Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts Monday that the weak economy and declining PC sales would continue to challenge …
Motorola sells Good Technology to Visto
Motorola agreed to sell its Good Technology division for an undisclosed sum on Tuesday, bringing an end to the company's …
Windows Mobile gets more ‘finger-friendly’
Acknowledging the iPhone's influence on smartphone design, Microsoft Corp. last week unveiled an upgrade of its Windows Mobile operating system …
Microsoft adds features to unified communications suite
The upgrade to Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007 suite contains features targeted at driving IP-based communication within and outside of …
Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system
Microsoft Corp. unveiled its Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system today on what are being called “Windows phones” that focus on …
Lenovo Constant Connect serves as an e-mail go-between
Business travelers will be able to use their BlackBerry smartphones to automatically forward e-mail to their ThinkPad notebook PCs with …
Google gives a boost with iPhone sync
A sales rep finally convinces a key client over lunch to schedule a meeting to talk about new contracts. The …
The incredible shrinking operating system
From the software concept called JeOS (pronounced “juice”), the Just Enough OS, to hardware concepts like Celio RedFly, an 8-inch …
Trends that will change our lives
The past two years have been exciting ones for mobility, with the dawn of netbooks, 4G communications and the first …
Wi-Fi hotspot horrors
Laptops are the main business tool for most mobile workers, and connecting those devices to the Internet via free public …
Dell could join Acer in unveiling smart phone
When Dell Inc. stopped selling the Axim PDA in 2007, several industry observers predicted that the PC and server maker …
How carriers will weather the recession
Although Verizon and AT&T have continued to post solid earnings over the past year, they are unlikely to emerge from …
3G networks don’t deliver speeds, Gartner says
The 3G networks of all four major U.S. wireless carriers deliver slower speeds than customers expect, according to Gartner Inc., …
White House e-mail crashes
The tech-savvy Obama White House is suffering the inconvenience and embarrassment of an e-mail crash that has lasted several hours …
Smart steps for corporate mobile devices
If you've ever let a stranger borrow your corporate smartphone, you may have just given him a gift of your …
VeriSign buys Certicom after RIM withdraws bid
VeriSign said it plans to buy Certicom, just three days after Research In Motion's hostile bid for the security company …
Texas based company seeks bar on Nokia, RIM, Palm
A patent-holding company from Texas is seeking to bar six companies — including BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, Palm, and …
Forrester forecasts decline in global IT spending
The market saw 8 percent growth during 2008, Forrester said. The economic recession in the U.S. and other countries is …
A Closer Look at the Palm Pre and webOS
The Palm Pre smart phone and the company's much-anticipated new operating system–called webOS–are among the most buzzed-about products to come …
Open networks remain a distant nirvana for mobile users
The push for open wireless networks that can accommodate all manner of mobile devices and applications grabbed a lot of …