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Qualcomm Brews up an SDK for mobile OS
News Features supported include touchscreens, multimedia, window management, platform extensibility and support for native application development, Qualcomm said. Earlier this month Qualcomm launched the Brew... [18 Nov 2008]
Ubuntu comes to netbooks with chip deal
News ARM's vice president of marketing, Ian Drew, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Thursday that the collaboration between ARM and Canonical will extend to such elements as drivers and graphics support. [17 Nov 2008]
VMware gets into mobile virtualisation game
News According to VMware, the platform will "help handset vendors reduce development time and get mobile phones with value-added services to market faster" through the use of virtual machines. ZDNet UK has asked ARM about the... [11 Nov 2008]
IT illiterates 'hold back business'
News The solution isn't necessarily to hire more IT support staff, but for employers to support the development of better IT skills among employees, City & Guilds said. More than one-third... [10 Nov 2008]
Oasis forms ODF support committee
News Rob Weir of IBM, the convener of the Oasis OIC committee, said: "As more and more software providers around the world are basing their office productivity products on ODF, the need to support conformance and... [05 Nov 2008]
Force.com breaks out to the web with Sites
News Young has set up Linc Volt to promote the development of clean car propulsion technology with the ultimate aim of creating a zero-emissions car that removes the need for roadside refuelling. Group Edition customers can... [04 Nov 2008]
IBM chip guru agrees to join Apple
News Mark Papermaster, until recently IBM's vice president of microprocessor technology development, plans to join Apple in early November in a position that will see him working closely with Apple CEO Steve Jobs in what IBM... [31 Oct 2008]
Windows 7 prebeta receives positive response
News As far as other features, Windows 7 features support for multitouch input and a new taskbar that makes it easier to manage multiple open Windows. In the past, Microsoft included features at various stages of... [29 Oct 2008]
Canonical readies its latest Ubuntu Linux for launch
News Among the new features are support for 3G wireless modems; the ability to set up an encrypted and password-protected private directory; a guest account that can help out someone needing temporary use of a computer; and... [28 Oct 2008]
Should your tech chief be a jack-of-all-trades?
News The jury voted eight to four in favour of a no vote although many respondents accepted there is a need as a CIO to have an understanding of the industry they are in to be able to support its business needs. [27 Oct 2008]
BlackBerry apps get their own online store
News The version 4.6 browser packaged in the BlackBerry Bold, for instance, will operate much more like a desktop browser, with greater support for CSS, Ajax, HTML, XHTML, and DOM L2 code. The key to successful BlackBerry... [22 Oct 2008]
Opera mobile gets Symbian support
News Although Opera is the first out of the gate implementing its version of extensions, add-ons will also be at the core of Mozilla Fennec, the mobile build of Firefox that's in development for Windows Mobile and Symbian... [20 Oct 2008]
IBM offers training incentives for business partners
News According to IBM the money is there to invest not only in marketing but in business-development activities, marketing intelligence, investment and certification training and even personnel salaries. It will also offer... [13 Oct 2008]
$505m deal sees TCS swallow Citi's BPO
News TCS is already a Citi supplier, providing application development, infrastructure support, help desk and other outsourced services to the financial services group. Outsourcing giant TCS has snapped up... [09 Oct 2008]
Cotswold council signs £2m support contract
News The contract will involve desktop and server support alongside application development and business continuity for the council's 500 staff. Three Steria staff will be redeployed to the council offices to... [09 Oct 2008]
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