Locatorz takes ramblers-favourite Ordnance Survey maps and turns them into slightly ominous people-tracking tools. Install the app on a Nokia Series 60 phone or BlackBerry and you can use it to track your “employees or loved ones”, says Locatorz — unless you’re a Tory MP and your loved ones are your employees. Locatorz uses Ordnance …

Damaged by lower sales, huge operating losses, and a falling market share, Nokia Siemens Networks is pinning its hopes on a major reorganization. The network equipment maker, jointly owned by Nokia and Siemens, announced Tuesday that it will lay off 5,700 employees and cut its five business units to three as part of a plan to slash expenses by 500 …

It was bound to happen. AT&T is suing Verizon Wireless over its “There’s a Map for That” advertising campaign. When I first saw the advertisements on TV, I thought for sure that AT&T or Apple would file a lawsuit claiming the advertisement was too similar to the iPhone’s “There’s an App for That” slogan. I was right about one thing. …

It’s shaping up to be another big week in the Google Android universe, starting with the official release of the Motorola Cliq and the Samsung Moment. T-Mobile’s Cliq went on sale Monday for its promised price of $199 with a two-year contract. When we reviewed the Cliq last month we found a lot to like about the device. The MotoBlur …

Networking giant Cisco Systems announced another acquisition this week. This time the company said it will buy the set-top division of a Chinese digital cable technology company. Late Monday, Cisco said it would pay a total of about $44.5 million for the set-top unit of DVN. It will pay $17.5 million upfront, and the remaining $27 million will be paid …

On Monday Motorola announced the first GSM Google Android 2.0 handset. Dubbed the Milestone, it’s quite similar to Verizon’s Motorola Droid save for a few changes. The biggest difference is that the Milestone goes far beyond the Droid with its multitouch support. While the Droid allows you to zoom in and out on the home screen by double tapping, the …

There’s a reason you always see coin-op racing games lined up two, four, or even eight in a row: It’s a lot more fun to race against live humans than AI opponents. Unfortunately, only a handful of otherwise excellent iPhone racing games offer multiplayer modes. And most of those limit you to local competition via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi–only a couple …

As if to flaunt its shelves soon to be stacked high with iPhones, Orange has released an app for iPhoners to take advantage of their two-for-one cinema tickets on Wednesdays. The app is similar to the Flixster app — you can search for current and upcoming films, and nearby cinemas — but the app only shows movie houses that accept …

Xperia X10 Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson has released details and a video of its upcoming Xperia X10 smartphone based on Google’s Android operating system. The X10, which had been code-named Rachel, has a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, which should make this one of the fastest Android phones yet. The phone will sport version 1.6 of Android–aka Donut–and it will run applications …

iPhones may not have FM tuners built in, but they can do a damn fine impression of a radio. In fact, where public radio is concerned, an iPhone is even better than the real thing. Apps like NPR News and Public Radio Player 2.0, for example, let you tune into live streams from hundreds of stations and listen to your …