Mitek Systems, producer of image recognition software, has released its latest version of ImageNet Mobile Deposit, an application for the iPhone that allows owners of Apple’s runaway hit to deposit checks at participating banks. Mobile Deposit scans... 

A Japanese software maker says it’s doing its part to help fight crime — by launching an online game featuring mug shots of Japan’s most-wanted fugitives. However, the country’s police aren’t so crazy about the game “Slot... 

Research In Motion’s co-CEO acknowledged Thursday that the economy is going through tough times but said he does not expect businesses and consumers to abandon their BlackBerrys. Jim Balsillie told investors at an RBC Capital Markets conference... 

Google is pushing its voice-recognition technology to Apple’s iPhone first, before devices running its own Android mobile platform. The New York Times offered photographs of Google employees Vic Gundotra and Gummi Hafsteinsoon using an iPhone for... 

A year ago, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. worsened its financial problems by botching the launch of a powerful new server chip. The flubbed introduction gave bigger rival Intel Corp. eight months to steal market share. Now, Sunnyvale-based AMD is rolling... 

Three Asian electronics firms have agreed to plead guilty and pay $585 million in fines for conspiring to drive up the prices of LCD screens used in computers, TVs, cell phones and other electronic devices. In a plea deal filed Wednesday, LG Display Co.... 

AT&T and Nokia on Thursday brought the Nokia 6650 to market to compete against other devices launching in time for the holiday shopping season. The small folding device runs on the Symbian-based S60 platform, which lets users personalize their mobile... 

The Storm is coming Nov. 21. Verizon Wireless announced that Research in Motion’s “clickable” touchscreen BlackBerry Storm will be available online and at its retail stores on that date for $199.99 after a rebate. The $50 rebate will... 

Recently, I stopped by a local T-Mobile store, the home of the new G1 phone. This is the so-called Google phone, the mobile device with Google’s Android operating system. Many in the press have anointed the Google phone as a potential “iPhone... 

Bay Area motorists with GPS-equipped cell phones can tap into new technology designed to help them avoid traffic jams. UC Berkeley and Nokia phone company researchers late Monday night rolled out new software that can be downloaded for free onto cell... 

Dell is not hearing the music. The Round Rock, Tex.-based computer maker is squashing any rumors reported in recent weeks about plans to release an MP3 player. The speculation has centered on Zing Systems, a California-based startup Dell acquired last... 

A wave of economic gloom is expected to hit mobile phone buyers next year, and more and more analysts predict the once-buoyant market will shrink for the first time since the 2001 crash, a Reuters poll shows. On average, analysts expect global growth... 

Robbie Hitchcock of San Ramon didn’t want to shell out big bucks and spend hours learning to retrieve e-mail with an iPhone, so he bought a gadget about the size of a pack of cigarettes and the thickness of a matchbook, the Peek. Fumbling with complicated... 

For almost a decade, mobile operators have been hoping that location-based services like personal navigation would chart a course to new sales and profit. Most are still hoping. Experts speaking at a seminar in Berlin held by IRR Telecoms & Technology... 

Come on, admit it. Is there anything more awesome than miniaturization? The Walkman put a stereo system in your pocket and changed the game forever. A modern digital watch has the computing power of a whole roomful of 1950s computer gear. And people are...