Report: Beware of hype surrounding dual-mode phones   28 Feb 2007 23:22 GMT
There are other ways to tie together wireless, wireline netowrks besides Wi-Fi/cellular handsets, research firm says.
Source: ZDNet

IBM teams up with Google over gadgets   28 Feb 2007 19:00 GMT
Want to use Google gadgets for work? Big Blue plans to let business users run the mini apps on its WebSphere Portal software.
Source: ZDNet

South Korea expects Internet to spread fragrance (AFP)   28 Feb 2007 16:42 GMT

AFP - An Internet which can deliver smells, a mobile phone battery that lasts two months and micro-robot surgeons are only a decade away, according to a South Korean government report released Wedneday.

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Sybase mobile software roams new territory   28 Feb 2007 14:22 GMT
Company's iAnywhere suite now includes instant messaging and presence technology, which lets people communicate their availability.
Source: ZDNet

iAnywhere adds IM to mobile management suite   28 Feb 2007 12:26 GMT
IAnywhere Solutions is adding an instant messaging (IM) component to Information Anywhere Suite, a set of products for managing applications on PDAs and other wireless devices.
Source: InfoWorld

Hello to less privacy (USATODAY.com)   28 Feb 2007 12:05 GMT
USATODAY.com - Oh, for the good old days when all we worried about was Big Brother government watching us. Too late: Now we have Little Brother to contend with, too - and he's got a camera phone.
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Is Verizon Wireless really looking to buy Alltel?   28 Feb 2007 01:41 GMT
Rural mobile operator would likely carry a high price, which has two analysts split over whether Verizon Wireless will be the buyer.
Source: ZDNet

Vonage, Verizon spar in court over patents   28 Feb 2007 01:26 GMT
Net phone company says it didn't copy Verizon's patents, but the telecommunications giant says harm has been done and its VoIP rival must pay.
Source: ZDNet

Lawsuits, patent claims silence Black Hat talk   27 Feb 2007 17:30 GMT
A planned talk on RFID security by a security researcher has been pulled from this week's Black Hat Federal security conference after secure card maker HID claimed the talk violated the company's patent rights and threatened to take legal action against Chris Paget, the researcher, and IOActive, Paget's employer, if the talk went forward.
Source: InfoWorld

Nokia says stay ordered for Qualcomm's suit (Reuters)   27 Feb 2007 16:18 GMT

Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has ordered a stay of wireless chip supplier Qualcomm's suit against Nokia.

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