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Airlines won't mandate online check-in
News Not all airlines plan to follow move by RyanAir to make Internet check-in compulsory, preferring instead to offer Web as alternative channel for passengers.
Tags: Web sites, Web services, Mobile, Passenger, Spokesperson, Singapore, Portal, e-mail, handheld, British Airways Plc.
Bluetooth snags a new backer
News Via has licensed the networking technology from Ericsson and is deciding whether it will add it to chips for cell phones and computers.
Juniper acquires access security software
News Juniper Networks will pay US$122 million in cash for an access security company called Funk Software.
Tags: Digital signatures, Security Management
Palm seeks to raise money for Pre launch
News Company plans to offer 18.5 million shares in a follow-on offering, in a move to pay back investor Elevation Partners and raise capital for smartphone launch.
Tags: Handhelds, PalmOS, Product development and design, Mobile/Wireless, Palm Inc., C, Stock, working capital, handset maker, product development
GlobalFoundries nabs STMicro as customer
News AMD manufacturing spinoff secures STMicroelectronics as first external customer; production of 40nm chips for handhelds and consumer electronics begins 2010.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Multiprocessor servers, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Chip, Germany, vision, handheld device, manufacturing company
Can technology help us speak the same language?
Blogs As more nations globalize and their citizens become more mobile, it's become increasingly apparent that language plays a...
In-flight broadband 'to take off this year'
News The fledgling in-flight broadband market is set for serious growth this year, with the number of Web-enabled aeroplanes to surge from 25 in 2008 to 800 by year's end.
Tags: Business broadband, Smart Phone, wireless service, Broadband, handheld, British Airways Plc., SMS, handheld device, analyst, accounting
UK police slash paperwork with mobiles
News From next week, law enforcers in the United Kingdom will use handheld devices to enter data during street searches, which can help cut each process from 20 minutes to 60 seconds.
Tags: Employee communications, State Government, Politics, Mobile, Home Secretary, Officer, Mobile Device, handheld computer, State Government, CIO
Dell hints at smartphone plans
News PC maker has been long-rumored to have a handheld device in the works. When pressed by an interviewer on the subject, Michael Dell reveals more than an offhand comment.
Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Mobile, Smart Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Om Malik, handheld, Microsoft Windows, handheld device, blog
Palm investor to kick in an extra US$100M
News Elevation Partners agrees to infuse the struggling handset maker with an additional US$100 million, in a move to underwrite the company's 2009 new product launch.
Tags: PalmOS compatibles, Operating systems, Investments, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Mobile, Elevation Partners, Smart Phone, Investor
More apathy for a Dell smartphone
News Without seeing the device, industry observers remain underwhelmed by what Dell could bring to the mobile computing market.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart Phone, Sales, brand name, handset, industry, High Tech Computer Corp., brand, Dell Computer Corp., PC
Handspring inks deal to go corporate
News Handheld computer maker Handspring on Tuesday said it signed an agreement with Ingram Micro to expand its distribution network and increase sales in the corporate market.
3Com sold for US$2.2B
News Networking company 3Com has announced it will be acquired by private equity company Bain Capital and former joint-venture partner Huawei Technologies, in a US$2.2 billion cash deal.
Tags: Networking technology
Linux set for central role in 3G devices
News Texas Instruments plans to make its OMAP wireless platform Linux-friendly, meaning that 3G devices by Nokia, Ericsson, Sony and Sendo could use the open source operating system.
FedEx speeds things up
Insight CIO Linda Brigance shares the challenges of handling more than 6 million shipments globally every day.
Tags: E-commerce
