Popular online social networking site Tumblr was ravaged on Monday by an Internet worm that spewed racist and inflammatory messages across thousands of user accounts. The malicious hacking group known as GNAA claimed responsibility. The ...
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Toshiba has developed a low-power, high-speed version of MRAM memory that it says can cut power consumption in mobile CPUs by two-thirds. The company said Monday that its new MRAM (magnetoresistive random access memory) can be used in ...
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Apple sold 27 million iPhones and 14 million iPads in the last quarter of 2012, swelling its revenue by 27 percent, but its profits fell short of what analysts had been expecting. Apple's net profit for the quarter, ended Sept. 29, was ...
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SAP kicked off its Sapphire Now event in Madrid today by announcing the release of its new customer experience solution, 360 Customer. Co-CEO Bill McDermott delivered his keynote via satellite link due to a family emergency which ...
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Following a directive issued by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Dubai World Trade Centre announced today that GITEX Shopper will now run bi-annually from ...
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The findings of a first-of-its-kind survey by the Dubai School of Government (DSG) revealed today that the majority of enterprises in the Middle East see social media as a way of increasing collaboration, connecting with customers, ...
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Dubai Government's Information Security Committee held its second meeting to discuss information security policy, which is poised to be adopted across all Dubai government authorities and entities upon completion. The meeting, held at ...
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Late next year, consumers will be able to buy smartphones that either come with native hypervisor software or use an app allowing them to run two interfaces on the phone: one for personal use, one for work. The technology could help ...
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Apple today unveiled the iPhone 5, the newest entrant into its smartphone line-up. The iPhone 5 has a larger screen than its predecessors and support for high-speed LTE wireless networks. All of Apple's phones so far have had ...
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Apple has announced that iPhone 5 pre-orders topped the 2 million mark in just 24 hours, which the company says more than doubles the last iPhone pre-order record set by the iPhone 4S. In a press release, Apple says that it has sold out ...
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Apple yesterday sent out press invitations to a media event on Wednesday, Sept. 12, in San Francisco, with a clear hint that iPhone 5 will be announced then. The tagline on the document is short and suggestive: "It's almost here." ...
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Risk management software company Wynyard Group has opened an office in Dubai to serve its growing customer base in the Middle East, it announced today. Wynyard Group provides advanced software solutions for operational risk management, ...
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Worldwide spending on security is expected to touch the $60 billion mark in 2012, up 8.4 percent from $55 billion in the previous year, according to research company Gartner — this figure will approach $86 billion in 2016. "The ...
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Symantec this week announced two new data encryption options, one that is file-based encryption for use with Dropbox, and the second that works as an extension to the AppleiOS mail client to encrypt and decrypt documents. Symantec Mobile ...
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Red Hat has announced the availability of the first beta of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation 3.1. Current Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation customers are able to access the beta via the Red Hat Network today. The platform is expected to ...
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