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Cisco to dive further into mobile comms

Cisco is set to turn its attention to the world of mobile. The company is looking to bring smartphones into business communications, according to the head of Cisco's software group.

Palm Pre owners complain about build quality

Some Palm Pre owners in the US are complaining about poor hardware quality of the Palm Pre, which is due to come to the UK shortly.

BoxTone launches new BlackBerry monitoring service for MSPs

BoxTone, a maker of BlackBerry platform monitoring and support software and services, has launched a version of its product that's tailored specifically for its Managed Service Provider (MSP) customers.

Palm loss widens, but less than expected

Palm today reported still wider quarterly and year-end losses, but less than what analysts and investors expected.

Half a million iPhone 3G S to sell in first weekend

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster predicts that Apple will sell half a million of the new iPhone 3G S in the first weekend.

60% of UK public think mobiles are too complicated

New research from FoneBank has found half of those surveyed said they only use our mobile phone to make calls and send texts, complaining of too many features.

Nvidia chips to enhance video on mobile devices

Nvidia hopes to develop chips that enable applications such as image recognition and video search on mobile devices like smartphones and low-cost laptops, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said on Tuesday.

Symantec issues wireless keyboard warning

Symantec is urging wireless keyboard users to consider the security of the devices following a project that interpreted keystrokes by analysing the electromagnetic signals produced when key are pressed.

New iPhone software offers 100 new features

Apple will release the iPhone 3.0 operating system on 17 June, according to Scott Forstall, senior vice president at the company.

Palm Pre launches in US ahead ahead of iPhone

The Palm Pre smartphone, regarded as a potential iPhone killer, has been launched in the US on Saturday.

Intel launches low-power chips for slim-line laptops

Intel ships an ultra low-voltage processor for affordable ultrathin laptops.

Apple iPhone gets security benchmarks

The Center for Internet Security has released what it terms is the industry’s only consensus security benchmark for the Apple iPhone.

HP launches mobile thin client

HP has announced a new mobile thin client, and software enhancements to improve the security and manageability of its desktop-based thin clients.

RIM patches another BlackBerry Enterprise Server PDF Flaw

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has issued a security fix to address yet another flaw in its BlackBerry Enterprise Server's (BES) BlackBerry Attachment Service, which processes message attachments for viewing on BlackBerry devices.

Tayside Fire and Rescue finds BlackBerry stops IT budget burn

Tayside Fire and Rescue Services has spent a year as an early adopter of RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.

Microsoft spells out Windows 7 netbook specs

Microsoft is to limit sales of some editions of Windows 7 to systems with screens no larger than 10.2 inches running a low-powered single-core processor running no faster than 2GHz, according to a well-known tech site.

Apple to launch tablet?

Apple is set to by-pass the netbook market and launch a tablet-like device next year according to a leading Wall Street analyst.

Palm Pre to launch in US on 6 June

Palm's latest smartphone, the much-anticipated Palm Pre will launch in the US on June 6th, but UK users are still wondering when the device will be made available here.

Apple, Samsung, others sued over Shazam app

Apple and several other large companies are infringing on Tune Hunter's music identication system patent according to a lawsuit.

Vodafone scraps data-roaming charges for summer holiday season

Vodafone has revealed its customers will be able to send texts and picture messages as well as make phone calls from abroad for the same price as in the UK throughout this summer.

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