Heavily modified Android phone will be contract-manufactured by HTC.

Adobe has dropped Flash development for mobile-browsers, saying it intends to focus on HTML5, and 750 jobs are to go as the company restructures.

ABOVE: The big numbers around the three protagonists (courtesy WolframAlpha.com)

On September 9, Apple and Adobe reached a tentative agreement to resolve their feud over Flash, which causes elements of websites (from the Stuff Quiz to various advertisements) to not display on an iPhone or iPad.

Software maker Adobe has admitted its Flash, Reader and Acrobat applications contain a critical bug which won’t be patched until Friday (NZ time).

In a computer virus meets human-avian-pig hybrid virus scenario, Symantec is warning about a new hacker scam that preys on worry about the possible swine flu pandemic.

The US security software maker says while samples are extremely limited, it seems that hackers are trying to leverage the current crisis to lure unsuspecting punters into clicking on their malware.

After a false start earlier this week, Google has added voice search to its Mobile App for iPhone. But another much-anticipated iPhone app - Flash - is still AWOL, provoking theories that Apple is running scared.

Now available through the iTunes AppStore, the new voice search tool allows you to speak natural language queries to your iPhone. Responses are then delivered as text.