Lays off half the staff Motorola is pruning its Cambridgeshire presence by laying off 155 people at TTPCom, the technology firm snapped up by the American phone manufacturer in March 2006. Continued

Midem Sketching out a big label future In an interview from the music business annual Midem, we speak to John Kennedy, chairman and CEO of the IPFI, the international trade group representing record labels. (Later in the week we’ll hear the view from the independent sector presenting a very different picture.) Here he talks about the new ISP strategy, and the future of the big label. Continued

Can YouTube be a big hit on mobile phones? The company signed a deal with Vodafone last week, but some industry rivals aren’t so sure. One is Yospace CTO David Springall. The company runs the See Me TV and Look… Continued

iPhone? 0.6 per cent in Q4 Apple’s iPhone may have been the most talked-about handset during the final quarter of 2007, but its sales were dwarfed by the majors in a period that saw Nokia grab more than 40 per cent of the global market, the first time it’s done so. Continued

Killer phones or kill-a-phone? The convergence of PC and cellphone architectures has brought Intel and Qualcomm increasingly into conflict, and at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, both showed prototypes of their platforms for next generation mobile devices. Continued

TVGoHome The row over US white space spectrum continues, with the newly formed Wireless Innovation Alliance stepping up its campaign to convince the FCC and the industry that wireless devices can be used in these areas without interfering with digital TV signals. Continued

Review Does the business Business is business, so it s no surprise that the world s most successful mobile maker knows exactly what makes the executive phone user swoon. Nokia has a long track-record of producing handsets that may not get consumers pulses galloping, but which absolutely bowl over businesspeople. Continued

iPhone? 0.6 per cent in Q4 Apple’s iPhone may have been the most talked-about handset during the final quarter of 2007, but its sales were dwarfed by the majors in a period that saw Nokia grab more than 40 per cent of the global market, the first time it’s done so. Continued

Make calls and get online One of the wackiest handset designs to hit the market since Nokia s 7380 has been unveiled by Toshiba: the G450. It may look odd, but it also functions as a modem. Continued

Q&A I need your help choosing what mobile phone to buy. Here’s what it has to do: Continued

A Vertu for the less well-off? If you love diamonds and bling, then forget jewellery, because Nokia s latest Prism handset is apparently the in thing for the design-conscious tech consumer. Continued

Spare some change for a Nokia? Nokia believes that if you want a cheap-as-chips handset, then you ll also want to share it with your friends. So it s unveiled two low-cost handsets for anyone unwilling to stump up the wonga for a luxury Vertu. Continued

The what got what? Nokia s got a smile on its face. The Finnish phone giant’s N95 8GB handset has become the world s first mobile to win wireless connectivity certification from the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA). Continued

iPhone? 0.6 per cent in Q4 Apple’s iPhone may have been the most talked-about handset during the final quarter of 2007, but its sales were dwarfed by the majors in a period that saw Nokia grab more than 40 per cent of the global market, the first time it’s done so. Continued

The GX-10 grows up Samsung has followed its GX-10 digital SLR (DSLR) with the GX-20, which is the first DSLR to feature an image sensor manufactured by the South Korean colossus. Continued

Tune in and find out Wacky is probably the best adjective to describe the design of Sony Ericsson s latest handset: the R306. Continued

Remember that Samsung F700 smartphone we mentioned last week, with the slide-out qwerty keyboard and 5-megapixel camera? Well, Ashley is a lucky little sod, as he’s got within inches of one over in Barcelona for 3GSM. That’s right, he got… Continued

Cuts down to 20 stores 3 is pulling concessions out of 107 Superdrug stores in the UK, leaving only 20 in place, citing the increase in their own stores as the reason behind the cuts. Continued

Virtual operator, real complaint Tesco Mobile, and O2 which provides its network, has complained to Ofcom that changes to spectrum allocation could drive the supermarket’s mobile offering out of business. Continued

News Round-up All the stories, all the best kit The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) brought a bumper harvest of gadgets and goodies to Las Vegas. Here are all of Register Hardware’s CES 2008 stories, brought together for your reading and viewing pleasure… Continued

CES ‘Kick slider’ successor, the Z10, kicks butt Motorola launched it’s successor to the impressive “kick slider” Z8 - reviewed here - the Z10 at CES in Las Vegas. First seen in May last year, the Z8 was a packed full of features… and the Z10 is no less so. Continued

Poll Results The Americans are ahead again The Americans are ahead again. This time it’s in their negative attitudes towards the “green imperative”. We asked for your feedback in December and followed up with a quick poll in January. Our thanks to the 3,000 or so folk who responded. But what a stark contrast between North American respondents and the rest of the English-speaking world. Continued

HTC have announced that they have signed a deal to provide Windows Mobile 6 devices for their BT Fusion service. The VoIP service allows you to make calls over WiFi when you’re in the range of your house, switching to… Continued

CEO of Symbian, Nigel Clifford, has said that he sees no real competitive threat from Apple’s iPhone - in fact he welcomes their entry into the mobile market, particularly in the US. In a press conference at 3GSM, Clifford also… Continued

More news from the 3GSM, this time from Microsoft and Vodafone, who have announced they are working together on an enhanced and co-branded Instant Messaging service. The idea is to make the service seamless - accessed from both the PC… Continued

Alongside the Vox, HTC has two other new devices on display - the Advantage (X7500) and P3350. The HTC Advantage (X7500) is like a miniaturised PC, powered by a 624MHz XScale processor and Windows Mobile 5. It also features an… Continued

Remember that Samsung F700 smartphone we mentioned last week, with the slide-out qwerty keyboard and 5-megapixel camera? Well, Ashley is a lucky little sod, as he’s got within inches of one over in Barcelona for 3GSM. That’s right, he got… Continued