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1. Gameloft chooses iPhone over Android

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... See Also ARM accelerates Android mobile development Sprint launches Palm Pixi smartphone Dell touts Mini 3 Android smartphone 
Motorola Droid snipes at iPhone's market share Smartphone market: Android ...

2. Mutant Koobface worm attacks Skype accounts

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... executes various API commands to harvest personal data from Skype users. "W32/Koobfa-O collects information about the user such as HOMEPAGE, ABOUT, PHONE_MOBILE, PHONE_OFFICE, PHONE_HOME, CITY, COUNTRY, ...

3. Thieves scrump thousands of Apple iPhones

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... to comment. The iPhones were destined for mobile operator Mobistar, which had already been suffering shortages. The company's Patti Verdoot told De Standard that it had been promised a new shipment to ...

4. Adobe upgrades Flash player with improved HD support

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   ... with content protection powered by Flash Access 2.0," Adobe explained in a statement. "Additionally, Flash Player 10.1 now leverages hardware decoding of H.264 video on Windows PCs, netbooks and mobile ...

5. T-Mobile starts selling Sidekick phones again

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   But price is somewhat cheaper The phone hit by a Microsoft server crash over a month ago is now back on the market - and it's cheaper. Sidekick is back up for sale on the T-Mobile web site but now it ...

6. How to stop the Feds tapping your phone

   (Security/Security Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   ... data. Sending a batch of SMS texts from a mobile or making a VoIP call is more than likely to overwhelm the call monitoring system and cause it to drop the connection. Researchers say that programming ...

7. ARM accelerates Android mobile development

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   Open source drives innovation ARM has launched a solution center for hardware manufacturers developing Android-based mobile platforms. According to company spokesperson James Bruce, over 35 members of ...

8. Sprint launches Palm Pixi smartphone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Sunday, 15 November 2009

   ... the newest Palm smartphone allows users to visit non-mobile websites, with full scrolling and zooming capabilities. Finally, the Pixi boasts an integrated 2-megapixel camera with LED flash and automatic ...

9. British man given bionic butt

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Sunday, 15 November 2009

   ... activates the electrodes. "It’s like a chubby little mobile phone," he told the Daily Telegraph. "You switch it on and off, just like switching on the TV. "They call me the man with the bionic bottom, ...

10. Dell touts Mini 3 Android smartphone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    Not an iPhone killer Dell has announced plans to introduce yet another Android-based smartphone into an already crowded mobile marketplace. 

According to Dell spokesperson Ron Garriques, the Mini 3 will ...

11. YouTube goes hi-res

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    But most content comes from mobiles YouTube is to start support 1080p high-definition videos from next week. Google-owned YouTube says it will support video playback in the full 1080p HD format, upgrading ...

12. Cellphones affect the brain

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... all follow the recommendations of the Radiation Safety Authority when it comes to using headsets and avoiding mobile phone use when the coverage is poor," he says. Children and adolescents who regularly ...

13. Zune shifts into high gear with 6 HD games

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... iPhone app Microsoft's Zune tunes in to HD Radio Microsoft ditches 'classic' Zune models Microsoft: Mobile Xbox device inevitable  ...

14. Apple with iPhone more profitable than Nokia

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... a lower $1.1 billion operating profit. With strong volumes, high wholesale prices and tight cost controls, the PC vendor has successfully broken into the mobile phone market in just two years." Newil ...

15. Samsung launches its own mobile platform

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    Bada, bada, bada Samsung is playing catch-up in the smartphone market with the launch of its own open mobile platform. Bada, due to launch next month, is claimed to be particularly simple for developers ...

16. Mozilla looks ahead as Firefox celebrates fifth anniversary

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... choices to support a standards-based, royalty-free approach. [And] expect to see changes in the expectations around the licensing of codecs." Blizzard also predicted that the mobile sector will play an ...

17. Rickrolling worm infects jailbroken iPhones

    (Security/Security Features)

    Sunday, 08 November 2009

    ... 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 ...

18. Smartphone users make lousy partners

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    ... 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'.  ...

19. Smartphone market: Android and iPhone continue to grow

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    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 ...

20. Internet users do have friends

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... 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 ...

21. Hacker jailbreaks iPhone 3GS with blacksn0w crack

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    ... 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 ...

22. Apple brags as apps exceed 100,000 mark

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    ... 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 ...

23. iPhone jailbreakers held hostage

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    ... 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. ...

24. Mobile phone market shows signs of recovery

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 30 October 2009

    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 ...

25. Sony Ericsson touts sleek and sexy Aino phone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 29 October 2009

    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 ...

26. Amazon streamlines payment process

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 29 October 2009

    ... 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, ...

27. Intel, Numonyx trumpet phase change memory breakthrough

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 29 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

28. Google simplifies GPS navigation for Android 2.0 smartphones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

29. RightNow's pre-emptive strike

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

30. PC makers muscle in on smartphone market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... 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, ...

31. Disney launches Click2Life iPhone app

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

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

32. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    ... 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. ...

33. Leaving the iPhone behind

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    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 ...

34. Universal phone chargers won't save the planet

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    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) ...

35. Fuel cells fail to fulfil their promise

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    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 ...

36. Nokia sues Apple over alleged iPhone patent infringement

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    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 ...

37. Americans tweet like a flock of canaries

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... 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. ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    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 ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

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

40. Spring Design introduces Android E-Reader

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

41. Wolfram Alpha rolls out $50 iPhone app

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... 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.  ...

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

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... 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." ...

43. Kindle is no answer to reading books digitally

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Sunday, 18 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

44. Judge protects Verizon ringtones from greedy publishers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 16 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

45. Microsoft to fight Apple with own retail stores

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    ... 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, ...

46. Finland promises broadband for all

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

47. Solar-powered bags can recharge phones

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... 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. ...

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

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... "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 ...

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

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... 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 ...