Skweezer announced a major upgrade to its Skweezer Ads service, which allows customers to serve ads to a wide variety of mobile, desktop, and other Web-enabled consoles through a single ad feed.

How can you secure your enterprise’s mobile phones? In this interesting article, Mike Temporale discusses some options that take security responsibilities away from the end-users and give them to the IT staff.

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A $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit challenging YouTube’s ability to keep copyrighted material off its popular video-sharing site threatens how hundreds of millions of people exchange all kinds of information on the Internet, YouTube owner Google said.

Google’s lawyers made the claim in papers filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan as the company responded to Viacom Inc.’s latest lawsuit alleging that the Internet has led to “an explosion of copyright infringement” by YouTube and others.

Employees at computer, phone and software company Apple have filed a patent to place solar cells on portable devices, Trade the News reported Monday.

Outfitted with such technology, Apple’s devices, like the iPhone, could have photovoltaic cells stacked underneath LCD touch screens, thus maximizing the area available for harnessing the sun.

The filing said that information regarding the performance of a device’s solar cells could be displayed on the main screen next to info for battery power, text message alerts and time of day. Or this information could also appear on top of the solar cells themselves, which are likely to display some version of the Apple logo.

Agendus for Windows provides a comprehensive way to simplify schedule management, information entry, contact history, and the customization of how your information appears. By taking advantage of its streamlined, intuitive, yet fully personalizable set of views and related functionalities, users can breeze through their day with a trustworthy companion whose only goal is to keep them on the top of their schedule.

Version 5.3 brings new features and improvements to the 5 series–in particular quite some emphasis has been given to the text capturing technology, which underwent a major rehaul to allow for more accurate results. Other areas of improvement include template editing, task hierarchy management, automatic alarm removal upon meeting dismissal, and “add to journal” capabilities for emails.

PhatWare announced the availability of PhatPad 4.5, the new version of the company’s notes organizer for Microsoft Windows-based Tablet, Desktop, and Pocket PCs and Smartphones.

PhatPad allows users to draw pictures, jot notes, or put a mixture of pictures and typed text on a virtual scratch pad. The program uses new digital ink technology, which provides a very smooth ink flow, so it feels like writing on an actual piece of paper. PhatPad users can also add images, voice notes, and text and animate their handwritten notes or pictures.

T-Mobile’s Sidekick Slide Scarlet features MySpace Mobile, email, Web browsing and various messaging applications like instant, text and picture messaging. The T-Mobile Sidekick Slide Scarlet will be available for $199.99 with a two-year service agreement.

T-Mobile USA announced the upcoming availability of the much-anticipated Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone. Starting May 28, T-Mobile will continue to enhance its customers’ music experience by offering the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic which offers a variety of features, including easy-to-use external music controls, stereo Bluetooth connectivity, wired stereo headsets, a USB cable for side-loading music and a memory card–all at an affordable price.

Customers can bop their heads to the music right away, since the device will come preloaded with two exclusive new hits–one from rock sensation Panic At The Disco and one from Phantom Planet. As an added bonus, the Nokia 5310 is also loaded with Panic At The Disco’s latest video, “That Green Gentleman,” plus an exclusive making-of video with a greeting from the band.

HTC and Rogers Wireless announced the HTC Shift will be released in Canada. Harnessing the power of Windows Vista and Microsoft Origami Experience 2.0, the HTC Shift blends advanced wireless connectivity through the high-speed of Rogers’ 3G HSPA network.

Featuring a sleek design that is half the size and a fraction of the weight of a standard notebook, the HTC Shift incorporates HTC’s innovative new SnapVUE technology. SnapVUE provides instant access to emails, calendar, and contacts, without the need to fully boot up the device, which helps conserve power and extend battery life. Also a great multimedia companion, the HTC Shift utilizes Windows Media Player 11 to provide easy access to music, videos and photos.

The Touch Dual has arrived unlocked and is now available in the United States through Best Buy. The HTC Touch Dual combines an intuitive touch screen integrated with HTC’s TouchFLO technology and slide-out keypad for a stunning design. In addition, the HTC Touch Dual is one of the first devices to feature Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional software, making it easier for customers to communicate on the go. The HTC Touch Dual is the predecessor of the original HTC Touch, a popular device which has sold 3 million units to date. The device will retail for approximately $549.