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Microsoft buys Teleo to boost VoIP services |
| 8/31/2005 |
Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Teleo, a VoIP provider which has developed technology to enable the placement of PC phone calls to traditional phones.. |
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Sirius Unveils Wearable Satellite Radio |
| 8/31/2005 |
Sirius Satellite Radio has announced the debut of its first wearable satellite radio, the Sirius S50, which allows users to capture and store up to 50 hours of Sirius |
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Cingular set to offer iTunes on mobile phones |
| 8/31/2005 |
Cingular Wireless, the largest US mobile network operator, is expected to announce plans next week to begin offering subscribers a new mobile phone from Motorola that will incorporate Apple Computer’s iTunes software and will function like a wireless iPod. |
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Creative Threatens Apple with UI Patent |
| 8/30/2005 |
While it struggles to compete with Apple in the marketplace, Creative is exploring a new avenue for dethroning the digital music king: patent litigation. Creative announced Tuesday it had been granted a patent covering the user interface for portable media players, including the iPod. |
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Urine Battery Turns Pee Into Power |
| 8/30/2005 |
Before you next flush the toilet, consider this: Scientists in Singapore have developed a battery powered by urine.
Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology created the credit card-size battery as a disposable power source for medical test kits
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New Nanotech Coating Prevents Fogging, Glare in Glass |
| 8/30/2005 |
A new technique for treating glass can permanently prevent glass from fogging and virtually eliminate glare, scientists reported today. |
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Intel taps startup to add mobile TV |
| 8/30/2005 |
DiBcom SA, a small French startup, will ally with Intel Corp. to add mobile TV to Intel's Centrino and Xscale platforms.
DiBcom comes armed with the industry's most thoroughly tested mobile digital TV chips, capable of 24-Mbit/second error-free digital reception at 150 miles per hour |
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Major weather forecasting advancement revealed |
| 8/29/2005 |
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today outlined research that has helped to improve the accuracy of medium-range weather forecasts in the Northern Hemisphere |
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Satellite operators Intelsat and PanAmSat to merge |
| 8/29/2005 |
Intelsat, Ltd. and PanAmSat Holding Corporation (NYSE: PA) today announced that the two companies have signed a definitive merger agreement under which Intelsat will acquire PanAmSat for $25 per share in cash, or $3.2 billion |
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Wi-Fi With Its Own Zip Code |
| 8/29/2005 |
As more municipalities set up wireless networks, a fast-moving business emerges |
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Nokia sees 200m new China mobile users |
| 8/26/2005 |
Top mobile handset maker Nokia expects 200 million new subscribers to sign up for mobile phone services in the rapidly growing Chinese market in the next three years, the company said yesterday. |
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New software makes podcasts mobile |
| 8/26/2005 |
A California company is hoping to tap into the growing podcasting craze with software that enables mobile phone users to stream audio files directly from their home computer.
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Motorola Announces Phone With Built-In Satellite Navigation |
| 8/26/2005 |
Motorola has announced the A780 (for Europe), its first mobile phone with built-in satellite navigation. This flip phone with integrated GPS receiver provides full-featured satellite navigation. |
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Nokia is No. 1 in Global 3G Phone Market |
| 8/26/2005 |
A study conducted by Strategy Analytics reveals that 9 million WDCMA (third-generation) phones were shipped during the second quarter of 2005 (April-June). Of this figure, Nokia led the list of vendors, accounting for a 17% market share |
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Samsung Produces First 4 Gigabit NAND Flash |
| 8/25/2005 |
Samsung's 70-nanometer, 4-gigabit NAND flash writes data at 16 megabytes per second, a 50 percent enhancement over a 90-nanometer, 2-gigabit device, thereby enabling real-time data storage of high-definition (HD) video images. .... |
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Google launches free online phone calls |
| 8/25/2005 |
Google has launched a new service called Google Talk which allows users to make free calls over the internet.
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Skype launches new service on first anniversary here |
| 8/24/2005 |
On the first anniversary of its launch of the popular Skype and SkypeOut telephony services in Taiwan, PC Home Online (–Ô˜H‰Æ’ë) yesterday introduced a new service, "SkypeIn" to round out its Internet telephony suite.
To date, "PCHome-Skype" has been downloaded more than 7.1 million times in Taiwan, with more than 2.3 million registered members
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Motorola E790 iTunes phone gets FCC approval |
| 8/23/2005 |
Motorola has received FCC approval for its E790 mobile phone, which is expected to be one of the first iTunes-compatible devices from the company. The user manual for the phone, which accompanied the FCC filing, confirms that a mobile version of iTunes will be included with phone.
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Carbon strips could build elevator to space |
| 8/20/2005 |
Scientists have created the ultimate ribbon. A thousand times thinner than a human hair and a few centimetres wide, the carbon sheet is stronger than steel for its weight, and could open the door to everything from artificial muscles to a space elevator capable of sending astronauts and tourists into orbit |
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Podcasting technology grows and evolves |
| 8/20/2005 |
A podcast is essentially an amateur audio file uploaded to the Internet and automatically distributed to subscribers.
Although some traditional media have created their own podcasts
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