Intel outlines plan to bridge India's digital divide   23 May 2006 11:46 GMT
Intel will train 800,000 teachers for free in India over the next five years as part of a global strategy to integrate technology into the educational curriculum, company President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini told reporters Tuesday in Bangalore, India.
Source: InfoWorld

Motorola introduces Q smart phone at last   23 May 2006 11:14 GMT
The long-awaited Q smart phone from Motorola debuted Monday, nearly half a year late and facing tough competition from the likes of Research In Motion's BlackBerry.
Source: InfoWorld

Imagining a day without Microsoft   23 May 2006 10:00 GMT
Did you ever hear the warning, “be careful what you wish for, it might come true?” Well, because Microsoft is the company most people love to hate, I decided to ask a cross section of industry cognoscenti this simple question: What would happen if Microsoft and all of its technology disappeared tomorrow?
Source: InfoWorld

Helio Offers Cell Phones for the MySpace Crowd (PC World)   23 May 2006 07:00 GMT
PC World - New 3G phone service launches with two capable handsets and a slew of multimedia services.
Source: Yahoo

A cure to citywide Wi-Fi woes?   23 May 2006 01:05 GMT
Start-up Wavion says it has developed technology that fixes many problems early citywide Wi-Fi networks have faced.
Source: ZDNet

Japan's KDDI Debuts Walkman Phones (NewsFactor)   22 May 2006 21:06 GMT
NewsFactor - KDDI, the second-largest cellular service provider in Japan, said on Monday that it will launch a Sony Ericsson Walkman mobile phone, with a built-in music player, early next month.
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Nortel chief sees UMTS consolidation   22 May 2006 20:17 GMT
Nortel Networks Corp.'s top executive expects a consolidation of the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) business but won't say whether his company will be on the buying or selling end.
Source: InfoWorld

Nokia Calls On Google (The Motley Fool)   22 May 2006 19:07 GMT
The Motley Fool - Though Nokia (NYSE: NOK - News) is the world leader in mobile phones, its 770 Internet Tablet ironically lacks any voice capability. The 770 sports a keyboard, handwriting recognition, and wireless Internet access, but it's kept users otherwise mute -- until now.
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San Francisco to push Google on privacy   22 May 2006 18:43 GMT
San Francisco will push Google Inc. and EarthLink Inc. for greater privacy protections than the companies outlined in their proposal for a citywide wireless Internet service, officials said Friday.
Source: InfoWorld

Verizon will be first to sell Motorola Q   22 May 2006 17:46 GMT
Multimedia phone, which runs on Microsoft software, will compete with RIM's popular BlackBerry device.
Source: ZDNet