• With Windows Phone now officially out there, the question is whether Microsoft's latest hits the mark. Early reviews suggest no: MobileCrunch's verdict is that "it still sucks", SlashGear thinks it "falls short of a knock-out blow" while Gizmodo says "there's no excuse for this". Ouch.
• Here's an odd one. If you ever play games online, the chances are you'll have played something by PopCap, the Seattle company behind hits like Bejewelled. But here's the strange part - after 10 years of profits and with 240 employees, VentureBeat says PopCap has just raised $22.5m in venture capital to fund its expansion plans. That money has certainly turned up late in the game (arf).
• The latest episode of our Tech Weekly podcast is now online, featuring an interview with one of the Nasa scientists involved in Friday's mission to crash a probe into the moon, as well as Charles getting to grips with the MiFi mobile hotspot. Listen here.
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