Link Collection

Cambridge researchers have apparently come up with a discovery that can cure the common cold! It had been thought to be impossible to get the body's immune defenses to destroy the common cold virus after it invaded the inner sanctum of a human cell. Scientists plan for clinical trials of new drugs based on the breakthrough to begin within 2-5 years, and this breakthrough could cure other viruses that lead to diseases (such as the deadly rotavirus):
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/a-cure-for-the-common-cold-may-finally-be-achieved-as-a-result-of-a-remarkable-discovery-in-a-cambridge-laboratory-2122607.html

Military communications supplier Western DataCom has licensed xG Technology's cognitive network for use with an Army trial at Fort Bliss:
http://urgentcomm.com/networks_and_systems/news/military-xgtechnology-contract-20101102/

Article about Verizon getting ready to launch 4G in San Diego:
http://sdbj.com/news/2010/nov/01/need-speed/?goback=.gde_3677_member_33841829

Android smartphone sales in the third quarter of 2010 almost equaled iPhone and BlackBerry sales COMBINED. Year-to-year, BlackBerry market share decreased 53% and Apple market share declined 21%:
http://www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/youth-movement-sparks-android-user-explosion/2010-11-01#ixzz149Qy2Cf2

HP plans to sell the unlocked version of its Palm Pre 2 to application developers and small businesses. The unlocked phone will work on UMTS (3G version of GSM so it can't be used with Verizon or Sprint):
http://www.pcworld.com/article/209442/hp_to_offer_unlocked_palm_pre_2_to_small_business.html

Dell said that it is easier to develop for Windows Phone 7 than Android and that they plan to release a "signficant number" of tablets next year:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/dell-praises-windows-phone-7-down-android/2010-11-02