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29 min ago | GigaOM

Will Nokia Jettison Symbian for Android?

The Guardian reports that Nokia is planning a touchscreen mobile phone that runs Google's Android operating system and the handset maker will likely show off the device at the Nokia World conference in September 2009.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

The Age

Samsung shares jump on upbeat guidance

South Korea's Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of memory chips and flat screen TVs, has forecast second-quarter earnings well above market estimates, driving its shares up more than 4 per cent.

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Study: Nokia #1 choice for mobile navigation in Europe and Russia

According to the study conducted by Frost & Sullivan amongst European and Russian consumers, Nokia is the number one choice for mobile navigation over other leading handset manufacturers.

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Related Topix: Consulting, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Social Software

CNN

Attacks, arrests slowing online news from Iran

Bloody attacks and midnight arrests, combined with a regime growing more technologically savvy, have begun stemming the flow of online information from dissidents in Iran, activists and human rights officials say.

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Related Topix: Iran, World News, Middle East, Activism, Social Software, Cell Phones, Cellphones

Maryland Gazette

4 arrested in burglary spree, probe continues

Police arrested four people last week and recovered $10,000 worth of property stolen from more than a dozen homes in Brooklyn Park, Linthicum and Glen Burnie.

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Nerve News

Phones outnumber radios among poor in South Asia

Penang -, July 5 - Phones are catching up with TVs, and the number of phones being used by 'bottom of the pyramid' households have already outpaced the number of radios and computers in South Asia, researchers have said.

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Hampshire Chronicle

Drivers back ban for using mobiles

Nearly one in three UK motorists want to see six-month driving bans for those using hand-held mobiles while at the wheel, a poll has revealed.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Register

Lawyers claim ringtones are public performance

Posted in Mobile , 3rd July 2009 10:21A GMT Join our expert panel in discussing application security Internet watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation has hit out at a US music royalties collector, accusing it of making "outlandish copyright claims" about mobile phone ringtones.

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ABC News

Prison Guards Nab Cell Phone on Pigeon

In this July 1, 2009 photo released by Sao Paulo's state prison affairs department on July 3, 2009,... In this July 1, 2009 photo released by Sao Paulo's state prison affairs department on July 3, 2009, a live pigeon carrying a makeshift backpack containing a cell phone is shown in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Related Topix: Prison, Cell Phones, World News, Brazil, State Prisons, South America

PC World

Cisco to Expand Mobile Collaboration Features

Cisco will tackle the mobile world over the next year with a series of new features to bring smartphones into business communications, the head of the company's software group said at the Cisco Live conference on Wednesday.

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Toronto News.Net

World Bank promotes Internet use

The keys to economic growth in developing countries are the mobile phone and high speed Internet.

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3G

11% of Britons Never Make a Phone Call on their Mobile

UK : A multi-country study released today by Lightspeed Research , a leading online market research company, shows the increasingly prominent role mobile phones are taking in our lives.

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WIVB-TV Buffalo

Teens posting nude photos on iPhone app

With cell phones becoming more prevalent among teens, concerns over how to regulate their usage among young people is emerging.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

P2pnet.net

Ringtones royalties battle

Mobiles:- The Center for Democracy and Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation and and Public Knowledge want a US federal court to reject what the three organisations are calling "bogus copyright claims" in a ringtone royalties battle.

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VentureBeat

Bling Nation raises $8M for cell phone payment system

There's something cool about buying stuff in stores with your cell phone. They do it in Europe and Asia, so why not here? Bling Nation has come up with a way to introduce pay-by-cellphone transactions in the U.S. for the purchase of physical goods at stores.

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Related Topix: Cellphones, Cell Phones, Emerging Technology

Sirius Satellite Radio News

Mel Karmazin Extends Contract Through 2012

Sirius XM announced today that Mel Karmazin's employment agreement has been extended through December 31, 2012.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Media, Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio

Monterey County Herald

Dish wins stay in TiVo patent fight

Dish satellite TV customers can continue using their digital video recorders while a court battle continues with TiVo Inc.

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San Jose Mercury News

Sales of flat-panel TVs brighten the retail picture

On the shopping list for budget-minded consumers: groceries, gas - and a flat-panel TV? Shelling out hundreds of dollars on a television is hardly wallet-friendly, but LCD and plasma sets have been flying off the shelves all year, with some retailers saying TV sales are better now than they were during the holiday season.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

News24

Elise mystery solved - expert

Alongside the opening bars of his Fifth Symphony, FA1 4r Elise is one of Beethoven's best-known melodies, prompting scholars down the years to puzzle over her real identity.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Entertainment

KCBY-TV Coos Bay

Oregon legislature adjourns: Who won and who lost?

With Oregon's unemployment rate second highest in the nation, Democratic legislative leaders used state bonds and raised taxes to put thousands of people to work on public works projects.

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Related Topix: Oregon Government, Oregon, Cell Phones, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Green, OR

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