Cryptocat, a project building an instant messaging platform that provides more privacy and security for activists, plans a host of improvements this year, including developing an application for mobile devices. An open-source program, ...
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It's starting to look like the BlackBerry store will be well stocked with apps when Research In Motion launches BlackBerry 10 at the end of this month. The company held an event over the weekend where it offered app developers incentives ...
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Sales of Samsung's two Galaxy S smartphones have topped 100 million since the first version sold in May 2010, Samsung reported via Flickr on Monday. The site indicates that 30 million Galaxy S III devices were sold in five months, and ...
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Microsoft's Surface RT tablet sold 1 million units in the fourth quarter, fewer than expected, according to a UBS analyst. The analyst, Brent Thill, had expected 2 million Surface RT tablets to sell. In a note to investors, he said that ...
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Microsoft sold just one million Surface tablets in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to UBS analyst Brent Thill. That's 19 million fewer than the number of iPads sold by Apple in the same quarter, and half the number Thill originally ...
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In the next 12 months, smartphones with five new operating systems are scheduled to go on sale, leaning on Web technologies and improved user interfaces to try and make a dent in the dominance of Apple's iOS and Google's Android. In two ...
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An imprintable and bendable , according to the country's Yonhap News Agency. If the report is accurate, this would be a world-first for the technology industry, and could pave the way for flexible phones and tablets, effectively ...
Dell, the world's third-biggest PC vendor, is in talks that could see it taken over by private equity, according to reports. However, discussions with TPG Capital and Silver Lake are currently at a preliminary stage and financing has ...
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Samsung has sold more than 100 million smartphones from its Galaxy S line since the first one sold in May 2010, the brand reported on Monday. The electronics giant said that 30 million Galaxy S3 devices were sold in five months, and that, ...
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Sales of Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet failed to meet expectations in the fourth quarter of 2012, selling just 1 million units, according to a UBS analyst. The analyst, Brent Thill, had expected 2 million Surface RT tablets to sell. ...
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Oracle is distributing a patch for Java software flaws deemed so dangerous that the US Department of Homeland Security said that people should stop using it. "Oracle recommends that this Security Alert be applied as soon as possible ...
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IDG News Service - Ericsson has agreed to transfer 1,922 patents and 263 patent applications to Unwired Planet in return for a share in ongoing revenue from the patents. The transfer includes 753 U.S. patents related to 2G, 3G and LTE ...
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Microsoft and a respected researcher disagreed this week about whether a bug in Windows RT is actually a security vulnerability that should be patched. The bug, revealed Jan. 5 by a hacker known as "clrokr," can be used to bypass a ...
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Staff at the United States Department of Defense (DoD) could soon be using Pentagon-issued Windows 8 smartphones as part of a joint enterprise licensing agreement (JELA) with Microsoft. The Department of Defense, which oversees the US ...
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Staff at the United States Department of Defense (DoD) could soon be using Pentagon-issued Windows 8 smartphones as part of a joint enterprise licensing agreement (JELA) with Microsoft. The Department of Defense, which oversees the US ...
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