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Samsung today said it would welcome disgruntled Symbian programmers with open arms, joining Google, Skype and others, that hope to lure highly-skilled coders abandoned by Nokia to develop their own operating systems.

Microsoft today asked the court to throw out Apple's defense in a trademark dispute over the term "App Store," because the iPhone maker used smaller font, giving it more room to develop its argument.

Microsoft's Kinect sensor is the fastest-selling consumer electronics device on record, according to Guinness World Records, beating previous records held by Apple's iPhone and iPad as the race between rivals heats up with the imminent iPad 2 launch.

Apple's iPad 2 launch stole the headlines this week, escalating the heated battle between AT&T and Verizon for new customers. Meanwhile, Microsoft and Google are all handling missteps that could prove costly for their futures.

Google's Android operating system now runs on more U.S smartphones than any other platform, according to market research firm Nielsen, as the software pulls market share from Apple's iPhone and Research in Motion's BlackBerry devices.

T-Mobile today announced that it is shutting down its Sidekick online contacts and data storage service on May 31, in a move to revamp the seminal device with Android software later this year.

Nokia's stumbling performance is slowing the economic growth of Finland, with exports of mobile software and services from the world's largest phone maker down last year.

Microsoft is now encouraging employees to spend their spare time at work developing new apps for its Windows Phone 7 mobile platform, in a push to encourage the growth of the operating system.

Apple is planning to introduce the new iPad 2 next week, while researchers unveil new technologies in mobile health and competition in wireless payment systems heat up.

Microsoft today admitted it botched an update to some Samsung smartphones running on Windows Phone 7, causing them to freeze, and in extreme cases, permanently crash.

Microsoft today pushed out the first of many planned updates for its Windows Phone 7 platform, as the company paves the way for a series of upgrades to take on Google and Apple.

PC and handset makers gathered at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday to show off their new Android-based tablets, while Nokia faced mounting internal resistance from dropping Symbian for Windows.

Nokia is struggling with how to treat laid-off workers, who will see their jobs go due to its new partnership with Microsoft to develop Windows-based smartphones.

Nokia is fending off attacks by a group of disgruntled shareholders who want the board of directors replaced, after the company announced plans shutter its Symbian and MeeGo platforms in favor of Microsoft's Windows mobile software.

Nokia will rush to release a Windows 7 phone this year, in a bid to convince skeptical investors that the its partnership with Microsoft will be an effective response to rivals Apple and Google.