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(PhysOrg.com) -- Several research security firms have reported a new worm attack against jail broken iPhones, dubbed "Ikee.B or "Duh", this worm searches for personal and banking information. http://www.physorg.com/news178368713.html Electronics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:52:39 EST news178368713 (AP) -- Laura Fitton's ascent has been staggering: In less than a year, she's become mayor of nine different places in several different states, all without giving any speeches or kissing any babies. http://www.physorg.com/news178217012.html Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:50:02 EST news178217012 Swedish streaming software Spotify announced on Monday the launch of a music application for the Symbian platform, used by the world's biggest mobile phone maker Nokia and other smartphones. http://www.physorg.com/news178183307.html Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:10:01 EST news178183307 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new application for the Android smartphone shows users and software developers how much power their applications are consuming. PowerTutor was developed by doctoral students and professors at the University of Michigan. http://www.physorg.com/news177953946.html Technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:40:06 EST news177953946 (AP) -- Dell Inc. is officially jumping into the "smart" phone market this month in a deal with China's biggest wireless carrier, China Mobile Ltd. http://www.physorg.com/news177318553.html Electronics Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:20:02 EST news177318553 Before buying one of the new Google-powered "Droid" phones from Verizon Wireless, you may want to read the manual. Not the setup directions in the box. http://www.physorg.com/news177157967.html Technology Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:10:01 EST news177157967 Lost in the recent deluge of smart-phone news -- Apple's iPhone store hitting 100,000 applications, and the launches of the new Droid phone and the BlackBerry Storm, among other things -- have been the efforts of longtime handheld gadget maker Palm. http://www.physorg.com/news177157441.html Technology Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:30:01 EST news177157441 Google's voice search tool now understands Chinese. The Internet giant announced on Monday that users of Nokia S60 series mobile phones could now search the Internet using voice commands in Mandarin Chinese. http://www.physorg.com/news176401966.html Technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:34:19 EST news176401966 If you haven't yet heard of HTC, you will soon. The Taiwanese mobile-phone company with U.S. headquarters in Bellevue, Wash., is launching a huge campaign this week to raise the profile of the HTC brand. http://www.physorg.com/news176061329.html Technology Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:00:01 EST news176061329 Mobile phones are on the verge of becoming powerful tools to collect data on many issues, ranging from global health to the environment. http://www.physorg.com/news176044262.html Technology Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:40:03 EST news176044262 (AP) -- An aggressive TV ad campaign from Verizon Wireless is adding to the support building for a software package from Google Inc. that is shaping up to be the most formidable challenge yet to Apple Inc.'s iPhone. http://www.physorg.com/news175178121.html Electronics Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:50:28 EST news175178121 US wireless carrier T-Mobile temporarily halted sales of the Sidekick mobile phone Monday after a server failure caused many customers to lose personal data such as contacts and calendar items. http://www.physorg.com/news174585139.html Electronics Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:52:45 EST news174585139 Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer on Tuesday unveiled his company's line of Windows smartphones in an offensive against Apple's iPhone and Google's Android system. http://www.physorg.com/news174052642.html Electronics Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:58:08 EST news174052642 (AP) -- Verizon Wireless and Google Inc. are teaming up to tackle the challenge posed by the iPhone, saying they will collaborate closely to create wireless devices that use Google's software. http://www.physorg.com/news174041772.html Technology Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:57:03 EST news174041772 Imagine seeing a cool-looking building from afar that you want to know more about. Or seeing someone whose name you can't remember coming toward you with their hand outstretched. http://www.physorg.com/news173556658.html Technology Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:11:32 EST news173556658 US mobile entertainment company mSpot on Tuesday began offering full-length movies for streaming to mobile phones. http://www.physorg.com/news173468753.html Technology Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:10:02 EST news173468753 (AP) -- T-Mobile USA plans to start selling the first phone from Motorola that uses Google's software on Oct. 19. http://www.physorg.com/news173460996.html Electronics Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:00:01 EST news173460996 LG Electronics reinforced its aggressive strategy in smartphones by announcing the first Android mobile device. http://www.physorg.com/news172156930.html Electronics Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:40:01 EST news172156930 Facebook says more than 65 million people around the world now regularly use a mobile device to access the social network, more than triple the number who connected through a smart-phone or other mobile device nine months ago. http://www.physorg.com/news171825678.html Technology Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:30:01 EST news171825678 (AP) -- Struggling phone maker Motorola unveiled its first device using Google's Android system Thursday, banking on it to power features that will attract consumers looking to use their phones to connect with friends, family and colleagues. http://www.physorg.com/news171812091.html Electronics Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:10:02 EST news171812091 Apple's iPhone will soon officially go on sale in China, more than two years after its US debut, but it may not make much of a splash, with smuggled units and similar devices available, analysts say. http://www.physorg.com/news171429496.html Technology Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:20:01 EST news171429496 US wireless carrier Sprint Nextel and Taiwan's HTC Corp. announced plans Thursday to release a touch-screen mobile phone in October powered by Google's Android software. http://www.physorg.com/news171196068.html Electronics Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:40:02 EST news171196068 When T-Mobile and Google launched the T-Mobile G1 last fall, there were high hopes that the device and its Android mobile operating system would provide a real threat to Apple's iPhone. http://www.physorg.com/news171138581.html Electronics Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:30:28 EST news171138581 (AP) -- Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple Inc.'s board because of the companies' conflicting interests as competition between the one-time allies heats up. http://www.physorg.com/news168526241.html Technology Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:20:02 EST news168526241 (AP) -- Apple Inc. says it has fixed an iPhone vulnerability that lets hackers knock people offline - and possibly take over the phones - by sending them specially crafted text messages. http://www.physorg.com/news168271373.html Electronics Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:03:17 EST news168271373 (AP) -- Getting a text message is akin to someone sliding a piece of mail under your door: You may not have asked for it, you can't stop its delivery and you have to deal with it whether you want to or not. http://www.physorg.com/news168194740.html Technology Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:00:03 EST news168194740 (AP) -- Less than a year after T-Mobile and HTC released the first smart phone using Google's Android operating system, the wireless operator and the handset maker are back with a sleeker device that takes advantage of recent software updates. http://www.physorg.com/news168098804.html Electronics Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:07:33 EST news168098804 (PhysOrg.com) -- Dell engineers are in the process of developing a pocket handheld device for browsing the internet. Dell plans on using the Google Inc.'s Android software and may also use chips based on designed licensed from ARM Holdings PLC, according to the Wall Street Journal's sources. http://www.physorg.com/news165668032.html Electronics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:54:33 EST news165668032 Shares of Microsoft Corp. fell more than 1 percent Friday, a day after the software giant announced price cuts will be offered as part of its impending release of a new version of Windows. http://www.physorg.com/news165402853.html Technology Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:50:01 EST news165402853 (AP) -- T-Mobile USA's follow-up to the first "Google phone" will go on sale in early August, the carrier said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news164883082.html Electronics Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:51:58 EST news164883082