Trying to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to IT issues is not a job for the faint …
Xiaomi to look beyond China with its low-price smartphone business
Chinese handset maker Xiaomi, which has built up an enthusiastic following in its home market by undercutting rivals’ prices and …
Page points at future growth chances after poor Q3 results
Google CEO Larry Page tried to put a positive spin on his company’s poor third-quarter financial results, which were released …
Lenovo’s ThinkPad Tablet 2 starting at $629
Lenovo’s highly anticipated ThinkPad Tablet 2 with Windows 8 will be priced starting at US$629, the company said. The tablet …
Intel hopes for tablet breakthrough with Clover Trail, Windows 8
After months of heralding its Clover Trail processor for Windows 8 tablets, Intel on Thursday unveiled the chip that it …
Microsoft confirms hackers exploiting critical IE bug, promises patch
Microsoft on Monday issued a security advisory that confirmed in-the-wild attacks are exploiting an unpatched bug in Internet Explorer. The …
iOS and Android device adoption rate said to be fastest in history
Business Monitor International’s UAE Consumer Electronics Industry Report estimates that the UAE’s consumer electronics market is set to reach a value of USD3.8 billion in 2012 and USD4.8 billion by 2016
How IT pros can gear up for corporate leadership
Bottom Line – Non-IT and management skills are fundamental for career breakthrough – EMBA programmes gather collective wisdom and experience …
Intel unleashes high-performance server chips for cloud computing
Intel on Monday said it is developing high-performance server chips that in the future will serve up faster results from …
Symantec: Windows 8 ‘doesn’t move the needle’ on security
Symantec said Windows 8 “doesn’t move the needle much” on security as it rolled out new versions of its antivirus …
Android users are prime target for malware
A new report summarising the malware and cyber security trends for the second quarter of 2012 has been released. The report found …
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 …
Cloud company ends 'lifetime' hosting promise
Cloud computing company Joyent informed customers this week that a “lifetime” web hosting offer that it promised more than six years …
Facebook acts to fix mobile revenue woes
Facebook is trying out a new mobile ad system in order to find ways of profiting from its base of …
Aramex and introNetworks build Total Enterprise Network
introNetworks have collaborated with Aramex in a multiyear agreement to create an internal network that aims to “leverage talent, knowledge …
How Microsoft Surface stacks up against its tablet competition
Surface will change your expectations of what you can do with your tablet. First and foremost, you are no longer …
Microsoft debuts Hotmail replacement Outlook.com
Microsoft yesterday previewed a new webmail service called Outlook.com that will soon replace Hotmail. The company hopes that new features …
Apple-Samsung patent trial to hear opening arguments
A highly anticipated patent infringement case between Apple and Samsung Electronics will get under way in a California courtroom today …
Windows revenue falls 13%, share of sales drops to 23%
Weak sales of Windows last quarter dropped the operating system division to its second-lowest share of Microsoft’s total revenue since …
Discussing the future
On a Thursday last month, I found myself at a speech by Amit Singhal, senior VP of search at Google. …