Maplets let users customize Google Maps 11 Jul 2007 13:31 GMTGoogle introduced a feature to its mapping service on Wednesday that allows people to create their own customized maps, by adding information such as the location of cheap gas stations or property for sale.
Source: InfoWorld HP Looks to Add Color to Cell Phones
(PC World)
11 Jul 2007 13:00 GMTPC World - Hewlett-Packard Co. could soon turn mobile phones into shopping advisors with a color-matching prototype technology it demonstrated on Wednesday.
Source: Yahoo Microsoft cultures creativity in unique lab
(USATODAY.com)
11 Jul 2007 12:22 GMTUSATODAY.com - SEATTLE - Two dozen designers, engineers and strategists toil in an unusual research lab on the Microsoft campus. Awkwardly dubbed the Mobile and Embedded Devices Experience design center, or MEDX, it is where Microsoft plots strategies to sell souped-up cellphones that act a lot like PCs.
Source: Yahoo Seven, Visto settle push e-mail battle 10 Jul 2007 18:21 GMTSeven Networks agreed to license patents from Visto, settling a dispute between the companies over push e-mail patents.
Source: InfoWorld SF Wi-Fi plan faces key votes 10 Jul 2007 13:57 GMTSan Francisco city officials could bring the city's proposed Wi-Fi network closer to reality at two meetings this week as a key leader proposes significant changes to the plan.
Source: InfoWorld