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• Google planning Nexus-style tablet

  You didn't really think Google was going to let Amazon hog all the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a> tablet glory, did you?

• ANZ media tablet market growth slows in Q3: IDC

  The Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) media tablet market recorded growth of just 3.1 per cent in Q3 with 434,000 units shipped, according to analyst firm IDC.

• Google Android Market tops 10 billion downloads

  Google says its Android Marketplace has surpassed 10 billion app downloads - a growth rate of 1 billion app downloads per month.

• Skeptics find flaws in Carrier IQ application analysis

  Only now are some skeptical voices being raised that the case against Carrier IQ may be a rush to judgment without a real, or at least an adequate, basis in fact.

• Android: The Phone for Living Dangerously?

  An Asian boy approaches a man clad in black leather at an outdoor café in Chinatown. He whispers something in the man's ear. The man grabs his warrior of the future motorcycle helmet and speeds down the streets of San Francisco in pursuit of an armored car caravan. Explosions. Fireballs. Shuriken fly. Back at his lair, the marauder exposes the convoy's precious cargo: the <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/243328/motorola_droid_razr_review_thin_and_fast_but_short_on_battery_life.html?tk=rel_news">Droid Razr.</a> A title appears on the screen: Too Powerful to Fall into the Wrong Hands.

• Debate erupts over Android malware dangers

  Reports of an explosion in <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a> malware have sparked a debate over whether malware on mobile devices is actually a big deal for most users.

• McAfee: Android is sole target of new mobile malware in Q3

  All new malware being written for mobile devices targets Android, according to a McAfee report on malware trends in Q3 2011.

• Apple, Google need to improve smartphone security: Blue Coat

  The practice of “security by obscurity” on the Apple’s iOS needs to improve as smartphone adoption increases, according to Blue Coat US vice president of Cloud services, Anthony James.

• Apple readies for holiday bonanza

  The Apple iPhone might not be dominating the smartphone market like its iOS cousin, the iPad, is commanding the emerging tablet market, but recent signs point to an upcoming iPhone boon that will go bonkers this holiday season.

• Software lets mobile devices use corporate printers

  A new client-server application lets most mobile devices now wirelessly use corporate printers, without having to make changes to smartphones or tablets, or to the printers.

• Corporate-owned vs. employee-owned mobile devices

  If an employee walked into work one day clutching his shiny new iPhone, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111910-apple-ipad-resources.html">iPad</a>, Android or other mobile smartphone or tablet, wanting to use it for official corporate business, would you say yes?

• Five things you need to know about Android phone security

  1. Use a service to secure data. Android's open market and few security features open the door to hackers, leaving critical corporate data at risk. The best security comes from providers like Good Technology, which secures phones using its own network operations center, software on the phones, and a server behind a firewall. Technology like Good's encrypts data as it travels to and from the device, and stored data is also encrypted. IT administrators are not required to open a hole in the corporate firewall.

• Analysis: How Google was tripped up by a bad search during Oracle lawsuit

  In the end it was a search that let Google down.

• NFC will help users find romance, store vital documents and experience 'magic,' boosters say

  CHICAGO -- By now you're likely familiar with near-field communications (NFC) technology and its ability to help process mobile payments. But NFC's boosters think it's capable of more, oh, so much more.

• Microsoft, Compal sign patent deal covering Android and Chrome

  Microsoft has signed a patent agreement with Taiwan's Compal Electronics that provides coverage under its patent portfolio for Compal's tablets, mobile phones, e-readers and other consumer devices running Android or the Chrome platform, the company said Sunday.