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Nokia’s share of the mobile phone market has dropped by 25 per cent in the first quarter of 2011, a report revealed by Gartner said on Thursday.

Google has announced that it is trying to fix a vulnerability exposed in Android phones by a group of researchers at a German university which allows hackers to get hold of a user's contact and calendar data over open Wi-Fi network.

A news leak reveals the future roadmap for T-Mobile's 2011 device list that includes plenty of Android and Blackberry devices. No iPhone or Window Phones were listed suggesting they were ignored for the 2011 lineup. The exclusion of iPhone may come as no surprise after T-Mobile said it will not offer iPhones in the immediate future due to acquisition agreements following the announced merger with AT&T. Windows Phone fans can hope that T-Mobile will follow through with offering the Nokia ...

Intel’s general manager of software and service Renee James is not worried at the fact that Windows 8 will be available for ARM-based PC because it will not run legacy applications. Windows 8 for Intel’s x86 will.

Research in Motion issued a partial recall on its much-hyped Playbook tablet, but unfortunately this disappointing news isn't an isolated misstep.

On Monday Research in Motion announced a recall on its just recently minted and extremely hyped-up Playbook tablet computer. Unfortunately this disappointing news doesn't come in a vacuum for the company, but instead follows a series of misstep

Android malware problems have seen four-fold increase between June 2010 and January 2011, according to a report released by Juniper Networks.

Jefferies analyst Peter Misek has listed five key risks that could impede Apple's dominance.

Credit Suisse have addressed five recurring concerns troubling the investors of Apple.

China Telecommunications Corporation (China Telecom) and Research in Motion (RIM), the perpetual developer of the BlackBerry smartphone, has announced plans to start BlackBerry services for small commercial organizations in China, a report in RIM website said. The companies will be launching the Blackberry Bold 9650 smartphone

There is no word as yet on when Sony's PlayStation Network will be back online. Surprisingly, rumor mills too are silent about Sony's next move. There is talk however that fans experiencing withdrawal symptoms could look at alternatives. That means a hardware sale windfall for Xbox and Wii.

The number of malware that aim the Android mobile operating system has gone up by 400 per cent since summer of last year, according to a report by Juniper Networks.

While many are heralding the entry of Chromebooks as the next game changer cynics have a question or two about Google's strategy behind its light-weight, browser-based Chrome OS.

The new HP Veer 4G and Samsung Infuse 4G seems to be lying in two corners, one being the smallest yet a cute smartphone while the other seems to define the width of a smartphone. Both these smartphones differ from the standard size offered in the market today.

Google's announcement that it is entering the home automation segment and that it has started building hardware accessories that work on Android devices, has spawned key questions.

A gamut of releases at Google I/O conference shows that Google is attempting on one hand to plug existing loopholes in the Android platform, is adding new cloud-services to pre-empt Apple and is outlining its future vision in that it wants Android to become a multi-device OS.

Jefferies & Co. believes the Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) announcement of Android Ice Cream Sandwich is positive for Android handset original equipment manufacturers like Motorola Mobility, Samsung, and LG.

Google says the future version of Android will be more all devices.

Microsoft brings aboard Skype for $8.5 billion. With Skype, Microsoft is getting an established player in the increasingly competitive voice and video calling market. Skype has 170 million connected users and logged over 207 billion minutes of voice and video conversations in 2010.

Search-giant Google updated its Goggles app on Monday to include better note-taking capabilities, search history, and better business card recognition as machine-vision becomes more useful.

Nvidia looking to stay up to par with Intel and Qualcomm on mobility, acquires Icera for $367 million.