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Article | 12/05/2009 AT&T to buy divested Verizon assets for $2.35B

AT&T has agreed to pay US$2.35 billion for network assets in 18 U.S. states that Verizon Wireless has to divest as part of its acquisition of Alltel l...

Article | 7/05/2009 WiGig Alliance to push for fast wireless streaming

A group that includes Intel, Microsoft, Nokia and Panasonic plans to introduce a specification for short-range, gigabit-speed wireless networking by t...

Article | 7/05/2009 Why IT should start throwing data away

It can be a storage nightmare: Given expanding regulatory requirements and the key role that electronic records now play in lawsuits, some enterprises...

Article | 5/05/2009 BlackBerry push API goes after consumers

Research In Motion is injecting the power of its popular BlackBerry push technology into the consumer arena by letting third-party developers write ap...

Article | 5/05/2009 RIM to bind BlackBerry to Cisco phones

Research In Motion and Cisco Systems are teaming up to let enterprises integrate their BlackBerrys with Cisco IP phones, providing single-number capab...

Article | 1/05/2009 Agency tightens IPv4 address procedure

The organization that assigns Internet addresses in the U.S. plans to raise the bar for getting them as the supply of IPv4 (Internet Protocol, version...

Article | 28/04/2009 Qualcomm, Broadcom $US891M patent settlement good for customers

The deal announced Sunday that settled years of patent suits between chip makers Qualcomm and Broadcom is good news for consumers as well as for the c...

Article | 24/04/2009 CTIA backs universal cell-phone charger

CTIA, the main industry association for U.S. mobile operators, has put its weight behind an initiative calling for a universal cell-phone charger.

Article | 24/04/2009 Palm Centro breaks ex-iPhone user out of jail

The iPhone bandwagon is now more like a cruise ship: AT&T reported Wednesday that 1.6 million people signed up for iPhone service in the first quarter...

Article | 21/04/2009 Oracle likely to leave mobile Java alone

Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems probably won't immediately affect the world of mobile Java, some industry observers said, though over...

Article | 17/04/2009 Cellcrypt secure VoIP heading to BlackBerry

Cellcrypt, a British vendor of software for encrypting cell phone calls, has set up shop in Silicon Valley and is getting a product ready for North Am...

Article | 16/04/2009 Mobile's future is in links, ex-Nokia CTO says

The standard architecture that will realize the promise of mobile phones won't be hardware or software but a cloud-based platform that lets users navi...

Article | 16/04/2009 Alaska Airlines flies ahead with in-flight Wi-Fi

U.S. airlines are now piling on to the in-flight Wi-Fi bandwagon, with Alaska Airlines joining other airlines in expanding the service to more aircraf...

Article | 15/04/2009 Stanford's Cinder OS tightens mobile power control

Stanford University researchers are designing an operating system from the ground up to handle the power and security requirements of mobile devices.

Article | 14/04/2009 Investors buy back StumbleUpon from eBay

The founders of Web recommendation site StumbleUpon have bought it back from eBay, making the company independent again after nearly two years.