In a break from its traditional reliance on the home-grown IT that supported its rapid expansion in the US, Wal-Mart has begun rolling out global information technology systems.
The largest retailer in the world selected Germany’s SAP software over competition from Oracle last October. The company has also stepped up its hiring in its IT department, [...]

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Ofcom is claiming victory in closing the digital divide today, as its annual review of communications markets reveals that for the first time broadband users in rural areas have overtaken city dwellers.
The UK watchdogs claim that 59 percent of rural households are now connected compared to 57 percent in the cities.
In a press release Ofcom [...]

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Friendster, the social networking site, re-launched its mobile version of the site and is now available globally.
The service is accessible from any web-enable mobile device and allows users to get updates of friends, post shout-outs, browse photos/profiles, search users, post bulletins and all the other things that come with the standard web site. [...]

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Identity fraud is big business and now hackers are tapping in to voice-over IP telephony accounts, say a VoIP equipment maker.
Newport Networks have found that Usernames and Passwords from voice-over IP (VoIP) phone accounts are selling online for more than stolen credit cards.
The information allows someone to use the telephone service for free but net [...]

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The world’s leading mobile phone maker Nokia, does not exact to see returns from its investment in internet services until 2010, Chief Financial Officer Rick Simonson said on Monday.
Nokia has invested “hundreds of millions of euros” in services such as mobile music and video downloads in 2007 with an aim to gain a competitive edge [...]

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Qualcomm Inc. have beaten several other bidders for 40 MHz (1452-1492 MHz) of L-Band radio spectrum in UK comms regulator Ofcom’s latest auction of frequencies, and is most likely use the frequencies for a mobile TV service with partners.
Ofcom said the chip group’s subsidiary, Qualcomm UK Spectrum Ltd, paid £8.34 million for the spectrum.
Late [...]

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Is it wrong to ‘steal’ someone’s unsecured wireless connection? I’m pretty sure everyone’s done it in the past.
Picture the scene: You’re sitting in the park on your lunch break, you switch your laptop on to check some dull work spreadsheet and low and behold, up pop’s a connection notice…
Do you A: Ignore the [...]

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IBM have released additional Lotus software fro Research in Motion’s (RIM) Blackberry platform, moving in to the Web 2.0 social networking applications.
IBM already offers core Lotus software that includes Notes based e-mail, portals, dashboards, messaging, calendaring and instant messaging, the company is adding Blackberry client for IBM Lotus connections, which is IBM’s social software for [...]

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Over six years after development started, Bluetooth SIG’s Advanced Audio Distribution profile (A2DP) is now making its way on to wireless devices. The purpose of A2DP is to enable stereo output for wireless headphones.
A2DP is not particularly popular at the moment, but some people will begin to cotton on to the fact that if [...]

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Due to the costs associated with expanding, Clearwire have reported first-quarter losses. The Kirkland, Washington based company posted a loss of $176.4 million, or $1.08 per share. At the same time last year they posted a loss of ‘just’ $92.6 million, or 64 cents per share.
Although losses almost doubled, Clearwire reported revenue rose 76 percent [...]

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