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Photos: Android marches onto even more smartphones
Photo It's two years since Google announced it was building an open mobile OS platform - and the number of smartphones with Android inside is on the up. The Xperia X10 runs version 1.6 of the Android... [06 Nov 2009]
Maemo and Android: Symbian's open source rivals up the pressure
News New entrants to the market including Google's Android will continue to snap at Symbian's heels, according to market watchers In-Stat, with the company also seeing increasing competition from a new quarter - Maemo, a Linux-based... [02 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet The first mobile device running Google's Android OS - the G1 - came with GPS and a built-in compass which gave app developers an exciting toolkit from an augmented reality point of view - allowing the... [27 Oct 2009]
The top 10 technologies you need to plan for next year
News As virtualisation advances and the choice of hardware and OS becomes less important, CIOs need to develop a five- to eight-year plan around client computing, says Gartner. Mobile apps 2009 may not be... [22 Oct 2009]
Photos: Google Android dual boots with Windows 7 on Acer netbook
Photo Here's the netbook running the Android OS. Acer said the advantage of an Android boot option is much faster loading and shut down times - the company claims netbook users can starting chatting, sending emails or... [16 Oct 2009]
BlackBerry Storm2: RIM's second touchscreen - this time with wi-fi
News The device runs BlackBerry OS 5, and comes with GPS, a 3.2-megapixel camera and 2GB of onboard memory. The BlackBerry OS 5 also brings threaded SMS and a full Qwerty keyboard as well as a SureType... [15 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... [12 Oct 2009]
Windows 8: The 'dying gasps' of the desktop OS or the next big thing?
News He said: "With Citrix, VMware and Microsoft all looking at how to give the ultimate experience to the user, expect to see virtualisation within the OS providing enhanced support for virtual desktops, for streaming... [08 Oct 2009]
Netbooks, Apple goodies, vintage kit and a futuristic datacentre
Photo Apple used the event to announce the release of the new OS 3.1 for both the latest iPhone and iPod Touch. Photo credit: Natasha Lomas/silicon.com silicon.com sister site ZDNet.com.au decided to upgrade from Mac... [02 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Symbian
Cheat Sheet Not only are there many more device makers around now - and more competition in the mobile OS stakes - but consumers have changed the character of a market that used to be entirely enterprise-focused. [01 Oct 2009]
Eric Schmidt
AS Profile It also continued to push its Chrome web browser while the Android mobile phone OS has become much more mainstream. Google CEO Eric Schmidt makes the Agenda Setters top 10 for the sixth consecutive year... [29 Sep 2009]
Toptable books in new CTO
News Broome will lead the roll out of Toptable's mobile applications for the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android mobile OS. Online restaurant booking company Toptable has appointed a new chief... [23 Sep 2009]
Photos: 10 of the best mini laptops
Photo There's also a choice of OS: Linux or Windows XP Home. Weight is 1.33kg and the OS is Windows XP. By storing the OS (Windows XP) on the less-battery-draining SSD, and only using the HDD... [21 Sep 2009]
Palm drops Windows Mobile operating system
News Palm is to stop making Windows Mobile devices. The move is not surprising given Palm's investment in WebOS, but nonetheless it is a blow to Microsoft, which has been struggling to maintain support for its Windows... [18 Sep 2009]
iPhone still king of apps: But don't ignore Android
News We don't know the changes that each manufacturer has made to the OS. As a result, Apple now has the largest mobile App Store on the market with more than 75,000 applications. Developing for the iPhone is... [11 Sep 2009]
