The launch day for the Palm Pre smartphone, will be a big day all around for Palm, struggling carrier Sprint …
Computex still going strong
The Computex Taipei 2009 electronics show ended Saturday after a week-long display of new gadgets, including netbooks, ultra thin laptops …
Oracle CEO, set to buy Sun, hails Java at conference
Reassuring the Java community, Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison pledged a commitment to Java technologies, including the budding JavaFX rich …
Never mind the netbook, here comes the smartbook
If you still blanche at the term “netbook” for being an ungainly piece of vendor-speak, then prepare to be nauseated …
Dell building up its cash reserves for acquisition
Dell plans to grow its business by acquiring another company, a senior executive said. “Michael [Dell] did talk about our …
HP snubs Moblin, rolls out Mi Linux-Atom netbook
In a pre-emptive strike against the expected onslaught of ARM-based netbooks running Google Inc.'s Android operating system, Hewlett-Packard Co. on …
Yahoo shifts gears on mobile app
Smartphone browsers are good enough to deliver Yahoo Mobile, so the search provider has killed off an on-device software version …
Keep Your Files in the Cloud with ZumoDrive
Not enough space on your iPhone for all your music? Need more storage for your tiny netbook hard drive? ZumoDrive …
The shape of the coming netbook revolution
The netbook you know today gives just a taste of what's to come. Cheap, portable, and packed with features that …
Mobile-phone vendors focus on software as sales drop
Mobile-phone sales continue to be hurt by the faltering economy, so vendors are increasingly looking to software and services to …
Samsung unveils its first Google phone
Samsung Electronics Co. became the first major mobile phone maker to launch a smartphone based on Google Inc.'s Android software. …
Oracle likely to leave mobile Java alone
Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems probably won't immediately affect the world of mobile Java, some industry observers said, though …
Netbook computers spark corporate interest
One possible future of mobile computing is on display in classrooms in Fresno, Calif., where the public school district has …
Netbook computers spark corporate interest
One possible future of mobile computing is on display in classrooms in Fresno, Calif., where the public school district has …
Unified communications start-up aims to challenge Microsoft, Skype, Google
Dutch start-up Perzonae Unified Communications is working on a service that will combine e-mail, instant messaging and, later, calls and …
Acer pushes multibrand strategy with product barrage
Acer Inc. took a big step forward with its multibrand strategy on Tuesday, aiming at increasingly smaller demographic slices of …
Are Linux netbooks really returned more often than Windows models?
Windows' dominance extends to 96% of netbooks sold in the U.S. in February. Worldwide, three-quarters of the 15 million netbooks …
Mobile backup services help users save, sort data
If you've ever wished you could easily search through your cell phone voice-mail messages or save all of your text …
Nokia hopes new app store will replicate App Store
Nokia has spent four years working on building an application distribution system, attracting millions of developers eager to sell to …
Intel sets Moblin free at risk of port to rival ARM
Intel Corp. plans to turn over to the Linux Foundation control of Moblin, the Linux operating system it developed for …