Opinion Ring around the Western Union Browsing the NARS counter at Selfridges, I was quite taken by some eye shadow and was just picturing myself as Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra when my friend Rod called from Cairo. I m a bit psychic like that. Continued

Not the standard’s fault, though A researcher from the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technolog used the recent EUSecWest event to demonstrate progress in attacking NFC applications and to announce the availability of tools so that everyone can have a go at NFC hacking for fun and profit. Continued

Watch where you’re cycling KPN will become the first operator in Europe to launch a nationwide mobile TV service when it begins broadcasting 10 channels across DVB-H next month. Continued

Analysis Digital forensics turns smartphones into supergrasses It’s been 20 years since a UK drug dealer discovered too late the folly of keeping all his records on a Psion Organiser, helpfully providing police with names and addresses of customers and suppliers, as well as sales records*. Today’s criminals aren’t generally that stupid, but regardless, today’s phones are perfectly capable of accumulating evidence without their help. 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

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

Watch where you’re cycling KPN will become the first operator in Europe to launch a nationwide mobile TV service when it begins broadcasting 10 channels across DVB-H next month. 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

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

U940 finally annouced, debuts on Verizon The Samsung U940 slider smartphone was initially leaked by the FCC s website back in February, but the phone has at long last been officially launched, as the Glyde. Continued

JavaOne Gives us liberty, not legalese Open source and Java developers are calling on Java’s governing body - the Java Community Process - to open up beyond the big players. Continued

Review Pint-sized Mr Motivator Many of us spend a fortune on gym membership only to join the gang of guilty no-shows after just a few weeks. So is a mobile phone capable of putting you on the fast track to personal fitness? Continued

Q2 power down Contract laptop PC maker Compal Electronics Inc has been forced to scale back its Q2 shipment growth forecast, blaming a shortage of batteries. Continued

Still buying more burgers than phones though The annual “Brands We Love, Brands We Hate” survey shows Nokia topping the charts as most loved brand in the UK, while McDonalds, AOL and The Sun are the most hated. Continued

Windows Mobile 7 device en-route The Mobile and Wireless Group (MWg) has given Register Hardware a sneak peek at four upcoming handsets, including its first Windows Mobile 7 device, during the official launch of the firm’s two latest handsets: the Atom V and Zinc II. Continued

Beta tests McAfee SiteAdvisor So Yahoo! is getting off its butt at last to warn users when its search engine results include potentially malicious sites. Continued

A massive 1.4in screen LCDs are so square, man. So LG has cut off some corners and developed what it claims are the world s largest elliptical and circular LCD screens. Continued

Writes Limerick developer a big cheque Perot Systems Corporation is buying an Irish application developer, Original Solutions Limited. Continued

LG and Samsung have just what you need LG and Samsung have teamed up to have their respective technologies accepted as the American standard for mobile TV, just as Dish starts casting around for someone to help them build such a network. Continued

Still demand for it Claims that O2 and Carphone Warehouse have completely sold out of the 16GB iPhone have proved greatly exaggerated. Both today said they would continue to offer the handset. Continued

Review Triple-action, touch-screen handset LG has come up with another touchscreen option to get your fingers working: the LG KF700 sliderphone, which combines a tap-to-control UI and dial-spin control with HSDPA 3G high-speed connectivity. Continued

Still buying more burgers than phones though The annual “Brands We Love, Brands We Hate” survey shows Nokia topping the charts as most loved brand in the UK, while McDonalds, AOL and The Sun are the most hated. Continued

Susi has made a recent discovery over at 3GSM - could this be an LG Shine killer? Samsung have displayed unfortunate timing by announcing their D840, which, whaddyknow, has a highly reflective mirror finish, slide function, and design which resembles… 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

US gamers to get it though While US Metal Gear Solid 4 fans eagerly await the delivery of limited edition Gunmetal Grey PlayStation 3 bundle packs next month, Sony has confirmed that the fancy bundle won’t be offered to British gamers. 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

Outsells Dell in the monitor market, too If you ve got a Samsung LCD TV at home, then the South Korean giant owes you some thanks, because the company s now led the global LCD TV market for the ninth consecutive quarter. Continued

Jesus Phone coverage spreads France Telecom’s Orange offshoot has formally joined the roster of cellcos that will offer Apple’s iPhone in multiple territories. Continued

Operator and manufacturer in perfect harmony Orange and Nokia have signed a strategic deal involving ten new handsets across the Orange businesses. Most importantly, it means Nokia’s Ovi media service is becoming part of the Orange customer’s experience. Continued

LG and Samsung have just what you need LG and Samsung have teamed up to have their respective technologies accepted as the American standard for mobile TV, just as Dish starts casting around for someone to help them build such a network. Continued

Anything you can do, i can do better Watch out Nokia Vertu, because there s now another ridiculously priced handset on the market. Designer Christian Dior is to launch a line of bling-encrusted phones priced at up to $5000 ( 2541/ 3179). Continued

We’ve already seen that the British are worried by their own ringtones, and now, two days before Valentine’s Day, research from the ringtone retailer MAX BOX reveals which mobile ringtones are the most unappealing to the opposite sex. Women said… Continued

Not all devices takes the same size of storage card - meaning you could have one that fits your PDA, but isn’t much use in your digital camera or MP3 player. One solution to the dilemma is Kingston Technology s new… Continued

You are entering my white space A coalition representing the American music industry has petitioned the FCC - with typically understated claims - to prevent exploitation of white-space frequencies, claiming that such use will interfere with wireless microphones. Continued

Orbital sword of Damocles sheathed Motorola has settled claims outstanding from the company’s involvement in the ill-fated Iridium satellite phone system, ending up having to pay nothing despite creditors’ attempts to squeeze $4bn out of the beleaguered technology company. Continued

Samsung and LG are going to buy each others’ LCD panels. Samsung wants 37in displays, while LG needs 52in screens. Each will source said sizes from the other. Continued

Q&A I’m thinking of buying a USB HSDPA modem because I travel to a fair few places that don’t have Wi-Fi. But… since I have a 56Kbps modem in my laptop is a 3G modem really worthwhile? Continued

Comment 3G iPhone launch a decoy It’s Monday lunchtime, and Apple’s online store is still out of iPhones. Left-of-field speculation says this means the 3G iPhone’s release is coming sooner than thought. If so, what might Apple have in mind for its Worldwide Developer Conference instead? Continued

Manufacturers must do more to rid their products of nasties The PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii may all be green in the eyes of the European Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive - but all three have failed to meet Greenpeace s standards. Continued

Larger and less power hungry OLEDs en route? Sony is on its way to manufacturing larger yet less power-hungry OLED displays, thanks to a breakthrough in the screen technology’s colour properties, it said today. Continued

Milk, eggs, social networking site, German telephone company… Vodafone is having itself a bit of a shopping blowout. It’s just spent 474m getting full control of German fixed-line provider Arcor, having splurged 31.5m on Friday getting itself a bit of Web 2.0 action by buying ZYB. Continued

What is a mobile phone, exactly? Despite reports to the contrary, Nokia is not embracing Linux as a platform for its mobile phones. The Finnish giant insists that comments reported by Reuters and others were quoted out of context and that nothing has changed. Continued

Just bag up the whole lot for me, please US technology company Qualcomm has scooped all 17 chunks of UK-L-Band spectrum, auctioned over the last week, for a total of 8,334,000 - so you can expect MediaFLO announcements from UK operators any day now. Continued

Turn the oven on from the motorway Panasonic has unveiled two hi-tech in-car systems that close the gap between operating your car and running your home. Continued

RIM rumbles on Stormclouds could be forming over Research in Motion’s headquarters - and for once we’re not referring to the 3G iPhone. It has been claimed that the company will unveil a touchscreen BlackBerry in Q3. Continued