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• ZTE confirms security hole in U.S. phone May 18, 2012
  (Reuters) - ZTE Corp, the world's No.4 handset vendor and one of two Chinese companies under U.S. scrutiny over security concerns, said one of its mobile phone models sold in the United States contains a vulnerability that researchers say could allow others to control the device. The hole affects ZTE's Score model that runs on Google Inc's And […]
• Samsung gets 9 million preorders for new Galaxy phone: report May 18, 2012
  SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co has received some 9 million pre-orders for its third-generation Galaxy S smartphone from more than 100 global carriers, the Korea Economic Daily reported on Friday. Samsung toppled Apple as the world's biggest smartphone maker in the first quarter, helped by its line-up of Galaxy named devices running on Google […]
• Verizon data fans to pay more in service or phones May 17, 2012
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless plans to make its data-hungry customers pay a lot more, either in service fees or smartphone prices, as it tries to cut costs and boost revenue from data services. The No. 1 U.S. mobile provider said it will eliminate unlimited data plans for all customers who upgrade their cellphone at a discounted rate, potentially dri […]
• Today Show's Topsy-Turvy 'Call Me Maybe'; The Deschanel Family Twee May 17, 2012
  We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today: Zooey Deschanel has a twee brother who also loves Siri, the […]
• Apple Dispute Halts Sales of HTC One X, EVO 4G LTE May 17, 2012
  If you're interested in buying HTC's new flagship Android phone the One X or the brand new EVO 4G LTE for Sprint, you may be waiting a while. […]
• Wi-Lan says court to proceed with patent trial May 17, 2012
  (Reuters) - Canadian patent licensing company Wi-Lan Inc said a U.S. judge had allowed its patent suit to proceed against eight companies, including units of Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, HTC Corp and Sony Corp. The U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas rejected all arguments made in support of the defendants' motion for a partial summary judgment, Wi-Lan s […]
• The rumored 4-inch iPhone screen: Is bigger better? May 17, 2012
  The Wall Street Journal and Reuters report that Apple is preparing to debut a larger handset come fall. Say it ain't so, bemoan some nostalgic techies […]
• Panel Sympathetic to Geolocation Privacy Concerns May 17, 2012
  A House Judiciary subcommittee appeared sympathetic on Thursday to calls for Congress to set standards for when law enforcement can gain access to geolocation information generated by cell phones and other devices. […]
• A match made in heaven: BlackBerry PlayBook and… Windows Phone? [video] May 17, 2012
  What do you get when you cross a struggling vendor’s debut tablet with a mobile operating system that has spent the past 18 months running into the brick wall that is Google’s Android operating system and Apple’s iOS? One Dutch developer seemingly needed to find out, so he ported Microsoft’s perpetually-emerging Windows Phone OS onto RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBoo […]
• Wi-Lan says court rules in its favor in patent case May 17, 2012
  (Reuters) - Patent licensing company Wi-Lan Inc said a U.S. judge had ruled in its favor in a patent infringement claim related to handset products and high-speed packet access base stations. Wi-Lan had alleged that Alcatel-Lucent USA, HTC Corp and Sony Corp's Sony Mobile Communications (USA) Inc had infringed four of its patents. The company said the U […]