Research In Motion just landed a deal to bring advanced egovernment services to the United Arab Emirates, just days after the end of a highly public spat between RIM and the Emiratis. What changed?READ»
Hiding in the logo for Apple's new press invite to an October 20th "Back to the Mac" event is a picture of a lion. Woah! That's one enormous hint it's all about the next-gen OS X. What'll it be like?READ»
Apple looks set to shun the next-generation 4G technology, LTE, for its first year in the U.S. Can it still retain its title as the most advanced smartphone, in the face of strong competition from Windows 7 and Android phones?READ»
Microsoft is using two ideas borrowed from Apple and RIM's smartphone dominance: Business app integration; and AT&T's U-Verse to take on Apple TV.READ»
In the hours before Microsoft's Apple challenger launched, a slew of Windows phones surfaced. Then MS revealed a total of 10 phones for 30 countries. Most look like competitors to the current iPhone, not next year's. READ»
Garfield hated Mondays and some people think it's a terrible way to spend one seventh of your life. But Monday's child is fair of face, so in the spirit of this latter sentiment: Here's the early Monday news, digested: READ»
It's just another manic Monday. But before you throw yourself into the joys of work, and those early week emails, here's the early news, digested for your convenience.READ»
Microsoft's venerable Internet Explorer has been known as Internet Exploder for some time, due to its sluggishness and out-of-date feature set. But the new IE9 beta is netting millions of downloads. Is the curse finally broken?READ»
Forget Motorola, HTC's cementing its position as the hot Android smartphone maker to watch: It's just revealed new phones and HTCSense.com, which is a cloud-based rival to Apple's iOS-MobileMe ecosystem.READ»
Think about your iPhone's New York Times or Facebook app. They don't feel like an installed program--they're much less clunky--nor a website, which is anything but native. Apps are some lighter in-between. Now Microsoft is trying to bring that same concept to Windows 7.READ»
Major corporations can save millions with simple energy efficiency tweaks--if they know where to look. That's where this group of MBA students can help. READ»
Official word is out that Intel is about to fork over $1.4 billion for the wireless products division of Infineon--partly to screw Apple, partly to cosy-up to its old mate Microsoft.
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On the one side: The iPad. On the other: The upcoming HP, LG and BlackBerry tablets, each having its praises sung loudly, and each to a different tune.READ»
A startling U.K. survey has revealed that smartphones have over 73% of the U.K. contract cell phone market. Combined with news that famed smartphone maker HTC is selling own-brand units, the writing's on the wall for dumb phones. READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was licking its finger, sticking it in the air to determine which way the wind was blowing, then getting in its coracle and rowing the hell outta Bonnie's way.1. Proof that the Thunderbird, that ...READ»
Microsoft's quarterly (and yearly) earnings report came out today, and it's mostly good news: major sales for Windows 7 and Xbox, with Bing losing money but showing positive growth.READ»
A whole mess of details about the next version of Windows (working name: Windows 8) were leaked today. It's mostly big picture stuff, but that gives us a nice insight into what we can expect from Windows 8.READ»
