Thursday, December 30, 2010

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Windows Phone 7 hits 5000 apps in 2 months, equaling Palm's webOS
Apple Insider
By Sam Oliver Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform now has more than 5000
applications written for it, well behind the 300000 for Apple's iOS, but
matching the total number of programs for Palm's webOS in just over two
months. As noted by CNNMoney.com, ...
<http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/30/windows_phone_7_hits_5000_apps_in_2_months_equaling_palms_webos.html>
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'Most Sophisticated' Android Trojan Surfaces in China
PC Magazine
However, it appears to be more of a sign of things to come rather than a
serious threat to US Android users. Dubbed Geinimi (a scrambulation of
Gemini) by Lookout Mobile Security, a startup based in San Francisco, the
botnet-like Trojan sends location ...
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2374926,00.asp>
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Facebook tops Google as most visited site in US
Reuters
NEW YORK Dec 30 (Reuters) - Facebook surpassed Google for the first time as
the most visited website in the United States for most of 2010. The social
network site edged out Google.com (GOOG.O) with 8.9 percent of all US
visits between January and ...
<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN3011260620101230>
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Hack turns Nook Color into Kindle
CNET
by David Carnoy As soon as Barnes & Noble released the Android-powered Nook
Color, one question that many people were asking was would you be able to
run the Kindle app for Android on the device. Of course, Barnes & Noble
wasn't going to authorize it, ...
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20026799-1.html>
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Enterprise apps find a space on consumer devices
Computerworld
By Joab Jackson IDG News Service - When Apple CEO Steve Jobs formally
introduced the iPad in January of this year, he had mostly the consumer
market in mind for his much anticipated new product. Nonetheless, the iPad,
and similar consumer-focused ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9202800/Enterprise_apps_find_a_space_on_consumer_devices?taxonomyId=18>
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News: EU Approves Universal Smartphone Charger Standard
The Mac Observer
The European Union's regulatory authorities at the European Commission
announced Thursday the approval of a universal standard for smartphone
chargers sold in Europe. The standard was developed with cooperation and
backing from fourteen of the top ...
<http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/eu_approves_universal_smartphone_charger_standard/>
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2010 in Review: The Year in IOS
PC World
By Dan Moren, Macworld When 2010 began, the software that ran the iPhone
and iPod touch was still called "iPhone OS"; by the end of the year, it had
been rechristened iOS. You don't have to look any further than that to see
this was the year that ...
<http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/215157/2010_in_review_the_year_in_ios.html>
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China may ban Skype with new rules
Computerworld
By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - China may soon ban Skype, the government's
official newspaper said today, potentially putting the popular Internet
chat and phone service in the same boat as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
According to the People's Daily ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9202818/China_may_ban_Skype_with_new_rules>
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