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Steve Jobs is CEO of the decade, says Fortune magazine

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:57:26 GMT

Fortune magazine has named Apple chief Steve Jobs...

IT vital to Red Cross aid efforts in Indonesia

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:37:00 GMT

Isolated villages cut off by the earthquake in Indonesia have received food and aid thanks to innovative use of satellite technology.

Photos: Top ten smartphones for business - which one is the biz?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Your company might be pushing a BlackBerry into your hand but is it the best phone for your work? We take a closer look at the smartphones available and how they could work for your business.

George Hotz releases iPhone jailbreak

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:19:00 GMT

A crack of the latest iPhone operating system has been released by hacker George Hotz with his latest jailbreaking code.

There will be no iPhone price war, says Orange

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:21:00 GMT

Mobile operator Orange has dashed UK hopes that increased competition will push down tariffs for the Apple iPhone, which was previously available exclusively on O2.

Mobiles save France Telecom blushes in 3Q09

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:52:10 GMT

An increase in mobile users of almost 10% to 128.8 million helped France Telecom increase...

China Telecom enter call centre market with UK software

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:13:56 GMT

China Telecom's European arm is to resell a UK-developed call centre solution aimed at small and medium enterprises, and a Chinese language version is in...

Mobile market faces rocky road to growth

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:30:20 GMT

Consumers are likely to take advantage of aggressively-promoted new touch-screen mobile smartphones in the run-up to Christmas, analysts say. If their...

Google, Motorola and Verizon build Droid to battle iPhone

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:53:04 GMT

Google, Motorola and Verizon have joined forces in the US to challenge the Apple iPhone's domination of the smartphone market. Motorola's...

Video: VMware goes mobile

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:59:29 GMT

Newspapers jump gun on mobile phone cancer link

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:58:00 GMT

Reports that the World Health Organisation (WHO) will report links between mobile phone use and brain tumours may be true, but journalists have "jumped the gun", say scientists.

Google Android challenges Apple iPhone

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:01:00 GMT

Smartphones based on Google Android could challenge the dominant position of Apple's iPhone if it continues its current rate of growth.

Mobile phones cause brain cancer, says World Health Organisation

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:11:00 GMT

A 10-year study by the World Health Organisation has found links between the use of mobile phones and the development of brain cancer.

Nokia takes patent battle with Apple to court

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:37:00 GMT

Nokia is suing smartphone rival Apple for alleged patent infringements in the continued struggle between the two for market share.

Barnes & Noble to launch Nook e-book reader

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:38:00 GMT

US bookstore Barnes & Noble is launching an e-book reader.

Unlimited Spotify music on 3's HTC Hero handset

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:41:04 GMT

3UK is to package unlimited access to the Spotify music jukebox site onto the Android-based HTC Hero mobile handset for a November launch. Pricing is...

Forensic mobile phone work reveals threat to all of us

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

There are certain things you do not want to share with strangers. In my case it was a stream of highly personal text messages from my husband, sent during the early days of our relationship. Etched on my phone's SIM card - but invisible on my current handset and thus forgotten - here they now are, displayed in all their brazen glory on a stranger's computer screen.

Police use of mobile technology increases

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:26:46 GMT

The government has pumped £80m into mobile...

In-App purchases for free iPhone Apps

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Apple has announced that it will now allow products and services to be bought and sold from within free iPhone applications.

Sidekick users sue T-Mobile over data loss

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:24:10 GMT

Users of Microsoft's Sidekick smartphone have sued T-Mobile over the loss of personal data caused by a...