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Tetris makes a comeback with 100 million mobile downloads

January 21, 2010

Tetris makes a comeback with 100 million mobile downloads The most popular puzzle video game is making a comeback just in time for its 25th anniversary with mobile versions flying off the virtual store shelves, but is 1984 the future of mobile gaming?

Opera joins the mobile ad war with AdMarvel acquisition

January 20, 2010

Opera joins the mobile ad war with AdMarvel acquisition Both Google and Apple have planted their stake in the ground of mobile advertising by acquiring mobile ad networks. Not to be outdone, Opera Software is expanding into mobile ads from browsers with the purchase of AdMarvel.

Apple dominated mobile app sales in 2009

January 19, 2010

Apple dominated mobile app sales in 2009 Apple accounted for 99.4 percent of all mobile apps sold last year. While most apps continue to cost just a few dollars, the market for mobile apps is already worth billions and growing.

Woz picks the Nexus One over the iPhone

January 15, 2010

Woz picks the Nexus One over the iPhone Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak has a stack of mobile devices including two iPhones and a Verizon Droid. However his favorite phone at the moment is none other than Google’s Nexus One.

PDF vulnerability used to hack Google and Adobe

January 14, 2010

PDF vulnerability used to hack Google and Adobe A recently-patched vulnerability in Adobe’s PDF technology was used in the attacks announced by both companies yesterday. Adobe also confirmed that the timing of the attacks was more than coincidental.

Google may leave China after cyber attack

January 13, 2010

Google may leave China after cyber attack After years of kowtowing to the Chinese government on censorship issues, a cyber attack has caused Google to take a very different approach to doing business in the country and one that could result in the company withdrawing from China altogether.

Flash (sort of) coming to the iPhone

January 11, 2010

Flash (sort of) coming to the iPhone No, Apple isn’t caving to pressure and letting developers create plugins for the iPhone’s mobile browser. However Adobe is putting together tools to help developers work around this limitation.

Palm Pre and Pixi Plus coming to Verizon

January 8, 2010

palmpre The introduction of the new Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus phones at CES didn’t generate quite the same buzz as their initial release last year, but the real news could be that the devices are now available to a much larger audience through Verizon.

Ballmer hands in HP Slate at CES instead of his own homework

January 7, 2010

hp-slate Steve Ballmer showed off the new HP Slate device at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last night running Windows 7 touch interface. He also forgot to mention that his dog ate all his homework for the last year.

HP’s first touch netbook launches at CES

January 6, 2010

HP's first touch netbook launches at CES The Apple Tablet won’t be introduced until March, but HP is already showing off its first Mini 5102 netbook with an optional touch screen at CES in Las Vegas. The really good news is just how little this major upgrade will cost.

Apple acquiring mobile ad network Quattro Wireless

January 5, 2010

Apple acquiring Quattro Wireless mobile ad network Just weeks after Google announced it will acquire mobile advertiser Admob, Apple is set to acquire Quattro Wireless to get an ad network all of its own. The question is how do mobile ads fit into Apple’s strategy?

Vonage betting big on mobile

January 4, 2010

Vonage betting big on mobile After lawsuits threatened to shutter the low-cost Voice over IP (VoIP) calling company, Vonage is attempting a revival on the promise of the mobile market and cheap International calling.

Motorola Devour: Verizon’s next Android phone

January 4, 2010

Motorola Devour: Verizon’s next Android phone Barely two months after Verizon released the Droid, the wireless company is rumored to be readying the launch of another device running the Google Android mobile operating system.

German hacker cracks cell phone encryption

December 29, 2009

German hacker cracks cell phone encryption A German engineer has broken the 64-bit encryption still used by a large number of GSM cellular networks around the globe and released his findings online in hopes of spurring tighter security. What does this really mean for most wireless phone users?

Kindle books outsell hard copies this Christmas

December 28, 2009

Kindle books outsell hard copies this Christmas The importance of Amazon’s Kindle device became apparent this holiday season as the retailer sold more digital books for the device than actual books. Could the publishing industry be going all digital in the not-so-distant future?

San Francisco may require radiation warnings on cell phones

December 28, 2009

warning_sign Scientists still aren’t clear as to whether long-term cell phone use could cause cancer, but that won’t stop San Francisco from considering a bill to require warning signs on the devices.

Netbook shipments double in down economy

December 23, 2009

Netbook shipments double in down economy Tough economic conditions resulted in lower computer sales in 2009 with netbooks being the only category to buck the trend with an explosion of the miniature notebook computers.


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