Nokia has announced the appointment of Vithesh Reddy as its new GM for the lower Gulf region. Reddy, who brings to the role more than seven years experience of the Nokia brand, will be responsible for the development of Nokia’s business operations in the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain. These are very exciting times… Read more »
A federal judge has dismissed a year-old lawsuit against Microsoft over alleged antitrust violations for the "downgrade" rules it set for Windows Vista and XP. The order issued by U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman put an end to the lawsuit filed by Emma Alvarado in February 2009. In her original complaint, the Los Angeles… Read more »
After Palm Inc. admitted that its smartphone sales were below expectations, rumors started swirling that the company might be sold, or that it could be beefing up its product line with a WiMax smartphone for Sprint Nextel. Palm’s biggest fans say they don’t want Palm to be sold and hope the cell phone maker keeps… Read more »
Microsoft announced a suite of hosted cloud services that will be delivered from facilities dedicated to federal government users. Microsoft made the announcement at its Redmond, Wash., headquarters during its annual U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit. The offerings available in Business Productivity Online Suite Federal include Exchange, SharePoint, Office Live Meeting and Office Communications. They… Read more »
A Denver Web design firm will hold a tongue-in-cheek funeral for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 on March 4 to celebrate the aged browser’s decline. Aten Design Group Inc. announced IE6′s funeral with a site, IE6funeral.com, that offered a short obituary and an invitation to a wake. "Internet Explorer Six, resident of the interwebs for over… Read more »
Desktop management and virtualization software company Citrix has purchased IT-asset-monitoring service provider Paglo for an undisclosed amount, the two companies announced. The deal closed in January. Citrix plans to fold Paglo’s services into its own Citrix Online remote support and IT management services, under the new name GoToManage, according to Elizabeth Cholawsky, Citrix vice president… Read more »
Apple’s computers again took the top spot in an annual reliability and support ranking, Syracuse, N.Y.-based technical support franchise Rescuecom said. Macs were the most reliable — and Apple’s support the most dependable — for the third year running, said Josh Kaplan, president of Rescuecom. "They’ve maintained that position without fail, which is first of… Read more »
IBM outlined plans to expand into a new line of business that may ultimately incorporate futuristic technologies, such as paint infused with nano-size sensors, for managing energy usage in buildings and even cities. The IBM plan calls for centralizing the management and extending the use of sensor technologies outside the data center. Sensor technologies are… Read more »
Rhomobile unveiled this week an upgrade to Rhodes, its open source framework for building native applications for multiple smartphone platforms. Rhodes can be used to build applications for Apple iPhone, Research in Motion BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian, and Google’s Android. With version 1.4 of the Ruby-based Rhodes framework, Rhomobile adds such capabilities as database-based logging… Read more »
Microsoft’s just-released beta of the Outlook Social Connector aims to solve a formidable problem: How to retain Outlook’s centrality when social networking sites and services such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter have become increasingly important. It largely succeeds. The Outlook Social Connector is designed to link Outlook to social networks, although at this point, it… Read more »
Microsoft announced it would start offering a browser ballot screen to some European users next week and plans to begin pushing the ballot to all Windows users in Europe the week of March 1. The ballot screen , which will be provided via Windows Update, was mandated by an agreement Microsoft reached last year with… Read more »
Nokia unveils Lumia 925
Nokia on Tuesday released a new interpretation of its flagship Lumia 920 in the form of the Lumia 925, a thinner, light device that features a metal case and the latest PureView camera. Indeed, aside from the sleeker looks, Nokia went big on the 925’s imaging capabilitites. Nokia claimed the new PureView camera features the… Read more »
D-Link releases DCS-5020L Cloud Camera
D-Link on Tuesday extended its range of Cloud Cameras, adding the Wireless N H.264 Day/Night PT Network Camera (DCS-5020L) into the product mix. The new camera is features pan and tilt, audio detection, and a Wi-Fi repeater mode, among other things. D-Link said that the DCS-5020L is a powerful and competitively priced way to enhance… Read more »
TouchMate to unveil new range of smartphones
TouchMate has announced that it will soon launch a range of smartphones in the GCC to complement its range of tablets. The new lines of smartphones will range in size from four inches to six inches, according to Vasant Menghani, CEO and Founder, TouchMate. The flagship model will be a six-inch smartphone, or “phablet”, which… Read more »
