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Microsoft shows off prototype mobile phone

Microsoft apparently has no intention of letting its failure with Kin keep it out of the smartphone market. The tech giant is working on a touch-screen phone under the codename “Menlo,” according to a Microsoft Research paper titled “User Experiences with Activity-Based Navigation on Mobile Devices,” (PDF) about Menlo. From that paper: “Menlo is a prototype mobile device with a …

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Report: RIM to let Saudis monitor BlackBerry data

In a preliminary agreement, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has decided to allow the government of Saudi Arabia access to BlackBerry users’ messages, in order to avoid a ban on the device in the country, the Associated Press reported Saturday. The AP quoted an official at the Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission as saying that the deal between RIM …

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