Windows 10 for phones: Stepping towards the One True Windows [ Tue Feb 24 2015]

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Did NSA, GCHQ steal the secret key in YOUR phone SIM? It's LIKELY
Snowden leaks reveals how spies can crack encryption on calls worldwide
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*** Handsets News ***

Apple design don Jony Ive: Build-your-own phone is BOLLOCKS
Motorola: Does he mean US?
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BlackBerry's money-making QNX unit touts virty dual-OS devices
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*** Reviews ***

Leaky battery attack reveals the paths you walk in life
'Innocent' power consumption metrics found in scores of Android apps
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Android malware hijacks power button, empties wallet while you sleep
Engineer's reset recommended
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TV Idol star's keyboard upstart idolizes our gear too much – BlackBerry
Ryan Seacrest-backed biz accused of ripping off Canadian biz's designs
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Qualcomm bungs ARM's beefy 64-bit A72s into new mobe brains
Four system-on-chips outfitted with new CPU, GPU cores
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Windows 10 for phones: Stepping towards the One True Windows
Hands On with the Windows Insider preview
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*** Software News ***

Google MENACED by Russian probe over 'abuse of dominance' gripe
Complaint cites Android bundling
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Wi-Fi beam-steering tech could KILL OFF fixed home networks
Faultline chats to Ethertronics about Wi-Fi chip agnostic tech
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AT&T, Verizon will nuke rivals in next US mobile auction – and it's the
FCC's fault, says Legere
Shock: T-Mobile USA CEO livid over spectrum sales
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We don't need no steenkin' cabinet: Ericsson hangs base stations off
masts
A different kind of pole dancer
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Qualcomm, ARM: We thought we had such HOT MODELS...
... but IP licensing changing – and what if smartphones DIE?
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Carphone Warehouse, RootMetrics ink data deal, declare customer love
Software shows the signals
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