The Mac App Store which was launched on January 6 has been cracked already by a team from the Hackulous community. The crack will be available in February 2011.

A prototype of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc was spotted running the next version of the Android OS – Android 2.4 Gingerbread. It is named the same as Android 2.3 but offers some performance and visual enhancements.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, a new Android smartphone previously known as the Anzu has been leaked ahead of its official CES announcement. It has a 4.2 inch display and comes with an 8 MP camera.

Motorola showcased the Atrix 4G, an Android powered smartphone-netbook hybrid at AT&T’s press event today. It runs Android 2.2 and comes with a dual core 1 GHz ARM processor and 1 GB RAM.

Acer has announced the Iconia Tab A500 Android tablet at its booth in CES 2011. It has a 10.1 inch display and offers 4G LTE connectivity. It is powered by the Nvidia Tegra 2 platform.

Samsung and AT&T have unveiled the Samsung Infuse 4G at CES 2011. It sports a huge 4.5 inch SuperAMOLED Plus display and runs Android 2.2. It is AT&T’s first HSPA+ smartphone.

HTC plans to showcase another Android phone at CES 2011 – the HTC Inspire 4G. It will run Android with the HTC Sense UI and will be launched on AT&T’s network.

RIM has released yet another video of the Blackberry Playbook which shows off the Flash and HTML5 video capabilities of its web browser. The Playbook browser is quite fast and responsive.

Dell is planning to announce its 7 inch Android tablet – the Streak 7 – at CES 2011 in January. It will run Android 2.2 Froyo with the Stage UI, like the Dell Streak.

The Samsung Galaxy S has already sold 9.3 million units since its launch. With 10 days to go for the end of 2010, it may pass the 10 million mark this year.

Viliv is planning to showcase its Android and Windows tablets at CES 2011 in January. The Viliv X7 and X10 will be Android tablets, while the Viliv X70 is a Windows 7 tablet.

Microsoft is apparently planning to launch a new version of Windows which will work on ARM based processors. It will probably unveil it at CES 2011, in January.

Windows Phone 7 devices have been selling quite well. The sales have topped 1.5 million units worldwide in the first six weeks itself.

Nokia is allegedly planning to enter into a deal with Microsoft and sell Windows Phone 7 smartphones manufactured by Nokia, presumably to defeat Google’s Android OS.

Facebook is now worth $56 billion, going by the latest auction at SharesPost, where Facebook stock was traded at $25 per share. It has risen almost 77% in 3 months.