In Brief: Nvidia to acquire Taiwan's ULi   14 Dec 2005 13:00 GMT
Graphics chip giant Nvidia said Wednesday it will acquire Taiwanese core logic chip set developer ULi Electronics in a cash deal valued at $52 million.
Source: InfoWorld

NEC to scale back Chinese cell phone business   14 Dec 2005 12:38 GMT
NEC has decided to stop making mid-range cell phone handsets for China because it can't make money in that part of the market, the company said Wednesday.
Source: InfoWorld

NATO upgrades and expands RFID network   14 Dec 2005 12:29 GMT
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has awarded a contract to upgrade and support an RFID (radio frequency identification) network launched last year to track multinational defense consignments between Europe and Afghanistan.
Source: InfoWorld

Vodafone to drop Ferrari for McLaren Mercedes (Reuters)   14 Dec 2005 11:09 GMT

Reuters - Vodafone Group Plc is to switch its Formula One car racing sponsorship to McLaren Mercedes from Ferrari, it announced on Wednesday, three weeks after the mobile phone giant announced an early end to a similar deal with soccer club Manchester United .

Source: Yahoo

'Contactless' Cell Phone Payments Tested In Atlanta   14 Dec 2005 09:44 GMT
The first large-scale test of next-generation mobile phone applications in North America using near-field communication has been unveiled at Atlanta's Philips Arena.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Japan's NTT DoCoMo to take 10 percent stake in SKorean KTF (AFP)   14 Dec 2005 05:38 GMT

AFP - Japan's leading cellphone company NTT DoCoMo plans to acquire a roughly 10 percent stake in South Korea's second-largest mobile carrier KTF as part of a business alliance, a report said.

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Report: NTT DoCoMo may buy stake in Korea's KTF   14 Dec 2005 00:19 GMT
NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's largest cellular carrier, is in talks to acquire a 10 percent stake in KTF Co. Ltd., South Korea's number two cellular carrier, according to several Japanese and South Korean press reports.
Source: InfoWorld

Intel Gets Specific About New Napa Mobile Platform   14 Dec 2005 00:08 GMT
An Intel executive said the company's next-generation notebook platform, codenamed Napa, offers significant improvements in power efficiency and performance, including a 28 percent reduction in average power usage.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Regulators warn investors of new stock-fraud scam that uses text messages (Canadian Press)   13 Dec 2005 22:02 GMT
Canadian Press - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. securities regulators are warning investors about a new twist on the "pump and dump" stock-fraud scam that uses text messaging on cellphones to tout stocks.
Source: Yahoo

RFID goes to college   13 Dec 2005 20:50 GMT
Indiana University, University of California at Irvine add business courses in electronic-identification technology.
Source: ZDNet