Microsoft has released some of the source code for the software it uses to collect details of people’s Wi-Fi hot spots, so that it can be examined for privacy implications. In a blog post on Friday, Reid Kuhn, partner group program manager for the Windows Phone engineering team, said the publication of the code should …

The HP TouchPad is coming to the UK in mid-July. The precise arrival date on our shelves is still unknown, but pre-orders will open here on 19 June. That gives HP some wiggle room before it has to actually ship the tactile tablet. The TouchPad will come in 16GB and 32GB flavours, and it’s Wi-Fi only, with no 3G option. …

Nothing says “independence” and “I love America” quite like deep discounts on iOS games. Well, OK, maybe fireworks and pausing to reflect on what makes this country–for all its troubles and conflicts–so flippin’ awesome. But getting back to that other thing. In honor of the the Fourth of July weekend, EA Mobile has launched a huge sale on iPhone and …

Samsung’s marvellous, Android-toting Galaxy S 2 is more popular than Apple’s iPhone 4 for the second month running, according to sales rankings from price comparonistas uSwitch. The ranking, which also draws on sales and popularity stats from Omio’s mobile comparison site, puts Samsung’s device ahead of the iPhone 4, HTC Sensation, HTC Desire and BlackBerry Curve 8520 for the month of …

Two years ago, Nokia stopped supplying phones to Japanese carriers, leaving only its high-end Vertu handsets behind in Tokyo’s Shibuya and Ginza locations. Now, Nokia will shut down those as well by the end of July. Vertu is Nokia’s high-end brand, with phones that cost thousands of dollars each. The handsets are also typically lacking in features, with the emphasis …

Attaching smileys to instant messages, texts, and e-mail can be a fun and easy way to add character to your messages. Whether you’re trying to convey extreme joy 😀 or sorrow :'(, there are some extra smileys built into your Android phone’s keyboard that you may not know about. However, finding them is just a couple of finger presses away. …

More than two months later, and AT&T has finally allowed the BlackBerry Bridge software to be downloaded from BlackBerry App World, according to AllthingsD. Previously, AT&T customers were the only ones who weren’t able to download the Bridge application, which tethers the PlayBook to their BlackBerrys. This is the only way PlayBook owners could get secure access to BlackBerry e-mail …

Starting July 7, new Verizon Wireless customers can kiss unlimited data plans good-bye. But what do the pricing plan changes mean for existing customers? Can people really live without unlimited data? It’s been no secret that Verizon has planned to eliminate the unlimited data plan. The company’s executives have been saying it for months. So it was no shock when …

An anonymous RIM executive has released a scathing open letter that criticises every aspect of the BlackBerry-producing organisation, likening the PlayBook to a ‘Fisher Price toy’ and arguing that ‘Apple is nailing this’. Tech site Boy Genius Report received the letter, and claims to have verified that the author is indeed a RIM employee, though the site is keeping the …

Taiwanese companies involved in the manufacture of parts for the upcoming iPhone 5 and iPad 3 are preparing materials for production, ready for a September launch, with distribution commencing in October, according to tech site Digitimes. Companies like Foxconn are firing up the infernal machine, ready to turn ordinary bits of metal into thousands upon thousands of new, desirable iGadgets, …