Microsoft Corp. is facing increasing pressure to bring its mainstream Windows operating system to the ARM mobile CPU. But analysts …
Cell phone, smartphone — what’s the difference?
What is a smartphone? The answer is not so simple, judging by the number of definitions available. In fact, it …
Mobile browsers bring new security headaches
The new generation of mobile Web browsers is going to introduce for enterprise IT departments a rash of security challenges. …
Security expert worries about smart phone, TinyURL threats
It’s just that F-Secure’s chief security advisor doesn’t want people overlooking the other 29,999 malware files his company sees a …
Ballmer promises faster Windows Mobile development
Under pressure from popular phones from Apple and Research In Motion, Microsoft hopes it has put in place changes that …
Netbooks: All About the New Ultraportables
The term netbook, coined by Intel, conveys little useful information about this category of machines. Sure, they all have wireless …
Apple announces Safari 4
Apple has announced the public beta of Safari 4, the web browser for Mac and Windows PCs. The Nitro engine …
VMware shows virtualization on the mobile phone
We've had virtual storage, virtual machines and virtual data centers. Now VMware is looking to the next frontier: the virtual …
Microsoft has big growth plans even as economy limps
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts Monday that the weak economy and declining PC sales would continue to challenge …
Acer takes on smartphone market
Acer has jumped head first into the smartphone market with its Tempo family of devices. They are all touch-enabled and …
Adobe to Show off New Flash for Smartphones
Adobe plans to show off progress on its Flash Player 10 for smartphones and deliver a new software development kit …
Hacker challenge takes aim at browsers, smartphones
A hacking contest that has grabbed headlines two years running will take aim next month at browsers and smartphones, according …
BlackBerry still targeting businesses
While competitors like the Apple iPhone and the budding Google Android platform have garnered a lot of attention lately, Research …
Google expands e-book
Google released a mobile version of its Google Book Search , which means iPhone or Android phone users will be …
Turning smartphones into desktops on the go
The idea that a business traveler would someday carry his or her desktop and applications on a small device has …
Dell could join Acer in unveiling smart phone
When Dell Inc. stopped selling the Axim PDA in 2007, several industry observers predicted that the PC and server maker …
Samsung plans new netbook, smart phones
Samsung Electronics Co. plans to follow up its NC10 netbook in the coming few months with a new model and …
Is Apple opening iPhone to new browsers?
Apple may be loosening restrictions that have so far blocked Web browsers save its own Safari from the iPhone, according …
‘Snap-on’ from Motorola for mobile payments
Motorola Inc. announced a new product called the Snap-on Mobile Payment Device, which will work with its enterprise-class wireless handhelds, …
A Closer Look at the Palm Pre and webOS
The Palm Pre smart phone and the company's much-anticipated new operating system–called webOS–are among the most buzzed-about products to come …