Skype Launches Mobile Service (PC World)   16 Nov 2006 15:00 GMT
PC World - 3 Group customers in seven countries will be able to make free calls on their mobile phones.
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Skype launches first mobile service   16 Nov 2006 14:36 GMT
Skype launched its first mobile voice-over-IP service in collaboration with an operator, 3 Group, whose customers will soon be the first to use it.
Source: InfoWorld

Microsoft scores Sprint deal for mobile search   16 Nov 2006 13:44 GMT
In a win for its aim to sell advertising through its Windows Live Search engine, Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a deal with Sprint to offer Windows Live Search capabilities through Sprint's mobile phone service.
Source: InfoWorld

Camera phones focus on police use of force in L.A (Reuters)   16 Nov 2006 13:33 GMT

Reuters - One cell phone video shows Los Angeles police beating a man repeatedly in the face. Another shows a handcuffed, homeless man being blasted with pepper spray in the face.

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Group 3 to launch flat-rate mobile Internet   16 Nov 2006 13:24 GMT
3 Group will launch a flat-rate mobile Internet plan that includes unlimited usage, so customers can access online applications from their phones without worrying about what it might cost.
Source: InfoWorld

China Mobile Paces Hong Kong Shares' Record Run (BusinessWeek Online)   16 Nov 2006 13:08 GMT
BusinessWeek Online - China Mobile chairman and CEO Wang Jianzhou wants his company's subscribers to view a mobile phone as "a Swiss Army knife that can do anything for you," he said in a recent interview with BusinessWeek editors (see BusinessWeek.com, 11/1/06, "BW CEO Forum: China Mobile Full Speed")
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Apple iPhone rumors multiply   16 Nov 2006 12:14 GMT
Rumors that Apple Computer plans to launch a mobile phone next year are gaining momentum, although the company's Taiwanese manufacturing partners are giving little away.
Source: InfoWorld

Sprint to put Microsoft search engine on its phones (Reuters)   16 Nov 2006 01:45 GMT

Reuters - Wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. said on Wednesday it will place Microsoft Corp's search engine on its mobile phones, marking the software maker's most significant step to gain a U.S. foothold in the budding mobile Internet search market.

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Republicans propose last-minute spy bill   16 Nov 2006 01:20 GMT
Key Senate Republican frames it as chance for more "resources" and oversight for Bush administration spy program.
Source: ZDNet

Microsoft teams with Sprint on mobile Web service   16 Nov 2006 00:00 GMT
Windows Live to power search for local content on some Sprint phones.
Source: ZDNet