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iPhone not getting a full Flash like Android
News Inspired by a new generation of smartphones such as Apple's iPhone and the Google Android-based G1, Adobe Systems has begun a new, higher-power effort to spread its Flash technology to mobile devices. [18 Nov 2008]
Microsoft wants to host your software
News Morrow said the video rental company needed to make a change and the option to move to Exchange without having to bring that skillset in-house was a key selling point, as was the ability to offer better mobile options, including Outlook... [18 Nov 2008]
Qualcomm Brews up an SDK for mobile OS
News Brew MP is comparable with mobile operating systems such as Symbian, Google's Android and Apple's iPhone, but is intended for handsets with smaller screens and lower price points, according to Qualcomm. [18 Nov 2008]
Adobe plans a bridge to the clouds
News But Google gets the advantage of software that's available from all sorts of computing devices - your own, a friend's, a kiosk in an airport, your iPhone - as long as you have a network connection. We would love to see... [17 Nov 2008]
How CIOs learned to stop worrying and love the iPhone
News Apple has captivated the general public with the iPhone, but has it convinced the business world to take the plunge? Even after the March preview of the "business-friendly" iPhone 2.0 software for the... [14 Nov 2008]
Smartphones prepare to conquer the web
News In fact, Apple's iPhone was named the most popular phone during the third quarter of 2008, surpassing sales of Motorola's Razr, according to the NPD Group. The increase in awareness of the web on mobile devices - due to... [14 Nov 2008]
3 does facebook phone for Generation Data
News Mobile operator 3 has unveiled a phone designed for accessing web 2.0 services such as Facebook that it hopes will do for data consumption what Apple's iPhone has done for smartphone uptake: light the blue touchpaper. [13 Nov 2008]
Web-based Office coming to Macs, iPhone
News In a blog posting on its Channel 10 site, a Microsoft blogger noted that, owing to support of Firefox and Safari, the forthcoming Office Web Applications will run on Linux and the iPhone. A Microsoft blog reiterated this... [13 Nov 2008]
BlackBerry twice as likely to fail as an iPhone
News Apple's iPhone has half the failure rate of RIM's BlackBerry in the first year of use, a study carried out by a mobile-phone warranty firm has found. SquareTrade had to project its figures for the... [11 Nov 2008]
Apple storms past RIM in smartphone race
News Apple's blowout quarter for iPhone 3G sales lifted it into second place among all smartphone vendors worldwide. It's unclear whether Apple will be able to sustain that level of iPhone 3G shipments during... [07 Nov 2008]
Artificial intelligence, virtual worlds, BT's tunnels and Apple's patents
News Here come the iPhone competitors There has been a lot of future gazing this month on silicon.com, although dreams of chatting to our toasters were dashed once again when the world's greatest artificial intelligences... [05 Nov 2008]
Fat lady sings for iPod head
News Fadell will be replaced by Mark Papermaster, a vice president at IBM, who will join Apple as senior vice president of devices, responsible for the company's iPod and iPhone hardware-engineering teams, Apple said. [05 Nov 2008]
BBC puts software licensing in the spotlight
News BBC iPlayer BBC iPlayer gets portable with Windows Media BBC iPlayer gets smart on N96 BBC reveals iPlayer user habits BBC takes wraps off iPlayer 2.0 BBC takes wraps off iPlayer 2.0 BBC adds... [31 Oct 2008]
Motorola delays split into two
News Not only is it facing stiff competition from handset market newcomers such as Apple with its iPhone, but the company is trying to stage a turnaround just as consumer spending worldwide is expected to tighten. [31 Oct 2008]
IBM chip guru agrees to join Apple
News Apple's Xserve servers haven't exactly been a high priority over the last couple of years, as Apple has switched the Mac to Intel's processors and rolled out the iPhone. Jobs told The New York Times PA Semi would be used... [31 Oct 2008]