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In yet another sign of the growing interest in operating systems tailored for mobile devices, Intel has acquired startup Linux developer Opened Hand. Opened Hand is a Read more...

According to the Android Developers Blog, Google has dropped the Bluetooth and GTalkService instant messaging Application Programming Interface Read more...

Sybase iAnywhere announced that it has expanded its security portfolio to encompass antivirus and firewall capabilities for handhelds. Sybase iAnywhere president Terry Stepian noted that there are Read more...

Smartphones designed to run Google's new Android operating system are facing potential delays that could push arrival dates to late 2008. To be fair, there is technically no slippage yet, though it Read more...

HTC has confirmed that a HTC phone that runs Google's Android operating system will be unveiled by Q4 this year. This transpired in a conversation that the General Manager of HTC for MEA and CIS had Read more...

Microsoft will extend the availability of its die-hard Windows XP operating system to manufacturers of ultra low-cost PCs, aka nettops. Not surprisingly, Microsoft's corporate vice president of

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Canonical, the commercial sponsor of well-known Linux distribution Ubuntu will be demonstrating a reworked version of Ubuntu specially catered to netbooks at Computex this week. Based on

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Intel has announced the availability of two Atom processors at the Computex 2008 conference in Taiwan this week. The Atom N270 processor is targeted at low-cost notebooks while the Atom 230 is

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WiMAX is the talk of the town at this year's CTIA Wireless show and everywhere you look, companies are demoing WiMAX devices, services and platforms. By far, the most talked about device is the Read more...