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Article | 9/07/2009 Android, Chrome OS differ over voice communications

As soon as Google Inc. announced it was working on the new Chrome operating system, questions arose over how the new OS will differ from the Android m...

Article | 8/07/2009 Gartner: Location-based services subscribers to double in '09

Gartner predicts that the number of subscribers using location-based services (LBS) globally will double this year, even as mobile device sales declin...

Article | 3/07/2009 Palm Pre hardware glitches hard to evaluate, analysts say

Customer forum complaints about shoddy hardware in the recently released Palm Pre are hard to put in perspective, analysts said today, considering it ...

Article | 1/07/2009 Cisco plans to offer virtual voice service

Cisco Systems will be making aspects of its IP voice technology available virtually and sold as a service as part of a continuing set of improvements ...

Article | 1/07/2009 Cisco UCS customer claims quick payback

The professional division of Thomson Reuters, six months into a massive data center virtualization project using Cisco Systems Inc. gear, has already ...

Article | 1/07/2009 Google's next target: Unified communications

Unified communications has been a technology specialty of networking vendors for years, but Google Inc.'s recent forays into Google Voice and Google W...

Article | 26/06/2009 Boeing: Urgent GPS satellite launches on schedule

Boeing Co. said today that the planned launches of its new Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites is on schedule, following worries that the globa...

Article | 26/06/2009 35 years later, bar codes, and scanning, are everywhere

Tomorrow marks the 35th anniversary of the first time a laser scanner was used to "read" a bar code, according to Motorola Inc.

Article | 19/06/2009 T-Mobile to give details on 2nd Android phone next week

T-Mobile USA said today it will go public next week with details about its next Android-powered smartphone, which many expect to be based on the HTC M...

Article | 18/06/2009 Debate heats up over Apple threat to disable iTunes sync with Palm Pre

A debate is heating up over Apple Inc.'s apparent threat to kill the iTunes sync feature on the new Palm Pre and other non-Apple digital media players...

Article | 16/06/2009 Developers asked to stop tethering talk on Palm Pre

Palm Inc. has "politely" cautioned a developer forum not to allow online discussions of tethering with the new Palm Pre.

Article | 15/06/2009 iPhone 3G S still not enterprise-ready, analysts say

The new iPhone 3G S boasts remote data wipe, hardware-based encryption and tethering of the device to a laptop that would seem to please business user...

Article | 12/06/2009 Kindle DX sold out for now, in stock June 17

The Kindle DX, which started shipping only yesterday, is now listed by Amazon.com Inc. as out of stock until June 17.

Article | 12/06/2009 iPhone surcharge protest highlight carriers' loss of control

Ask smartphone users anywhere in the U.S. what they think of their wireless carriers, and you will get an earful.

Article | 11/06/2009 Kindle DX goes on sale at Amazon.com for $489

The Kindle DX started shipping from Amazon.com on Wednesday, as promised, for US$489, and could reach customers Thursday when initial owner reviews ar...