Windows Mobile still in the game
Microsoft needs to bring innovation faster to its mobile platform to best the smartphone competition and regain market share, according to analysts.
APAC mobile multimedia services to dethrone SMS
Mobile multimedia services will surpass short messaging service in revenue contribution to Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan by year-end, reports IDC.
Second iPhone worm behaves like botnet
update As with first malware, new worm affects SSH protocol in jailbroken iPhones but is "much more serious" as it may attempt to steal data, F-Secure warns.
Beware business cloud dangers, says EU agency
Organizations should be wary of vendor lock-in, according to European Network and Information Security Agency.
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Apple's Schiller defends iPhone app approval process
In his first wide-ranging interview on the matter, Apple senior vice-president explains his company's App Store vigilance--and why it sometimes loosens up.
Find more stories in: Applications and tools, Mobile platforms, Mobile applications, Apple Inc., parental control, Phil Schiller, App, software, Mobile applications, Smart Phone
Will consumers plug into home energy displays?
Dozens of companies are developing tools to ratchet down home energy use as part of utility smart grid programs, but nobody is sure which approach will stick with consumers.
Find more stories in: Green IT, Google Inc., Energy Management Company, Home Energy Management Company, Security, software, U.S., network, Energy, Green IT
Developers look past Apple's jammed iPhone App Store
Software programmers are designing apps for Google-backed Android operating system, fired by frustration with Apple's rejections and delays
Find more stories in: Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Business applications, Apple Inc., Ideaworks, Apple App Store, Iconfactory, Operating System, App, software
Report: Microsoft may help News Corp. delist sites
The media empire is talking with tech giant about having its Web sites removed from Google search results, according to a Financial Times report.
Find more stories in: Web sites, Search, Google Inc., search engine, Rupert Murdoch, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Web sites, News Corp., financial
Offerpal revises terms amid continued scandal
Under fire for running misleading ads on social networks, offers-and-surveys broker now says publishers can choose how "conservative" they want to be with ads.
Find more stories in: Gamer, Games, Facebook, Social Networking, Media One, Offerpal, Survey, advertisement, network, Class Action
Sinofsky's Windows plan: More data, less testosterone
Head of Microsoft's Windows unit tells why he does things the way he does and how data of real-world use show things that might not be intuitive to Redmond's engineers.
Find more stories in: Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., software, Conference, Microsoft Windows Vista, Graphics, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Redmond
Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge
Puzzled onlookers have wondered why Google is overseeing two separate operating system projects. Co-founder Sergey Brin thinks that at some point the two will become one.
Find more stories in: Operating systems, Open Source, Google Inc., Computer, Phone, Operating System, Smart Phone, Android, Sergey Brin, device manufacturer
Can Adobe beat back hackers?
As its software becomes a major means of attack, security experts are concerned the company isn't doing enough to repel assaults.
Find more stories in: Authentication and encryption, PC security, Security Management, Adobe Systems Inc., Security, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., software, Antivirus Software, Authentication and encryption
Ballmer: Windows 7 selling like hotcakes
At Microsoft's shareholder meeting, CEO says the OS has sold twice as fast in its early days as any prior version of Windows. He also takes a few shots at Apple.
Find more stories in: Windows 7, Apple Inc., Steve Ballmer, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, shareholder
Yahoo adds photos, tweets to news search
Newsy searches won't just produce links to stories now on Yahoo. Searchers will be able to see photos, videos, and tweets from main search results page.
Find more stories in: Search, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Yahoo Launch, Twitter Inc., Microsoft Corp., Video, photograph, API, Search Result
More on mobile payment front: Boku steps it up
Competing for market share with rival Zong and a few others, start-up says new partnerships give it access to 200 million new user accounts.
Find more stories in: Web 2.0, Facebook, Snap, PayPal, Boku, Phone, mobile, Web 2.0, game company, payment
Judge sets February hearing for new Google Books deal
Schedule is laid out for second round of final approval process as preliminary approval is given to revised deal submitted last Friday.
Find more stories in: Copyright, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, Judge, researcher, U.S. District Court, agreement, Benefit
Google has its own plan for netbooks
No, the search giant isn't saying it will build a netbook. But it sure knows what it would like one running Chrome OS to resemble, and that's a little different from the netbook of today.
Find more stories in: Microsoft Windows, Linux desktop OS, Personal Computers, Google Inc., Operating System, software, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Hardware
Mozilla not interested in building Firefox OS
Does Firefox backer want to turn its open-source browser into the basis for an operating system a la Google's Chrome OS? Not for now at least.
Find more stories in: Browser, Web browsers, Google Inc., Mitchell Baker, Operating System, revenue, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Internal Revenue Service, Microsoft Internet Explorer
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