Microsoft’s $7.2 billion deal to buy Nokia, announced early today, makes Nokia CEO Stephen Elop the frontrunner to head up Microsoft after Steve Ballmer departs, analysts said.
SANS Gulf Region 2013 to focus on critical core InfoSec skills
SANS Gulf Region 2013, one of the region’s largest InfoSec training events, will play host to a quartet of courses aimed at providing InfoSec professionals with the core set of skills to meet growing demand from across the region.
4 Client-Side Web Storage Options That Replace Cookies
Today’s Web applications handle large amounts of data processing on the client side. They may even need to be able to operate offline.
4 Things You Need to Know About Microsoft's Nokia Bid
Microsoft announced Monday that it will purchase Nokia’s devices and services business, as well as license Nokia patents and a mapping service
AMD to ship 64-bit ARM chips to server makers next year
Advanced Micro Devices will start shipping its first ARM server chips to manufacturers for testing in the first quarter of …
Microsoft takes aim at Google with Nokia's mapping products
Microsoft wants to build a better mobile phone through its acquisition of Nokia’s mobile phone business. One way it hopes to do that? By improving its maps applications to better compete against Google’s.
The Microsoft-Nokia deal: Fail plus fail equals more fail
“We must indeed all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall hang separately.” Benjamin Franklin reportedly said this during the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Microsoft's Nokia acquisition is 'a necessary gamble'
Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s Devices & Services business is a necessary gamble for the software company’s future growth in mobile.
BleakBerry: The gloomy outlook
BlackBerry’s board has formed a so-called Special Committee to explore strategic alternatives for the future of the company. But what are the options?
Lenovo's ThinkPad T440 packs dual batteries, runs up to 17 hours
Lenovo has introduced the ThinkPad T440, a laptop that comes with two batteries to provide up to 17 hours running time, the company said Tuesday.
BlackBerry blundered in forcing business use of BES
BlackBerry slipped when it forced businesses to buy its mobile device management (MDM) platform to fully support BlackBerry 10 devices, according to AirWatch CEO John Marshall.
Tablets no longer a status symbol for the chief
Smartphones and tablets have moved from executive toys to essential work tools, according to customers on a panel at the AirWatch Connect conference in Melbourne. However, smart mobile devices have not replaced laptops in all cases, they said.
Cisco fixes critical remote command execution vulnerability in Secure Access Control Server
Cisco Systems released security patches for Secure Access Control Server (Secure ACS) for Windows to address a critical vulnerability that …
Is the rumoured 64-bit Apple chip for iPhone 5S just wishful thinking?
Bloggers are speculating that a 31 percent boost in speed for Apple’s not-yet-announced A7 processor is related to still other …
How to take screenshots on your android phone
You just made it to the top of the leaderboards in your favorite game and want to show off to …
With Ballmer retiring, tech world awaits white smoke from Redmond
Mere days into the Steve Ballmer Successor Watch, guessing who will be his replacement has become a new tech industry …
Eurocom Panther 5SE: The Incredible Hulk of notebook computers
Eurocom rocked us with the most powerful per-pound choice in a notebook that we’ve seen to date. The Panther 5SE …
Linus Torvalds celebrates 22 years of Linux with nostalgic message
It was 22 years ago on Sunday that Linus Torvalds announced in a newsgroup posting that he was creating a free operating system, a message he echoed in his announcement Sunday of the latest Linux kernel release candidate.
A new owner may not be able to save BlackBerry
A permanent change seems to have taken hold in the mobile market, as BlackBerry explores the possibility of putting itself up for sale.
Twitterers have their say on Steve Ballmer, Microsoft … and Batman?
As reports on Steve Ballmer’s plan to retire from his Microsoft CEO post raced across the Internet this morning, Twitter lit up with tweets poking some fun and hand wringing about the fate of Microsoft.