Fueling speculation that an unlocked iPhone is in the cards, Oppenheimer telecommunications analyst Tim Horan predicted Monday that Apple will not renew its exclusive agreement with AT&T when the wireless carrier’s contract expires in May. “We believe AT&T’s iPhone exclusivity arrangement with Apple will be expiring by mid-2010,” Horan wrote. “For wireless carriers, customers are demanding the device and they need to remain competitive.” AT&T has been the exclusive carrier of the iPhone since its debut in 2007
Google’s computer operating system, due to be released next year, may rank among software most targeted by hackers in 2010, according to a Dec.
A former Seagate Technology employee says the company improperly used technology gleaned from Convolve Inc. and tried to cover up evidence of it after Convolve sued, according to a filing made in the case
Four years ago, Omar Hamoui was just another ineffectual entrepreneur trying to spruce up his resume in graduate school. Now, he’s poised to become Google Inc.’s newest weapon as the company aims to extend its dominance of online advertising from computers to mobile devices.
Speculation about Google’s hardware plans is reaching a fever pitch, as the company has invited members of the media to an “Android press gathering” on Jan. 5 at the company’s “Googleplex” headquarters.
The most widely used mobile-phone technology — Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) — has been cracked. The more than 20-year-old encryption, which protects mobile-phone calls and texts from being intercepted, was cracked by a computer hacking group called the Chaos Computer Club. The encryption based on the A5/1 and A5/2 algorithm offers over-the-air privacy by scrambling the communications link between a handset and a radio base station
If you use a social network or Adobe Reader products, beware in 2010. Security researchers say these vehicles will see more malicious attacks from hackers in the months ahead
In a patent drama just getting under way, Nokia has added a new twist in its case against Apple.
The United Kingdom’s largest mobile network said Tuesday that it was having problems keeping up with the increased demands placed on its system by Apple’s iPhone and other advanced smartphones.
Choosing the road less traveled, at the behest of their GPS system, led a Nevada couple to a frightening, snowbound Christmas ordeal in Oregon. John Rhoads, 65, and his wife, Starry Bush-Rhoads, 67, used their Toyota Sequoia’s navigation system to guide them home to Reno from Portland, and were unable to call for help when they became stuck on a deserted road. Their experience is raising questions about the trustworthiness of automated navigation systems, and experts are encouraging drivers not to solely rely on them in unfamiliar terrain
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