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Article | 25/01/2013 Why white and green? Negroponte explains the OLPC colors

The white case and bright green trim of One Laptop Per Child's laptops have made them among the most recognizable in the world, but what's the story b...

Article | 24/01/2013 Fujitsu eyes enterprise security with HTML5 app platform

Engineers at Fujitsu Laboratories are developing an HTML 5-based platform for smartphones that designed to keep corporate data secure when accessed fr...

Article | 18/01/2013 Jobs' house burglar gets seven-year sentence

The man who broke into the Palo Alto, California, home of late Apple CEO Steve Jobs and stole laptops, iPads and other possessions has been sentenced ...

Article | 18/01/2013 RIM kicks off final BlackBerry 10 port-a-thon before launch

Research In Motion kicked off its latest and last port-a-thon event on Friday, pushing developers to port their applications over to the new BlackBerr...

Article | 17/01/2013 AT&T sold record number of smartphones in fourth quarter

AT&T sold a record number of smartphones in the last three months of 2012 as consumers snapped up new products from the likes of Apple and Samsung.

Article | 17/01/2013 Intel sales, profits slide for 2012, but data center business growing

Intel saw sales and profits drop in 2012, as the company was hit by a slide in demand for personal computers and its continued inability to make it bi...

Article | 17/01/2013 Report: Asustek in talks to license Windows Phone 8 for handsets

Taiwan's Asustek is in talks with Microsoft about using the company's Windows Phone 8 OS in a smartphone, according to a report.

Article | 16/01/2013 Judge orders Apple, Amazon to settlement talks on App Store dispute

A federal judge in California has ordered Apple and Amazon.com to sit down and attempt to settle a lawsuit between them over Amazon's use of the "Apps...

Article | 16/01/2013 Big-screen smartphone shipments to surge this year, says iSuppli

Shipments of smartphones with screens 5 inches or larger will more than double this year, as consumers are increasingly attracted to the large screen ...

Article | 14/01/2013 RIM attracts 15,000 apps for BlackBerry 10 in two days

It's starting to look like the BlackBerry store will be well stocked with apps when Research In Motion launches BlackBerry 10 at the end of this month...

Article | 10/01/2013 Sharp's HD touchscreen offers pen-like sensing

Japan's Sharp has developed a high-definition touchscreen that can be used with a stylus that resembles a conventional pen.

Article | 9/01/2013 BlackBerry 10 looking good, says SAP CIO

Research In Motion's new BlackBerry 10 operating system looks good and SAP plans to begin supporting RIM handsets for its workforce shortly after the ...

Article | 9/01/2013 ZTE unveils big-screen smartphone, could be coming to US and Europe

Jumping on the big-screen smartphone bandwagon at CES, China's ZTE on Tuesday unveiled a flagship Android phone with a 5-inch full HD display.

Article | 8/01/2013 Sony doubles down on 4K resolution technology

Television at four times the resolution of today's high-def images is turning out to be one of the most popular bets among consumer electronics makers...

Article | 8/01/2013 Sony's Hirai not completely surprised by Nvidia's gaming portable

Sony's president says he wasn't completely surprised by Nvidia's announcement that it plans to launch an Android-based portable gaming device.