To subscribe to The Register’s weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here Microsoft scents Danger, circles Yahoo! Continued

One of the best, although some cynical bloggers would also say one of the worst, things about Samsung is they always launch so many phones. 3GSM has been no different with around a dozen or so new handsets taking their… Continued

Toshiba is muscling in on the smartphone market, showing off two devices at 3GSM - the G900 and the E01. Attracting most of the attention is the G900, a horizontally-sliding handset, not unlike the popular HTC models. Like a good… Continued

It’s a bit of a Samsung love-fest here at the moment, as Susi and Ashley are getting hands on with some of the brand’s recently announced mobiles. The latest cat out of the bag is this rather sleek F500 multimedia… Continued

Features up, price down Sony has expanded its H series of advanced digicam shooters with the H50, which ushers in an increased number of megapixels alongside a welcome price drop from its H9 predecessor model. Continued

News Round-up Mobile World Congress - the show formerly known as 3GSM - brought a bumper crop of handsets and hype to Barcelona. Here are all of Register Hardware’s MWC 08 stories, brought together for your reading pleasure… Continued

After Toshiba, after the studios… Microsoft is dropping its HD DVD add-on drive from its list of Xbox 360 add-ons, the software giant revealed this past weekend. Continued

Yahoo! next? It looks like Steve Ballmer is doing a little pre-spring cleaning. Continued

Keep listening If you ve recently been served with an ASBO for making too much noise, then Sony s lined-up a home cinema range that should help, because its latest speaker and player combo range automatically limits sudden loud sound effects. Continued

Features up, price down Sony has expanded its H series of advanced digicam shooters with the H50, which ushers in an increased number of megapixels alongside a welcome price drop from its H9 predecessor model. Continued

FCC documents uncover CDMA handset Pictures and details of Samsung’s US-oriented Qwerty keyboard-equipped slider handset have been revealed in documents filed with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Continued

Eyes front If you re sick of other folk claiming the kudos for your well-framed shots then Canon may have the answer. The company has filed a patent application for a technology that allows each camera snap to be embedded with a digital watermark of your iris. Continued

i780 makes its first carrier appearance Samsung only launched its new i780 Qwerty handset a week ago at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but the phone’s already appeared on Orange’s website. Continued

Mobile World Congress The newest addition to HTC’s Windows Mobile 6 Professional line-up,the P3470, will offer sat-nav software and a touch interface via its 2.8in LCD screen, the company said this week. Continued

Roll with it Nokia and the University of Cambridge jointly designed a concept mobile phone that allows users to mould the handset into different shapes. Continued

Analysis Behind Redmond’s other big bet The world may have missed it in the fuss over the Yahoo! bid, but last week Microsoft announced it had agreed to acquire Danger Inc, for a reported $500m. The purchase is indicative of Microsoft’s aspirations as a provider of back-end services to the mobile industry, and could point to a new model for the future of Windows Mobile. Continued

Review Fashion-conscious design can only get you so far Motorola has refreshed the PEBL concept with the MOTO U9, another stylish clamshell with a glossy front and external music player touch controls. But is this tune-playing mobile the one to get Motorola back on track with the fashion phone crowd? Continued