Verizon and Alltel get the go-ahead from FTC
Verizon has been singing, “Give me the green light… I’m ready to go right now,” as its Alltel acquisition has finally been given the official …
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Nokia Comes With Music comes with DRM and gets cracked
It’s the same old story, content providers try to prevent piracy by wrapping media in DRM. Hackers crack the DRM. We have seen it with …
Boston-Power Sonata battery coming soon to an HP near you
Beginning in early 2009, HP will become the first notebook manufacturer to make use of Boston-Power’s new battery technology. The Sonata battery, developed by the …
FCC Chairman allegedly abuses power; ignores responsibilities
Speaking of the FCC, it looks like the body responsible for radio, TV, cable, satellite and everything in between has been suffering from some serious …
Sony Ericsson C905 with AT&T 3G support gets FCC nod
Well hello there! As we’ve come to expect from the folks over at the FCC, another handset has been leaked and this time around its …
Verizon Wireless to begin LTE rollout in Q4 2009?
According to Dick Lynch, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Verizon Communications, Verizon Wireless is pushing up the timetable for its LTE rollout, …
‘Amateur Surgeon’ game shows up on iTunes AppStore
The long-awaited first iPhone game from Cartoon Network’s [adult swim] has finally made it on to the iTunes AppStore for the iPhone and iPod Touch running the 2.0 …
Sprint to move forward with job cuts following VSP
It looks like Sprint’s Voluntary Separation Probgram (VSP) we scooped last month didn’t quite have the impact the company had hoped for. Surprising that employees …
Want a TELUS Storm before Christmas? Order it by 17 December
While it goes without saying that the BlackBerry Storm is going to be one of the hottest handsets this holiday season in Canada, Telus wants …
TiVo increasing on-screen ads, cable companies rejoice
Sometimes you just have to sit back and wonder what TiVo is thinking. Apparently the biz dev team there doesn’t think the unending onslaught of …
Open Handset Alliance welcomes 14 new companies
With the way technology and software have been moving, nothing beats open source anything. From open source browsers to operating systems, it seems the trend …
Subsidized Acer Aspire One hitting Radio Shack for $99?
Carrier subsidized netbooks, a common occurrence overseas, may finally be making their way stateside. In a “first ever” for the US, Radio Shack and AT&T …
Sony confirms PlayStation Home open beta to launch this month
Because the advent of Second Life just isn’t frightening enough, Sony made it known quite some time ago that it would be jumping into the …
Samsung 8 megapixel “Memoir” may strike T-Mobile
The Internet has been graced with blurry, less than detailed shots of what appears to be an upcoming 8 megapixel monster from Samsung. We’re not …
Nokia N85 NAM begins shipping, available directly from Nokia for $500
Just a hair behind schedule according to Amazon’s recent pre-order page, the Nokia N85 NAM has officially started shipping. The N85 is almost universally accepted …
Google adds simple task manager to Gmail Labs
Apparently, people have a lot to do these days. If we had a dollar for every web-based task manager out there, well, our next giveaway …
Sonim XP3 hands on review
The Sonim XP3 is dead and we have killed it. Thus begins our hands on review and the results of our torture test of the …
Mobile money transfer goes international; exchange funds via SMS
First, it was PayPal. All you needed was access to the Internet and you could pay bills and make money transfers at your computer. Now, …
Cowon S9 slated for release in Korea this month
It seems like forever that we’ve been hearing about the Cowon S9 Curve, a sexy Protable Media Player (PMP) with a 3.3-inch 16 million color …
Apple’s rumored netbook/tablet to use ARM’s Cortex architecture?
Computerworld’s Seth Weintraub sat down with Bob Morris, director of platform enablement for ARM’s mobile processor group, and came away with a wealth of information …
Slide of mysterious touchscreen Nokia device proven authentic
This past Friday, a slide from Nokia’s Capital Markets Day appeared on the internet depicting a touchscreen-only Nokia handset with a striking UI. Sure the …
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1a delayed until Jan. 9th?
SonyStyle.com used to report a shipping date of December 8th for the X1a, but that date has came and went (almost). We rung up our …
Sprint’s Xohm is out; WiMax becomes Clearer now
With “4G” on the horizon (some are reluctant or plain refusing to call WiMax 4G) and the Sprint and Clearwire merger finished, the latter has …
BlackBerry Curve 8900 finally shows its face on BlackBerry NA site
Now that the BlackBerry Curve 8900 is finally official with our friends up north, RIM decided it should finally get around to providing some product …
Yahoo to proceed with layoffs starting Wednesday
In a bit of somber Monday morning news, it appears as if Yahoo is going to proceed with its planned end of the year layoffs …
The Sony Ericsson Xmini is… A small phone
What do you get when you pack all of the features and functionality of a typical entry-level music phone into a tiny 75 x 44 …
Mystery hybrid phone pops up all over the Internets
We’re not quite sure what to make of this beast, but it’s all over the blogosphere and our guess is as good as any for …
Convert your G1 to a Developer version in a few short steps
Already own a G1 and disappointed that the G1 Developer version is now out? Be sad no longer as the bootloader for the G1 Developer …
Amazon gets attacked by Pirates of the online variety
News is spreading like wildfire about a new Firefox extension that makes pirating media listed on Amazon easier than ever. The extension, Pirates of the …
Intel to use free energy to power mobile devices
In a proposal that sounds like it is right out of Star Trek, Intel said on Friday that it is researching the potential use of …
