Young keep it simple in high-tech world: survey (Reuters)   24 Jul 2007 10:01 GMT

Reuters - While young people embrace the Web with real or virtual friends and their mobile phone is never far away, relatively few like technology and those that do tend to be in Brazil, India and China, according to a survey.

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Nokia to buy photo-sharing site Twango (Reuters)   24 Jul 2007 06:58 GMT

Reuters - Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday it would buy U.S.-based photo-sharing social networking site Twango (http://www.twango.com/), but did not disclose the price.

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Texas Instruments 2nd-quarter profit falls, but meets Wall Street estimates (Canadian Press)   23 Jul 2007 22:37 GMT
Canadian Press - DALLAS (AP) - Texas Instruments Inc., the largest supplier of chips used in mobile phones, said Monday its second-quarter profit plunged almost 75 per cent from the same period last year, when results were boosted by the sale of a sensor business.
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Jaxtr overseas call service doubles users in month   23 Jul 2007 19:42 GMT
Silicon Valley-based service for international calls says membership has grown to 500,000, cites ease of use as a factor.
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Organized crime infiltrates financial IT   23 Jul 2007 18:14 GMT
In Martin Scorsese's hit movie "The Departed," actor Matt Damon plays the part of a mole -- someone who helps his connected mob friends stay a step ahead of the cops by becoming one of the very law enforcement officials assigned to stop them.
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XM, Sirius to offer low-cost a la carte options   23 Jul 2007 16:11 GMT
Subscription offerings after satellite-radio companies' proposed merger will feature better prices and optional custom packages.
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Canadian valley aims to keep cell phone-free quiet   23 Jul 2007 13:22 GMT
Residents of British Columbia's Slocan Valley ask Telus not to build a planned cell phone tower. Lack of ringtones a tourist attraction?
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Canadian valley aims to keep cell phone-free quiet (Reuters)   23 Jul 2007 12:49 GMT
Reuters - Officials in a rural valley in British Columbia hope that keeping out cell phones will help attract residents and tourists who want to escape to the quiet of nature.
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Jaxtr overseas call service doubles users in month (Reuters)   23 Jul 2007 12:20 GMT
Reuters - Jaxtr, a Silicon Valley-based service that enables cell phone users to place free international calls via the Web, said its membership has doubled to 500,000 users in the past month.
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Security team claims successful iPhone hack   23 Jul 2007 11:27 GMT
A team of security experts in Baltimore said it has found a flaw in Apple's iPhone handset that can be used by attackers to access private data stored on it.
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