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The possibility of a gadget world without wires took a big step forward Thursday when 14 of the biggest names in consumer electronics said they would work with Sony on its short-range, high-speed "TransferJet" wireless data system.

The global battle to control the smarts in your smartphone escalated this week when some of the combatants redeployed their forces in two big moves.

As if "openness" wasn't already the key word of the year for mobile communications, Nokia took the concept a step further Tuesday, announcing plans to create an organization called the Symbian Foundation, which will make the Symbian mobile operating system an open platform, with licenses to be offered royalty-free.

Emphasizing the company's commitment to the Java platform, AMD detailed this week how it is building technologies to make Java work better.

Meet this year's JavaOne spotlight technology, the same as last year's JavaOne spotlight technology.

Adobe launched a new community development project on Thursday aimed at using its Flash and AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) technologies to create a consistent application interface across all devices -- whether they are smartphones, PCs or set-top boxes.

EBay-owned Skype has released into open beta testing a client for mobile phones that supports phone calls, chat and other features of the popular VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) application.

In the news this week: CeBIT - Intel and AMD's new chips, Asus' new Eee PC, Greenpeace, Vodafone's image search service, Blackerry browser updates, and more!

Greenpeace illustrates problem of disposing of used IT products with container of e-waste

A phone from Sony-Ericsson, a notebook from Sony and PCs from Dell and Hewlett Packard came top of their categories in a study of green electronics devices conducted by Greenpeace. There's little cause for celebration, though, as they only scored around half marks, leaving plenty of room for improvement.

Motorola took a 50 percent stake in UIQ, a move that is likely a reaction to stepped up competition from the iPhone.