Well, the OpenOfficeMouse rightly caused a bit of skepticism when it was officially announced earlier this week, and it turns out it is something of a fraud after all -- just not the way you might think. Yes, the multi-buttoned mouse is still all too real (in prototype form, at least), and supposedly set for a release... sometime, but it seems that mouse's creator got a bit ahead of himself in slapping the OpenOffice name on it. As it happens, the mouse was apparently officially presented at the recent OOoConference in Italy to judge the reaction from the...Read More »

Saving the interwebs from 'cable TV' As Firefox pops the champagne on its fifth birthday, one of its founding fathers has warned the world against an interwebs ruled by a certain money-minded tech giant.… Full published article at: Read More »

Whenever a Moto with triband HSPA hits the FCC, we're naturally going to end up scouring the documentation -- what can we say, it's in our blood -- and today we've found a model claiming to be the rumored Motus. As a refresher, this is a device we'd heard would rock the Android midrange with a 5 megapixel AF cam, 3.1-inch QVGA display, and HSPA for a Q1 '10 release, so it's not much more than a tweaked CLIQ as far as we're concerned -- but the big news here might actually be that the Motus filing...Read More »

Extra call centers? Who needs 'em? Sprint Nextell announced Monday that it will eliminate between 2,000 and 2,500 positions by the end of this year.… Full published article at: Read More »

Dev fun from RIM, Adobe RIM has announced a series of initiatives targeted at helping developers bring 3D games to the BlackBerry, assist content creators using Adobe apps, and - not coincidentally - help developers fatten their revenue streams.… Full published article at: Read More »

There's no official word on this yet, but the inimitable Michael Arrington says that Google's up and purchased VoIP company Gizmo5 for "around $30 million in cash." You know, pocket change for the crew in Moutain View. The deal would presumably bring Gizmo's SIP-based VoIP talents to Google Voice, taking it from quirky phone-management service to complete end-to-end calling solution, and instantly catapulting it into direct competition with Skype. Heavy stuff -- we'll see if Google or Gizmo5 confirms Mssr. Arrington's report sometime soon. [Via BGR]Filed under: SoftwareGoogle to acquire Gizmo5, swing at...Read More »

The Rick Astley desktop wallpaper worm, known as Ikee, currently plaguing jailbroken Apple iPhone devices is harmless, according to security experts, but is spreading wildly.   The iPhone's very own take on the Rickroll phenomenon commandeers the homescreen of iPhones that have been unlocked from network providers with the image of 80s crooner Rick. It's currently unremovable and, true to form, promising it's Never Gonna Give You Up.   - 50 Mobile apps to change your life - 101 Gadgets you can't live without   While the virus, written by 21-year-old Aussie pipsqueek Ashley Towns, is currently harmless -...Read More »

As hundreds of fans flock to Leicester Square tonight for the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, many gamers are already playing the game and posting on Twitter about it. A select few have managed to get early copies of the game through special pre-order services or via undisclosed game shops. - Read our rundown of 20 controversial iPhone apps here. The hashtag #MW2 has become a huge trending topic on Twitter as players post their views on the game. This started as early as last night when Guardian columnist and Gameswipe presenter, Charlie Brooker,...Read More »

O2 has reacted strongly to tomorrow's launch of the Apple iPhone on the rival Orange network by announcing a Total Connectivity package, offering customers free home broadband if they sign up to 3G data tethering on the iPhone.   The Total Connectivity deal means that for just £9.79-a-month, O2 iPhone users will be entitled to 3GB of tethering data and the company's standard Home Broadband package, with download speeds of 8Mbps. If iPhone customers would like one of the higher-speed 20Mbps packages, they're entitled to a discount of £7.34 - the same price as the standard package.   - 50...Read More »

NVIDIA's feud with Intel may be at an all-time high these days, but it looks like the company isn't about to go as far as to produce its own Intel-compatible x86 chip, despite persistent rumors to the contrary. That word comes straight from NVIDIA's always talkative CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, who flatly said "no" when asked if there was any truth to the rumors. He further went on to add NVIDIA's focus is on visual and parallel computing, and on "getting our GPUs into the lowest power platforms we can imagine and driving mobile computing with...Read More »