Apple Inc lays groundwork for first debt sale eve

2013 April 30 | 2300 Views
LONDON  - Apple took initial steps Monday for what would be its first debt sale ever, as the U.S. computer giant lays the groundwork for what would be one of the most anticipated bond sales of th...

Apple discuss potential partnership with Beats

2013 March 06 | 2468 Views
Apple Inc has held talks with Beats Electronics LLC, the audio technology firm co-founded by influential hip-hop producer Dr Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine, on a potential partnership involving Beat...

Hackers attack Apple

Zimbabwe to host international ICT conference

Summit to highlight enterprise mobility as an increasing trend in SA's ICT sector

2013 January 18 | 3889 Views
The 4th annual IT Leaders Africa Summit will be held in South Africa's city of gold, Johannesburg from 14 to 15 March 2013. The summit is hosted and produced by international business-to-business ...

Samsung's crisis culture: a driver and a drawback

2012 September 03 | 1670 Views
Seoul - In his 1997 book, Samsung chair Lee Kun-hee wrote that a successful company needs a "heightened sense of crisis", so that it always looks ahead even when it's doing well, and needs to be able ...

Zim Govt to launch ICT policy

2012 July 30 | 2166 Views
Government is crafting a revised information and communication technology policy framework which is expected to be launched by the end of the year.The revised information and communication te...

Hackers topple Huawei routers at Def Con

2012 July 30 | 1749 Views
LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Hackers at an infamous Def Con gathering were shown how to easily slip into computer networks through some routers made by Chinese electronics colossus Huawei Technologies....

Ukrainian team wins Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012 with gloves that can translate sign language into speech

2012 July 10 | 1597 Views
A Ukrainian team, QuadSquad has won this year's Microsoft Imagine Cup student technology competition (and $25,000) after developing a gloves that can translate sign language into speech.The t...

Zimbabwe ICT Policy Review, the Roadmap

Apple is set to release iPad Mini - likely cheaper than Google's Nexus 7!

2012 July 05 | 1387 Views
Rumour has its that Apple is set to release its iPad Mini some time this year before the festive season kicks into full swing.According to a report by Bloomberg the new iPad Mini will have ei...

Google enters the tablet wars with Nexus Seven

2012 July 01 | 1115 Views
Google took another bite at the hardware apple with the announcement Wednesday of the Nexus Seven tablet. The tablet, very wisely, is not looking to compete with Apple's iPad – the indisputable...

Microsoft unveils new tablet - nearly an inch larger than the iPad

2012 June 19 | 1560 Views
The world's largest software maker unveiled its highly-anticipated new device in Los Angeles on Monday as it vies to compete with the likes of Apple's iPad and Android-powered tablets such as Samsung'...

HP to axe 27 000 jobs

2012 May 25 | 1165 Views
One of the world's largest PC and printer makers, Hewlett Packard, HP is axing 8% of its work force (27 000 jobs) in a bid to saving the firm $3bn a year.According to Al Jazeera, on Wednesday ...

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble announces an e-book venture

2012 May 02 | 1015 Views
Microsoft and US book retailer Barnes & Noble on Monday announced an e-book venture to challenge Amazon and Apple in the market.Microsoft will make a 300-million-U.S. dollar investment in...

Hackers targeting Macs with virus

2012 April 08 | 2581 Views
San Francisco - The computer security industry buzzed with warnings that more than a half-million Macintosh computers may have been infected with a virus targeting Apple machines.Flashback Tro...

Google to sell tablets direct to consumers

2012 March 30 | 1175 Views
Google is planning an online store to sell tablet computers directly to consumers, U.S. media reported on Thursday.The Google online store, expected to be similar to the ones of Apple and Amaz...

Hard time in the US - China iPad smuggling game

2012 March 26 | 1070 Views
Early on the morning of March 16, Wong Tat joined a line of about 100 people waiting for the launch of the new iPad in a chilly rain outside an Apple store on the outskirts of San Francisco.Wh...

New iPad - complaints of running too hot starts to pile up

2012 March 21 | 1195 Views
Complaints about Apple's third generation iPad that are running too hot started to pile up online on Tuesday as some independent tests showed the latest tablet runs 10 degrees Fahrenheit (around 5 de...

New iPad HD to go on sale Friday: Apple

2012 March 15 | 1242 Views
Apple Inc on Wednesday made an official announcement that the third-generation iPad will arrive at Apple's retail stores and its online store on Friday in the United States and nine additional countr...

Video of a German grandpa using an iPad as a chopping board - gone viral

2012 March 12 | 1597 Views
A German skit show's suggestion for the perfect use for an iPad has gone viral.The thirty-second sketch from Knaller Frauen showing an older man and younger woman cooking in the kitchen has...

Apple's next iPad to be called iPad HD

2012 March 06 | 1089 Views
Apple's next tablet will be called the iPad HD instead of the iPad 3, according to medias reports Tuesday.CNET has learned that a report from Gizmodo last week said the next iPad uses the HD m...

Hackers gained 'full functional control' of key Nasa computers

2012 March 03 | 1166 Views
According to the BBC, hackers gained "full functional control" of key Nasa computers in 2011, the agency's inspector general has told US lawmakers.Paul K Martin said hackers took over Jet Pr...

Amazon sells 3.9 million Kindle Fire tablets in 3 months

2012 February 19 | 957 Views
Amazon.com shipped nearly 3.9 million Kindle Fire tablets in the last three months of 2011, making the online retail giant the world's second-largest tablet maker in the quarter, market research firm ...

Laptop Cooling Stand is Turning in to Fad

Govt to digitalise the whole of Zimbabwe by 2015

2012 January 04 | 1049 Views
THE Ministry of Information Communication Technology (ICT) intends to digitalise the whole of Zimbabwe by 2015, Minister Nelson Chamisa has revealed.In an interview, Minister Chamisa said his ...

Head of Apple's design team knighted

2012 January 01 | 1289 Views
Los Angeles - Fans of the clean, inviting look of the iPhone, iPad and other blockbuster Apple products are legion, and that includes Queen Elizabeth II.The British monarch has awarded a knig...

Laptop connecting to the internet via Wi-Fi can damage sperm: Study

2011 December 16 | 1165 Views
Using a laptop connected to the internet via Wi-Fi can potentially damage sperm, a study suggests.Sperm samples placed beneath a laptop with a wireless internet connection for just four hours ...

Zim urged to embrace information communication technologies

2011 December 11 | 943 Views
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai called on all Zimbabwean to embrace information communication technologies (ICTs) in order to enhance the development of the country's economy.The PM made the ...

Motorola wins patents dispute against Apple Inc

2011 December 09 | 838 Views
A German court has ruled in Motorola Mobility's favour in a patents dispute with Apple.The Android smartphone maker had complained that Apple failed to license one of its wireless intellectual...

Microsoft acquires video search engine VideoSurf

2011 November 23 | 724 Views
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it has acquired video search engine VideoSurf.In a press release, Microsoft said it will integrate VideoSurf' s technology across its entertainment platform...

Tablets users more engaged in online video than desktop users

2011 November 14 | 655 Views
Tablet users were more engaged in video watching than desktop users, according to Ooyala, a video service provider in the US.The result was shown last week in the company's quarterly report, w...

How To: Start A Digital Music Label

2011 November 02 | 702 Views
Once, the perks of working at a record label were almost legendary -- the swag, the travel and the highly flexible expense account. Now, with sales tanking and the economy in the toilet, most people w...

Why Apple didn't use Intel chips on iPhone

2011 October 26 | 711 Views
In Walter Isaacson's biography of the Apple guru, "Steve Jobs", the former Apple CEO implies that Intel wasn't keeping up with the times. He explains why Apple ...

Intel acquires Telmap

2011 October 02 | 597 Views
Chipmaker Intel Corp (INTC.O) has agreed to acquire mobile navigation software maker Telmap, Israel-based Telmap said on its website.Details of the deal were not disclosed but Israeli media sa...

Lenovo Group to become the world's 2nd-largest PC provider

2011 September 09 | 604 Views
China's largest PC maker, Lenovo Group said it aims to become the world's second-largest PC provider by the end of this year, China Daily reported Friday.The PC maker will take aggressive acti...

Samsung withdraws its Galaxy Tab 7.7 from Berlin exhibition

2011 September 05 | 711 Views
Samsung said it is not showcasing its latest Galaxy Tab tab...

Sony presents the new Sony S tablet and Sony P tablets

2011 September 02 | 797 Views
Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, presents the new Sony S tablet (R) and the P tablet during a news conference at the IFA consumer...

Steve Jobs resigns as Apple Inc's CEO

2011 August 24 | 638 Views
The chief executive officer of Apple Inc, Steve Jobs has resigned. Here is a copy of his resignation letter:...

IBM creates a computer chip to imitate the human brain

2011 August 19 | 635 Views
IBM on Thursday announced it has created a chip designed to imitate the human brain's ability to understand its surroundings, act on things that happen around it and make sense of complex data, CNN re...

HP to stop making PCs

2011 August 19 | 835 Views
Hewlett-Packard Co may spin off the world's largest PC business, part of a wrenching series of moves away from the consumer market, including killing its new tablet and buying British software company...

Cyber crooks talking their way past computer defences

2011 June 16 | 647 Views
San Francisco - Cyber crooks are avoiding the need for slick software skills by talking their way past computer defences with old-fashioned telephone calls.Microsoft on Thursday warned that ha...

iCloud sues Apple over copying its trademark

2011 June 13 | 619 Views
An U.S. company named "iCloud communication" sued Apple over copying its trademark, according to media reports Monday.ICloud communication, an Arizona-based VoIP provider, asserted that Apple...

Zimbabwe has capacity to manufacture ICT components and compete globally

2011 June 06 | 706 Views
A Zimbabwean trade expert says local Small to Medium Enterprises in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector have the capacity to manufacture ICT components and compete on the global mar...

Sony's first tablet computers unveiled

2011 April 26 | 655 Views
Tokyo - Sony launched its first tablet computers in an ambitious attempt to grab the second spot in the market more than a year after Apple's iPad revolutionised mobile computing.The gadgets ...

Intel introduces new processor aimed at tablets

2011 April 11 | 607 Views
SAN FRANCISCO - The world's largest semiconductor chip m...

Samsung to rival Macbook Air with 9 series laptop

2011 March 17 | 603 Views
You can thank me in advance for not calling the ultra-slim Samsung 9 Series laptop a "MacBook Air killer," which it certainly is not. It is, however, a sleek featherweight of a portable PC, one ...

Western Digital to buy Hitachi Ltd.'s disk drive unit

2011 March 09 | 586 Views
The world's leading hard rive producer Western Digital Corp. on Monday announced that it has agreed to buy Hitachi Ltd.'s hard disk drive unit for about 4. 3 billion U.S. dollars, a move that will c...

New iPad Launch 2nd of March

2011 February 23 | 650 Views
Apple is expected to launch its new iPad on March 2, contrary to speculation of a delay of the latest version of the popular tablet computer.One person familiar with the matter said recent spe...

Dell introduce the new 10-inch Windows 7-based Tablet

2011 February 09 | 597 Views
Dell expanded its foray into tablets today with a new 10-inch Windows 7-based device designed, the company said, for users "who need greater mobility, as well as IT organizations that demand con...