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• Steve Jobs ranted, raged against Android as 'grand theft': biography

  Excerpts from Steve Jobs' about-to-be-published biography show the source and character of Apple's aggressive patent war against the rival Android mobile operating system.

• BlackBerry losing sway in enterprise, study finds

  Enterprise users, who have long been RIM's firewall against the iPhone and Android devices, are increasingly jumping ship.

• Android smartphone smackdown: Droid Razr vs. Galaxy Nexus

  Motorola and Samsung yesterday debuted two devices that mark the next generation of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a> phones.

• ShoreTel links Android phones to corporate PBXs

  Enterprise IT groups can now tie in <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a>-based mobile devices to corporate directories and IP PBXs, with the latest update by ShoreTel to its mobility software.

• Android 4.0: A rundown of key features

  Google last night officially debuted the latest version of its Android platform, code-named Ice Cream Sandwich. Here is a rundown of its key features.

• Dutch court rejects Samsung patent claims against Apple

  A judge at the district court in the Hague on Friday rejected claims that Samsung had made against Apple regarding four patents.

• iPhone 4S vs The Competition: Spec Showdown Chart

  The <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/241087/apple_unveils_the_new_iphone_4s.html#tk.hp_fv">iPhone 4S</a> may look identical to the iPhone 4, but that's where the comparisons stop. Under the hood the iPhone 4S is full of hardware and software innovations that help Apple catch up with its rivals. Here’s how Apple’s iPhone 4S stacks up against its Android, Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry competitors when it comes to specs.

• Oracle shows JavaFX on iOS and Android

  Oracle on Tuesday showed JavaFX rich client software running on both an Apple iPad and a Google Android-based Samsung Galaxy tablet, along with introducing a separate project using HTML5 to bring Java to Apple's iOS platform, called Project Avatar.

• IBM X-Force: Mobile devices are a fast growing target of malware

  Look for double the mobile exploits this year vs. 2010 and particularly watch out for mobile applications that are really malware, says IBM's X-Force security research team.

• Verizon, Sprint dominate top '4G' Android smartphones, says Localytics

  Verizon and Sprint have seven of the top 10 "4G" <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a> <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/061510-smartphone-history.html">smartphones</a> on the market right now, according to new data from analytics firm Localytics.

• Android adoption accelerates, says Nielsen

  Google's Android mobile operating system is still steadily expanding its share of the U.S. smartphone market, as industry watcher Nielsen reports that 43% of American smartphone subscribers use Android-based devices.

• Apple will keep ruling the tablet market, says Gartner

  Anyone hoping for a scrappy underdog to knock the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111910-apple-ipad-resources.html">iPad</a> off its perch as the world's top tablet will have to wait a long time, says analyst firm Gartner.

• Strangeloop enables faster downloads for Apple, Android, Microsoft smartphones

  Strangeloop is coming out with a Web-site optimizer that speeds up page builds on mobile devices based on Apple, Android and Microsoft operating systems.

• Android targeted by SpyEye banking Trojan

  Banking transactions for owners of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a> phones just became more dangerous with a new iteration of the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/072611-spyeye-trojan-morphs-to-defeat.html">SpyEye</a> Trojan designed to intercept two-factor authentication codes sent via SMS -- the first known version for Android.

• Droid Bionic smartphone impresses iFixit

  Motorola's new Droid Bionic is not only a top-notch device but the dual-core <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a> smartphone is also very easy to fix, according to repair specialists at <a href="http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Motorola-Droid-Bionic-Teardown/6449/1">iFixit</a>.