyers for Apple and jurors exited through a back door and avoided the media scrum.
VMware vSphere 5.1 employees EMC's Avamar backup, deduplication
VMware has announced that its vSphere cloud operating system will now come natively with EMC’s Avamar backup and recovery software, …
ITC clears Apple of three Motorola infringement patents, holds decision on fourth
The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that Apple did not infringe three of Motorola Mobility’s patents, while remanding the …
IT services deals decline 20% in Q2
The number of new outsourcing contracts worldwide dropped by 20% in the second quarter, to 411 from 516 in the …
Expect huge growth of wearable tech market, researchers say
Demand for real-time data, including personal health information, will drive the market for wearable wireless devices to grow from 14 …
Getting analytics into business intelligence
Business analytics (BA) initiatives can deliver great benefits. They involve getting the means to address the organisational dynamics associated with …