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• Westpac keeps focus on mobility

  By Stephanie McDonald | 23 May, 2012 12:49

  Westpac’s mobile banking platform is growing rapidly, with the company capitalising on the mobility trend.

• In Pictures: Pocket marvels - 40 years of handheld computers

  By Matt Lake | 21 May, 2012 08:30

  From the first pocket scientific calculator through '80s organisers to today's tablets, check out 15 ingenious devices that have driven the handheld computing revolution.

• Q&A: CSC CTIO, Bob Hayward

  By Tim Lohman | 17 May, 2012 11:33

  CSC’s chief technology information officer, Bob Hayward, talks mobility, BYOD, virtual desktops, enterprise app stores and project management.

• VMware envisions virtualization in post-PC, BYOD era

  By Thor Olavsrud | 17 May, 2012 06:55

  Late last year, VMware launched a new bring your own device (BYOD) plan under which every one of its 6,000 U.S. employees was required to use his or her personal mobile phones for work. The mandate was more than a cost-saving measure. VMware appears serious about establishing itself as a leader in post-PC era enterprise computing, and getting intimate with the benefits and challenges of BYOD is essential to that plan.

• Rio Tinto flags further automation technology investment

  By Tim Lohman | 11 May, 2012 10:22

  Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) has sung the praises of the greater use of automation technology in its Australian mining operations, suggesting that remote controlled trucks, trains and mining equipment will play an increasing role in the mining giant’s business.

• In pictures: Top 20 mobile websites and services

  By Liane Cassavoy | 11 May, 2012 08:25

  Apps, schmaps. Who needs to download anything when these mobile sites and services offer fast information and entertainment right in your mobile browser?

• BYOD stirs up legal problems

  By Tom Kaneshige | 10 May, 2012 22:29

  Let's say you need to pull some corporate data off an employee's personal iPad. Under the newly and hastily crafted bring-your-own-device policy, or BYOD, the employee is required to hand over the iPad to the IT computer forensics team.

• Facebook buys mobile discovery startup

  By AAP | 08 May, 2012 11:37

  Mere weeks from a multi-billion-dollar debut on the stock market, Facebook has ramped up its focus on mobile lifestyles with the purchase of "social discovery" start-up Glancee.

• Companies respond to Aussie worker mobility fatigue: Survey

  By Hamish Barwick | 04 May, 2012 11:30

  Some office staff members in Australia are seeking to reclaim normal working hours by turning off devices and not checking work emails at home, according to a survey conducted by NorthgateArinso.

• A tech-tonic shift — from consumer device to enterprise tool

  By David Bartlett | 03 May, 2012 09:57

  In less than 18 months tablet computers have become the mainstay within the lunchrooms, meeting rooms and boardrooms of modern corporate enterprises.

• In Pictures: A closer look at RIM's BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha smartphone

  By Al Sacco | 02 May, 2012 08:57

  RIM has unveiled the first smartphone running its next-generation BlackBerry 10 software. The device is meant only for developers, however, and won't ever be released to the public. CIO.com's Al Sacco shares a number of images of the new BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha handheld.

• In Pictures: 11 not entirely useless factoids about BlackBerry maker RIM

  By John Cox | 02 May, 2012 08:53

  Trivial pursuits swirling around BlackBerry World 2012

• LG Electronics returns to profit

  By AAP | 26 April, 2012 09:21

  LG Electronics posted its first profit in three quarters, beating expectations thanks to a revival in its mobile business and demand for high-end TVs.

• Mobile Pitch Challenge: an "American Idol"-style contest for local app developers

  By Brad Reed | 26 April, 2012 06:28

  BOSTON - It may not have received the attention of "American Idol," but this week's Mobile Monday Boston featured a similar type of competition among local mobile app developers.

• Acer Q1 profit falls by 72 per cent

  By Michael Kan | 25 April, 2012 20:52

  Taiwanese PC maker Acer's first-quarter net profit dropped 72.1 per cent year-on-year, while revenue slumped 11.4 percent.