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Wi-Fi helps college students get better grades, survey says 07/10/2008 09:44:00

Can Wi-Fi make you smarter?
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WiMax backers upbeat despite economic fears 02/10/2008 10:30:00

Even after Monday's stock market drop in the US and a general tightening in the financial sector, WiMax equipment makers and wireless operators at WiMax World remain optimistic.
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G1 Android phone is only half 'open' with T-Mobile lock-in 24/09/2008 07:42:00

The new T-Mobile G1 wireless phone, announced Tuesday by T-Mobile USA, Google and HTC, generated attention for its use of the open Android platform, but it will be locked to the T-Mobile USA network and it doesn't appear to be heavily focused on business users.
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Microsoft to drop support for Office 2003 SP2 24/09/2008 09:00:00

Microsoft warned users Monday that it will drop support for Office 2003 Service Pack 2 in three weeks, and it urged them to upgrade to a newer service pack that was involved in a dust-up earlier this year over blocked file formats.
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Google adds Street View, walking directions to mobile devices 18/09/2008 09:22:00

Google has been steadily upgrading its Google Maps for mobile applications since 2007 and Wednesday added free walking directions and the ability to find street view imagery on a mobile device, the same as it has made possible with a desktop computer.
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Get ready for mobile social networks 12/09/2008 07:56:00

Mobile social networking is a small part of the way people use their mobile phones, but industry officials expect that use will grow, and not just for teenagers who want to text their friends or send short video clips.
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Gobi wireless chipset to ship in Panasonic Toughbooks 11/09/2008 09:23:00

Qualcomm and Panasonic Wednesday announced that two Toughbook laptops will ship in October with Gobi, a chipset allowing laptops to function in multiple wireless modes.
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Yahoo launches iPhone oneConnect for social networking 11/09/2008 07:23:00

Yahoo announced Wednesday oneConnect for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, providing users a way to integrate mobile messaging and bring together contacts from a variety of social networks.
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Rivals see iPhone as the one to beat in hardware, software, marketing 11/09/2008 08:41:00

More than a year after arriving on the mobile/wireless scene, Apple's iPhone remains the "it" phone -- the one to beat and the one companies in the mobile device industry compare themselves to.
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Chrome expected on Google's Android mobile software 04/09/2008 07:47:00

In yet another example of Google's expanding influence, the search company's co-founder, Sergey Brin, said he expects the new Chrome browser to eventually become part of the Android wireless phone platform, which is under separate development by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google.
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iPhone imitators prepping for their close-ups 01/09/2008 08:22:00

It may be too early, or too presumptuous, to call Apple's iPhone a technology icon, but all the other major equipment makers in the emerging smart phone realm are looking to create their own "iconic" device.

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