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  • News: iPhone 2 to launch at June's WWDC?

    Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place on June 9-13, the company has revealed, and rumours are circulating that the event will be used to launch the iPhone 2.

  • News: Flash & PDF support coming to Windows Mobile

    Microsoft plans to support Adobe's Flash technology as well as its own Silverlight platform on Windows Mobile phones, the companies plan to announce today.

  • News: The seven best Windows Mobile downloads

    If you're using your Windows Mobile smartphone or Pocket PC with only the out-the-box applications such as the media player or calculator, you're missing out on a world of value. Your handheld is, after all, a tiny computer.

  • News: Intel & Apple to partner on iPhone 3?

    Intel is hoping Apple will select its chips for inclusion in the third version of the iPhone, according to online reports.

  • News: iPhone SDK downloads exceed 100,000

    Apple's iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) has been downloaded over 100,000 times since it was unveiled last week. The SDK allows third-party developers to make applications for the iPhone and iPod touch.

  • News: HTC & Chunghwa plan Google Android phone

    China's Chunghwa Telecom may become the first mobile operator to offer a Chinese-language handset running Google's Android mobile platform, courtesy of its close relationship with smartphone maker High Tech Computer (HTC).

  • News: Video: The technology week in review

    See the past seven days in technology in this great video. Highlights include Intel and AMD's new chips, Steve Ballmer and Microsoft's press conference at CeBIT and Asus' new Eee PC. Also, see Greenpeace highlighting tech waste, Vodafone's image-search service, BlackBerry browser updates, Navigation and Europe's Galileo, and the sights of the CeBIT tradeshow in Hannover, Germany.

  • News: Feature: Inside Microsoft's research labs

    If you think the touchscreen on Apple's iPhone is cool, imagine a device that actually sees, reflects and responds to your fingers touching the back of the device.

  • News: iPhone users to get third-party apps in June

    Steve Jobs last night confirmed that Apple will open up iPhone application sales and ship the final SDK to developers – a move which should lead to the availability of a range of new iPhone apps.

  • News: Ballmer: Silverlight not ready for the iPhone

    Steve Ballmer said Microsoft wants to get its Silverlight technology, which allows developers to build and deliver multimedia applications on the web, "everywhere" and that putting it on the iPhone is certainly "interesting".

  • News: iPhone gets Microsoft Exchange support

    Apple has boosted the business credentials of the iPhone by licensing protocols from rival Microsoft to add Exchange support to the handset.

  • News: Apple to ship 10 millionth iPhone this year

    Apple will sell its 10 millionth iPhone in the current financial year, according to senior executives at the company's annual shareholder meeting. Five of the eight board members, including former vice president Al Gore and Google CEO Eric Schmidt, attended the meeting.

  • News: Cable & Wireless join forces with Orange

    Cable & Wireless has joined forces with mobile operator Orange to offer its fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) customers access to national roaming.

  • News: Apple buys iPhone patent from BT

    Apple has acquired a patent for the iPhone from BT. US patent 6,956,564 covers sensing technology invented by Lyndsay Williams for BT in 1997, which was originally deployed in a touch-sensitive computer called SmartQuill.

  • News: Sony, Dell & HP products top Greenpeace study

    A Sony Ericsson mobile phone, a Sony laptop and PCs from Dell and HP came top of their categories in a study of green electronics devices conducted by Greenpeace. There's little cause for celebration, though, as they only scored around half marks, leaving plenty of room for improvement.

  • News: 25 new apps we want on our iPhone

    As Apple summons the tech press to its Cupertino headquarters to detail its future plans for the iPhone, here's our own wish-list of apps we'd like to see working on the popular handset

  • News: Video: New Asus Eee PC has larger screen

    Asus is showing off a new version of its low-cost Eee PC which features a larger screen.

  • News: Microsoft puts Silverlight on Nokia phones

    Microsoft hopes to push through adoption of its Silverlight technology by announcing strategic partnerships at its annual MIX 08 conference, including a deal with Nokia to put the technology on mobile devices.

  • News: Solar-powered iPod charger launches

    A combined solar- and battery-based recharger system for iPhones, iPods, PDAs, PlayStation Portables (PSPs) and mobile phones has launched in the UK.

  • News: Acer buys smartphone manufacturer E-Ten

    Acer has agreed to buy handheld device maker E-Ten Information Systems, a deal which will put Acer in the position to further develop a range of handheld devices, including smartphones and GPS devices.