UK hacker extradited to US
British hacker Gary McKinnon has lost his bid to avoid extradition. The US wants to try the 43-year-old Londoner for what it calls the “biggest military computer hack of all time”, in 2001 and 2002. McKinnon admits hacking, but denies it was malicious or that he caused damage costing $800,000 (£487,000). He has always insisted he was looking for classified documents on UFOs. McKinnon faces up to 70 years in prison if convicted.
BBC

One of our iPhone prototypes has gone missing
One week after the apparent suicide of a Chinese factory worker accused of stealing a carefully guarded Apple iPhone prototype, one question remains unanswered: what happened to the missing phone? A likely answer is that the device ended up in the hands of Shenzhen's notoriously entrepreneurial counterfeiters. "The copying of prototypes certainly happens a lot in the electronics and IT industries," said Dane Chamorro, a regional general manager with Control Risks, a corporate investigations consulting firm. "You don't have to steal them, you just have to borrow one for a day."
Reuters

PocketTV breaks 2.5m views
Sony Ericsson's PocketTV, a digital entertainment show for mobile phones, has broken 2.5 million views. The programme, which is now in its ninth week in a run of 13, has seen an increase in views per week compared to 'normal' TV which usually sees an early peak followed by a viewer decrease. As the UK's first YouTube show, there was some scepticism whether the format would work as users have shown that mobile TV has yet to spark interest among mobile phone users, with the Twitter feed for the site also growing quickly as the interest in PocketTV picks up.
Tech Radar

Apple files iPhone Nano patent?
Apple has submitted a patent detailing a new device that shows it is at least looking at the possibility of an iPhone nano. Of course, Apple has submitted around 32 bazillion patents in the last few years, with many pertaining to its phone line up (well, one phone: the iPhone). The new patent submitted shows a much smaller device, bizarrely with controls on the back of the device. This means a front screen with no touch sensitivity (as far as we can tell poring through the documents) and a touch sensitive rear face.
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Microsoft promises better Windows phones
The President of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division today confirmed the company's commitment to improving Windows phones with better browsing and media features. Robbie Bach admitted that while Windows Mobile phones today were strong at business functions, "in consumer space – browsing, media, video – the experiences are not as rich as they need to be. Microsoft will expand those experiences dramatically, working from start to finish. Browsing will be dramatically better with access to more websites than you'll be able to get on an iPhone."
Tech Radar

Security experts warn of SMS vulnerabilities
Researchers are warning of a new vulnerability which could leave the HTC Magic and other mobile phones open to attack. The vulnerability was demonstrated at the Black Hats Conference in Las Vegas using the iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile smartphones. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow an attacker to take control of a handset and use the compromised device to send out additional spam messages or install malware.
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Adobe patches critical Flash hole
Adobe has released a patch for a critical Flash Player problem that could let attackers take over people's computers through content viewed in a browser. The vulnerability affected a file that shipped with Flash Player 9.x and 10.x and with Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9.x. Adobe said on Thursday it fixed the problem in a security advisory.
ZDNet

Skype faces shut down over eBay spat
Online auctioneer eBay has begun developing an alternative to the P2P technology used by Skype as a licensing dispute drags on and threatens to close the popular IP telephony service.  eBay acquired Skype in 2005 but did not include the peer-to-peer networking technology on which it run which is owned Joltid and licensed to Skype. The two sides have fallen over this licensing agreement.
PC Advisor

Samsung, LG and Apple making waves in mobile market
Latest numbers by Strategy Analytics have shown that Samsung and LG outperformed the market in the second quarter and Apple sold more than six times as many iPhones in the quarter than it did in the year-ago period.
CBR Online

Spotify launches video advertising - one step from Spotify Video service?
Spotify today launched a new video advertising unit prompting suspicions that it is planning to move into video. The first advertiser is Sony Pictures which is using the player to promote Sony Pictures’ latest cinema release, The Taking of Pelham 123. The borderless Flash video player runs inside the Spotify application and allows the user to pause, play, rewind and adjust the player volume.  A separate audio message will also be used.
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