"North Korea is well known for being a technology backwater where, among many things, the open Internet is heavily restricted and kept away from the public. However, as we highlighted in November, things are beginning to change and the country has just hit one million mobile subscribers."
"The European Commission announced this week that it plans to open an investigation on the methods Samsung Electronics have been using to license its technology patents."
"Mobile phone giant Nokia are working on a Windows Phone model that incorporates NFC technology to allows the device to connect to external accessories and wirelessly charge, according to the company's design chief, Marko Ahtisaari."
"Images of what is purported to be BlackBerry's latest device have appeared on the internet, sparking a wave of speculation over RIM's forthcoming release schedule."
"Every single iMessage to and from this man's iPhone-his friends call him Wiz-has been sent to us by accident. We know about his job, sex life, and address. Apple, you might want to fix this."
"Images from debugging software claimed to be running on an Apple iPad 3 prototype have been published by BGR. The pictures aren't of the device itself, but of the data collected by the development tool, and purport to show certain technical features of the forthcoming tablet."
"Every tech-watcher and his dog knows that it's only a matter of time before Apple sticks some NFC tech in an iPhone, and all signs have been pointing in the direction of the iPhone 5 for a while now."
"There's a new star shining in Samsung's galaxy after the Korean firm put recent rumblings to bed by officially announcing the Samsung Galaxy S Advance."
"Wouldn't it be great if, somehow, you could use your iPhone as a kind of wireless modem for your laptop and connect to 3G coverage when you've got no Wi-Fi access?"
"Symantec's Android scaremongering last week wasn't all that justified it seems. Although the 13 apps that it pinpointed as malware aren't all that great, it appears they're actually slightly less vicious adware - something Windows users are horribly familiar with."
"Security firm Symantec has warned of a large-scale malware campaign inside the Google Android Market, where a series of malicious applications could have infected between 1 million and 5 million devices worldwide."
"Samsung's sponsorship of the London Olympics has certainly got the Korean firm taking full advantage of the opportunity to flaunt its tech to the millions of tourists who will be flocking to the Big Smoke this summer. You see, not only has Sammy got that official Olympics phone lined up, it's now kitting out the London Eye with Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1s as well."
"For the past five years, two things have remained constant about Apple - an inexorable rise in sales and profits, and a steely determination to control its message in the media. But, just as the company basks in the admiration of the financial world after last week's amazing results, is customer concern about where and how all those iPads and iPhones are made going to force a change in its PR strategy?"
"Poor old phone thieves. All the new GPS, cloud-based, facial recognition technology these days means it's getting harder and harder to get away with stealing someone's mobile."
"The iPhone 5 rumour-mill continues to press ahead and whilst our personal favourite - that Apple's new offering will be able to clean the house when we can't be bothered to - is probably completely untrue, some of the latest information is well worth listening to and taking notice of."
"According to Symantec, 13 apps from three developers-many in the official Android Market-have been carrying malicious chunks of code called Android.Counterclank, and are suspected of running on as many as five million phones, stealing info and running ads against the will of the device's owner."
"A reliable source at the Foxconn manufacturing plant in China has revealed details of the iPhone 5, suggesting that that it is gearing up for production."