Electronics maker NEC's profit more than doubles (AP)   15 May 2008 09:04 GMT

AP - NEC Corp.'s profit for the fiscal year through March more than doubled from the previous year as the Japanese electronics maker's mobile phone and computer-chip businesses swung to profit.

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Philly won't fight to save Wi-Fi network   14 May 2008 23:46 GMT
The city of Philadelphia is moving on after its brief municipal Wi-Fi relationship with EarthLink, no longer trying to find a way to keep the network up and running.
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Steve Jobs Keynote Heightens Expectations for 3G iPhone (NewsFactor)   14 May 2008 20:41 GMT
NewsFactor - Apple's announcement Tuesday that CEO Steve Jobs will keynote the company's Worldwide Developers Conference is fueling speculation that Apple will announce a 3G version of the iPhone. Jobs will speak on Monday, June 9, at 10 a.m. The conference runs June 9-13 in San Francisco.
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FCC takes first step toward spectrum re-auction   14 May 2008 19:40 GMT
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has taken a first step toward re-auctioning a band of spectrum that failed to sell in the 700MHz auctions that ended in March.
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Glitch mars launch of Wi-Fi on high-speed trains   14 May 2008 19:26 GMT
The train was on time, but the commercial launch of Wi-Fi Internet access service on high-speed trains between Brussels and Paris was marred by a technical glitch that kept many travelers offline for much of the inaugural journey.
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Virgin Mobile USA in 'strategic' talks with SK Telecom (AFP)   14 May 2008 19:16 GMT

AFP - Wireless telecommunications group Virgin Mobile USA, Inc., said Wednesday it was holding "strategic" talks with SK Telecom, South Korea's biggest mobile phone group.

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Nokia sells line fit automotive business to Novero (Reuters)   14 May 2008 18:22 GMT
Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Wednesday it would sell its line fit automotive business to Germany's Novero GmbH.
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O2 prompts speculation over 3G iPhone (Reuters)   14 May 2008 15:51 GMT
Reuters - Telefonica's O2 and Apple will be making a joint announcement in the "coming weeks," prompting speculation that the U.S. firm is set to announce a new third-generation model of its iPhone.
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Update: Verizon, Mozilla join mobile Linux group   14 May 2008 15:28 GMT
Verizon Wireless is throwing its support behind mobile Linux, becoming the first U.S. operator to join the LiMo Foundation, a group developing mobile Linux technology.
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RIM details features in BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0   14 May 2008 14:47 GMT
A year after revealing a major upgrade of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server was underway, Research in Motion this week finally fleshed out what the new version will do, and put a delivery date on it.
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