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Article | 20/03/2009 Sony e-reader users gain free access to classics via Google

Sony Electronics Inc. said users of its two e-book readers can now access more than 500,000 free public domain classic books from Google Inc. through ...

Article | 10/03/2009 Motorola launches smaller rugged wireless devices

Motorola Monday announced the smallest and lightest versions in its MC55 series of ruggedized enterprise digital assistants, offering two models and m...

Article | 4/03/2009 Mobile phone sales drop nearly 5% in Q4; up overall in '08

Mobile phone sales for 2008 showed 6 per cent growth globally, although the economic downturn led to a 4.6 per cent decline in the fourth quarter, res...

Article | 25/02/2009 Kindle 2 fever hits as shipments of new e-book reader begin

The Kindle 2 began shipping Sunday, ahead of schedule, and even before customers received the new e-book reader from Amazon.com, many indicated in for...

Article | 4/02/2009 Motorola to rely on Android to revive phone sales

Motorola Tuesday said its mobile phone revenues fell by 51 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, and said it plans to improve phone sales in 2009 by ...

Article | 2/02/2009 Nortel exits mobile WiMax to focus on high-return tech

Nortel Networks is dropping out of the mobile WiMax business entirely and will end an agreement with Israeli-company Alvarion to resell Alvarion mobil...

Article | 2/02/2009 Dell could join Acer in unveiling smart phone

When Dell stopped selling the Axim PDA in 2007, several industry observers predicted that the PC and server maker would eventually move on to sell sma...

Article | 30/01/2009 Smart phone shipments to grow despite overall mobile decline

Smart phones made up about 14 per cent of all mobile devices shipped globally in 2008 and should increase to more than 17 per cent of the total in 200...

Article | 30/01/2009 Amazon.com expected to unveil Kindle 2 February 9

By now, plenty of educated guesses have been offered up about what the next-generation Kindle e-reader will look like and do, and fans expect to find ...

Article | 28/01/2009 Cisco launches major green push with EnergyWise

Cisco System launched a major green initiative this week that includes free software to help customers use their networks to automatically turn off co...

Article | 19/01/2009 Obama plans to keep his BlackBerry

President-elect Barack Obama told CNN he had a plan to "hang onto" his beloved BlackBerry, but did not explain how he would overcome legal and securit...

Article | 14/01/2009 Cisco ships new 802.11n AP to resolve power issue

The growth of 802.11n wireless LAN access points has been somewhat limited by a well-known problem with insufficient power to APs when using Power-ove...

Article | 8/01/2009 Look for high speed, low energy in Bluetooth products

In the 11 years since the creation of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, about 2 billion devices with the wireless technology have shipped globally...

Article | 8/01/2009 LG debuts wrist-watch phone

LG Electronics announced Wednesday a high-speed wireless wrist-watch phone with video chat and text messaging capabilities at the Consumer Electronics...

Article | 7/01/2009 Motorola phone made from recycled plastic bottles

Motorola is still in the midst of plans to spin off its mobile handset division in 2010, but will show off a new cell phone made from recycled plastic...