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Fake Angry Birds update app goes ninja on Android

Angry Birds might have cost you hours of lost productivity, but downloading an avian add-on from the Android Marketplace could be infinitely more costly. A couple of security researchers have found a bug in the Android operating system that allows apps to download onto your handset without requesting your permission, according to a report from Forbes. To illustrate the point, the …

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Angry Birds update brings avian rage to HTC Hero

An update to Angry Birds for Android means HTC Heros can now join the feather-flinging fun, despite earlier claims by Rovio that the Hero can’t handle the frame rate of the game. Today’s free update to the free app also supports QVGA graphics, so phones with a paltry 320×240-pixel display, such as the HTC Wildfire, can get in on the pig-pokin’ …

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U.S. Cellular to launch LTE network by 2012

U.S. Cellular offered additional details on its next-generation LTE network yesterday when a company executive said it would begin testing early next year. According to Steven Campbell, CFO and executive vice president, the regional carrier will select its first trial market in late 2011 with full commercial deployment following in 2012. Campbell made the remarks while speaking at the Wells …

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Networks could interfere with Windows Phone 7 updates

One of the benefits of having a Windows Phone 7 mobile, we thought, was that updates would head straight to your handset without manufacturers fiddling with them. Microsoft has now confirmed this will be the case, but networks could still have a part to play in delaying them from getting to you. “Microsoft will push Windows Phone 7 software updates to …

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Lego Harry Potter coming to iPhone, iPad

Traveller’s Tales’ Lego video games (including Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Batman) are among the wittiest and most entertaining I’ve ever played. My kids love ’em, too. Alas, though they’ve made appearances on all the major consoles as well as handheld systems like the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP, not one of the games has been ported to iOS. Until …

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Cisco’s challenges multiply as outlook disappoints

Cisco Systems delivered solid first-quarter earnings and said it is focused on “execution in the areas we can control.” In other words, capital spending is tailing off for some of Cisco’s businesses. And one of the areas where it’s becoming most evident is government spending. The company reported first-quarter net income of $1.9 billion, or 34 cents a share. Non-GAAP …

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