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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Tuesday that he expected Google to move its Android wireless software onto laptop PCs and that he saw Google as a potential rival to the Windows desktop operating system. Speaking to financial analysts, Ballmer said that rather than make its own handsets, Microsoft would focus on stretching its mobile software over more devices for both basic smartphones and high-end handsets. CNET (2/24) , InformationWeek (2/24)

AT&T has added a feature that detects when users are nearing their monthly mobile data allotment and shuts off their online access when they reach that limit. Designed primarily as a parental-control device, the application will run postpaid customers $4.99 per line and includes a content filter. The Orange County Register (Calif.) (2/24)

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