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  • UK govt laptop ban hits agency performance

    The UK government's ban on staff transporting unencrypted data has hampered performance at a UK agency even forcing it to revert temporarily to paper-based processes.

  • The boss's iPhone: Your worst security nightmare

    As employee-owned portable devices become more sophisticated they become less secure, according to one analyst -- and the more senior an employee, the less compliant they are when it comes to protecting the information on those devices.

  • Gartner Symposium 2007: Complete coverage

    News and video from Gartner's Symposium event, which is being held in Sydney this week.

  • Audi's unwired booth babes boost sales leads

    Its AU$265,000 R8 supercar and newly launched S5 may be getting most of the attention at the Melbourne Motor Show this week, but Audi executives have their eyes firmly locked on a new data entry system that's helped staff collect 50 percent more viable sales leads this year than last.

  • iPods are security risk, warns analyst

    Mobile storage devices could give thieves and hackers a back door into corporate networks.

  • BHP trials Microsoft telephony

    Resources giant BHP Billiton is banking on Microsoft technology to fulfill a three-prong videoconferencing strategy, a senior executive said.

  • Palm's Foleo gets cool reception

    Palm's bid to reinvent mobile computing looks an awful lot like the current state of mobile computing, but with less horsepower.

  • Bluetooth, wireless groups synch up

    In an effort to speed the development of interoperable wireless networking technologies, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced on Monday that it has teamed up with several competing technology groups.

  • Ericsson pulls Bluetooth technology

    One of the key developers of Bluetooth is shutting down the division that helped foster the personal area networking technology.

  • Microsoft offers peek at new Media Player

    Microsoft is expected to release the first test version of its new Windows Media Player software Wednesday in the US, marking a significant upgrade aimed squarely at the burgeoning portable device market.

  • Is the Palm OS missing the multimedia boat?

    The Palm OS may be losing its mojo with software developers.

  • Next step for iPod: 80GB?

    Toshiba claimed a new benchmark in storage density on Tuesday as it unveiled its largest ever 1.8-inch hard drive.

  • Bluetooth, UWB groups mesh efforts

    The hodgepodge of incompatible wireless networking technologies is about to get a bit smaller, as companies working on Bluetooth and ultrawideband are combining their efforts.

  • Mini Wi-Fi chip fits in mobiles

    Texas Instruments has developed a Wi-Fi chip small enough to go inside mobile phones and handheld devices.

  • Longhorn to put squeeze on gadgets

    Windows makes it easy to quickly download files to iPods and other portable storage devices--a little too easy in the minds of many IT managers.

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