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Article | 7/06/2010 Windows Phone 7 vs Android

Google's Android operating system and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 are the two main challengers to Apple's iPhone platform. These rivals offer two diff...

Article | 3/06/2010 Atheros sampling 450Mbps 802.11n Wi-Fi chipset

Chip maker Atheros Wednesday released samples of its powerful new 802.11n Wi-Fi chipset, which tops out with a maximum data rate of 450Mbps for access...

Article | 2/06/2010 HTC Evo 4G: What's inside first WiMAX smartphone

The latest gadget disassembled by iFixIt is the HTC Evo 4G smartphone. And just in time. The first phone capable of running on a WiMAX network is <a h...

Article | 2/06/2010 Cutting-edge Wi-Fi silicon will power high-def video distribution

Quantenna Communications has unveiled the newest version of its 802.11n Wi-Fi chipset, one of the few to use four transmit and receive antennas for ve...

Article | 27/05/2010 Meru packs diagnostic, security features into Wi-Fi management software

Meru Networks is adding new features to its enterprise Wi-Fi diagnostics, monitoring and security software, along with a new radio frequency scanner f...

Article | 26/05/2010 Microsoft's mobile shakeup: Will it unleash Windows Phone?

A shakeup in Microsoft's gaming and devices business finally splits two groups that should never have been together, and could unleash the company's m...

Article | 25/05/2010 Sybase promises integrated mobile platform

Sybase will dramatically revamp and integrate its conglomeration of mobile software products, assuming software giant SAP, which is buying Sybase, doe...

Article | 21/05/2010 Just when you thought the iPad couldn't be more popular: survey

A pair of new surveys finds increased consumer interest in Apple's iPad, and extremely high satisfaction among iPad users. Users are not only surfing ...

Article | 19/05/2010 IFixit lays bare Microsoft Kin smartphone

Have you been itching to know what's under the Kin's skin? The helpful demolition experts at iFixit and Chipworks lay it all for you in a step-by-step...

Article | 12/05/2010 Wireless LAN vendor Meru reports revenue rise, deeper loss

Wireless LAN vendor Meru Networks reported Tuesday its initial first-quarter results as a publicly traded company. It posted strong revenue growth, bu...

Article | 11/05/2010 Will HP release a Palm webOS touch tablet?

An unconfirmed story at Examiner.com claims that HP will release a touch tablet based on the Palm webOS operating system in the third quarter of this ...

Article | 7/05/2010 Asset tracking for enterprises made simpler

The first thing that almost every enterprise does in tracking assets wirelessly is pick the client tracking device. It's the wrong thing to do, says M...

Article | 6/05/2010 iPhone OS 4.0 beta reveals latest Apple goodies

Apple on Tuesday released the third beta version of iPhone OS 4, only to temporarily rescind it due to an apparent problem with the installation proce...

Article | 30/04/2010 Palm users 'giddy' over HP's buyout

Users on Palm blogs were generally euphoric about Wednesday's announcement that HP will buy the struggling smartphone maker in a deal worth US$1.2 bil...

Article | 16/04/2010 Windows Phone 7 vs. iPhone matchup: a developer's perspective

Kevin Hoffman is an enterprise programmer who straddles two worlds: Windows, including Windows Mobile and now Windows Phone 7, and Apple iPhone. His d...