If you get an email warning from Facebook that your security settings are “very low”, what should you do? At least one security professional says you should ignore it. The warning seems to reek of scareware tactics.

The last entry in this “mailbag” of questions to Paul Thurrott indicates there may be a problem with Windows Phone 7. It seems the phones utilize a 3G data connection even when Wi-Fi is available. This has meant large data bills for users.

“Geinimi” is malicious software that has been found in a few games offered on Chinese mobile apps websites. The original versions of the games, in the Google Android Market, have not been affected.

Froyo has been out a while now but, maybe you’re interested in seeing what it looks like without buying an Android device. These instructions show how to set up the Software Development Kit (SDK) to run on your computer.

While Research In Motion (RIM) is continuing to work with the Indian government on access to content, the company is refusing to allow access to data sent through BlackBerry Enterprise Servers.

New solid-state drives (SSDs) from Intel have the same performance characteristics of “standard” 2.5-inch drives but at a fraction of the size.

If you already know Java, BeyondSoft Consulting is offering a one-month, online, Android training package. Classes begin January 8, 2011.

Android phones are selling at an impressive rate, so it seems natural for the Android Market to offer a lot of apps. AndroLib, an independent service, thinks the count has now reached 200,000.

For those who like to hack things, it is possible to hack the Nano. This page explains the basics of how and includes a short video showing the proof.

For everyone who uses Skype and was hit by last week’s outage – Skype has finished their analysis of the problem and posted the result. It seems there was a software bug…