Patent threat to 802.11n may be overblown   27 Sep 2007 23:31 GMT
A patent claim by an Australian research organization would probably not sink the IEEE 802.11n standard, according to some wireless LAN industry veterans.
Source: InfoWorld

IRobot develops gutter cleaner, mobile phone (Reuters)   27 Sep 2007 23:19 GMT
Reuters - IRobot Corp , a maker of vacuums and bomb defusers, said on Thursday it has developed a device for cleaning gutters on homes and a Web-controlled robot with a video phone.
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Disney to halt U.S. mobile phone service at year-end (Reuters)   27 Sep 2007 23:00 GMT
Reuters - Walt Disney Co said on Thursday it would stop operating its U.S.-based mobile phone service at the end of the year to reassess how it competes in a tough market for high-end cell phone services.
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Palm aims new Centro smartphone at students, 'CEOs of households'   27 Sep 2007 18:16 GMT
Palm introduced a smartphone with a new brand aimed at a younger audience on Thursday.
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Xohm WiMax pricing, service to be 'around user needs'   27 Sep 2007 18:04 GMT
Sprint Nextel's ambitious Xohm WiMax vision will be based on a radical change in the way users pay for the service compared with cellular plans.
Source: InfoWorld

Palm's New Centro Phone: Treo Lite (PC World)   27 Sep 2007 18:00 GMT
PC World - Tired of your Treo? Palm's new Centro delivers the Palm OS in a much smaller, sprightlier 3G phone.
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Verizon reverses decision to block text messages   27 Sep 2007 16:05 GMT
Verizon Wireless has reversed a decision to block text messages on its network from abortion rights group Naral Pro-Choice America after an outcry from net neutrality advocates and others.
Source: InfoWorld

Nokia adding WiMax support to N-series Internet tablet   27 Sep 2007 11:57 GMT
Nokia plans to add WiMax connectivity to its N-series Internet tablet next year, the company said Wednesday.
Source: InfoWorld

MontaVista releases new Linux-based mobile phone OS (InfoWorld)   26 Sep 2007 23:47 GMT
InfoWorld - MontaVista Software planned to announce on Wednesday the latest version of its Linux-based mobile phone operating system, expected to be available in November.
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Tech giants chart research goals   26 Sep 2007 21:53 GMT
Power consumption, parallelism, and the rapidly-expanding world of mobile communications are among the leading areas of research and development currently being investigated within some of the IT world's largest companies.
Source: InfoWorld