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Android Nears 50 Percent Of Global Smartphones

Android is just shy of the 50 percent mark for the global smartphone market, according to Canalys data

Will HTML5 Replace Flash? Not Just Yet

Adobe has launched an HTML5 tool - but there are still plenty of reasons why Flash will continue, says Peter Judge

iPhone 5 Rumoured For October Launch

The latest rumours have it that Apple's next iPhone model could appear in late September or early October

Apple iPad Tops Tablet Satisfaction Ratings

Hardly a surprise, but the Apple iPad has topped rival tablets in a consumer satisfaction study

iPhone 5 Could Solidify Apple’s Mobile Game

Apple's new phone, when it comes will compete against Android, says Nicholas Kolakowski. but will it change Apple's own game?

Apple, Samsung Smartphones Surpass Nokia

Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Android devices both passed Nokia in smartphone sales in the second quarter

Apple, Samsung Gain Mobile Share

Apple and Samsung are both seeing significant rises in worldwide mobile market share, according to new studies

Android Still Leads iOS In Smartphone Sweepstake

Android has grown its smartphone market share ahead of Apple's iOS, thanks to the arrival of new handsets

Researchers Uncover More Apple Mac Malware

Microsoft researchers have found a new Mac backdoor, although doubts remain over its seriousness

BBC iPlayer Goes International On iPad

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

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

Sleeping Macs Leak Passwords Through FireWire

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

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

Survey: Consumers Want iPhone 5, Sight Unseen

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

‘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

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 the IT inventory, says Eric Doyle

Mac Laptop Batteries Could Run Malware

A security researcher is to demonstrate hacking Mac laptop chips, causing them to run malicious code or overheat

Fake Apple Shops Shut Down

Chinese officials have closed two out of five phoney Apple shops, but not due to copyright infringement

Teardown Of MacBook Air Reveals Nothing Radical

A teardown of the new MacBook Air has revealed that nothing much has changed over previous models

Chinese Counterfeiters Rip-off An Entire Apple Store

Three copycat Apple stores have been discovered in a small Chinese city by a US blogger

Apple Patches Dozens Of Safari Security Flaws

Apple has patched 58 security flaws in its web browser and introduced a handful of new security features

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

Analysts Fear Apple iPad Could Cannibalise Mac Line

Analysts are fretting that the popularity of the Apple iPad could start impacting Mac sales

Apple Profits Boom As Lion Roars And Jobs Spins

Apple is having a busy day with a record-breaking quarter, the Mac OS X Lion release and a Jobs vacancy

Apple’s HTC Patent Victory Is The Tip Of The IceBerg

Apple's patent victory over HTC will have other Android phone makers quaking in their boots, says Nicholas Kolakowski

Apple’s Encryption Needs Care In OS X Lion Upgrade

Mac owners should decrypt files before upgrading to Lion because of changes in the encryption mechanism

Apple Said To Be Readying Low Cost iPhone

Apple is reportedly working on a low cost iPhone that would be available with no contract

iPhone Preferred Over Android As Short-term Buy

Apple's iPhone is the favoured buy for the next 90 days, beating Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 7

Apple Fixes iPhone Flaw, But Hackers Get Round It

Apple has patched iOS to stop the installation of JailbreakMe - but hackers claim to circumvented it already