New Sony Mobile Products in the Pipeline
At a recent press conference Sony’s CEO hinted that the company has a number of new mobile devices in the pipeline. Sony plans to introduce more handsets and portable games consoles and has set a target to include device-to-device connectivity across 90% of its products by 2011.
PC Advisor
IBM Announces 16,000 Job Cuts despite Buoyant Q4 Results
IBM has shocked workers by announcing multiple job cuts directly after the company had issued glowing fourth quarter financial results. IBM has not publically announced the number of locations the job cuts will affect but the first cuts are expected in the Software Group and Sales and Distribution in the US and Canada.
Computer Weekly
Symbian Trojan Steals Money from Smartphones
Security vendor Kaspersky Lab has spotted new variants of a Trojan horse program that provides hackers with a new way of stealing your money by texting it out of your phone. For the attack to work the software must be installed: it then uses a feature to send an SMS to another subscriber that transfers the money into their account.
ComputerWorld UK
Nokia Tube finally hits the shelves
A year after the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was talked about, Nokia has now released the phone to general consumers. The SIM-free model will cost £249, and has not been billed as Nokia’s version of the iPhone. It’s available across the UK from Friday.
Stuff TV
Samsung suffers its first quarterly loss
Samsung has reported its first-ever quarterly loss. The company’s semiconductor division reported a Won560bn loss, however its handset division reported an operating profit of Won160bn. Samsung plans to strengthen its product line-up by offering more lower-end models.
Financial Times
Obama gets secure smartphone
The new US president and self-confessed BlackBerry addict has been given a more secure version to avoid GPS tracking. The Sectera Edge, made by General Dynamics, has been given the name, ‘Barackberry’, and costs $3,350. Obama says keeping his BlackBerry keeps him in touch with the real world.
CNN
Google Q4 earnings drop but revenue up 18 per cent
Google’s profits for the fourth quarter ending on 31st December dropped, whilst revenue grew by 20 per cent. The company reported revenue of $5.70 billion, up 18 per cent from the same time last year. Its net income was $1.62 billion, or $5.10 per share.
MacWorld
Ballmer: Microsoft minimised redundancies
Yesterday Microsoft announced 5,000 job losses, including 1,400 cuts to be made immediately. CEO Steve Ballmer assured workers that a few thousand jobs would also be created. Along with further cost-saving measures will help Microsoft save $600 million this quarter.
Computerworld
3 launches on-demand streaming mobile TV
Network provider 3 is the latest to offer on demand TV for your mobile. It will cost users between £0.99 and £1.99 for a week’s access, and will be available alongside current channels via iPlayer and Sky’s video content.
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