Help for Info Age Have-Nots (BusinessWeek Online)   04 Oct 2005 12:13 GMT
BusinessWeek Online - A few days back, tech guru John Seely Brown found himself facing the unthinkable: He was caught for 40 hours without his Treo. The former director of Xerox Palo Alto Research Center travels most of the year to board meetings, research projects, and speaking gigs around the world, and he makes it a point never to be separated from the one device that delivers e-mail and houses his address book, calendar, and mobile phone.
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Google's plan for city signals Wi-Fi ambitions   04 Oct 2005 11:04 GMT
Google's expansion into public Wi-Fi could be a boon to the embattled municipal broadband movement and presents intriguing new possibilities for the search giant, though putting the traditional carriers out of business isn't likely to be one of them.
Source: InfoWorld

The industry cools down   04 Oct 2005 11:00 GMT
Like the pull of gravity on distant stars and planets, which scientists say may someday lead to a reversal of the big bang, the Wintel architecture that spawned a thousand rivals is suddenly pulling everything back into its orbit.
Source: InfoWorld

Media, media everywhere, and no time left to think? (AFP)   04 Oct 2005 06:06 GMT

AFP - The average American is a ravenous media junkie, consuming up to nine hours a day of television, web time or cellphone minutes, according to new research which raises fresh questions about how technology is revolutionising society.

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Hawaii Nurturing High-Technology Industry (AP)   04 Oct 2005 05:18 GMT
AP - Henk Rogers' lawyer told him he'd be crazy not to set up his mobile game company in Hawaii. So he tried it. Nearly four years later, his Honolulu studio buzzes with some 50 programmers, designers, and testers making games played by millions of mobile phone owners around the world.
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Google faces obstacles in S.F. Wi-Fi bid   04 Oct 2005 00:03 GMT
Lawsuits or legislation could stymie deal, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom says.
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Verizon Wireless seen offering TV via Crown Castle (Reuters)   03 Oct 2005 19:57 GMT
Reuters - Verizon Wireless, the No. 2 U.S. cellphone service, plans to start delivering live television to mobile phones early next year using a network being built by Crown Castle International Corp. , an analyst said on Monday.
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BenQ Mobile Formally Starts Operations   03 Oct 2005 18:07 GMT
The company formed when Taiwan's BenQ bought Siemens' mobile phone division, officially launched last weekend.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

MapQuest service homes in on BlackBerrys   03 Oct 2005 16:53 GMT
MapQuest's "Find Me" global positioning service finds its way into BlackBerry handhelds used by Sprint customers.
Source: ZDNet

Boingo Adds 820 Japanese Hotspots   03 Oct 2005 15:12 GMT
Agreement with Japan Telecom enables Boingo subscribers to roam to an additional 820 hotspots in Japan.
Source: Mobile Pipeline