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Article | 3/07/2009 When your phone rings, the copyright police may come calling
A digital rights group is contesting a U.S. music industry association's assertion that royalties are due each time a mobile phone ringtone is played ...
Article | 3/07/2009 More pornography sneaks onto the iPhone
Less than a week after the iPhone app developer behind Hottest Girls was busted for distributing pornographic material on the iPhone, another perpetra...
Article | 3/07/2009 Apple may patch serious SMS vulnerability on iPhone
Apple is working to fix an iPhone vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code with root access to th...
Article | 3/07/2009 Symbian Foundation makes progress, but challenges remain
The Symbian Foundation expects to begin beta testing of a new version of its mobile phone operating system within the next few weeks. Symbian, the fir...
Article | 3/07/2009 Will iPhones get tactile feedback, fingerprint ID?
It's always fun to speculate about what Apple has up its sleeve, and one way to get the rumors flying is to uncover Cupertino's latest patent applicat...
Article | 2/07/2009 Jailbroken iPhones leave users more vulnerable
Jailbreaking an iPhone leaves users vulnerable to attack by stripping away most of the handset's security protections, a security researcher warned Th...
Article | 3/07/2009 Apple admits iPhone overheating issues -- sort of
Apple has issued a warning on its support pages regarding iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS overheating, marking the first time the company has officially ackn...
Article | 3/07/2009 Palm Pre hardware glitches hard to evaluate, analysts say
Customer forum complaints about shoddy hardware in the recently released Palm Pre are hard to put in perspective, analysts said today, considering it ...
Article | 3/07/2009 Facebook following up privacy change with iPhone app
The folks at Facebook don't seem to be taking much downtime this summer. After announcing a revamped approach to user privacy control this week, the F...
Article | 1/07/2009 Fly-by SMS death threats hold Aussies to ransom
The government has issued a warning against fly-by criminals who are issuing SMS death threats to defraud victims.
Article | 2/07/2009 Apple iPhone 3GS sold out in UK
O2, the exclusive carrier for Apple's iPhone in the UK, reports that the iPhone 3GS is currently "out of stock".
Article | 1/07/2009 Apple prepping iPhone 3.1 software update
Only two weeks after launching the 3.0 software update for iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple is now working hard on delivering an update to the iPhone OS. ...
Article | 2/07/2009 Users complain about poor Pre hardware
Some Palm Pre owners are complaining about poor hardware quality of the phones, with at least one person saying that he's already had to return four d...
Article | 2/07/2009 Hybrid satellite-cell pocket phone may arrive this year
Previous attempts to create a mass-market satellite phone may have failed miserably--just ask the backers of Globalstar, Iridium, and Odyssey--but a V...
Article | 1/07/2009 Nokia's N97 launches in Australia with Ovi Store
Nokia Australia today launched the N97 smartphone, the first mobile phone in the company's line-up to come preloaded with its Ovi application store.
Article | 30/06/2009 HTC lifts the lid on new Windows Mobile smartphones
HTC Australia today announced the launch of three new smartphones: the HTC Snap, the HTC Touch Diamond 2 and the HTC Touch Pro 2.
Article | 30/06/2009 Europe moves to develop standard mobile phone chargers
Threatened by legislation, handset makers voluntarily committed to provide chargers compatible on the basis of the micro USB connector.
Article | 30/06/2009 Apple reports iPhone 3GS shortages
Apple's retail stores reported shortages of some models of the new iPhone 3GS Sunday, according to the company's own inventory tracking tool.
Article | 30/06/2009 Report: Dell developing handheld Internet device
Dell is developing a handheld mobile device designed for Internet access, following in the footsteps of rival Apple, according to a news report publis...
Article | 30/06/2009 Europe moves to develop standard mobile phone chargers
Wouldn't it be nice if all our mobile gadgets connected to one universal charger? According to the vice president of the European Commission, Gunter V...

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