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Optus launches 3G home, shop security product

Optus today launched a live video monitoring service for its SME and home user 3G mobile customers.

Apple: 'Trying to catch demand' on iPhones

Apple executives Monday brushed off questions about iPhone shortages, saying they are "very pleased" with their efforts to ramp up production.

Optus launches unlimited mobile caps

Telco Optus has launched two mobile phone plans that allow unlimited calls on local, national and GSM networks in Australia and thrown in a bit of mobile data access.

RIM fixes critical BlackBerry Enterprise Server bug

Research in Motion patched a critical bug in its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) Friday to stymie hackers hoping to break into company networks by tricking users of the popular smart phone into opening rigged PDFs.

Opera Mobile 9.5 beta Web browser makes debut

Opera Software Thursday launched the public beta test Opera Mobile 9.5, its full-blown, native Web browser for smartphones.

iPhone 3G shortage to last two to four weeks, analyst says

US Customers looking for an iPhone 3G may have to wait up to a month for Apple to boost its orders with suppliers and refill the pipeline, a Wall Street analyst said Thursday.

RIM warns BlackBerry admins of critical unpatched PDF bug

Research in Motion has warned users and corporate administrators of a critical vulnerability in a component of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server that could be used to hack their company's computers.

Microsoft lets more people use Live Mesh

Microsoft is letting more people use its Live Mesh service just days after Apple launched its similar, but broader, MobileMe service.

Report: New models of Amazon's Kindle coming

Amazon is set to release two new models of its popular e-book reader, the Kindle, according to the TechCrunch blog.

Apple botches iPhone patching, says researcher

Apple took more than three months to patch an iPhone vulnerability, even though it had technical details of the bug and had crafted a fix for Mac OS X, the researcher who reported the flaw said Tuesday.

Apple offers MobleMea Culpa, extra month of sync service

Apple extended an olive branch to subscribers of its MobileMe online sync service today by apologizing for problems during last week's opening and adding 30 additional days service to all accounts.

The iPhone 3G gets hacked

Only five days after its official launch, the iPhone 3G has been hacked.

Palm, Sprint announce new Treo 800w smartphone

Palm Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. Monday announced the Palm Treo 800w smart phone, calling it a device most suited for business users and not a direct competitor to the iPhone 3G launched Friday.

Apple patches months-old iPhone, iPod touch bugs

Apple patched 13 vulnerabilities in the iPhone and iPod touch last Friday, including several it had fixed in Mac OS X or the Safari Web browser as long ago as March.

iPhone 'tsunami' set to wash over rivals, says survey

Pent-up demand for a faster iPhone, sated starting on Friday when the second-generation 3G phone debuted, will result in a "tsunami" of purchases in the next 90 days, a research firm reported Friday.

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