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TRA launches phase to register special domain names

Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) is pleased to announce the opening of registration in the Arabic domain name (DotEmarat) for special names. The registration will...

Schools adding tablets, trimming textbooks

Hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks will soon give way to tapping out notes and flipping electronic pages on tablet computers. Students have started...

A quarter of all DDoS attacks fall on Tuesdays

Distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS) have long been used by cybercriminals resorting to blackmail and extortion. However, DDoS attacks are increasingly being used as...

New Internet Platform to revolutionise E-commerce, online Advertising, Social Networking

A new electronic platform is set to revolutionise E-commerce, online advertising and social networking. The new platform, under development for the past two years by...

Anayou Jazeerat Ramadan App launched

TBWARAAD, representing its client Anayou, created a desktop application called Anayou Jazeerat Ramadan. The app alerts users to daily prayer times and update them...

Leading Brands launches interactive magazine reader for iPad

Leading Brands Publishing, a Dubai-based custom publishing house, today announced the launch of MAGapp, a free, user-friendly magazine reader for the Apple iPad. What...

‘What’s Your Address’ Facebook App

The Address Hotels + Resorts provides guests with the best business, lifestyle and entertainment solutions on Facebook Offering a spectrum of choices across shopping, dining,...

Zuckerberg to leave Facebook

Facebook's marketing director and sister of founder Mark, Randi Zuckerberg, on Wednesday confirmed that she will be leaving the social networking giant to start...

Fake Anti-Virus, Search Engine Poisoning and Social Networking Scams Top 2011...

IT security and data protection firm Sophos has published its Mid-Year 2011 Security Threat Report. The report reveals that fake anti-virus and search engine...

Mobile Devices fuel Flash Memory Growth in MEA

SanDisk, the global leader in flash memory cards, has reported double- and triple-digit market growth in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) so far...

Emaar Malls Group launches iPhone applications

Three iPhone applications for The Dubai Mall, Downtown Dubai, and Reel Cinemas Applications offer customers valuable information, news, and views on the go The unprecedented customer...

IT professionals want more local content

IDG Connect’s global content survey of 3,217 IT professionals in 114 territories reveals that whilst 72% of respondents find vendor white papers extremely useful,...

World-class “smart home” solutions launched in Dubai

e-Home AUTOMATION, a member of Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai entrusted with promoting and advancing small...

Rival of Apple’s iPad to be released in October

Amazon plans to launch a tablet computer by October, that is seen by some market observers as rival of Apple's iPad . The company's...

Educating children on social networks is essential

Eugene Kaspersky, CEO and Co-Founder of Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, stresses the importance of educating children...

38% of companies check social media profiles of potential employees

The latest international survey conducted by Eurocom Worldwide, the global PR network, in association with Orient Planet PR and Marketing Communications, has revealed that...

Facebook rolls out video chat in collaboration with Skype

Facebook introduced video chat on Wednesday in a collaboration with Skype, the Internet calling service. Mark Zuckerberg, the social networking site’s founder and chief executive,...

Sheikhmohammed.com to get iPhone App

The Dubai Government Media Office will launch early next week the iPhone application at the website of Vice President and Prime Minister of the...