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Article | 2/09/2009 Interest in 3D home video heats up

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is planning to add support for 3D to its high-resolution video disc format, it said on Wednesday.

Article | 4/09/2009 Philips set to debut Wireless HDMI

Philips has announced a wireless HDMI product that lets consumers connect home electronics products, like a television and a Blu-Ray player, without u...

Article | 3/09/2009 Samsung brings Windows 7 to netbooks

Samsung will use Windows 7 Starter Edition on two new netbooks, it announced on Thursday.

Article | 3/09/2009 Sony Ericsson smartphone uses Windows Mobile 6.5

Sony Ericsson's new Xperia X2 smartphone will run Windows Mobile 6.5 when it ships in the fourth quarter, it said on Wednesday.

Article | 3/09/2009 Nokia works with Facebook on tighter mobile integration

Users of some Nokia smartphones will be able to publish their locations and status updates directly to their Facebook accounts using a new Nokia appli...

Article | 3/09/2009 Nokia announces smaller version of N97, music touch phone

Nokia has announced the N97 mini, a slightly smaller version of the existing N97, it said on Wednesday. The company also announced the X6, a new flags...

Article | 3/09/2009 Nokia Booklet 3G priced at 575 Euros

The Nokia Booklet 3G netbook will ship with Windows 7 and cost €575 (US$816) before subsidies and taxes, Nokia announced on Wednesday at its World con...

Article | 31/08/2009 Wyse offers desktop virtualization for the iPhone

IPhone and iPod touch devotees can now access their PCs or virtual desktops remotely using PocketCloud from Wyse, released Thursday.

Article | 27/08/2009 Amazon integrates with datacenter using private clouds

Amazon Web Services has announced a limited beta version of its Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) service, which aims to connect a company's existing comput...

Article | 27/08/2009 Nokia enters increasingly crowded mobile money market

Nokia is getting ready to launch Nokia Money, which will offer basic financial services on mobile phones, it said on Wednesday.

Article | 26/08/2009 Nokia launches its cheapest touch phone yet

Nokia is driving down the price of its touch-screen phones: Its latest, the 5230, will cost EUR149 (US$210) before operator subsidies and taxes.

Article | 26/08/2009 Microsoft continues to befriend non-Windows phones

Microsoft has launched OneApp, which allows cheaper phones from Nokia and Sony Ericsson to access social-networking services like Facebook, Twitter an...

Article | 25/08/2009 Nokia enters the netbook market with the Booklet 3G

Nokia has unveiled the Booklet 3G, a netbook with high-speed mobile broadband and Wi-Fi connectivity, and a GPS receiver, the company said on Monday. ...

Article | 21/08/2009 Google adds Salesforce to enterprise search

Google's Search Appliance can now be used to search documents stored on Salesforce.com, the company said on Wednesday on its enterprise blog.

Article | 18/08/2009 Touchscreens dominate smartphone interfaces

More than 15 million of the 38.1 million mobile phones sold during the second quarter used a touchscreen as the primary interface, according to market...