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Sprint WiMax phone to be first 4G handset in retail

According to a report by Forbes, Sprint is preparing to launch the United States' first 4G cell phone well ahead of expected schedule. Add comment

French net filtering plan advances

French lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve a controversial draft law designed to filter Internet traffic, a step the government alleges is necessary to catch child pornographers. Add comment

PDFs account for 80% of all exploits in 2009

Security firm ScanSafe announced on Tuesday that Adobe's PDF document format was the target of 80% of all exploits in 2009. Add comment

Yahoo!/Microsoft search deal cleared by DOJ

Following last week's approval by EU regulators, their US counterparts have just approved the long-awaited romance between Microsoft and Yahoo!'s search divisions. Add comment

Motorola Backflip finally brings Android to AT&T

AT&T today confirmed prior speculation regarding their involvement with Android by announcing the Motorola Backflip. Add comment

Please rob me!

A new website called pleaserobme.com has popped up on the web with the intent of illustrating that web users often freely provide valuable information on their whereabouts. Add comment

AMD Catalyst 10.2 makes big changes

AMD has today announced February's monthly Catalyst release, version 10.2, but has packed it with several features that fall outside the standard crop of bug fixes and performance enhancements. Add comment

Verizon opens data network to unlimited Skype for Android and BlackBerry

Subscribers with unlimited data plans for BlackBerry or Android devices will soon be eligible for unlimited Skype-to-Skype calling in the US and international calls at the cheap Skype rate. Add comment

Unified US 4G standard moves closer to completion

The world organization that oversees the GSM cellular standard made yesterday a pair of announcements that speak to the end of a US cellular industry divided between CDMA and GSM technologies. Add comment

NVIDIA ION 2 appears in Acer Aspire 532G

NVIDIA's ION 2 is coming to retail in March starting, perhaps, with the Acer Aspire 532G. Add comment

RIM demos WebKit browser for BlackBerries

Today RIM demonstrated a browser built on WebKit, the very same engine used by the iPhone, Pre and Android to render pages. Add comment

HTC Legend: The new Hero

The HTC Hero is showing a little age, so HTC announced today that it will be updating it with the HTC Legend. Add comment

Sprint: Android 2.1 for HTC Hero and Samsung Moment in 2Q10

Sprint has announced today via its official Twitter page that the HTC Hero and the Samsung Moment will be receiving an upgrade to Android 2.1 in the second quarter of 2010. Add comment

HTC Desire: Nexus One with Flash and Sense

HTC's Desire is a Nexus One with an optical trackpad, Sense UI and Adobe Flash 10.1. Add comment

HTC HD Mini officialized

HTC today announced the HD Mini, the little brother to the WinMo-powered HD2. Add comment

Texas Instruments talks OMAP 4

Texas Instruments today provided new details regarding OMAP 4, the company's upcoming fourth generation SoC designed to power mobile internet devices (MIDs), such as tablets. Add comment

Moto CLIQ to get battery, touch, GPS update this week

Motorola has announced via its Twitter page that their CLIQ handset will receive a minor update this week that brings fixes to the GPS, touchscreen and battery life. Add comment

Motorola revises Android 2.1 update schedule for Droid, CLIQ

Motorola has released a revised Android 2.1 update schedule for the Droid/Milestone and the CLIQ/DEXT. Add comment

Nexus One overclocked to 1.113GHz

Wily hardware hackers have pushed the Nexus One to 1.113GHz. Add comment

Windows Phone 7 Series announced and pictured

The 2010 GSM Mobile World Conference kicked off today in Barcelona, and Microsoft hit the ground running with the official unveiling of Windows Mobile 7. Add comment

Mind of UPSLynx for the week of February 7th

Mind of UPSLynx for the week of February 7th covers Google Buzz, ICSP, and AvP. Add comment