Samsung Conducting Research on Fuel-Cell Powered Mobile Phones (TechWeb)   19 May 2006 20:50 GMT
TechWeb - Samsung Electronics is working on a prototype of a mobile phone powered by fuel cells, boosting the technology's chances of making it into global markets.
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Researchers: spend to protect against one attack, not many   19 May 2006 17:08 GMT
In an academic paper to be presented next month at the University of Cambridge in England, a research team will make a compelling and somewhat surprising mathematical case for how enterprises should spend their IT security budgets.
Source: InfoWorld

CBS Radio signs up for Portable People Meter   19 May 2006 12:54 GMT
Company to use Arbitron's media exposure ratings technology for next seven years. What does this mean for Clear Channel?
Source: ZDNet

Google searching for users' trust   19 May 2006 11:39 GMT
Google's head of mobile services is looking for your trust. Sharing your current location with a data-hoarder like Google might seem unattractive to some people, but greater trust could open the way to a whole range of location-based services, said Deep Nishar, Google's mobile product management director.
Source: InfoWorld

China Mobile talks search with Google   19 May 2006 11:09 GMT
The top executives at China Mobile (Hong Kong) and Google have discussed how to make Internet search capabilities available to mobile-phone users, an executive confirmed Friday.
Source: InfoWorld

Telekom Malaysia raises Sri Lanka investment by $150 million (AFP)   19 May 2006 09:46 GMT

AFP - Sri Lanka's largest mobile phone operator, which is run by Telekom Malaysia, has announced a further 150-million-dollar investment to strengthen its rapidly expanding network.

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Phone maker Sony Ericsson launches several new mobile phones (Canadian Press)   18 May 2006 22:15 GMT
Canadian Press - STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Sony Ericsson launched five new mobile phone models Thursday, including two in its Walkman-branded line.
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Vodafone, Softbank to join on handsets, content   18 May 2006 21:45 GMT
Vodafone Group Plc. and Softbank Corp., the Japanese Internet company that recently acquired Vodafone's Japan unit, have agreed to establish a joint-venture to develop and procure handsets and content.
Source: InfoWorld

Net neutrality debate makes for strange allies   18 May 2006 19:36 GMT
File this under the old adage, "Politics makes strange bedfellows." The current net neutrality debate in the U.S. Congress has the Christian Coalition of America allied with rock stars Moby and R.E.M.
Source: InfoWorld

Senate panel debates its own net neutrality bill   18 May 2006 18:44 GMT
Some Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged a U.S. Senate committee to slow down its efforts to pass a wide-ranging broadband competition bill because of complaints from consumer groups and local governments.
Source: InfoWorld