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1. Apple holds second place U.S. smartphone share (Macworld.com)
   Macworld.com - Market research firm ComScore is back with the latest numbers on the battle for consumers’ hearts and minds in the U.S. smartphone arena. On the positive side, Apple's share continued to grow, holding steady in second place after BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM).
2. Palm Inc. teeters in crowded smart phone market (AP)
   

   AP - Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software.

   
   
3. Summary Box: Palm struggles in its phone comeback (AP)
   AP - PALM'S PROBLEM: As smart phones have gotten more popular, Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerrys have benefited while Palm has fallen behind.
4. Brizzly gobbles up iPhone Twitter client Birdfeed (Macworld.com)
   Macworld.com - Birdfeed, the “very nice” iPhone Twitter client developed by Buzz Andersen, has been acquired by Thing Labs and rebranded as Brizzly for iPhone, in order to tie in with the company's Brizzly Web interface for Twitter and Facebook.
5. Intego releases VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection (Macworld.com)
   Macworld.com - The perils of malware and viruses are everywhere, and Mac users shouldn’t be complacent, especially if they’re also running Windows via Boot Camp or other virtualization software. To those ends, Intego has released VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection, which offers all the features of its X6 product for both Mac and Windows operating systems running on your machine.
6. HP Slate vs. iPad: Focus on Flash (PC World)
   PC World - With the iPad presale beginning in just a few days, and the clock ticking down to the much-anticipated Apple tablet finally hitting the streets, HP launched a renewed campaign for its Slate tablet PC debuted at the 2010 CES by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Each platform has pros and cons, but so far the debate seems to center entirely around support for Adobe Flash.
7. EFF Takes Issue with iPhone App Dev License (PC World)
   PC World - The Electronic Frontier Foundation got its hands on a version of the iPhone Application Developer Program License Agreement, and the public advocacy group did not like what it saw.
8. TeamViewer brings its remote control offering to the App Store (Macworld.com)
   Macworld.com - TeamViewer already offers a remote control and desktop sharing program for desktops. Now the software maker wants to go mobile, with a similar offering for iPhone and iPod touch users that lets them access and control remote computers from their handheld mobile device.
9. Need an Extra Terabyte for Your TiVo? New App Lets You Link to an HP MediaSmart Server (PC World)
   PC World - If you’re a TiVo aficionado, you know that there’s no such thing as too much storage. And now you can let your TV show and movie collection spill out of the box, across your home network and into an HP MediaSmart server.
10. China Mobile investing $5.8B in Chinese bank (AP)
    AP - China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone company by subscribers, said Wednesday it was investing $5.8 billion in a Chinese bank as part of a plan to develop mobile phone banking and business services.