Personal protection for paranoid persons Nokia has beefed up phone security by partnering with Securitas to design an application that ll act like a personal bodyguard for mobile owners. Continued

22bn won gone down memory drain There’s more gloomy financial news from the tech sector today with Samsung reporting its first-ever quarterly loss. Continued

Credit-crunch defying price Blighty will finally receive its first shipments of Sony s first commercially available OLED TV, the XEL-1, later this week, but your pockets had better be deep. Continued

6,000 jobs cuts in 2009 Royal Philips Electronics reported its first quarterly loss in nearly six years, prompting the consumer electronics giant to announce plans to cut 6,000 jobs worldwide in 2009. Continued

Exec hints at pre-July launch Samsung has already confirmed that it’ll launch a phone based on Google s Android OS this year, but the launch date may be closer than anticipated. Continued

Hopes sat nav won’t prove a dead end Vodafone has taken another step towards providing services, rather than just connectivity, by completing its acquisition of Swedish sat nav software supplier Wayfinder. Continued

Updated Demon blacklist muzzles Wayback Machine A further update to this story an be found here Continued

Review Recession-busting wonder? Sony Ericsson’s recent Walkman updates have spanned the gamut from the high-end W902, through the mid-range W595 and W705 - due in this month - to this, the budget blaster of the bunch, which may lack the bigger spec numbers of its siblings, but in these cost-conscious times, at least manages to get the basics right. Continued

And how many freetards are there, really? Nokia and other gadget manufacturers face an uphill struggle getting people interested in music services - even if they’re “unlimited”. Punters would much prefer such services come from their ISP, according to a survey of attitudes in the UK, France and the USA. Continued

US firm seeks gadget import ban Gadgets made by a host of big-name manufacturers, including Nokia and HTC, could be banned from import into the US, if a patent violation investigation being conducted the US International Trade Commission (ITC) rules in the claimant s favour. Continued

Review Tiny gadget that shares your USB HDD on the network You’ve got yourself a big old external hard drive. You’ve got yourself a network. How do you bring the two together? Continued

Review Sexiest rebadged MSI Wind yet The X110 may mark LG’s first foray into the netbook market, but it’s really an LG-branded version of the well-established MSI Wind, this time with an HSDPA 3G modem added. And it’s that add-on that really makes this netbook stand out, since it means you can slip in a SIM card and access the internet from virtually anywhere. Continued

You literally don’t have to be a rocket scientist US military-funded rocket scientists have turned to food boffins and agricultural engineers for help in their effort to produce exploding marmalade, intended to fuel radical new missiles and spacecraft of the future. Continued

Macworld Expo From cheapo buds to premium cans At this week’s Macworld Expo, audio giant Harman International announced that it would begin selling its premium-quality headphone brand, AKG, in the US consumer market. Continued

Review Remembers the login details you can’t Whether you re logging on to a computer, withdrawing cash from a hole in a wall or reviving a comatose mobile phone, passwords are a daily nuisance necessity. With so many mundane tasks requesting usernames and passwords, a possible solution to this ongoing memory game is the Atek Logio Secure Password Organiser, which acts as the keeper of the keys and nothing more. Continued

Updated Catches thieves just like flies… If we brought you news of a new web robot then you d probably think we meant a some form of online android, right? But a Japanese firm s developed the mechanical equivalent of Spider-man. Continued

Workshop One size does not fit all What difference does the form factor of a PC make? The most critical consideration when buying a business computing device is function: does the device support any necessary applications and software packages in a secure manner, at an acceptable base price and with a reasonable rate of maintenance and IT support. Continued

Comment Returns only in profit Microsoft decision to kill its flagship $1bn investment in US cable-TV giant Comcast is a sign of strategic prioritization and financial necessity. Continued

To be unveiled next month Huawei has said it ll unveil a smartphone based on Google s Android OS at handset industry shindig the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona next month. Continued