Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1899 technology Wireless and Mobile Technology en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:50:17 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1899 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/bs_afp/indiabritainvodafonetelecomtax afp/20091121/indiabritainvodafonetelecomtax AFP business Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:50:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/bs_afp/indiabritainvodafonetelecomtax"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258796883187-2-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=7BUooAI1YLJOQz_kjOIjYg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Indian workers put up the logo of telecom firm Vodafone outside the corporate office in Mumbai, 2007. Mobile phone giant Vodafone Group Plc has sought an extra two months to reply to a 1.21 billion pounds Indian tax claim over its purchase of India's third-largest mobile operator.(AFP/File/Sajjad Hussain)" border="0" /></a>AFP - British mobile phone giant Vodafone Group Plc has sought an extra two months to reply to a two-billion-dollar Indian tax claim over its purchase of India's third-largest mobile operator.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/bs_afp/indiabritainvodafonetelecomtax"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258796883187-2-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=7BUooAI1YLJOQz_kjOIjYg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Indian workers put up the logo of telecom firm Vodafone outside the corporate office in Mumbai, 2007. Mobile phone giant Vodafone Group Plc has sought an extra two months to reply to a 1.21 billion pounds Indian tax claim over its purchase of India's third-largest mobile operator.(AFP/File/Sajjad Hussain)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091120/tc_pcworld/qualcommsupdated3gchipsetcomingtothinkpads pcworld/20091120/qualcommsupdated3gchipsetcomingtothinkpads PC World technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:40:16 GMT PC World - Lenovo will offer Qualcomm's latest Gobi multimode 3G (third-generation) mobile data chipset on ThinkPad laptops, allowing users to connect to the world's two major types of 3G networks and use assisted GPS for location-based services. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091120/tc_pcworld/twoapproachestonfcbattleforfrenchheartsandmobiles pcworld/20091120/twoapproachestonfcbattleforfrenchheartsandmobiles PC World technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:30:18 GMT PC World - Two competing approaches to equipping mobile phones with contactless communications capabilities vied for supporters at the Cartes exhibition in Paris this week. Either approach could turn phones into self-service electronic tour guides, travel tickets or secure payment terminals. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/tc_afp/finlanddenmarktelecomequipranddcompanycutsnokia afp/20091120/finlanddenmarktelecomequipranddcompanycutsnokia AFP technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:31:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/tc_afp/finlanddenmarktelecomequipranddcompanycutsnokia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258714963766-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=X85vSHSZ2OEGd8_XlL24_A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Nokia's Networks Broadband building in Oulu, northern Finland. Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, is to would shed about 330 jobs in Finland and Denmark as part of a streamlining of its research and development operations.(AFP/File/Jukka Ritola)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Friday it would shed about 330 jobs in Finland and Denmark as part of a streamlining of its vast research and development operations.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/tc_afp/finlanddenmarktelecomequipranddcompanycutsnokia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258714963766-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=X85vSHSZ2OEGd8_XlL24_A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Nokia's Networks Broadband building in Oulu, northern Finland. Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, is to would shed about 330 jobs in Finland and Denmark as part of a streamlining of its research and development operations.(AFP/File/Jukka Ritola)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20091120/tc_infoworld/101269 infoworld/20091120/101269 InfoWorld business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMT InfoWorld - Vapor was in the air this week as rumors swirled around two products that exist only as pixels, not molecules: the Google Phone and the Apple Tablet. In its war over 3G ads, AT&T fired back at Verizon (and missed); Twitter got dissed; and Activision dodged a Kalashnikov bullet with its wildly popular Modern Warfare 2. Can you hit the bull's-eye with this week's quiz? Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Now: ready, aim ... fire! http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/tc_nm/us_gameloft_google nm/20091120/us_gameloft_google Reuters technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:04:59 GMT Reuters - French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google's Android platform. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091120/tc_pcworld/japansouthkoreamaysoontesttdscdmanetworks pcworld/20091120/japansouthkoreamaysoontesttdscdmanetworks PC World technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:20:12 GMT PC World - China Mobile is working with partners in Japan and South Korea to set up trials of TD-SCDMA networks as part of a bid to promote use of the Chinese-developed 3G mobile technology outside China. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091120/tc_pcworld/chinamobilesaysmobilemarketsalesgoingwell pcworld/20091120/chinamobilesaysmobilemarketsalesgoingwell PC World technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:30:12 GMT PC World - The sale of games, mobile apps, e-books and more have been brisk on China Mobile's app store, Mobile Market, since billing started this month, executives from the company say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091120/tc_pcworld/attsantiverizonadisastinker pcworld/20091120/attsantiverizonadisastinker PC World business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT PC World - For some reason, Luke Wilson is taking AT&T's side in the 3G coverage wars, appearing in a new ad that retaliates against Verizon Wireless' stinging assault. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091120/tc_pcworld/foxconntobuildjilhandsetforchinamobile pcworld/20091120/foxconntobuildjilhandsetforchinamobile PC World business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:40:12 GMT PC World - Taiwanese electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn will make a handset for China Mobile next year that supports software developed by the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) joint venture, according to the head of China Mobile.JIL is a joint venture established by China Mobile, Vodafone, Verizon Wireless and Softbank Mobile to develop software and services for their 1.1 billion mobile phone customers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/bs_afp/usitcompanyinternetebayskype afp/20091120/usitcompanyinternetebayskype AFP business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:58:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/bs_afp/usitcompanyinternetebayskype"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258696577453-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=WN84XXt0c9Z7QtN1IrmzwQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Online auction giant eBay announced it had completed its sale of Skype to an investment group that includes the two founders of the Web communications company.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Online auction giant eBay announced it had completed its sale of Skype to an investment group that includes the two founders of the Web communications company.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/bs_afp/usitcompanyinternetebayskype"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258696577453-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=WN84XXt0c9Z7QtN1IrmzwQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Online auction giant eBay announced it had completed its sale of Skype to an investment group that includes the two founders of the Web communications company.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091120/tc_pcworld/chinaunicom3ggrowthseventimesfasterthanchinamobile pcworld/20091120/chinaunicom3ggrowthseventimesfasterthanchinamobile PC World technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:14 GMT PC World - China Unicom's next-generation mobile service won more than 1 million users in its first month, a number that took rival China Mobile seven months to reach with its homegrown 3G standard. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091119/tc_pcworld/androidvsiphonewhichhasthemoreadvancedusers pcworld/20091119/androidvsiphonewhichhasthemoreadvancedusers PC World business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:26:00 GMT PC World - It seems the mobile world is full of silly little battles these days. You've got the AT&T-Verizon ad assault. There's that ever-popular Droid-iPhone rivalry. And then, of course, everyone's favorite Google Phone debate: Is there a Google Phone? If there were one, would it harm other Android phones? Or could it become -- gasp -- the elusive iPhone killer? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091119/bs_nf/70192 nf/20091119/70192 NewsFactor business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:15:20 GMT NewsFactor - AT&T isn't holding back in responding to attacks from Verizon Wireless. After losing a court fight to stop Verizon from airing commercials that pointed out holes in AT&T's 3G service, AT&T is responding with its own commercial. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091119/bs_nf/70197 nf/20091119/70197 NewsFactor business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:14:51 GMT NewsFactor - With the public beta of Office 2010, Microsoft is offering an intriguing future for the world's most popular productivity suite. The new version features integration with web-based, lightweight versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint; a mobile version; and social-networking features bolted onto Outlook. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_smart_spending__help_shopping_online ap/20091119/us_smart_spending__help_shopping_online AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:30:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_smart_spending__help_shopping_online"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.857c4265a50642ba88d4ff5f1d890e6d.smart_spending_nybz151.jpg?x=130&y=117&q=85&sig=fe9U8dzXoFybHOJtnkBdtg--" align="left" height="117" width="130" alt="In this screen grab taken from RetailMeNot.com, the Web site's home page is shown. (AP Photo/RetailMeNot.com) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - Shoppers face a dizzying array of offers of help in the form of new Web sites, services and mobile phone applications as they set out for their holiday shopping this year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_smart_spending__help_shopping_online"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.857c4265a50642ba88d4ff5f1d890e6d.smart_spending_nybz151.jpg?x=130&y=117&q=85&sig=fe9U8dzXoFybHOJtnkBdtg--" align="left" height="117" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this screen grab taken from RetailMeNot.com, the Web site's home page is shown. (AP Photo/RetailMeNot.com) NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/wr_nm/us_nokia_netbook nm/20091119/us_nokia_netbook Reuters technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:18:24 GMT Reuters - Top cell phone maker Nokia has seen growing interest among companies for its first netbook or mini-laptop, a company executive said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_ap_poll_medical_malpractice_method ap/20091119/us_ap_poll_medical_malpractice_method AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:52:06 GMT AP - The Associated Press poll on health care, by Stanford University with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from Oct. 29 to Nov. 8. It is based on landline and cell phone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,502 adults. Interviews were conducted with 1,052 respondents on landline telephones and 450 on cell phones. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091119/tc_zd/246216 zd/20091119/246216 PC Magazine business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:35:44 GMT PC Magazine - The Verizon ads that take aim at AT&T's 3G network will stay on the air – for now. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/as_malaysia_maxis ap/20091119/as_malaysia_maxis AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:47:37 GMT AP - Shares of Malaysia's top mobile phone company Maxis Berhad jumped 9.2 percent on their return to the bourse Thursday following the biggest share sale ever in Southeast Asia.