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Samsung has secretly announced the Samsung i8510 INNOV8’s successor — the M8800, dubbed as Pixon, code-named Brensson. The Samsung M8800 is a touchscreen phone that will compete directly with the LG KC910
The Samsung Pixon comes with an 8 megapixel camera that features auto focus, face recognition, Wide Dynamic Range, Advanced Shake Reduction, GPS geo-tagging support, [...]

Nintendo will release a new DS model in Japan before the end of the year.
The new version will will include larger screens, a built-in camera, music playback capabilities and improved Wi-Fi support, and will be compatible with SD cards.

Sophos issued a statement warning internet users of downloading fake anti-virus products, following the discovery of a malicious Trojan horse that is posing as a free copy of Norton AntiVirus 2008.
According to the IT security company, Google adverts are being presented to internet users who search for “free antivirus”, leading them to a professional-looking [...]

Transmeta Corp.said that it is up for sale and has separately entered into two agreements with Intel Corp. Transmeta expects to receive cash payments from Intel totaling $91.5 million.
The first agreement is a non-exclusive technology licensing agreement that provides for Transmeta to deliver a copy of certain proprietary Transmeta computing technologies to Intel.
The [...]

Toshiba has announced that they would soon start offering a 256GB solid state drive.
The company said that the drive would fit within a 2.5-inch form factor. It would also include a SATA 3-Mbit interface.
This drive would be targeted at UMPCs and laptops.

Nokia is set to unveil its first touch-screen phone – code-named “Tube” in a direct challenge to Apple’s iPhone.
The Nokia Tube (5800 ExpressMusic) will be on Symbian S60 Taco 5.0 operating system. It will also include support for the DVB-H mobile TV standard and mobile video.
The phone measures 111 x 52 x [...]

Apple has made an unlocked version of the iPhone 3G available from its own stores.
The 8GB version is available for HK$5,500 (about $694), while the 16 gigs iPhone costs HK$6,200 (about $797).
The activation process is easy – simply insert the SIM from your current phone into iPhone 3G and connect to iTunes 8 to complete [...]

US-CERT is warning web users of a new cross-browser exploit technique called “Clickjacking.”
Clickjacking gives an attacker the ability to trick a user into clicking on something only barely or momentarily noticeable. Therefore, if a user clicks on a web page, they may actually be clicking on content from another page.
The flaw affects most [...]

Microsoft has announced that attendees of two developer conferences (WinHEC and Professional Developer Conference) will get ‘pre-beta’ versions of its forthcoming Windows 7 operating system.
Windows 7 will be Microsoft’s followup to Windows Vista. Windows 7 will still employ the same kernel technology and device drivers as Vista, Windows 7 core services will rely on [...]

A security hole in Adobe Systems Flash video servers used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com Inc’s video streaming service.
The software doesn’t encrypt online content, but only orders sent to a video player such as start and stop play. To boost [...]