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  • ACMA warns of Do Not Call Register telephone scam

    Australian consumers are being advised to hang up on scammers who claim they are owed money for receiving telemarketing calls while registered on the Australian Communications and Media Authority's (ACMA) Do Not Call Register.

  • Touch-oriented apps: A developer's guide

    It's no secret that more and more people are opting for touch-based smartphones and tablets as their computers of choice: iPads, iPhones, Androids, now BlackBerrys, and soon <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/watch-out-apple-windows-8-could-trump-the-ipad-172971">Windows 8 PCs and tablets</a>. For developers, touch-based systems means grasping a whole new set of guidelines, including understanding their audience's new context and careful interface design, say prominent developers in the touch space.

  • Oracle shows JavaFX on iOS and Android

    Oracle on Tuesday showed JavaFX rich client software running on both an Apple iPad and a Google Android-based Samsung Galaxy tablet, along with introducing a separate project using HTML5 to bring Java to Apple's iOS platform, called Project Avatar.

  • WebOS developers mourn HP's move but aren't surprised

    HP's decision to dump its WebOS mobile devices leaves diehard developers who built for it in limbo, said a former HP and Palm software development official who nonetheless lauded the technology and expressed hope that WebOS could be revived somehow.

  • Android app builders unfazed by Oracle lawsuit

    Although Oracle is suing Google over the search giant's Android mobile software platform, developers at an Android developer event this week remained undaunted in backing the platform.

  • Handhelds help out farmers, fishermen

    While mobile technologies obviously have room for improvement in the personal market, the world of business seems further in front with a handheld for almost every occasion. Milk deliverers, farmers, fishermen, sales reps and administrators already have devices for use, and more applications are on the way.

  • A wireless day

    It's a simple idea &#8211; to go out and see what can be done with wireless devices on a day around New Zealand's biggest city, Auckland. What services can you access when you&#8217;re away from your desk, away, even, from a laptop?

  • Telcos fight for mobile net users

    Lack of content for mobile users is annoying, but the situation may not last. If the pipes are big enough, why not just pour in the existing internet? Plenty of content there.

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