The company’s not committing to any US carriers just yet ( ahem ), but LG is already puffing up its chest and talking big about its impending Windows Phone 7 release plans. To date, all we’ve had to go on was Microsoft’s vow of seeing WP7 devices on store shelves before this holiday season , but now Ken Hong, an LG representative in Seoul, has offered a wee bit more insight regarding his company in particular

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LG aiming to ship ‘a couple’ of Windows Phone 7 devices by year-end

Without question, AT&T ’s wireless growth these past few years has been largely based on iPhone — and with apparently good reason, if you look at the numbers . As far as other platforms go, however, it’s not been as rosy. Android ’s relation with the carrier, for example, is a story woven with years of hesitation , some questionable releases , and a rival that’s fully embraced it to notable success (releases like the Captivate and Streak suggest a stronger future)

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AT&T claims it will be ‘the premier carrier’ for Windows Phone 7

Yahoo Japan says it will use Google’s search engine technology, rather than Microsoft’s which is used by partner Yahoo Inc.

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Yahoo Japan to use Google search

The Ministry of Defence has put through an ‘urgent request’ to finish a £35m order for ‘Generation Three’ night vision goggles.

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MOD splashes out on night vision

Microsoft may have axed its Flight Simulator franchise a little while back, but it appears that there are still enough virtual pilots out there to keep Mad Catz abuzz with making new apparatus. In fact, the notoriously expensive Saitek Pro Flight range will be seeing an addition of three new products in October.

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Saitek keeps flight simulation alive with new gear, no word on robot air hostesses

Some cried and some cheered when Microsoft revealed that handset manufacturers couldn’t reskin Windows Phone 7 devices wholesale. But as it turns out, at least one major OEM is still banking on software to help differentiate its phones. HTC’s Drew Bamford told Forbes that Sense UI will still appear in the company’s Windows Phone 7 creations, and believes it will live on in Android 3.0 ( Gingerbread ) as well

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HTC Sense coming to Windows Phone 7, after all

Software giant Microsoft has signed a deal to get access to blueprints for the mobile chips designed by Arm.

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Microsoft gets at chip blueprints

ARM processors are so hot right now, especially in the mobile space, where they power many of the greatest smartphones, tablets, and mobile devices coming down the turnpike. Microsoft is apparently looking to merge in on that action, becoming an official ARM licensee

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Microsoft becomes official ARM licensee, could an MS microprocessor be next?

Our Peter Cetera album collection isn’t exactly getting any larger, yet despite the progress of technology every time we get a new smartphone pulling over all those soothing hits never seems to get any faster. Even a fool can see laggy NAND flash memory is the culprit, and Samsung and Toshiba have a fix with a new DDR NAND flash standard.

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Samsung and Toshiba double-down on 400Mbps DDR 2.0 NAND flash memory standard

The latest word from behind Apple-authorized cashiers is that Cupertino has stopped shipping out fresh stock of its entry-level 21-inch iMac .

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iMac refresh is imminent, according to reseller sources