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August 31, 2012 31 Aug'12
Leading PC suppliers announce Windows 8 devices

HP, Dell, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo and Sony have announced products, from laptops to smartphones, which will run Microsoft’s new operating system.
August 30, 2012 30 Aug'12
Amazon Appstore opens Android to attack

Amazon is urging users to switch off a safety feature in Android which prevents rogue apps from being downloaded, to install its Appstore software
August 30, 2012 30 Aug'12
Intel gets commercial backer for wireless charging chips

Intel revealed the capability four years ago, but today Integrated Device Technology confirmed it would develop and build chipsets for wireless charging
August 30, 2012 30 Aug'12
Samsung becomes first to unveil Windows Phone 8 handset

The electronics firm might be facing legal action in the US, but in Europe it is unveiling its Ativ range to show it is still a force in mobile

August 30, 2012 30 Aug'12
Samsung gets three-month reprieve from US sales ban

Samsung is to be able to keep all its products on sale in the US for at least another three months after Apple’s application for a ban on some product sales was rescheduled
August 29, 2012 29 Aug'12
Samsung vows to fight Apple US ban

Samsung has vowed to take all "necessary measures" to stop Apple securing a ban on some product sales in the US.
August 28, 2012 28 Aug'12
Smartphones to kill off landlines within five years

New research from Virgin Media Business claims smartphones will make the office landline redundant within five years
August 28, 2012 28 Aug'12
Everything Everywhere signs MasterCard to develop mobile payments

MasterCard is to work with Everything Everywhere to develop mobile payments exclusively for the mobile network operator’s customers
August 28, 2012 28 Aug'12
Samsung lashes out at Apple after patent defeat

Samsung has lashed out at Apple after losing its US court battle over patents that led to a $12bn loss for Samsung in market value
August 24, 2012 24 Aug'12
Samsung to power 3’s 4G network

The company’s European network operations team will provide the LTE Radio Access Network and core infrastructure

August 24, 2012 24 Aug'12
South Korean court bans Samsung and Apple sales

A South Korean court has ruled that Apple and Samsung infringed each other's patents and banned sales of some products from both companies
August 23, 2012 23 Aug'12
Sony moves mobile business to Japan costing 1,000 jobs

Sony makes 1,000 redundancies in its mobile division as it moves the business closer to its headquarters in Japan
August 23, 2012 23 Aug'12
Facebook gets green light for Instagram acquisition

The US Federal Trade Commission has approved the social network's proposed acquisition of mobile photo-sharing service Instagram
August 22, 2012 22 Aug'12
Apple and Samsung give closing arguments in US patent trial

Lawyers have delivered closing arguments in the first US jury trial in the patent dispute between smartphone makers Samsung and Apple
August 22, 2012 22 Aug'12
3 unable to launch 4G until September 2013

The mobile operator may have secured spectrum suitable for 4G services from Everything Everywhere, but it won’t be usable for at least a year
August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12
Everything Everywhere sells 4G spectrum to 3

The merged mobile operator sells a portion of its 1800MHz spectrum to the smaller rival, meaning another 4G offering could be on the cards before the end of the year
August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12
RIM set to lose stranglehold on government mobile market

Blackberry is set to lose its stranglehold on government, as moves to broaden the number of smartphone suppliers in Whitehall gather pace
August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12
RIM appoints new managing director for UK and Ireland

The Blackberry manufacturer names Rob Orr as its new managing director as Stephen Bates takes a European role
August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12
Everything Everywhere to launch new brand in 2012

The merger between Orange and T-Mobile may launch a new name by the end of the year, but the two individual companies will remain
August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12
Ofcom signs off 4G roll-out for Everything Everywhere

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has approved Orange/T-Mobile joint venture Everything Everywhere to be first to market with 4G mobile data services
August 20, 2012 20 Aug'12
Hunt: Ofcom 'beset by threats of litigations'

Culture secretary calls on mobile operators to call off the lawyers and focus on the future of 4G to help government achieve broadband targets by 2015
August 20, 2012 20 Aug'12
Mobile computing to shake up back-end systems

The take-up of mobile technology by businesses to engage with customers and enable remote working will have a dramatic effect on back-office IT
August 20, 2012 20 Aug'12
Google's Motorola Mobility files new complaint against Apple

Google has filed a new patent-infringement case against Apple, claiming the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch infringe seven patents inherited through the acquisition of Motorola Mobility.
August 15, 2012 15 Aug'12
SMEs driving $2.2bn cloud industry growth

The global cloud industry is set to be worth an extra $2.2bn before the end of the year, according to KPMG
August 15, 2012 15 Aug'12
Mobile transactions to hit $730bn as couch commerce takes hold

Mobile payments are expected to reach $730bn in 2017, with the purchase of high street goods driving growth
August 14, 2012 14 Aug'12
Gartner: Samsung extends smartphone lead over Apple and Nokia

Android-based smartphones are gaining popularity globally
August 13, 2012 13 Aug'12
Google axes 4,000 Motorola staff

Google is laying off 20% of its Motorola Mobility workforce with 4,000 redundancies worldwide
August 08, 2012 08 Aug'12
Samsung takes top spot in European smartphone sales

Research from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech claims Samsung holds 45% market share across Europe thanks to the launch of is Galaxy S3 smartphone
August 08, 2012 08 Aug'12
Apple to drop YouTube app from iPhone

Apple has confirmed that the latest version of its iOS mobile operating system will not include an app for accessing Google's YouTube video service by default
August 07, 2012 07 Aug'12
Cognizant continues to grow unabated

IT services firm Cognizant has increased its sales by over 20% in the last three months
August 07, 2012 07 Aug'12
Microsoft unveils Windows Phone development centre

The software giant has revamped the mobile developer process to create apps and get them onto the Marketplace faster
August 07, 2012 07 Aug'12
Smartphones drive Tesco's UK virtual supermarket

Tesco has launched a smartphone-friendly virtual supermarket online shopping system at Gatwick airport.
August 07, 2012 07 Aug'12
ARM announces faster GPUs for smartphones and tablets

UK-based ARM Holdings has announced its second-generation graphics processing unit designs, which it says offer a 50% performance boost
August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12
Will the UK turn off its 2G networks in 2017?

US mobile operator AT&T plans to switch off its 2G network within the next five years. Will the UK will follow suit?
August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12
Judge scolds Samsung in Apple patent trial

Samsung has been reprimanded for releasing evidence that had been ruled inadmissible in court
August 03, 2012 03 Aug'12
Google changes Android policy to tackle malicious apps

Google has introduced stricter rules for Android applications to reduce the number of malicious apps in the Google Play app market
August 02, 2012 02 Aug'12
Sony posts losses as mobile segment booms

The consolidation of Sony Mobile boosted the company’s results, but the electronics firm still reported losses of over £200m
August 02, 2012 02 Aug'12
BYOD increases productivity, but IT departments need to be prepared

Employees who are offered bring-your-own-device (BYOD) initiatives and input into IT decisions are more productive, according to research.
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
Fujitsu and NEC team for smartphone chips

The two firms will join with Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo to provide mobile chips for wireless communications
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
How Everything Everywhere manages its network

We visit the mobile operator’s service management centre to see how the UK’s largest mobile network keeps track of operations
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
Olympic Games 2012: Preparing for a mobile data deluge

How mobile operators and the Olympic Delivery Authority prepared for the huge demand for mobile traffic expected during London 2012
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
Samsung mobile sales jump 75%

The electronics manufacturer reports tablet and mobile revenues of £11.5bn thanks to the success of the Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone
July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12
Broadcom touts ‘5G Wi-Fi’ mobile chip

Semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom announces the first mobile chip based on the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard, set to launch in early 2013
July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12
Everything Everywhere adds 150,000 new contract customers

T-Mobile and Orange joint venture Everything Everywhere now boasts that 50% of its customer base are on contract tariffs
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
iPhone and iPad bolster Apple sales and profit

Apple made sales worth $35bn and profit of $8.8bn boosted by a huge rise in iPad sales and strong growth in iPhone sales
July 24, 2012 24 Jul'12
Ofcom confirms 4G spectrum auction for 2012

The telecoms regulator details the auction confirming there will be room for four bidders for the 800MHz and 2.6GHz spectrum
July 23, 2012 23 Jul'12
NFC transactions to reach $180bn by 2017

The near-field communications (NFC) retail payments market will reach $180bn (£116bn) by 2017, according to a report from Juniper Research
July 23, 2012 23 Jul'12
Nokia considers exclusive partnerships with European operators

Reports suggest the struggling manufacturer will offer its Windows 8 phones through exclusive partnerships with European carriers.
July 20, 2012 20 Jul'12
Vodafone revenues plummet across Europe

Mobile operator Vodafone blames a weak economy and increased competition for drops in revenues across its major markets in Europe
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
CIO interview: Mark Large, Great Ormond Street Hospital

Great Ormond Street Hospital IT director Mark Large discusses resilient networks, standardisation and consumerisation of IT
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
Apple ordered to run 'Samsung did not copy iPad' ads

A UK judge has ordered Apple to publish adverts that say Samsung did not copy the design of its iPad
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 18, 2012 18 Jul'12
Ofcom: Business fixed phone lines fall

While consumer use of landlines continues to grow, corporate calls are moving to mobile or IP telephony networks
July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12
CIO Interview: David Henderson, CIO, A&N Media

“From now on everything has to go into the cloud,” says David Henderson, chief information officer at Daily Mail and Metro publisher A&N Media.
July 17, 2012 17 Jul'12
Samsung buys CSR mobile handset division

UK chip manufacturer CSR sells its mobile business to handset maker Samsung for $310m
July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12
Vodafone and 3 confirm Irish shared infrastructure partnership

Mobile operators Vodafone and 3 sign a deal to manage shared infrastructure in Ireland in a 50/50 joint venture
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 12, 2012 12 Jul'12
O2 outage puts Huawei in the frame

O2 is entering its second day of downtime blaming a fault with one of its network systems
July 12, 2012 12 Jul'12
Metropolitan Police gears up to analyse smartphone evidence

The Metropolitan Police plans to build a computer system to analyse photo and video evidence gathered from the public using mobile phones
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
Businesses rein in spending on hardware and software

Businesses are reining in spending on hardware and software amid continued uncertainty in the global economy, according to analyst Gartner
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
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
Are shared private broadband connections the future of Wi-Fi on the go?

We look at whether the growing trend of software opening up home routers for public Wi-Fi consumption is the future
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 04, 2012 04 Jul'12
CIO Interview: Brendan O’Rourke, CIO at Telefonica Digital

Telefonica Digital CIO Brendan O’Rourke talks about the challenge of bringing customers back to the fold and away from 'over the top' providers
July 03, 2012 03 Jul'12
Vaizey: Residents should pay to fix 4G TV interference

Communications minister Ed Vaizey says consumers should pay to counteract the effect of 4G interference on their TV signals
July 03, 2012 03 Jul'12
UK iPhone sales drop as rival devices and operating systems gain ground

Apple's iPhone 4s remains the most popular smartphone in the UK, but is losing ground to rival devices and operating systems
July 02, 2012 02 Jul'12
Computer Weekly's guide to EU mobile roaming charges

As mobile roaming charge legislation takes effect, Computer Weekly guides you through the new tariffs of each of the big mobile operators
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 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
Apple blocks US sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

Apple wins a court order blocking the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the US until the patent dispute between the firms is resolved
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
CompTIA targets CFOs for IT education programme

Supplier trade body CompTIA is targeting CFOs and other senior executives with an IT education programme
June 21, 2012 21 Jun'12
Forrester: The costs and benefits of BYOD

People are willing to spend more than £1,200 to buy their own devices, which questions the need for IT departments to continue purchasing and supporting PCs
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 19, 2012 19 Jun'12
Intel splashes out $375m on network patents

The price tag covers patents related to Wi-Fi, 3G and 4G networks, all bought from Interdigital
June 19, 2012 19 Jun'12
Kroes calls for spectrum sharing between broadcast and broadband

The lead on the European Commission’s digital agenda claims broadcasters must work with mobile broadband providers to help citizens "hungry for bandwidth"
June 19, 2012 19 Jun'12
The mobile side of net neutrality

It isn’t just ISPs managing website traffic to improve access to some destinations and limit it for others – the mobile operators are at it too
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 14, 2012 14 Jun'12
Nokia slashes 10,000 jobs

The Finnish phone manufacturer makes another round of job cuts, bringing the total in Stephen Elop’s reign to 40,000
June 14, 2012 14 Jun'12
Chipmakers AMD and ARM join forces to improve security

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and ARM Holdings have joined forces to offer PC software developers additional security features