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SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. reported solid earnings in line with investor expectations and company projections, evidence the company has reined in its costs and cash management. …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Database technology provider Oracle Corp. released a new tool kit for developers to integrate wireless voice and data services into its application server, as well as new tools for …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. reported solid earnings in line with investor expectations and company projections, evidence the company has reined in its costs and cash management. …

MELBOURNE, Australia-With both business and consumers’ interest in using mobile data growing, Optus and SingTel have launched a worldwide search for “killer” mobile applications that will revolutionize the mobile industry. …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has teamed with other companies to release the application programming interface for operations support system initiative in the wireless arena. The other companies include BEA, …

WATERLOO, Ontario—BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. continued to make noise during its Wireless Enterprise Symposium this week, announcing a deal with business software vendor BEA Systems Inc. to extend …

TORONTO—Bell Mobility said it will begin offering services based on Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Java technology by early next year. The carrier joins the likes of Sprint PCS, Nextel Communications Inc. …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. said it is partnering with Vuico L.L.C. to develop a software for creating, assembling and deploying wireless Web services. “This leverage will allow Vuico to …

SAN FRANCISCO—Research In Motion Ltd. and Sun Microsystems Inc. announced they are working together to provide the platform, products, services and tools for enterprise software developers to use Java technology …

CANNES, France—Sun Microsystems made several announcements relating to the company’s overall wireless strategy at this week’s 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The company demonstrated how its mobile offerings, which …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Java giant Sun Microsystems Inc. announced Chinese carrier CSL will be the first in greater China to launch Java-based wireless services. The carrier will deploy the services through …

NEW YORK—IBM, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and a few other companies are coming together to form an alliance known as the Web Services Interoperability Organizations to form standards for business transactions …

NEW YORK—International Business Machines Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc. and a few other companies are coming together to form an alliance known as the Web Services Interoperability Organizations to …

PALO ALTO, Calif.—The mobile-commerce industry gained yet another standards body, the PayCircle consortium, which is aimed at creating interfaces that will allow all m-commerce applications to work with various proprietary …

Nokia Corp. continued its massive open mobile architecture standards push last week by signing up some of the world’s largest infrastructure and application server vendors, including BEA Systems Inc., Borland …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. said it recorded a loss of $180 million in its third quarter results, or 6 cents per share, representing a 43 percent drop in revenue.The …

NEW YORK—Sun Microsystems said it would cut 4,000 jobs as it warned of a wider-than-expected first-quarter loss owing to a tightening economy. “Things were tough with the economy before, but …

Two of the world’s leading chip makers last week announced deals they said would lead to the creation of faster and more efficient processors for 2.5- and third-generation mobile devices. …

Even the last bastion has been hit. The heat of the economic slowdown is choking contract electronics manufacturers that help the major original equipment manufacturers make their phones and infrastructure …

Amid mounting layoffs and company bankruptcies across the entire telecommunications sector, a little start-up out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is making its debut, hoping to capitalize on the growing voice-enabled …

NEW YORK-Volantis Systems Ltd., Guildford, England, has crossed the pond and established U.S. offices on both coasts to market its new Mariner software, which is designed to improve the speed, …

So you can check your e-mail wirelessly. Talaris Corp. says “so what?” How about reserving a table at a nearby restaurant for that important work lunch? How about scheduling a …

Sun Microsystems Inc., the inventor of Java technology is embracing ARM Ltd., a provider of microprocessor solutions, to optimize applications for handsets. ARM, which has about 75 percent market share …

TOKYO-Amid harsh competition among mobile carriers, Japanese cellular handsets have been evolving rapidly. Most handsets currently used are light, tiny, fashionable and smart. Internet-ready capabilities and color screens are almost …

By outsourcing their handset and network equipment production, major vendors may be unwittingly yielding enormous influence to contract electronics manufacturers that could acquire enough expertise and experience to develop their …