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Article | 30/11/2009 Lenovo buys back phone unit with eye on mobile Web products

Lenovo will buy back the mobile phone unit that it spun off last year, reversing a move it originally made to focus on its core business in PCs, the c...

Article | 27/11/2009 Vendor rages after Aussie iPhone hacker given job

A security firm has expressed incredulity at the news that the Australian prank hacker who wrote a program targeting Apple iPhone users has been given...

Article | 25/11/2009 Google updates Apps BlackBerry service

Google is targeting its Apps BlackBerry service at businesses of all sizes with an update that it announced on Tuesday.

Article | 26/11/2009 Grab an Apple bargain on 'Black Friday'

Apple is set to bring traditional US "Black Friday" sales to Australia, kicking off the Christmas retail sale rush.

Article | 25/11/2009 Photoshop available on Google Android phones

Adobe has made its photo editing tool for mobile phones available on the Google Android platform worldwide, after launching the product in the US earl...

Article | 24/11/2009 Telstra goes Bold with the latest BlackBerry

Telstra is the first Australian carrier to announce the availability of the latest BlackBerry smartphone, the Bold 9700.

Article | 24/11/2009 iPhone hogs half of world's mobile data? Not really

A report from AdMob has people claiming there is now proof that iPhone users now account for more than half of mobile data traffic.

Article | 24/11/2009 6 keys to the ultimate smartphone

Call it the iBerry Pre; it's got the best features of the top smartphones all in one handy (and, sadly, fictional) device.

Article | 24/11/2009 New iPhone worm steals online banking codes, builds botnet

Hackers have borrowed a tactic from the world's first iPhone worm to build a botnet that steals data, including online banking credentials, from jailb...

Article | 24/11/2009 IBM smartphone software translates 11 languages

Researchers at IBM say they have created smart software that that translates text between English and 11 other languages including Chinese, Korean, Ja...

Article | 22/11/2009 Nokia cuts research staff by up to 330 people

Mobile phone giant Nokia on Friday said it will cut up to 330 people from its research and development staff.

Article | 20/11/2009 Indian eye hospital uses iPhone for remote diagnostics

An Indian eye hospital is piloting software that will push to doctors' iPhones retinal images collected from patients in remote locations.

Article | 20/11/2009 Money transfers to become hottest mobile app, says Gartner

Money transfers and payments over mobile phones will be among the top 10 most important mobile applications by 2012, market research company Gartner s...

Article | 19/11/2009 iPhone apps run background checks on your date

In a move that is sure to make playboys everywhere nervous, Internet company PeopleFinders has created two iPhone applications that let users perform ...

Article | 20/11/2009 Hands on with the Dell Mini 3i smartphone

The smartphone goes on sale from China Mobile in December

Article | 18/11/2009 Ravensword: It's like Elder Scrolls for the iPhone

Powered by the same impressive Unity 3D engine that has made a number of other well-executed 3D titles possible on the iPhone, as well as Cartoon Netw...

Article | 30/11/2009 HTC Hero smartphone flies into Harvey Norman, minus a carrier

HTC has announced the Australian launch of its highly anticipated Hero and Tattoo Android smartphones, revealing that it will partner with retailer Ha...

Article | 18/11/2009 Canon to release photo printing iPhone app

Canon Australia today announced an iPhone app that will allow users to print photos directly from the smartphone. The Easy Photo-Print App is already ...

Article | 18/11/2009 TomTom launches GPS car kit for the iPhone

TomTom today launched its much-anticipated car kit for the iPhone in Australia.

Article | 18/11/2009 Smartphones on Wi-Fi vulnerable to security attack

A new report from a mobile security vendor details how the most popular smartphones, including the iPhone, are very vulnerable to man-in-the-middle at...