Q&A: Intel CEO sets sights on consumer electronics (USATODAY.com)   04 Jan 2008 12:19 GMT
USATODAY.com - SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Chip giant Intel has a new industry to conquer: consumer electronics. CEO Paul Otellini is expected to lay out the No. 1 chipmaker's plans to push further into everything from cellphones to digital video recorders during a speech Monday at the giant Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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Wi-Fi virus outbreak is possible, researchers say   04 Jan 2008 11:57 GMT
If criminals were to target unsecured wireless routers, they could create an attack that could piggyback across thousands of Wi-Fi networks in urban areas like Chicago or New York City, according to researchers at Indiana University.
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Two U.K. Mobile Firms Build Combo 3G Network (TechWeb)   03 Jan 2008 22:16 GMT
TechWeb - T-Mobile UK and 3 UK are combining their wireless infrastructure to build a 3G network more quickly and at lower cost than either could do on its own.
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Motorola device lets you bring DVR content anywhere you go   03 Jan 2008 19:58 GMT
Motorola introduced a portable broadcast TV player that will also let users take recorded programs with them on the go.
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ChaCha Debuts Human-Powered Mobile Search (NewsFactor)   03 Jan 2008 19:30 GMT
NewsFactor - Watch out Google, ChaCha is doing a mobile search dance uniquely its own. ChaCha on Thursday announced a new service that allows users to text questions of any kind to 242242, which spells ChaCha on most mobile phones, and receive answers back by text.
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Correction - Mr Auchi (FT.com)   03 Jan 2008 17:10 GMT
FT.com - An article published by the Financial Times on 11 November 2003 headed "US delays mobile phone contracts to investigate" stated that US authorities in Iraq had launched an investigation into the award of mobile phone operators licenses to enquire into possible corrupt practices. The article further stated that the investigation would focus on the role played by Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi-born billionaire, in the awarding of the contracts. ...
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Study: When other drivers use cellphones, they slow down, you sit more in traffic (Canadian Press)   03 Jan 2008 01:12 GMT
Canadian Press - WASHINGTON - Drivers talking on cellphones are probably making your commute even longer, concludes a new study.
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Qualcomm shares fall after ordered to stop selling chips that infringe on Broadcom (Canadian Press)   02 Jan 2008 23:01 GMT
Canadian Press - SAN DIEGO - Qualcomm Inc. said Wednesday that a U.S. judge's order to stop selling chips for cellphones that infringe on rival Broadcom Inc.'s patents will have an immediate impact on its business.
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France warns against excessive mobile phone use (Reuters)   02 Jan 2008 21:01 GMT

Reuters - The French Health Ministry on Wednesday issued a warning against excessive mobile phone use, especially by children, though it recognized science had not proved cellular technology was dangerous.

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Qualcomm Hit with New Chip Ban (NewsFactor)   02 Jan 2008 19:07 GMT
NewsFactor - U.S. District Court Judge James V. Selna has ordered Qualcomm to cease the production, use, sale, and importation of certain chips that infringe on three Broadcom patents. The patents pertain to video encoding, push-to-talk, and 3G technologies for cellular handsets.
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