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Nokia upgrades e-mail exchange client

Mobile phone giant Nokia has launched a new version of its e-mail client for business customers using Microsoft's Exchange mail server.

Palm's financial slide continues despite smartphone gains

Palm hasn't yet managed to turn around its declining fortunes, posting a quarterly net loss of US$840,000 this week.

NY woman sues Apple, Jobs over iPhone price cut

A woman from New York sued Apple last week over the iPhone, saying that the company broke several laws when it cut the price of the device last month by US$200 and then issued a US$100 credit to some owners.

Common AJAX platform seen for devices, desktops

Anticipating one Web emerging for both mobile and desktop access, dignitaries at a mobile AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) workshop last week also saw a common AJAX platform emerging across both mediums.

Google buys assets of mobile phone social network Zingku

Google Friday confirmed that it has acquired Zingku, a mobile social networking company geared toward teenagers and young adults, another in a series of moves to boost its mobile services.

Nokia adding WiMax support to products next year

Nokia plans to add WiMax connectivity to its N-series Internet tablet next year, the company said this week.

Nokia selling $25,000 Ferrari phones

If you thought the iPhone was overpriced, stop reading this story now.

Study: Mobile phones will not cause cancer

Mobile phones will not cause cancer or slow the brain, according to a recently published six-year study, but the jury is not out.

DEMO 07 - No, not another Microsoft killer

What would DEMO '07, or any high tech show for that matter, be without loud music and a light show for the daily opening of the conference? DEMOfall could do no less.

DEMO 07- Enabling technologies have their day, too

Tuesday's afternoon sessions at Demo 07 in the US offered up an instructive look behind the scenes at the enabling technologies that will drive high tech's future capabilities.

Tech giants chart research goals

Power consumption, parallelism, and the rapidly-expanding world of mobile communications are among the leading areas of research and development investigated by some of the IT world's largest companies.

New tools help hack into iPhone

iPhone hackers have some new tools now, thanks to HD Moore, one of the developers of the Metasploit hacking software.

Java for iPhone urged by Sun official

The Java platform may run on 2 billion handheld phones, but not on Apple's trendy new iPhone. Apple's stance was called a mistake by a Sun Microsystems executive Wednesday at the AJAXWorld conference in Santa Clara.

New service embeds targeted ads in phone calls

A start-up company is launching a new service called The Pudding that will offer free international phone calls to people willing to have targeted advertisements embedded in them.

iPhone unlock hackers promise to fight Apple updates

Programmers who wrote free software that unlocks Apple's iPhone have disputed the company's claim that their hacks can damage the device and promised to battle any attempt by Apple to "brick" modified phones.