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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a phone from HTC that could be the first phone to ship with the Linux-based Google Android stack.
The 5 x 3-inch HTC Dream sports a slide-or-swivel QWERTY keypad, touchscreen with haptic feedback, WiFi, and Bluetooth.

HP has announced three new ultra-portable notebooks – the HP EliteBook 2530p, HP EliteBook 2730p, and HP Compaq 2230s. All three new notebooks are based on Intel’s new Centrino 2 platform.
The HP EliteBook series incorporates the latest Intel processors, solid-state hard drives and the most up-to-date wireless technologies, making them ideal for the business [...]

Symantec has announced that they are acquiring PC Tools.
PC Tools develops and sell applications which are designed to enhance security and privacy on Windows OS based systems.
PC Tools said that they would continue to offer products under the PC Tools brand. They would continue to work independently as a unit of Symantec’s consumer business unit.

Reports have surfaced about a zero-day MS Word vulnerability affecting Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and 2003. It is said to affect even patched versions of the popular word-processing application on certain MS Office versions.
When exploited, the unspecified remote code-execution vulnerability could allow remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system, or cause the [...]

Apple has released the latest firmware update for their iPhone mobile device. Apple iPhone owners can now upgrade to firmware 2.0.2.
Early implementors said the update has not resolved the much talked about 3G reception problems which led some to conclude that indeed the reception problem is a hardware problem.