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Kinnucan accused of fraud A slew of insider trading charges were leveled Friday against a Portland, Oregon-based analyst who allegedly provided significant leaks regarding the technology industry. Consultant John Kinnucan was accused of two counts each of securities fraud and conspiracy for reportedly passing on secret information about F5, Flextronics, and SanDisk to hedge funds [...]

iPad 3′s chip may be upgraded A5 instead An apparent discovery Sunday has shown what’s purported as the iPad 3′s mainboard with an unexpected A5X, not A6, processor name. The WeiPhone details don’t directly indicate what this would imply, but they imply more of an evolution than a major overhaul. A date code on top [...]

Samsung Galaxy Note mega phone gets our review Samsung made much ado of the Galaxy Note during the Super Bowl: the massive 5.3-inch screen and pen were tickets to “freedom” from the comparatively tiny iPhone. But are size and handwriting giving smartphone owners real choice, or is it an attempt to shoehorn the phone/tablet crossover [...]

Nokia Pulse to go beyond Windows Phone Nokia’s social and location apps lead Başak Özer chose an interview late this week to tell the public that the company’s Pulse app would be reaching Android and iOS devices. Without giving a timeframe, she told the Boston Business Journal that the private social aggregator would be leaving [...]

Harbinger suied for LightSquared denial LightSquared faced even deeper possible consequences from its revoked 4G network permission Friday after investors sued its parent company, Harbinger Capital Partners, for allegedly wasting money in the deal. Movie producer Lili Schad and others accused Harbinger of being “deceptive and misleading” by promising the LTE-based network only to have [...]

iPhone 4 owners can claim bumper, cash in lawsuit Apple finished the week by agreeing to a settlement (active in the next few weeks) over the iPhone 4′s antenna issues. US customers who were unhappy with the antenna performance of the smartphone will have the option of getting either a free bumper case or $15. [...]

Blockbuster pulls TiVo app Blockbuster has started informing users of its Blockbuster on Demand service for TiVo that the app will no longer be available on their Premiere DVRs. According to Blockbuster, the move is the result of the company ‘updating’ its technology platform and that it will no longer support the platform. Instead, Blockbuster [...]

ABC’s Nightline gets special access to Apple ops The ABC TV network has announced that it will be screening a special edition of Nightline next week focusing on working conditions in Apple’s supply chain. The network received special permission from Apple, giving it rare media access to the inner workings of where Apple’s products are [...]

Samsung may use Chinese firm to make iPad 3 LCDs An atypical leak on Sunday saw the the manufacturing roots of the reported iPad 3′s display more than the displays themselves. With the 2048×1536 resolution already identified, a WePost.me forum contribution showed what’s claimed to be shots from contractor Radiant Opto-Electronics’ plant as it shipped [...]

Huawei Ascend D1 Q won’t go slim for quad core Huawei in a series of teasers on Weibo and its forums (one, two since broken, three, four) has provided the first official look at the Ascend D1 Q. While they don’t confirm the internal hardware, they do show a thicker design than the Ascend P1 [...]