Smartphones: Android overtakes Symbian, Apple loses market share
no idea if this was already mentioned in this thread: applications have the ability to harvest private contact lists on iPhone/iPod and Android devices. There’s no protection, no prompt, nothing. You get prompts for geo-localization, push notification, but nothing for the private contact list. I’ll blame Apple and Google in the first place for this, for not implementing the protection, and that would be easy. The issue has been raised for years now, with no effect.
http://blog.mylookout.com/2010/07/introducing-the-app-genome-project/
Verizon Throttling Bandwith for Data Hogs:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/04/verzon_may_throttle_your_network/
The Dark Side of the New Android Market:
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/dark-side-new-android-market-020411?utm_source=Newsletter_020411&utm_medium=Email+Marketing&utm_campaign=Newsletter&CID=
Smartphones Shipments Surpass PCs
http://blog.imperva.com/2011/02/smartphones-shipments-surpass-pcs.html
Lost iPhone = lost passwords
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Lost-iPhone-lost-passwords-1186579.html
How jailbreaking can be used to steal your iPhone password keychain
@Asyn : that’s related to the info you posted 
Google Adds Two-Factor Verification:
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/google-adds-two-factor-verification-gmail-021011?utm_source=Newsletter_021111&utm_medium=Email+Marketing&utm_campaign=Newsletter&CID=
Windows Phone To Get Multi-Tasking, IE9
http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/windows-phone-to-get-multi-tasking-ie9-20874
FDA Approves Medical Imaging Software for Apple Mobile Devices:
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/05/nation/la-na-fda-ipad-20110205?source=govdelivery
IE9 sucks and multi-tasking has already been done (and probably better than WP7) by the Palm (now HP) WebOS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebOS
Sorry MS. I just really REALLY like WebOS. If they could just throw RDP in there, I’d be set.
Next!
Android Trojan Turns Smartphones into Bots:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/17/android_trojan_click_fraud_scam/
Windows Phone 7 Update:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/21/windows_phone_7_updating_update/
ZeuS Trojan Attacks Bank’s 2-Factor Authentication Mobile & PC Malware:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/22/zeus_2_factor_authentication_attack/
Android Apps Send Private Data in the Clear:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/24/android_phone_privacy_shocker/
All these so called smart phones and apps aren’t all that clever after all, basic security is lagging well behind the technology. This is a major reason why I still have a Dumb old phone, Samsung G600.
I agree David, but my “dumb” phone died so I was forced to go with a smartphone. So now I test them and learn all the security flaws and lack of privacy issues that go along with them. Of course there are ways to get around some of the privacy issues, if you know enough about them you can do some tweaking, but technology needs to catch up and in the meantime is putting us at great risk.
Android NFC (Near Field Communications) Can Do More Than Replace a Person’s Wallet:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/28/nfc_till/
Bank of America Retrofits Blackberries with NFC:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/28/bank_of_america_nfc/
Case Study - iPhone 4 Antenna Issue and Cover:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/01/death_grip_research/
Poisoned Android apps taken down from official company storehttp://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2011/03/poisoned-android-apps-taken-down-from-official-company-store/1