Almost 2.4 billion computers, tablets and cell phones will ship this year, according to estimates from Gartner. That's a jump of 9% on 2012, and the industry has plenty more growth ahead. By 2017, Gartner expects just under 3 billion of ...
Microsoft today said it will ship nine security updates next week, two rated "critical," to patch Internet Explorer (IE), Windows, SharePoint Server, Office Web Apps and the company's anti-malware software in Windows 8 and RT. One ...
Tags: Computer Products, Microsoft, APP
Security vendor Sophos has released an update for the software used on its Web gateway security appliance in order to address three serious vulnerabilities in the product's Web-based user interface. The vulnerabilities could allow ...
Tags: Web Security Appliance, Security, Computer Products, web, Security vendor
There could be big changes coming to the fiddly and sometimes annoying Web browsing experience on cellphones. In apparently uncoordinated announcements on Wednesday, the Mozilla Foundation, the organization behind the Firefox Web browser, ...
Tags: Web Browser, Mozilla, Opera
Want to improve the high-quality photos and videos you've taken on your phone? Chances are your smart phone has video-editing tools built right in that can help you craft a polished video that's easily shared. Apple took the first step ...
Tags: Smart Phone, Consumer Electronics
The next generation of smartphones could have bullet-proof sapphire-glass screens thanks to improved production techniques and falling prices. One of the many rumours surrounding Google's upcoming X Phone is that it will feature a ...
The Chinese media have accused Apple of treating the nation's consumers as second-class citizens over its policy for replacing or repairing damaged iPhones under warranty. While Apple insists that its policies are broadly equivalent ...
Tags: Apple, Computer Products, Consumer Electronics, smart phone
BlackBerry plans to release a larger tablet and two phone-tablet combos, or phablets, over the next year, according to a leaked road map presentation slide. The three devices will run the BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system, which ...
Tags: Blackberry, Computer Products, software
Dell blamed Microsoft's Windows 8 as one of several causes for its grim financial future, according to a filing with securities regulators. "The difficult environment faced by the Company as a result of its underperformance relative to a ...
Tags: DELL, Computer Products, software
BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins has revealed plans to expand the Canadian firm's smartphone portfolio, to incorporate lower-end devices, in a bid to keep up with the likes of Samsung and Apple. In an interview with The Canadian ...
Tags: Blackberry, Smartphone, Consumer Electronics
Dell last week released a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that highlighted commercial considerations that led to the firm looking to go private, citing the financial outlook for the PC market as a primary reason. ...
Tags: Computer Products, dell, software
Apple CEO Tim Cook has personally apologised, on behalf of the company, to Chinese customers after last week's widespread accusations of "arrogance" concerning its warranty policies. Complaints included the length of an Apple warranty in ...
Tags: Apple, Computer Products
Microsoft has registered its first strong gains in share in the smartphone operating system market following the launch of Windows Phone 8, with the UK and Italy registering some of the biggest increases in market share. According to ...
Tags: Computer Products, Consumer Electronics, smart phone, Microsoft
Microsoft earlier this week quietly issued its first security update for one of its Windows 8 apps, patching a link-spoofing vulnerability in Mail. Two weeks ago, Microsoft spelled out plans for updating its own "Modern" apps, the flat UI ...
Tags: Windows 8, software, Computer Products
ARE you confident about working on a notebook that stores your documents straight to the cloud? Are you happy to forgo Microsoft and Apple applications you have used for years, such as Photoshop, Microsoft Word and Excel, and Apple's iWorks ...
Tags: Chromebook, Computer Products, Consumer Electronics, software