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Law firms admit to losing confidential data on mobiles

A quarter of UK legal firms admit that they have misplaced at least one mobile device containing confidential documents, a survey has shown.

Researcher warns of critical Google bug in G1 phone

A noted security researcher Monday warned users of T-Mobile's G1 smart phone that a critical vulnerability in Google's Android operating system could be used to hack their phones.

Android users favoring apps over games

Owners of the Android-powered G1 handset seem more anxious to get things done with it than to play games, according to download statistics from the long-awaited phone's first few days on sale.

Android Market to open to any app Monday

The Android Market currently has about 50 applications, but that number should go up next week when Google opens the market to developers.

iPhone 3G drives solid returns for Apple

Propelled by booming iPhone 3G sales, Apple on Tuesday reported strong sales and profitability for the quarter that ended in September.

Jobs: The iPhone is Apple's netbook

Apple has no imminent plans to compete in the growing market for "netbooks," the small, inexpensive laptops that accounted for 5 percent of all US notebook sales last quarter, CEO Steve Jobs said Tuesday.

Android phone launch day relatively quiet

The first day of sales in the US for Google's Android phone hasn't quite echoed the frenzy surrounding initial iPhone sales, but a few hardy souls across the country got up early to buy the first devices available in stores.

G1 phone buyers like the 'open' Android software

Judging by the smile on Jacek Ambroziak's face, you would have thought he won the lottery. For him, being the first in line to buy a new G1 phone at the T-Mobile US store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was better than winning the lotto.

RIM launches BlackBerry Pearl Flip in Australia

Research in Motion (RIM) yesterday launched its first flip handset in Australia, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8820.

RIM to give developers Web, push tools

Research In Motion will give developers tools to build Web applications that work offline, expanding beyond the Java platform that has been at the core of BlackBerry applications until now, the company said Tuesday.

Google releases Android source code

Google announced on Tuesday that the source code for its mobile operating system, Android, is now available for anyone to use free.

New iPhone training course aims at IT pros

Apple Reseller Designwyse Australia has launched what it claims is the first technical iPhone training course for IT professionals.

Opera adds widgets to mobile browser beta

Opera has added support for widgets to the latest beta release of its Mobile 9.5 browser. The release marks the second Opera Mobile 9.5 beta for Windows Mobile and the first-ever beta for UIQ-based phones, it announced on Monday.

Mozilla offers alpha version of mobile browser for N810

Mozilla plans to release on Thursday an alpha version of its mobile browser today for Nokia's Internet tablets.

The Android fine print: kill switch and other tidbits

An uproar erupted when iPhone users discovered a so-called remote kill switch on their phones -- will it spur the same reaction in users of the G1, the first Android phone?