Microsoft plans to spend $200 million promoting Windows Phone just to potential US customers in 2012, according to reports
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2012
Check Point Security Gateways Offered On Amazon Web Services Cloud
Check Point offers Amazon Web Services customers virtual security appliances built into their cloud environments
Apache Releases Stable Hadoop Version 1.0 Framework
The Apache Software Foundation has officially delivered the much-anticipated version 1.0 of the Apache Hadoop framework
Cisco Pulls The Plug On Umi Telepresence System For Consumers
Cisco has recognised it cannot compete with the likes of Skype on pricing and axed its Umi video system
Businesses Overlook Power Management Cost Savings
Businesses are not taking advantage of the potential cost savings associated with built-in power-saving technologies
eBay Bids For Low Cost Raspberry PI Hit £2100
A tiny computer that will be sold for just £20 later this month, is currently fetching bids worth thousands on the giant auction website eBay
Comet Pledges ‘Vigorous Defence’ Against Microsoft Lawsuit
Electrical retailer Comet has pledged to defend itself after software giant Microsoft launched a lawsuit over recovery CDs
ICO To Crack Down On Rule Breakers In 2012
ICO says austerity is no excuse for flaunting its rules and warns companies not to cut corners in 2012
Yahoo Appoints PayPal Boss Scott Thompson As CEO
Troubled Internet company Yahoo ends its five month wait for a new leader
Greenpeace And Facebook Decide To Friend One Another
Eco-warriors and social networkers decide to Like one another by joining forces to encourage green data centres
Google Demotes Chrome For Sponsored Link Gaffe
Google has demoted its own browser's page ranking for violating its rules on paid links
China Telecom To Launch UK Virtual Mobile Network
China Telecom agrees deal with Everything Everywhere to launch UK services
Google Apps Must Improve
Until Google improves its Apps software suite, users will keep on buying Microsoft Office, says clint boulton
Nokia Solar Energy Test Produces Disappointing Results
Nokia admits that solar panel ona phone's phone back cover need a lot of sun to power a phone
Enterprises Need To Secure Private Data With Encryption
Security experts are urging users and businesses to adopt full disk encryption to secure sensitive data
Key Management Changes As New IBM CEO Rometty Takes Over
Ginni Rometty IBM's new CEO, has made her first move by adding new blood to the sales, growth markets and services divisions
Data Management Software Revenue To Grow 21 Percent This Year
The market for customer data management is expected to grow to $644 million in 2012 and exceed $1 billion in 2015, says Gartner
RIM CEOs Could Be Ousted As Chairmen As Playbook Price Slashed
RIM co-chief executives could be ousted as chairmen of the board, as Playbooks get as $400 price cut
Asus Unlocks Prime Bootloader, Announces ICS Release
Asus promises an unlock tool for its encrypted bootloader and announces Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for Transformer Prime
Nokia Lumia 900 Images Leak Before CES
Leaked images suggest the Lumia 900 is more than an upgraded version of the Lumia 800
Two iOS5 Security Flaws Exploited By Apple Jailbreak Tool
The latest jailbreak tool for Apple's mobile devices takes advantage of flaws in the current iOS5 binary and kernel
Google+ 2011 Success Measured By 49m US Visits
Nearly 50 million US visitors used the social network in December, up 55 percent from the 30 million in November
Google Snaps Up More IBM Patents
Google is on the patent hunt once again, this time snapping up another 217 patents from IBM
HP Offers Sneak Peek Of Spectre Ultrabook
HP has offered consumers a teaser video on Youtube of its ultrabook entry dubbed 'Spectre'
Microsoft Gears Up For Linux On Windows Azure
Microsoft is reportedly to give its cloud platform users the chance to run Linux on its Windows Azure cloud this year
Saudi Hackers Steal Israeli Credit Card Details
Saudi hackers claim 400,000 Israeli credit cards compromised and promise to reveal more
Japan Develops Defensive Cyberweapon Arsenal
Japanese military plans to deal with an offensive cyber-attack on the country and its infrastructure have been revealed
Rupert Murdoch Attracts Controversy On Twitter
News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch attracts over 90,000 followers on Twitter
Hactivists Plot Satellite System To Bypass Web Censorship
So called hacktivists are considering an outlandish plan to launch their own satellites to create a free space-based Internet, immune to censorship
Sales Of £31 Aakash Android Tablet Reach 1.4 Million In India
Manufacturer Datawind struggles to cope with overwhelming demand for world's cheapest tablet