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BBC Preps Mobile News Push; Mobile Web Use Up By Quarter

The BBC is planning a marketing campaign to raise the profile of its mobile news services, after finding domestic traffic to its mobile web offering rose 26 percent to 3.2 million uniques in the year to September. The move comes after the broadcaster received results of a survey it commissioned on users’ news-consumption patterns. “As for mobiles, people were typically using them for headlines, major stories and areas of specific interest,” wrote BBC News web editor Steve Hermann. BBC mobile web use is still small compared with its 22 million weekly desktop web users, partly because of data costs, but Hermann wrote the organisation will now run a TV campaign to drive awareness of its wireless services; here’s the video…

Retrevo Preps Consumer Electronics Shoppers For Black Friday With Two New Guides

ecomii Recognized as a Leading Green Lifestyle Destination; Launches Several New Expert Blogs at www.ecomii.com/blogs

Microsoft Preps Free Security Software

Microsoft is to offer a free new security solution, called "Morro", which will provide protection from a variety of threats including viruses, spyware, rootkits and Trojans.

Celio preps REDFLY with iPhone-ready video in

Expanding the REDFLY beyond its initial niche of Windows Mobile devices, Celio today launched two new versions of its notebook-style smartphone add-on. The REDFLY C8N adds a new media port and matching cable that can either serve as an extra USB port or as a composite video input for handhelds that simply need the external screen rather than the keyboard and trackpad; it can now serve as a larger 800x480 screen for an iPhone, Zune or most other portable devices for up to eight hours without plugging in. It ships with VGA output for $299, while its matching cable costs $20.

Citrix preps XenApp, XenDesktop for Apple iPhone; access your Windows PC via iPhone (with video)

"XenApp and XenDesktop provide the means for users to access their Apps and Desktops from a wide variety of platforms and devices. At Citrix our vision is to create a world where anyone can work and play from anywhere. Mobility is not new to Citrix. There are XenApp clients available today for Windows Mobile and Symbian devices, but small form factor devices have had their challenges. Slow, unreliable wireless networks, small screens and awkward user input models have relegated hand held access to small and highly specialized market segments. But that's all about to change," Albert Grandville, Citrix Product Manager at Citrix blogs.

NINTENDO PREPS FOR ROOM-TO-ROOM VOICE CHATTING

The new in-game voice chat function for Animal Crossing™: City Folk will be ready to go as soon as the game launches on Nov. 16, using the Wii Speak™ accessory. A separate Wii Speak™ Channel that people can use to chat independent of Animal Crossing: City Folk will be available in December.

Microsoft preps two patches for Tuesday

MS08-062 - Important: Vulnerability in Windows Internet Printing Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (953155) - Version:2.2

Microsoft Preps Xbox 360 'Starter Pack' Upgrade

Say, have you recently purchased an Xbox 360 Arcade console, and now you're looking for a storage solution that's a little meatier than a refurbished 20GB hard drive?

Darpa Preps Son of Robotic Mule

The Pentagon's all-too-life-like four-legged robot may be about to get a whole lot bigger, stronger, smarter, and tougher to slow down.

Samsung preps 8MP phone camera with 3X zoom

Samsung is close to releasing a cellphone with a camera that's both high-resolution and with real optical zoom, according to a report by Telecoms Korea. The combined package would include an eight-megapixel sensor like those in shipping Samsung camera phones but would also have a 3X zoom system to deliver longer-ranged and more accurately focused shots than most cellphones, which normally rely on digital zoom that simply scales pixels upwards.

L.A. Preps for The Big One with Massively Multiplayer Earthquake

Disaster preparedness is about as sexy as flossing regularly, but a new alternate reality game could put the fun into contemplating the destruction of Los Angeles.

UK Music Industry Preps United Approach to Illegal File Sharing

The British Music Rights (BMR) group has effectively ceased to exist today after UK Music, a new umbrella organisation representing the collective interests of the UK's commercial music industry, launched to replace it and help combat illegal file-sharing (P2P) among broadband ISP users.

Warner will test 49ers' defense / Clements preps for Arizona's big play receivers

After RIMs Storm in a teacup, Nokia preps iPhone killer

Cell Phones: Oppenheimer Sees Q4 Units Flat Vs. Q3; Cuts '09 View; Trims Ests On MOT, NOK, RIMM, RFMD, CELL (at Barron's Online)

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