InfoWorld - With more than 1 billion phones sold globally for the first time, 2007 was a banner year for mobile phone sales. As sales continue to grow, the big questions this year are whether global market leader Nokia can expand in North America, and whether Motorola can stop its slide. Read more…
NewsFactor - Are you bugged by spam? Plagued by e-mail-borne viruses? Annoyed when an online merchant sells your e-mail address to e-marketers? Worried about the security of your messages? Read more…
The mobile phone industry is gearing up for an assault on gaming. Read more…
Steven Spielberg's first video game is out in May - but it may not be what people expect. Read more…
PC World - Odo project spawns a prototype digital camera for use in developing countries. Read more…
PC World - GPS, electronic compasses, and new software will soon let our phones show us around town. Read more…
AFP - The first 30,000 pages of the online Encyclopedia of Life were unveiled Wednesday as part of an ambitious project to catalogue the 1.8 million species known on Earth. Read more…
FT.com - O2 suffered embarrassment on Wednesday when regulators threatened sanctions against the UK's largest mobile phone operator if it failed to make its 3G network available to more people. Read more…
Reuters - Apple Inc said on Wednesday it will reveal its software plans for its iPhone device on March 6, including tools for outside developers and features aimed at businesses. Read more…
AP - A whistle-blower credited with providing key documents in a lawsuit over the Bush administration's secretive domestic wiretapping program is one of three recipients of the "Pioneer Awards" from a civil-rights group that brought the challenge. Read more…
AP - A company that sells Internet addresses is being sued for its controversial practice of holding a domain name in reserve if someone checks for its availability but does not buy it right away. Read more…
NewsFactor - Now that the high-definition DVD war is over, the real innovation can begin. On Tuesday, Sony updated its Blu-ray Disc player line with two new models that will offer advanced interactive features, including trailers and games from the Internet. The new players will debut this summer. Read more…
AFP - Germany's highest court ruled Wednesday that the state was allowed to spy on Internet communications where it could prevent loss of life or an attack on the country. Read more…
NewsFactor - The European Commission has fined Microsoft a record $1.35 billion for noncompliance with its March 2004 antitrust decision. Commissioner Neelie Kroes said the fine is in response to the software giant's continued stifling of innovation by charging other companies prohibitive royalty rates for the essential information they need to offer software products. Read more…
InfoWorld - A proposed consumer rights bill for mobile telephone service drew mixed reviews during a hearing in Congress Wednesday with detractors saying the legislation would place too much regulation on a competitive industry. Read more…
AP - Nortel Networks Corp. said Wednesday it will cut 2,100 jobs ?— about 6 percent of its work force ?— as it reported its fourth-quarter losses had widened, sending its shares tumbling. Read more…
InfoWorld - Microsoft is pushing the improved security of its Windows Server 2008 software package as one of the primary reasons why business customers should upgrade to the long-awaited product refresh as quickly as possible. Read more…
FT.com - Andrew Grove, former chief executive of Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), popularised the Silicon Valley motto: "Only the paranoid survive." In the preface to his book of that title he wrote: "The more successful you are, the more people want a chunk of your business, and then another chunk, and then another, until there is nothing left." Read more…
InfoWorld - Besides launching a set of updated products Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer lauded the company's IT user base, calling them the "heart and soul" of the industry. Read more…
Reuters - Apple Inc said on Wednesday that it will give details next week of how outside programmers can create software for its iPhone, a move aimed at spurring demand for the multifunction device. Read more…
InfoWorld - Opera Mobile and Opera Mini users will start seeing a Google search bar on their browser start pages, based on an agreement between the companies. Read more…
AP - If you cross an alarm clock, a picture frame and an Internet radio player with a gerbil, you would get the Chumby, possibly the least threatening-looking electronic device ever. Read more…
AP - Internet telephone provider Nuvio Corp. said Wednesday it has sued navigational device marker Garmin Ltd. over the name of Garmin's new wireless phone. Read more…
InfoWorld - eBay is trying to help CISOs (chief information security officers) build a common front in the war against cybercrime. Read more…
AP - An effort at damage control has snowballed into a public relations disaster for a Swiss bank seeking to crack down on a renegade Web site for posting classified information about some of its wealthy clients. Read more…
