firmware in news
RSS firmware in newsApproved: Super-speedy wi-fi standard finally gets green light
News According to the Wi-Fi Alliance, most, if not all, of the existing equipment can be upgraded to the final specification via a firmware update. The IEEE has finally approved the 802.11n high-throughput wireless LAN standard. [14 Sep 2009]
Does Zune HD menu hint at apps inclusion?
News Games came pre-loaded on the current version of the device, but we made a decision to take them out of the firmware update and let people choose what games they want to have for themselves - and it made sense to do this... [25 Aug 2009]
Cupcake sweetens T-Mobile's Android with virtual keyboards
News T-Mobile will push out a major firmware update to users of the G1 Android handset in April, the mobile operator has said. The update will introduce features such as virtual keyboards and stereo Bluetooth support, as well... [13 Mar 2009]
iPhone can't take all the credit for mobile data boom
News Gundotra cited firmware updates on the iPhone and Android which enable the latest W3C standards as a key development in mobile browser evolution. The boom in mobile data consumption is not just down to the likes of... [19 Feb 2009]
Cisco gives routers defence of their very own
News New units of these routers will be HND-capable out of the box; existing routers can upgrade to the latest firmware to get their hands on the system. Cisco has taken a new tack on the perennial problem of keeping security... [18 Feb 2009]
BT's wi-fi router turns biz into hotspots
News According to BT, 20,000 existing customers of the BT Business Total Broadband have already received a firmware update that allows them to enable the hotspot, with another 200,000 set to receive the update in the first... [10 Feb 2009]
Bug swallows data on Seagate drives
News According to the company, the issue is caused by a problem with the firmware on the drive, which "is affecting drives from these families manufactured in December 2008". With the statement, Seagate provided details on... [19 Jan 2009]
Hitachi and Intel SSD love-in
News The deal is exclusive, and the jointly developed systems will use Hitachi Global Storage Technologies' experience in drive firmware, qualification and system integration. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and Intel are... [02 Dec 2008]
BlackBerry twice as likely to fail as an iPhone
News SquareTrade's study did not take into account software issues handled directly by the retailer or fixed by firmware updates.silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK has requested comment on SquareTrade's report from both RIM and... [11 Nov 2008]
iPhone hacker claims device captures all
News Meantime, breaking into a passcode-locked phone took him nearly an hour to demonstrate and required creating a custom firmware bundle, the report said. The iPhone is recording everything users see and do on their devices... [12 Sep 2008]
iPhone 3G apps, Microsoft cloud OS, Facebook ban, YouTube police...
News August hasn't finished with the iPhone 3G yet… A possibly red-faced Apple may or may not have been forced to issue a firmware update which did definitely incorporate some "bug fixes". From location-savvy pub finders to a... [01 Sep 2008]
Apple issues iPhone 3G software update
News Apple has released an update for the firmware for its iPhone 3G but, in typical fashion, has refused to give details of 'OS 2.0.2' - beyond saying it incorporates "bug fixes". As with previous Apple... [19 Aug 2008]
iPhone 2.0 cuts business mustard, says Gartner
News Users of other email systems - such as Lotus Notes - "must employ previously released methods, such as IMAP [internet message access protocol], in the concierge support level or await third-party products that can tie into the security... [11 Aug 2008]
iPhone 3G sales hit one million mark
News Despite the outages, shortages, and related hand-wringing associated with last Friday's iPhone 3G launch and Thursday's release of the iPhone 2.0 firmware, Apple says there were nevertheless 10 million downloads from its... [14 Jul 2008]
iPhone 2.0 - ready for business?
News One of the big enterprise-friendly tweaks for the iPhone are the firmware updates Apple announced back in March when it said it would be licensing Microsoft's ActiveSync protocol. With the iPhone the security issues [via... [06 Jun 2008]
