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Mall owner, film studio fast-track mobile apps; Windows Mobile's demise greatly exaggerated

Windows Mobile's demise greatly exaggerated, iSuppli says; Nortel set to sell off GSM business
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Mall owner, film studio fast-track mobile apps

Figuring out how to efficiently deliver back-end corporate data to handheld devices in a way that's meaningful has long been a thorn in IT's side. But the task has gotten easier -- at least for Developers Diversified Realty, a commercial real estate company in Beachwood, Ohio, and Lionsgate Entertainment, an independent motion picture studio in Santa Monica, Calif. Read full story

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