Sound good on paper at least… Today in London in a somewhat understated fashion, Sony released details of its latest Vaio notebook range: the TZ series, aimed predominately at the higher end of the market. Continued

Frees up thousands of pink slips Texas semiconductor manufacturer Freescale is cutting jobs across the company as part of a strategy to reduce costs during a sluggish year. Continued

Hardware Widow Elle’s belles… Alactel Mobile Phones’ latest - the 1970s-sounding GlamPhone - is sponsored by womens’ fashion mag Elle, so guess what, Reg Hardware told yours truly to go and watch this “glamorous icon of the season” strut its stuff. Continued

O2 ahead by two weeks O2 and Vodafone today became the first UK carriers to take on Research in Motion’s consumer-friendly BlackBerry Curve. The handset itself was launched yesterday. Continued

Bungled bundle O2 has been forced to delay integrating its ISP business into a bundle package again, this time until at least September. Continued

Mobile TV alone to generate €4.7bn by 2010 Mobile content is set for a revolution, with gaming, music and TV all poised to transform the market in the next five years. Continued

There’s a silver lining in every Blu-ray patent cloud Sony is facing legal action from a Californian company over claims of patent infringement in its use of Blu-ray technology in the PlayStation 3 games console. Continued

CBS whips the long tail Media conglomerate CBS has bought Last.fm, the London-based social music network, for $280m. Continued

Part 1: Use shared objects but don’t get binary interfaces? Compatibility is a huge problem in software development. It’s often cited as an argument against Linux; there’s no guarantee of forward compatibility to ensure the applications of today will work in the Linux of 2010. Continued

Updated LG will next month bring its Shine-like digital music player, the Touch Me, to UK consumers looking for an iPod alternative. The name comes from the gagdet’s 2.4in touch-sensitive display. Continued

‘Super 3G’ slider debuts LG rolled out its latest ’super 3G’ handset this week, pitching its Symbian-based slider phone, the KS10, as a web-browsing wonder: it has Google pre-installed. Continued

Looks like purple is the new black, or is it the new pink? Whichever way, Motorola has put out a MOTORAZR V3i in striking mauve livery just in time Mother’s Day in the US (May 13 in case you were… Continued

There’s a silver lining in every Blu-ray patent cloud Sony is facing legal action from a Californian company over claims of patent infringement in its use of Blu-ray technology in the PlayStation 3 games console. Continued

Frees up thousands of pink slips Texas semiconductor manufacturer Freescale is cutting jobs across the company as part of a strategy to reduce costs during a sluggish year. Continued

Hardware Widow Elle’s belles… Alactel Mobile Phones’ latest - the 1970s-sounding GlamPhone - is sponsored by womens’ fashion mag Elle, so guess what, Reg Hardware told yours truly to go and watch this “glamorous icon of the season” strut its stuff. Continued

Sidelines Microsoft Every time Microsoft scores a point in its tortuous quest to become a major mobile player, it seems to suffer a balancing setback. So while the recently announced updates to Windows Mobile made the OS look far more credible on a small device than it had before, the software giant had to endure its primary handset ally, Taiwan’s HTC, make a radical strategy shift that seems to sideline Microsoft. Continued

Comment Will it beat Orange to the punch? One story that sneaked past us at the end of last week was the fact that Vodafone has managed to outbid other mobile operators for the Spanish ISP Ya.com. We feel the deal presages a quadruple play move by Vodafone within the year. Continued

Slams ‘false rumours’ of delays Apple’s iPhone has been given the green light to take a bite out of the US handset market as the firm bit back at false rumours that sent shares plummeting. Continued