Tomorrow is the commemoration day of William of Ockham, a logician, philosopher and theologian from the middle ages, most famous for Occam’s razor, the principle that concludes that the simplest solution is usually the right one. In celebration of the life of one of history’s great minds, we’ve compiled a list of apps to help …

Smartphones drove a rebound in the overall mobile handset market in the first quarter of 2010, as BlackBerry maker Research In Motion broke into the top five of cell phone makers for the first time. The worldwide mobile phone market grew 21.7 percent in the first quarter of 2010, compared to a decline of 16.6 percent during the first quarter …

If you’re hungry for Firefox on your Android-powered mobile phone, you can satisfy your craving right now. An early version of Firefox Mobile, also known by its codename Fennec, is now free to download. Don’t get too excited, because this is a pre-alpha release — that means it’s too buggy to even be called an alpha. The developers say it …

This will come as little surprise to anyone who followed technology news this week, but let there be no doubt about the preferred smartphone platform at Adobe: it isn’t the iPhone. Adobe hasn’t decided on which Android phone–such as HTC’s Incredible–to give employees, but wants to encourage Android use internally. CNET Adobe confirmed Thursday that it plans to demonstrate a …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple iPad 3G 2:41 So what’s the big difference between the iPad and the iPad 3G? Aside from a $130 price bump, GPS capabilities, and an internal 3G cellular modem, there’s not much to say. But if you really want the nitty-gritty details over the cosmetic differences, the micro-SIM tray, the extra options in the Settings …

If you’ve been struggling with your Humax PVR of late, there’s good news: an update is on its way to fix the problems caused by digital switchover. Humax has issued a statement on its Facebook page, where you can stay posted on the dates of the fix. Users have reported that the PVR-9150T, PVR-9300T and in particular the PVR-9200T Freeview …

Two budget phones that aim to furnish the masses with touchscreens and a speedy Web-browsing experience are due to burst forth from Vodafone’s womb: the 543 and 547. The 543 (shown above) is the lower-end model. It packs Bluetooth and GPRS connectivity, but its integrated Opera Mini browser should still let users achieve decent browsing speeds. It also has a 61mm (2.4-inch) touchscreen, …

Now that the dust has settled on Opera Mini for iPhone’s dramatic entry into the App Store and subsequent million-download day, the browser company has gotten to work addressing some user complaints in Thursday’s Opera Mini for iPhone update. The fixes, however, are subtle. The most significant one rights a network issue that caused Opera Mini to freeze at start-up. …

Samsung r330 Stride Samsung Samsung has been putting out new phone after new phone recently, with the Samsung Reality and the Samsung Restore announced just this past week. Now another Samsung phone joins the family, and it’s the Samsung r330 Stride for U.S. Cellular. Yes, it’s an entry-level flip phone, but sometimes people just want the basics. It does have …

Time Warner Cable, the No. 2 cable operator in the U.S., saw strong broadband subscriber growth in the first quarter, which helped the company boost earnings 30 percent during the three-month period. Time Warner reported a profit of $214 million, or 60 cents a share. This was up from $164 million, or 48 cents per share, during the same quarter …

Though it has plenty more customers, Motorola’s struggling handset business may not be as juicy an acquisition target as Palm turned out to be. Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard announced it is buying Palm for $1.2 billion, bringing to an end what was once a pioneer in the mobile-computing space. HP executives made it clear why they found Palm so appealing: the well-reviewed …

I’ve now been an iPad owner for exactly four hours. First impressions? It’s heavier than I thought, and I’m furious with iTunes for hanging–repeatedly–during my initial sync attempts. (Weird workaround: After successfully syncing my iPhone, the iPad started syncing normally.) Newspaper apps? Fantastic. JamPad? Dazzling. Netflix? I think a tear escaped my eye. But you know which app I’ll probably …

Native Flash support for Android phones may be only a month away, but in the meantime, mobile browser-maker Skyfire presents a workaround in its brand-new beta app for Android phones. Skyfire 2.0 beta for Android looks and acts like your typical souped-up WebKit browser for Android phones, with the exception of a tool that lets you stream Flash video–and soon …

Motorola’s strategy may be starting to pay off as the company announced a surprise profit and topped forecasts for the first quarter. On Thursday, the company said it earned $69 million, or 3 cents per share, in the quarter. During the same quarter a year ago, it lost $231 million, or 13 cents per share. Analysts had expected Motorola to …

Sprint Nextel’s road to recovery is paved with many potholes. The company did beat analysts’ expectations for the first quarter of 2010, but high-value customers continued to depart, albeit at a slower rate. And its financial losses in the first quarter widened. Sprint lost 578,000 postpaid customers who are on a contract and pay monthly bills. This beat expectations, as …