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  • Rivals Palm, Microsoft team up

    At a press event in San Francisco, Palm CEO Ed Colligan, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Verizon Wireless CEO Denny Strigl show off the new Treo mobile phone that runs Windows. Verizon will be the first to sell the new device.

  • Mobile phones get facial recognition

    Software that could allow existing phones and PDAs to recognise their owners will be demonstrated at a security show in Japan this week.

  • GSM vs CDMA: Does it matter in Iraq?

    The fighting's far from over, so why are people blustering about cellphone standards in the reconstruction to come?

  • Excited by 3G? Wait for 4G

    Third-generation mobile technology has arrived, duly accompanied by a barrage of hype. But the industry is already casting its eyes forward to the next big thing - 4G.

  • Researcher blackmails Sun, Nokia

    A Polish security researcher has claimed to have found multiple flaws in mobile Java, but is demanding 20,000 in return for full details of the vulnerabilities.

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  • VoIP the right prescription for Melbourne medical chain

    It may have had its share of teething pains, but medical clinic chain Medi 7 has used its VoIP and open source Asterisk PABX rollout to improve call routing and slash thousands of dollars in telecommunications costs.

  • Meet Mr. I-mode

    Because of bets NTT's Kei-ichi Enoki laid down years ago, the Japanese carrier is leading the way in mobile phone evolution.

  • Social engineering: Don't be fooled

    It is a hard one to protect against, as attackers prey on the kindness of strangers, but there are some tips to prevent your company being a victim to social engineering ploys. Also: Hackers: Under the hood

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  • Excited by 3G? Wait for 4G

    Third-generation mobile technology has arrived, duly accompanied by a barrage of hype. But the industry is already casting its eyes forward to the next big thing - 4G.

  • Smile! You've just been caught out on camera phone

    Commentary: Is anybody going to do anything outrageous ever again in public? With a camera phone in every pocket you are going to have to behave.

  • O2 xda: The phone with xtra oomph

    O2's combo phone/pda hybrid has the backing of industry heavyweights Telstra and Microsoft. Does it deliver heavyweight performance? Read our Australian review.

  • AMD builds in more flash memory

    Advanced Micro Devices is expanding the variety of chips based on its flash-memory technology that allows twice as much data to be stored on mobile phones and other consumer electronics devices.

  • Panasonic GD68: A little bit of everything

    The Panasonic EB-GD68 is a good lower-midlevel phone with some nifty features, but it does have its problems.

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