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New details have emerged about the lawsuit against Pandora . Data security company Veracode looked into the troubled app, and found that the data was indeed being stored. According to Veracode, Pandora has sold info such as birth dates, location, and gender. Once Pandora collected all of this data, it was sold to ad networks.

Granted, Pandora never claimed that no user data was sold-so this does not come as a big shocker. It should also be noted that Veracode only did this research on a Android device, so no word on whether the iOS version suffers the same issue

Pandora has yet to release a statement regarding the research. Nor has the courts issued a statement based on the findings. Veracode has not said if similar research will be done on the iOS device anytime soon or not.

Via Ars Technica

There are some new details about T-Mobile’s re-introduction of its once bleeding-edge Sidekick brand. It will go back to its messaging roots and focus on texting and e-mail, but with a whole new set of toys.

It definitely still looks like a Sidekick. The large, five-row keyboard with individually spaced keys ensures the ergonomics will be identical to previous Sidekick devices.

With a 1 GHz Hummingbird processor, 800×480 display, and dual cameras, this 4G phone brings Sidekick into the 2010s. It will be out in the second quarter.

Via Venture Beat

Sprint and Kyocera have announced the release date for the Kyocera Echo, the first 3D phone. Staring this April 17th, you can buy the Echo for $200 with a 2 year contract from Sprint.

Thus far, Kyocera has not released any info about other carrier options. However, the company didn’t state that the phone will be exclusive to the Sprint network. Only time will tell if it will be offered on additional networks. You can pre-order the phone starting on March 26th.

Via Engadget

I recently had a debate with some friends. After some back and forth, we finally came to an agreement–the trebuchet is, in fact, the greatest medieval siege weapon. That important bit of nerd minutia out of the way, we move on to the next question: how to possibly improve on the engineering marvel that is the trebuchet? The answer should be simple, of course: Google Android.

Today, Google rolled its latest statue, Honeycomb, out onto its lawn, joining Google’s growing number of dessert statues. Justin Mattson, a developer advocate at Google, tweeted the above picture with the message, “Honeycomb arrives. I think we’re getting more fanciful with these things.” They even incorporated the little Android robot in this statue, but I seriously fear for his safety up against that giant bee.

Google’s lawn is starting to look like a little dessert party! I have one thing to say: Nom nom nom.