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We wrote recently about how the rise of mobile phones with built-in cameras has led to an irresistible urge to record our experiences e...

As you may have heard, there's been an election in Rome recently. These kind of events tend to bring out the crowds, and NBC had t...

As the mobile phone moves closer to the center of daily life in many parts of the world, combining phone, computer, camera, diary, music pl...

Many were sceptical when Google announced that it was launching another mobile platform. After all, some said, there are already multiple of...

Google's Android makes its debut in Barcelona: The first mobile phones fitted with Google's Android software platform made their de...

Researchers at Purdue University are working with the state of Indiana to develop a system that would use a network of cell phones to detect...

As usual, Matt Asay is spot-on with his analysis of Fonality's acquisition of Insightful Solutions, especially here: With this Fonality...

I can't help feeling this will ultimately link with the story about wireless memory cards: Software that turns groups of ordinary came...

OpenMoko, perhaps the first open source mobile phone, is out . It's sounds like geek heaven, but whether it will sell is another matter...

Another great commons under threat : In towns and cities across the country, millions of other street trees are less lucky. Supersized lorri...

One of GNU/Linux's unique properties is its ability to run on dozens of platforms (whereas Windows runs on precisely one, that of Intel...

Software firm Comverse Technology has created an application that runs Second Life on Java-enabled mobile phones, along with other software ...

Think about it : There are more mobile phone subscribers at one Chinese operator than people in the entire U.S., according to figures China ...

Who is this Steve Jobs whereof they speak? I just don't get the mindless adulation of this person (try reading " The Journey is th...

Here's a fascinating analysis of why Sun went for the GPL and why now: In summary, Sun opensourcing Java is all driven by mobile. The t...

...or are you just glad to see me? This is hardly rocket science, but it's nonetheless potentially highly useful. Apparently the Germa...

Think of GNU/Linux and you probably think of servers, maybe with a smidgeon of desktop thrown in for good measure. In fact, the domain wher...

The ever-wise Bruce Schneier (whom I had the pleasure of interviewing a couple of years ago) spells out in words of one syllable why the h...

I'm all in favour of openness, but maybe this is taking things a little too far.... More seriously, it does show the tension between op...