"Jail broken" iPhones vulnerable to new virus (Reuters)
Hackers have built a virus that attacks Apple Inc's iPhone by secretly taking control of the devices via their Internet connections, security experts said. Read More
Laptop becomes reality for Uruguay's schoolchildren (AFP)
A laptop is now finding its place alongside a notebook and pen in schoolbags in Uruguay, the first and only country to offer an Internet-connected computers to all public primary school students. Read More
South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week (AP)
Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets. Read More
Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty (AP)
Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, a top executive said Friday. Read More
Susan Boyle set for biggest UK album of 2009: HMV (Reuters)
Scottish singer Susan Boyle, who shot to fame after her audition for "Britain's Got Talent" was aired in April, appears set to have the biggest album in Britain this year, music retailer HMV said on Monday. Read More
Wikipedia, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments (Reuters)
The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards. Read More
Nokia sees corporate interest for netbook (Reuters)
Top cell phone maker Nokia has seen growing interest among companies for its first netbook or mini-laptop, a company executive said on Thursday. Read More
iPhone Hints: Give thanks for the iPhone's physical controls (Macworld.com)
Thursday is Thanksgiving in the U.S, so in this week's super-sized edition of iPhone hints we give thanks for the few, the proud, the useful—the iPhone’s physical controls. Read More
Motorola, Research in Motion sued over voicemail (AP)
Patent holding company Klausner Technologies Inc. on Monday said it's suing Motorola Inc. and the maker of BlackBerry smartphones for allegedly violating its patent for visual voicemail. Read More
Third iPhone worm targets jailbroken iPhones in Europe, Australia (Macworld.com)
Another week, another worm hitting jailbroken iPhones. As with the previous exploits, which Rickrolled your phone’s wallpaper and stole your data, this nasty piece of work burrows its way into your jailbroken device if you haven’t changed the password for the iPhone’s root account—you have changed your root password, right? Right? Read More
Spotify launches application for Nokia phones (AFP)
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. Read More
Ubisoft steps up videogame fitness with virtual coach (AFP)
French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape starting Tuesday. Read More
Gameloft to cut back on Android development (Macworld.com)
Though you may think us to be iPhone fans all the time, we really do want to root for the underdog. Whether it's Google's Android or Palm's webOS, the smartphone industry could really use a David to the iPhone's Goliath to promote competition and better products all around. Read More
Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone (AFP)
Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding on the Internet. Read More
Sony to launch online download service for TVs (AFP)
Sony Corp. aims to launch next year a new online service that will allow people to download content such as music and movies to their televisions and other electronic gadgets, a top executive said Friday. Read More
Nokia to axe 330 jobs in Finland, Denmark (AFP)
Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Friday it would shed about 330 jobs in Finland and Denmark as part of a streamlining of its vast research and development operations. Read More
Gameloft says it, others reining in Android plans (Reuters)
French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google's Android platform. Read More
First Look: Super Monkey Ball 2 (Macworld.com)
The original Super Monkey Ball was an App Store launch game and sold like gangbusters. Taking advantage of the iPhone’s accelerometer controls and already possessing a huge following thanks to its console success, Super Monkey Ball was one of the most highly anticipated apps on the iPhone. Read More
Hack brings 10.6.2 back to Atom processors (Macworld.com)
Remember last week, when the net was abuzz with the news that the Mac OS X 10.6.2 update broke notebooks with Atom processors? Well, given the first syllable of the word "hackintosh" it's little surprise that that state of affairs has changed. The release of a newly-hacked kernel claims to allow the Snow Leopard to roam freely off of the Apple steppes. Read More
Incase debuts new chargers for iPod and iPhone (Macworld.com)
Accessory vendor Incase has released two new chargers for iPods and iPhones. Read More
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