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Android Handsets Outsell BlackBerry, iPhone

Smartphones running Android are now outselling Research in Motion's BlackBerry and Apple's iPhone according to new figures

Motorola Developing Android TV Tablet

Motorola is reportedly working on a tablet computer geared up for users who want to watch TV on the move

Android Is Still Scaring Off Enterprise Customers

If Android is going to succeed in the enterprise, Google needs to address some of the basic security and privacy issues that make IT managers shy away

Android Grows User Base Faster Than Apple iOS

Google's Android operating system grew 27 percent for the second quarter, which is higher than the growth of Apple's iPhone

Convirture Develops Open Source Hypervisor Management Tools

Convirture holds that it is plugging a major hole by specialising in managing open-source Xen, KVM virtualization

Android 2.2 To Debut On Motorola Droid

Motorola said in a community forum that Google's Android 2.2 operating system (Froyo) will be pushed out to the Motorola Droid in August

Ten Stumbling Blocks That Could Derail Google Android

Android might be doing well, but concerns about security, privacy and an enterprise focus could hold the mobile operating system back

eWEEK Europe Readers Remain Mainframe Loyalists

Mainframes are still popular, according to our readers' poll, despite arguments that 'big iron' is on the wane. Next up: what is your company’s open source policy?

HTC Droid Incredible Dubbed The ‘Google Nexus Two’

iSuppli has discovered in a teardown that the HTC Droid Incredible might be thought of as the “Google Nexus Two,” because their components are so similar

Google Android Clamps Down On Unauthorised App Use

As part of its effort to make the Android market a more serious option, Google has created a security tool to prevent the illegal use of paid Android apps

UK Android Sales Up 350 Percent This Quarter

Google's Android operating system now dominates more that 13 percent of the UK contract smartphone market

Testing Delays Arrival Of Firefox 4 Beta 2

Mozilla has announced that Beta 2 of Firefox 4 has been delayed for a few more days as it undergoes more testing

Google Voice Adds Speedy Calls on Android, BlackBerry

In an effort to accelerate calls, Google has added direct access numbers to its Google Voice for mobile application on Android and Blackberry smartphones

Analysts Differ On Popularity Of Corporate Android

Analysts Michael Gartenberg and Jack Gold differ on just how enterprise ready the Android Froyo build is

eWEEK Europe Readers Prefer Android To iPhone

Android shot ahead of BlackBerry and iPhone in our readers poll, leaving Windows Mobile and Symbian in the dust. Next up: do you like mainframes?

Droid 2 Set To Arrive With Android 2.2, Froyo

The next generation of the well-received Motorola Droid handset, is set to arrive running Android 2.2., codenamed Froyo

Asus Opts For Android Over Windows For New Tablet

Asus says it will use Google's Android platform rather than Windows for its EP101TC tablet computer

Nokia Seeks New Boss To Stem Smartphone Losses

Nokia is reportedly looking for a new boss as it fights to halt its market share decline in the smartphone sector

Lenovo Plans ‘LePad’ Android Tablet

Reports say the Lenovo LePad willl run Android, will be optimised for 3G, and will arrive before the year’s end

Canonical Puts IBM’s DB2 On Ubuntu Cloud

IBM's free DB2 database version, Express-C, is now available on the Ubuntu cloud computing platform for private and public clouds

Nokia Buys Motorola Wireless Network Assets

Nokia Siemens Networks had agreed to acquire Motorola’s wireless network infrastructure assets for £785 million

Cheap ZTE Android Phone Arrives In The UK On 3

A budget priced Android-based handset, the ZTE Racer, is now available on the mobile network of 3UK

Google Receives Last Shipment Of Nexus One Handsets

Google continues to wind down its handset odyssey after the search engine giant received its last shipment of Nexus One smartphones

Peppermint Linux Launches Cloud App Integration

A version of the Peppermint cloud-based flavor of Linux has been developed for launching web applications and cloud applications

Rackspace And NASA Donate Code For Open Source Cloud Platform

Rackspace Hosting and NASA have committed their software to a newly launched open source cloud platform called OpenStack

HP Halts Android Tablet Development

HP has reportedly put its plans for an Android tablet on hold, and will instead focus its resources on tablets running WebOS and Windows 7

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11: Review

We hit a few snags with SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES) 11 and its Service Pack 1, especially involving KVM and Hyper-V, but Novell is doing a good job of maintaining SLES as an enterprise operating system

Details Leaked On HTC Desire Mark II

Details about the successor to the HTC Desire Android smartphone have been leaked by a UK retailer

Surprise Survey Says MySQL And Java Will Prosper At Oracle

Despite widespread concern over Oracle's acquisition of Sun, a survey has actually found renewed interest in Java and faster growth of MySQL