TechWeb Mobile & Wireless Update - Monday, Mar 2, 2009
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*In A Down Economy, Prepaid Wireless Grows
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*Qualcomm Buys Mobile TV Company
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*Battle Joined Over Next-Generation Telecom Networks
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In A Down Economy, Prepaid Wireless Grows
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Leap Wireless and MetroPCS are picking up multiple subscribers as
consumers look to trim costs.
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Obama Plans To Retire Space Shuttle
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NASA budget increase does not include continued funding for the vehicle.
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
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AMD On Track To Ship 32-Nm Chips In 2010
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CEO Dirk Meyer says ramp up with begin in the middle of next year.
Hearst Planning Electronic Reader Alternative To Kindle
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Analysts suggest such a device would help the news publisher find
an answer to reverse shrinking subscriber bases, as well as
revenue losses from publications.
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BAI Retail Delivery News: HP Sees Infrastructure as Key to Branch
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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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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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Qualcomm Buys Mobile TV Company
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Qualcomm is beefing up its mobile TV team as a potentially
competing service from the Open Mobile Video Coalition looms.
Battle Joined Over Next-Generation Telecom Networks
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Mobile telecom operators are looking at WiMax and LTE to cope
with surging data traffic from smartphones and laptops with
mobile data cards.
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In TippingPoint's DVLabs contest, hackers also have the option of
trying to execute a successful exploit against a Web browser.
Google Blocks Paid-App Access For Developer G1s
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The search giant said it doesn't want Dev Phone owners to be able
to use the root access capabilities to pirate applications.
Microsoft Files Suit Against TomTom's Implementation Of Linux
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The suit claims infringement of eight Microsoft patents related
to car navigation systems and file management.
Yahoo's Mobile Leader Leaves
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Marco Boerries' departure comes as new CEO Carol Bartz announces
a reorganization of Yahoo management.
Nokia Looking To Make Laptops
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The world's largest cell phone maker is actively looking at the
market because the mobile phone and PC experiences are rapidly
converging.
Opera Serves Up 1 Petabyte For Mobile Users
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Opera Mini has seen explosive growth in places like Russia and
the Middle East thanks to demand for sites like Facebook.
Mobile Search Ads To Grow 130% By 2013
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Google is in a good position to capitalize on this growing market
by aggressively moving its AdWords program to the mobile space.
China May Soon Get iPhone 3G
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Apple has reportedly reached a deal to bring the popular
touch-screen smartphone to China Unicom in May.
Nokia's iPhone Rival Hits AT&T
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The Symbian-powered Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has a large touch
screen, Wi-Fi, 3G capabilities, and it can be purchased for $399
unlocked.
Motorola Rolls Out WLAN Products
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The company's advanced troubleshooting tool and RF manager are
described as a "self-healing networked on steroids."
Microsoft Won't Build Its Own Smartphone
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CEO Steve Ballmer said he'll continue to focus on selling the
software that runs mobile devices and let Apple iPhone have its
"mojo" in the consumer market.
Meraki Launches 802.11n Access Point
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The networking startup is trying to differentiate its products by
having a lower price point and offering a hosted solution for
network management.
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Terms of Revamped AIG Government Rescue
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American International Group and the U.S. government agreed on a
revised rescue package for the giant insurer Sunday.
AIG Enters Record Books With $61.7 Billion 4th-Quarter Loss
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American International Group Inc AIG.N reported a
$61.7 billion fourth-quarter loss on Monday, the largest
quarterly loss in U.S. corporate history, after a revised rescue
plan from the U.S. government.
AIG Agrees to New Government Bailout; Trade Suffers
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Insurer AIG is set to take a $30 billion lifeline from the U.S.
government and HSBC plans to raise up to $18 billion to counter a
crisis that is punishing companies and crippling international trade.
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