Mobile Stories for 2011

The NSA Wants Its Own Smartphone 172
Amazon To Launch Kindle Tablet? 140
Wi-Fi Cards Can Now Detect Microwave Ovens 124
One Third of UK Kids Under 10 Own a Mobile Phone 184
Sprint Customers Face 5GB Hotspot Data Cap, As of Oct. 2 222
Surveillance Case May Reveal FBI Cellphone Tracking Techniques 57
Verizon Chief Defends AT&T-T-Mobile Merger 128
Microsoft Ousts IE Mobile Manager For Revealing Nokia Phone Details 158
Samsung May Try To Block Next iPhone In Europe Too 271
Augmented Reality's Disruptive Potential 126
SMK Toughens Up Those Tiny Micro-USB Connections 137
Google Preps Devs For One-Size-Fits-All Android 228
AT&T and Verizon LTE Networks Compared 116
Google Wallet Launches With $10 Credit 170
RMS: 'Is Android Really Free Software?' 433
Samsung Plans To Block the iPhone 5 In Korea 178
"Subconscious Mode" Could Boost Phone Battery Life 85
The Saga of the Virtual Wallet 131
Inferno OS Running On Android Phones 109
Maine School District Gives iPad To Every Kindergartner 478
Ask Slashdot: 802.11n Bake-Off Test Plans? 125
Smartphones Becoming Computer of Choice in Developing Countries 187
Intel, Google Team To Optimize Android For Smartphones 187
Apple Bans Game App That Criticizes Smartphone Production 213
Jobs Bill Funds Safety Network With Spectrum Sale 147
"Wi-Fi Refugees" Shelter in West Virginia Mountains 627
GameStop's Upcoming Android Tablet 74
Fusion Garage Going After Lower-Price Tablet Market 196
Why We Don't Need Gigabit Networks (Yet) 359
Security Researchers Crack APCO P25 Encryption 37
Boost Your Wi-Fi Signal Using Only a Beer Can 229
Adobe Brings Flash-Free Flash To iOS Devices 178
AT&T Responds To DoJ Lawsuit 140
German Court Upholds Ban On Samsung Galaxy Tab 314
App Enables Surfing Over SMS/MMS Through T-Mobile 149
Smartphones Can't Cure Acne, FTC Rules 205
Find My IPhone Used To Locate Plane Crash In Chile 95
Samsung and VMWare Bringing Virtualization to Android 135
Interview With the Creator of Ruby 89
Full Duplex Wireless Tech Could Double Bandwidth 60
E Ink Demos New Displays, Gadgets At IFA 2011 221
HP Moves WebOS From PC Group: What Next? 70
Lenovo To Offer $200 Budget Tablet 178
The iPhone's Role In Crippling T-Mobile 325
Lenovo Claims Samsung Galaxy Tab Sold Just 20,000 202
Toshiba Adds Two-Way Wi-Fi To SD Card 77
Hands-On Account of Amazon's Upcoming Color Kindle 156
Android Tricorder Killed By CBS 247
Did Apple Impersonate Police To Recover the Lost iPhone 5? 233
UK To Get Whitespace Radio 71
Lawsuit Claims Windows Phone 7 Spies On Users 136
Steve Jobs, Before the iPad, On Why Tablets Suck 279
Apple Claims Samsung and Motorola Patent Monopoly 381
Another Unreleased iPhone Lost by Employee In a Bar 225
One Final Manufacturing Run of Touchpads 221
CyanogenMod Shows Off Android On the HP TouchPad 117
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile Bet Big On Mobile Payments 88
SignalGuru Helps Drivers Avoid Red Lights 436
Antenna-Clothing Outperforms Regular Antennas 70
Raspberry Pi Running Quake 3 102
Apple's A6 Details and Timeline Emerge 123
Low-Cost DIY Cell Network Runs On Solar 77
Amazon's Android Tablet Expected This Fall 109
Protecting a Laptop From Sophisticated Attacks 169
Razer Announces Dedicated Gaming Laptop 200
Mobile Carriers Impose Handicaps On Smartphones 174
Theoretical Shoe Inserts Could Power Your Gadgets 210
Acer CEO Declares a Tablets Bubble 692
MIT Researchers Defend Against Wireless Attacks 65
Twitter Turns On SSL Encryption For Some Users 36
Is the Quick Death of Failed Tech Products a Good Thing? 181
Dutch Court Says Android 2.3 Violates Apple Patents 195
What HP's TouchPad Fire Sale Teaches iPad Rivals 312
Verizon Makes It Easy To Go Over Your Data Cap 166
Smartphones: the New Home of Crapware 308
Samsung Cites 2001: A Space Odyssey In Apple Patent Case 432
Judge Nixes Warrantless Cell Phone Location Data 66
WebAPI: Mozilla Proposes Open App Interface For Smartphones 62
Android On HP TouchPad 280
Microsoft Pursues WebOS Devs, Offers Free Phones 209
Motorola's Identity Crisis 135
Why Amazon Can't Manufacture a Kindle In the US 598
Ask Slashdot: What Will IT Look Like In 10 Years? 444
Jailbroken Devices Compromised By Charging Stations 93
Sluggish Android Tablet Growth May Give Microsoft an Opening 269
More Photoshopped Evidence In Apple v. Samsung 345
HTC Unlocks Its Own Phones 145
AT&T Kills $10 Texting Plan, Pushes $20 Plan 348
iPhone Reportedly Coming To China This Fall 96
Accused Teen Bomber Finds FBI Surveillance Team's Wireless Network 267
$80 Android Phone Sells Like Hotcakes In Kenya 205
Analysis of Google's Motorola Acquisition 311
1 in 8 Take Fake Phone Calls to Avoid Talking to Others 160
Microsoft Exec Responds To the Google-Motorola Deal 293
JooJoo Maker Is Back With a New Tablet 73
Samsung Hires Steve 'Cyanogen' Kondik 177
3DS and Vita Face Tough Battle Against Smartphones 138
Driver Using Two Cell Phones Gets Year-Long Driving Ban 478
Flawed Evidence In EU Apple vs. Samsung Case 297
WPA/WPA2 Cracking With CPUs, GPUs, and the Cloud 106
Search the World's Smartphone Photos 67
After Cell-Phone Switch-Off, Anonymous Promises BART Protest 258
In Rural UK, Old 2G Phones Beat 3G Smarphones For Connectivity 88
Motorola To Collect Royalties For Android 176
BART Disables Cell Service To Disrupt Protests 440
Leaked AT&T Letter Damages Case For T-Mobile Merger 201
Jeff Bezos Wants To Put an Airbag In Your iPhone 102
FTC Probes Android and Google Search 139
Why Companies Knowingly Ship Insecure Devices 123
Ask Slashdot: Info On Upcoming Handhelds? 71
GPRS Can Be Hacked Easily, Claims German Researcher 50
Copycat "hiPhone 5" Surfaces In China 227
Gizmodo Off the Hook In iPhone 4 Investigation 145
4G and CDMA Reportedly Hacked At DEFCON 139
Nokia Killing Symbian and S40 In North America 148
Verizon Cracks Down On Jailbreak Tethering 286
Intel Details New Ultrabook Reference Designs 186
PlayStation 3 Controller On Android Devices 133
HP Drops Price Again For Its WebOS-Based iPad Challenger 296
Philly Answers Youth Flash Mobs With Curfew Enforcement 377
Eben Upton Talks About the Raspberry Pi USB Computer 82
Ask Slashdot: Overcoming Convention Hall Wi-Fi Interference? 251
Update Brings Android USB Mounting To Chromebooks 47
Finding Fault With the Low, Low Price of Android 364
Harnessing Interference For Faster Wireless Data 91
Former Nokia Engineers Fueling Finnish Startups 63
Monitor Household Energy From Your Smartphone 58
IBM To Unveil Secure Open Wireless At Black Hat 91
What 'Consumerization of IT' Really Means For IT 214
Microsoft Curbs Wi-Fi Location Database 69
Apple Blocks Sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1 In Australia 316
Ground-Based GPS Mimic Is Inch Perfect 140
Android Trojan Records Phone Calls 74
WiFi 802.22 Can Cover 12,000 Square Miles 216
WD's Terabyte Scorpio Notebook Drive Tested 100
AT&T To Start Data Throttling Heaviest Users 207
Chinese Firm Launches Cloud-Based Mobile OS 33
Microsoft Exposes Locations of PCs and Phones 96
Raspberry Pi $25 PC Goes Into Alpha Production 137
How Google Killing Accounts Can Leave Androids Orphaned 210
Ask Slashdot: How Do You Protect Data On Android? 238
Another Cell Phone-Cancer Study Emerges 212
War Texting Lets Hackers Unlock Car Doors Via SMS 128
Sniffer Hijacks SSL Traffic From Unpatched IPhones 94
Study: 5% of Mobile Gamers Willing To Spend $50+ 54
Chief NSA Lawyer Hints That NSA May Be Tracking US Citizens 213
IBM's Morphing Touchscreen Keyboard Interface 45
James Murdoch's Defense Crumbles 272
Android Password Data Stored In Plain Text 261
FDA To Scrutinize Mobile Medical Apps 142
Android User Spends 60 Days In WebOS Land 137
BlackBerry PlayBook First Tablet To Gain NIST Approval 132
iPhones Can Read Tattoo Ink For Medical Info 55
Android Catching Up In the Tablet Market 191
Apple Adopts Bluetooth 4.0. Could It Reject NFC? 250
Senators Taking Sides In AT&T/T Mobile Merger 124
Police To Begin iPhone Iris Scans 197
Lenovo Unveils Android ThinkPad and IdeaPad Slates 132
Do Two-Screen Laptops Make Sense? 262
Court Allows Webcam Spying On Rental Laptops 240
iPhone 4 Survives Fall From Skydiver's Pocket 233
BBC Crowdsources 3G Coverage Map 64
How To Jailbreak and Upgrade Old Android Phones 138
7 Days With a Google Chromebook 127
How the New Spectrum Bill Would Harm the Tech Community 58
Sydney Has 10,000 Unsecured Wi-Fi Points 176
Customer Asks For Itemized Bill, Verizon Tells Her To Get a Subpoena 415
Online Collaboration Helps Mumbai Attack Victims 46
Police Increasingly Looking To Smartphones For Evidence 225
Apple Hopes To Drop Samsung As Chip Supplier 107
Vodafone Femtocells Rooted, Secret Keys Exposed 77
Exploiting the iPad's Glowing Keyboard 127
Amazon Plans iPad Competitor (and 2 New Kindles) 145
34% of iPhone Owners Think the 4 Is 4G 306
Sub-Centimeter Positioning Coming To Mobile Phones 70
Build Your Own Time Capsule Work-Alike For $200 208
Apple Slashes Australian App Store Prices To Match US 81
US Wants Drivers To Test Wireless Auto Safety Tech 137
Apple Spin-Off Hosts Enterprise App Stores 64
An Inside Look At the Rise and Fall of RIM 267
The Wi-Fi Hacking Neighbor From Hell 584
Patched MS Bluetooth Flaw Exposes Even Disconnected PCs 147
Google eBooks-Integrated E-reader Out On Sunday 56
Belgrade Hosts First Public Solar-Powered Cell Charging Station 106
Apple Wants To Block Some HTC Products From US Under Tariff Act of 1930 297
Turn Your iPad Into a Star Trek PADD 165
25% of Car Accidents Linked to Gadget Use 317
PayPal Predicts the End of the Wallet By 2015 391
Nexus S To Serve As Brain For 3 Robots Aboard the ISS 82
Carmack: Mobile Gaming To Surpass Current Consoles 119
Microsoft Releases Mobile Data Collection Source Code 69
HTC To Buy S3 Graphics From VIA 90
Using Old Linksys Routers to Control BBQ Smokers 118
Jailbreakme 3.0 Released 102
WebOS Chief: Don't Fret Over TouchPad Reviews 227
NYT Update Breaks iPad App, Annoys Subscribers 140
Researchers Track Cell Phones Indoors By Listening In 35
Controlling Wi-Fi Radio 'Nap-Time' Saves Power 43
Judge OKs Wiretap Lawsuit Over Google Wi-Fi Sniffing 137
40GB of Data That Costs the Same As a House 188
Despite Controversy, Federal Wiretaps On the Rise 149
Cisco's Tablet Act Like a Desktop 120
AT&T: Meet the New US GSM Monopoly 189
Samsung Tries To Ban Import of iDevices To US 201
Using Facial Recognition To Find the Best Bar 136
Another Android Device Maker Signs Patent Agreement With Microsoft 203
Passcodes Prove Predictable 167
White Space Radio To Be Tested In Cambridge 32
Ask Slashdot: Mobile Data In Canada For a US Citizen? 270
Linux-Based Gaming Handheld To Rely On Low Material Cost, Indie Apps 137
Developers Defecting From BlackBerry 163
Video Games Expected To Drive 3D Mobile Phone Sales 39
Eight Major 3G & 4G Networks Tested Nationwide 123
Forty-Five Mile Wireless Tech For the Smart Grid 77
Google Boots Transdroid From Android Market 276
Afghans Build Open Source Internet From Trash 140
Off-Duty Police Officer Steals iPad From TSA Checkpoint 178
Google and MIT Enable Task Transfer Among Devices 86
Apple Releases iOS 5 Beta 2 For Developers 72
Fingertip Mouse Fits On a Ring 45
LulzSec Document Dump Shows Cops' Fear of iPhones 391
Android Phones More Prone To Hardware Problems 220
Who Killed the Netbook? 398
Nokia Windows Phone Revealed 211
The Longhorn Dream Reborn 254
There Oughta Be a Standard: Laptop Power Supplies 482
FCC Ups Penalties For Caller ID Spoofing 68
Bill Would Make Carriers Publish 4G Data Speeds 99
Mobile Browsers Alternatives Compared 47
New Apple Multi-Touch Patent Is Too Broad 310
Android App Quality Pathetically Low Says Developer 336
Nokia Introduces MeeGo-Powered N9 Phone 252
Verizon To Drop Unlimited Data Plans In Two Weeks 302
Sound-Based System Promises Chipless Phone Payment 186
FCC Plans To Stop Cell Phone Bill Mystery Fees 157
NanoNote Goes Wireless 83
RIM Struggles Continue 197
Microsoft, Google, Twitter Debate HTML5 87
The Government's Gadget Habit 159
New Android Malware Attacks Custom ROMs 146
Open Source Alternative To Dropbox? 482
Apple Patents Tech to Stop iPhones Filming in Venues 391
Franken Bill Would Protect Consumers Location Data 90
Senator Releases First Senate Mobile App 107
The Most Common iPhone Passcodes 192
Unlocked iPhones in US For $649 334
Adobe's CTO Pitches 'Apps Near You' Concept 98
Google's Android Ambitions Go Beyond Mobile 174
Now You Can Use the Nook Touch ... As a Kindle 99
Austin's Alamo Drafthouse Theater Gives Texters the Boot 370

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