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1. Rickrolling worm infects jailbroken iPhones

   (Security/Security Features)

   ... installing SSH," explained Sophos security researcher Graham Cluley. "Once in place, the worm appears to attempt to find other iPhones on the mobile phone network that are similarly vulnerable and installs ...

2. Smartphone users make lousy partners

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... their mobile device. Retervo concludes: "This data could lead to creating unfair stereotypes but you have to admit, it sure paints a picture of a group of smartphone owners that 'think different'.  ...

3. Smartphone market: Android and iPhone continue to grow

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   The phoney wars continueFigures from market research firm IDC indicate that smartphones have weathered the economic storm. IDC said that sales of converged mobile devices – that’s smartphones to you and ...

4. Internet users do have friends

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... fact, according to research by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, people who use the internet and mobile phones have larger and more diverse social networks. The study found that six percent ...

5. Hacker jailbreaks iPhone 3GS with blacksn0w crack

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... certain models) before hardware resets can be performed.  

According to TechTree,  
Blacksn0w jailbreaks iPhone devices "faster" than other cracks. Once unlocked, the iPhone can be used with any mobile ...

6. Apple brags as apps exceed 100,000 mark

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... available, is clearly a major differentiator for millions of iPhone and iPod touch customers around the world," oozed Apple's Phil Schiller. "The iPhone SDK created the first great platform for mobile ...

7. iPhone jailbreakers held hostage

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... used port scanning to identify jailbroken iPhones on T-mobile Netherlands with SSH running. Jailbroken iPhones often have SSH enabled so that they can log in via Terminal and run standard UNIX commands. ...

8. Mobile phone market shows signs of recovery

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Market research firm IDC said that the market for mobile phones worldwide showed some growth in the third quarter. And there's better times ahead.Market research firm IDC said that the market for mobile ...

9. Sony Ericsson touts sleek and sexy Aino phone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Sony Ericsson has launched its sleek and sexy Aino mobile phone. The device - which allows users to remotely access media content on PS3 consoles - is also capable of transferring PC media via a standard ...

10. Amazon streamlines payment process

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... allowance and monitor their teens’ purchases - including the ability to approve or decline each order via email or mobile phone text alerts. All websites accepting Checkout by Amazon, including DKNY, ...

11. Intel, Numonyx trumpet phase change memory breakthrough

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... for memory continues to rise in everything from mobile phones to data centers." Memory cells are built by stacking a storage element and a selector, with several cells creating memory arrays. Intel and ...

12. Google simplifies GPS navigation for Android 2.0 smartphones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... 2005, millions of people have relied on Google Maps for mobile to get directions on the go. However, there's always been one problem: once you're behind the wheel, a list of driving directions just isn't ...

13. RightNow's pre-emptive strike

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... lives. "Customer empowerment means you need to infuse social capabilities everywhere in a Website," he says. That also means more mobile tools. As such, Vap says 2010 will see RightNow apps for iPhone ...

14. PC makers muscle in on smartphone market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... for 14 per cent of overall mobile device sales, but Gartner reckons that by 2012 they will make up around 37 per cent of global handset sales. Smartphone revenue will also overtake mobile phone revenue, ...

15. Disney launches Click2Life iPhone app

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... reckons it is the world's number one mobile entertainment site.  ...

16. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    ... advent of PCs and when mobile phones were but the stuff of science fiction. Some started before the discovery of fire and Apple's focus group deciding what color it should be. With age comes incontinence. ...

17. Leaving the iPhone behind

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Opinion: I've never had a mobile phone as good as the iPhone. It's also the best MP3 player I've owned. Still, I wonder occasionally how long it will be before I toss it aside for a newer, more satisfying ...

18. Universal phone chargers won't save the planet

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    The UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has rubber stamped the spec for a new mobile phone charger that will work with any handset. The UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ...

19. Fuel cells fail to fulfil their promise

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Japanese giant Toshiba, long at the forefront of developing fuel cells, said it will sell its first direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) product for mobile products in a limited edition on the 29th of October.Japanese ...

20. Nokia sues Apple over alleged iPhone patent infringement

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Nokia has alleged that Apple's iPhone infringes on a number of its patents. The 10 patents reportedly relate to technologies that are "fundamental" to device and mobile compatibility standards.Nokia ...

21. Americans tweet like a flock of canaries

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... users, those who connect to the internet via mobile devices, and younger internet users, under 44. They're a gadget-happy lot - the more devices someone owns, the more likely they are to use Twitter. ...

22. AT&T sues display manufacturers over alleged price fixing

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    AT&T has sued a number of liquid-crystal display manufacturers for allegedly fixing the price of mobile LCD screens in the US. AT&T has sued a number of liquid-crystal display manufacturers ...

23. Phoenix ties knot with Samsung for "instantly on" notebooks

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... next generation mobile devices that make use of Phoenix technology, found at www.hyperspace.com.  ...

24. Spring Design introduces Android E-Reader

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... capability, is mobile enabled with smart phones capabilities." Spring Design, which is currently in discussion with various content providers, is expected to begin shipping the Alex device to selected ...

25. Wolfram Alpha rolls out $50 iPhone app

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... to [a] mobile computing environment." The mobile version of Wolfram Alpha offers "instant" compute answers to thousands of questions, including finance, food, math, medicine, wordplay and weather.  ...

26. Can the Palm Pre knock the iPhone off its perch?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... the UK mobile market,” adds Doku. "[But] against Apple’s hype machine, it could be an uphill struggle for Pre to garner the kind of street credibility that has seen the iPhone sell so effortlessly." ...

27. Kindle is no answer to reading books digitally

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... is that it's got to be cheap - far cheaper than a netbook and preferably given away by an Amazon or another big vendor. That more or less happens in Europe with mobile phones - find the right tariff and ...

28. Judge protects Verizon ringtones from greedy publishers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... the US District Court, this federal rate court proceeding with mobile providers is about much more than just ringtones," ASCAP said in a statement obtained by Bloomberg. The organization also pledged ...

29. Microsoft to fight Apple with own retail stores

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... Arizona to coincide with the launch of Windows 7, according to the Wall Street Journal. The journal says that the large store will sell laptops, Microsoft software, mobile phones and Xbox 360 consoles, ...

30. Finland promises broadband for all

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... giving itself a bit of leeway, though, according to Finnish news site YLE. "Some variation will be allowed, if connectivity can be arranged through mobile phone networks," it says. It may also count ...

31. Solar-powered bags can recharge phones

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    ... in low light conditions indoors to repower a range of mobile electronic devices. Right now, the panels can't handle anything as big as a PC - indeed, they take several hours to charge a mobile phone. ...

32. AT&T slates Google Voice: nun today, nun tomorrow

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... others, an ambulance service, church, bank, law firm, automobile dealer, day spa, orchard, health clinic, tax preparation service, community center, eye doctor, tribal community college, school, residential ...

33. Apple takes on Microsoft's Zune with FM Radio iPhone app

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... "in the background" and is likely to offer the "same functionality" as the Nano FM radio. However, Apple has apparently experienced difficultly with integrating the Mobile iTunes Store purchases into ...

34. Wi-Fi Alliance promotes peer to peer Wi-Fi Direct

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... Marvell said today it will support Wi-Fi Direct in devices it makes for mobile phones, while a number of other players will also endorse the specification. Products will have to be certified as Direct ...

35. Polaroid products rise from the ashes

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... Technology from ZINK Imaging, available with the PoGo Instant Digital Printer. This connects to a mobile phone via Bluetooth or digital camera via USB cable for instant printing. “The fact that you ...

36. Cisco buys Starent for $2.9 billion

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Giant network company Cisco paid $2.9 billion to buy IP mobile firm Starent Networks.Giant network company Cisco paid $2.9 billion to buy IP mobile firm Starent Networks. Starent specializes in mobile ...

37. Going offline stresses people out

    (Software/Software Features)

    Being cut off from the internet or losing mobile phone coverage can cause high levels of anxiety, according to a survey carried out for Virgin Media. Being cut off from the internet or losing mobile ...

38. HP takes on Apple with music notebook

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... a PC. There are two stereo outputs plus an ultraloud output level. Based around an Intel Core i7 mobile processor, it weighs 5.19 pounds and is just an inch thick. There's a choice of two 15.6-inch ...

39. Sun: Oracle is "committed" to SPARC architecture

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... platform" for the company. In addition, McNealy emphasized that Oracle has pledged to ensure a bright future for Java, which is currently present on 2.6 billion mobile phones and 90 percent of all PCs. ...

40. Giorgio Armani unveils $1,000 luxury mobile phone

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Giorgio Armani and Samsung have unveiled a $1,000 luxury mobile phone. The legendary fashion designer explained that the high-end device "combined beauty with function" in a simple and timeless way. ...

41. Sony debuts ultra-thin Vaio X notebook

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... scroll vertically and horizontally without ever touching your mouse," explained Abary. The X series also supports 3G mobile broadband, Wi-Fi (802.11n), Bluetooth and real-time GPS functionality. Finally, ...

42. DivX CEO: We've still a lot of streaming to do

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... to get into mobile phones and digital TVs."He claimed that his company is "well positioned" to work through the entire value chain including the chip companies, the Taiwanese oEMs, in Japan and in Europe. ...

43. Nanoradio takes on the giants: Forget Bluetooth!

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... any more. Yeah, sales of Bluetooth devices are still growing, but Tord is interested in efficient wi-fi chips now.He said he converted to designing wi-fi chipsets for mobile phones because of the phenomenal ...

44. Khronos introduces OpenMax AL multimedia specification for MIDs

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... "high-performance" MID multimedia applications. "Khronos is very excited to be launching OpenMAX AL, which delivers cross-platform multimedia to any mobile phone or device - we are making it possible ...

45. WiMAX has failed, industry guru claims

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Hermann Hauser, the man who span off ARM from Acorn and later CSR, said at a roundtable today here in Paris that WiMAX has failed.Hermann Hauser, the man who span off ARM from Acorn and later CSR, said ...

46. Amazon chops Kindle price again

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... newspaper and magazine subscriptions in over 100 countries. “Kindle has revolutionized the way we purchase and read books, by making it mobile, easy and intuitive,” said Randall Stephenson, chairman ...

47. Google's mobile ad services are laughable

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Opinion: Not surprisingly, Google wants to own the mobile browser advertising market just as it dominates the desktop browser ad market. Opinion: Not surprisingly, Google wants to own the mobile browser ...

48. Windows 6.5: Living in a Post iPhone World is a Bitch

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    In watching Microsoft deal with the world since the iPhone launched you have to wonder if the Robbie Bach and the other Microsoft executives leading the Windows Mobile Effort think they somehow dropped ...

49. AT&T ends controversial ban on iPhone VoIP apps

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... that it'll open up its 3G network to Internet calling applications such as Skype. It's the right step for AT&T, Apple, millions of mobile Skype users and the Internet itself." However, Silverman noted ...

50. First real Windows Mobile 6.5 spotted in Lisbon

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    While the rest of the world bragged about looking at Windows Mobile 6.5 prototypes today, TG Daily has actually messed around with the real thing. It's the Bluebelt II from ZTE. While the rest of the ...