The NSW Department of Fair Trading has launched a Scam Buster app on iPhone and Android. With safety tips and direct scam reporting, this free app should be on every phone (especially your parents’). Scam Buster(Credit: NSW Fair Trading) Whatever Australian state you live in, the Scam Buster app has a lot to offer. There …

A treat for modders and developers, Google has released the source code for Ice Cream Sandwich. The source code for Android 4.0–the latest version of the mobile operating system–was released today as part of the Android Open Source Project, Jean-Baptiste M. “JBQ” Queru, a software engineer in the project, said in a blog post that urged patience. “Since this is …

AT&T said today it plans to launch its 4G LTE network in six new markets by November 20 as it races to catch up to Verizon Wireless. AT&T is working to catch up to Verizon Wireless’s broader LTE network. AT&T will turn its 4G network on in Charlotte, N.C., Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Oklahoma City, and San Juan, Puerto …

Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In #199: We’ll miss you, Nicole 44:28 It’s a sad day in the Dialed In studio, with our beloved Nicole announcing that she’s leaving us to break new ground over at TWiT. Our hearts will go on, Celine Dione style, so make sure you watch to the end for our special tribute and two surprise …

Sprint Nextel introduced several lower cost mobile broadband plans today in an effort to push data services beyond the smartphone. The company offers four new data plans to power tablets, mobile hot spot cards, USB cards, and connected laptops or Netbooks. The prices range between $19.99 and $79.99. The new plans don’t affect Sprint’s smartphone data offer, which remains unlimited. …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Captivate Glide 0:53 It’s been a while since AT&T has had a higher-end, QWERTY smartphone in its lineup, but keyboard-loving customers should start warming up their thumbs for the upcoming Samsung Captivate Glide. Announced at CTIA 2011, the Captivate Glide sports a slider design that combines a 4-inch Super AMOLED touch screen with a four-row …

Sound ID’s latest Bluetooth headset is called the Six, and it promises to be the company’s most advanced headset yet. Sound ID stands out in the field of Bluetooth headset makers because the company was founded by an ear doctor from Stanford University, and the headsets are therefore designed with strong knowledge of the human ear. Sound ID headsets have …

A few months ago, I wrote the provocatively titled “Why all HDMI cables are the same.” There was a ruckus. Which I expected. But the post also generated some great questions. Which I hadn’t. So let’s take a look at some of the more common and persisting questions from my article, and flush some more of the myths surrounding the …

I nearly did a double take when lifting AT&T’s HTC Vivid out of its cardboard box. It’s one of the first HTC phones in a long time whose form looked cheap to my eyes. Shiny black plastic all around with just a thin metal plate on the battery cover, the handset lacks the thoughtful build quality typical of most HTC …

After more than a year of rumors, and six weeks after its official debut, the Amazon Kindle Fire is now in the hands of reviewers. Although it’s not being touted specifically as an Android tablet, the 7-inch device certainly will affect the landscape of “iPad killers.” With upwards of 5 million Kindle Fires on order for the fourth quarter alone, …

Now playing: Watch this: Amazon Kindle Fire 2:44 Writing CNET’s official review of the Kindle Fire was probably the toughest assignment I’ve had all year. This is a tablet that wears its price tag like a bulletproof vest. The standby criticisms don’t work. Holding it up to an iPad, I may as well be comparing a Vespa to a Mercedes. …

By next year, you’ll be able to place an order for a book on Amazon by tapping your smartphone to your ultrabook. At least, that’s what Intel and MasterCard are envisioning. The companies said today they were working jointly to allow customers to pay for online purchases by tapping special MasterCard-powered PayPass cards or phones by their computer. The introduction …

Crack open the bubbly: Nokia is planning a new Windows Phone codenamed Champagne. The fizzy phone will join the Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 710. Champagne is likely to be a code name; Nokia’s first Windows Phones were known as the Sea Ray and Sabre while in development, but became the Lumia 800 and 710 when announced. Expect a …

According to CNET UK’s Crave blog, in a recent survey conducted by coupon site MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, out of a group of 1,531 U.K. iPad owners, many claimed their iPads were largely going unused. We want to know what our readers think. According to the poll, 26 percent of iPad owners responding to the poll only use the tablet once per week …

Sprint Nextel wants to make sure its iPhone 4S customers are going to stick with it. The wireless carrier plans to begin locking the SIM on iPhone4S devices today, as first reported by SprintFeed. The company will only unlock the SIM when the phone is taken abroad. Sprint confirmed that the SIM is locked for both domestic and international calling …