Microsoft has taken the wraps off its forthcoming operating system, codenamed Windows 8, which it hopes will give it the platform it needs to fend off rivals Apple and Google, especially in the emerging field of tablet computing
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If you’re one of the planet’s approximately 1,6bn Microsoft Windows users, then chances are you’re pretty used to viruses. They come at you from every angle — e-mail, websites, flash memory sticks — and if you’re sensible you have
Microsoft’s provocative US$8,5bn acquisition of Internet telephony company Skype set tongues wagging in the technology industry last week. The deal has been described as everything from a smart strategic buy to desperate flailing
Apple’s popular iPad has ruled the roost in SA since it launched the first iteration of the device in January, followed a few months later by the iPad 2. However, Apple’s early domination of the market
Your data is not safe. Right now, while you sit in that chair reading this article, you are sending tiny snippets of information about what you’re reading, how long you’re reading it for and even how old your computer is. And
A year ago, Apple’s market capitalisation blew past Microsoft’s. Now Apple has surpassed its decades-long rival in net profit for the first time in 20 years. The maker of the iPad and iPhone is in the ascendancy. But it’s too early
Google’s live streaming of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton marks the beginning of the end for traditional broadcast models. The search engine giant streamed Friday’s wedding live to millions of viewers across the world. It’s estimated that as
The iPad 2 went on sale in SA last Friday. TechCentral rounded up its 15 favourite apps for the device (they’ll all also run on the original model). Zinio: Magazine reader for the iPad. You can subscribe to some of your
It’s thinner and lighter and has a front-facing camera for video calls. But is it worth shelling out the cash for Apple’s latest tablet computer, the iPad 2, which went on sale in SA last Friday? TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod spent
It’s thinner and lighter and has a front-facing camera. And now it’s coming to SA. Apple has confirmed that the iPad 2 will go on sale in SA this Friday. In a statement published on its website