Fuel Cells Becoming Mobile Battery Alternative   29 Aug 2005 13:00 GMT
Mobile devices need ever-more power and fuel cells are emerging as a longer-lasting, renewable alternative to batteries.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Intel Aids Mobile TV Startup   29 Aug 2005 13:00 GMT
A small French startup, will ally with Intel Corp. to add mobile TV to Intel's Centrino and Xscale platforms.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Verizon Wireless cuts high-speed price (Reuters)   29 Aug 2005 12:58 GMT
Reuters - Verizon Wireless, the No. 2 U.S. mobile phone service, said on Monday it cut the price of high-speed wireless service for laptop computer users by 25 percent in a promotion aimed at winning more customers.
Source: Yahoo

Cameraphones Create Standalone Digicam Sales, Survey Finds   29 Aug 2005 12:50 GMT
Almost a third of respondents in an IDC survey said they will buy a standalone digital camera after being introduced to digital photography by their cameraphones.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Verizon Set To Cut EV-DO Prices: Report   29 Aug 2005 12:23 GMT
A research analyst claims that Verizon Wireless will make a "significant" cut this week in the price it charges for its fast 1xEV-DO cellular data service.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Branson: "I Love to Try Everything" (BusinessWeek Online)   29 Aug 2005 12:05 GMT
BusinessWeek Online - Sir Richard Branson is the thrill-seeking chairman of the $8 billion Virgin Group, a vast business empire comprising 200 companies in some 30 countries. The flamboyant entrepreneur first went into business for himself at age 15, publishing Student magazine. Virgin Group, which now includes such businesses as air and rail travel, mobile phones, finance, insurance, beverages, hotels, Internet, and modeling ventures, got its start as a mail-order record company on Oxford Street in London.
Source: Yahoo

Nokia opens 3G R&D center in China's southwest   29 Aug 2005 12:01 GMT
Nokia on Monday announced the opening of a research and development center in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu to develop applications based on 3G (third-generation) mobile technology.
Source: InfoWorld

Stop spam at the source   29 Aug 2005 11:00 GMT
Catching spam is a game of cat and mouse. The anti-spam vendors plug one opening, and the spammers find a new one to exploit. (Mice are clever; just think The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.) The cats throw more hardware at the problem, and the mice simply overwhelm the system by boosting the volume of mail. Move and countermove, thrust and parry; the cycle continues, seemingly without end.
Source: InfoWorld

New software from California company may make podcasts mobile (Canadian Press)   27 Aug 2005 19:09 GMT
Canadian Press - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A California company is hoping to tap into the growing podcasting craze with software that enables mobile phone users to stream audio files directly from their home computer.
Source: Yahoo

Kids don't necessarily want to play Seek & Find with mom (Canadian Press)   27 Aug 2005 15:45 GMT
Canadian Press - (CP) -Trying to keep track of two active boys can be difficult for any parent, but for Mona McGrath it's sometimes particularly tricky. Her boys split their time between her house and her ex-husband's place around the corner.
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