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  • Stopping the mobile madness

    I love my iPad, but I hate what it represents.

    Written by Mathias Thurman • 09 Aug. 11 00:43

  • Rise of the planet of the tablets

    The Planet of the Apes series of sci-fi thrillers in the late 1960s and early '70s depicted a world in which intelligent apes are the dominant species and humans have been subordinated.

    Written by Mike Elgan • 09 Aug. 11 00:13

  • Will Aussies wait in faith for an Amazon tablet?

    Australians are used to lengthy waiting times for the latest devices, but by the time the rumoured Amazon arrives on our shores the market could be well and truly saturated. Will it be worth the wait?

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 15 July 11 14:34

  • Windows Phone steps up, has iPhone in sight

    New figures from IDC have come out of the US indicating Windows Phone 7 will be more popular than the mighty iPhone in 2015. How is this even likely? It’s all about the operating system, of course.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 30 March 11 11:29

  • Getting IT set for mobile

    "This business will get out of control. It will get out of control, and we'll be lucky to live through it."

    Written by Scot Finnie • 08 Nov. 10 22:11

  • The iPad stands alone

    Where is the iPad's competition?

    Written by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols • 08 Nov. 10 22:11

  • Ubuntu's risky leap: Unity on Wayland

    Today Canonical and Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth announced on his blog that the Ubuntu distribution will move away from the traditional X.org display environment to Wayland a more modern alternative.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 05 Nov. 10 16:37

  • Get ready for the untethered enterprise

    For a small but growing number of enterprise users, it's time to cut the cord.

    Written by Johna Till Johnson • 14 Oct. 10 09:05

  • Facebook phone: how to kill journalism in 10 easy steps

    God, I love the InterWebs. Years from now, scholars dissecting the complete disintegration of journalism in the 21st century will look back at us and say, what the frak? The example du jour: The Facebook Phone rumors, which were sparked this past weekend by TechCrunch and continue to burn.

    Written by Robert X. Cringely • 21 Sept. 10 10:01
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    Google's Wi-Fi spygate is its BP moment

    While it doesn't quite rank up there with dumping hundreds of millions of gallons of crude oil into the ocean while your CEO goes yachting, Google's huge Wi-Fi spying "oops" may become the search giant's BP moment.

    Written by Robert X. Cringely • 22 June 10 09:34

  • Goodbye BlackBerry: Future Belongs to iPhone

    Thanks for bringing mobility to the masses, but the future belongs to the iPhone. There are many reasons for this but perhaps the most compelling is, at the heart of Canadian company Research in Motion's (RIM) culture lies an antiquated mobile technology: paging.

    Written by Tom Kaneshige • 14 May 10 03:03

  • Psst, pass it on: Apple has no secrets

    It appears that yet another Apple iPhone prototype has gone on a walkabout -- and this time not merely to a beer garden in Redwood City, but all the way to the South Pacific.

    Written by Robert X. Cringely • 13 May 10 08:19

  • iPad alternatives

    Apple's iPad will be available on April 3 and reports suggest that the product is off to a good start, with hundreds and thousands being ordered from Apple's Web site. But the device has faced some criticism for lacking features such as a video camera, USB ports and support for technology called Flash that enables Web video.

    Written by Agam Shah • 23 March 10 06:34

  • Time to get smart about smartphones

    If you didn't get the message with the release of the iPhone or the subsequent arrival of Android, then Windows Phone 7 has to be your wake-up call. Mobile is no longer just the future; its time is now.

    Written by Scot Finnie • 09 March 10 07:06
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    Security Manager Journal: Woes hang up mobile policy

    Over the past seven months, I have led a team of IT representatives in making sure that all mobile devices are aligned with our new security policy. I thought this was going to be straightforward -- a few mouse clicks to check off some boxes, and our policy would be in effect on our entire inventory of mobile devices.

    Written by Mathias Thurman • 25 Aug. 09 13:29

  • CreditSMS helps structure informal mobile finance

    Mobile commerce is quickly becoming one of the most cost-effective, far-reaching means of giving the 'un-banked' poor their first taste of financial services. Yet many of these services are almost entirely informal, connected to neither banks nor traditional forms of regulation. A new initiative - CreditSMS - aims to integrate m-commerce with traditional financial management tools, thereby formalizing the informal and bridging the financial divide.

    Written by Ken Banks and Benjamin Lyon • 11 Aug. 09 05:09

  • How tech is changing banks

    It wasn't long ago that bank customers judged the quality of their local financial institutions by the sturdiness of their columns and vault doors. That idea is a throwback to an era when money was physical, and so was security.

    Written by Mike Elgan • 10 Aug. 09 08:27

  • How ending exclusivity agreements would change the telecom industry

    US iPhone lovers who want their device freed from AT&T's wireless network could soon get their wish.

    Written by Brad Reed • 10 July 09 08:05
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    Why the iPhone can't be 'killed'

    Every few months, some new hopeful to the smartphone market will garner enough hype where various media outlets will dub it an "iPhone killer".

    Written by Brad Reed • 02 July 09 08:09

  • Are sealed-in laptop batteries a good idea?

    When Apple introduced its new MacBooks recently, it touted a doubled battery life -- but noted that the laptops' batteries were sealed into the case, not user-swappable as is the norm on laptops.

    Written by Paul Venezia • 30 June 09 13:40
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