Mobility

Oracle Java 7 Looks To Community For Innovation

Oracle has released the first major Java release in five years, bringing a host of incremental enhancements

13 years ago

BBC iPlayer Goes International On iPad

Viewers outside the UK can pay to download BBC content on their iPads as iPlayer goes global

13 years ago

Amazon Tablet To Pose Big Threat To Apple iPad

A Retrevo survey has found that more than half of consumers would buy a tablet computer from Amazon

13 years ago

Vodafone Defends Egyptian Collaboration

Vodafone will meet rights activists to explain its co-operation with the overthrown Egyptian government

13 years ago

Windows Phone Mango Update Reaches RTM

Microsoft’s "Mango" update has gained Release To Manufacturing status but no release date has been set

13 years ago

Sleeping Macs Leak Passwords Through FireWire

Researchers using a FireWire device managed to obtain passwords saved on a Lion-based Mac in sleep mode

13 years ago

Amazon And Kobo React To In-App Purchasing Policy

Amazon and Kobo have complied with Apple's in-app policies but Kobo plans to build an HTML5 e-reader app

13 years ago

Nokia Had Little Choice Over Win Phone 7, Says IDC

An IDC analyst has said that Nokia had little choice other than to adopt Windows Phone 7 going forward

13 years ago

Ofcom Faces Criticism Over Rural Mobile Coverage

An advisory panel has urged Ofcom to ensure that rural areas suffer no more mobile 'not-spots'

13 years ago

RIM Job Cuts Won’t Save Its Corporate Strategy

RIM hopes that trimming the fat will boost its enterprise strategy. Sophie Curtis says the changes must go to the…

13 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Tab To Arrive A Day Early

New Samsung tablet will be available in London next Wednesday, a day ahead of its nationwide rollout

13 years ago

Tesco To Provide Free In-Store Wi-Fi

Supermarket chain Tesco is testing free in-store Wi-Fi in four of its stores, with plans to roll out across the…

13 years ago

Survey: Consumers Want iPhone 5, Sight Unseen

Apple's iPhone 5 is seeing heavy demand from consumers, even though they know nothing about it

13 years ago

Mozilla Working On Custom Mobile OS

The Mozilla Foundation is building an open source operating system to rival Google's Chrome OS on mobile devices

13 years ago

Password Protect Free Wi-Fi Networks, Urges Association

Small businesses are being urged to password protect their free Wi-Fi networks to avoid security headaches

13 years ago

‘Fake’ Apple Stores Not Just a Chinese Phenomenon

Phoney Apple stores are cropping up around the world, highlighting the scale of the problem facing the brand

13 years ago

RIM To Axe 2,000 Jobs, Amid Smartphone Dispute

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is to hand out pink slips to 2,000 members of staff this week

13 years ago

Plenty Of Rare Bits Will Be Pulled Out Of The Black Hat Conference

This week, the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas will show how we all gamble with our security right across…

13 years ago

Scientists Probe Electronic Properties Of Graphene

Manchester scientists have revealed new properties of graphene, which is tipped for new electronic devices

13 years ago

Oracle Told To Lower Android Patent Damage Claim

Oracle must lower its starting point for Android damages to $100m, but could depose Google CEO Larry Page

13 years ago

Isis Grows Into Serious NFC Payment Contender

Isis has signed up all four major credit card providers to challenge Google on NFC payment technology

13 years ago

HP EliteBook 8460p Laptop Review

Are laptops doomed by tablets? Of course not. HP's EliteBook is a solid and secure answer

13 years ago

TalkTalk Shamed For Poor Broadband Service

Talk Talk finished bottom of an Ofcom survey of broadband customer satisfaction

13 years ago

Can We Monetise The Web Without Breaking It?

Net neutrality has made the web what it is today. Surely we can expand it without abandoning that principle, says…

13 years ago

Sales Dip But AMD’s Fusion Ramp Grows Profits

AMD's Fusion initiative helped it swing to a $61 million profit though overall sales fell five percent last quarter

13 years ago

Email Matches Voice On Readers’ Devices

eWEEK readers do email as often as voice on their mobiles. Next: which social network is best?

13 years ago

Google And Oracle Chided As Java Lawsuit Heats Up

US District Judge Alsup told Oracle and Google to be more reasonable in the Android Java patent case

13 years ago

Windows Overtakes RIM PlayBook In Tablet Sector

A report states that Windows 7 has a “niche tablet presence”, and has reportedly overtaken the PlayBook

13 years ago

Google And Apple Fight For InterDigital Patents

Google is trying to acquire mobile and network patents owned by InterDigital, but Apple stands in its way

13 years ago

Nokia Pays The Price As Handset Sales Slump

Nokia is paying the price for its decision to ditch Symbian and make the jump to Windows Phone 7

13 years ago