Although most employees leave the office at 5 p.m. they are often remain virtually tethered to their desks. The smartphone, …
Sun reportedly cancels 16-core Rock processors
Sun Microsystems is reportedly canceling its long-awaited Rock project, a 16-core server chip that was expected to be delivered this …
Open-source routers attracting enterprise IT
Many large IT operations are extensively using open-source technology — in operating systems, applications, development tools and databases. So why …
Emulation or Virtualization?
Emulation is what we do when we try to make one system behave like or imitate a different system. We …
Mozilla unveils Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate
Saying that it still plans to launch Firefox 3.5 by the end of the month, Mozilla issued the new browser's …
Apple delivers prodigious patch batch for iPhone
Apple yesterday patched 46 security vulnerabilities, half of them in the Safari browser and its WebKit rendering engine, for the …
Analysis confirms Internet clampdown in Iran
An analysis of the network traffic in and out of Iran over the last few days during the turmoil surrounding …
Weighing the pros/cons of desktop virtualization
Successful server virtualization deployments lead many IT managers to believe desktop virtualization would provide the same benefits. While that is …
MasterCard beefs up security requirements
In a move that is unlikely to sit well with many merchants, MasterCard has quietly changed a key security requirement …
Alcatel-Lucent will team with HP to sell telecom products
Telecommunications equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent and IT vendor Hewlett-Packard plan to jointly market their products to businesses looking for converged IT …
Search attracts innovation from established firms, startups
The search business has quickly become a hotbed of activity among a variety of companies in recent weeks. The new …
Sweex gaming accessories
Al Otaiba Communications, one of the leading telecom and technology product distributors in the Middle East and the exclusive distributor …
Fluke appoints Synergix as master distributor
In the GCC electronics community, announcements of new distributorships are often euphemistic for the withdrawal of local sales and support …
Extreme Networks announces partner branded service
Extreme Networks has announced that it is providing enhancements to its services program in North America and EMEA by launching …
Fluke appoints Synergix as master distributor
In the GCC electronics community, announcements of new distributorships are often euphemistic for the withdrawal of local sales and support …
What is a router?
Is a router still a router even if forwarding packets is just one of its many jobs? More and more …
Hitachi helps storage shops reclaim capacity
In the ongoing quest to make more efficient use of storage capacity, Hitachi Data Systems is adding software to its …
Bing helps Microsoft continue to gain steam in search market
Microsoft's Bing continues to gain steam. The week after Bing's official launch early this month, Microsoft's share of the search …
Google warns of issues with its Outlook sync tool for Apps
After promising that people can use Outlook “seamlessly” with the Gmail component of its Apps suite, Google is toning down …
Dell diversifies with fixed server offerings
Dell said it would offer pre-configured systems for enterprise customers looking to get server environments up and running quickly. The …