Samsung unveils first solar cellphone

Samsung has spent the last few months talking up solar-powered handsets, and its first commercially available model, the Crest Solar, has finally been unveiled, reports The Register.

Also known as the E1107, the phone isn't powered exclusively by solar cells. But the sun soakers will generate between five and 10 minutes of talk time from an hour-long charge, Samsung claims.

The manufacturer is also pitching Crest Solar as the perfect phone for anyone looking for ways to cut their energy consumption and save cash.

The government has confirmed reports that communications minister Lord Stephen Carter will depart his post in the summer, says Computing.co.uk.

Carter is due to unveil his Digital Britain report next week, but will step down once the implementation plan for its recommendations is completed.

A joint statement from the departments for business, innovation and skills and culture media and sport, to which Carter reported, said: “The prime minister appointed Stephen Carter as communications minister with the specific task of commissioning and producing the Digital Britain report and its follow-up recommendations. This was agreed at the time.”

Security experts have discovered two novel forms of Mac OS X malware, says the BBC.

OSX/Tored-A - an updated version of the Mac OS Tored worm - and a Trojan called OSX/Jahlav-C were both found on popular pornographic Web sites.

Users logging on to these sites are asked to download a "missing Video ActiveX Object", but are sent a virus payload instead.

Nokia has accidentally posted a video of an upcoming model: the Nokia E72. This video, published to YouTube via the Nokia Conversations blog, was available to the public for only a few hours before being changed to a private video, reports Bright Hand.

From the video, it can be seen that the E72 will improve on the popular Nokia E71.

While the qwerty layout remains the same, the rest of the hardware lines are smoother. The application buttons receive an update, looking more flush with the device. The directional pad surrounds what can be described as a touchpad-like scrolling mechanism.