Qualcomm to Let Phones Record Mobile Tv Shows


Qualcomm

AT&T Inc. offers two phone models that can receive the broadcasts through a FLO TV service branded as “AT&T Mobile TV,” while Verizon Wireless sells another two for “V Cast Mobile TV.” Qualcomm also sells a portable TV set for $200, while Audiovox Corp. sells an in-car entertainment system that can receive FLO TV.
Mobile TV [...]

Nokia Launches Cheaper Smart Phones


Phone

The worlds largest mobile phone maker said it wants “to put better messaging and social networking tools in the hands of more people around the world at affordable prices.”
The new Nokia C3, Nokia E5 and Nokia C6 handsets have full QWERTY keyboards, enable instant messaging and give access to e-mails. Their expected selling prices respectively [...]


Google

The publisher of the Chinese edition and publicity agents for the tour believe Ken Aulettas book tour no longer made sense, because even if Chinese media attend, they wont be able to report anything, the author said in a phone interview late Wednesday.
“Googled: The End of the World as We Know It,” by the New [...]

Google: Critics Of Vietnam Mine Face Online Attack


Google

The “malware” has targeted “potentially tens of thousands” of people who downloaded software allowing users to type in Vietnamese, a posting on Googles online security blog said Tuesday. It said the malware has been used for “damaging purposes” – to attack blogs containing messages of political dissent.
“Specifically, these attacks have tried to squelch opposition to [...]

Metropcs to Launch 4g Phone Before Verizon


Verizon

Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that its supplying a phone for MetroPCS rollout of a wireless technology known as Long Term Evolution, or LTE, starting with cities including Las Vegas in the second half of this year.
Both MetroPCS and Verizon are planning to use LTE, a so-called fourth-generation, or “4G,” wireless technology. Verizon estimates that [...]

European Privacy Battle Looms For Facebook, Google


Facebook

European regulators are investigating whether the practice of posting photos, videos and other information about people on sites such as Facebook without their consent is a breach of privacy laws.
The Swiss and German probes go to the heart of a debate that has gained momentum in Europe amid high-profile privacy cases: To what extent are [...]

Viacom-youtube Secrets to Be Exposed In Lawsuit


Google

The information expected to be unsealed Thursday will include some of the evidence that Viacom and Google-owned YouTube have collected to prove their respective points, but have kept under wraps so far during their 3-year-old dispute over copyright law.
The sensitive material is emerging now because Viacom and YouTube are citing some of the documents as [...]

Cisco to Introduce New Heavy-duty Internet Router


Cisco Systems

Routers play an important role as the Internets traffic cops, shunting packets of data to their destinations. Those placed at the Internets backbone – the main arteries for traffic – need the most capacity given the amount of data passing through. These machines are known as core routers, and Cisco competes in this market with [...]

Myspace Outlines Makeover After Exec Shake Up


Myspace

Those changes, among others, were unveiled by co-presidents Jason Hirschhorn, 38, and Mike Jones, 34, this week following the abrupt departure of CEO Owen Van Natta in February after just 10 months on the job.
The two remaining executives, who once shared a single office with Van Natta and now remain in it together, declined to [...]

Google Adds Bike Lane With Latest Mapping Feature


Google

The new bicycling directions available on Google Maps starting Wednesday supplement the guidance already provided to motorists and pedestrians. The biking directions initially will be available only for the United States.
Google spent the past six months tweaking its mapping service so it could recommend routes that would steer bicyclists away from big hills [...]