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  • New Version of Xen Hypervisor Hits the Streets Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 8:01PMXen.org, the developer of the open source Xen project, on Wednesday announced the release of the Xen 3.3 hypervisor engine. The product is the result of a distributed development effort by senior engineers from more than 50 leading hardware, software and security vendors.
  • Presented By: Connect to everything with BlackBerry Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 4:34PM    With email, web, video capture, picture messaging and more, BlackBerry smartphones have features you won’t find on other smartphones. www.blackberry.com Ads by Pheedo
  • News (94) Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 4:32PMMozilla released an experimental browser plug-in on Tuesday that aims to connect the Web with language to help users perform common Web tasks more quickly and easily.
  • Nokia launches N85, N79 smartphones Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 11:22AM New handsets to start shipping in October Nokia has expanded its N series of smartphones with two new models: the N85 and the N79.
  • Find and Play Online Audio and Video with the New Kinoma Play Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 1:40PMKinoma Play is a new video and audio application that offers media browsing, search, and playback. The goal of its developers is to turn any Windows Mobile smartphone into a digital media powerhouse.
  • Presented By: For the well-rounded life Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 1:04PM    Featuring a liquid silver finish, clean lines and soft edges, the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8300 smartphone is the smallest and lightest BlackBerry® smartphone ever to come with a full QWERTY keyboard. The BlackBerry Curve — it’s your connection to everything that matters. Learn more. www.blackberry.com Ads by Pheedo
  • Business tools: Smartphones take computer power out of the office Saturday, August 23, 2008 @ 11:37AMWhen staff at property management company Full House carry out quarterly flat inspections for clients these days, they leave the clipboard and paper checklist back at the office.
  • Smartphone Start-Ups Have a Friend in This Fund Saturday, August 23, 2008 @ 4:56AMA new $100 million fund invests in start-ups specializing in iPhone applications.
  • Apple iPhone: Beyond the hype Saturday, August 23, 2008 @ 4:18AMSanjay Gupta has been eyeing the iPhone ever since its global launch 14 months back, but the chief marketing officer of Bharti Airtel will have to wait some more before he can switch loyalties from the BlackBerry he currently uses.
  • Presented By: Considering iPhone? Check out BlackBerry Friday, August 22, 2008 @ 3:19PM    With email, web, video capture, picture messaging and more, BlackBerry smartphones have features you won’t find on the iPhone. www.blackberry.com Ads by Pheedo
  • Yahoo Shares Trading Below Pre-Microsoft Offer Price Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 5:10PMIt may be because Microsoft appears to have shifted its attention from Jerry Yang to Jerry Seinfeld . Or it may be that investors are feeling pessimistic as Yahoo’s search business continues to weaken.
  • Disney Dialing Up Kids Again Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 3:17PMTwo years after its mobile ventures failed, Disney launches new effort to connect with young cell phone users.
  • Apple sued over false advertising, users upset about 3G firmware ‘fix’ Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 2:16PMThe most iPhone firmware apparently fails to fix a series of 3G issues that have been annoying some users since the iPhone 3G was launched. Upset iPhone owners are now accusing Apple of deliberately changing how the iPhone reports its 3G signal strength in order to fool them into believing they are getting better reception. These ongoing issues and Apple’s optimistic advertising claims ...
  • Presented By: As stylish as it is powerful Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 4:34PM    BlackBerry® 8800 smartphone is designed to let you do your best work from wherever you choose. It gives you phone, email, organizer, web browsing and instant messaging. And then it goes a step further, providing GPS for enhanced access to location-based applications and services. Learn more. www.blackberry.com Ads by Pheedo
  • American Airlines launches in-flight wireless service Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 3:45PMAmerican Airlines has started providing wireless Internet service on some coast-to-coast flights, becoming the first airline in the country to offer that service.
  • American Airlines Launches Full Inflight Internet Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 3:34PMMarking the beginning of the next wireless revolution, American Airlines made history today with the launch of the mobile broadband service.
  • A phone with Google software Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 3:27PMThe high-end phone is expected to match many of the capabilities of Apples iPhone and other so-called smartphones that run software from Palm, Research in Motion, Microsoft and Nokia to access the Internet and perform computerlike functions.
  • Intel Developer Forum 2008 - Live! Nehalem, Gelsinger Keynote Coverage Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 2:58PMPat Gelsinger and Dadi Perlmutter are on stage and are going to be talking about everything from Nehalem to Larrabee and Atom....
  • BlackBerry offers sync with iTunes Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 2:20PMOffering business users even more traditionally consumer-oriented features, BlackBerry Media has announced that it will now be capable of syncing with Apple iTunes. Users will have the option to sync their own files as well as pre-constructed playlists through the BlackBerry Media application.
  • iPodObserver - U.S. Consumers Buying Fewer Mobile Phones, Paying More Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 1:43PM The NPD group reported on Tuesday that U.S. consumers are buying fewer mobile phones overall, but the phones they do buy are costing more. NPD said this is the third quarter in a row with a year-over-year decline
  • HSBC to keep using BlackBerrys Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 1:17PMRecent report said bank was considering switching 200,000 employees to iPhone
  • Wall Street Journal Digital Network Launches New Mobile Reader for BlackBerry Smartphones Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 8:30AM NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2008 -- Today The Wall Street Journal Digital Network launched its latest mobile application -- WSJ.com Mobile Reader -- which provides immediate access to business, finance and technology news and analysis from WSJ.com as well as MarketWatch.com, Barrons.com and AllThingsD.com.
  • Futuremark(R) Games Studio Unveils Shattered Horizon(TM) at Leipzig GC Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 8:00AM LEIPZIG GAMES CONVENTION - Futuremark® Games Studio today revealed Shattered Horizon(TM), a new game where players fight to survive in the aftermath of a catastrophic Moon mining accident which throws billions of tons of rocky debris into near-Earth space.
  • Dexterra Concert Mobility Platform Enables Field Service Application for Verizon Partner Solutions Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 6:56AMBOTHELL, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/19/08 -- Dexterra Inc., a leading provider of software to automate and manage a mobile workforce, announced today that it has collaborated with Verizon Partner Solutions (VPS) to support its implementation of a field service application using the Dexterra Concert mobility platform.
  • Reuters Business Summary Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 1:43PM Lehman in talks to sell real estate, securities: report NEW YORK - Lehman Brothers is in talks for potential sale of its $40 billion portfolio of commercial real estate and securities in an effort to bolster its finances following costly credit-related write-downs, the Financial Times said in its online edition. The investment bank wants to sell the assets either as a whole ...
  • Pyongyang, North Korea, is the party town Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 8:43AMPYONGYANG, North Korea — Call it skateboard diplomacy.
  • A Fool Looks Back Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 7:22AMiPhones and i2 loaded up a colorful week on Wall Street.
  • Partytown Pyongyang? Global tour comes to NKorea Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 9:26PMCall it skateboard diplomacy.
  • Smartphone makers swift to adopt Wi-Fi and GPS Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 5:03PMSmartphone manufacturers are cramming more and more technology onto platforms, but the end result is shorter battery life and more disgruntled customers.
  • German Solar Earnings Shine Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 7:55PMErsol Solar Energy and Aleo Solar report positive earnings results for the first half of 2008.
  • SEC Settles With Former Apple Exec Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 6:40PMU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission settles options backdating charges with former Apple general counsel Nancy Heinen.
  • Cellphones still for talking despite other uses like music and Web surfing Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 5:18PMMONTREAL - Cellphones are still for yakking, no matter how many things they can do.
  • What Will Linux Be Capable Of, 3 Years Down the Road? Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 4:59PMAn anonymous reader writes "In a prediction of the open-source future, InfoWeek speculates on What Linux Will Look Like In 2012. The most outlandish scenario foresees Linux forsaking its free usage model to embrace more paid distros where you get free Linux along with (much-needed) licenses to use patent-restricted codecs. Also predicted is an advance for the desktop based on — surprise — good ...
  • Reports of failing iPhone 3G reception, Apple remains quiet Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 4:43PMMany iPhone 3G owners don’t quite experience the twice as fast, half the price cellphone they were promised. Connectivity problems are reported to be impacting the 3G experience, ranging from a weak 3G reception and connectivity, speed declines to EDGE and even dropped calls. Although lots of fingers pointed into AT Ts direction initially, we are now learning that users in European countries are ...
  • Samsung Software To Boost Smartphone Memory Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 4:28PMThe company will release software for its embedded memory chips that will enable faster booting, downloading, and searching.
  • Celio REDFLY Drops Price $100 and Now Supports 19 Smartphones Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 5:38AMCelio Corp, maker of the REDFLY Mobile Companion, today announced a 20 percent price drop to an MSRP of $399 and also released drivers for 12 additional smartphones, growing the REDFLY compatibility list to 19 of the most popular Windows Mobile smartphones from HP, HTC, Motorola, Palm and Samsung.
  • More gear joins Wi-Fi networks Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 4:41AMMONTREAL -- Wi-Fi makes the Web more accessible for laptop users and this wireless technology is moving to smartphones and other consumer devices.
  • Delta to offer fee-based in-flight wireless in U.S. Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 3:27AMDelta Air Lines Inc. said Tuesday it will offer broadband wireless Internet access for a fee on its entire domestic mainline fleet by the middle of next year.
  • Nexcopy Introduces 20 Target SD Duplicator for Bulk Data Loading to Secure Digital Media Formats Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 2:01AM New Secure Digital duplicator from Nexcopy provides bulk data loading to 20 targets, includes support for miniSD and microSD duplication.
  • Palm has big plans for Windows Mobile and ordered 5 million phones at Compal Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 11:51PMAugust 14, 2008 [Pocket PC phone] | By Edward J. R. Compal many years ago was producing the first "developer smartphone" that Micrsosoft was selling then for 600 dollars ...
  • JDA Grabs Fallen Angel i2 for $346M Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 8:59PMDeal follows hedge fund pressure and comes 8 years after i2’s stock peak of $2,793 per share.
  • Delta to offer Wi-Fi on domestic flights Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 4:51PMATLANTA -- Delta Air Lines Inc. said Tuesday it will offer broadband wireless Internet access on its entire domestic mainline fleet by the middle of next year. Several other airlines either offer similar service or plan to, though on a much more limited number of flights.
  • Olympics Online, With a Hook Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 4:23PMMicrosoft is broadcasting the entire Olympics online in an effort to persuade people to download the software makers Silverlight browser plug-in.
  • Facebook Pursues German Copycat Friday, August 8, 2008 @ 1:59PMFacebook sues the German leader in social networking, StudiVZ, in an intellectual-propery lawsuit.
  • Sonos refreshes Linux audio gear Friday, August 8, 2008 @ 1:44PM— Aug. 04, 2008 — Sonos has chosen LinuxWorld in San Francisco this week as the place to unveil updated hardware and new Linux-based firmware.
  • IBM Tunes Mobile Web for Business Friday, August 8, 2008 @ 12:44PMComputing giant takes on Google, Apple, Nokia, Microsoft, and RIM as it defines the mobile web as a place to do business.
  • Linux to dominate MID market Friday, August 8, 2008 @ 12:29PM— Aug. 04, 2008 — Linux will outperform Windows Mobile and other rival operating systems (OSes) in the mobile Internet device (MID) market, says ABI Research. Led by Moblin, LiMo, and Maemo, the Linux MID market should hit 50 million shipments a year by 2013, says the research group. ...
  • Highly anticipated Samsung Instinct available today from Bell Friday, August 8, 2008 @ 11:36AM Bell today announced that the hot new Samsung Instinct touch screen mobile phone is available in stores today.
  • LiMo touts new phones, members Friday, August 8, 2008 @ 11:29AM— Aug. 04, 2008 — The LiMo (Linux Mobile) Foundation has announced seven new shipping mobile handsets -- from Motorola, NEC, and Panasonic -- that are said to comply with its mobile phone specification.
  • UPDATED 6:45 p.m.| Thursday, August 7, 2008 @ 7:11PMGartner suggested in its report that there was some unspecified, difficult way to do cut-and-paste on the iPhone, but as several commenters pointed out, cut-and-paste as most people know it is nonexistent.)