Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

• CEO and Found of Dell Inc., Michael Dell has shown off their Mini 5 smartphone.
• Boy Genius is reporting that AT&T may soon require messaging plans on some phones.
• With the new 3.2 SDK it appears as though Apple has allowed iPhone Apps to make VoIP calls over 3G.
• Amazon’s profit climbed up 71% in the fourth quarter of 2009.
• Much like Amazon, Microsoft has blown past estimates with a revenue of $19 Billion last quarter.
• Force compliance for some has netted 192 Chicago-area sex offenders.
• Mayor Richard Daley has appointed a new School Board President.
• There have been some leaks of the upcoming Sprint/HTC Android-based device that includes WiMax.
• Apple and Fujitsu are going to be in a legal battle over the iPad trademark.
• Author of ‘Catcher in the Rye’, J.D. Salinger, has died at the age of 91.
• MSI is planning on releasing a $500 tablet PC in 2010.
• The FCC’s proposed net neutrality plan will block BitTorrent.
• AT&T posted a $3 Billion net income for Q4 2009.
• Americans are sending 4 times as many text messages as Brits are.
• Toyota is extending it’s recall to Europe and China.
• President Obama is investing in high-speed rail travel.

Look for more stories tomorrow.

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