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During a speech given at the Telstra annual investment day, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer has questioned Google’s thinking and strategy behind releasing the operating system Android.
During the speech he commented directly about Google, saying:
They can hire smart guys, hire a lot of people,...
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In an announcement that discusses dropping platforms and some level of restructuring, Motorola let it slip that it was planning on releasing a phone based on Windows Mobile 6.5 in the second half of 2009. Along with that Motorola also announced that an Android-based device will be ready for the 2009...
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Microsoft’s Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote will have a new home in the cloud, the company announced at the Microsoft Developers Conference in Los Angeles this morning, adding the Office suite to the cadre of software and services it has said it will provide as it develops its Windows Azure...
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A week before the Federal Communications Commission is set to vote on a proposal to turn over spectrum between the digital television channels for a wireless broadband service, singer/songwriter Dolly Parton has come out against the plan.
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The Federal Communications Commission has released an engineering report that increases the chances for a new wireless broadband network operating in the so-called white spaces in the unused spectrum between digital TV channels.
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According to the Financial Times, Yahoo! seems to be moving forward with discussions to purchase some, if not all of AOL. That’s quite a flip for the company considering Yahoo! was under siege by Carl Icahn only a few months ago. Icahn planned to take ownership of the company by putting up his...
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Imagine today, but a year from now. You might still be waiting for the next version of Windows Mobile. Apparently hardware vendors had been expecting the final version to arrive “by early next year” but were recently told that it wouldn’t be ready until the second half on next year, according to CNET...
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The Wireless Innovation Alliance today is making another charge in the war between those trying to keep the unused spectrum between digital television channels clear, and those trying to use that spectrum for wireless broadband. Those so-called white spaces are the last chance for wireless broadband...
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How do cell phone users want to get their mobile applications, how do mobile developers want to deliver them, and what’s the future? Web or native, preloaded or installed, at a centralized app store or a distributed model, bundled or installed, offered by a company or a consortium, and open or...
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Google will release a browser tomorrow in what seems like a full frontal assault on Microsoft. Maybe! But it can also help Google realize its mobile ambitions. Plus my interview with Mozilla CEO John Lilly , who isn't too worried about Google browser for now, but is happy to compete. Continue Reading...
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The declining economy continues to hurt traditional print mags with the latest casualty being Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine. According to Hal Goldstein, publisher and owner, after 11 years the final issue will be published in 2008 and the magazine will be suspended.
Hal also went on to say that it’s...
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HTC has sent word that it’s now making a software ROM upgrade available on its website that will bring Windows Mobile 6.1 to the AT&T Tilt. Along with the upgrade Tilt users will now have access to the HTC Home Screen, Video Share Calling, Threaded SMS, MS Voice Command, OneNote Mobile, Remote...