Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Browser-based games: Mozilla says the time is now

Firefox and other up-to-date browsers are capable of running newly complex games, Mozilla argues, launching an effort to get programmers interested.
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LG announces smartphones with dual-core processor

LG Electronics on Tuesday announced a new series of smartphones with next-generation dual-core processors, which should provide a big leap in performance while maintaining device battery life.
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Mobile subscriber base crosses 652.42 million mark

The number of mobile subscribers in the country crossed the 652.42 million mark in July, with the addition of 16.92 million connections, official data show.
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Samsung may use Google TV to chase Apple, Sony

Samsung admitted at a forum today that the company was considering developing Google TV hardware. TV group leader Yoon Boo Keun told the media Samsung was "reviewing" the prospect of using the Android-based shell but was anxious about support in South Korea. Media producers would have to get behind Google's platform in Samsung's home country for it to make sense, Keun told Bloomberg and others ...
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T-Mobile Announces New Promo "Kids Are Free"

T-Mobile USA today announced a new promotional offer called Kids Are Free to make family communication easy and more budget friendly. With Kids Are Free, new and existing T-Mobile customers who sign up for a qualifying family plan ...
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T-Mobile launches Kids are Free program

T-Mobile is one of the smaller wireless carriers of the major player on the market. As one of the smaller players, T-Mobile tends to offer some interesting deals to lure people to its network. The carrier has now unveiled a new promotion that people who have kids will like called the Kids are Free promotion. The promotion allows people who sign up for a family plan at T-Mobile to save some ...
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Sanyo waist warmer does almost irreparable damage to Eneloop's good name

Oh Sanyo, you do like to flirt with our Crapgadget label, don't you? Having already given the world battery-powered neck and hand warmers it never asked for, Sanyo is today expanding the Eneloop warmer family with a slinky new waist furnace. Thin film heaters are embedded inside that dashing-looking velcro belt above and power is drawn from the Eneloop mobile booster on the side, perhaps the ...
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HTC HD3 WP7 Phone Launching Down Under First

A new mobile phone from HTC will be launching soon, making its debut in Australia first. The handset is called the HD3 and it will be a Windows Phone 7 device with a 4.5-inch AMOLED display screen that supports a screen resolution of 1200×800 pixels. Aside from the display screen, the HD3 will come with [...]
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LG phones to ship with next-gen Nvidia chips

LG Electronics has announced that its next series of high-end smartphones will come with Nvidia's Tegra 2 mobile processor.
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Japan's NTT DoCoMo chosen for mobile broadcasting: report

TOKYO - A key government advisory panel picked a consortium led by NTT DoCoMo to build the infrastructure for multimedia digital broadcasting for mobile handsets, reports said Wednesday.
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3G Expo proceeds as CAT opts to sit out

Scores of telecom companies and suppliers showed off their latest wireless technologies to serve the arrival of 3G mobile and broadband services yesterday, even as the battle over the 3G licence auction moved into the courts.
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iPhone 3G Doesn't Make the Cut for Apple's Game Center

Apple's Game Center - part of the company's iOS 4.1 update - excludes the older iPhone from its hardware compatibility list, even though the phone can theoretically run Apple's latest iOS version.
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Bluetooth headset review: BlueAnt Q2

BlueAnt's new flagship Bluetooth headset has a heaping of cool new features, and better yet-- excellent voice quality. You can wear the Q2 with or without the included ear loop and it charges over USB and via the included ...
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Is it Cheatinâ, or Competinâ?

Cheaters never win? In 2006, Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500, after Knaus had been suspended for a device mounted to the rear window that changed its angle, making the car more
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Go stylishly mini with Sony Ericsson and Oxygen

STEP into the hottest shirt with the mightiest little mobile phone in your pocket. Sony Ericsson and Oxygen have launched a partnership to dress you up in the stylish new Oxygen mini tee with a special Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini pocket.
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RIM Buys Documents To Go Maker DataViz

RIM's purchase of Documents To Go maker DataViz was reportedly valued at $50 million. The BlackBerry maker confirmed the acquisition through a statement.
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Motorola, Ericsson tie-up for LTE solution

LTE mobile broadband technology will allow Motorola to provide communications capabilities for public safety with real-time information sharing between an integrated multimedia command centre and a collaborative portfolio of rugged radios, in-vehicle terminals, and handheld LTE data devices.
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LG phones to ship with next-gen Nvidia chips

LG Electronics has announced that its next series of high-end smartphones will come with Nvidia's Tegra 2 mobile processor.
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Android to control half of smartphone market

A bevy of Android devices will ultimately mean that Google?s mobile operating system will control largely half of smartphone market, according to Piper Jaffray, with Apple?s iOS accounting for 20 percent to 30 percent in long run.
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T-Mobile's 'Kids Are Free' Plan Means the Kids Are All Right

T-Mobile today announced a new promotion called Kids Are Free. With Kids Are Free, new and existing T-Mobile customers who sign up for a family plan through Nov. 2, 2010, receive free add-a-line service on up to three lines of their plan until 2012. T-Mobile also indicated that Family Plan subscribers will have access to other promotions, such as special discounts on select devices, and ...
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TomTom GO Live 1000 features capacitive touch screen, app store

TomTom's new GO Live 1000 features a revised interface to take advantage of its capacitive touch screen, as well as a new app store. Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
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Motorola Droid 2 Android Smartphone Review

The Motorola Droid has been a very popular Android based smartphone for Verizon. It’s been out for close to a year, so of course it’s time for an update. The Droid 2 takes all the goodness that was packed into the original version, but kicks it up a notch to make it a worthy choice [...] Filed in categories: Android related , Reviews Tagged: Android , Droid 2 , Motorola Motorola Droid 2 Android ...
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Go stylishly mini with Sony Ericsson and Oxygen

STEP into the hottest shirt with the mightiest little mobile phone in your pocket. Sony Ericsson and Oxygen have launched a partnership to dress you up in the stylish new Oxygen mini tee with a special Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini pocket.
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Motorola CEO Brown reaffirms operating profit, revenue targets for mobile unit

(Reuters) â€" Motorola Inc. expects its enterprise unit to continue achieving operating profit margins of 16 percent to 17 percent in 2011, according to co-Chief Executive Greg Brown.
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T-Mobile launches Kids are Free program

T-Mobile is one of the smaller wireless carriers of the major player on the market. As one of the smaller players, T-Mobile tends to offer some interesting deals to lure people to its network. The carrier has now unveiled a new promotion that people who have kids will like called the Kids are Free promotion. The promotion allows people who sign up for a family plan at T-Mobile to save some ...
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Research firm has low expectations for Windows Phone 7

In the smart-phone world, Microsoft is in fifth place now and it will be in fifth place in 2014, a research firm said Tuesday, even with the release of Windows Phone 7 this fall.
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Samsung Fascinate review roundup

Samsung Fascinate will hit store shelves tomorrow. So how does the newest Samsung handset stack up?
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New products: Remote area no problem for GPS device - From the Poughkeepsie Journal

Just because you're out of cell phone range doesn't mean you have to stop texting. DeLorme's Earthmate PN-60w SE, a handheld GPS device equipped with satellite communication, can keep you in touch even in remote areas. Packaged with the SPOT Satellite Communicator, the device can send text messages to your friends' cell phones and e-mail addresses and to networking sites, such as Facebook and ...
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Is Sprint Nextel a Buffett Stock?

Let's take a look under the hood.
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Motorola Droid 2 Android Smartphone Review

The Motorola Droid has been a very popular Android based smartphone for Verizon. It’s been out for close to a year, so of course it’s time for an update. The Droid 2 takes all the goodness that was packed into the original version, but kicks it up a notch to make it a worthy choice [...] Filed in categories: Android related , Reviews Tagged: Android , Droid 2 , Motorola Motorola Droid 2 Android ...
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Palm Springs School Cleared Of 'Cancer Cluster' Allegations

After more than a dozen teachers complained of getting cancer, the Palm Springs School District paid big bucks to find out how safe the building really is.
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Motorola Milestone Android 2.2 (Froyo) Update Is Next Year

Motorola Milestone owners have been patiently waiting for the Android 2.2 OS update for their device and now we have a few more details on this front. First is the good news which is that the device is slated to get Froyo, but the bad news is that this update will not happen until Q1 [...]
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Android vs. IPhone Is No Easy Call

Google's Android mobile operating system proved a formidable rival to the wildly popular iPhone in a recent real-world test. iPhone - Android - Mobile operating system - Handhelds - Smartphones
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Samsung launches Galaxy S in China

(Telecompaper) Samsung Electronics announced the launch of its Galaxy 3 phone with all three of China's mobile operators. The Galaxy S will be available on three different 3G standards, with China Telecom offering a CDMA2000 device (SCH-I909), China Mobile providing a TD-SCDMA model (GT-I9008), and China Unicom marketing a WCDMA version (GT-I9088). Starting with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy ...
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Smart phone future won't be dominated by anyone, study says

For those of you who are taking bets on who will win first place in the smart phone race worldwide, the answer may surprise you: No one, according to one research firm. Smartphone - iPhone - Science and Technology - Cell Phones - Telecommunications
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Verizon Selling Samsung Fascinate Sept. 8 for $199

Verizon Wireless said it will begin selling the Samsung Fascinate based on Google's Android 2.1 operating system for $199.99 Sept. 8. The device will compete with Verizon's Motorola Droid X and Motorola Droid 2.
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HTC Wildfire: Unboxing And Review

HTC continues to pump out new Android phones, and its latest release can accurately be described as the baby sister to the Desire, the HTC Wildfire. Already on sale in the UK, the Wildfire was released September 7 on the Telstra network in Australia. It’s unlikely to ever go on sale in the United States, [...]
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LG announces smartphones with dual-core processor

LG on Tuesday announced new smartphones with dual-core processors.
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HTC HD3 Uber-smartphone May Be Unveiled Next Week

The HTC HD3 will reportedly be officially announced next week, possibly setting a new standard for cutting-edge smartphones. It will supposedly have a 4.5-inch touchscreen and run Microsoft Windows Phone 7 on a 1.5 GHz processor.
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Samsung Launches the Galaxy S in China on All Three Networks

Samsung Electronics has announced plans to launch its Galaxy S smartphone in partnership with all three Chinese mobile operators.
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Android vs. iPhone is no easy call

Google's Android mobile operating system proved a formidable rival to the wildly popular iPhone in a recent real-world test.
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Sony Ericsson debuts TD-SCDMA phone

Sony Ericsson has launched its first TD-SCDMA handset to capitalize on it expects to be the fast adoption of smartphones in the China market.
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Motorola Droid 2 Android Smartphone Review

The Motorola Droid has been a very popular Android based smartphone for Verizon. It’s been out for close to a year, so of course it’s time for an update. The Droid 2 takes all the goodness that was packed into the original version, but kicks it up a notch to make it a worthy choice [...] Filed in categories: Android related , Reviews Tagged: Android , Droid 2 , Motorola Motorola Droid 2 Android ...
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Phuket tuk-tuk hero spoils drunken thief's getaway bid

PHUKET: A Phuket tuk-tuk driver's bravery led to the arrest of a man who allegedly tried to steal more than 170,000 baht from his employer early on Monday night.Tuk-tuk driver Phathaphon Phumdee, 34, ...
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Fair games bring out some real competition

The Eastern Idaho State Fair has dozens of games, contests, sporting events and special shows for you to experience.
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3G auction must proceed

In less than two weeks, barring possible legal hitches, Thailand will start to move its telecommunications services up a notch. Already one of the world's top telephone-dependent nations, our country has fallen far behind in the technology employed. So-called third generation (3G) services allow mobile telephones to have the same internet access and advantages as deskbound computers. Everyone ...
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