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Article | 15/10/2010 Aruba strengthens Wi-Fi network software

The new version of Aruba Networks' Wi-Fi network software includes code to improve voice and video performance, automatically identify non-Wi-Fi radio...

Article | 14/10/2010 The first Windows Phone 7 smartphones

In the U.S., the first Windows Phone 7 smartphones will be available on AT&T and T-Mobile beginning in November

Article | 7/10/2010 Automated testing software released for smartphone platforms

A new software program lets mobile software developers create and run sophisticated tests to troubleshoot and refine enterprise smartphone application...

Article | 6/10/2010 Symantec now manages Apple iOS and Google Android smartphones

Symantec today announced that its mobile device management software now supports Apple iOS and Google Android, via Microsoft's Enterprise ActiveSync p...

Article | 6/10/2010 Cisco expands 11n Wi-Fi line, mobile VPN client

Cisco Tuesday unveiled new additions to its mobility product lines, including an entry-level 802.11n Wi-Fi access point, a mobile VPN client, and the ...

Article | 5/10/2010 Microsoft making 'first mover' Windows Phone 7 apps developers a priority

Microsoft plans to phase in a limited number of Windows Phone 7 applications, starting with the formal unveiling of the first handsets next week. By s...

Article | 29/09/2010 Android software piracy rampant despite Google’s efforts to curb

Android’s growing success as a smartphone operating system is bringing a long-simmering problem to light: A lot of Android applications are being pira...

Article | 30/09/2010 Many Android apps leak user privacy data

A recent test of prototype security code for Android phones found that 15 of 30 free Android Market applications sent users' private information to re...

Article | 29/09/2010 BlackBerries gain remote support tools

Research in Motion's BlackBerry Enterprise Server has tons of management and security features for the popular handhelds. But it lacks tools to let he...

Article | 17/09/2010 Microsoft shifts gears with release of Windows Phone 7 devtools

Microsoft's release today of the final version of its Windows Phone 7 development tools signals a shift in the campaign to re-launch its mobile busine...

Article | 16/09/2010 Are colleges and universities at greater risk of data breaches?

A database security vendor says colleges and universities need to do more to secure their databases against break-ins.

Article | 15/09/2010 Android development platform extended to BlackBerry, iOS

A client-server infrastructure for enterprise mobile applications has been expanded to include Apple's iOS and, most recently, Research in Motion's Bl...

Article | 14/09/2010 Best practices for 802.11n Wi-Fi design, deployment

Just in time for 802.11n's first birthday as an official IEEE standard, VeriWave is releasing a guide to best practices for enterprise Wi-Fi networks....

Article | 3/09/2010 Microsoft releases Windows Phone 7 to manufacturing

Microsoft announced that the code base for Windows Phone 7 1.0 has been finalised. The software has been "released to manufacturing," meaning that thi...

Article | 3/09/2010 Hosted service promises to protect corporate documents on smartphones

A hosted application for securing shared corporate documents is being extended to handheld devices. With WatchDox, mobile users can view and even sele...