High tech in the weirdest places   30 Jul 2007 10:00 GMT
The IT industry is no stranger to innovation. In fact, crackpot, er, novel uses of technology often prove the key to achieving competitive advantage.
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Romanians lighten up Harry Potter game (Reuters)   30 Jul 2007 01:29 GMT
Reuters - In the mobile phone version of the "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" video game, the torches hanging along the dark walls of Hogwarts glow in an eerily realistic fashion.
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EU to free up spectrum for 3G services (Canadian Press)   28 Jul 2007 19:00 GMT
Canadian Press - BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union is making more radio spectrum available for accessing Internet services over mobile phones, saying the use of lower frequencies would cut operators' costs and let them reach customers over a wider area.
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DoCoMo steps up Japanese price war (FT.com)   27 Jul 2007 21:10 GMT
FT.com - NTT DoCoMo (NYSE:DCM) has intensified the price war in the highly competitive Japanese mobile phone market by announcing a deep cut to one of its tariffs.
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Japan's Fujifilm sees profits skyrocket eightfold (AFP)   27 Jul 2007 17:09 GMT

AFP - Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp. said Friday its quarterly net profits jumped more than eightfold on strong demand for camera phone lenses, flat panel display materials and medical products.

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FAQ: The 411 on radio frequency interference   27 Jul 2007 11:00 GMT
Ever wonder what causes that annoying "buzz" from a speaker? It's called radio frequency interference.
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Take a byte out of ID crime   27 Jul 2007 10:00 GMT
More than a year after President Bush commissioned a task force on the topic, the Department of Justice has finally drawn up legislation to combat identity theft. And if the DoJ's efforts remain consistent with the objectives stated in the task force's strategic plan (PDF), the new bill could in fact mark significant progress in protecting personal identity data.
Source: InfoWorld

AMD Unveils Strategy to 'Bulldoze' the Competition (PC World)   27 Jul 2007 00:00 GMT
PC World - Executives at Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are pursuing a new strategy to combine CPUs and graphics processors into one unit and put them into everything from workstations to HDTVs to wireless phones.
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AMD unveils strategy to 'Bulldoze' the competition (InfoWorld)   26 Jul 2007 23:34 GMT
InfoWorld - Executives at AMD are pursuing a new strategy to combine CPUs and graphics processors into one unit and put them into everything from workstations to HDTVs to wireless phones.
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Commuter writes book using mobile phone (Reuters)   26 Jul 2007 22:25 GMT

Reuters - An Italian writer decided to put his mobile phone to good use during his daily commute to and from work -- by writing a book.

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