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iPhone 3G: The First 48 Hours
Activation was the easy part; I'm disappointed with AT&T's 3G coverage and the iPhone's GPS features.News
It’s Tough to Kill an Apple iPhone 3G
Apple's new multimedia handset is the Timex of phones. Here's how it took PC World's mauling and kept on calling (until we literally drove it into the ground).News
Apple iPhone 3G Dies Hard
Apple's new multimedia handset is the Timex of phones. Here's a blow-by-blow account of how it took PC World's mauling and kept on calling (until we literally drove it into the ground).News
IBM Slims Down the Web for Your Phone
Researchers at IBM's Almaden labs have developed software that lets you created slimmed-down versions of Web sites for mobile…News
IPhone 2.0 Includes Critical Security Fixes
Apple's iPhone 2.0 update fixes several critical security flaws.News
Nokia’s Ovi Faces Tough Challenges
Nokia quietly rolled out a new service on Ovi, its online services site, as it continues to face competition from better-known…News
Users Eager, Integrators Mixed on Enterprise IPhone Use
System integrators offered mixed reactions Friday to the iPhone's immediate viability in enterprises.News
Former HP Executive Pleads Guilty to Stealing Trade Secrets
A former Hewlett-Packard vice president pleads guilty to stealing trade secrets from IBM.News
iPhone Activation Woes Hit Early Buyers
Activation problems hampered the launch of the iPhone 3G in the U.S.News
BIC Phone Is No Throw-Away Gadget
BIC is lending its brand to a cheap, ready-to-use mobile phone.News
London Launch of iPhone 3G Marred by Software Problems
Software compatibility problems marred the launch of the iPhone 3G at Apple's flagship store in London.News
Thales Buys NCipher for $100 Million
Thales U.K. has reached an agreement to buy cryptographic security vendor nCipher for £50.7 million (US$100.3 million).News
Swedes Sought Extras to Bulk Up iPhone Queue
Swedish operator TeliaSonera planned to hire 150 extras to stand in line for the iPhone–but needn't have bothered.News
Rambus Sues Nvidia
Rambus on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Nvidia, alleging that the graphics chip vendor infringed on memory architecture…News
Intel Set to Launch Centrino 2 Next Week
Intel is expected to launch its latest mobile platform, Centrino 2, which will deliver speedier performance and faster…News
ACLU Files Lawsuit to Challenge Surveillance Law
The ACLU and other groups file a lawsuit challenging a new surveillance law in the U.S.News
Intel Measures Air Quality With Sweepers
Researchers at Intel are hoping to use mobile devices to improve air quality in San Francisco, though it may take a while…News
Oracle Pushes BI to the iPhone
Oracle has released a BI (business intelligence) application for the iPhone.News
British Insurer Aviva Sells Indian Back-office Operation
Aviva sells its back-office services operation in India, preferring to outsource the delivery of these services to the buyer…News
Senators Want Criminal Prosecutions of Passport Snoopers
Senators grill State Department officials about unauthorized access of passport files.News
MTI, Korean UMPC Maker Tie on Fuel-cell Development
Fuel-cell developer MTI Micro and a South Korean electronics company plan to jointly develop a fuel-cell powered ultra…News
Express Train to Heathrow Airport Implements E-ticketing
The express train service from Central London to Heathrow Airport has installed a system to send electronic tickets to a…News
HTC’s iPhone 3G Rival, the Touch Diamond
HTC gears up for competition with the iPhone 3G with new pricing and partners.Community Scoop
Gripes: Vista, iPhones in Canada, Cell Phone Laws
Readers rail against Windows Vista (as usual), iPhone pricing in Canada, and cell phone laws in California.News
Apple’s iPhone Faces First Test in Fickle Japan Market
Apple's iPhone faces its first test in the fickle Japan market when it launches on Friday and many are keenly watching how it…News
Yahoo Opens Its Search Technology to Third Parties
Yahoo is making its search engine available to third parties to build their own search services, in return for a cut of their…News
Internet Bug Fix Spawns Backlash From Hackers
Security researchers are criticizing hacker Dan Kaminsky for keeping quiet about technical details of a critical DNS flaw.News
Sprint Picks Wireless Backhaul for WiMax
Sprint Nextel has chosen DragonWave as a supplier of wireless backhaul gear for its WiMax network.News
Apple Hopes Cheaper iPhone 3G Will Broaden Market
Apple is launching the speedier iPhone 3G at reduced prices with hopes of making it a ubiquitous mobile device.News
Senators Question NebuAd, Targeted Ad Privacy
Senators question NebuAd on its information collection practices.News
Senate Keeps Telecom Immunity in Surveillance Bill
The U.S. Senate rejects attempts to remove telecom immunity from a surveillance bill.News
Overseas iPhone 3G Review: Great But Not Perfect
Our sister publication, PC World New Zealand, already has lived with a new Apple iPhone 3G for a short time. Here are some first impressions.News
First Reviews: iPhone 3G Improved, but Still Flawed
Reviewers fault battery life, 3G coverage, and service-plan costs. But the sound quality and download speeds are much improved.News
Google Adds Third Dimension to Online Social Relationships
UPDATE: Google launches Lively, a 3D social network world available now as a public beta.News
Study: Electronic Voting Increased Counting Errors in France
More voting discrepancies were found at French polling stations that used electronic systems than at those using traditional…News
Hands on With Giga-byte’s M912X Mini-laptop
Giga-byte's M912 mini-notebook has what few other netbooks do, a touchscreen that swivels 180 degrees.News
Samsung Puts 128G-byte SSDs Into Mass Production
Samsung Electronics is mass producing solid-state drives with a 128G-byte capacity, and will begin production of a 256G-byte…Glenn Fleishman on Hardware
Would Wi-Fi Push You to Public Transport?
If you could have a continuous Internet connection on your way to work, would it change whether you drove or used public transportation?News
The Internet Gets a Patch, as DNS Bug Is Fixed
Security researcher Dan Kaminsky has discovered a flaw in the DNS protocol that allows attackers to spoof Internet addresses.Neil McAllister on Software
TrueCrypt 6.0 Improves Data Security Performance
The latest version of the free drive-encryption tool can shield sensitive data from prying eyes at home and abroad, now faster than ever.News
Microsoft Sets Hosted-services Pricing, Irks Partners
Some Microsoft partners are less than thrilled by the company's push into a software-plus-services model, which will compete…Erik Larkin on the Web
Watch Out for an IE Zero-Day Attack
There's no fix yet available for the latest attack against Microsoft's browser.News
Adware Company Refines Opt-out, Notification Technology
Facing heat over privacy concerns, NebuAd said Tuesday it has a new notification and opt-out system for its targeted…News
Google Open-sources Data Exchange Language
Google has open-sourced its internal data exchange language, according to official blog posts.News
IBM Software Enhances Web Accessibility for the Blind
IBM launched on Tuesday an application that seeks to harness the time of Internet users to make the Web more accessible to the…News
Nokia Survey: Old Mobile Phones Usually End up in Drawers
Most old mobile phones are left in drawers instead of being recycled, according to a global survey conducted by Nokia.News
Giga-byte, Chunghwa to Launch Linux M528 MID in August
Giga-byte and Chunghwa will launch the M528 MID in Taiwan this August.News
Group Queues up for iPhone 3G to Promote Organic Farming
A group of publicity-seekers and iPhone enthusiasts have connected the 3G iPhone and organic farming to line up for Friday's…News
Amid Transition, Symbian Starts Paid Partner Program
Symbian has launched a paid developer program while it moves toward open-source availability of its OS.News