Rumour has it that Google might be close to snapping up the popular free video sharing web site, YouTube. This strikes LeeAnn Prescott, an analyst as highly unlikely, but deserves some analysis. Firstly, how does YouTube's traffic compare to Google Video, and what effect did...

The ICT industry is expected to grow by 6% in 2006, mainly driven by Internet-related investments, Linux servers, digital storage, personal digital assistants and new portable consumer products. But any return to the heady...

Satyam, the consulting and IT services provider, has established its first 'Global Innovation Hub', a facility dedicated to research and development (R&D)—in Singapore. Satyam will use the Global Innovation Hub to test and develop applications with ...

Microsoft has unveiled the beta release of the Microsoft System Centre Data Protection Manager (DPM) version 2 at the Storage Decisions conference in New York. The next version of System Centre DPM aims to deliver Continuous Data...

Mobility has been taken to a new dimension all together. RingCube Technologies has unveiled software that can squeeze a PC onto an iPod, USB keychain drive, cell phone or any gizmo with digital storage space. "You're taking your digital soul with you...

In an effort to work its way back onto the desktops of computer users, RealNetworks announced a new beta that would allow the user to view news and information directly on their desktop. Called RealTime, the service is comprised of three...

Windows XP has turned five yeas old, and Microsoft is receiving its share of brickbats and bouquets. However, amidst all the ranting, everyone fails to cite the fact the XP is better than its predecessors. Microsoft's long-anticipated replacement for 'Win 9x'...

Foreign direct investments are converging into Asia Pacific, and creating favourable conditions for business expansion. This is in turn driving the need for enhanced business connectivity and demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) services across the region...

"The challenge for vendors is to capitalise on the greater awareness of Continuous Data Protection (CDP) technology and educate end users on the benefits of CDP and the fit into a comprehensive data protection plan," said Rhoda Phillips, research manager for IDC's Storage...

Over 40 million Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receivers were shipped in 2005, but in 2011 the market will have grown to nearly 300 million shipments, according to a new study from ABI Research that tracks GNSS market...

Microsoft recently issued Release Candidate 1 of Windows Vista, a near-final test version of the oft-delayed operating system. Retiring Windows chief Jim Allchin said, “there area lot of improvements since Beta 2, which was released in May”....

A group of mobile manufacturers, network operators, suppliers, recyclers, consumer and environmental organisations, led by Nokia, has committed to improve the environmental performance of mobile phones and to do more to raise consumer...

The market for network outsourcing is rapidly evolving and growing demand is expected across a number of industry verticals as well as companies of all sizes. Results from IDC's WAN Manager Survey indicates that respondents in the Banking/Finance and...

CEOs in the process of evaluating new outsourcing partnerships should look beyond physical resources such as people and technologies and concentrate instead on companies' ability to turn those resources into capabilities such as leadership, behaviour management...

IT vendor marketing budgets will increase by 7.5% for the full year 2006, the fastest rate of increase over the past five years, predicts the IDC CMO Advisory Service. Along with overall increased investment, technology marketing productivity and efficiency indicators are...

Visa has released a comprehensive security alert has identifying the five leading causes of data breaches and offered immediate, specific prevention strategies for each. The findings came from a detailed review of the card security environment, including common fraud...

A study by Nielsen//NetRatings demonstrates that user-generated content sites, platforms for photo sharing, video sharing and blogging, comprised five out of the top ten fastest growing Web brands in July 2006. The list comprises of MySpace, Google, eBay, ImageShack….

MSN has announced the US beta release of Soapbox on MSN Video, a user-uploaded video service that aims to make it easy for people to express themselves by uploading, discovering, and sharing personal videos with the Soapbox community and others around the world...

Microsoft has announced that a Zune-branded phone is part of its upcoming Zune platform. Chris Stephenson, the general manager for marketing for the Zune, didn’t give any other details on the device…

Google has set up a subsidiary, Google.org, a for-profit philanthropy with an initial capital of a billion dollars. Not being organised on a tax-free basis carries both advantages and drawbacks. From the article, 'Unlike most charities, this one...