Windows Live Messenger comes to iPhone
It's certainly not the first app Microsoft has crafted for the iPhone -- the Bing app has been alive and well for a while now, among others -- but you could argue that this is a pretty important one. Windows Live Messenger has just launched for iOS, and it's quite a bit more than your basic IM app with support for some manner of social service aggregation, media-rich status messages, Hotmail integration, and even built-in photo effects. Many folks will want an IM client that can span a bunch of services at once -- but if you're a Windows Live fanatic stuck in an iPhone world, this should be just what the doctor ordered.
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A Google paid-content system for publishers may be coming by year-end
Google, which had hinted for nearly a year now that it was working on building some sort of paid content system for publishers, is reportedly set to launch such a system by year-end. According to a report in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Google is now reaching out to publishers to get them to sign up for the system, which it is calling Newspass.
The Guardian

PM takes time out to meet Facebook founder
Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, met up with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today at Number 10, with the Prime Minister popping in to say hello. Zuckerberg, who is visiting London for the Facebook Developer Garage, met up with Hunt who used Twitter to say that he had met with the Facebook boss, noting "Just met Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook. Really smart guy with some good ideas on improvement digital engagement in policy making."
Tech Radar

IBM accused of fraud
A case started in a Pennsylvania district court in which IBM and several of its employees are accused of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) act. The case was brought by Devon IT and its European subsidiary and alleges that IBM's hardware division, known as the System Technology Group (STG) defrauded the company of $12 million it had invested in blade technology. Individuals named along with IBM in the case are Thomas Bradidich, Bernard Meyerson, James Gargan and Rodney Adkins.
Tech Eye

Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Now Available for Mobile Platform Partners
One of the bigger features of the upcoming Android release, 2.2 (better known as Froyo), is the fact that there’s integrated Flash Player. While many think that Flash isn’t optimized for proper mobile use, Adobe begs to differ, as they point out in the first paragraph of their press release that 10.0 for mobile devices has been redesigned from the ground up, with performance in mind, which also includes mobile-specific features. It’s already available on desktop clients, like Linux, PC, and Mac, but we’re all waiting for the official release on mobile devices. Now that we have the official announcement from Adobe, 35 companies ready to jump on board, we don’t expect it will be much longer to wait.
SlashGear

Femtos win more support in US
On Monday, Mosaic, which provides telecoms services, including 3G, to a large portion of northwestern Wisconsin, contracted Nokia Siemens Networks to roll out a standards compliant 3G femtocell solution using kit from Airvana. The deal means subscribers to Mosaic will be able to enjoy guaranteed access to 3G services around their homes and offices. One of the main selling points of this deployment being that in the past, femtocell deployments have been based on proprietary solutions, while this deployment is based on 3GPP Release 8 standards.
Telecoms.com

FT wooed by Kenyan fiber contracts
France Telecom brought the curtain down on a long-running battle with the Kenyan government over Telekom Kenya after securing lucrative fiber network management contracts in the country, according to local press reports. Telekom Kenya will take over the running of the government’s stake in local fiber firm Teams, in a deal said to be worth millions of dollars to France Telecom, which holds a 51% stake in the carrier, The East African said.
Telecoms Europe

Screen shortage scuppers iPhone 4 sales
Apple faces a component shortage that will cut monthly shipments of its iPhone 4 in half, an analyst has warned.  Production of the IPS-based Retina display used in the new device won’t ramp to the four million units per month Apple needs to hit its targets until the supplier – South Korea’s LG Display – increases production capacity late summer, Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar said Friday.
Telecoms Europe

BT announces unlimited Openzone Wi-Fi
As every other telco in the world moves the goalposts to restrict access to mobile data, BT is bucking the trend by offering uncapped usage of its 1.5 million BT Fon and Openzone hotspots throughout the UK to existing customers. Until now BT customers had time limits set on their out-and-about use of access points based in pubs, airports and other public buildings, but the company now says "recognising the growing need for Internet access on the move, BT has now decided to offer unlimited Wi-Fi access across all BT Total Broadband options, to further consolidate as the UK’s most complete broadband."
Thinq

Intel and FTC discuss settlement
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Intel, the world's biggest chip maker, have filed a joint motion to suspend trial proceedings in the matter of FTC's complaint against Intel, which alleges it indulged in all sorts of anti-competitive shenanigans. The pair said they are taking a month off  to consider a potential settlement of the case which the FTC filed against Intel on December 16, 2009.
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