TechWeb Mobile & Wireless Update - Monday, Dec 29, 2008
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*Wal-Mart Sells Apple iPhone, $99 Models Available
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*iPhone Trumps Storm In Customer Satisfaction
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*Plane Crash Survivor Twitters Eyewitness Account
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*Handango Partners With Mobile Game Publishers
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*iPhone Gets High-Profile Apps
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Wal-Mart Sells Apple iPhone, $99 Models Available
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Consumers can find great deals on the 8 GB version of the
smartphone, but only at a handful of retailers.
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13 Free Apps For iPhone, iPod Touch
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Ubuntu Linux Vs. Windows Vista: The Battle For Your Desktop
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tried out both Vista and Ubuntu on individual PCs to see which
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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.
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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
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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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iPhone Trumps Storm In Customer Satisfaction
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Owners of the iPhone 3G were more satisfied than BlackBerry Storm
owners, but RIM is well positioned for the next quarter,
according to a report.
Plane Crash Survivor Twitters Eyewitness Account
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Twitter also was instrumental in getting the news out about the
April 2007 Virginia Tech shootings and the October 2007 Southern
California wildfires.
Handango Partners With Mobile Game Publishers
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The mobile application retailer finds that smartphone users are
increasingly choosing fun and games over productivity apps.
iPhone Gets High-Profile Apps
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HP, NPR, and USA Today are the latest organizations to develop
applications for Apple's App Store.
AT&T, Verizon Finalize Asset Swap
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The swap, which stems from the acquisitions of rural carriers,
will improve AT&T's voice and data coverage in several states.
Device Blocks Teens From Texting While Driving
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The Key2SafeDriving car key wirelessly disables cell phones via a
Bluetooth or RFID connection while the car is turned on.
RIM's Takeover Bid For Certicom Takes A Hostile Turn
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Research In Motion is vowing to fight Certicom's efforts to block
being acquired by the BlackBerry maker.
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U.S. Digital TV Converter Coupons In Short Supply
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About 15 percent of the U.S. population relies on
analog-only signals and will need a digital converter
box after Feb. 17, 2009 to keep TV screens from going black.
Fujitsu Says No Deal With Western Digital
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The sharp appreciation of the yen has made it more difficult for
the parties to agree on a price.
Image Gallery: How Tech Tools Are Saving Great Works Of Art
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New labs at the Williamstown Art Conservation Center employ high
and low-tech tools from Microsoft Windows and gMail, to
specialized lighting, an electron microscope, and a room-sized
X-ray machine.
U.S. Shoppers Search For Last-Minute Holiday Deals
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Sales this past Friday through Sunday fell 5.3% compared with
last year's weekend before Christmas, metrics firm ShopperTrak said.
Fry's Exec Accused Of Massive Kickback Scheme
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The manager with a gambling debt is accused of demanding
exorbitant commissions from a handful of Fry's suppliers in
return for prominent product placement within the retailer's stores.
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