TeleNav to launch traffic service for GPS phones   08 Jan 2007 15:40 GMT
TeleNav will add live traffic information to its navigation service for some GPS-enabled mobile phones in the U.S. from Monday.
Source: InfoWorld

Nokia launches new phone models, including one that can make Skype calls (Canadian Press)   08 Jan 2007 15:18 GMT
Canadian Press - HELSINKI (AP) - Nokia Corp. said Monday it is co-operating with a leading provider of Internet-based phone services to enable cellphone users to make wireless calls without using precious minutes.
Source: Yahoo

European Union regulators OK mobile phone maker Motorola to buy Symbol (Canadian Press)   08 Jan 2007 15:09 GMT
Canadian Press - BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union regulators on Monday cleared mobile phone maker Motorola Inc. to buy Symbol Technologies Inc., saying the deal between the two U.S.-based companies won't significantly limit competition in Europe.
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Update: San Francisco, Earthlink agree on Wi-Fi   08 Jan 2007 15:05 GMT
EarthLink Inc. and the City and County of San Francisco have agreed on the terms of a contract under which EarthLink would build a citywide Wi-Fi network. EarthLink would offer a paid service on that network while Google Inc. would provide a slower, free service.
Source: InfoWorld

Nokia unveils phone for bloggers   08 Jan 2007 13:39 GMT
Nokia unveiled a slim mobile phone, a mobile phone for bloggers, and an updated wireless Internet tablet with VOIP capabilities at the CES show in Las Vegas on Monday.
Source: InfoWorld

Verizon Wireless goes prime time with TV simulcasts via cellphone (USATODAY.com)   08 Jan 2007 13:23 GMT
USATODAY.com - LAS VEGAS - Prime time is coming to the really small screen. Verizon Wireless said Sunday that it will begin offering its subscribers channels from CBS, NBC, Fox, MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon by the end of March.
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Gates previews new wave of products to keep user in control (USATODAY.com)   08 Jan 2007 13:23 GMT
USATODAY.com - Microsoft is rolling out a new generation of products that connect cars, game consoles and its new operating system to high-tech gadgets. Sunday night, the software giant showed off wireless technology that delivers cellphone and e-mail service to Ford cars, never-before-seen features of its Windows Vista OS and an enhanced version of Xbox 360.
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Netgear, Thomson phones support Skype and landline   08 Jan 2007 12:42 GMT
Netgear and Thomson separately introduced new phones at the International Consumer Electronics Show on Sunday that let users make and receive calls via Skype's VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service as well as over their regular phone line.
Source: InfoWorld

Apple's New Years Hangover: Lawsuits, Hackers   08 Jan 2007 11:00 GMT
Apple Computer in the past decade has risen, phoenix-like, from the ashes of its own managerial incompetence to attain new heights of profitability (up 27 percent in fourth-quarter 2006 to $546 million), market capitalization ($74 billion at last count) and plain old street cred (traffic to Apple’s iTunes music store beat Microsoft’s Zune 30 to 1 on Christmas Day.)
Source: InfoWorld

Yahoo offers consumers mobile Web search: paper (Reuters)   08 Jan 2007 07:13 GMT
Reuters - Yahoo Inc. is gearing up to offer its Web search software straight to mobile phone users, bypassing its reliance on network carriers and handset makers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Source: Yahoo