Stories by Mikael Ricknäs

Smartphones key as phone vendors regroup

The fourth quarter wasn't a good one for the mobile phone manufacturers, and now they are looking to smartphones to save the day.

Nokia's sales, profit and market share drop

Nokia reported fourth-quarter sales down about 19 percent year on year. The company sold fewer phones than a year earlier, and its market share also dropped, it said Thursday.

Nokia's sales, profit and market share drop

Nokia reported fourth-quarter sales down about 19 percent year on year. The company sold fewer phones than a year earlier, and its market share also dropped, it said Thursday.

Ericsson profit declines, plans to cut 5,000 jobs

Swedish operator Ericsson saw declining profits for its fourth quarter and will lay off 5,000 employees in a continuing effort to cut costs, the company said Wednesday.

NetApp CEO: Virtualization driving sluggish storage market

Storage companies are feeling the pain of companies cutting IT costs and overall spending, but the move to server virtualization is driving some demand, according to NetApp CEO Dan Warmenhoven.

Phone prototypes stolen from Sony Ericsson

A number of stolen prototypes of Sony Ericsson mobile phones were found at the home of a company employee, Swedish police said on Wednesday.

Nortel files for bankruptcy

Financially struggling Nortel Networks filed for Chapter 11 in US bankruptcy court yesterday.

Palm announces webOS and Pre phone

Palm is hoping to get back on track with its new Pre touch phone, which comes equipped with the equally new operating system webOS, both announced on Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Panasonic shows off thin plasma TV prototype

LCD TVs aren't the only TVs that can be thin. On Wednesday, Panasonic demonstrated a plasma TV set that is one-third of an inch thin -- or 8.8 millimeters -- at the thinnest part of its profile.

Cisco gets social with Entertainment OS

Cisco on Wednesday announced the availability of Eos, or Entertainment Operating System, its hosted platform for media companies.

D-Link hails 802.11n, announces three products

Networking company D-Link Systems is already seeing consumers and businesses switching to 802.11n, even though the wireless LAN technology isn't a ratified standard.

New device aims to turn everyone into a DJ

A new version of the portable DJ system Pacemaker will be cheaper and easier to use than its predecessor, and bring the product to the masses, said Swedish company Tonium on Tuesday.

Netgear shows 500GB media player

Netgear Wednesday introduced a digital media player with a built-in 500GB hard drive and support for HD video.

Companies are overstating green claims, consumers say

Sixty-five percent of consumers think some companies overstate their green credentials to sell more products, according to research presented by industry organization Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) at the International Consumer Electronics Sh...

Swedish tabloid buys 700 iPhones

Sweden's largest tabloid newspaper, Aftonbladet, will be the first company in the nation to use a new iPhone-based enterprise package from TeliaSonera as it equips 700 of its employees with iPhones.