Canon eyes biometric photo tagging

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