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Copy/Cute/Paste and other updates coming soon to Win 7 phones

Finally, Microsoft made some noises about the upcoming updates to Windows Phone 7. And since this has taken them so long, Microsoft is finally answering feedbacks and comments by early Windows Phone 7 adopters. Speficially, the update to Windows Phone 7 will finally bring in one most sought after feature – cut, copy and paste more »

Rumor: Microsoft to roll-out “massive” Windows Phone 7 update in January

Twitter seems to have become a popular spot for yet-to-be-confirmed Windows Phone 7 stories as of late and assuming this latest is true then current users will have something nice to look forward to seeing in the coming year — an update. According to what we have seen so far, the update is said to more »

Adobe offering outdated and vulnerable version of Adobe Reader on its website

Danish security researchers have discovered that Adobe is offering a badly outdated and bug ridden version of their popular Reader software on their website. The version, Reader 9.1, was released in early March and has 14 security vulnerabilities that have been patched in two subsequent versions. By offering the outdated version to users who visit more »

Cox introduces new bandwidth management policy

Cox Communications is introducing a new bandwidth management policy that is sure to have many of its users up in arms. The cable and internet provider says it will begin ranking the importance of different kinds of internet use and then limit the bandwidth to those activities they consider low priority whenever they feel their network is too congested.

Cox’s list of low priority traffic includes FTP, peer to peer networking, software updates (including those regular Microsoft updates), and Usenet. Users doing any of those things will experience noticeably slower connections when Cox decides their network needs “congestion management.”

Sprint beginning to roll out application updates for the Instinct

We have recently seen a firmware update come for the Instinct that offered some notable improvements for items such as increasing the audio volume when using Bluetooth, as well as improvements to the signal and battery indicators and the web browser. With that update having been rolled out, it seems Sprint decided it was time more »