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Google lays out mobile future

News The company has struck deals with the major handset makers - Apple, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson - as well network operators across the globe. The online search giant has been ramping up its mobile applications for some time and...

Tags: web, apps, android, mobile

[13 May 2008]

Skype trialled on Java mobiles

News The test software is available worldwide and supports 50 Java-enabled handsets from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, Skype said. Skype has released a test version of a client for Java-enabled mobile devices, a move which the company said...

Tags: java, mobile, skype

[30 Apr 2008]

Samsung chief steps down after tax indictment

News South Korea's most powerful businessman said yesterday that he would step down after 20 years at the head of the giant Samsung Group, following his indictment last week for tax evasion and breach of trust.

Tags: ceo, samsung, tax

[22 Apr 2008]

Mobile market kept afloat by Africa and Asia

News US phone maker Motorola, which has now decided to spin off its handset division, is expected to continue losing market share to aggressive competition from Korean vendors LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics as well as to Nokia.

Tags: mobile, nokia, motorola

[01 Apr 2008]

LiMo Foundation launches Linux Android rival

News More than 30 mobile-phone companies are members of LiMo, including heavyweights Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, Vodafone and newest member Texas Instruments. Google's Android may get all the attention, but there's more than one industry consortium...

Tags: android, google, linux, mobile

[31 Mar 2008]

Motorola to split in two

News Motorola is currently in third place worldwide in the handset-manufacturing business, behind Nokia and Samsung. Motorola is to split into two companies, following months of speculation about the future of its handset division.

Tags: motorola, handset, division, mobile

[27 Mar 2008]

iPhone making business users smile

News Nokia came third (with 40 per cent), followed by Samsung (30 per cent), Motorola (25 per cent) and Palm (10 per cent). O2 may be concentrating its iPhone efforts on consumers but research suggests it shouldn't neglect business users - who...

Tags: iphone, smart phone, blackberry, cio jury

[26 Feb 2008]

Android rocks up at Mobile World Congress

News ARM designs the processor cores that companies such as Marvell, Samsung, Texas Instruments manufacture into chips that run mobile phones and smart phones. Google launched Android, an open development platform in November last year.

Tags: mwc, google, android, mobile phones

[12 Feb 2008]

Second Life tackles virtual nuisances

News Samsung Second Life creator Linden Lab admits it has been forced to increase security and change some of its policies to stamp out illegal and nuisance behaviour in the virtual world. Linden Lab's head of community, Robin Harper, told silicon.com...

Tags: banks, gambling, second life, grey goo

[12 Feb 2008]

Nokia: Record sales thanks to Middle East and Africa

News But Nokia's competitors, including Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, have had problems addressing the low end of the market. Nokia has announced it has sold a record 133.5 million mobile phones during the fourth quarter of 2007.

Tags: nokia, africa, middle east, motorola

[25 Jan 2008]

Bill Gates sings at CES for one last time

News In the more near-term realm, Microsoft said Samsung will start offering an adapter that lets its flatscreen TVs act as Media Center extenders, which lets the TVs show videos, pictures, and music stored on a Vista PC in another room.

Tags: vista, olympics, ford, gates

[07 Jan 2008]

Google to unveil mobile software suite

News The rest of the more than 30 other companies involved reads like a who's-who list of the mobile-computing industry, including Broadcom, HTC, Intel, Qualcomm, Motorola, Samsung, Sprint and Texas Instruments.

Tags: google, gphone, mobile, linux

[05 Nov 2007]

Sun's McNealy: 'We're not working on iPhone killer'

News Sun Microsystems chairman Scott McNealy said he was misquoted in a South Korean newspaper earlier this week as saying Sun and mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics are working on an iPhone-killer. Indeed, the company has not announced any official...

Tags: java, mcnealy, iphone, sun

[12 Oct 2007]

Mobile industry takes a shine to dinky USB

News The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) - a forum dominated by operators but including manufacturers such as LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson - announced its members had agreed on micro-USB as the future common connector.

Tags: charger, usb, mobile

[21 Sep 2007]

Second Life steps up ID checks

News Samsung Second Life creator, Linden Lab, is tightening security in its virtual world by introducing an identity verification (IDV) system for its residents. The IDV system is designed to stop people under the age of 18 accessing restricted areas...

Tags: web 2.0, virtual world, id, security

[30 Aug 2007]

Five virtual world security worries for business

News Samsung Companies need to think about security and risk management before they get too excited about virtual worlds, according to analyst group Gartner. The risks businesses face as a result of getting involved in virtual worlds can be significant...

Tags: risk, security, virtual worlds, second life

[09 Aug 2007]

Chips are down in Second Life

News Samsung Second Life has banned online gambling from its virtual world. Residents who take part in games that rely on chance to determine a winner, or which depend on the outcome of a real-life sporting event and provide a payout, will be violating...

Tags: online gambling, virtual world, second life

[31 Jul 2007]

Second open-source mobile unleashed

News The touchscreen GSM phone, made by FIC, boasts Bluetooth 2.0, integrated assisted-GPS, microSD-based expandable storage and a Samsung processor. Another fully open source-based phone has gone on sale, offering developers the chance to build their...

Tags: linux mobile, greenphone, linux, neo1973

[10 Jul 2007]

Virtual worlds? Get a life, say silicon.com readers

News Samsung You may be able to fly around chatting to giant rabbits or battling trolls but the lure of virtual worlds such as Second Life is not as strong - for silicon.com readers at least - as you might think.

Tags: second life, virtual worlds

[19 Jun 2007]

In-brief: iPhone rival launches, military RFID, Berners-Lee gong

News Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, 30 mobile phone operators and the EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner record labels are backing the MusicStation service. Mobile phone manufacturers will launch a low-cost flat-rate music service today to...

Tags: orange, apple, iphone

[14 Jun 2007]

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