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T-Mobile first to blanket UK in HSUPA
03.07.2008 23:14
engadgetmobile.com
Filed under: T-Mobile, HSUPAWhat's the first network to claim a true, full HSPA across all of the United Kingdom? Vodafone? Orange? 3? Nope -- try T-Mobile, which has just flipped the switch on its HSUPA upgrades nationwide to bring upload speeds to a blazing 1.4Mbps (theoretically, anyway). The figured they'd commemorate the occasion by giving download speeds a little boost, too, so those are now up to 7.2Mbps, making Great Britain an absolutely fabulous place to do a little mobile computing right now. Oh, and hey, T-Mobile USA, you could seriously learn a lesson or two from your counterparts across the Atlantic here.[Via Tech Digest]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears
03.07.2008 21:04
reuters.com
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge's order to Google Inc to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy.
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Internet
Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears
03.07.2008 21:04
reuters.com
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge's order to Google Inc to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy.
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Technologies
T-Mobile to Offer BlackBerry KickStart for $50?
03.07.2008 20:18
cellaz.com
Is that for real? BlackBerry KickStart for just $49.99? We knew it wouldn't be expensive, but didn't expect this. The handset should be available soon from T-Mobile on a 2-year contract. P.S. The information above is not yet confirmed.... [These are short news! Click for details]
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Mobile Communication
Samsung Instinct Coming Soon to Canada
03.07.2008 20:18
cellaz.com
Another cool handset making its way to Canada is the Samsung Instinct. Bell Mobility will be the lucky carrier to offer the device this time (tough luck, Telus), and will sell it for $149.95 on a 3-year contract or $449.95 w/o commitment. Features remain the same as on the U.S. variant.... [These are short news! Click for details]
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Mobile Communication
CDMA HTC Touch Diamond Coming Soon to Telus
03.07.2008 20:18
cellaz.com
Good news for Telus customers. The carrier will soon be bringing the CDMA version of the HTC Touch Diamond to Canada. The handset will cost $149.99 CAD with a 3-year contract and one of the data plans randing from $15 to $30. Sprint, now it's your turn.... [These are short news! Click for details]
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Mobile Communication
Matias Duarte, designer behind Sidekick and Helio, now developing Palm's next-gen UI
03.07.2008 20:17
engadgetmobile.com
Filed under: Software, PalmSo we heard from a very reliable source that mobile user interface guru Matias Duarte -- who you may know as the man behind the Sidekick and Helio UI / user experiences -- actually left Helio late last year to join up with Palm. Although no announcement was made, we hear he and his gang of designers jumped ship (well before Helio completely flooded) to take on the monumental task of designing the UI for Palm's next-gen mobile OS (aka "Palm OS 2.0 or II"). His resume online now lists him as "Senior Director, Human Interface and User Experience" doing "Something new..." since September 2007; we got in touch with Palm, who confirmed that he's now under the company's employ.Of course, expectations should be pretty high -- Palm's only been promising this supposedly game-changing OS since around 2004, and the company's reputation and pedigree is (or at least it used to be) in groundbreaking mobile UI design. But this news also kind of makes us wonder: if they didn't have a killer UI and user experience team already in place and long-since working their asses off by late 2007, exactly how far along are they on this thing, anyway?Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Holiday gadgets: You can take it with you...
03.07.2008 20:12
telegraph.co.uk
There's no need to go without your favourite gadgets on holiday. Claudine Beaumont shows how.
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Digital Technologies
Top 10 frivolity links
03.07.2008 20:12
telegraph.co.uk
Damian Noonan selects the best ways to waste a little time online.
Great Britain
Digital Technologies
Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears
03.07.2008 20:02
reuters.com
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge's order to Google Inc to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy.
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Internet
Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears
03.07.2008 20:02
reuters.com
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge's order to Google Inc to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy.
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Technologies
Verizon?s World Phone: Motorola Napolean Q9
03.07.2008 19:15
cellaz.com
BGR have got their hands on the Motorola Napolean Q9. It is a new world phone from Verizon Vireless supporting both quad-and GSM and CDMA networks. To prove that, they've inserted an AT&T SIM-card, and it worked. Features are as following: Fingerprint scanner; QWERTY keyboard; Windows Mobile 6.1; CDMA EV-DO Rev. A; Quad-band GSM/EDGE; 2Mpix camera with flash; Stereo speakers; 320&ti... [These are short news! Click for details]
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Mobile Communication
Motorola's worldly Q9: "Napoleon" breaks cover for Verizon
03.07.2008 19:15
engadgetmobile.com
Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Verizon Wireless, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, EV-DO, CDMA It looks like Motorola and Verizon are getting ready to take a third crack at the Q9 form factor, following up the Q9m and Q9c -- and this time around, there's a little something extra in store. On top of the EV-DO Rev. A radio, the so-called "Napoleon" (codename, of course) features GSM, because -- surprise, surprise -- businesspeople who use Windows Mobile devices tend to do just a bit of traveling. It looks like Moto has taken this opportunity to give the Q9 meme a little nip-tuck job, too, with a rounded body and a tastefully-applied ring of chrome around the top edge. They've even tossed in a fingerprint scanner for good measure, a tip o' the hat to the suits who'll undoubtedly populate the upper 90 percent of this sucker's client base. No word on a release date or price, but can we cautiously submit a thumbs-up for the design direction here?Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Mobile Phones
Number of newspaper analysts dwindles
03.07.2008 19:01
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Want to buy newspaper stocks? You should see an analyst. Trouble is there aren't many around anymore.
World
Internet
Game makers eye young girls with "Boogie SuperStar"
03.07.2008 19:01
reuters.com
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If "American Idol" and a modern fairy tale combined to create a video game, you'd get "Boogie SuperStar" -- Electronic Art's latest game for the Nintendo Wii system.
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