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Of the 387 people who work for Parthus Technologies plc, more than 300 are engineers. This, company executives say, is one of the main reasons Parthus is able to offer …

Mobile computing company Psion plc shook the European wireless market-and sent its stocks rocketing to a new 27-month low-with news that it is dropping out of the running in the …

In France, the country where they offer calorie-laden pain au chocolats and croissants for breakfast, keeping one’s weight under control does not seem to be a problem-probably because the locals …

Mobile computing company Psion shook the European wireless market-and sent its stocks rocketing to a new 27-month low-with news that it is dropping out of the running in the smart-phone …

Motorola Inc.’s recent financial problems reverberated through the wireless industry and across the Atlantic, sending shares of Europe’s biggest personal digital assistant maker plummeting after Motorola pulled out of a …

PRINCETON, N.J.-Wireless infrastructure provider Broadbeam Corp. said it is developing a joint marketing initiative with Psion plc, a provider of Symbian-based devices, and that it added support for the Symbian/EPOC …

Microsoft and Ericsson announced a joint venture to develop and market mobile Internet products. In addition, Microsoft introduced its dual-mode microbrowser, called Mobile Internet Explorer, which Ericsson will adopt into …

The SyncML initiative publicly released version 1.0 of the SyncML specification, a protocol designed to support universal data synchronization of both remote and local data among various devices. The group …

Littlefeet Littlefeet Inc., a wireless network infrastructure developer, appointed Kai Cheong Chan as the general manager and sales director for the company’s new regional office, which will serve Singapore and …

Psion USA, a manufacturer of personal productivity handheld computers, has agreed to use ReturnsPort.com’s full suite of services to track and manage the comings and goings of its inventory in …

The evolution of the Symbian initiative advanced last week as the company held its first developers conference in London, supporting the release of version 6.0 of its open software platform …

HELSINKI, Finland-The SyncML initiative released version 1.0 Alpha of the SyncML specification, which is designed to synchronize data across multiple networks, platforms and devices. An upgraded SyncML Reference Toolkit, originally …

LONDON-In conjunction with releasing its financial results for the first six months of the year, U.K. handheld computer maker Psion plc said it plans to list the Symbian consortium, most …

The Personal Communications Industry Association made another move designed to evolve the association into one that serves the global mobile Internet market. PCIA last week announced the PCIA Global Initiative, …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported that Matsushita Communications Industrial Co. Ltd. joined the SyncML initiative, formed to develop and promote an open industry specification enabling the creation of interoperable wireless and …

WASHINGTON-To bolster its case for splitting Microsoft Corp. into two companies-a remedy U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson may agree to as early as this week-Justice Department lawyers in the …

NEW YORK-Sony Corp. has licensed the Texas Instruments Open Multimedia Application processing engine and Symbian’s EPOC software platform for Sony’s next generation of wireless handsets. Sony selected the two technologies …

Content is king. That’s the mantra repeated by many looking to make it big in the wireless Internet space these days. But for content to be valuable, it must be …

Having been ruled a monopoly and found guilty of violating federal antitrust laws to maintain that status, Microsoft now faces an uncertain future as federal courts determine how best to …

NEW YORK-3Com Corp. spun off 4 percent of its Palm Computing unit March 2 in an initial public offering of 23 million shares that received enthusiastic investor reception. The IPO, …

There’s an ancient Japanese custom in which a man wooing a woman leaves romantic haiku poems tied to flowers or branches on her front lawn every day for as long …

Motorola and Psion agreed to build products, expected to be released in the first half of 2001, using a new platform from Symbian. Symbian announced a wireless computing platform for …

France Telecom announced a partnership with IBM Corp. and Palm Computing Inc. for a trial service extending intranet and desktop-environment data to personal digital assistants. The solution integrates France Telecom’s …

In what has been called primarily a preening gesture for Mannesmann AG shareholders, Vodafone AirTouch plc announced plans last week to launch an Internet portal designed for wireless Internet and …

In a deal mirroring one recently completed by Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. announced it will license the Palm operating system from Palm Computing Inc. for use in future wireless products. …