We’re still recovering from the monster that is CES but that means Mobile World Congress (MWC) is fast approaching so here’s what smartphones to expect at the 2014 show held in Barcelona.
Microsoft will furnish malware assassin to XP users until mid-2015
Microsoft confirmed on Friday that it will continue to offer its malware scrubbing program to Windows XP users for more than a year after it stops patching the operating system.
Cisco: Malicious traffic present on 100 percent of sampled networks
Every large multinational firm investigated by Cisco for its latest Security Report showed signs of malicious traffic on their networks, the networking company has revealed.
Gartner: 20% of enterprise BYOD programmes to fail by 2016
This will fail happen, according to the research firm, due to enterprise deployment of mobile device management (MDM) measures that are too restrictive. It also predicts that by 2018, less than 0.01 percent of consumer mobile apps will be considered a financial success by their developers.
Gartner: By 2018 less than 0.01 percent of mobile apps will succeed
Consumers are increasingly turning to recommendation engines, friends, social networking or advertising to discover mobile applications rather than sorting through the thousands of mobile apps available, according to Gartner.
2X introduces ApplicationServer XG update
2X Software has announced it has released its 2X ApplicationServer XG version 11 in the Middle Eastern markets.
How to prepare your small business for tech success
With vendors and customers taking it easy during the holiday season, business likely won’t pick up until we are a few weeks into 2014. Why not use the extra time to fine-tune your home office or small business for the year ahead?
Tech support scammers are targeting mobile users, researchers say
Scammers have devised new ways to trick users into revealing personal information, hand over control of computers and pay for unnecessary software and tech support services, security experts warn.
Morgan Stanley: CIOs in Europe and US project healthy IT budget increases for 2014
CIOs at midmarket and large companies in Europe and the U.S. will spend 4.5 percent more on IT products and services this year than in 2013 as they focus their budget priorities on cloud computing, ERP and analytics software.
Apple's Mac ends up in tablet cannibal pot, too
Tablet consumers have taken as big a bite out of Mac growth as they have out of personal computers in general, showing that Apple is not immune to the seismic shift it triggered with the iPad.
3 powerful laptops built for serious business
In business, the faster you can deliver on a promise, the better. The three powerful, high-end laptops discussed here deliver data in microseconds.
Digital dreams
The healthcare industry is notorious for the amount of paper it consumes. From lengthy patient records to scribbled prescription notes, hospitals and healthcare organisations are always grappling with the problem of what to do with its masses of paper.
Lenovo widens lead as PC market decline slows
Analysts at both Gartner and IDC reported the seventh straight quarter of declining PC shipments, although both firms saw a light at the end of the tunnel.
Android heads to desktops as reliance on Internet grows
More PC makers are bringing Android to desktops as users increasingly turn to the Internet for apps, storage and entertainment.
Gartner: Android on track to surpass one billion devices this year
This year vendors will ship 1.1 billion Android-based devices, while Windows will stage a small comeback and the number of Apple machines, percentage-wise, will increase the most, according to estimates from market research company Gartner.
Lenovo announces new consumer desktop PCs at CES, including an Android all-in-one
Lenovo has announced several new desktop PCs at CES, and in a move that’s sure to give Microsoft heartburn, one of these new machines is an all-in-one that runs the Android operating system, not Windows.
Is 2014 the time to finally Virtualise Exchange?
Deciding which applications in the data center should be virtualised is an important process, says Alexey Strygin, Senior Solutions Architect, Veeam Software, Middle East
HP ships an Android all-in-one PC, plus several business laptops and desktops
It seems like a bit of a disconnect for HP to announce new commercial PCs at a trade show focused on consumer electronics, but HP -which didn’t book exhibit space at this year’s CES – is wise not to waste the opportunity.
Samsung introduces two more tablets, Galaxy NotePRO and Galaxy TabPRO
It’s a peculiar business strategy, but it seems to have garnered Samsung its marketshare success: make a ridiculous number of products in every size conceivable and then sell them around the world to anyone who’s willing to buy them.
Cybercrooks developing dangerous new file-encrypting ransomware, researchers warn
A team of malware developers is preparing to sell a new ransomware programme that encrypts files on infected computers, according to a volunteer group of security researchers who tracked the development of the threat on underground forums in recent weeks.