Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile 6.5

From InfoWorld: Microsoft unveiled its Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system Monday on what are being called "Windows phones" that focus on touch-friendly features and quicker navigation, acknowledging the influence of the iPhone. The phones should ship as early as July.

"We're...

Facebook's Zuckerberg Calms Privacy Fears Over TOS Change

From PC World: Who owns and controls your Facebook information? This has been a question many have debated over the weekend, but Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, finally gave us the answer (almost) yesterday.

There's always an uneasy balance between sharing information and retaining...

Sirius XM agrees to $530 million Liberty Media stake

From PC World: Troubled satellite radio company Sirius XM announced Tuesday, following reports, that it will accept an investment from cable giant Liberty Media.

The investment, which will save Sirius XM from bankruptcy, will take the form of $530 million in loans in exchange for an...

TI escalates ARM (chip) race

From CNET News.com: Texas Instruments sent out a little reminder on Monday that it won't be a cakewalk into the smartphone market for newcomers Intel and Nvidia.

While Intel announced LG Electronics as its first smartphone customer and Nvidia hawks its initial mobile phone...

Facebook's TOS Changes Anger Some Users

From DailyTech: The previous Facebook terms of service (TOS) stated that if a user closed his or her Facebook account, rights to original content posted on the profile would eventually expire. The recent TOS changes, however, give Facebook the ability to use uploaded content any way...

Update: Google opens Android store to paid apps

From InfoWorld: evelopers of Android applications finally will be able to charge consumers for them, ending a few months of free Android downloads and potentially making Google's mobile platform more attractive to developers.

U.S. and U.K. developers can now go to the Android...

HTC Unveils Updated IPhone 3G Rival and Touch Pro2

From PC World: High Tech Computer (HTC), the largest maker of handsets that run Microsoft Windows Mobile software, unveiled updates to two of its most popular smartphones ever on Monday, the HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2 handsets.

The sleek new handsets are both 3G...

Sony Ericsson unveils new strategy

From CNET News.com: Sony Ericsson has been hit hard by the global recession, but the company says it has a new strategy focused on services and entertainment that it hopes will get it back on track.

On Sunday evening here on the eve of GSMA's Mobile World Congress, the cell phone...

Flash 10 coming to most smartphones in 2010

From CNET News.com: A full-fledged version of the Adobe Flash player is coming soon to a whole slew of smartphones. Unfortunately, Apple's iPhone isn't one of them.

Adobe announced at the GSMA Mobile World Congress here Monday that Flash Player 10, which is the full version of Flash...

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