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News Recent infected websites include those of ITV, Sony PlayStation and a golf page on the BBC site - all these websites have now fixed their security hole. Websites poisoned with malware capable of infecting visitors' machines are being discovered at... [23 Jul 2008]
Nokia grabs bigger slice of market
News Nokia's increase in mobile handset sales is likely to come at the expense of some of its competitors, namely Sony Ericsson and Motorola. Sony Ericsson shocked the market in June when it warned that its profits would be down due to slower demand in... [21 Jul 2008]
3 jumps on board Symbian Foundation
News The original members of the Symbian Foundation are Nokia, Symbian, Motorola, AT&T, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone.s director of products, Fergal Walker, said yesterday: "3 is pleased to... [11 Jul 2008]
Nokia buys Symbian and looks to open mobile future
News Once it owns Symbian Ltd, Nokia will contribute the Symbian and S60 software to the Foundation, while Sony Ericsson and Motorola said they intend to contribute technology from UIQ, and DoCoMo will contribute its MOAP(S) assets. [24 Jun 2008]
Roadrunner runs away with supercomputing prize
News The fastest supercomputer in the world - used to monitor the US nuclear weapons stockpile - is based on the IBM QS22 blades, which are built using advanced versions of the Cell processor in Sony's PlayStation 3. [19 Jun 2008]
Apple: The future of home tech
News This Apple revolution will pose a threat to a range of companies, including HP and Microsoft as well as consumer electronics manufacturers such as LG and Sony. Apple will dominate the digital home by 2013 with its range of existing and new products... [22 May 2008]
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... [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... [30 Apr 2008]
Mobile big guns back LTE as next-gen network
News The largest handset maker in the world, Nokia, was joined by Alcatel-Lucent, NEC, NextWave Wireless and Sony Ericsson. Several companies yesterday agreed to sign their names to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) framework for the next generation of... [15 Apr 2008]
UK record industry in illegal file-sharing crackdown
News Multi-national label EMI sells tracks DRM-free through Apple's iTunes catalogue while Warner, Sony/BMG and Universal offer unprotected songs on Amazon's US site. More people than ever are able to illegally swap their music collections because... [27 Mar 2008]
Android rocks up at Mobile World Congress
News And so does Symbian, which is used by Nokia and Sony Ericsson. Google launched Android, an open development platform in November last year. Phones sporting the Android software are expected out later this year. [12 Feb 2008]
Microsoft: One mobile device to rule them all
News The device - the Xperia X1, Sony Ericsson's first and only handset to run Windows Mobile - was being shown off in Barcelona. The business phone is dead and the industry must now come up with mobile devices that can both work hard and come out to... [11 Feb 2008]
Poll: MP3 player king of commuter gadgets
News Handheld games consoles (such as the Sony's PSP) accounted for slightly less than two per cent of those polled. The MP3 player has been named the most popular gadget for passing the time on the daily commute by silicon.com readers. [08 Feb 2008]
Nokia: Record sales thanks to Middle East and Africa
News Sony Ericsson has also had trouble growing its market share. But Nokia's competitors, including Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, have had problems addressing the low end of the market. Sony Ericsson has said it plans to launch four handsets... [25 Jan 2008]
Apple unveils 'world's thinnest notebook'
News Before unwrapping the MacBook Air from an A3-sized US envelope, Jobs compared the size of the notebook with the Sony TZ series. Jobs said: "The thickest part of the Macbook Air is still thinner than the thinnest side of the Sony TZ. [16 Jan 2008]
