The BBC has blocked an iPhone application that would have allowed users to browse, view and download content from the BBC. The application, called Rewat. ch, was developed by Manchester-based software developer Camiloo and would have been sold for £1.19. The application allowed users to browse all BBC iPlayer RSS feeds from a user interface [...]

Android, Googles disclose source operating system, is making waves in the mobile space. As Enterprise Mobile Today reports, Android pelt out Apple and RIM in the latest monthly stats from Nielsen. No unit can say for sure if Android will maintain or grow its prevail on, but the mobile platform has one thing going for [...]

IDG News Service Lawson Software announced a partnership on Wednesday that will make its ERP enterprise resource planning and other applications available on Amazon Web Services cloud-computing infrastructure service. Starting in May, Lawsons S3 Enterprise Management System, M3 Enterprise Management System, and Talent Management application will hit Amazons cloud. In addition, Lawson is launching a [...]

At the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona last week, the world’s largest mobile operators announced they were joining forces to launch an open international applications platform that would compete with Apple’s App Store. Called the Wholesale Applications Community, the alliance will see the pooling of resources from 15 mobile operators, including AT T, China Mobile, [...]

IDG News Service Steer clear of the F1 key while surfing the Web, at least for a little while. Microsoft warned Monday of a new vulnerability that affects Internet Explorer users, saying that it could be exploited by hackers to install malicious software on a victims computer. The flaw lies in the way Microsofts VBScript [...]

CIO Jeff Liedel is as much a car guy as he is a computer guy. That much becomes clear when hes discussing his 20-year career track and the businesses hes served Ford, Covisint, GM and now OnStar, the in-vehicle communications company and GM subsidiary, where he is CIO. Liedel deftly moves the conversation among a [...]

IDG News Service The news from Chile on Saturday morning, appearing on the Associated Press app on my iPhone as I read it half-asleep, was tragic but distant An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale had rocked central Chile and the capital city of Santiago, and dozens were already confirmed dead. But it was [...]

A former transport planner at Transport for London TfL has developed an iPhone application that allows users to calculate black cab fares based on the time of day and projected traffic conditions. Steve Knox, who is still technically employed by TfL but currently undergoing a redundancy consultation, developed the app over a period of three [...]

This could have existence do or die time for Microsoft when it comes to its inconstant strategy. The software giant jumped on the mobile bandwagon early still has seen its mobile share melt away, thanks first to competitors like RIMs BlackBerry and in greater numbers recently the rapid ascent of the iPhone and, this year, [...]

Network World The leading U. S. domain name registrars appear to be dragging their feet on the deployment of DNS Security Extensions, an emerging standard that prevents an insidious type of hackingwhere network traffic is redirected from a legitimate Web site to a fake one without the Web site operator or user knowing. DNSSEC prevents [...]