Why Apple's iPhone 4 Update Won't Fix Your Reception Problem
The iPhone 4 antenna interference problem happens to everyone, and it's not a matter of signal bars displayed in the phone. However, some people are not noticing it. Why? According to the scientific measuring conducted by Anandtech, there's up to a 19.8dB signal loss when you grab the iPhone naturally with your hand, with your skin touching the deadly spot. This technical measuring has been demonstrated empirically in both voice calls and internet access by thousands of users around the world, independently of their network. Experiencing this transmission/reception loss, however, depends on the strength of the signal itself:
Gizmodo 

Tweet for a better world – the role of technology in development
It seems improbable that in parts of the world where there is little sanitation or electricity and the largely illiterate population are subsistence farmers that mobile phones and computer technology are being received with great enthusiasm. It seems equally improbable that maize and the media would be discussed at the same forum, but that is exactly what happened during the developing world panel session at the Guardian's Activate 2010 summit yesterday afternoon.
Guardian

Firefox hits 2 billion landmark for add-ons
Mozilla is celebrating a major landmark for Firefox, with two billion add-ons downloaded for the popular browser. Despite an increasing amount of competition, Firefox is still the second most used browser on the planet, with only Microsoft's Internet Explorer holding a greater market share, and add-ons have been a key part of its rise to popularity.
Tech Radar

Windows XP zero day flaw gets work around
Microsoft has offered a workaround to Windows XP users affected after a flaw in the operating system was exploited. Since Google engineer Tavis Ormandy released details of the zero-day flaw last month, cyber criminals have dramatically ramped up online attacks that target the bug. Microsoft revealed it has now logged more than 10,000 attacks. "At first, we only saw legitimate researchers testing innocuous proof-of-concepts. Then, early on June 15th, the first real public exploits emerged," Microsoft said in a blog posting.
TechWorld

Facebook updates photo tagging, adds face detection
Facebook has unveiled new features to the site, which are designed to make the tagging of photos easier.Speaking about the new face-recognition tech in a blog, Sam Odio from Facebook says about the updates: "People love tagging their friends and family in photos, but we've heard that it can be a tedious process.
Tech radar

Disney buys iPhone app developer Tapulous
Disney has acquired iPhone games developer Tapulous for an undisclosed amount, and plans to use it to bring more social features to Disney's range of iPhone apps.The deal was announced by Tapulous CEO Bart Decrem last night on the company's blog. "As part of Disney Interactive Media Group, we’ll develop more games, more quickly and with the resources of the world’s leading entertainment company," he wrote.
Mobile Entertainment

LG relaunches its app store for smartphones AND feature phones
LG has revamped its LG Application Store, doubling the number of available apps to more than 3,000. The web-based store is currently available in 23 countries, with plans to launch in ten more by the end of the year, including the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Iran."Today, more and more people want mobile devices that make their lives easier and more exciting through the right combination of applications," says LG's mobile boss Skott Ahn.
Mobile Entertainment

Live tube map halted as TfL hit by 50-fold growth in web calls
Stop all the tubes, cut off the API. Transport for London has had to stop its supply of data about the movements of Underground trains due to "overwhelming demand" from demonstrations of what can be done with that data such as Matthew Somerville's maths-and-magic live tube map. (If you try to go to that site now it just hangs.) The reason: after opening up the API, requests for data ballooned from 180,000 to 10m. Consequently, TfL found itself a bit underprepared.
The Guardian

Google swoops into flight search
If it achieves nothing else, Microsoft's attempt to take market share from Google with Bing is certainly keeping the search giant on its toes. Both companies are striving to demonstrate their search services offer more value than the other and yesterday it was Google's turn to strike a blow. Google announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ITA Software - a company that specialises in organising all kinds of flight data, including schedules and prices. The purpose of the acquisition is for Google to become a first port of call when looking for flights, in the same ways as it currently is for websites
Hexus

The ignominious fall of Dell
Stuff happens. People and companies make mistakes. If you've had a long-term relationship with a vendor, reaching for the divorce papers too quickly can be the wrong move. But what we've learned about Dell recently doesn't qualify as an understandable mistake. Only a rotten company sells defective computers and lies about it. How could anyone in IT or anyone buying a computer for personal use ever trust that company again?I hate saying this. Although Dell was never a leader in technology, it pioneered a business model, including one of the world's best supply chains, that helped make desktop computing ubiquitous, affordable, and secure.
InfoWorld