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Everything Everywhere to reinvest £450m windfall

Mobile phone operator Everything Everywhere is to reinvest profits made from the upcoming sale of its 1,800MHz spectrum in the UK's mobile network, following criticism that the sale of a public asset would be diverted to German and French shareholders. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Amazon launches lending library for Kindle e-reader users

Amazon has launched a lending library service to allow Kindle e-reader users to borrow e-books. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

A showcase of Nokia goodies from QT Developer Day

With co-located ‘sister’ events in Munich this October, followed by a subsequent US event held in San Francisco in early November, Nokia Qt has started off its 2011 Developer Days event programme. Qt is a cross-platform application and user interface framework that extends well outside of smartphones into tablet, desktop PC and embedded deployments. Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

The consumerisation of IT: it’s a trickle, not a tide, but you still need to be ready

If media headlines and supplier claims are to be believed, organisations today are faced with an unstoppable tide of many different types of personal device connected to the corporate network Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

Samsung overtakes Apple in global smartphone shipments

Samsung has overtaken Apple in worldwide smartphone shipments after Apple suffered its lowest levels of shipments in two years Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

US and Canadian subscribers sue RIM over Blackberry service outage

Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is facing legal action by consumers in the US and Canada for the three-day services outage in mid-October caused by a core switch failure in RIM's infrastructure. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Microsoft claims most Android smartphone manufacturers now pay patent fees

Microsoft has claimed most Android smartphone manufacturers now pay the software giant patent fees. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Photos: Best features of Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich - Android 4.0

Google has introduced the latest version of its mobile operating system (OS), Android 4.O, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Photos: Business apps for the iPhone

In this photo story we look at the apps that make the iPhone a business smartphone. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Action against e-waste

Every day, tonnes of electronic waste (e-waste) is sent to Africa from the EU. It is illegal to trade in e-waste and despite this almost all e-waste is dumped in places where no facilities exist for safe recycling with a minority of e-waste being repaired and reused. Continue Reading

Computer Weekly Features List

In this series of articles we will cover why desktop virtualisation is growing in popularity, what type of products are now available, how businesses are deploying VDI and the challenges in getting it working. Continue Reading

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. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

What is the cost of developing apps for mobile marketplaces?

Targeting consumers through smartphone apps is proving to be a good business bet. Jenny Williams reports on the costs of creating apps for different mobile marketplaces. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Dell rolls out services for enterprise mobility

Dell has introduced a portfolio of services to help businesses manage mobile devices and an increasingly mobile workforce. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

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. Continue Reading

10 reasons why I hate FACETIME more than papercuts in my eyes

I've decided to summarise my hatred for Facetime on the iPhone. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Wireless security: IT pros warily watching mobile phone threats

Security experts have warned repeatedly that mobile phone attacks will grow as the devices become more sophisticated. IT administrators are starting to believe them. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

Mobile carriers admit to malware attacks

Eighty-three percent of mobile operators surveyed by McAfee Inc. say they've suffered malware infections, but two competing security vendors say the overall threat is still small. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

Podcast: Mobile device threats are real, white-hat hacker says

Learn how easy it is for a hacker to gain access to a mobile device, whether employees are aware of security for their devices and why Bluetooth headsets should be turned off. Continue Reading

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• SearchSecurity.com Staff

PING with Suzanne Hall

In this exclusive interview with Information Security magazine, Suzanne Hall, AARP director of IT operations and security, examines how security professionals can enable telecommuters and mobile workers while keeping their data secure. Continue Reading

Mobile security begins with policy

Mobile security can no longer be an afterthought. Mobile experts say security starts, but doesn't end, with policy. Continue Reading

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• Andrew R. Hickey, News Writer