Last month we mentioned about the Avatars of 2011. The first salvo has been launched! Anybody who has tried out …
Is the BlackBerry PlayBook for you?
In early May, I was one of the fortunate few in the UAE to have had a BlackBerry PlayBook in …
Microsoft consortium to trial TV spectrum for WiFi
Microsoft has got together with a range of technology and media companies, such as BT and the BBC, to trial …
Apple wins touchscreen patent
More than three years after its original filing, Apple has finally been granted an iPhone patent that could potentially see …
Huawei unveils latest tablet running Android 3.2
Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei unveiled a 7-inch tablet, called the MediaPad, running version 3.2 of Google’s Android mobile OS …
Google Chromebooks ready for pre-order
Google Chromebooks can now to be pre-ordered at Amazon.com and BestBuy. Google made the announcement on Twitter, saying that Chromebooks …
Nokia not ready for a tablet — yet
f cell phone maker Nokia rolls out a tablet device one day, it will be late to a game where …
HTC to release Sense SDK
HTC plans to release an SDK for Sense, the user interface it features on Android phones. With the software development …
ARM aims for 50% of mobile device market by 2015
ARM Holdings hopes to wrestle dominance of the mobile PC market from Intel and have ARM-based processors in more than …
Intel ‘happy to make custom chips’ for Apple
Intel would be happy to make custom chips for Apple, according to the company’s CFO. Reuters reports that Intel’s Stacy …
Jumbo’s service centre completes one year
Jumbo also plans to continue growing business in non retails areas such as IT solutions The Jumbo service centre, the …
BenQ’s viewing game
The monitor vendor is using gaming and lifestyle products to raise its brand profile in the region For BenQ’s business …
New ‘Mango’ Windows Phone version integrates apps
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled many new features to its Windows Phone software but it left out a few that some …
Google launches Chrome OS
Google co-founder Sergey Brin said Windows and other traditional PC operating systems are “torturing users” at Google’s Chrome OS launch …
Google Android OS going strong: Canalys
Market research firm Canalys has given Google’s Android OS a 35% share of the smartphone market for the first quarter …
Intel and Micron shrink NAND flash
Intel and Micron Technology said they had shrunk NAND flash memory in size, which could help add more storage and …
IEEE approves next WiMax standard
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has approved IEEE 802.16m, the standard for the next generation of WiMax, which …
Intel expects Oak Trail tablets to be available in May
Intel expects tablets running its power-efficient chip code-named Oak Trail to become available next month, the company said recently. Intel …
Google Android 3.0 needs more work
Google will not release the source code for Honeycomb, the version of its Android mobile OS optimised for tablets, until …
The choice illusion
Recently I went shopping for a laptop. As a family, we have owned and still call ours a couple of …