Software that could allow existing phones and PDAs to recognise their owners will be demonstrated at a security show in Japan this week.
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.
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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.
Because of bets NTT's Kei-ichi Enoki laid down years ago, the Japanese carrier is leading the way in mobile phone evolution.
Perhaps a creeping sense of privileged paralysis signals organisations past their zenith.
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
Losing your mobile phone can be a traumatic experience, what with all your important contacts and SMS messages gone and--horrors--possibly in some stranger's hands.
The Siemens C45 is a good looking phone with great individuality potential--but does it work?
O2's combo phone/pda hybrid has the backing of industry heavyweights Telstra and Microsoft. Does it deliver heavyweight performance? Read our Australian review.
Once more, it's time to look wistfully overseas at the best phones you just can't get in Australia.
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.
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