Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest printer maker has rubbished aside claims by Australian scientists that office laser printers emit fine particles that can cause cancer once it enters lungs...

The world’s third largest PC maker, Lenovo Group has confirmed that it will soon roll out laptops preloaded with the Linux software from Novell Inc. as an alternative operating system to Microsoft’s Windows. The announcement was made this week at Linuxworld...

DRAM eXchange has said that parts shortage is affecting the laptop industry globally. It said makers of laptop computers are facing a shortage of components and the problem could get worse this quarter...

Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker by volumes and revenues has signed a deal with Microsoft to use its copy protection software to increase the use of wireless entertainment such as music and videos...

A new solution based on the Software as a Service (Saas) model is said to soon change the entire online travel industry landscape by accelerating business growth and expanding markets. The brainchild of ExRez Software, a B2B provider of next generation online travel systems, the tool is set to meet the increasing demand...

According to a new survey today fewer businesses will move to Microsoft Vista. The survey said businesses will prefer to stick older versions of Microsoft operating software or will shift to Linux or Mac OS X.

Ingram Micro has expanded its relationship with EMC by adding EMCs’ storage products to its portfolio as well as by recruiting new EMC partners...

Though Microsoft’s Zune has not done well as expected, Microsoft is looking at launching variants to spur sales of its flagship music player...

According to a new research by Gartner Inc, over 350 million business and consumer users will have access to wireless e-mail by 2010. Gartner said wireless email is undergoing a democratisation process...

Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, has rubbished aside reports Google’s forthcoming mobile phone software could be a threat or rival Microsoft mobile software...

According to a new report by a research firm, ASEAN countries can emerge as a strong contender to India and China in cornering offshore contracts in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)...

Japanese anti-virus company Trend Micro has launched SecureCloud software-as-a-service (SaaS) security platform that has new protection against botnets...

At the opening of its flagship Openworld Asia Pacific conference yesterday, Oracle announced that it has established the Oracle Asia Research and Development Center (OARDC) in Shanghai, the third of such R&D facilities in China, underscoring its commitment to continuously invest in the region...

Oracle has released its latest semiannual upgrade of its Siebel CRM On Demand product and it has major updates...

Redmond, Washington based software giant, Microsoft is upping the ante in its war against the search giant Google and has readied a tool that it claims will take on Google Analytics...

Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony Corp. has ruled out slashing the prices of its gaming console PlayStation outside the US, president Ryoji Chubachi said...

Microsoft made headlines end of last week when it announced that it has agreed to acquire advertising exchange platform company AdECN. A relatively young organisation, AdECN, which was founded in 2003 and based in Santa Barbara, is a real-time, auction-based, neutral exchange for buying and selling online display advertising...

As more companies realize the importance of regulatory compliance, the take up of compliance programs has also increased significantly. This year, 42% of APAC companies had already...

Apple posted its third quarter results Wednesday announcing net revenue of USD 5.41 billion and a quarterly profit of USD 818 million, up from USD 472 million from a year ago.The Cupertino, California IT peripherals giant attributed its growth to the strong sales of its Macs and iPods...

Internet Security Company F-Secure and one of Singapore’s leading telecommunications company SingNet have struck a strategic partnership to expand services to customers in the small and medium business (SMB) sector. As per the deal, SingNet will offer its customers an IT Security Suite of value added services that includes F-Secure’s desktop-based security solutions...