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  • Microsoft bans native code on Windows Phone

    Only applications running in the Silverlight runtime environment or games in the XNA Game Studio runtime will be allowed.That was the answer by Todd Brix, Senior Director for Mobile Platform Services Product Management, to a question from UK-based…
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Officials • Kernel • Games • Game • Event • Adobe

  • Intel launches $125 'affordable' SSD

    The brightest growth for SSD is in portable devices, such as MP3 players and smartphones.I think what Intel and OCZ are shooting at is a price point for the consumer," Wong said. Intel became the second vendor in a week to release a solid-state…
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Ssd • Solidstate • Sec • Microsoft Office • Capacities • Boot

  • Opera launches Mini 5 browser for Google Android

    Opera has released a beta version of its Mini 5 web browser for Android-based smartphones, the company said. Opera has released a beta version of its Mini 5 web browser for Android-based smartphones, the company said.Just like the versions of the…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Smartphones • Opera • Mini • Browsing • Beta • Android

  • Google Android phones to ship with Microsoft Bing search

    Motorola will start loading Microsoft's search and map services onto its Android smartphones in China, bringing more non-Google services to the phones amid a row between Google and China. Motorola will start loading Microsoft's search and map…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Row • Loading • Engine • Delayed • Chinese • Android

  • Citrix XenApp 6 launches

    Citrix Systems has launched version 6 of XenApp, its platform for centralised application delivery that features centralised management and access to Windows applications from Android-based smartphones and Apple computers, the company said.
    10 March 2010
    Tags: Windows Server • Smartphones • Macs • Department • Centralised • Administrators

  • RSA 1024-bit private key encryption cracked

    Three University of Michigan computer scientists say they have found a way to exploit a weakness in RSA security technology used to protect everything from media players to smartphones and ecommerce servers.
    05 March 2010
    Tags: University • Smartphones • Researchers • Protect • Ecommerce • Authentication

Latest Features

  • Mobile developers get ready for 4G data explosion

    DataViz, a mobile software company that currently develops the popular Documents to Go program that helps users create Microsoft Office files on their smartphones, is just one company that expects to see its enterprise apps benefit from 4G…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Streaming • Smartphones • Smartphone • Microsoft Office • Country • Connections

  • Palm ponders survival

    Palm revenues for the year will be "well below" a previous forecast, Palm said, because adoption of its Palm webOS smartphones, the Palm Pre and the Pixi, first announced in early 2009, is taking longer than anticipated.The news caused Palm's…
    26 February 2010
    Tags: Wonder • Verizon • Smartphones • Relationships • Carriers • Carrier

  • Former top US officials fend off simulated hacking attack

    Imagine a scenario in which a downloadable application turns smartphones into network-clogging bots, causing mobile-phone networks to fail, and eventually spreads to the wired Internet. Imagine a scenario in which a downloadable application turns…
    17 February 2010
    Tags: Wired • War • Officials • Mobile Phones • Infected • Act

  • HTC's New Smartphones and Sense User Interface

    Here at Mobile World Congress on Tuesday, I got some hands-on time with HTC's newest smartphones, the Desire, Legend, and HD Mini. Here at smartphones, the Desire, Legend…
    16 February 2010
    Tags: User Interface • Seamless • Mini • Hd • Carriers • Asia

  • Meego and Windows Phone 7 challenge Apple and Google mobile dominance

    Microsoft does have a much steeper road to climb to get back into the game than Nokia/Intel does.Intel joined Nokia in unveiling Meego, a Linux-based open operating system to be used in smartphones, netbooks, connected TVs and tablets.
    16 February 2010
    Tags: Symbian • Smartphones • Smartphone • Road • Announcements • Android

  • Microsoft needs to step up with Windows Mobile 7

    Assuming that Microsoft can at least improve Windows Mobile to the point that Windows Phones are more or less on par with next-generation smartphones like the iPhone or Droid will be enough, though, for Microsoft to get the ship pointed in the…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Windows Mobile • United States • Smartphone • Rim • Professionals • Productivity

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How-Tos

  • How to get an Apple iPad for work

    So as an IT director in a company where we support iPhones, iPod touches, a few Windows Mobile phones, and other assorted smartphones, and knowing how similar the iPad is to the iPhone and iPod touch, I'd like to inject a bit of sobriety into the…
    19 February 2010
    Tags: Presentations • Mac Os • Keynote • Iphones • Ignore • Assuming

  • How to manage smartphones on a business network

    Your users are buying smartphones on their own and using them on your networks. Marketers are increasingly going to market smartphones to end users directly, and they sure aren't going to be telling them things like this.
    21 January 2010
    Tags: Platforms • Implemented • Exchange • Smartphones • Matter • Guidance

  • How to secure the Apple iPhone

    This treats a non-answer as a no when it comes to policy support, and will block devices that support only a subset of Microsoft's 29 EAS policies - meaning the Apple iPhone, Palm Pre, and Nokia E series, N series, and S60 smartphones - when your…
    25 September 2009
    Tags: Failed • Enabled • Windows Mobile • Configured • Trust • History

  • How to access server-hosted Windows applications anywhere

    This nimble system lets you log into your software from any PC, and even smartphones, expanding the places you can work, allowing for quicker setup, and often saving money on software costs. You probably run Office and other software directly from…
    26 August 2009
    Tags: Cloud • Licences • Saving • Citrix • Setup • Instances

  • How to transfer data between BlackBerry devices

    All you need to get started are two mini USB sync cables (like the one that came with your BlackBerry,) the Desktop Manager software and the two BlackBerry smartphones. Your company has upgraded its Blackberries and now everyone wants to know the…
    21 October 2008
    Tags: Transfer • Protected • Wish • Connected • Handheld • Progress

  • Bring the new iPhone into your business

    A good way to judge that is to make an honest assessment: Are you as tough on USB thumb drives, smartphones, and work-at-home users' PCs as you want to be on the iPhone? This time round, Apple has fixed the holes and created a device with the…
    11 June 2008
    Tags: Mac Os • Securing • Vpns • Calendar • Safari • Kill

Reviews

  • Palm Pre Plus review

    Also in February, users will be able to play full Flash videos on their Pre and Pre Plus - a feature that will give Palm's smartphones an edge over the iPhone.Serious Gaming PotentialAt CES, Palm had a slew of announcements for WebOS developers…
    22 January 2010
    Tags: Button • Battery Life • Games • App • Cover • Gaming

  • Dell Precision M6500

    The palm rests are large, as is the trackpad, which now understands gestures such as those used on smartphones. The Dell Precision M6500 offers a powerful machine, as long as your wallet can bear the cost and your shoulders can bear the hefty weight.
    06 January 2010
    Tags: Adapter • Clock • Weight • Guidelines • Jack • Workstations

  • Acer Aspire One D250

    And to input your Google account details into Android, you'll need to go back into Windows first.In contrast to Android smartphones that can install more apps through Google's Marketplace download shop, this installation is locked down.
    24 November 2009
    Tags: Acer • Battery • Windows Xp • Account • Netbook • Android

  • Dell Mini 3i

    Dell Mini 3i Dan Nydstedt Dell's stab at the smartphone market review,reviews It's too early to say with any degree of accuracy how successful Dell's foray into the world of smartphones will be. The first Dell Mini 3i smartphone to go on sale…
    24 November 2009
    Tags: Camera • Mini • Smartphone • China • Touchscreen • Dell

  • Acer neoTouch S200

    If any UK network was to offer this phone with unlimited data', they'd be on a safe bet that you're unlikely to have the patience to threaten much of your quota.Photographs captured by the camera were not especially clear or bright, although the…
    02 November 2009
    Tags: Mobile Phone • Acer • Elements • App • Touchscreen • Icons

  • Novatel Wireless MiFi 2532 router review

    It also allows connections from any Wi-Fi device, including PDAs and smartphones. Price: £220 (from free with contract) Up to now, mobile broadband users have been stuck with the awkward compromise of USB modem dongles to get data-on-the-move, but…
    27 October 2009
    Tags: Contract • Sharing • John Dunn • Branded • Hotspot • Slot

White Papers

  • Lowering 3G bills and increasing availability with wi-fi

    Download this whitepaper to learn more about how IT staff can face the realities of supporting smartphones, and address the increased complexity, security and cost issues that these new devices place on the organization.
    26 August 2009
    Tags: Availability • Face • Complexity • Organization • Realities • Quarter

  • Remote Support Solutions to Enhance University Teaching

    A recent study showed that the average student spends 18 hrs a week online, 75% own laptops and 12% use smartphones. Remote support isnt just an efficient way to ensure unmatched uptime. It can also enable university lecturers to connect more…
    02 July 2009
    Tags: Enhance • University • Age • Bridge • Students • Lecturers

  • IT Best Practices: To support or not support consumer-owned Smartphones

    Of late, IT is facing pressure to support the increasing influx of consumer owned smartphones. IT Best Practices: To support or not support consumer-owned Smartphones Osterman Research Resolve downtime incidents quickly, and more importantly…
    16 June 2009
    Tags: Owned • White Paper • Practices • Smartphones • Osterman Research

  • Managing Mobility

    As the mobile workforce increasingly relies on a proliferation of remote devices-from smartphones, laptop and tablet PCs, to the newest PDAs-they are demanding greater access to the tools and applications that allow them to remain connected and be…
    15 March 2007
    Tags: Executive • Communication • Perspective • Mobility • Deals • Workforce

  • Improving Regulatory Compliance with Encryption

    Customer and partner transactions often rely on Internet connectivity to corporate servers.Enterprise staff members regularly transport sensitive information on notebook computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), smartphones, and a variety of…
    08 March 2007
    Tags: Compliance • Communication • Securing • Encryption • Forms • Conduct

  • Protecting Client Systems from the Crimeware Invasion

    Ignoring traditional IT perimeter defenses, this new breed of hackers enters networks though the backdoor, frequently hitching rides on laptops, tunneling into the network through VPN connections opened by remote users, sneaking in via smartphones…
    08 March 2007
    Tags: Hackers • Numbers • Organizations • Perimeter • Defenses • Crimeware

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