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Article | 12/02/2008 Telstra's NextG download speeds to hit 21Mbs, and then double
Telstra's NextG service is about to get even speedier. Its 3G customers will soon be offered downloads speeds that near and then surpass what is curre...
Article | 12/02/2008 Attacks aimed at Adobe Reader, Acrobat flaws intensify
The flaws disclosed last week in Adobe System's Reader and Acrobat programs have been used to exploit computers since at least January via malicious b...
Article | 12/02/2008 Motorola licenses WiMax chip set designs
Motorola announced yesterday that it is licensing its reference design for mobile WiMax radio chip sets, and that Enfora is its first licensee.
Article | 11/02/2008 Adobe PDF exploit infects 'many thousands,' says researcher
Attackers have been exploiting one of the recently-revealed vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader for at least three weeks, security researchers said today,...
Article | 12/02/2008 Apple releases Leopard 10.5.2, patches 10 bugs
Apple on Monday issued its first security update for the year, patching at least 10 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X as it also upgraded Leopard to Version...
Article | 12/02/2008 Gates pledges more ribbon UI capabilities for Windows
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Monday that the Windows application platform is to be fitted with "Fluent UI" ribbon capabilities now offered in Of...
Article | 11/02/2008 Microsoft nixes Vista SP1 for IT pros until later this month
Although Microsoft confirmed Monday that beta testers of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) can now download the final bits of the update, it will not...
Article | 7/02/2008 Performance results mixed with Vista Service Pack 1
Microsoft's newly released Service Pack 1 may solve some of the performance glitches that have annoyed Windows Vista users and discouraged others from...
Article | 23/01/2008 Phishing kit pits wannabe scammers vs. pro fraudsters
In a twist, security researchers have discovered a group of hackers who are exploiting a new category of victims -- aspiring Internet scammers.
Article | 12/02/2008 Experts doubt Android's write once, run many potential
Along with the unveiling of prototype handsets using Google's Android mobile application development platform at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelon...
Article | 11/02/2008 Sony Ericsson unveils first Windows Mobile handset
Sony Ericsson, which historically has created phones around the Symbian operating system, jumped quietly onto the Windows Mobile bandwagon with the an...
Article | 12/02/2008 Charge your mobile with knee-brace of the future
A knee brace that generates enough power to charge your mobile phone as you walk has been developed by scientists in the US and Canada. Click here to...
Article | 12/02/2008 Here comes the Apple iGame
Apple's latest trademark manoeuvres suggest it might be planning a variant on its iPhone or iPod aimed at the gaming market, offering fresh competitio...
Article | 12/02/2008 Fabio Capello unplugs Wayne Rooney's PlayStation
England football supremo Fabio Capello has decreed that his team will not be allowed to play video games during international training time, in an att...
Article | 5/02/2008 Torvalds: Microsoft is bluffing on patents
Microsoft's aggressive defense of its intellectual property, which includes claims that Linux violates a number of its patents, is nothing more than "...
Article | 12/02/2008 Sony Ericsson details first phone with Windows Mobile
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB's first Windows Mobile device, to appear in the second half of 2008, will be called Xperia X1.
Article | 12/02/2008 Intel develops processor similar to MacBook Air chip
Intel has shrunk another processor that will be incorporated into new ultrathin laptops, possibly creating competition for the processor it developed ...
Article | 12/02/2008 Microsoft buys mobile software company Danger
Continuing its push into the mobile consumer market, Microsoft announced that it plans to acquire Danger, the developer of software and services that ...
Article | 12/02/2008 What's behind Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft bid?
Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's acquisition bid is likely a negotiating strategy to elicit a higher offer and shouldn't be seen as an attempt to resi...
Article | 12/02/2008 Yahoo says Microsoft offer undervalues company
Confirming weekend rumors, Yahoo rejected on Monday Microsoft's US$44.6 billion cash-and-stock offer, saying the unsolicited proposal substantially un...

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