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by Aryeh Goretsky Distinguished Researcher
February 26, 2012 at 7:51 pm

Introduction
Mobile World Congress 2012 is almost upon us, and one of the most hotly-anticipated topics is the next generation of Microsoft’s smartphone operating system Windows Phone 8, which has been kept under wraps far more tightly than its PC counterpart, Windows 8.
While Microsoft was an early adopter in the creation of smartphones with Windows Mobile, … Read More…

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by David Harley Senior Research Fellow
June 6, 2010 at 3:08 am

John Hering of Lookout has reported that a number of apps for smartphones running Windows Mobile that look like legitimate games also have autodialling functionality. According to Elinor Mills' article at http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20006882-245.html, they call up premium rate phone services in Somalia and elsewhere (Italy and the South Pole have been mentioned), and include apps like:

3D Anti-Terrorist game
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