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a new challenger has entered the smart phone ring I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update this is going to be one competitive year for smartphones in October consumers will have another choice besides apple android windows and blackberry the new player is called ubuntu and it's currently an open source operating system for computers but now it's being redone for the smaller screen and the company CEO told The Wall Street Journal that smartphones running ubuntu will be out in October and app developers get access to tinker with it later this month it wasn't revealed which carriers or handset makers would be working with who boon to and it wasn't even confirmed if North America will be getting it first this system would be unique because apps that are programmed to run on a desktop PC also will work on the phone so you can just make one app for multiple devices when docked this phone can also be used as a PC but it's likely that this is going to be something that interests corporate IT departments more than the average consumer here's another fun product to say hooyah the android based game console will be updated with a new version every year at least that's the game plan the company's CEO told The Verge that's starting next year and every year going forward the Ouya system will be refreshed with the best performing ships possible for its hundred dollar price point usually you don't see an upgrade with a game console in several years that we you came out six years after the wii the council is expected to be available every tailors in june and players can make pre-orders now Microsoft is picking on Google again with the marketing campaign titled don't get scroogled by Gmail Microsoft is drawing attention to how Google scans users emails to determine which ads to show alongside the email and thereby it's urgent people to switch to the free outlook.com email but Google maintains that it's automated scans do not invade privacy because no humans read user emails or account information right now Yahoo is the top free email provider in the US with Google at a close second hotmail is a distant third and will be phased out for the rebranded outlook com and speaking of email a new iPhone app is getting lots of buzz is called mailbox and it's a third-party gmail client that just hit the App Store mailbox is designed to make it easier to manage emails because you can do things like snooze and email to put off answering an email until later and we'll give you a reminder to check it again for the time you want but you can't just download it you have to wait in line to get an activation code so you might download this now and wait four days to even use it clearly people are desperate for a better way to manage the email Beast that's your tech news update you can find more details on all these stories at cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey