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August 02, 2012 02 Aug'12
Samsung lawyer defends actions in patent battle with Apple

Samsung lawyer John Quinn has defended the release of a statement containing evidence ruled inadmissible in the patent dispute with Apple
August 01, 2012 01 Aug'12
Samsung rejects Apple claim that it copied iPhone

Samsung has rejected Apple's claim that it copied the iPhone during the first court clash before a US jury
July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12
Businesses have 'once in a decade opportunity' to launch innovative apps

Businesses have a short window to distance themselves from competitors by introducing innovative phone apps, says analyst group Gartner
July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12
Apple acquires AuthenTec for $356m

Apple is to acquire finger print sensor technology company AuthenTec for $356m in a move to enter the mobile payments space

July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12
US jury to consider Apple, Samsung patent battle

The patent battle between Samsung and Apple moves to a federal court in California
July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12
Twitter apologises for outage ahead of Olympics

Twitter has apologised for the two-hour micro-blogging service outage on the day before the official opening of the London 2012 Olympics
July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12
Windows on tablets fuels growth for Citrix

The Apple effect is rubbing off on Citrix, with the desktop virtualisation specialist posting 16% year-over-year growth for Q2 2012
July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12
Security issues hit Apple as new OS X released

Researchers confirm new iOS and Mac malware just hours before the release of the latest version of Apples OS X operating system
July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12
Facebook on the hunt for London-based engineering team

Facebook announces 22 job openings on its London-based team, which will focus mostly on mobile and platform
July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12
Google and EC agree outlines of antitrust settlement

Google and the European Commission (EC) outline a settlement to end the investigation into Google's alleged abuse of dominant market position

July 20, 2012 20 Jul'12
Google results: $774m spent on IT, with more to come

Google has reported a 10% increase in net income in the second quarter of 2012 and is continuing its datacentre expansion.
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Will Microsoft turn things around for Nokia?

With more disappointing results, Nokia is pinning its hopes on Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 launch, but can the Redmond giant save the day?
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Nokia smartphone sales drop 39%

The struggling handset manufacturer reports Q2 sales of €7.5bn, showing a 19% drop since last year
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Microsoft reveals 26 October launch for Windows 8

Microsoft has updated announcements that Windows 8 will be available in October, by revealing an exact launch date
July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12
PayPal buys mobile payment firm Card.io

The online payment company looks to expand its mobile offering with the San Francisco start-up
July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12
Court orders RIM to pay $147m to Mformation in software patent dispute

A court has ordered Research in Motion (RIM) to pay $147.2m damages to Mformation Technologies for server software patent infringement
July 11, 2012 11 Jul'12
Retail suffering from lack of mobile presence

With over half of retailers lacking a mobile presence, the head of mobile commerce at eBay says a mobile-ready website should be the first step
July 11, 2012 11 Jul'12
Mobile operators should use coverage to compete with OTT services

Mobile operators should press their network coverage to compete with over-the-top operators such as Skype, according to OpenCloud
July 11, 2012 11 Jul'12
RIM directors voted to the board

It may not have been unanimous, but voting all candidates to the board at Research in Motion’s AGM shows some faith in ailing BlackBerry maker
July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12
Barclays puts full online banking on mobile app

Barclays has launched a mobile banking app with similar functionality to its full online banking platform
July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12
Rogue Apple server corrupts Angry Birds Space and other apps

Apple has blamed a rogue App Store server for making more than 100 apps unusable, including Angry Birds Space, after iPhone and iPad users updated them
July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12
Google Android OS Trojan virus hits 100K devices in China

Trojan malware has hit 100,000 devices using the Google Android operating system (OS) in China, say security researchers
July 06, 2012 06 Jul'12
Microsoft Office 365 for Education free for teachers

Microsoft launches Office 365 for Education, as Scottish Government commits to using the free cloud productivity suite.
July 06, 2012 06 Jul'12
Kaspersky Lab finds first malware on Apple's App Store

An app known as “Find and Call” has been targeting users of the Apple iPhone App Store and Google’s Play market, says Kaspersky Lab
July 06, 2012 06 Jul'12
Google Android smartphones hijacked by spam botnet

Google Android OS smartphones have been hijacked by a botnet spamming from a Yahoo server, marking an evolution in mobile malware
July 05, 2012 05 Jul'12
Telefonica Digital announces direct payment partnerships with Facebook and Google

The division of the global mobile operator confirms users can make payments to the websites billed onto their contracts
July 05, 2012 05 Jul'12
HTC wins victory over Apple in patent battle

HTC claimed a patent victory over Apple in the latest legal battle in the ongoing smartphone patent turf war
July 02, 2012 02 Jul'12
BAE Systems claims Navsop technology could replace GPS

BAE Systems says "Navigation via Signals of Opportunity" (Navsop) uses existing networks for location data to replace the GPS system
June 29, 2012 29 Jun'12
Interview: Sander Kristel, CIO, Staffordshire County Council

The CIO of Staffordshire County Council says virtualisation and application development has improved services for residents and staff
June 29, 2012 29 Jun'12
RIM posts dramatic losses; confirms 5,000 staff to go

The struggling mobile manufacturer will delay the launch of its BlackBerry 10 mobile OS until 2013 and admits a 38% drop in revenue
June 28, 2012 28 Jun'12
Microsoft ramps up Windows 8 security for IT consumerisation

Microsoft is building antivirus and secure, role-based authentication into Windows 8 to make the OS enterprise-ready
June 28, 2012 28 Jun'12
Google unveils Nexus 7 tablet

Google's Nexus 7 tablet is built by Asus, powered by Nvidia and will go on sale from just £159
June 27, 2012 27 Jun'12
Windows 8 in the enterprise: From tablet to desktop PC

During the Windows preview day in Amsterdam, Microsoft explained how it plans to change the way everyone uses computers in its so-called "beautiful experience"
June 27, 2012 27 Jun'12
Microsoft presses the case for Windows 8 in the enterprise

In the second day of its annual TechEd developers conference in Amsterdam, Microsoft presented the case for Windows 8 in the enterprise
June 25, 2012 25 Jun'12
Virgin Media focuses tariff on unlimited data

Virgin's premiere tariff follows the path of other operators going back to unlimited data, but offers a discount to its broadband customers
June 25, 2012 25 Jun'12
Senior managers unaware of data locations, survey reveals

Two thirds of senior managers do not know where all their company data resides, according to a survey conducted by governance firm Varonis
June 21, 2012 21 Jun'12
RIM cuts more jobs to save $1bn as Lazaridis and Balsillie pocket $12m

BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) cuts more jobs to save $1bn while paying $12m to ex-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie
June 21, 2012 21 Jun'12
Co-operative Bank launches UK mobile banking services

The Co-operative is the latest bank to launch a mobile banking service after signing a three year deal with mobile banking supplier Monitise
June 21, 2012 21 Jun'12
Halliburton CIO Ken Braud on strategy and innovation

CIO Ken Braud talked to delegates at the Orange Business Live customer event in Rome, and it was clear he has plenty on his plate.
June 21, 2012 21 Jun'12
No Windows Phone 8 update for Microsoft users

Microsoft tells Windows Phone 7.5 users they won’t get an update to the latest mobile OS, which the company put on show yesterday
June 18, 2012 18 Jun'12
Motorola Solutions buys London-based Psion for $200m

The enterprise arm of Motorola acquires the mobile device business for an all cash offer
June 14, 2012 14 Jun'12
BT launches One Voice app to cut roaming costs

The mobile app allows business travellers to cut costs on international calling by routing calls through their corporate VPN
June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12
RSPCA mobilises workforce with AMT-SYBEX

Mobile solution enables RSPCA officers to act faster on reports of animal cruelty from the public
June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12
Apple ditches Google for TomTom in iOS 6

Apple has given Dutch satnav firm TomTom a boost by using the firm's mapping technology to replace Google's in the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 6
June 11, 2012 11 Jun'12
Finance hub unprepared for London 2012 Olympic Games disruption

The City’s global financial centre could be severely disrupted through gridlock during this summer’s London 2012 Olympic Games
June 08, 2012 08 Jun'12
MobileIron ramps up mobile device management

MobileIron is providing a suite of tools to secure and provision Android and iOS devices in the enterprise
June 07, 2012 07 Jun'12
Google unveils four new mapping features

Google has announced four new features for its mapping services, including 3D cityscapes in Google Earth mobile apps
June 06, 2012 06 Jun'12
TfL opens up live bus data

Transport for London (TfL) has finally released live bus data, several months after it delivered the Countdown Live Bus Arrivals website
June 06, 2012 06 Jun'12
Dutch university wins Atos Olympic IT challenge

A team of students at the Fontys Hogeschool in Eindhoven has won a challenge set by Atos to create smart mobile applications
June 01, 2012 01 Jun'12
Google wins Oracle spat over Java

Google has claimed victory in one of the central arguments in its high-profile court battle with Oracle
May 31, 2012 31 May'12
Foursquare teams up with American Express to offer UK deals

Social networking firm Foursquare teams up with American Express to offer its credit card holders location-based deals in shops and restaurants
May 30, 2012 30 May'12
Post Office rolls out NFC contactless payments

The postal company will deploy 300,000 contactless payment terminals across 11,500 Post Offices, making it the largest roll-out of the technology in Europe
May 30, 2012 30 May'12
NFC contactless payments going mainstream

Juniper Research director Windsor Holden explains why there will be strong growth for the contactless payment sector in the UK and Europe
May 30, 2012 30 May'12
Mobile payment transactions set to soar with smartphone user growth

The value of mobile payments is expected to reach $617bn by 2016 as the number of mobile users worldwide reaches 448 million
May 28, 2012 28 May'12
Everything Everywhere brings NFC to buses

The mobile operator partnership teams with Stagecoach for NFC payments on bus and rail travel
May 28, 2012 28 May'12
UK regulator PhonepayPlus shuts down Angry Birds smartphone scam

UK users of Android smartphones have been targeted by premium-rate phone scams masquerading as popular apps such as Angry Birds
May 24, 2012 24 May'12
Formal BYOD agreements essential, says Ovum

Businesses are urged to set up formal agreements with employees before they allow them to use their own laptops and mobile devices at work
May 23, 2012 23 May'12
Barclays raises Pingit app cap as demand soars

Barclays has increased the amount that can be paid to businesses through its Pingit mobile banking app in response to high demand
May 18, 2012 18 May'12
Mobile threats demand focus on data protection, says Websense

Business needs to focus on data protection as cyber criminals turn to mobile malware, says Websense.
May 18, 2012 18 May'12
Police crack mobile phones to extract evidence

The Met Police force is to use software that can crack mobile phones to extract data to speed up investigations
May 17, 2012 17 May'12
Balfour Beatty uses local cloud on iPads to access tech drawings

Construction company Balfour Beatty replaces paper with an iPad app from Egnyte to provide local cloud access to tech drawings, saving £3.2m
May 16, 2012 16 May'12
Mobile network operators block political websites

A report from the LSE and the Open Rights Group shows default filtering on mobile devices blocks political websites without users' knowledge
May 15, 2012 15 May'12
SAP pushes mobile enterprise apps at Sapphire

New apps from SAP include travel expenses, CRM, safety investigation and healthcare
May 14, 2012 14 May'12
IT suppliers losing race to build smart cities

Banks, developers and construction companies are taking over from the IT industry as the diving force behind smart cities
May 11, 2012 11 May'12
Can mobile operators take on 'over-the-top' service providers?

With Telefonica launching a rival to Skype, can mobile operators claw back revenues lost to internet start-ups?
May 11, 2012 11 May'12
Facebook announces app store, but issues revenue warning

Facebook has announced its own app store, but also warned investors that the rapid growth of its mobile apps threatens its long-term financial prospects
May 10, 2012 10 May'12
Are banks failing to move with the mobile wallet?

The recent launch of O2’s mobile wallet app is the latest signal that a shift is starting to happen in the payments market away from banks as the primary providers to a more divers landscape.
May 10, 2012 10 May'12
Apple software update includes security improvements

Apple has released software updates that fix bugs and security vulnerabilties
May 09, 2012 09 May'12
Telefónica unveils TU Me mobile app

The mobile operator decides if you can’t beat the over-the-top providers like Skype, you may as well join them
May 04, 2012 04 May'12
Court case reveals ‘big loss’ for Google Android

The world’s most popular mobile operating system led to huge losses for Google in 2010
May 03, 2012 03 May'12
MasterCard certifies raft of NFC mobiles

MasterCard has certified HTC, Intel, LG, Nokia, RIM, Samsung and Sony mobiles to use its near field communications (NFC) payment system
May 03, 2012 03 May'12
What is the top priority for IT execs in 2012, and why?

Why, given a choice of 14 IT concerns, including cloud computing, did application performance management (APM) come out on top?
May 03, 2012 03 May'12
Hackers deploy new attack method targeting Android

Compromised websites are serving a new Trojan targeting Android devices, warns security firm Lookout.
May 02, 2012 02 May'12
Motorola Mobility reports $86m loss in first quarter of 2012

Motorola Mobility has reported a loss of $86m in its results for the first quarter of 2012
May 01, 2012 01 May'12
Visa Europe digital wallet application V.me comes to the UK

Visa Europe's digital wallet application V.me is to come to the UK, lending momentum to the wave of consumers taking up mobile banking services
May 01, 2012 01 May'12
IBM launches Mobile Foundation enterprise application platform at Impact 2012

IBM unveiled its Mobile Foundation mobile enterprise application platform at its Impact 2012 conference in Las Vegas this week
May 01, 2012 01 May'12
Economic conditions suppress European tablet sales

Difficult economic conditions in Europe have suppressed demand for tablet computers
April 30, 2012 30 Apr'12
CIO interview: David Bulman, chief information officer, Virgin Atlantic

Six months after joining Virgin Atlantic as CIO, David Bulman is leading a transformation at the airline with mobile technology at its heart.
April 25, 2012 25 Apr'12
Apple overtakes IBM and HP in sales

Apple has posted another remarkable set of financial results, overtaking IT giants IBM and HP in sales during its latest financial quarter.
April 23, 2012 23 Apr'12
Adobe gears up for Flash to HTML5 migration

The new Creative Suite 6 product aims to connect web and mobile development and bridge Flash programming to HTML5
April 23, 2012 23 Apr'12
US sanctions foreign powers using technology in human rights abuses

The US plans to target foreign nationals using new technologies to carry out human rights abuses
April 20, 2012 20 Apr'12
CIO interview: Matt Peers, Deloitte

“I love the consumerisation of IT,” says Matt Peers, CIO of Deloitte, where mobility is the company’s main IT priority.
April 19, 2012 19 Apr'12
Mobile commerce soars 254% in the UK

The number of customers using smartphones to make purchases soared by 254% from March 2011, according to IMRG.
April 19, 2012 19 Apr'12
Barclaycard launches stick-on card to accelerate contactless payments

Barclaycard is providing stick-on contactless sensors, to encourage people to start making payments with their smartphones
April 16, 2012 16 Apr'12
Gartner: CEOs want to use IT to boost business growth

Gartner's CEO study shows businesses leaders favour CRM as the tool to grow the business, but fail to think radically
April 16, 2012 16 Apr'12
Oracle sues Google for $1bn over Android OS

Oracle sues Google for $1bn over claimed copyright infringement in the Java programming of the Android mobile operating system (OS)
April 12, 2012 12 Apr'12
Barclays opens mobile banking to customers of all banks

Barclays bank has made its Pingit mobile banking app available to customers of all banks.
April 12, 2012 12 Apr'12
HSBC joins mobile banking revolution

HSBC has released an app that enables its customers to access bank account details from their mobile phones.
April 12, 2012 12 Apr'12
Not too late to prepare for cookie law deadline, says ICO

Information Commissioner Christopher Graham says it is not too late for UK organisations to prepare for the "cookie law" deadline at the end of May.
April 10, 2012 10 Apr'12
Tablet computer sales to double in 2012

Tablet computer sales are expected to nearly double to 119 million units this year, according to Gartner.
April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12
Leeds City Council deploys mobile self-provisioning

In a bid to lower the burden on the helpdesk, Leeds has built a portal and online apps market for smartphone users
April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12
EC investigates Motorola Mobility over Apple and Microsoft complaints

EC competition authorities investigate Motorola Mobility after complaints from Apple and Microsoft that it tried to block sales of their products
March 27, 2012 27 Mar'12
Retail and insurance lead two-speed IT spending

More IT-based businesses are starting with greater investment in IT after the slowdown, but with lopsided demand as businesses increase spending at different rates
March 15, 2012 15 Mar'12
The new iPad arrives in the UK tomorrow

The new iPad will be available in the UK tomorrow, with prices starting at £199 on a 24-month data contract
March 14, 2012 14 Mar'12
NHS trust to use iPads for real-time access to patient records

An NHS trust in the Midlands is planning to equip medical staff and community nurses with iPads to give real-time access to patient records on the move.
March 08, 2012 08 Mar'12
Telehealth could save NHS £1.2bn

The NHS could save £1.2bn over five years by encouraging three million patients with long-term conditions to use telehealth technology.
March 07, 2012 07 Mar'12
Telefonica aims to boost European IT talent with 750 new graduates

Telefonica is creating 750 new graduate jobs as part of a project to grow entrepreneurial talent in Europe.
March 01, 2012 01 Mar'12
RSA 2012: IT security experts urge enterprises to ban smartphone BYOD schemes

Enterprises should ban employees from using their own smartphones for work, a panel of IT security practitioners told the RSA Conference 2012
March 01, 2012 01 Mar'12
Demand surges for Barclays Bank Pingit mobile banking app

Over 120,000 people have downloaded Barclays Bank’s Pingit mobile banking application within five days of its release
February 29, 2012 29 Feb'12
Microsoft launches Windows 8 OS at Mobile World Congress 2012

Microsoft will use Mobile World Congress 2012 to launch the public test version of Windows 8 OS