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Wireless push e-mail provider Seven Networks Inc. is set to acquire its rival Smartner Information Systems Ltd. this week. The move will allow Seven to expand its geographic footprint, especially into Europe, where Smartner, based in Helsinki, Finland, has made inroads with its wireless push e-mail offering. The acquisition will also expand Sevens partnerships with […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. is planning a spring debut for the next version of its iPaq, which will include considerable functionality and performance improvements. The new iPaq hw6500 Mobile Messenger works with quad-band GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) and high-speed EDGE (Enhanced Data for Global Evolution) networks, according to documents submitted […]

BlackBerry device maker RIM posted a loss in the fourth quarter as a result of settling its three-year patent dispute with NTP. Despite this drop, RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie remains confident, pointing out in an earnings conference call that BlackBerry has broad appeal due to its wide applications integration and globalized administration. Research In Motion […]

Xerox is shipping its first color multifunction printer, or MFP, based on the companys solid- ink technologies. Xeroxs solid-ink printers use large blocks of ink that sit side by side inside the printer, instead of the more common toner cartridges. The solid-ink technology uses fewer consumables, is cleaner and generates less environmental waste than toner-based […]

Before a U.S. Air Force pilot ever climbs into a fighter jet for combat, there is a long chain of people and steps in the process of making sure that the plane is ready for a mission. Deep behind the front lines of the Air Force, there is an unofficial mantra among the IT team […]

In the years following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist hijackings of American Airlines Inc.s Flight 11 and United Air Lines Inc.s Flight 175, departing from Logan International Airport in Boston for Los Angeles, the Massachusetts Port Authority has beefed up the airports security, including new baggage-screening systems, a door access-control system for employees and new […]

If Mark Hurd is to succeed at the helm of Hewlett-Packard Co., hell need to get a handle on the thorny issues still surrounding the companys recently combined printing and PC groups, and for that, observers say, hell need the help of the insider who knows them best. Vyomesh Joshi, the rising HP star many […]

NTP Inc. has settled its wireless e-mail push patent disputes with Research In Motion Ltd. and Good Technology Inc., but that doesnt mean the licensing battle is over. NTP is in discussions with several other wireless e-mail push players, according to attorneys for the Arlington, Va., patent holding company. “We are in discussions with several […]

As the mobile work force increasingly depends on wireless devices to conduct critical business on the road, service providers and handset manufacturers are working to answer users calls for greater reliability. T-Mobile USA Inc. last week suspended sales of Hewlett-Packard Co.s iPaq h6315 smart phone, just eight months after bringing it to market. T-Mobile wont […]

Research In Motion will shell out $450 million to a patent holding company, NTP, to settle a dispute over its BlackBerry wireless technologies. NTP will grant RIM and its customers an unfettered right to continue BlackBerry-related wireless business without further interference from NTP or its patents, according to RIM officials. RIM has been embroiled in […]