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July 21, 2011
21
Jul'11
Nokia reports £429m loss as smartphone revenues drop 32% in first half of 2011
Nokia has reported operating losses of €487m (£429m) in the first half of 2011, fuelled by a decline in smartphone sales.
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July 01, 2011
01
Jul'11
Betfair sees 120% increase in mobile customers
The online gambling firm increased sales via mobile applications by 88% as customer mobile use grows.
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June 15, 2011
15
Jun'11
Analysts voice doubts over Blackberry Playbook price, app choice and e-mail
As Research in Motion (RIM)'s Blackberry Playbook goes on sale in the UK, analysts remain sceptical of the prospects of RIM's first tablet among business users.
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June 13, 2011
13
Jun'11
Tesco launches Groceries Android app with voice searching feature
Tesco has launched a free mobile application for Google's Android operating system (OS) to provide shopping and delivery services.
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June 09, 2011
09
Jun'11
Visa predicts 20 million contactless payment cards in UK by 2012
Visa Europe expects the number of contactless cards being used in the UK to reach 20 million by the end of 2011.
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June 08, 2011
08
Jun'11
TfL makes real-time information available for ‘Boris Bikes’ apps
Transport for London (TfL) has made real-time information available on its "Boris Bikes" scheme for developers seeking to create mobile apps.
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May 20, 2011
20
May'11
Orange and Barclaycard launch contactless mobile payments in UK
Orange and Barclaycard have introduced the first near-field communication (NFC) mobile payment system in the UK.
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May 18, 2011
18
May'11
Dell posts 177% profit boost after increasing enterprise sales
Dell has boosted profits by 177% since last year after increasing sales to enterprise customers.
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May 12, 2011
12
May'11
Analysis: Will Android dominance increase IT security threats for business?
The Android Market is forecast to become the world's biggest mobile content platform by August 2011, according to research by mobile application research firm Distimo.
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April 11, 2011
11
Apr'11
Intel unveils Oak Trail Atom processor chipset for tablet market
Intel is introducing a next generation Atom processors, previously codenamed "Oak Trail", aimed at the tablet market.
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March 28, 2011
28
Mar'11
Spotify hit by malicious ads
Spotify, the popular streaming music service, has been displaying malicious advertisements to users of its Free version.
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March 25, 2011
25
Mar'11
Police switch to Sprint ii for IT procurement
Police forces in England and Wales are having to switch IT procurement from the Buying Solutions' CITHS framework to the SPRINT ii agreement.
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March 16, 2011
16
Mar'11
RIM urges Blackberry users to disable Javascript after web browsing vulnerability revealed
Research in Motion (RIM) is advising Blackberry smartphone users to disable Javascript to protect against a security vulnerability in its web browser.
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March 11, 2011
11
Mar'11
Windows Phone 7 update delayed
Microsoft is delaying its first major software update to its mobile operating system Windows Phone 7 until the second half of March.
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March 09, 2011
09
Mar'11
Mobile ticketing users to treble by 2015
The number of people redeeming travel and entertainment tickets via their mobile phones is set to treble by 2015, according to a report by Juniper Research.
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March 07, 2011
07
Mar'11
3UK offers unlimited data service to pay-as-you-go customers
Mobile phone service 3UK is to launch a £15 per month 'all-you-can-eat' data service for pay as you go customers.
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March 04, 2011
04
Mar'11
Azure propels Southampton's Windows Phone 7 balloon above the clouds
Microsoft Azure is helping Southampton University to reach above the clouds in a first-of-its-kind experiment to probe the stratosphere using an unmanned vehicle.
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March 02, 2011
02
Mar'11
Download 180-day free trial for Windows Embedded Compact 7 OS
The latest version of Microsoft's operating system (OS) for embedded devices, Windows Embedded Compact 7 is now available on a 180-day free trial.
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February 28, 2011
28
Feb'11
UPDATE: Stolen network equipment causes Vodafone UK network outage
The theft of specialist equipment has prevented thousands of users from accessing the Vodafone network.
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February 16, 2011
16
Feb'11
Apple adds digital subscription service to app store
Apple has extended its digital subscription billing service used for Rupert Murdoch's iPad-only newspaper to all magazines, newspapers, videos and music on its application store.
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February 11, 2011
11
Feb'11
Mobile hacker attacks will damage business in 2011
Businesses cannot afford to ignore mobile hacking attacks as they are proving extremely lucrative over shorter periods, a study of mobile threats has found.
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February 10, 2011
10
Feb'11
Mobile workers practise lax security
More than half of Europeans practise unsafe networking when they work away from the office, according to research by German remote access experts NCP Engineering.
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February 09, 2011
09
Feb'11
Vodafone rolls out Nexus S smartphone
Vodafone remains tight-lipped over the availability of Samsung's Nexus S smartphone, which is already available at Carphone warehouse.
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February 03, 2011
03
Feb'11
OFT to investigate e-book pricing
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is launching an investigation into e-book pricing.
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February 02, 2011
02
Feb'11
Yahoo blames Microsoft implementation for Windows Phone 7 data charges
Yahoo has spoken out after being blamed for excessive data charges experienced by some Microsoft Windows Phone 7 (WP7) users.
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February 01, 2011
01
Feb'11
Mobile app stores to grow over 1,000% by 2014
Mobile application store downloads are expected to surge 117% in 2011, growing more than 1,000% by 2014.
According to the latest figures by research...
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January 25, 2011
25
Jan'11
House of Fraser opens mobile shopping site
House of Fraser has launched a mobile transactional website to widen customers' choice of shopping channels.
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January 21, 2011
21
Jan'11
HTC sales rocket as shipments jump 163% in Q4 of 2010
HTC has posted sales of £2.2bn for the fourth quarter of 2010, an increase of 153% year-on-year.
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January 11, 2011
11
Jan'11
Blackberry Playbook hit by development challenges
Research in Motion (RIM) could be late to market with its Blackberry Playbook tablet device after experiencing several development challenges
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January 06, 2011
06
Jan'11
Most people who sell their old mobiles don't clear personal data
Just over three quarters of the UK population have sold on old mobile phones, but only 31% wiped all personal information before selling, a survey has revealed.
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January 05, 2011
05
Jan'11
CES 2011: Top five tablets
With almost 100 tablets expected to be launched at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, 2011 is set to be the year of the tablet device. Computer Weekly rounds up the latest tablet announcements from CES 2011.
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January 05, 2011
05
Jan'11
BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry
David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year.
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January 04, 2011
04
Jan'11
CES 2011: Tablets expected to dominate Vegas show
Tablet-style computers are expected to dominate the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show that kicks off in Las Vegas on Thursday. About...
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February 13, 2009
13
Feb'09
Free mobile computing connectivity with broadband subscription
In a move that is designed to extend the flexibility and adaptability of firms, especially small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), BT has launched a broadband package that also provides a free public Wi-Fi hotspot.
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February 10, 2009
10
Feb'09
Added critical data protection for SMBs
New technology aiming to solve small and medium size businesses’ perennial problems with protecting business critical data
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December 19, 2008
19
Dec'08
Mobile broadband demand props up crunched WiMAX
Research predicts global recession to cause enterprises to postpone WiMAX adoption but mobile will lead recovery
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November 20, 2005
20
Nov'05
Wireless security crucial to railway safety
A transportation firm uses wireless technology to keep the trains running on time. But securing mobile devices isn't easy when they're spread across the globe.
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September 05, 2005
05
Sep'05
Extending perimeters
The news that, up until 2006, 70% of successful wireless local area network (WLAN) attacks will be because of the misconfiguration of WLAN access points and client software is disquieting on a number of levels.
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May 17, 2005
17
May'05
TNT to provide staff with e-mail smartphones rather than laptops
Logistics company TNT is to provide up to 700 staff worldwide with mobile e-mail, using the Nokia Communicator 9500 smartphone as...
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March 25, 2001
25
Mar'01
Full blown Location Based Services rolled out to mass market