Nokia, Palm still dominate PDA and mobile phone markets

Nokia and Palm managed to maintain their leads in the PDA and phone markets in 2002, despite pressure from competitors and the entry of Microsoft. Researh into mobile device market in the 2002 from analystsCanalys puts the total number of shipments in the EMEA market to over 1.6 million, up 25 per cent on 2001. ...more

UK music lovers double downloads in 2006

When it comes to downloading music singles, 2006 was a good year for the UK with paid-for sales doubling. According to reported figures from the Official UK Charts Company (OCC), which supplies the stats for the UK music charts, 51.6 million downloads were purchased in 2006. ...more

Sun pushes Java further into the mobile space

Sun is focussing on wireless mobile computing in the latest announcements from the SunOne show in San Francisco. As part of the push for Java-based wireless computing, Sun has announced a new testing initiative: the Unified Wireless Java Application Testing Criteria. With other industry players, such as Motorola, Nokia, Siemens, and Sony Ericsson, Sun is aiming to accelerate the secure development of mobile applications. ...more

Apple unveils 'twice as fast' iMac

Apple has taken the wraps off the first desktop Mac to be powered by an Intel processor. The new iMac runs on a Core Duo chip said to be twice as fast as the PowerPC G5 that it replaces. It includes the new iLife '06 suite of applications, which with its Universal Binary code is optimised to run natively on the new hardware. ...more

OFT gives green light to Telewest and BSkyB acquisitions

The Office of Fair Trading has given the go ahead for two major UK broadband takeovers. NTL's ?3.4bn purchase of rival cable operator Telewest and BSkyB's ?211mn acquisition of leading LLU wholesaler Easynet have been approved and will be completed later this year. ...more