http://www.talkandroid.com –   HTC, the Taiwanese handset maker, closed down their office in Seoul, South Korea and has completely left the South Korean market to further focus on the larger markets that they are successful in. With HTC also leaving the Brazilian market not too long ago, it’s clear that HTC realizes what their strengths and weaknesses are. (IT news)

http://www.itwire.com – Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: Cloud ComputingThe selection by the New South Wales Government of a cloud solution from SAP breaks new ground for the use of cloud services by governments in Australia, according to market analyst firm Ovum, which says it will also be an important “proof point for the efficacy of the cloud services model” as an alternative to more traditional in-house share (IT news)

http://blog.linuxmint.com – The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 13 Xfce. Linux Mint 13 Xfce New features at a glance: Xfce 4.10 mintMenu and MATE applets MDM Artwork improvements Search engines For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 13 Xfce“. Important info: Xfce trash in live mode Boot hangs on systems with b43 wireless cards Moonlig (Distributions)

http://www.talkandroid.com – Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you already know that Apple and Samsung, the largest electronics corporations in the world, are waging a legal war in several countries with complaints towards each other for patent violations as they battle for domination in the market for mobile devices. Before Steve Jobs died last year, he made a few statements to his biographer about Apple’s (IT news)

http://forum.xda-developers.com – I was recently in the south and used the navigation on this phone. I am pretty sure that the lady had a southern accent. It is hard to tell since either the rezound has a pretty bad speaker, or mine is just defective. Either way, if the accent is regional, is that Google or Sense that makes it this way? (HowTos)