Nov 27 2006
Reuters - Telephone number and area code clearing firm NeuStar, Inc. said on Monday it acquired Followap, Inc., a UK-based provider of mobile instant messaging products, for $139 million in cash.
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Nov 27 2006
PC World - Solution sought to reduce the use of toxic substances found in PCs and cell phones.
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Nov 27 2006
Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Tuesday it would deliver selected video clips from YouTube to cell phones starting in December in a bid to increase subscriptions to its mobile media service.
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Nov 27 2006
Macworld.com - The Beatles’ noticeable absence from Apple’s iTunes Store could soon be a thing of the past if a report in Fortune proves to be correct. The Time Warner-owned business magazine is reporting that Apple is close to a deal for putting the British rock group’s music catalog online. What’s more, Fortune reports, Apple could be on the verge of becoming the exclusive online source for Beatles downloads for a limited time.
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Nov 27 2006
USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - Computerlike “smart” cellphones are starting to go mainstream, creating opportunities for the wireless industry. Holiday shoppers are expected to drive the number of smartphones sold this year to 81 million, says wireless analyst Todd Kort at researcher Gartner.
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Nov 27 2006
Macworld.com - The 2006 holiday shopping period got off to a strong start over the weekend, according to several e-commerce operators.
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Nov 27 2006
Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Canadians threw out 67,000 tonnes of obsolete computers, cellphones and printers last year, probably not aware that this junk harbours toxins that can kill.
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Nov 27 2006
PC Magazine - Anti-virus researchers have spotted the first signs of an adware/spyware program capable of launching browser windows on Apple Computer’s Mac OS X.
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Nov 27 2006
Macworld.com - Google has reached an agreement with two groups representing authors and photographers in Belgium that had objected to the way the company indexes and displays their content on its Google News Web site.
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Nov 27 2006
TechWeb - The Project on Emerging Nanotechnology updated its online catalog of products incorporating nanotech, ranging from the Apple iPod Nano to Zellens Fullerene C60 Night Cream.
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