Un-Flash eyes world of Google Steve Jobs forbids you from building iPhone applications with a language other than Objective C, C, or C++. If that other language is Adobe Flash. What about if it's not Adobe Flash? Are you still forbidden?… Full published article at: Read More »

Joins BoA and Visa in trials Wells Fargo is joining the effort spearheaded by Visa to help NFC break in the difficult American market.… Full published article at: Read More »

Dawinderpal Sahota, Computing, Friday 3 September 2010 at 15:11:00 X-Factor releases app for Nokia smartphones, but not iPhones or Android handsets Nokia has launched a new X-Factor app for its smartphones. The app is exclusive to Nokia and is not available for iPhones or Android handsets. The application can be downloaded via Nokia’s Ovi Store. It gives fans of the ITV show access to exclusive photos, gossip, games and video clips from the show. It also features a competition that is exclusive to Nokia owners as well as exclusive behind the scenes footage with the show’s...Read More »

Dave Bailey, Computing, Friday 3 September 2010 at 14:58:00 Most users have more broadband than they know what to do with, apparently Mobile operator O2 published a study today suggesting millions of broadband users were wasting money buying broadband services too fast for their needs. O2 head of home and broadband Felix Geyr said, "Sixty-two per cent of broadband consumers in our survey would prefer their ISP to provide packages based on their specific needs." He added that the industry therefore needs to "tailor its services to people’s needs, help consumers understand exactly what they...Read More »

Qi gets branded products The wireless power consortium, Qi, is celebrating the launch of a solution with a known brand - Energizer - attached, but the technology is still a long way from the mainstream.… Full published article at: Read More »

But no Gigabit performance just yet Netgear has announced what may well be the world's first consumer networking products based on the as-yet-unratified IEEE P1910 next-gen powerline Ethernet standard.…Free On-Demand Webcast - Virtualizing the Hard Stuff Full published article at: Read More »

Firms will just have to get used to it The secretary general of the International Telecommunications Union has stepped into the lawful interception debate, saying that companies are just going to have to provide governments with access somehow.… Full published article at: Read More »

Yours for £12 a month Virgin Media is offering the BlackBerry Curve 8520 - reviewed here - in what it claims os the "most competitive" pay-monthly package this smartphone can be found on.… Full published article at: Read More »

Ovi could do with the support Nokia is backing ITV's X Factor with a dedicated application and exclusive content, but it will take more then Auto Tune to make Ovi a Christmas number one.… Full published article at: Read More »

Dave Bailey, Computing, Thursday 2 September 2010 at 17:24:00 ITU secretary-general says broadband "transformational to economic and social progress" The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has released broadband statistics showing that the UK is keeping up with global competitors on price and market penetration. Monthly fixed-line broadband subscriptions in the UK cost just 0.63 per cent of the average monthly income, compared with 0.5, 1.0 and 1.2 per cent in the US, France and Germany respectively. The UK has fixed line broadband penetration of 30 per cent per 100 inhabitants compared with 27, 31 and...Read More »