Microsoft announces ‘Visual Studio Achievements’ for developers. Badges, points and a leaderboard to track your unlocked achievements.

Nokia readying PR1.2 for N9 owners. Beta flasher for N950 developers going live soon.

Jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 on the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 shown off on video. Release imminent.

Security researchers show off HTTPS URL spoofing on Chrome 14/15.

Qt Project plans to bring Qt to RIM’s PlayBook. Showing off finished ports at CES and MWC 2012.

A project to unify the Android kernel and Linux kernel by 3.3 has been started.

BBM Canada alleges trademark infringement by Research in Motion, with use of BBM acronym.

Ubuntu announces Ubuntu One Web Music Streaming. Take 20GB of music with you on the go.

The Amazon Kindle Touch receives a jailbreak via XSS embedded in an MP3 file.

HP standing behind their products? Pre 2 gets Skype, TouchPad sync and a few more updates.

HP’s TouchPad Go gets put through the ringer of pictures.

RIM states February 2012 time-frame for OS2.0 update to their PlayBook. Integrated email, calendar and contacts, but no BBM.

Press renders of the Nokia 800 leaked. It’s Windows Phone 7 in N9 clothing.

RIM announces BBX, the next-generation platform to bring together their smartphones, tablets and embedded devices.

HP TouchPad receives minor webOS update. Bundles camera app, bluetooth fixes and IM support into 60MB of disappointment.