BlackBerry copies iOS 4 feature in server upgrade

From InfoWorld: Research in Motion released BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) 5.02 today, an update that, in an unusual turnabout, copies a mobile management capability from the iPhone's iOS: the ability to manage corporate data separately from personal data. That allows, for...

World's Biggest Laptop Maker Breaks Shipment Record in June

From PC World: Quanta Computer, the world's largest contract laptop computer maker, set record highs for shipments and revenue in the month of June, a sign demand for technology products hasn't stumbled despite fears of debt problems in some parts of Europe.

The Taiwanese company...

YouTube Mobile Site Trumps Dedicated iPhone App

From PC World: Goodbye YouTube software app, hello YouTube Web app. Google aims to kill off the YouTube mobile software app with a better mobile Web version compatible with iPhone and Android phones. The new YouTube mobile Web site was introduced Wednesday for smartphones and uses...

YouTube tries for the TV again with Leanback

From CNET News.com: YouTube is ready to take the wraps off its latest vision for how online videos can be enjoyed on larger screens.

YouTube Leanback is the newest name for an idea that has been circulating inside the company for some time, YouTube engineers and product managers...

Microsoft begins small number of job cuts

From CNET News.com: Microsoft on Wednesday began cutting a small number of jobs from its workforce, a source confirmed to CNET.

As previously reported, the layoffs are not expected to be the start of mass cuts, but are more similar to the types of reshuffling that the company does...

Android 2.2 JavaScript Performance Roasts iOS4

From DailyTech: Ars Technica recently pitted Android 2.2 (Froyo) against Apple's iOS4 in JavaScript benchmark tests. The findings show a Froyo-equipped Nexus One "demolishing" Apple's mobile Safari browser on the iPhone 4.

Froyo received some "significant performance improvements"...

Mac Sales Rocket Up 35 Percent, Even as People Embrace iPad

From DailyTech: Many may have thought the iPad would surely devour sales from any other Maccomputer available right now due to its lower price of entry, but according to analyst Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray from the NPD Group, Mac sales increased by 35 percent during the month of...

BlackBerry Copies IOS 4 Feature in Server Upgrade

From PC World: Research in Motion released BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) 5.02 today, an update that, in an unusual turnabout, copies a mobile management capability from the iPhone's iOS: the ability to manage corporate data separately from personal data. That allows, for...

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