CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Computer hackers could use a text message to crash a Nokia Corp. 6210 mobile phone, said security company @stake Inc. in a security advisory.Attackers can manipulate the parameters of a vCard electronic business card so that if the information is sent to a...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.- Bill Nguyen, the entrepreneur who sold Onebox.com (now Openwave Systems Inc.) to Phone.com for $850 million, is back at the head of wireless e-mail company Seven, just in time to see the company score European wireless giant Orange plc as a...
DENVER-As he demonstrated the strength of Palm Inc.'s new product, the Tungsten W PDA phone, senior product manager Stephane Maes showed how the market has segmented over the past few years. Palm recently visited RCR Wireless News to preview the new device the company...
CANNES, France-Asian carrier SmarTone Mobile Communications Ltd. will offer wireless e-mail services through a new partnership with ViAir, the companies announced.Under the deal, SmarTone will offer an "e-mail on the go" service, which provides customers with access to Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes e-mail,...
CANNES, France-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile released an advanced new mobile phone to be sold in the next few months in Europe and Asia, the first phone from the company to use Nokia Corp.'s Series 60 software platform.The SX1 device, which offers a large...
CANNES, France-Wireless operator Orange released sales figures and details about its business-oriented SPV device-the first wireless device to use Microsoft Corp.'s Smartphone operating system-and announced plans to offer a modified SPV aimed at consumers.Orange said it has sold 40,000 of its SPVs since it...
SINGAPORE-M1, a cellular and paging carrier in Singapore, has commenced a free trial through March 31 of its new SunSurf wireless broadband service, available at 60 hot spots to consumers with portable or handheld computers using a Microsoft Inc. operating system.M1 plans to increase...
MANILA, The Philippines-Smart Communications Inc. has become the second operator worldwide and the first in Asia to offer a Microsoft-powered smart phone, following Orange U.K. last year. Smart is the largest mobile operator in the Philippines.Smart said the "Smart Amazing Phone," featuring Pocket Outlook,...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Application processor company NeoMagic Corp. said it will offer a reference design kit the company said will allow manufacturers to easily and quickly build a smart phone using Microsoft Corp.'s software.NeoMagic's reference design, dubbed Genesys, incorporates Microsoft's Smartphone operating system, as well...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless corporate e-mail company Seven announced it scored Orange as a new customer, and that the carrier will offer Seven's unique network-based corporate information product in the United Kingdom.Seven's service, dubbed Office Freedom by Orange, gives mobile workers wireless access to Microsoft...
CANNES, France-Emblaze Systems, which develops customized services and technologies for wireless carriers, will join Micorsoft, Nortel, LG and others to demonstrate third-generation (3G) technologies for mobile carriers at this year's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes. Emblaze will demonstrate: Microsoft Internet content, including movie trailers...
MIAMI, Fla.-Wireless device maker E-Rex Inc. said it will delay the release of its ambitious wireless e-mail, Internet and printing device-dubbed Dragonfly-due to lack of available funding."Due to the continued long-term decline in the company's share price, E-Rex is unable to ensure Valcom that...
TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers AT&T Wireless reported a strategic agreement with Microsoft Canada to provide mobile access to the full suite of Microsoft Office applications from wireless devices.Under terms of the agreement the two companies will jointly provide and promote wireless offerings to the...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. has countered mobile-phone maker Sendo's claims that Microsoft purposely drove the company to the brink of bankruptcy, insisting instead that Sendo was to blame for the situation by not devoting enough resources to its planned Microsoft Smartphone and misleading Microsoft concerning...
Just months after European carrier Orange released the world's first mobile phone running on Microsoft's Smartphone operating system, the two companies are working to develop a patch for a software bug in the phone's operating system, a bug that allows users to bypass the...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. reported revenues of $8.5 billion for its second quarter, up from the $7.7 billion it scored in the same quarter last year.The company also announced its first ever annual dividend of 16 cents per share. The company's stock was down about...
LONDON-Orange is looking into possible security breaches in its new SPV smart phone, according to reports. The device is the first to use Microsoft Corp.'s Smartphone operating system.Neither Orange nor Microsoft was immediately available for comment.The security bugs were posted on a smart phone...
LAS VEGAS-Known as the two-headed monster of the personal computing industry by the nickname Wintel, the heads of Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. made special mention of the importance wireless technology will play in the future of consumer electronics during their respective keynote speeches...
LAS VEGAS-Conference-goers who managed to brave the miles of show floor at this year's annual Consumer Electronics Show were witness to a significant movement in the electronics landscape-the rise of wireless. Hundreds of wireless companies showed off their wares at the well-attended convention, and...
SEATTLE, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. said it has changed the name of its Windows Server product from .Net to Windows Server 2003, the fourth time the product has experienced a name change. It succeeds the Windows 2000 Server."The aim of the name change is to clarify...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-Apple Computer Inc. has unveiled a wide-screen laptop computer with a wireless networking technology five times faster than the available standard.The 17-inch-screen Titanium PowerBook will hit retail shelves in February, while the 12-inch screen PowerBook will hit retail shelves in two weeks.Apple...
DALLAS-JP Mobile announced its SureWave software will now ship with the Nokia 9290 Communicator.SureWave software enables secure, synchronized access to enterprise applications including Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino groupware. "This agreement allows us to provide users an enhanced solution for secure mobile access and...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-As Microsoft and Symbian fight for dominance in the burgeoning smart-phone operating system (OS) market, U.S.-based Montavista Software has announced it is working with NEC to develop a Linux-based OS specifically targeted for use within cell phones.According to Montavista, Symbian is the...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The Linux operating system has raised its stakes in the wireless world in a pact with MontaVista Software, which has agreed to embed the OS into a variety of handsets.The move squares Linux off against both the Palm and Symbian operating systems.Phone maker...
