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Article | 25/07/2009 Nokia buys assets of social startup Cellity

Nokia has agreed to acquire certain assets of Cellity, a 14-person German startup with a mobile social-networking service that will now be shut down a...

Article | 24/07/2009 PayPal opens door to developers

PayPal on Thursday opened its online payments system to third-party developers so they can embed a variety of PayPal payment mechanisms into Internet-...

Article | 23/07/2009 iPhone app predicts IPv4 doomsday

If you're the kind of person who walks down the street worrying about the depletion of IPv4 addresses, the iPhone can now tell you how long you have u...

Article | 22/07/2009 IEEE 802.11n heads for a finish in September

The IEEE 802.11n standard is likely to be approved in September, making the high-speed wireless LAN technology official after about seven years of wra...

Article | 21/07/2009 3G-satellite system coming to AT&T gets first call

Though not as dramatic as the moon landing that took place 40 years ago Monday, a phone call over a satellite launched earlier this month was the firs...

Article | 17/07/2009 Google pegs browser as future of mobile apps

Browsers are the future of mobile applications and they are just beginning to gain the features that will make new uses of mobile phones compelling, a...

Article | 17/07/2009 Alcatel to push 100G to carrier edge

Alcatel-Lucent plans to ship a router module next year that supports the emerging 100Gb per second Ethernet standard at the edge of carrier networks, ...

Article | 16/07/2009 Ruckus brings dual-band 11n to outdoor Wi-Fi

Ruckus Wireless plans to bring outdoor access points up to full speed with its ZoneFlex 7762 access point, which can use fast draft IEEE 802.11n techn...

Article | 15/07/2009 Sun tussles with de-duplication startup

Sun Microsystems is suing startup GreenBytes for allegedly claiming that Sun stole its data de-duplication technology.

Article | 15/07/2009 Insurer will pay for damaged iPhones

Two years after the Apple iPhone's debut, a longtime insurer of electronic gear is finally offering insurance for it.

Article | 14/07/2009 WiMax growth slowing amid recession

WiMax subscriber growth slowed in the first quarter, and the emerging wireless technology will continue to struggle at least through this year, a surv...

Article | 13/07/2009 Chrome, Android have different jobs, Google says

Google's emerging Chrome operating system won't squeeze out Android, according to Andy Rubin, the company's vice president of mobile engineering platf...

Article | 10/07/2009 Cisco charts new paths with Eos media platform

It's well-known that Cisco has been branching out from its core business of selling routers and switches, but in an open-plan office overlooking San F...

Article | 8/07/2009 Clearwire to launch WiMax in Las Vegas on July 21

Clearwire will start offering its mobile WiMax wireless data service commercially in Las Vegas on July 21, building on its still-sparse coverage area ...

Article | 8/07/2009 Broadband growth seen slowing, shifting to Asia

Nearly 650 million households will have broadband Internet service by 2013, but the growth rate of high-speed access will slow between now and then, r...