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Week in Review: Budget laptops to boost PC market?

Cheap laptops are in the news again as Computex in Taiwan reveals the new Eee PC and its growing band of competitors.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 6 Jun 2008 at 12:39

Internet/News

Schools fight knife crime with anonymous SMS

Mobile users will be able to report crimes without fear of retribution thanks to an anonymous SMS text service provided by Crimestoppers.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 2 Jun 2008 at 11:57

Mobile & Telecoms/News

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Industry giants combat malaria with tech

IBM, Novartis and Vodafone have teamed up to use technology in the fight against malaria.

By Maggie Holland, 14 Dec 2009 at 13:45

Industry & Public Sector/News

Text messages to ‘break’ stolen laptops

Lenovo introduces new security where text messages will render its stolen laptops useless to thieves.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 26 Nov 2008 at 13:02

Security/News

Distractions can help us problem solve, according to researchers

Tech distractions may help decision makers think

Focusing away from the problem may actually help you focus on the solution, according to researchers.

By Maggie Holland, 6 Oct 2008 at 10:54

Management/News

Schools get SMS for alerts

An open source mobile messaging module will allow schools and universities to send out text messages as reminders or alerts.

By Miya Knights, 27 May 2008 at 17:16

Industry & Public Sector/News

Android

Android patched to fix denial of service bugs

Flaws in the open source Android mobile platform have been fixed.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 12 Oct 2009 at 14:01

Security/News

BlackBerry

RIM patches potential BlackBerry phishing flaw

BlackBerry maker RIM secures a hole that could have led users to fall victim to a phishing attack, through email or SMS.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 5 Oct 2009 at 13:17

Security/News

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Mobile firm wants job applications over text

A job ad over Twitter asks for applications via SMS.

By Nicole Kobie, 6 Jul 2009 at 11:19

Careers/News

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Cloudmark addresses SMS threat

Security firm Cloudmark has released a new range of products to combat the rise in SMS attacks.

By Jennifer Scott, 23 Jun 2009 at 13:01

Security/News

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Vodafone offers free SMS tweets for UK users

Vodafone UK and Twitter have announced a free SMS service for its customers.

By Jennifer Scott, 27 Mar 2009 at 11:24

Mobile & Telecoms/News

PayPal uses new text message security verification

Verisign now allows PayPal users to add more security to their accounts with SMS and physical security tokens.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 26 Jan 2009 at 17:33

Security/News

Intel adds GPS to track stolen laptops

Intel puts kill switch tech on mobile broadband notebooks, but this time with tracking GPS.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 12 Dec 2008 at 14:33

Security/News

SMS ensures auctions won't be going, going, gone...

The world-renowned fine art auctioneer Christie's is using a new text messaging services to make sure its global, high rolling customers never miss...

By Miya Knights, 13 May 2008 at 10:18

Mobile & Telecoms/News

End2End seals SMS delivery deal with KLM

Passengers with the Dutch airline carrier will be receiving flight status notifications thanks to the mobile messaging provider.

By Ash Dosanjh, 8 May 2008 at 15:50

Mobile & Telecoms/News

Huge growth forecast for mobile ad spending

A new analyst report forecasts annual growth of over 40 per cent as handset improvements offer cost-effective communication streams.

By Miya Knights, 7 May 2008 at 17:33

Mobile & Telecoms/News

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Texters up their game during festive period

This Christmas may well break a record for the volume of text and picture messaging, according to mobile giant Orange.

By Maggie Holland, 22 Dec 2009 at 12:04

Mobile & Telecoms/News

Text message on phone

Student nabs first PhD in texting

A post graduate student has received what is believed to be the UK's first SMS-focused doctorate.

By Maggie Holland, 10 Aug 2009 at 11:33

Mobile & Telecoms/News

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