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Samsung may launch a new Windows Phone 8 handset

Samsung could be getting back into the Windows Phone game. A user agent profile for a phone with the model number SM-W750V is now up on Samsung’s mobile Web site. The profile lists Samsung’s Windows Mobile Lab as the group behind the device and shows Internet Explorer as the default browser, a sure pointer to Windows Phone. The file also …

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Cryptographer creates Blackphone to “ensure privacy”

Phil Zimmerman, the man behind early email encryption technology PGP, has a vision for a smartphone that places “privacy and control directly in the hands of its users”. The Blackphone: It’s where style meets privacy, backers say. (Credit: Blackphone/CNET) Called the Blackphone, the smartphone uses a security-focused build of Android called PrivatOS. The idea behind the phone is to create …

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