From DailyTech: If you own an a phone with Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android operating system, beware there are likely two significant locks on it.

The first is the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) (or Universal Integrated Circuit Card) lock. This lock prevents the user from swapping in...

From DailyTech: While no known exploits are currently in the wild, Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) smartphone OS du jour, Windows Phone, reportedly has a whopper of a security flaw in its messaging hub application. The flaw allows a malicious attacker to use malformed messages to not only...

From PC World: Verizon on Thursday said its third 4G network problem this month was resolved over night.

Via Twitter, the operator said that its 3G network operated normally during the issue so that customers could still make phone calls and send and receive text messages.

Some...

From CNET News.com: Samsung has shipped 1 million Galaxy Notes since the mobile gadget hit the market in late October.

Part smartphone and part tablet, the Note has seen a rise in sales across Europe and Asia, particularly France, Germany, Hong Kong and Taiwan, according to a...

From CNET News.com: Verizon Wireless plans to charge subscribers a new $2 fee every time they pay their wireless bills online or directly over the phone.

A leaked memo from the company first reported by Engadget, showed some of the details of the new plan. And the blog Phone Scoop...

From DailyTech: Numbers have reportedly leaked via VR-Zone on the performance of CPU kingpin Intel Corp.'s (INTC) Medfield, the company's tardy upcoming ultra-mobile CPU. Now it's important to exercise a bit of caution as the credibility of these figures is questionable and even if...

From X-bit Labs: LG Electronics plans to unveil the world’s largest 3D ultra high-definition (UHD) TV at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The 84" screen will be the first stereo-3D (S3D) TV-set to support 3840x2160 (4K) resolution. Unfortunately, there will be no...

From X-bit Labs: Acer Group, the company that managed to become one of the leaders on the emerging market of netbooks back in 2009, but failed to gain traction on the growing market of media tablets and smartphones, reportedly decided to close down its touch business group...

From InfoWorld: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved AT&T's $1.9 billion purchase of spectrum from Qualcomm on Thursday, allowing the carrier to salvage one ambitious deal to acquire more spectrum, after shooting down its planned merger with T-Mobile USA.

AT&T...

From PC World: Intel on Wednesday started shipping the latest Atom chips for netbooks, an important step to sustain growth of the low-cost PCs in the wake of the tablet onslaught.

The dual-core chips, part of the platform code-named Cedar Trail, bring better battery life and overall...