iPad pushes Apple into top mobile ranks

From CNET News.com: The unstoppable sales juggernaut that is the iPad has pushed Apple past Dell, Lenovo, and Toshiba into the No. 3 slot for laptop shipments, according to a Deutsche Bank analyst.

So, how did this happen? Investors will begin to categorize the iPad as a laptop...

Intel Atom Slates Get Lackluster Welcome from PC Makers

From X-bit Labs: Even though Intel Corp. has invested a lot of money into development of chips and system-on-chip (SoC) devices for ultra-portable personal computers or consumer electronics, manufacturers of actual products still prefer ARM architecture-based microprocessors due to...

Number Of Windows 7 Users Surpasses Vista

From CRN: In July the number of Windows 7 operating system users surpassed Vista users, according to calculations by a leading market research firm. But Windows 7 has a long way to go to overtake the aging Windows XP, which still has more than double the market share of Windows 7...

Apple Drops Attack Videos From iPhone 4 Antenna Page

From CRN: Is Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) backing off its assertion that the antenna issues plaguing iPhone 4 happen with rival smartphones, too?

Apple's Web site sure makes it seem that way: gone -- at least from immediate view -- are the videos Apple posted detailing how other smartphones...

Hackers release browser-based iPhone 4 jailbreak

From CNET News.com: The unlocked iPhone 4 is now technically legal and technically possible.

Just days after the U.S. Copyright Office ruled that bypassing a manufacturer's protection mechanisms to allow "handsets to execute software applications" no longer violates federal...

Research in Motion Plans BlackPad

From X-bit Labs: Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry smartphones, plans to introduce a tablet computer in November to compete with Apple Pad, and other devices of this kind, Bloomberg news-agency reported on Friday. Although there are rumours the company has established...

Hacker shows how easy it is to snoop on GSM cell phones

From InfoWorld: Despite concerns that federal authorities might fine or arrest him, hacker Chris Paget went ahead this weekend with a live demonstration of mobile phone interception at the Defcon hacking conference.

Using several thousand dollars worth of equipment, Paget was able...

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