Apple sues HTC

Apple is to sue mobile phone manufacturer HTC in a suit that claims the Taiwanese company has infringed 20 of the iPhone-maker's patents. HTC, which makes a range of handsets including Google's flagship Nexus One, has declined to comment on the action until it has investigated the details of the filing.

Via The Telegraph

Telco software groups line up facing Google, Apple

Two telecom operator-backed mobile software groups signaled closer co-operation on Tuesday as carriers face increasing competition from the new rivals Google and Apple. The two consortiums, wireless Linux group LiMo and application alliance WAC, offer operators alternatives to the software and services of Apple, Google or Nokia as they can brand and customize their software.

Via Reuters

More than 130 million enterprise users in the mobile cloud by 2014, report finds

A new report from Juniper Research has found that the number of enterprise customers using mobile cloud-based applications will rise to more than 130 million by 2014, facilitated by platform as a service (PaaS) deployments from players such as Google and Microsoft. The report found that the market for connected enterprise apps had benefitted from the success of Apple's iPhone and App Store.

Via Mobile Europe

New era for internet security amid increased attacks

Internet security techniques must adapt to keep up with the rising tide of net attacks say officials. The issue is top of the agenda at the world's biggest security conference hosted by vendor RSA. Recent incidents such as the high-profile attacks on Google in China have highlighted the new challenges.

Via BBC News

WIN launches Vodafone 360 apps as operator ramps up handset support

Software for Vodafone platform rolls out as competition in the app store market begins to heat up. Mobile software and services firm WIN on Tuesday unveiled a raft of new applications for Vodafone 360 amid intensifying rivalry in the app store space. The launch of new software for the mobile operator's LiMo-based applications environment and multi-platform social network aggregator follows Vodafone's recent drive to make its 360 service compatible with more devices.

Via Total Telecom

Skinput gadget turns your own ARM into a touchscreen display

Those who find the touchscreens on their ever shrinking gadgets too fiddly to handle, will be glad to hear scientists are developing a new touch surface... your own arm. Developers at Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University are working together to create an armband that projects an interface directly on to your skin. They have combined a mini projector which creates a changing display with a sophisticated sensor that can tell which part of your arm is being tapped.

Via The Daily Mail