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• April 25, 2012 25 Apr'12

  Apple overtakes IBM and HP in sales

  Apple has posted another remarkable set of financial results, overtaking IT giants IBM and HP in sales during its latest financial quarter.

• March 26, 2012 26 Mar'12

  Barclays Bank card data vulnerable to mobile phone scanning fraud

  Channel 4 News has revealed fraudsters can access the data on Barclays Bank cards by scanning them with mobile phones

• March 21, 2012 21 Mar'12

  Half of education institutions victims of mobile IT theft

  According to research, 45% of UK education establishments claim to have had mobile IT equipment stolen during the last three years.

• March 01, 2012 01 Mar'12

  RSA 2012: IT security experts urge enterprises to ban smartphone BYOD schemes

  Enterprises should ban employees from using their own smartphones for work, a panel of IT security practitioners told the RSA Conference 2012

• February 28, 2012 28 Feb'12

  Mobile technology training in demand

  A massive 81% of IT professionals are planning to bolster their skills in mobile computing as 84% see this as an area of growth in the market.

• February 17, 2012 17 Feb'12

  Generation Y is a myth, says Corporate Executive Board research

  Generation Y – the computer-literate youngsters who need the latest high-tech gadget to work effectively – is a myth, the latest research reveals

• February 01, 2012 01 Feb'12

  Fewer than a third of UK organisations plan mobile security projects

  Despite the media hype around the adoption of mobile technologies and the need to secure them, relatively few UK organisations are planning mobile security projects, a survey has revealed

• January 27, 2012 27 Jan'12

  Nokia smartphones bomb as sales drop 27%

  Nokia’s latest results for Q4 2011 show just how far the company that was once the standard choice for almost every corporate mobile user has fallen.

• January 25, 2012 25 Jan'12

  UK IT budgets under pressure in 2012

  UK IT budgets will remain flat in 2012, a worldwide survey of more than 2,500 IT professionals has revealed.

• January 04, 2012 04 Jan'12

  RIM shareholders support plan to appoint a new chairman

  Shares in Blackberry maker Research In Motion gained 7% on Tuesday in response to news that the company plans to separate the roles of chairman and chief executive.

• December 29, 2011 29 Dec'11

  Top 10 gadgets of 2011

  We pick our top 10 gadgets of 2011, with highlights including the rush to grab a cut-price HP Touchpad and the Nokia-Microsoft tie-up.

• December 21, 2011 21 Dec'11

  RIM rebuffs Amazon and Microsoft approaches

  Amazon considered buying troubled smartphone maker, Research in Motion, according to a report on Reuters.

• December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11

  CIOs believe cloud, SaaS, consumerisation and mobility increase risk

  Business models such as cloud computing and trends such as the consumerisation of IT, social media and mobility are exposing performance blind spots in IT management, a CIO survey has revealed.

• October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11

  Samsung overtakes Apple in global smartphone shipments

  Samsung has overtaken Apple in worldwide smartphone shipments after Apple suffered its lowest levels of shipments in two years

• October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11

  US and Canadian subscribers sue RIM over Blackberry service outage

  Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is facing legal action by consumers in the US and Canada for the three-day services outage in mid-October caused by a core switch failure in RIM's infrastructure.