Mar 7, 2013
The boom in media tablet demand is causing display providers to flock to the market with more products, inflating the supply base and causing prices to decline, according to an IHS iSuppli LCD Price Tracker report from IHS. Pricing in January declined for 7-inch,...
Mar 7, 2013
The European Union’s anti-trust regulators have hit Microsoft with a E561-million fine for failing to offer Windows users an alternative to Internet Explorer. This follows a 2009 agreement that Microsoft would give users a choice of alternative browsers – and which it...
Mar 7, 2013
Visa and South African Tourism’s $10 000 challenge to developers across sub-Saharan Africa to build the continent’s best travel app is now open for entries. First announced at the E-Tourism Summit in Cape Town last year, the Africa App Quest is built on the growing...
Mar 7, 2013
Infectious diseases remain one of the largest causes of preventable death around the world, with Africa as the focus of many of the most pernicious of them. Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest rates of HIV infections in the world, and also has a large presence...
Mar 6, 2013
Despite intense industry efforts to overcome market inertia, 2012 nonetheless ended on a sour note with global PC shipment volume shrinking 3,7% on the year. With limited initial traction from Windows 8 in the holiday season, and continued pressure from tablets, IDC...
Mar 6, 2013
The market for hard disk drives (HDD) contracted in the final quarter last year after failing to receive a boost in demand from PCs, a traditional source of strength, according to an IHS iSuppli Storage Space brief from information and analytics provider IHS. HDD...
