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• 22 February 2012

• News: Microsoft complains to the EU about Motorola Mobility

  Microsoft has filed a formal complaint with the European Commission against Motorola Mobility for alleged abuse of essential patents.

• News: Apple Store thief can't hold out for iPhone 5

  News reports out of Charlotte, N.C., indicate a "known suspect" swiped 25 iPhones from an Apple Store at Northlake Mall between Dec. 1 and Jan. 11.

• News: Storify launches iPad app

  Storify, a service that lets you curate content from multiple social networks to create a story, has launched an app for the iPad.

• News: Apple's iPhone is practically hand made, report shows

  ABC's Nightline programme last night looked at conditions in Apple's supply chain with host Bill Weir talking to workers and managers in Foxconn factories.

• News: Microsoft complains to the EU about Motorola Mobility

  Microsoft has filed a formal complaint with the European Commission against Motorola Mobility for alleged abuse of essential patents.

• News: Google Augmented Reality Glasses Expected by Year's End

  Google is working on pair of augmented reality glasses running on Android, set for release later this year, according to the New York Times, which quoted unnamed company employees. The glasses are meant to work like a heads-up-display that analyzes and displays information for the wearer, priced somewhere between $250 and $600.

• News: Symantec: Mobile adoption has reached tipping point

  Survey finds majority of organizations pondering custom apps or running line-of-business apps

• News: Office for iPad 'to be submitted to Apple soon'

  Microsoft is preparing to submit an iPad version of Office to Apple for inclusion in the App Store, it has been reported.

• 21 February 2012

• Opinion: Bejeweled 2: The Game You Know and Love Comes to Android

  I could start off by saying that Bejeweled 2 is a match-three game--but really, Bejeweled 2 is the match-three game.

• Opinion: A.I. MOTHER Nags You to Take Out the Trash

  It can be hard to herd a bunch of hardware hacking geeks into doing their part with the chores, but Louisville hackerspace LVL1 has come up with a novel solution to the problem. MOTHER, a set of scripts attached to an impressive array of sensors spread throughout the hackerspace, makes sure to nag community members into doing their part to keep the hackerspace clean.

• News: iPad and iPhone dominate mobile online shopping the UK

  Sixty-six percent of Brits buying goods online with a smartphone are using the iPhone, a new report has claimed.

• Opinion: Turn That Old Blackberry Into a Bluetooth Remote for Android and the PS3

  RIM just released its updated Blackberry Playbook OS 2.0, which brings native email support and BlackBerry Bridge 2.0 app that allows you to remotely control the tablet with a Blackberry smartphone.

• News: F5 Networks focuses on alliances with mobile-device management vendors

  F5 Networks says it has entered into technology-alliance agreements with several mobile-device management (MDM) vendors in order to optimize use of F5 Technologies remote-access software with MDM software used to manage smartphones and tablets.

• News: Ubuntu Android add-on designed to replace PCs

  Canonical has unveiled software that will give Android smartphones the ability to run full desktop computer sessions on computer monitors and television sets.

• Test Centre: Group test: what's the best display?

  PC Advisor reviews the best 5 LCD monitors on sale in the UK today.

• News: Aruba simplifies IT management of employee-owned mobile devices

  New software from Aruba Networks lets IT groups secure and manage the influx of employee-owned devices to the corporate network.

• News: ForeScout platform simplifies BYOD push for enterprises

  ForeScout Technologies has launched ForeScout Mobile, which comes in the shape of plug-in modules for Android and iOS and allows enterprises to keep control as a plethora of devices access corporate resources, the company said on Tuesday.

• Opinion: Barnes & Noble Launches $199 Nook Tablet, Relaxes Storage Restrictions

  Barnes & Noble has released a $199 Nook Tablet with 8 GB of storage to better compete with Amazon's Kindle Fire.

• News: Panasonic reveals thin, waterproof mobile phone for re-entry into European market

  Panasonic on Tuesday revealed its first mobile handset for the international market since 2005, a sleek Android-powered smartphone that is dust and waterproof.

• News: Sony taking the long view with Vita ahead of US, Europe launch

  The PlayStation Vita is launching in the U.S. and Europe with Sony's biggest sales event in recent memory -- parties with celebrities, midnight store openings and a US$50 million sales campaign.

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