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    • Dock your encased iPhone, iPod with dockStubz (Macworld.com)
      Macworld.com - iPhone and iPod cases come in various shapes, sizes, and levels of protection, but rare is the case that lets you connect your iPhone to a dock while you’re using it.
    • Samsung Unleashes Its Galaxy Tab on Apple's iPad (NewsFactor)
      NewsFactor - Samsung on Thursday introduced the Galaxy Tab, a tablet PC aimed at the heart of Apple's iPad, at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Germany. Samsung presented the tablet with a pun that cites a "new galaxy of possibilities."
    • See what iPhone users are listening to with SongStumblr (Macworld.com)
      Macworld.com - When you walk into a cafe and note the numerous iPhone-toting denizens with telltale white earbuds firmly embedded in their ears, do you wonder what they’re listening to? If so, Frimby’s new music discovery and sharing app for iOS, SongStumblr, could help you find out. Recently updated to 2.0, SongStumblr uses your iPhone’s 3G and Bluetooth abilities to let you see what others are listening to around the world as well as around the block.
    • iTunes TV rentals now available on Mac and PC (Macworld.com)
      Macworld.com - Looking to catch the most recent season of Lost, but don’t want to succumb the baggage of having to buy a bunch of episodes that you’ll only watch once? Relax, friend, because if you’re an iTunes 10 user, you can now rent TV shows from the comfort of your very own…computer.
    • Summary Box: Google, Skype targeted by India (AP)
      AP - WIDER NET: After pressuring BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. for data on users' traffic, India is now cracking down on other companies that provide encrypted communications.
    • Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown (AP)

      In this photo taken on Friday Aug. 27, 2010, a man chats on his mobile as he walks past the hoarding of BlackBerry mobile in Ahmadabad, India. Indian authorities are scheduled to meet Monday evening, Aug. 30, to decide whether to ban some BlackBerry services in India, an official said, one day ahead of a government-imposed deadline for BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. to give security agencies access to encrypted data or face a ban. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)AP - India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications — not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion — to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data. That would likely affect digital giants like Google and Skype.


    • Verizon to sell smart phones for prepaid service (AP)
      AP - Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced it's opening up access to smart phones for customers who prepay for service, such as people with poor credit and those who don't want to be tied down by long-term contracts.
    • Sony Shows Prototypes of a Planned 3-D VAIO Laptop (NewsFactor)
      NewsFactor - A laptop computer with 3-D video and games. Sony, hoping that could be the Next Big Thing, showed prototypes Wednesday of an upcoming VAIO 3-D laptop at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Germany, and announced plans to launch a 3-D TV channel.
    • iOS 4.1 to Finally Fix iPhone 4 Proximity Sensor (PC World)
      PC World - It's official. iOS 4.1 is "coming soon" for iPhone and iPod Touch users. While the Apple Web site devoted to announcing the update focuses on new bells and whistles, the importance of iOS 4.1 is that it will hopefully resolve the remaining issues that make the iPhone 4 dysfunctional for many.
    • AP Interview: UN telecoms chief urges data sharing (AP)

      Hamadoun Toure, chief of the U.N.'s telecommunication agency talks to Associated Press in London, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. The chief of the U.N.'s telecommunications agency urged the Canadian manufacturer of the BlackBerry to allow law enforcement agencies access to customer data, saying that governments all over the world had legitimate security concerns which should not be ignored. The International Telecommunication Union agency's Secretary-General Hamadoun Toure said that all governments engaged in the fight against terrorism had the right to demand access to users' information from the maker of the BlackBerry Research in Motion Ltd. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - BlackBerry's Canadian manufacturer should give law enforcement agencies around the world access to its customer data, the U.N. telecommunications chief said, adding that governments have legitimate security concerns that should not be ignored.


    • Nokia to discontinue remote file-sharing service (AFP)

      Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, announced Thursday it would discontinue its popular mobile file-sharing service called Ovi Files as of October 1.(AFP/File)AFP - Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, announced Thursday it would discontinue its popular mobile file-sharing service called Ovi Files as of October 1.


    • Sony Pitches a 3D Laptop, But You'll Still Need Glasses (PC World)
      PC World - I'm not sure I'll ever care about 3D, which seems like a slick, gimmicky additive to me, but if you do, Sony says its first stereoscopic 3D laptop will hit the grid next year. The laptop (or a prototype, depending who you read) was in fact just demoed at the IFA 2010 technology fair in Berlin.
    • Samsung unveils iPad competitor Galaxy (AP)

      Thomas Richter, Head of Portfolio Management for Telecommunications Europe of Samsung presents the new Samsung Galaxy Tab, a tablet computer to compete with the Apple iPad, at IFA, the world's largest trade fair for consumer electronics and electrical home appliances, in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. IFA takes place from Sept. 3 to Sept. 8, 2010 at the Berlin Exhibition Grounds. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)AP - Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled a new tablet PC named Galaxy Tab as the latest device meant to rival Apple Inc.'s popular iPad.


    • Apple posts video from special event (Macworld.com)
      Macworld.com - Apple bucked tradition and streamed Wednesday’s special event live, so that iPod and Apple TV enthusiasts (with well-equipped Macs, iPhones, or iPads) could watch Steve Jobs show off the company’s latest wizardry in near real-time.
    • Mix Up Your iPhone’s Style With a Cassette Tape Case (PC World)
      PC World - If you yearn for the days of yore when mythical devices known as cassette tapes ruled the land, you’re in luck: A design company called Homade has created Tuned Up, a plastic cassette case for the iPhone. Instead of containing magnetic tape with sound recordings, the silicon cover envelops your Cupertino-designed 3G, 3GS, or 4G phone while you listen to digital tunes.
    • Apple iPod Event: Rumor vs. Reality (PC Magazine)
      PC Magazine - Before Steve Jobs took the stage for Apple's Wednesday press event, all we had were rumors and predictions. Which ones came true and which ones were pipe dreams? Let's take a look.
    • What HDR means for iPhone photos (Macworld.com)
      Macworld.com - One hotly anticipated feature rolling out in next week's iOS 4.1 update is the new HDR (high dynamic range) option in the iPhone's built-in Camera app. The results are subtly improved and realistic looking photos, as opposed to the fake, over-processed look that is often the hallmark of HDR.
    • Android tablets finally prep to rival iPad (Appolicious)
      Appolicious - Big news around the Android mobile platform this week, with plans for several manufacturers to announce new Android tablets this fall. All the action is taking place at the upcoming IFA show in Berlin, with Samsung as a leader in this pack. The company is expected to reveal the Samsung Galaxy Tab, hinting at a superior device that will do justice to the tablet world, as the Galaxy S has done for smart phones.
    • Samsung, Toshiba take on Apple with 'iPad killers' (AFP)

      Samsung's new tablet device, the AFP - Competition to Apple's highly successful iPad hotted up on Thursday as Samsung and Toshiba unveiled rival tablet PCs that they hope will steal some of the Californian giant's thunder.


    • ITU Head Weighs In on BlackBerry Access (Digital Trends)
      Digital Trends - In an interview with the Associated Press, International Telecommunications Union secretary-general Hamadoun Toure said BlackBerry maker Research in Motion should supply customer data to law enforcement agencies around the world, characterizing the governments’ needs as “genuine” concerns that cannot be ignored.