TechWeb Mobile & Wireless Update - Monday, Dec 22, 2008
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*IPv6 Makes Slow Progress
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*Free Wireless Broadband Still Available?
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*RIM Sees Earnings Rise Thanks To Bold, Storm
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*Palm Sees Large Drop In Revenue, Loses $506 Million
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IPv6 Makes Slow Progress
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Mobile adoption will eventually drive wider acceptance, but obstacles remain.
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Top 10 Microsoft Stories Of 2008
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Having bid farewell to Bill Gates, Microsoft tempered its appetite for Yahoo, tweaked Vista, leapt into cloud computing, allowed a peek at Windows 7, and warmed up to open source.
Apple's Mac OS X 10.5.6 Release Offers 36 New Fixes
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The Leopard update is designed to improve Mac performance across the board.
Holiday Gift Guide: Tech Toys For Tight Wallets
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Here's a year-end list of our favorite mobile gear, gaming accessories, security devices, money-saving green gadgets, and a few surprises, each for under $100.
Windows 7 Revealed: 24 Screen Shots Of Microsoft's Next Operating System
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Here's a first visual look at the Vista successor, as previewed at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.
Google's OpenEdge Clouds Its Net Neutrality Stance
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A network edge-caching measure that accesses data temporarily stored on servers near end users is causing some to question Google's long-term intentions.
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BAI Retail Delivery News: HP Sees Infrastructure as Key to Branch Transformation
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HP launches Banking Innovation Center to show potential impact of emerging technologies.
UBS Joins DTCC Managed Accounts Service
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The centralized platform is designed to automate and standardize communications among sponsors, investment managers and service providers.
DTCC Launches New ID Net Service
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The new service streamlines clearance and settlement, cuts customer costs and reduces fails associated with affirmed institutional equity trades, the utility said.
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Free Wireless Broadband Still Available?
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Two congressmen have found a technicality in the morass of FCC rules and regulations that pertain to the auctioning of the AWS-3 spectrum, which resides in the 2,155- to 2,180-MHz band.
RIM Sees Earnings Rise Thanks To Bold, Storm
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The company said its two latest BlackBerry handsets are selling well, and it has added 2.6 million new subscribers for the third quarter.
Palm Sees Large Drop In Revenue, Loses $506 Million
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The once-dominant PDA maker posted its sixth consecutive quarterly loss but is pinning its comeback hopes on the Nova operating system.
Apple Sued Over Apple TV
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EZ4Media's lawsuit alleges that Apple TV, Airport Express, and Apple Macintosh personal computers infringe four of its patents.
Nokia Messaging Goes Gold For Symbian S60's
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The application, available on the N97 smartphone, gives S60 users free push e-mail from the likes of Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail.
AT&T Snags BlackBerry Curve With Wi-Fi
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The 8320 has Wi-Fi and Microsoft document-viewing software but doesn't have a 3G connection.
Motorola Trimming Benefits To Prepare For Downturn
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The cuts start with co-CEOs Greg Brown of Motorola's Broadband Mobility Solutions unit and Sanjay Jha of the Mobile Devices unit.
Portable Devices Give 'Cloud' More Clout
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Chances are the mobile phone tucked in your pocket, the lightweight laptop in your backpack, or the navigation system in your car are under a cloud.
U.S. Cell Phone-Only Households Keep Climbing
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In the first half of 2008, 17.5% of households were wireless only, up from 13.6% a full year earlier.
Mobile Market Expecting Decline In 2009
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As the global economy worsens, customers may be reluctant to buy new cell phones and smartphones, industry analysts suggest.
Portland Prepping For Jan. 6 WiMax Debut
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Even though the official ribbon-cutting event for the Clear service is set for next month, the wide area hotspot has been in operation for at least two weeks.
Nokia, Motorola Dominate China's Smartphone Market
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The two companies hold 90% of the burgeoning market, but Android could play a major role in the next few years.
Sprint Gives Developers More Location Information
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The wireless carrier is opening up its platform so third-party developers can make their applications location-enabled.
IPhone 3G Reportedly Unlocked
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While there are a few strings attached, the iPhone Dev Team said it will soon make it possible to use Apple's handset with any GSM provider.
Sprint Debuts Dual CDMA/WiMax Modem
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The 3G/4G USB Modem U300 for laptops will be available beginning this weekend in Sprint outlets in the Baltimore area.
Visa Releases Banking Android App
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The application lets G1 users get account alerts and discount offers, and it has integration with Google Maps to find nearby stores and ATMs.
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Repairs Start On Mediterranean Telecoms Cables
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A robot has been dispatched to retrieve three submarine cables that were cut Friday, disrupting Internet and telephone service in parts of the Middle East and south Asia.
AllianceBernstein Names Wall Street Veteran as CEO
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AllianceBernstein Holding LP appointed Wall Street veteran Peter Kraus, a former Merrill Lynch executive, as its chairman and chief executive, replacing retiring Lewis Sanders.
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