mobile
Rid your business of weak passwords and get collaborating
Comment Such tokens generate a one-time password (OTP) that is entered into a computer keyboard or mobile phone keypad. Mobile technologies are further extending the walls of the organisation, as they are... [15 Oct 2009]
iPhone: Coming to Phones 4u for the first time
News The deal puts an end to Carphone Warehouse's hold on the device - since the launch of the iPhone in 2007, Carphone Warehouse was the only independent mobile retailer to carry the Apple handset. Phones 4u has confirmed it... [14 Oct 2009]
T-Mobile's Sidekick data: All may not be lost
News Users of T-Mobile's Sidekick had been told the lost data - which included contacts, calendars and other information - may be gone for good after the server outage last week, but T-Mobile said last night... [13 Oct 2009]
Photos: 10 of the best open source mobiles
Photo However, Android wasn't the first mobile Linux effort by any means: work on open source mobiles by the LiMo Foundation, as well as the Openmoko project was already underway by the time the Google OS was announced. [12 Oct 2009]
BBC iPlayer gets ready to go Worldwide
News Bradley-Jones also said BBC Worldwide plans to launch news and sport mobile apps in the next few months. BBC Worldwide has confirmed it wants to launch an iPlayer-style paid-for video platform, allowing viewers overseas... [12 Oct 2009]
How a tech 'watch list' can save CIOs from being caught out
News Who would have thought five years ago that cell phones would have 2MB data network connections for use by special mobile applications or that datacentre capacity would be available "on demand" over the internet and paid... [12 Oct 2009]
At the Forefront of Multi-Channel Banking
White Paper The Woolwich is the first U.K.financial institution to provide interactive mobile banking services via WAP technology and the only bank with true channel integration across branches, telephone, Internet, WAP and... [09 Oct 2009]
Dell-Customized Mobility Solutions
White Paper From notebooks, netbooks, and handheld computers to WiFi, smartphones, and mobile broadband, there really is no end to the number of devices now available for a wide variety of business applications. In this TechRepublic... [08 Oct 2009]
Windows 8: The 'dying gasps' of the desktop OS or the next big thing?
News He added that Windows 8 could be "a big step forwards towards being a unified client operating system" with Windows Mobile, Windows Embedded and Windows Client all becoming more aligned in terms of their release schedule. [08 Oct 2009]
Photos: Amazon's Kindle comes to the UK
Photo The UK version of the e-reader will operate using 3G mobile technology, allowing users to shop for titles in the Kindle Store and download them directly to the device. Amazon is preparing to launch its Kindle e-book... [08 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: The Kindle, Amazon's e-book reader
Cheat Sheet You've got two choices: USB and mobile. The Kindle comes with HSDPA built in, so content purchased from Amazon can be delivered over a 3G mobile network. The retailer has struck a global deal with a US... [07 Oct 2009]
Acorn co-founder on the BBC Micro and the early days of personal computing
Comment Though Acorn Computers produced its last desktop machine in 1998, today one of its former subsidiaries, ARM Holdings, designs the chips found in most mobile phones and some netbooks, bringing ARM revenues of £298.9m... [07 Oct 2009]
Working with Telecommunications: Churning in the Telecommunications Industry
White Paper In the mobile telecommunications market, a 1995 report by Digital Equipment Corp.estimated the cost of churn at around $400 per new subscriber. ISP's have hinted at churn rates as great as 50 percent, the... [07 Oct 2009]
Amazon offers to be man in the middle for mobile payments
News Amazon is moving into the world of mobile payments with the launch of a new service that will allow consumers to buy goods, services and mobile apps using the payment information stored on their Amazon... [07 Oct 2009]
Windows Phone is here: Microsoft gunning for smartphone rebirth
News The Windows Phone brand covers handsets running on Windows Mobile 6.5, and is a shift away from the current Windows Mobile marketing. Alongside the new branding, Microsoft launched Windows Marketplace... [07 Oct 2009]