A year ago, netbooks were viewed as a good chance for the Linux to finally break into the desktop computing …
Three reasons Microsoft shouldn’t port Windows to the ARM processor
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 …
Moving to a unified wireless switch topology
Wireless access is quickly becoming essential in enterprise networks. With the arrival of 802.11n and its capacity of hundreds of …
Alcatel-Lucent launches unified communications support
Alcatel-Lucent announced support today for smartphones and high-definition videoconferencing in its new OmniTouch 8400 Instant Communications Suite of products. The …
Nvidia mulls x86 chip for low-cost computers
Nvidia may develop an integrated x86-based chip for use in low-cost computers, an Nvidia executive said this week, a move …
Intel introduces Atom chips for new devices
Intel detailed plans to push its Atom processors into devices beyond just netbooks and mobile Internet devices. The company introduced …
New smartphone controls may appeal to IT managers
Research in Motion Ltd. is hoping that the latest version of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server will help convince skeptical IT …
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 …
Open-source toolkit aimed at telcos
Although the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) has become the default architecture for telcos to deliver services such as SMS, voicemail …
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 …
Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system
Microsoft Corp. unveiled its Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system today on what are being called “Windows phones” that focus on …
Lenovo Constant Connect serves as an e-mail go-between
Business travelers will be able to use their BlackBerry smartphones to automatically forward e-mail to their ThinkPad notebook PCs with …
Cisco: Mobile data traffic to grow 66-fold by 2013
Cisco predicts that the biggest driver for the traffic increase will come from video traffic, which will account for roughly …
‘Mobile data traffic to grow 66-fold by 2013’
A report published by Cisco says that mobile Web traffic volume will double every year between now and 2013, when …
BlackBerry enterprise server zooms in on IT management tools
Research In Motion Ltd. officials offered a broad-brush preview of Argon, the code name for RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0, …
The incredible shrinking operating system
From the software concept called JeOS (pronounced “juice”), the Just Enough OS, to hardware concepts like Celio RedFly, an 8-inch …
BlackBerry still targeting businesses
While competitors like the Apple iPhone and the budding Google Android platform have garnered a lot of attention lately, Research …
Motorola to rely on Android to revive phone sales
Motorola said its mobile phone revenues fell by 51% in the fourth quarter of 2008, and said it plans to …
Trends that will change our lives
The past two years have been exciting ones for mobility, with the dawn of netbooks, 4G communications and the first …