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Article | 20/05/2011 Microsoft blasts Intel's talk of Windows 8 as misleading, inaccurate
Microsoft today called comments made by an Intel executive about the next version of Windows "inaccurate" and "misleading."
Article | 17/05/2011 Seagate releases battery-powered drive for iOS, other mobile platforms
Seagate today announced a battery-powered wireless external drive for mobile devices, including those powered by Apple's iOS, such as the iPad.
Article | 10/05/2011 Droid Charge still unavailable, 12 days after LTE outage fixed
As of Monday, Verizon Wireless was 12 days late with the start of sales for its second LTE smartphone, the Droid Charge from Samsung, which was first ...
Article | 5/05/2011 Microsoft defers to outside dev for stuck Windows Phone fix
Microsoft on Wednesday said it will not help Windows Phone users who updated their smartphones last month with an unsanctioned tool, and are now unabl...
Article | 6/05/2011 Sony Ericsson announces two Xperia smartphones
The Android-powered Xperia Mini Pro smartphone from Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson unveiled the Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro smartphones in London on...
Article | 5/05/2011 Apple to snare 76% of year's mobile app revenues
Apple will reap more than three-fourths of all mobile app store revenues generated this year, but rival Google's growth is climbing faster, a research...
Article | 4/05/2011 Free Android tethering apps blocked by most carriers
Free Android phone tethering apps found in Android Market are reportedly being blocked by AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile.
Article | 3/05/2011 RIM announces two new BlackBerry Bold smartphones
Research in Motion announced two new BlackBerry Bold smartphones on Monday that run on a new BlackBerry 7 operating system and include near field comm...
Article | 26/04/2011 Nook Color gets Froyo update and app store
Barnes & Noble announced a major update to its Nook Color tablet Monday that includes access to a new app store, including an email app for organi...
Article | 21/04/2011 Apple breaks iPhone sales record again
Apple today said it sold a record 18.6 million iPhones in the first three months of 2011, the third consecutive quarter the company's smartphone has s...
Article | 16/04/2011 Crisis expert grades Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 update mea culpa
Microsoft's latest explanation of its Windows Phone 7 update fiasco gets an A for effort, but a B+ for its timing, a crisis communications expert said...
Article | 15/04/2011 Apple patches Pwn2Own, Comodo hack bugs
Apple today patched bugs in iOS and Safari used at last month's Pwn2Own hacking contest by three teams of researchers who collectively earned $45,000 ...
Article | 14/04/2011 Microsoft unveils tools for next-gen Windows phone OS, 'Mango'
Microsoft on Wednesday announced 1,500 new developer tools coming in May for the next version of the Windows Phone operating system, code-named Mango,...
Article | 12/04/2011 Apple will dominate tablet market through 2015, says Gartner
Apple's iOS will dominate the tablet market through the middle of the decade, Gartner analysts said today.
Article | 7/04/2011 Developer yanks unauthorized Windows Phone 7 update tool
Just hours after launching a tool that let Windows Phone 7 owners grab smartphone updates directly from Microsoft, the developer yanked the utility fr...