The hactivist group Anonymous reacted angrily to the Internet shutdown this week in Syria, an act attributed to the embattled regime …
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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 3598
Charts show dramatic traffic collapse after Syrian Internet blackout
Internet access in Syria has been shut off nationwide, and network watchers Akamai and Renesys have issued charts illustrating the …
US providers host Syrian government websites
Web hosting providers from the U.S., Canada and other Western nations have been hosting official Syrian government websites, in violation …
Security without compromising performance
IT managers in corporate and mid-size businesses have to balance both network performance and network security concerns. While security requirements …
Microsoft Surface and Amazon smartphones on horizon
Microsoft and Amazon will launch own-brand smartphones mid-2013, including a Windows Phone 8 Surface. iPhone maker Foxconn has apparently received orders from Microsoft and …
TomTom to the rescue for Apple Maps
Apple is said to be asking TomTom for help as it tries to improve its Maps app. According to a …
Businesses to increase SaaS spending over next two years
Nearly three quarters of enterprises in Europe are planning to increase spending on software-as-a-service (SaaS) over the next two years, …
Google CEO Page said to meet with FTC
Google CEO Larry Page met with officials from the FTC this week in an attempt to convince regulators that the …
Mobile browser vulnerability lets hackers steal cloud computing time
A novel technique based on MapReduce could let hackers hijack computing resources used by cloud-based mobile browsers and use them …
Microsoft commit to fix Windows Phone 8 issues
Microsoft plans to issue an over-the-air fix next month for a problem that has caused some Windows Phone 8 handsets …