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South Africa's rand firmed on Friday and was on course to record its best week in two years, still benefiting from news of a deal towards resolving the euro zone debt crisis.

Mobile phone firm Nokia has launched Lumia 800 smartphone in a move to regain its lost smartphone market, which is currently dominated by Apple's iPhone and other Android smartphones.

Given the likelihood one of the rivals of the iPhone 4S will be the Nokia Lumia 800, it will be interesting to have a comparison of the features of the two competitors.

The Trojans host the Cardinal at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

Chelsea will face Everton in the Carling Cup in a bid to progress into the quarterfinals of the tournament at the Goodison Park on Wednesday.

The Kenyan shilling slipped against the dollar on Tuesday, weighed on by offshore banks closing out dollar positions after the central bank issued new trading rules, while stock rose slightly on the back of banks' nine-months earnings.

Windows Phone could make a big splash this week at Nokia World, when they unveil three new smartphones.

South Africa's rand turned positive against the dollar in volatile late Monday trade, gaining as much as 2.3 percent to a week's high in what some traders said was a retracement from oversold levels last week.

Apple's Siri - an intelligent voice-activated software for the iPhone 4S - is undoubtedly taking the market by storm. The software is a good one but how does the Android OS' personal assistant work? According to various polls, Android's assistant app - Speaktoit bears positive comparisons with Siri.

The Motorola Droid Razr and the Samsung Galaxy S II are fighting out with each other. The Razr, declared the thinnest smartphone by Motorola Mobility, was unveiled a few days back. In a very short period of time, the phone (boasting a marvelous design and smart specs) is neck-and-neck with the Galaxy S2, which hit the markets in April earlier this year. The Samsung device has been ruling the markets since its launch.

The first Manchester derby of the season sees Man City make the short trip to Old Trafford to face Manchester United.

On the eve of his club's most match of the season - against Manchester United - Mario Balotelli was involved in controversy again as he set his house on fire in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Samsung unveiled its iconic smartphone Galaxy Nexus at the Mobile Unpacked event with Google in Hong Kong earlier this week. The announcement that Galaxy Nexus will use Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has brought the next evolutionary step of Android to the fore.

Kenya's shilling gained slightly against the dollar on Friday as commercial banks and the central bank sold dollars, while stocks edged up.

A federal judge rejected American International Group Inc's request to move its $10 billion mortgage fraud lawsuit against Bank of America Corp back to a New York state court, where AIG believed the case belonged.

South Africa's rand tumbled 2.5 percent to a two week low against the dollar on Thursday, falling quickly in the last hour of trading when stop losses were triggered above the 8.15 level by new complications over Europe's debt problems.

Oracle and Google will not square off in a high stakes patent trial by the end of October as a U.S. judge on Wednesday formally vacated the trial date.

Arsenal travel to the Stade Velodrome to face Marseille in their Group F Uefa Champions League match.

Android debuted its newest operating system Ice Cream Sandwich, which will be featured on Samsung's new Galaxy Nexus smartphone. We compare the features on Android 4.0 with that of Apple's iOS 5.0.

It was the day for the Androids on Tuesday, with the release of not one but two smartphones - Motorola Droid RAZR, claimed to be the world's thinnest smartphone and Samsung Galaxy Nexus, powered by the brand new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Here is a spec sheet comparison between the two smartphones.

Motorola announced its newest smartphone, the Droid Razr, coming in November. But how does it compare to Apple's newly-released iPhone 4S?