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2 hrs ago | WSYR

Verizon increases early termination fee: The Real Deal

Verizon Wireless customers with "advanced" cell phones, will see a much higher early termination fee when they renew their contracts.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics

7 hrs ago | 9NEWS

Drivers can pay for parking over the phone

One of the city's most popular shopping districts has a new way for drivers to pay for on-street parking, just in time for the holiday shopping season.

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Related Topix: Denver, CO, Cell Phones, Electronics

11 hrs ago | Engadget

Isabella Products' Vizit: first 2-way touchscreen photo frame headed to AT&T in early 2010

We've been hearing about Isabella Products' cellular-connected Vizit photo frame since early this year.

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Related Topix: Wireless, Emerging Technology, San Francisco Metro, Cell Phones, Electronics, Gadgets

15 hrs ago | Telegraph.co.uk

Smartphone sales to overtake mobile phone sales by 2012

Sales of smartphones are set to out-strip sales of mobile phones by 2012, according to new industry figures Photo: GETTY According to a study by Infonetics Research, smartphones now account for an increasing percentage of worldwide mobile phone revenue.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics, Music Players

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Manawatu Evening Standard

US insider trading probe snares 14 more

Fourteen people have been charged with fraud and conspiracy in a dramatic widening of an insider trading scandal that has ensnared hedge fund managers, top Silicon Valley executives and a bevy of white-shoe advisers in the US.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Financial Services, Investment Services, Larchmont, NY

The Straits Times

Tech not causing isolation

CONTRARY to popular belief, technology is not leading to social isolation and Americans who use the Internet and mobile phones have larger and more diverse social networks, according to a new study.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics

KansasCity.com

4th Chicago teen charged in videotaped beating

A fourth teen is facing murder charges in the beating death of a Chicago high school honor student last month.The 14-year-old's name isn't being released.

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Ledger Dispatch

Wolverton: Annoyances aside, Droid's a winner

The longer you live with someone, the more you notice their quirks - both good and bad.

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Related Topix: iPhone, Cell Phones, Electronics

Telegraph.co.uk

Inventor of mobile phones says they have become 'too complicated'

Is simplicity the way forward, or complexity? Martin Cooper, who was the lead engineer of the Motorola team that developed the mobile phone, told a privacy conference in Madrid this week that today's phones try to do many things for too many people.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics, Inventions, Science / Technology, iPhone, Computers

SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Dear Abby: Woman objects to giving cell phone number to her boss

Dear Abby: My boss wants my cell phone number for "work purposes." He has trouble with limits, and I am reluctant to give it to him.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

WUSA9.com Washington, DC

Verizon Wireless Doubles Early Termination Fee

The fee, arriving just in time for the holidays, applies to customers who have a smart phone or other advanced device on a one or two year contract.

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Related Topix: Research in Motion, Computers, Telecom

The Victoria Star

Feds: 14 charged in widening $53M Wall Street insider trading case

Two attorneys and Wall Street professionals were among 14 people charged Thursday in a widening $53 million insider trading case that has snared one of America's richest men and shown white collar suspects to be using the coverup tactics of drug dealers.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Financial Services, Investment Services, Prison, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law

WOODTV.com

Smart phone demand going strong in 3Q

The global smart phone market set a record for shipments in the third quarter as it continues to weather the economic turmoil, research firm IDC said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics, Entertainment

KMOV-TV Saint Louis

Garmin reports surge in 3Q profit

Navigational device maker Garmin Ltd. reported a 24 percent increase in third-quarter profit as lower costs offset a drop in sales.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Garmin, Telecom, Cell Phones, Electronics, Olathe, KS

ITWeb

Cellphones overtake PCs in banking

Trust factors are still an issue when it comes to using technology to bank, a new survey reveals.

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Related Topix: Research in Motion, Telecom, Computers, World News, South Africa, Africa

The West Australian

Phones sound the death knell for postmen

Chunnu Biswas opened his tiny two-room tin-roofed post office in the morning as usual, but another long day stretched ahead without any letters for him to sort or deliver.

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Related Topix: Bangladesh, World News, Asia, Cell Phones, Electronics, Travel

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Wireless Week

Bell Prepares to Launch HSPA

MONTREAL a ' BCE will launch its new, advanced wireless network on Wednesday, leveling the playing field on network capabilities between Bell, Telus and Rogers.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Wireless, Cell Phones, Electronics, iPhone

Gouverneur Times

Study: Internet use leads to more diverse networks

Online activities such as e-mail, blogging and frequenting Internet hangouts can even lead to larger, more diverse social networks, according to the study released Wednesday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Cell Phones, Electronics, University of Pennsylvania

Read/Write Web

Ribbit Launches Google Voice Challenger

Ribbit just announced the launch of Ribbit Mobile . Ribbit Mobile is a cloud-based VoIP telephony service that brings together web-based calling, smart call routing and voicemail transcriptions.

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Related Topix: VoIP, Science / Technology, Cell Phones, Electronics, Social Software

Reuters

AT&T sues Verizon Wireless over 3G ads

AT&T Inc is suing Verizon Wireless in an effort to stop its bigger mobile rival from using "misleading" coverage maps in advertisements that AT&T says are causing it to lose "incalculable market share." According to the lawsuit which AT&T filed in Atlanta federal court, a recently launched ad campaign shows maps with white spaces that mislead ...

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Related Topix: Verizon Communications, Telecom, IT Services, iPhone

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