Don’t feel bad if you don’t really know anything about 5G wireless networking – because, by most standards, it doesn’t actually exist yet.
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UAE CIOs rank cloud as a top investment priority
With 85 percent of UAE CIOs ranking cloud as their top investment priority to 2020, managing multiple clouds will be the foundation for business success, industry experts revealed recently.0 3572
Syrian Electronic Army attacks Skype's social media sites
Skype said its social media properties were targeted, with the Syrian Electronic Army appearing to claim credit for the hacks.
Ford to unveil solar-powered car at CES in Las Vegas
Ford will display its first solar-powered vehicle at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the company announced on Thursday.
FireEye buys endpoint response vendor Mandiant for $990 million
FireEye has bought privately-held endpoint security incident response vendor Mandiant in a deal worth $990 million.
Hackers claim to expose phone information of 4.6 million Snapchat users
Phone numbers paired with user names of over 4.6 million alleged Snapchat users were posted online by hackers, a few days after a security research group claimed a vulnerability in the social sharing service that could allow attackers to match phone numbers to Snapchat accounts.
Virtualisation: the bigger picture
As an annual maturity assessment, the Gartner Hype Cycle continues to provide an accurate indication of those technologies and IT trends that are continuing to change the landscape around us, particularly those that have created large-scale technological shifts that impact a diverse set of users.
Japan outlines 2020 exascale supercomputer project
Japan intends to deliver an exascale supercomputer in six years. The firm completion date makes Japan novel among the nations in the race to build exascale systems.
IDC: High-tech companies failing in ERP customer experience strategies
High-tech manufacturers are failing in their customer ERP strategies, according to an IDC whitepaper.
Spanish police arrest 8 in Bank of Muscat, RAKBANK theft
Spanish police said Sunday eight people have been arrested who allegedly aided a global ring that stole $45 million from the Bank of Muscat and RAKBANK through fraudulent ATM withdrawals adding to arrests made by the U.S. and Germany in the scam.
Predictions gone wrong: Losing bets analysts made for 2013
Cast your mind back to the late 2000s – when the iPhone 3G beguiled consumers and the iTunes App Store began shifting users’ ideas about how they bought and used software. When Microsoft pros saw nothing but clear skies after Windows 7 cleared out the Windows Vista storm, and when green technology was touted as a transformative force in IT.