I don't know about you, but I always suspected that Kermit the Frog was singing someone else's tune....

Ovum's latest Smartphone capability tracker: 1Q09-4Q09 demonstrates that smartphone manufacturers are embracing more powerful hardware capable of handling advanced graphics and video processing, However, Nokia appears to be lagging behind the performance curve.

So 3D is ready for its close up . . . right? Well, maybe not. While the industry players have hammered out technical standards that allow many 3D-ready components to work together -- any 3D Blu-ray player should work with any 3D television, for instance -- they haven't established one for the new type of 3D glasses that work with the sets.

According to researchers at US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team), software that accompanies the Energizer DUO USB battery charger contains a Trojan horse that gives hackers total access to a Windows PC.

Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests.

Overnight, Twitter flew past the 10bn tweet milestone, according to the GigaTweet site, which tracks the microblogging service. It has taken more than three years to get there. However, Twitter's rapid growth means that the next 10bn should be knocked off in 203 days.

Another day, another company developing Linux-based tech falls into line with Microsoft's intellectual property wonks. Japanese Flash maker I-O Data Device Inc has agreed to cough up an undisclosed sum of cash to Microsoft under a Linux software deal.

Millions of PlayStation 3 owners are fuming over a bug that prevented them from using their systems on Sunday. For many, the glitch meant not only the loss of game time, but also time wasted trying to figure out how to solve the problem. Some gave up account data in the process. Sony has said a glitch in the internal clock was at fault, and that it's sorry -- but it still hasn't solved the problem.

The iPhone maker's complaint against HTC underscores the widening role of the International Trade Commission in cross-border disputes over smartphone tech

That seems to be one of the rationals provided by the NPD Group, referring to yet another survey about the behaviors and downloading habits of the P2P community. CNet reported that according to the NPD Group, the number of people sharing music is down - but interestingly enough - so are the number of people buying digital music.