Akamai's Blaze acquisition garners front-end optimisation technology

Content delivery specialist Akamai has acquired Blaze Software, which has technology to optimise web page rendering.
 

Ingenyes ramps up web server offerings

Low-cost web hosting service Ingenyes has beefed up its product catalog with the addition of an inexpensive e-commerce system and more.
 

iTWire ushers in 2012 with new look site

After seven excellent years of keeping our audience of ICT industry stakeholders and users informed about the latest news and developments in the technology markets that affect their professional and personal lives, iTWire is pleased to announce the launch of its brand new look site.
 

Websense takes APAC market leadership

Web security vendor, Websense, has beaten its rivals to take the lions share of the unified web security market in the Asia Pacific region for this year, and had its market performance recognised by Frost  & Sullivan with the Market Share Leadership Award for 2011.
 

Typosquatters have our typos covered

Typosquatting is the practice of registering a domain name that's slightly different from that of a heavily trafficked site in the hope of catching some accidental traffic. Research by a security company suggests there's a lot of it about, especially around major brands.
 

Chrome 16 arrives - did you notice?

Automatic updating has its advantages, but it can conceal feature changes.
 

Web video content a steady and powerful creeper

OPINION: I remember the feeling I had when I first saw Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation of the Philip K Dick story ‘Minority Report’. That this future depicted in the film was not too far away. It wasn’t the vertical highways or the spider eye scanners that triggered this thought. It was the rich media.
 

Micro Focus adds mobile web apps support to SilkPerformer performance tester

Micro Focus SilkPerformer has been enhanced with the ability to carry out performance testing of mobile web applications.
 

IBM predictive analysis takes on painful task

The Melbourne-based Metro Spinal Clinic is using IBM predictive analytics software for tracking and recording data that will allow clinicians to more accurately track and manage patient pain.
 

Chrome overtakes Firefox - maybe

Depending on whose stats you believe, Chrome has either become the world's number two desktop browser or it is still well back in third place.