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LightSquared vows to keep seeking a GPS solution

Posted February 15, 2012 - 6:09 pm

LightSquared said Wednesday it still wants to find a solution to the GPS interference issue that has probably already doomed the fledgling carrier's plans for a nationwide mobile broadband network.
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FCC cracks down on telemarketing robocalls

Posted February 15, 2012 - 2:43 pm

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules requiring telemarketers that use autodialed or prerecorded telephone calls to sell products to get written approval from customers before sending them the robocalls.
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Cisco to appeal Microsoft-Skype deal in European court

Posted February 15, 2012 - 2:27 pm

Cisco will appeal the European Commission's approval of Microsoft's US$8.5 billion Skype acquisition, saying the agency should demand that the companies support standards for interoperability with other collaboration platforms.
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Rackspace soon to partner with developers of private OpenStack distros

Posted February 15, 2012 - 2:23 pm

Rackspace expects to soon announce commercial private OpenStack distributions that it will support as part of its Rackspace Cloud: Private Edition set of services.
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Unable to keep up with its own success, AT&T blames customers for poor service

Posted February 15, 2012 - 1:53 pm

There is some justification to carriers' excuses about the data hoggery of smartphones: smartphones are data hogs, at least compared to dumb phones. AT&T goes further, bragging it signed up record numbers of users, then complaining they actually use the network.
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Motorola Android phones not getting Ice Cream Sandwich until second half of year

Posted February 15, 2012 - 1:28 pm

Apparently being owned by Google doesn't mean Motorola will get its devices upgraded to Android 4.0 ("Ice Cream Sandwich") any more quickly.
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Telenor seeks compensation from Indian partner for loss of 2G licenses

Posted February 15, 2012 - 12:17 pm

Norwegian mobile operator Telenor said Wednesday that it has issued a notice to its Indian joint venture partner seeking indemnity and compensation after the cancellation earlier this month of its 22 2G licenses by India's Supreme Court.
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Computer security film from 1990 just as relevant today

Posted February 15, 2012 - 12:02 pm

Security issues in 1990 were just as big then, only the equipment has changed.
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SEC denies carrier attempts to block shareholder net neutrality votes

Posted February 15, 2012 - 11:50 am

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has rejected attempts by three telecom companies to block shareholder votes on whether they should commit to net neutrality principles.
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How and when to build a mobile website

Posted February 15, 2012 - 11:39 am

If you have a B2C or B2B digital presence and/or the people you do business with are mobile, it's time you had a mobile strategy.
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New processor to cut cost of LTE smartphones, says Renesas

Posted February 15, 2012 - 11:36 am

Chip maker Renesas Mobile has launched the MP5232, a processor that will allow vendors to build LTE (Long Term Evolution) smartphones with a price tag between US$150 and $300, the company said on Wednesday.
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EMC and VMware team with Atos to create European cloud company Canopy

Posted February 15, 2012 - 10:03 am

EMC and VMware are teaming with French IT services company Atos to create a European cloud infrastructure provider, Canopy, the companies announced Wednesday.
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Enterproid to enable work and personal numbers on one phone

Posted February 15, 2012 - 8:03 am

Enterproid is expanding its dual-persona phone platform to include voice through a new deal with BroadSoft.
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Researcher: Email wording a dead giveaway of who's the boss

Posted February 15, 2012 - 7:30 am

A Georgia Tech researcher's deep dive into some half a million Enron emails could some day result in smarter messaging software.
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iPad 3 to debut March 7, feature LTE support, reports claim

Posted February 15, 2012 - 7:25 am

Apple will unveil the next iPad on March 7, according to reports, and it will be the first Apple product to support the faster LTE data networks now available in the U.S. from Verizon and AT&T.
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Android loses market share,as Apple has exceptional quarter, Gartner says

Posted February 15, 2012 - 6:00 am

Android lost smartphone market share for the first time, as Apple had a great fourth quarter buoyed by the launch of the iPhone 4S, according to data from market research company Gartner.
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Activist-backed online collaboration platform due for release in March

Posted February 15, 2012 - 4:21 am

The Global Square, an online global collaboration platform for activists backed by WikiLeaks among others, plans to have a functional prototype by March, its sponsors said.
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Yahoo faces board challenge from activist shareholder

Posted February 14, 2012 - 9:45 pm

Activist Yahoo shareholder Daniel Loeb has rejected the slate of board candidates put forth by the company's newly minted CEO, serving notice of his intention to lobby for his own candidates instead.
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NewNet vows to drive forward with onetime Motorola WiMax business

Posted February 14, 2012 - 7:05 pm

Motorola's former WiMax business unit set up shop under new owner NewNet Communications Technologies on Tuesday, diving into the next chapter of a technology that has been largely crowded out by LTE.
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Girl builds LEGO Millennium Falcon in about 4 hours (video)

Posted February 14, 2012 - 4:32 pm

Gotta give some props to YouTuber Valkylrie1337 for this video, in which the self-professed "nerd girl" constructs a Lego set of the Millennium Falcon in about four hours.
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Two-thirds of Google+ users are men

Posted February 14, 2012 - 4:27 pm

Google+ really is a man's social network.
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What would you give up to telecommute? A raise? Vacation time? Spouse?

Posted February 14, 2012 - 3:45 pm

To some U.S. workers, telecommuting ranks higher than many of life's perks, including raises, vacation time, social media, chocolate, shopping and even soul mates.
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Skyrocket? Maybe the word for mobile data growth is exa-rocket

Posted February 14, 2012 - 3:14 pm

Mobile data globally is expected to grow 18-fold by 2016, Cisco said in the update to its Visual Networking Index.
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Four keys to successful BYOD

Posted February 14, 2012 - 12:25 pm

The bring your own device (BYOD) movement formally advocates use of personal equipment for work and obligates IT to ensure jobs can be performed with an acceptable level of security, but how can risks be addressed given the range of devices used and the fact that you lack control of the end point?
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Kinect Star Wars: Even girls can be Darth Vader

Posted February 14, 2012 - 12:13 pm

The Xbox video team has done it again, providing Star Wars fans with another entertaining ad for its Kinect Star Wars game, set to release on April 3.
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