Documents submitted to a California court as part of the patent battle between Apple and Samsung Electronics provide a fascinating …
New tools can crack PPTP encryption in under a day
Security researchers released two tools at the Defcon security conference that can be used to crack the encryption of any …
Proof-of-concept malware infects BIOS, network cards
Security researcher Jonathan Brossard created a proof-of-concept hardware backdoor called Rakshasa that replaces a computer’s BIOS (Basic Input Output System) …
Huawei records $16bn sales revenue in H1
Huawei recorded sales revenue of $16.16 billion in the first half of 2012, a 5.1% increase over the first half …
Consumer tech market to hit $2.1 trillion in 2012
Consumers worldwide are projected to spend some spend $2.1 trillion in 2012 on digital information and entertainment products, such as …
Facebook boosts revenue in first public financial report
Facebook boosted revenue by 32 percent in its first earnings report as a public company, bringing in US$1.18 billion and …
2012 app downloads to reach 36 billion: research
36 billion smartphone apps will be downloaded in 2012, resulting in an average 37 native apps a year per smartphone owner. The …
Mobile data to exceed 107 billion gigabytes in 2017
In five years time the global volume of mobile data traffic will be eight times more than what is expected …
Smartphone sales drive Samsung's revenue growth
Samsung Electronics reported strong growth in sales and profits in the second quarter, driven primarily by its mobile phone business. …
Apple to spend $356 million on security company
In a deal that should help Apple boost its enterprise security offerings, the iPhone maker is planning to buy mobile …
Nairobi iHub to set up Africa's second supercomputer
iHub Nairobi, a tech incubator, is set to become home to the second supercomputer in Africa, targeting mobile developers, gamers, …
Vodafone Egypt selects Ericsson
Ericsson will enable Vodafone Egypt to continue to provide a quality network to subscribers with a new agreement in which …
New tool to bypass web app firewall released
A tool for testing if Web application firewalls (WAFs) are vulnerable to around 150 protocol-level evasion techniques was released at …
Riverbed, Juniper enter technology-sharing partnership
A new technology partnership between Riverbed and Juniper will see the latter license Riverbed’s application delivery controller for use in …
Apple looked to Sony for iPhone inspiration: court documents
Apple looked in part to Sony for inspiration in designing its first iPhone, even having an internal designer produce “Sony-like” …
Oracle aims to poach SQL Server users with migration tool
Oracle is going after users of Microsoft’s SQL Server with a new tool for migrating data from SQL Server to …
One million Apple iPads sold to schools in third quarter
In its the third quarter earnings call Apple yesterday revealed that twice as many iPads as Macs were sold for …
Symantec CEO steps down, replaced by company's chairman
Security software vendor Symantec yesterday that Enrique Salem, its president and chief executive officer, had stepped down with immediate affect, …
Apple confirms "fall transition" indicating new iPhone, iPad and iMac this autumn
During Apple’s third quarter earnings report on Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer hinted at future products and …
Eyes are on Facebook's first earnings report
After a disappointing Wall Street debut, all eyes will be on Facebook on Thursday when it makes its first quarterly …