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  • Google's Android not what you think

    If you were looking for an iPhone-killing handset from Google's new mobile strategy, you were definitely hoping for the wrong thing. Google is warmly neutral towards Apple and really has a certain software giant in their sights instead.

  • Why's my mobile melting?

    Mobile phone maker Nokia warned Friday that a growing number of its handsets are being damaged by badly made or counterfeit batteries from other companies.

  • Rokr iTunes phone, iPod Nano unveiled

    Ending months of speculation, Apple Computer on Wednesday rolled out a mobile phone capable of playing music and a tiny new iPod that will replace the popular iPod Mini.

  • Worm ready to wriggle into smart phones

    Antivirus companies on Monday raced to decipher the workings of the first worm to target smart phones, while saying that the current incarnation of the program poses little threat.

  • ASIC warns of US "wrong number" phone scam

    The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a warning to Australian consumers to beware of a new scam that has emerged in the US, which attempts to dupe people into buying stock in a company by leaving a bogus "wrong number" stock market tip on their answering machines.

  • A.T.Kearney plays down mobile camera furore

    A leading management consultant has downplayed the market impact of the furore over privacy issues associated with camera-enabled mobile phones as state attorneys-general pledged to consider the matter at a meeting in August.

  • Nokia, GSM body play down phone worm threat

    Nokia has downplayed the security threat posed by the new worm coded to attack smart phones running on the Symbian operating system as "relatively small".

  • Samsung puts hard drive in a mobile

    The convergence of mobile phones and other portable devices shuffled another step forward on Monday when Samsung launched a handset that contained a 1.5GB hard drive with a one-inch diameter.

  • Sharp forecasts death of consumer digital camera

    The digital camera has been devouring much of the market share once enjoyed by its traditional film-based rival in recent years, but Sharp claims this interloper may itself be defeated by the rise of the camera phone.

  • Mobile phones heading into iPod territory

    Jingles on mobile phones are going beyond ring tones, calling up a day when wireless devices might double as mini MP3 players with the potential to replace stand-alone products such as Apple Computer's iPod.

  • Big Blue dials into IP phones

    IBM on Wednesday said it is partnering with Cisco Systems and Avaya to sell and manage telephone systems that use the Internet instead of traditional phone lines.

  • IPass to offer ID detection of mobile devices

    IPass is set to offer mobile device recognition for IT managers that is designed to allow only trusted users onto their networks.

  • Mobile Mosquito premium rate SMS "Trojan" not a virus

    The 'Trojan' SMS dialler infecting mobile phones running pirate copies of the "Mosquitos" game is not actually a Trojan at all but rather a botched copy-protection feature of the original game.

  • Nokia thwarted in bid for Symbian majority

    Sony Ericsson, Panasonic and Siemens have raised their stakes in Symbian - and ensured that Nokia's share remains below the 50 percent mark.

  • Australia's IT market all grown up: Ericsson

    The Australian IT market has been dubbed "technologically mature" by Ericsson's consumer laboratory (ConsumerLab), following the release of the company's survey on the nations use and expectations from IT and telecommunications in the future.

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