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Good news HTC fans, the release to manufacturer (RTM) build of Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) for the Mozart has leaked. If you are the sort of person who might want to download the software, which we neither endorse nor discourage, you might be able to find directions and download links overhere. As a fair warning, there have been issues in the past with people updating their WP7 devices and then finding themselves in ‘stasis,’ unable to update further....

If the most recent hardware rumor to hit the Internet bears fruit, there might be ahot new contenderin the WP7 hardware space. In fact, if the HTC Prime comes to market in its rumored form, it might ignite new competition inside of the relatively staid WP7 handset market. What is this phone? A WP7 slider from HTC that sports the following specs: a 3.7″ WVGA display, 512MB of RAM, a 5MP camera, and LED flash....

The Hubble Space Telescope, launched more than 30 years ago, has halted operations, following the failure of a payload computer critical to the operation of the spaceborne observatory. At around 4pm EDT on June 13, the payload computer on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) experienced a failure, leading to a shutdown of the world’s best-known spaceborne observatory. Turning it Off, and Turning it Back On Again Initial analysis suggests a degrading memory module within the payload computer may have triggered the shutdown of theHubble Space Telescope....

As reported in the FT tech blog,The Huffington Postwill be crossing the pond this summer to launch its first international version in Britain. Arianna Huffington announced the news today at the Guardian Changing Media Summit with Tim Armstrong,AOL’s chief executive. (See our post on the AOL Huffington Post acquisition.) The Huffington Post UK edition will start out as a local homepage featuring British content. Huffington also mentioned that she still plans to launch sites targeting French and Brazilian audiences in the future....

Wereportedyesterday that some of The Huffington Post UK’s pages started going live ahead of its official launch today. Well, thewebsiteIS now officially live, and news has emerged that former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has been brought on board as an unpaid blogger. The likes ofAlastair Campbell, former Director of Communications to Tony Blair, is one of the publication’s bloggers, as is comedianRicky Gervais. But as the Telegraphreportstoday, the big scoop for The Huffington Post seems to be having Tony Blair on board, though he hasn’t actually written his first post yet....