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With new Windows 8, Microsoft will show whether it can go mobile

The next version of Windows is being billed as a radical reinvention of Microsoft Corp.'s flagship operating system - the most extensive overhaul since Windows 95.

Technology / Software

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung files patent complaint against Apple in France

South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Monday it had filed a complaint in France against its US rival Apple for infringement of three mobile phone technology patents in its iPhone and iPad tablet computers.

Technology / Business

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

AT&T defends T-Mobile deal in response to DOJ suit

(AP) -- AT&T is countering the U.S. government's attempt to block its $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile by depicting the deal as a way to provide consumers with better cell phone service at lower prices.

Technology / Business

created Sep 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Report: Samsung, Microsoft tie up for new tablet

South Korea's Samsung Electronics has teamed up with Microsoft to make a new tablet computer powered by the US software giant's latest operating system, a report said Thursday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Cybercrime costs $114 billion a year: report

Cybercrime claimed 431 million adult victims last year and cost $114 billion, according to a report published Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Invention saving consumers trillions of watt hours and millions of dollars

A University of California, San Diego technology that significantly reduces the amount of energy wasted by chips in computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices has recently passed the trillion watt-hour ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Samsung pulls tablet PC from trade show amid row

South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Monday it has withdrawn its new tablet computer from a major electronics fair in Berlin after a German court accepted a complaint from US rival Apple.

Technology / Business

created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Suit charges Windows 7 smartphones track users

Microsoft is in the crosshairs of a lawsuit charging that smartphones powered by Windows 7 software noted the whereabouts of users even if they didn't want to be tracked.

Technology / Software

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Support brings network-less mobiles closer to reality

A new, open source mobile phone technology developed by Flinders University’s "digital blacksmith" Dr. Paul Gardner-Stephen and which promises to revolutionize telecommunications has earned him a $400,000 Fellowship ...

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Android smartphones gain more ground in US

Google's Android software strengthened its grip on the US smartphone market, powering nearly 42 percent of handsets as of July, industry tracker comScore reported on Tuesday.

Technology / Software

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Samsung introduces ChatON mobile communication service

Samsung Electronics today announced the launch of ChatON, a free mobile communication service that allows users to communicate instantly with any mobile phone.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Verizon workers return to work, without a deal

(AP) -- Thousands of striking Verizon workers will return to work starting Monday night, though their contract dispute isn't over yet.

Technology / Business

created Aug 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hewlett-Packard reports higher 3Q earnings

(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. reported an increase in its third-quarter net income on Thursday, but the technology company gave a lower-than-expected outlook for the current quarter and cut its outlook for ...

Technology / Business

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India's Bharti unveils $220 tablet challenger to iPad

India's communications giant Bharti Enterprises said Thursday it had launched a $220 tablet computer as a domestic challenger to Apple's iPad.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China Mobile 1H profit rises to $9.6 billion

(AP) -- China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone company by subscribers, said Thursday its first-half profit rose 6.3 percent as sales were boosted by greater usage of mobile Internet devices.

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0