http://www.computerworld.com.au Mobility & Wireless by Computerworld en-us Copyright 2008, IDG Communications, for personal use only, not for redistribution without permission. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:40:03 +1000 60 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=866038895&rid=-300 You could think of this as the Tarzan protocol for Wi-Fi. The goal is to improve interactive Wi-Fi connections dramatically for moving vehicles. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:14:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=772818978&rid=-300 It all started when Adam Savage of MythBusters fame told a convention audience that legal bullies from the credit card industry had cowed Discovery Channel into scotching an episode of the show that was to have taken on RFID. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:07:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=132055255&rid=-300 The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) association plans to launch the upcoming second generation of its low-cost XO laptop in the first quarter of 2010, according to an official from the group. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:04:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1997966643&rid=-300 If instead of writing this story I were telling it to you on my mobile phone, while rushing through an International Airport past crying babies and boarding announcements, you probably wouldn't understand half of what I'm about to say. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:03:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=127062764&rid=-300 A Google executive Thursday heaped praise on Apple's iPhone, even with his company set to challenge Apple in this same space with its Android mobile computing platform. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:50:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1216639233&rid=-300 Sony is recalling about 73,000 Vaio laptops in the US because faulty wiring near a hinge can pose a burn hazard. According to the UK's Guardian, the company has had to recall over 400,000 Vaio laptops worldwide. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:39:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1756108287&rid=-300 A low-cost XO laptop from the One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) that carries both Windows and Linux will be out within the next month or so, according to an OLPC official. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:01:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=80825902&rid=-300 Freshtel Holdings Limited [ASX: FRE] subsidiary Tesco Teleecoms has launched a new converged technology internet telephony service. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:48:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1879036638&rid=-300 Sony Ericsson wants Windows Mobile developers to start working on applications for its Xperia X1 and on Wednesday it announced a tailor-made SDK (software development kit) for the upcoming smartphone. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:15:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1049138248&rid=-300 An iPhone 3G customer has filed the second lawsuit against Apple and US telecommunications provider AT&T over the popular phone. This one, by William J. Gillis Jr., was filed in San Diego, California and charges that the two companies deliberately misrepresented what users could expect in terms of 3G connectivity and performance, according to blogger Justin McLachlan who first broke the news on Tuesday. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:29:00 +1000