TODAY ON ITNEWS
Mobility
MWC: Mobile industry begs for more spectrum
By
Brett Winterford
| February 17, 2009
Heavyweights from the mobile telephony industry combined today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to plea with world governments to allocate more spectrum to mobile data services.
Business
Small businesses don't trust remote workers
By
Tom Young
| February 17, 2009
Only eight per cent of the UK's small businesses trust employees to work away from the office, despite 42 per cent of workers saying they would work harder from home, according to research.
Mobility
MWC: Microsoft announces Windows Mobile 6.5
By
Brett Winterford
| February 17, 2009
Microsoft today used Mobile World Congress to announce its latest mobile operating system, 'Windows Mobile 6.5', plus an app store for its devices named Windows Marketplace for Mobile and a phone back-up service called 'My Phone'.
Linux & Open Source
Samsung eyes Linux push this year
By
Staff Writers
| February 17, 2009
The world's second-largest mobile phone maker, Samsung Electronics, will start to sell several phones using open-source Linux software platforms this year, a senior executive told Reuters in an interview.
Hardware
Lenovo users offered BlackBerry integration
By
Rosalie Marshall
| February 17, 2009
A new partnership between Lenovo and Research In Motion will allow laptop users to receive email whenever their BlackBerry smartphone can access the Internet, even if the laptop is turned off.
Security
Mobile manufacturers express security fears
By
Phil Muncaster
| February 17, 2009
Half of all mobile phone manufacturers reported malware infections, voice or text spam attacks and other security incidents last year, according to research by McAfee.
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