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HP and Palm are brewing up a storm in the form of a WebOS tablet codenamed “Hurricane,” which could be a slightly re-invented version of the thought-to-be-dead HP Slate, shelved after its brief appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) back in January.

Apple PR this morning is claiming that the email exchange between an angry punter and a patronizing Steve Jobs was actually a fake and not written by the CEO himself.

A report claiming Intel is closing down its WiMax Program Office in Taiwan has caused a bit of an online storm in a teacup, with some dramatically pointing to the event as a sure sign Intel is distancing itself from WiMax, while the firm laughs off such allegations.

Intel seems to have taken yet another surreptitious step towards the world of cellular, snapping up bankrupt Israeli based Comsys Mobile Communication and Signal Processing, a WiMAX/GSM modem chip maker for a reported $30 million.

It used to be that only smokers had a really hard time fighting their obsessive, unhealthy addiction on long haul flights, but these days, us Internet junkies suffer from it too.

Bad news for owners of Motorola’s Cliq and Cliq XT phones, as the firm announced the expected upgrade to Android 2.1 today would be further delayed.

While it may be Winter in the land down under, Aussie telcos are heating it up with the launch of a whole bunch of sugary Android goodies.

Rudeness and arrogance are two words oft associated with Apple, and Steve Jobs himself, but a recent email exchange with a customer has taken customer service and care to a whole new low.

For many, going to the doctor for that regular health check-up is something we delay as other daily life activities take priority. For others, black marks start to accumulate on our appointment cards as we postpone those visits to avoid coming face to face with our fears.

It was hardly heart stopping news to discover Finnish phone maker Nokia had decided to dump its antiquated Symbian operating system for future high-end smartphones in favour of its sleeker, Linux-based MeeGo mobile OS.

Cisco has surprised the world yet again, announcing at the company’s Cisco Live 2010 conference on Tuesday that it would come out with its own tablet, called “Cius,” aimed at corporate users and singularly-focused on delivering high-quality video conferencing.

Last Friday, Far EasTone Telecommunications’ (FET) board announced its intention to acquire 100% of fixed-line affiliate New Century InfoComm Tech (NCIC). FET plans to spend up to NT$20.815 billion (US$646.8 million) to acquire the remaining 73.6% of NCIC that it does not already own.

Another nail has been brutally hammered into Adobe Flash’s coffin with the Porn industry coming out in support of HTML5, forming an unlikely thought alliance with Apple.

On Tuesday Google officially announced the release of its Android 2.2 (Froyo) update, which it said would be rolled out to its Nexus One smartphone over the course of this week. As well as offering improved speeds and performance, the updated software also brings Flash 10.1 to the device and mobile hotspot capabilities.

Sometimes, when a company wants people to know it has something big up its sleeve, the best and most subtle way to announce it is via job posting, and a recent Microsoft listing leads us to believe the software giant is mulling cross platform pastures for its Office Mobile 2010 suite.

While the debate still rages about the effectiveness of mobile advertising, one firm, Amobee Media Systems, knows where it’s placing its bets, positioning itself between publishers and carriers in a bid to become the premiere one-stop-shop of mobile advertising, worldwide.

Intel and Nokia’s Meego operating system is not looking too shabby at all, at least not on a recent Intel YouTube video showing off the OS on an unspecified tablet.

AT&T put out a press release today touting its purported improvement of 3G coverage in New York City, home to most iPhone toting hipsters.

Not long after the truce between India’s famous Ambani brothers – who own Reliance Communications (RCOM) and Reliance Industries Limited respectively – the younger brother, Anil Ambani, head of RCOM, has sold off his firm’s tower business to GTL Infrastructure for $11 billion. This is the first time a non-telco player has gained a foothold in the highly lucrative Indian telecom infrastructure business.

We love companies with a sense of humor, and Finnish phone maker Nokia had us chuckling this morning with its amusing little dig at Apple and Steve Jobs’ arrogant statement that reception problems on iPhone 4 were down to the way people held their phones.

Foursquare, the smartphone app which lets one “check in” at various real-life locations, proceeding to use that information to spam ones mates via every social network under the sun, is close to locating a bit of funding of its own, it has been reported.

The US is pretty fond of its wireline pipes, but Israeli IP radio firm Siklu is trying to change the world’s mind, and the wireless game, when it comes to the whole millimeter radio vs. wireline debate.

For any Blackberry lover who has been contemplating a move to an iPhone or Android device, hold your horses, because the upcoming model – tentatively dubbed the Blackberry 9800 by the press – is looking mighty fine in new leaked photographs.