Vodafone to join UK iPhone battle from 2010
Vodafone will sell Apple’s iPhone in Britain from 2010, finally sealing a deal to sell the popular phone in one of its biggest markets. The move comes the day after rival Orange became the first operator to break into O2’s exclusive deal to sell the device. Vodafone said, it has lost 160,000 subscribers in the last quarter because they did not have an iPhone to sell them.
Pocket-lint

Huawei Takes On US Set-Top Market
Huawei is taking a stab at the US cable set-top market seeking FCC blessing for two 'limited capability' cable set-top boxes. Huawei has already made some significant strides in the US cable market, notching deals with Suddenlink Communications for optical gear and Cox Communications, for an  ambitious 3G/4G buildout.
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US 'to loosen' grip on internet
The US government is expected to relax control over how the internet is run when it signs an accord with net regulator Icann on Wednesday giving Internet Corporation autonomy to run its own affairs for the first time. Previous agreements gave the US close oversight of Icann - drawing criticism from other countries.
BBC

Dell launches high-end, thin business PC
Dell’s latest ultra-thin computer, bringing some fresh design appeal to its enterprise models. Dell called the new Latitude Z the world's thinnest and lightest 16-inch laptop, at 4.5 pounds and less than one inch thick. Dell also launched its premium consumer ultra-thin PC, the Adamo, earlier this year.
Reuters

Mobile usage a still rare highlight in music biz
Mobile music has failed to live up to the expectations that the early success of ringtones had inspired. Ringtone and ring back tone sales have fallen and according to Forrester Research only one-third of US subscribers use their music-capable phones to listen to music. But app-based distribution model and more sophisticated handsets, have already had a positive effect on mobile music consumption.
Reuters

Microsoft releases free anti-virus software
Microsoft has confirmed that it will take its free anti-virus software out of beta today. Security Essentials has been available in beta since June, but will go live for everyone on 29 September. The software will update its anti-virus signature daily to deal with new threats.
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Sony Ericsson offers on-handset payment for games
Accumulate UK has announced a global licensing deal with Sony Ericsson for the use of its Flexion technology. It is the first handset manufacturer to preload mobile games with Flexion on its new handsets following the success of operators such as Hutchison 3G UK.
Cellular News

iPhone on China Unicom
China Unicom, the second largest mobile operator in China, on Monday announced that it would start offering Apple’s iPhone in the country from next month. The company further asserted that the blockbuster smartphone will be priced at around $733, but it wasn’t clear whether the aforementioned price was for the 16GB version, or for the 32GB model of the iPhone.
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BT tough on bad telecom practices
Telecom giant BT has joined forces with the Trading Standards Institute (TSI) to kick off a campaign against what it refers to as ‘mis-selling’ by a number of fixed-line telecom companies. The campaign is urging the UK communications regulator Ofcom to come up with new rules and procedures to put a check on scams that let rogue companies hijack users’ phone lines.
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Toshiba announces Qosmio X500 gaming laptop
Toshiba has announced the arrival of its latest gaming laptop – the Qosmio X500. Boasting 18.4-inch TruBrite Full HD LCD screen with 16:9 aspect ratio, it's fair to say that this is one laptop which is not for the lap.
Tech Radar

Cisco delivers blade switch to aggregate x86 servers
Cisco has announced a blade addition to its Nexus line of data centre switches designed to aggregate multiple physical x86 blade servers from various vendors into a 10G Ethernet fabric.
Computer World